Forwarded message from [khalil@LAAS.FR (Khalil Drira)] sent originally on Tue, 8 Feb 2000 09:05:09 +0100: : SPECIAL CALL FOR PAPERS : Session: Coordination Models, Languages, Systems and Applications : http://www.infm.ulst.ac.uk/~ronaldo/pdpta.htm : : as part of : The 2000 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed : Processing Techniques and Applications : (PDPTA'2000) : : June 26 - 29, 2000 : Monte Carlo Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA : : ====================================================================== : IMPORTANT DATES: : February 28, 2000 (Monday): Draft papers (about 4 pages) due : April 3, 2000 (Monday): Notification of acceptance : May 1, 2000 (Monday): Camera-Ready papers & Prereg. due : June 26 - 29, 2000: PDPTA'2000 Conference : ====================================================================== : The 2000 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed : Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA'2000) will be held in : Las Vegas, Nevada, June 26 - 29, 2000. : : The PDPTA'2000 Conference will be held simultaneously (ie, same : location and dates) with The International Conference on Imaging : Science, Systems, and technology (CISST) and The International : Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IC-AI). : : The last conference (PDPTA'99) had research contributions from 44 : countries (750 participants from all over the world.) It is hoped that : PDPTA'2000 will also have a strong international flavor. For : information regarding the five most recent PDPTA conferences : (PDPTA'95, PDPTA'96, PDPTA'97, PDPTA'98, & PDPTA'99), refer to: : : http://www.cps.udayton.edu/~pan/pdpta : (there will soon be a link from the same web site for PDPTA'2000.) : : SCOPE OF THE SESSION: : : The emergence of new work activities, where remote participants - : supported by coordination and collaboration tools - collaborate to : achieve complex tasks, makes coordination an important research issue : both from the activity as well as the software points of : view. Coordination is, by nature, an inter-disciplinary field of : research involving different research skills and serving different : application areas. It includes process coordination in multi-threaded : programs, coordination of components in concurrent applications, : workflow management in CSCW, transactions in distributed applications, : etc. : : The purpose of this session is to bring together researchers, and : practitioners working on coordination in these different : disciplines. The session serves as a forum to enable experience : exchange between academia and industry as well as between researchers : working on different aspects of coordination. : : Topics of interest include (but not limited to): : : * Theoretical aspects and foundations for coordination: : semantics, verification, component composition, dynamic : aspects of coordination. : * Functional and non-functional properties of coordination. : * Formal and semi-formal techniques for coordination : description and analysis. : * Modeling of Information Systems (Groupware, Internet and : the Web, workflow management, CSCW) : * Coordination, architectural, and interface definition : languages: implementation, interoperability, heterogeneity. : * Agent-oriented languages: formal models for interacting : agents. : * Coordination Patterns (Mobile Computing, Internet : Computing). : * Tools and environments for the development of coordinated : applications: integration within the development process. : * Dynamic architecture management for multi-component : applications : * Industrial relevance of coordination and software : architectures: programming in the large, domain-specific : software architectures and coordination models, case : studies, performance. : : SUBMISSION OF PAPERS: : Prospective authors are invited to submit three copies of their draft : paper (about 4 pages) to one of the session co-chairs (addresses : below) by the due date. E-mail submissions are encouraged. The length : of the Camera-Ready papers (if accepted) will be limited to 7 : pages. Papers must not have been previously published or currently : submitted for publication elsewhere. : : The first page of the draft paper should include: title of the paper, : name, affiliation, postal address, E-mail address, telephone number, : and Fax number for each author. The first page should also include the : name of the author who will be presenting the paper (if accepted) and : a maximum of 5 keywords. : : Submissions should explicitly state their contribution and their : relevance to the themes of the session. Other criteria for selection : will be originality, significance, correctness, and clarity. : : All accepted papers are expected to be presented at the conference. : : EVALUATION PROCESS: : : Papers