Submission Deadline (2nd call): 18 December 2006 ************************************************************* IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE APPLIED COMPUTING 2007 February 17-20, 2007 - SALAMANCA, SPAIN (http://www.computing-conf.org/) ************************************************************* * Keynote Speakers (confirmed): Professor Ajith Abraham, School of Computer Science and Engineering, Chung-Ang University, South Korea Professor Hussein Zedan, De Montfort University, United Kingdom Professor Keith Clark, Imperial College London, United Kingdom * Conference background and goals The IADIS Applied Computing 2007 conference aims to address the main issues of concern within the applied computing area and related fields. This conference covers essentially technical aspects. The applied computing field is divided into more detailed areas (see below). However innovative contributes that don't fit into these areas will also be considered since they might be of benefit to conference attendees. * Format of the Conference The conference will comprise invited talks and oral presentations. The proceedings of the conference will be published in the form of a book. The best paper authors will be invited to publish extended versions of their papers in specific journals, and in the IADIS Journal on Computer Science and Information Systems. * Types of submissions Full and Short Papers, Reflection Papers, Posters/Demonstrations, Tutorials, Panels and Doctoral Consortium. All submissions are subject to a blind refereeing process. * Topics related to Applied Computing are of interest. These include, but are not limited to the following areas: - Agent Systems and Applications - Algorithms - Applied Information Systems - Bioinformatics - Case Studies and Applications - Communications - Data Mining - Database Systems - E-Commerce Theory and Practice - Embedded Systems - Evaluation and Assessment - Global Tendencies - Grid Computing - Information Retrieval - Intelligent Systems - Mobile Networks and Systems - Multimedia - Networking - Object Orientation - Parallel and Distributed Systems - Payment Systems - Programming Languages - Protocols and Standards - Security - Semantic Web - Software Engineering - Storage Issues - Technologies for E-Learning - Wireless Applications - WWW Applications - WWW Technologies - Ubiquitous Computing - Usability Issues - Virtual Reality - Visualization - XML and other Extensible Languages * Important Dates: - Submission (2nd call): 18 December 2006 - Notification to Authors (2nd call): 10 January 2007 - Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration (2nd call): Until 23 January 2007 - Late Registration (2nd call): After 23 January 2007 - Conference: Salamanca, Spain, 17 to 20 February 2007 * Conference Location: The conference will be held in Salamanca, Spain. * Secretariat IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE APPLIED COMPUTING 2007 Rua Sao Sebastiao da Pedreira, 100, 3, 1050-209 Lisbon, Portugal E-mail: ac_sec@iadis.org Web site: http://www.computing-conf.org/ * Program Committee Conference and Program Co-Chairs Nuno Guimarães, Faculdade de Ciências - University of Lisbon, Portugal Pedro Isaías, Universidade Aberta (Portuguese Open University), Portugal Committee Members: for the full Committee Members list please access http://www.computing-conf.org/committees.asp * Co-located event Please also check the co-located event Web Based Communities 2007 (http://www.webcommunities-conf.org/ - 18-20 February 2007 * Registered participants in the Applied Computing conference may attend the Web Based Communities conference sessions free of charge.