CALL FOR PAPERS International Conference on Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, e-Business, and Applications (CSITeA'03) June 5-7, 2003 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil In Cooperation with Universidad Nacional de San Luis (UNSL), Argentina Net of National Universities with Computer Science Careers (RedUNCI), Argentina Winona State University (WSU), USA International Society for Computers and Their Applications (ISCA), USA URL: http://www.isca-hq.org or http://www.isca-hq.org/1-CSITeA'03_w.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The international conference on Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, e-Business, and Applications brings together computer scientists and engineers, computer developers and users, professionals in computer science, information science and business, and students to exchange and share their experiences, new ideas, research results and research-in-progress about all aspects (theory, practice, applications and tools) of computer science, information technology and their applications. The conference will include Keynote presentation(s), and technical paper presentations. The accepted papers will be published in the CSITeA-03 conference proceedings to be distributed during the conference. For further information and updates, visit the ISCA web site at http://www.isca-hq.org. You may also directly contact the General Conference Chair (e-mail: Ndebnath@winona.edu) or Conference Coordinators (e-mail: csitea03@unsl.edu.ar) for questions and updated information. The Topics will include, but are not limited to, the following: Agent Based Systems Algebraic methods in language processing Algorithm Development Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Expert Systems Automated deduction Autonomous System Biomedical Systems and Engineering Component-Based software engineering Component-Based Development Computational geometry Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing Computer Architecture and VLSI Computer Modeling and simulations Computer networks Computers in education Computing Practices and Applications Concurrent programming Concurrent-program verification Context-sensitive grammars Control systems, Intelligent Systems Data Communications Data mining & data warehousing Distributed computing technology Dynamic distributed systems Efficient data dependence analysis Environmental Systems Fault-tolerant distributed and parallel systems Formal methods Genetic and evolutionary computation GUI design Image Processing & Pattern Recognition Information Systems and Databases Information Technology and applications Internet computing: JAVA, CORBA, XML Internet Environments, e-commerce Knowledge management systems Mathematics of program construction Multimedia applications, Web Applications Multi-threaded programming Neural algorithms, neural networks and Fuzzy Logic Object Oriented Analysis and Design Object-oriented Software Engineering and CASE Operating Systems Parallel computing Parallel and Distributed systems Programming languages and compilers Project management and experiences Prototyping techniques Reliability & Reusability Signal Processing Software development environment Software development for electronic commerce Systems and applications Software Engineering Tools and Techniques Software maintenance & software metrics Software requirements and specifications Software quality assurance and standards Software testing and Tools Theory of games and decisions. Transportation Systems, Energy System Unified modeling languages and applications Visualization, Computer Graphics Web based software engineering Submission of Papers We solicit research and experience papers as well as research-in-progress and practitioners reports in all areas of computer science, software engineering, information technology, e-business, and applications. Submissions, refereeing, and all correspondence will be conducted by e-mail. Please include a cover page (1st page) containing paper title, authors (indicate primary contact person), address, affiliation, e-mail address, phone number, fax number, and topic area of your paper. The 2nd page starts off with paper title, abstract, keywords (5-7), and text. The program committee will review each submission and judge it with respect to its originality, significance, and relevance. Send your full paper (not to exceed 15 double-spaced pages) or an extended abstract (3-4 pages) via e-mail as an attachment document (not part of your e-mail) either in Word or pdf format to the appropriate conference coordinator on or before February 24, 2003. (a) All countries (except in Europe, North America, and Australia), please send submissions to: German Montejano or Daniel Riesco Universidad Nacional de San Luis Departamento de Informatica Ejercito de los Andes 950 5700 San Luis, Argentina e-mail: csitea03@unsl.edu.ar (b) All countries in Europe, North America, and Australia, please send submissions to: Narayan C. Debnath Winona State University Computer Science Department Winona, MN 55987, USA e-mail: Ndebnath@winona.edu All presented papers will also be reviewed for journal submission and publication. At the end of the conference, session chairs and program committee members will recommend some authors of well presented papers be invited to submit extended versions of their presented papers for publication in a special issue of the Journal of Computational Methods in Sciences and Engineering (JCMSE). Professor Narayan C. Debnath will be the Guest Editor of this special issue. IMPORTANT DEADLINES Full Paper or Extended Summary Submission: February 24, 2003 Acceptance Notification: March 31, 2003 