-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Call For Papers: Deadline: March 10, 2011 - Int'l Conf. on Frontiers in Education: Computer Science & Computer Engineering (FECS'11: July 18-21, 2011, USA) Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2011 07:54:52 -0500 From: Education wcom11@world-comp.org To: neumann@wu-wien.ac.at

CALL FOR PAPERS and Call For Workshop/Session Proposals

============================================== FECS'11 The 2011 International Conference on Frontiers in Education: Computer Science and Computer Engineering

Date and Location: July 18-21, 2011, Las Vegas, USA http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/ ==============================================

You are invited to submit a full paper for consideration. All accepted papers will be published in the FECS conference proceedings (in printed book form; later, the proceedings will also be accessible online) - the proceedings will be indexed in Inspec / IET / The Institute for Engineering& Technology, DBLP / Computer Science Bibliography, and others. Those interested in proposing workshops/sessions, should refer to the relevant sections that appear below.

The main keynote lecture will be delivered by Prof. David Lorge Parnas (Fellow of IEEE, ACM, RSC, CAE, GI; MRIA); there will also be 8 other distinguished speakers, 12 planned tutorials and panel discussions as well as about 70 research paper presentations.

SCOPE: Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

O Accreditation and assessment O Student recruitment and retention methods O Promoting multi-disciplinary initiatives - impact on curriculum O Capstone research projects: examples and case studies O Distance learning; methods, technologies and assessment O Innovative degree programs and certificates O Innovative uses of technology in the classroom O Collaborative learning O Learning models and learning from mistakes O Computer and web-based software for instruction O Ethics in computer science and engineering O Incorporating writing into CS and CE curriculum O Preparing graduates for academia O Preparing graduates for industry O Partnerships with industry and government O Team projects and case studies O Undergraduate research experiences O Student observation and mentoring strategies O Advising methods O Evaluation strategies (professors, students, ...) O Transition to graduate studies O Integrating gender and culture issues into computer science and engineering curriculum O The balance between course-work and research O Issues related to the choice of first programming language O Debugging tools and learning O Projects, software engineering, programming issues, and laboratory practices O Computer science and computer engineering curriculum O Active learning tools O Undergraduates as teaching assistants O Funding opportunities for curriculum development and studies O Pilot studies O STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering& Mathematics) promising initiatives O Teaching methods O Recruiting methods to attract graduate students O Proposed methods for ranking CS and CE departments O The role of visualization and animation in education O Academic dishonesty in a high-tech environment O Using the web O Factors that lead to success in CS and CE

USEFUL WEB LINKS: The DBLP list of accepted papers of FECS 2010 appears at: http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/conf/fecs/fecs2010.html The main web site of FECS'11 can be accessed via: soon appear at: http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/

IMPORTANT DATES:

March 10, 2011: Submission of papers (about 5 to 7 pages) April 03, 2011: Notification of acceptance (+/- two days) April 24, 2011: Final papers + Copyright/Consent + Registration July 18-21, 2011: The 2011 International Conference on Frontiers in Education: Computer Science and Computer Engineering (FECS'11)

ACADEMIC CO-SPONSORS:

Currently being prepared - The Academic sponsors of the last offering of FECS (2010) included research labs and centers affiliated with (a partial list): University of California, Berkeley; University of Southern California; University of Texas at Austin; Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia; Emory University, Georgia; University of Minnesota; University of Iowa; University of North Dakota; NDSU-CIIT Green Computing& Comm. Lab.; University of Siegen, Germany; UMIT, Austria; SECLAB (University of Naples Federico II + University of Naples Parthenope + Second University of Naples, Italy); National Institute for Health Research; World Academy of Biomedical Sciences and Technologies; Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia; International Society of Intelligent Biological Medicine (ISIBM); The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics; Eastern Virginia Medical School& the American College of Surgeons, USA.