will be evaluated for originality, significance, clarity, and : soundness. Each paper will be refereed by two researchers in the : topical area. The Camera-Ready papers will be reviewed by one person. : : PUBLICATION: : : The conference proceedings will be published by CSREA Press (ISBN). It : will be a multivolume set. The proceedings will be available at the : conference. Some accepted papers will also be considered for journal : publication (soon after the conference). : : ORGANIZERS / SPONSORS: : : A number of university faculty members and their staff in cooperation : with the Monte Carlo Resort (Conference Division, Las Vegas ), will be : organizing the conference. The conference will be sponsored by : Computer Science Research, Education, & Applications Press (CSREA: USA : Federal EIN # 58-2171953) in cooperation with research centers, : international associations, international research groups, and : developers of high-performance machines and systems. The complete list : of sponsors and co-sponsors will be available at a later time. (Last : conference's sponsors included: CSREA, the National Supercomputing : Center for Energy and the Environment - DOE, The International : Association for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, The : International Technology Institute (ITI), The Java High Performance : Computing research group, World Scientific and Engineering Society, : Sundance Digitial Signal Processing Inc., the Computer Vision Research : and Applications Tech., ...) : : LOCATION OF CONFERENCE: : : The conference will be held in the Monte Carlo Resort hotel, Las : Vegas, Nevada, USA. This is a mega hotel with excellent conference : facilities and over 3000 rooms. The hotel is minutes from the Las : Vegas airport with free shuttles to and from the airport. This hotel : has many vacation and recreational attractions, including: waterfalls, : casino, spa, pools & kiddie pools, sunning decks, Easy River water : ride, wave pool with cascades, lighted tennis courts, health spa (with : workout equipment, whirlpool, sauna, ...), arcade virtual reality game : rooms, nightly shows, snack bars, a number of restaurants, shopping : area, bars, ... Many of these attractions are open 24 hours a day and : most are suitable for families and children. The negotiated hotel's : room rate for conference attendees is very reasonable (79USD + tax) : per night (no extra charge for double occupancy) for the duration of : the conference. : : The hotel is within walking distance from most other Las Vegas : attractions (major shopping areas, recreational destinations, fine : dining and night clubs, free street shows, ...). For the benefit of : our international colleagues: the state of Nevada neighbors with the : states of California, Oregon, Idaho, Utah, and Arizona. Las Vegas is : only a few driving hours away from other major cities, including: Los : Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix, Grand Canyon, ... : : EXHIBITION: : : An exhibition is planned for the duration of the conference. We have : reserved 20+ exhibit spaces. Interested parties should contact : H. R. Arabnia (address is given below). All exhibitors will be : considered to be the co-sponsors of the conference. : : OTHER INFORMATION: : : It is planned to add other related conferences to be held : simultaneously (same location and dates) creating an international : multiconference. Each conference will have it's own proceedings and : technical/research sessions. : : SESSION CO-CHAIRS CONTACTS: : : Farhad ARBAB : CWI : Kruislaan 413 : 1098 SJ Amsterdam : The Netherlands : Tel: +31-20-592-4056 : Fax: +31-20-592-4199 : E-mail: Farhad.Arbab@cwi.nl : : Khalil DRIRA : Communication Tools and Software Group : LAAS-CNRS : 7, Av. Colonel Roche : 31077 Toulouse Cedex 4 : France : Tel: +33 5 61 33 63 22 : Fax: +33 5 61 33 64 11 : E-mail: khalil@laas.fr : : Ronaldo MENEZES : University of Ulster at Magee College : Faculty of Informatics : Northland Road : Londonderry, BT48 7JL : UK : Tel: +44 1504 375358 : Fax: +44 1504 375470 : E-mail: r.menezes@ulst.ac.uk : http://www.infm.ulst.ac.uk/~ronaldo/pdpta.htm : : CONFERENCE CONTACT: : : Hamid R. Arabnia : The University of Georgia : Department of Computer Science : 415 Graduate Studies Research Center : Athens, Georgia 30602-7404, U.S.A. : : Tel: +1 706 542-3480 : Fax: +1 706 542-2966 : E-mail: hra@cs.uga.edu : http://www.ashland.edu/~iajwa/Conferences/PDPTA2000/pdpta.html : : ===== Start of ISWorld List Footer ===== : ISWorld list is a service of the Association for Information Systems (AIS) : (http://www.aisnet.org) hosted at University College Dublin. For archives, : subscribing, or posting "norms" see http://www.isworld.org/isworldlist : ===== End of ISWorld List Footer =====

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