Camera-ready Paper & Registration Due: April 14, 2003 General Conference Chair: Dr. Narayan C. Debnath Winona State University, USA Conference Program Co-chairs: Dr. Arndt Von Staa Pontificia Universidade Catolica, Brasil Dr. Narayan C. Debnath Winona State University, USA Conference Coodinators German Montejano Universidad Nacional de San Luis, Argentina Daniel Riesco Universidad Nacional de San Luis, Argentina Software Engineering and Applications Track Chair: Dr. Roberto Uzal Universidad Nacional de San Luis, Argentina Mobile Wireless and Autonomous Systems Track Chair: Dr. Waleed Smari University of Dayton, USA International Program Committee Adilson Eduardo Guelfi, Sao Paulo University, Brazil Antonio Santa-Rosa, University of Brasilia, Brazil. Aristides Dasso, Univ. Nacional de San Luis, Argentina Armando De Giusti, Univ. Nacional de La Plata, Argentina Anthony Chung, DePaul University, USA Carlos Becker Westphall, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil Carlos Kavka, Univ. Nacional de San Luis, Argentina Carmen Rico de Sotelo, Univ. Catolica, Uruguay Chris George, United Nations Univ., Macau Carlos Augusto Paiva da Silva Martins, PUC of Minas Gerais, Brazil Celso Kazuyuki Morooka, Unicamp, Brazil Claudia Pons, National University of La Plata, Argentina Daniel Riesco, Univ. Nacional de San Luis, Argentina Dajin Wang, Montclair State University, USA David Deharbe, UFRN, Brazil Edward Moreno, Euripides Foundation of Marilia, Brazil Fernando da Fonseca de Souza, Federal University of Penambuco, Brazil Fernando Fonseca, UFPE, Brazil Gabriel Baum, Univ. Nacional de La Plata, Argentina German Montejano, Univ. Nacional de San Luis, Argentina Graciela Alberdi de Feijoo, Univ. Catolica de Santiago del Estero, Argentina Greta de Molinari, Univ. Catolica de Santiago del Estero, Argentina Guillermo Simari, Univ. Nacional del Sur, Argentina Gustavo Betarte, Engineering School of the Univ. de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay Gustavo Rossi, Univ. Nacional de La Plata, Argentina Glaucia Sa Fortes, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Gregorio Perichinsky, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina Gordon Lee, San Diego State University, USA Gongzhu Hu, Central Michigan University, USA Hacene Fouchal, Universite de Reims, France Haesun Lee, University of Texas of the Permian Basin, USA Hamid R. Abachi, Monash University, Australia Heitor Augustus Xavier Costa, Federal University of Lavras, Brazil Howard Sholl, University of Connecticut, USA Huei Diana Lee, State University of West Parana-Unioeste, Brazil Hugo Scolnik, Univ. de Buenos Aires, Argentina Ines Casanovas, Univ. Tecnologica Nacional, Argentina Irene Loiseau, Univ. de Buenos Aires, Argentina Ivan Rizzo Guilherme, Unesp, Rio Claro, Brazil Javier Diaz, Univ. Nacional de La Plata, Argentina Javier Orozco, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina Jorge Aguirre, Univ. Nacional de Rio Cuarto, Argentina Jorge Doorn, Univ. del Centro de la Prov. de Bs As, Argentina Joao Soares de Oliveira Neto, Universidades Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil Jose Carlos Maldonado, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil Jose Nuno Oliveira da Fonseca, Univ. de Minho, Portugal Jozo Dujmovic, San Francisco State University, USA Juan Carlos Nogueira, Universidad ORT, Uruguay Juan Trujillo, Universidad de Alicante, Spain Leila Silva, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Sao Cristóvao, Sergipe, Brazil Ligia da Motta Silveira Borges, Federal University of Espirito Santo, Brazil Luiz Camolesi, Methodist University of Piracicaba, UNIMEP, Brazil Liliana Favre, Univ. Nacional del Centro de la Prov. de Bs. As., Argentina Luis Olsina, Univ. Nacional de La Pampa, Argentina Luis Soares Barbosa, Universidade do Minho, Braga, Portugal Maria Ana Funes, Univ. Nacional de San Luis, Argentina Marcelo Arroyo, National University of Rio Cuarto, Argentina Marcos Augusto Bellezi, Federal University of Sao Carlos, UFSCar, Brazil Mark Burgin, University of California-Los Angeles, USA María Marta Leite, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil Nabor Mendonca, UNIFOR, Brazil Nashat Mansour, Lebanese American University, Lebanon Olinto José Varela Furtado, Universidade Federal de Santa Catalina, Brazil Omar Chiotti, CERIDE, Conicet, Santa Fe, Argentina Osvaldo Cairó Battistutti,, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, Mexico Plinio Vilela, State University of Campinas, Brazil Ramzi Haraty, Lebanese American University, Lebanon Renato Bobsin Machado, State University of West Parana, Unioeste, Foz of Iguazu, Brazil Reda Ammar, University of Connecticut, USA Ricardo Orozco, UADE, Argentina Raul Gallard, Univ. Nacional de San Luis, Argentina Ricardo Anido, UNICAMP, Campinas, Brazil Roberto Tom Price, Univ. Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Roberto Uzal, Univ. Nacional de San Luis, Argentina Sara Achaval de Ferreira, Univ. Catolica de Santiago del Estero, Argentina Silvia Estela d'Empaire, Univ. Nacional de Tucuman, Argentina Sung Shin, South Dakota State University, USA Susana Esquivel, Univ. Nacional de San Luis, Argentina Thomas Phillip, Mississippi State University, USA Tomasz Janowski, United Nations University, Macau Waleed Smari, University of Dayton, USA Walter Dosch, Medical University of Lubeck, Germany Wenying Feng, Trent University, Canada William Perrizo, North Dakota State University, USA Wilson P. Paula Filho, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil -- Master Ing. Daniel Riesco Departamento de Informática Facultad de Cs. Fco. Mat. y Nat. Universidad Nacional de San Luis Ejercito de los Andes 950 5700 - San Luis, Argentina