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS:

Prospective authors are invited to submit their papers by uploading them to the evaluation web site at: http://world-comp.org Submissions must be uploaded by March 10, 2011 and they must be in either MS doc (but not docx) or pdf formats (about 5 to 7 pages - single space, font size of 10 to 12). All reasonable typesetting formats are acceptable (later, the authors of accepted papers will be asked to follow a particular typesetting format to prepare their final papers for publication.) Papers must not have been previously published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere. The first page of the paper should include: title of the paper, name, affiliation, postal address, and email address for each author. The first page should also identify the name of the Contact Author and a maximum of 5 topical keywords that would best represent the content of the paper. Finally, the name of the conference (ie, FECS) that the paper is being submitted for consideration must be stated on the first page.

The length of the final/Camera-Ready papers (if accepted) will be limited to 7 (two-column IEEE style) pages.

Each paper will be peer-reviewed by two experts in the field for originality, significance, clarity, impact, and soundness. In cases of contradictory recommendations, a member of the conference program committee will be charged to make the final decision (accept/reject) - often, this would involve seeking help from additional referees by using a double-blinded review process. In addition, all papers whose authors included a member of the conference program committee will be evaluated using the double-blinded review process. (Essay/philosophical papers will not be refereed but may be considered for discussion/panels).

All proceedings of WORLDCOMP will be published and indexed in: Inspec / IET / The Institute for Engineering& Technology, DBLP / CS Bibliography, and others. The printed proceedings will be available for distribution on site at the conference.

In addition to the publication of the proceedings, selected authors will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers for publication in a number of research books being proposed/contracted with various publishers (such as, Springer, Elsevier, ... 67969) - these books would be composed after the conference. Also, many chairs of sessions and workshops will be forming journal special issues to be published after the conference.

MEMBERS OF PROGRAM AND ORGANIZING COMMITTEES:

The members of the Steering Committee of The 2010 congress included: Dr. Selim Aissi (Chief Strategist, Intel Corporation, USA); Prof. Hamid Arabnia (ISIBM Fellow& Professor, University of Georgia; Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine; Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Supercomputing, Springer; Advisory Board, IEEE TC on Scalable Computing); Prof. Ruzena Bajcsy (Member, National Academy of Engineering, IEEE Fellow, ACM Fellow, Professor; University of California, Berkeley, USA); Prof. Hyunseung Choo (ITRC Director of Ministry of Information& Communication; Director, ITRC; Director, Korea Information Processing Society; Assoc. Editor, ACM Transactions on Internet Technology; Professor, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea); Prof. Winston Wai-Chi Fang (IEEE Fellow, TSMC Distinguished Chair Professor, National ChiaoTung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, ROC); Prof. Andy Marsh (Director HoIP, Secretary-General WABT; Vice-president ICET and ICMCC, Visiting Professor, University of Westminster, UK); Dr. Rahman Tashakkori (Director, S-STEM NSF Supported Scholarship Program and NSF Supported AUAS, Appalachian State U., USA); Prof. Layne T. Watson (IEEE Fellow, NIA Fellow, ISIBM Fellow, Fellow of The National Institute of Aerospace, Virginia Polytechnic Institute& State University, USA); and Prof. Lotfi A. Zadeh (Member, National Academy of Engineering; IEEE Fellow, ACM Fellow, AAAS Fellow, AAAI Fellow, IFSA Fellow; Director, BISC; Professor, University of California, Berkeley, USA). The list of Program Committee of FECS 2010 appears at: http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/worldcomp10/ws/conferences/fecs10/co...

The FECS 2011 program committee is currently being compiled. Many who have already joined the committee are renowned leaders, scholars, researchers, scientists and practitioners of the highest ranks; many are directors of research labs., members of National Academy of Engineering, fellows of various societies, heads/chairs of departments, program directors of research funding agencies, deans and provosts as well as members of chapters of World Academy of Science.

Program Committee members are expected to have established a strong and documented research track record. Those interested in joining the Program Committee should email editor@world-comp.org the following information for consideration/evaluation: Name, affiliation and position, complete mailing address, email address, a one-page biography that includes research expertise and the name of the conference (ie, FECS 2011) offering to help with.

