----- Original Message ----- From: "IASTED - Upcoming Conferences" Info@IASTED.com To: Susanne.Guth@wu-wien.ac.at Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2002 2:00 AM Subject: Call For Paper - IASTED AMS 2002

CALL FOR PAPERS

IASTED International Conference on APPLIED MODELLING AND SIMULATION (AMS 2002)

November 4-6, 2002 Cambridge, Mass., USA http://www.iasted.org/conferences/2002/cambridge/ams.htm

IMPORTANT DEADLINES Submissions due September 9, 2002 Notification of acceptance September 23, 2002 Registrations, payments, and final papers due October 14, 2002

SPONSORS

The International Association of Science and Technology for Development

(IASTED)

· Technical Committees on Modelling and Simulation, Computers, Networks,

Information Systems, Control, Robotics, Biomedical Engineering, and Economics.

World Modelling and Simulation Forum

PURPOSE

This conference will act as an international forum for researchers and

practitioners interested in the applications and methodologies of Modelling and Simulation. The main themes of the conference are indicated under Scope.

LOCATION

AMS 2002 will be held in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at the Massachusetts

Institute of Technology (MIT).

SCOPE

The main streams of the conference are:

· Computers and Information Systems

· Communications and Networks

· Control and Identification

· Robotics and Automation

· Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering

· Economics and Management

· Methodologies and Tools for Applications

CHAIR

M.H. Hamza, Canada

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS

Initial submissions will be based upon extended abstracts (minimum 400

words).

Please submit your extended abstract via our website at: http://www.iasted.org/conferences/2002/cambridge/submit-382.htm . All submissions should be in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf), Postscript (.ps), or MS

Word (.doc) format. The IASTED Secretariat must receive your extended abstracts latest by September 9, 2002.

Please provide at least 3 key words to indicate the subject area of your

abstract. Please select a stream from the list of streams provided under Scope as one of the keywords. Include a statement in your cover letter confirming that, if the paper is accepted, one of the authors will attend the conference to present it. Please designate a principal author and provide the full names, affiliations, addresses, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail addresses of all authors.

The abstracts will be reviewed by International Program Committee and the

authors will be notified via email by September 23, 2002. Registrations, payments and final manuscripts are due no later than October 14, 2002. Please send final manuscripts via e-mail to calgary@iasted.com . The page limit for final papers is six pages.

SPECIAL SESSIONS

Persons wishing to organize a special session should submit a proposal to

the IASTED Secretariat by September 9, 2002. Proposals should include a minimum of five abstracts, a session title, a list of the topics covered, and qualifications of the session organizer(s). Special session proposals should be submitted online at the following address:

http://www.iasted.org/conferences/2002/cambridge/sessionsubmit-382.htm .

JOURNAL SUBMISSIONS

All final manuscripts will be reviewed for journal submission. Some

authors will be invited to submit extended versions of their paper for publication in the International Journal of Modelling and Simulation. For further information about journal submissions, please visit www.actapress.com .

For more information, or to be placed on our mailing list, please contact:

IASTED Secretariat - AMS 2002 #80, 4500 - 16th Avenue N.W. Calgary, Alberta Canada T3B 0M6 Tel: 403-288-1195 Fax: 403-247-6851 E-mail: calgary@iasted.com Web Site: http://www.iasted.org

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