CALL FOR PAPERS THE ELEVENTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCES ISCIS-XI November 6-8 1996, Antalya, Turkey Organized By Middle East Technical University (METU), Turkey In cooperation with Turkish Informatics Association, IEEE Computer Society Turkey Chapter ISCIS-XI is the eleventh of a series of meetings which brings together computer scientists and engineers from more than twenty countries. This year's conference will be held in the beautiful Mediterranean resort city of Antalya, in a region rich in natural as well as archeological, architectural and historical sites. TOPICS OF INTEREST * Computer Networks * Parallelism * Image Processing * Programming Languages * Artificial Intelligence * Computational Mathematics * Computer Graphics * Theoretical Computer Science * Neural Networks * Databases * Formal Methods * Information Retrieval * Software Engineering * Performance Evaluation * Computer Architecture * Distributed Systems * Real Time Computing * Computer Vision The conference shall be preceded by the regular meeting of COST 247 Action on "Verification / Validation of Communication Software by Formal Methods". Papers are particularly solicited for special COST 247 session and also for special sessions on Image Processing & Computer Vision and Databases in addition to regular sessions on the above topics. CONFERENCE CHAIRS K. Inan, Middle East Technical University (METU) N. Yalabik, Middle East Technical University (METU) ADVISORY BOARD E. Gelenbe (Chair) S. Eren A. E. Harmanci K. Inan Y. Karsligil S. Kuru E. Ozkarahan N. Yalabik U. Yarimagan PROGRAM COMMITTEE V. Akman, Turkey E. Arkun, Turkey I. Aybay, Turkey F. Belli, Germany S. Bilgen, Turkey S. Budkowski, France U. Caglayan, Turkey P. Dembinski, Poland H. Derin, USA A. Dogac, Turkey J. Eder, Austria A. El Abbadi, USA C. Ersoy, Turkey S. Fdida, France J. M. Fourneau, France R. George, USA M. Gokmen, Turkey J. F. Groote, Holland U. Halici, Turkey (Program co-chair) E. Harmanci, Turkey R. Hummel, USA K. Inan, Turkey S. Jaehnichen, Germany L. Kalinichenko, Russia H. Korezlioglu, France S. Kuru, Turkey V. Levin, Russia H. Maitre, France A. Maruani, France H. Oguztuzun, Turkey G. Ozsoyoglu, USA T. Ozsu, Canada E. Panayirci, Turkey N. Pekergin, France P. Quinton, France M. Raynal, France G. Serazzi, Italy H. Siegelman,Israel A. Stafylopatis, Greece G. Stamon, France M. Tiennari, Finland M. Tuceryan, USA K. Turner, UK N. Yalabik, Turkey A. Yazici, Turkey (Program co-chair) M. N. Yucel, Turkey L. Zadeh, USA PAPER SUBMISSION FULL PAPERS LIMITED TO 10 PAGES or SHORT COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED TO 4 PAGES should be sent with an accompanying letter so as to arrive by May 1, 1996. Electronic Submission of papers is recommended: Papers in Latex or Postscript formats are welcome. Use e-mail to . Should electronic submission be inconvenient, please send 4 hard-copies to the following address: ISCIS-XI Department of Computer Engineering, METU TR-06531 ANKARA, TURKEY ACCOMPANYING LETTER should include full title of the paper, name, mailing address, tel. & fax no. and e-mail address of the contact person indicating the technical session name to be selected from the list of topics given above. PAPER FORMAT: Papers should be prepared A4 or letter size paper with one inch margins on all four sides. Centered at the top of the first page should be the complete title of the paper, author(s), affiliation(s), mailing and email address(es) then the abstract, keywords, followed by the text. The single column format text should be written in single line spacing by using a font similar to Times, 12pts. For further information: ISCIS-XI, Department of Computer Engineering, Middle East Technical University(METU), TR-06531 Ankara/TURKEY. Phone : + 90 (312) 210 10 00 Ext:5500 Fax : + 90 (312) 210 12 59 e-mail : iscis-xi@ceng.metu.edu.tr http : www.ceng.metu.edu.tr/~iscis-xi Important Dates : Papers Due May 1, 1996 Notification of Acceptance July 15, 1996 Camera Ready Papers August 15, 1996