GENERAL INFORMATION:

FECS conference is an important track of a federated research conference. It is being held jointly (same location and dates) with a number of other research conferences (WORLDCOMP). WORLDCOMP is the largest annual gathering of researchers in computer science, computer engineering and applied computing. We anticipate to have 2,000 or more attendees from over 85 countries.

WORLDCOMP 2011 will be composed of research presentations, keynote lectures, invited presentations, tutorials, panel discussions, and poster presentations. In recent past, keynote/tutorial/panel speakers have included: Prof. David A. Patterson (pioneer/ architecture, U. of California, Berkeley), Dr. K. Eric Drexler (known as Father of Nanotechnology), Prof. John H. Holland (known as Father of Genetic Algorithms; U. of Michigan), Prof. Ian Foster (known as Father of Grid Computing; U. of Chicago& ANL), Prof. Ruzena Bajcsy (pioneer/VR, U. of California, Berkeley), Prof. Barry Vercoe (Founding member of MIT Media Lab, MIT), Dr. Jim Gettys (known as X-man, developer of X Window System, xhost; OLPC), Prof. John Koza (known as Father of Genetic Programming, Stanford U.), Prof. Brian D. Athey (NIH Program Director, U. of Michigan), Prof. Viktor K. Prasanna (pioneer, U. of Southern California), Dr. Jose L. Munoz (NSF Program Director and Consultant), Prof. Jun Liu (Broad Institute of MIT& Harvard U.), Prof. Lotfi A. Zadeh (Father of Fuzzy Logic), Dr. Firouz Naderi (Head, NASA Mars Exploration Program/2000-2005 and Associate Director, Project Formulation& Strategy, Jet Propulsion Lab, CalTech/NASA), and many other distinguished speakers. To get a feeling about the conferences' atmosphere, see the 2010 delegates photos available at: www.pixagogo.com/1676934789

An important mission of WORLDCOMP is "Providing a unique platform for a diverse community of constituents composed of scholars, researchers, developers, educators, and practitioners. The Congress makes concerted effort to reach out to participants affiliated with diverse entities (such as: universities, institutions, corporations, government agencies, and research centers/labs) from all over the world. The congress also attempts to connect participants from institutions that have teaching as their main mission with those who are affiliated with institutions that have research as their main mission. The congress uses a quota system to achieve its institution and geography diversity objectives."

One main goal of the congress is to assemble a spectrum of affiliated research conferences, workshops, and symposiums into a coordinated research meeting held in a common place at a common time. This model facilitates communication among researchers in different branches of computer science, computer engineering, and applied computing. The Congress also encourages multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary research initiatives; ie, facilitating increased opportunities for cross-fertilization across sub-disciplines.

PROPOSAL FOR ORGANIZING SESSIONS/WORKSHOPS:

Each session will have at least 6 paper presentations from different authors (12 papers in the case of workshops). The session chairs will be responsible for all aspects of their sessions; including, soliciting papers, reviewing, selecting, ... The names of session chairs will appear as Associate Editors in the conference proceedings and on the cover of the books.

Proposals to organize sessions should include the following information: name and address (+ email) of proposer, his/her biography, title of session, a 100-word description of the topic of the session, the name of the conference the session is submitted for consideration (ie, FECS), and a short description on how the session will be advertised (in most cases, session proposers solicit papers from colleagues and researchers whose work is known to the session proposer). email your session proposal to editor@world-comp.org We would like to receive the session proposals as soon as possible.

NEWS: Thanks to authors and speakers of last conference and members of the editorial boards who informed us of the following good news: According to "Microsoft Academic Search" (a Microsoft initiative) the FECS conference is now listed as worldwide "Top-ranked Conferences" (based on various metrics but mainly based on the number of citations). You can access "Microsoft Academic Search" and specific information extracted from it using the web link below: http://academic.research.microsoft.com/Conference/1983?query=FECS As can be seen, papers published in FECS proceedings have been cited over 3,350 times (this data excludes the citations for the 2010 published papers) - such a citation number is even higher than many reputable journals in the same area. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

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