(Apologies for cross-postings of this announcement.)
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Call For Papers

9th IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Computer and Information Science
(IEEE/ACIS ICIS 2010)
August 18-20, 2010
Tsukioka Hotel, Kaminoyama, Japan.
http://www.e-activity.org/icis2010/
Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society and ACIS


The 9th IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Computer and
Information Science brings together scientists, engineers, computer users,
and students to exchange and share their experiences, new ideas, and
research results about all aspects (theory, applications and tools) of
computer and information science, and discuss  the practical challenges
encountered and the solutions adopted. The conference will cover a broad
set of research topics including, but not limited to, the following:

Algorithms
Artificial Intelligence, Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms
Bioinformatics
Communication Systems & Networks
Component-Based Software Engineering
Computer Architecture and VLSI
Data Mining & Knowledge Discovery
Database, Data Warehousing, Data Engineering
Distributed Computing
Economic and Financial Systems
Image, Acoustic, Speech and Signal Processing
Image Processing & Pattern Recognition
Information Science and Systems
Intelligent Agent Technology, Agent Based Systems
Intelligent Control Systems
Internet Technology and Applications, e-Commerce
Middleware Architectures & Techniques
Mobile/Wireless Computing
Parallel and Distributed Computing & Systems
Programming Languages, Compilers, & Operating Systems
Software Architectures, Design Patterns, Frameworks
Software Engineering and Information Engineering
Software Metrics & Project Management
Software Reuse, Design Patterns
Software Testing and Tools
Techniques for specification, Verification and Validation
Technology Education and Training
UML, OO Modeling & Simulation
Visual and Multimedia Computing
Web Engineering & Applications


Instruction for Authors:
The conference is soliciting Full papers (6 pages) on all aspects of the
above research areas. Submitted papers will be evaluated on significance,
originality, technical quality, and exposition. They should clearly
establish
the research contribution. All accepted papers will be provided an oral
presentation at the conference. Each paper needs to be reviewed by at
least three PC members or experts in the field.
Format Guidelines: We encourage submission in IEEE CS style format
(8.5x11in).
(See the IEEE CS home page:). All papers must be submitted in PDF format.
http://www.e-activity.org/icis2010/submission.html


Publications:
Accepted papers are published in proceedings by IEEE Computer Society.
Conference organizers will select approximately top 15 % outstanding
papers from ICIS 2010 to be published in Springer's Studies in
Computational Intelligence.
For the post-conference publication several special issues in journals are
planned. Selected papers are invited to be published in IJCIS
(International Journal of Computer and Information Science) and
IJHCITP(International Journal of Human Capital and Information
Technology Professionals).


Awards:
 From the result of review and presentations, five best paper candidates
are selected, and one best paper is selected in technical session.
Best paper award: Best one paper from best paper candidates is selected
through synthetic evaluation based on the review score and presentation.
Presentations are evaluated by all audiences in the best paper candidate
track.
Best student paper award: Best one paper authored and presented by
student is selected through synthetic evaluation based on the review
score and presentation.


Important dates:
Regular Papers due: March 5, 2010
Author notification: March 30, 2010
Registration due: April 30, 2010
Camera-ready papers due: April 30, 2010


If you have any questions and need further information, please feel  
free to ask us.

Regards,
Prof. Tokuro Matsuo
Program chair

Prof. Roger Lee and Naohiro Ishii
General Chair

-- 
Prof. Dr. Christoph Lattemann