[Mycolleagues] [Fwd: Call For Papers: Extended deadline: March 10 - WORLDCOMP'08 Congress (CS and CE Conferences - July 2008, USA)]

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Subject:	[Mycolleagues] Call For Papers: Extended deadline: March 10 - WORLDCOMP'08 Congress (CS and CE Conferences - July 2008, USA)
Date:	Sun, 02 Mar 2008 09:37:30 -0500 (EST)
From:	hra@cs.uga.edu
To:	mycolleagues@grid.lrg.ufsc.br
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Dear Carlos:  I would be most grateful if you would share the announcement below with the members of grid.lrg.ufsc.br. The paper submission deadline is extended to March 10, 2008.  Thank you, Hamid -----         Extended Paper Submission Deadline: March 10, 2008                         Call  For  Papers                           WORLDCOMP'08           The 2008 World Congress in Computer Science,           Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing                July 14-17, 2008, Las Vegas, USA              http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/               (composed of 25 Joint Conferences)  Academic Sponsors include research labs at: Harvard University, MIT, UCLA, Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Texas at Austin, University of Iowa, University of Minnesota, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Emory University, University of North Dakota, PSU/Saudi, Russian Academy of Sciences, European Union at Institute of Discrete Mathematics, and others (see below).  Corporate sponsors include Google, Salford Systems, and NIIT.  You are invited to submit a paper for consideration.  All accepted papers will be published in the respective conference proceedings.  The 2008 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing (WORLDCOMP'08) is composed of the following 25 conferences (all will be held simultaneously, same location and dates: July 14-17, 2008, USA):  o PDPTA'08: The 2008 International Conference on Parallel and   Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications  o CDES'08: The 2008 International Conference on Computer Design  o CGVR'08: The 2008 International Conference on Computer Graphics   and Virtual Reality  o CSC'08: The 2008 International Conference on Scientific Computing  o EEE'08: The 2008 International Conference on e-Learning,   e-Business, Enterprise Information Systems, and e-Government  o ESA'08: The 2008 International Conference on Embedded Systems   and Applications  o FCS'08: The 2008 International Conference on Foundations of   Computer Science  o FECS'08: The 2008 International Conference on Frontiers in   Education: Computer Science and Computer Engineering  o GCA'08: The 2008 International Conference on Grid Computing and   Applications  o GEM'08: The 2008 International Conference on Genetic and   Evolutionary Methods  o ICAI'08: The 2008 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence  o ICOMP'08: The 2008 International Conference on Internet Computing  o ICWN'08: The 2008 International Conference on Wireless Networks  o IKE'08: The 2008 International Conference on Information and   Knowledge Engineering  o IPCV'08: The 2008 International Conference on Image Processing,   Computer Vision, and Pattern Recognition  o BIOCOMP'08: The 2008 International Conference on Bioinformatics   and Computational Biology  o MLMTA'08: The 2008 International Conference on Machine Learning;   Models, Technologies and Applications  o MSV'08: The 2008 International Conference on Modeling, Simulation   and Visualization Methods  o SAM'08: The 2008 International Conference on Security and Management  o SERP'08: The 2008 International Conference on Software Engineering   Research and Practice  o SWWS'08: The 2008 International Conference on Semantic Web and   Web Services  o ITSL'08: The 2008 International Conference on Information Theory   and Statistical Learning  o DMIN'08: The 2008 International Conference on Data Mining  o ERSA'08: The 2008 International Conference on Engineering of   Reconfigurable Systems and Algorithms  o CIC'08: The 2008 International Conference on Communications in   Computing  (a link to each conference's URL can be found at http://www.world-academy-of-science.org)   PURPOSE/HISTORY:     This set of joint conferences is the largest annual gathering of    researchers in computer science, computer engineering and applied    computing.  Many of the 25 joint conferences in WORLDCOMP are the    premier conferences for presentation of advances in their respective    fields.  We anticipate to have 2,600 or more attendees from over 80    countries participating in the 2008 joint conferences.     WORLCOMP'08 will be composed of research presentations, keynote    lectures, invited presentations, tutorials, panel discussions, and    poster presentations.  In recent past, keynote and/or tutorial speakers    included: Prof. Michael J. Flynn (Stanford U.); Prof. John H. Holland    (U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor); Prof. H. J. Siegel (Colorado State U.);    Prof. Barry Vercoe (MIT); Prof. Ruzena Bajcsy (U. of California,    Berkeley); Prof. David Cheriton (Stanford U.), Prof. A. K. Dunker    (Indiana U. and Purdue U.); Prof. Jun Liu (Harvard U.); Dr. Jim Gettys    (developer of X Window, ...); Dr. Chris Rowen (President and CEO,    Tensilica, Inc.); and many other distinguished speakers.   FEATURED 2008 KEYNOTE LECTURES:     Prof. David A. Patterson        University of California at Berkeley, California, USA        Member, National Academy of Engineering        Member, National Academy of Sciences        Fellow of IEEE, ACM, and AAAS        Shared (with John Hennessy) the IEEE John von Neumann Medal     Prof. Ophir Frieder        Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA        The Royden B. Davis, SJ, Chair in Interdisciplinary Studies at        Georgetown University,        IITRI Chair Professor of Computer Science at Illinois Institute        of Technology,        Director, Information Retrieval lab (IIT)        Fellow of IEEE, ACM, and AAAS     (in addition to the above, each of the 25 conferences will have at least    one keynote and one invited lecture).   FEATURED TUTORIAL:     Prof. H. J. Siegel        Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA        Abell Endowed Chair Distinguished Professor of ECE        Professor of Computer Science        Director, CSU Information Science and Technology Center (ISTeC)        Fellow of IEEE and ACM     (in addition to the above, there will also be 11 planned other tutorials).   SUBMISSION OF PAPERS:     Prospective authors are invited to submit their draft paper    (about 5 to 7 pages - single space, font size of 10 to 12) to    H. R. Arabnia by March 10, 2008. email submissions in MS document    or PDF formats are preferable.  All reasonable typesetting formats    are acceptable (later, the authors of accepted papers will be    asked to follow a particular typesetting format to prepare their    papers for publication.)     The length of the Camera-Ready papers (if accepted) will be limited    to 7 (IEEE style) 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, email address, and telephone    number 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 that the paper is being submitted to must be    stated on the first page.     Papers will be evaluated for originality, significance, clarity,    impact, and soundness.  Each paper will be refereed by two experts    in the field who are independent of the conference program committee.    The referees' evaluations will then be reviewed by two members of    the program committee who will recommend a decision to the chair of    the track that the paper has been submitted to.  The chair will make    the final decision.   IMPORTANT DATES:     March 10, 2008:    Submission of papers (about 5 to 7 pages)    April 7, 2008:     Notification of acceptance    April 28, 2008:    Camera-Ready papers and Registration due    July 14-17, 2008:  The 2008 World Congress in Computer Science,                       Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing                       (WORLDCOMP'08 - 25 joint conferences)   GENERAL CO-CHAIR / COORDINATOR:     Prof. Hamid R. Arabnia    Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Supercomputing (Springer)    Vice President, Int'l Society of Intelligent Biological Medicine    The University of Georgia    Department of Computer Science    415 Graduate Studies Research Center    Athens, Georgia 30602-7404, USA     Tel: (706) 542-3480    Fax: (706) 542-2966    E-mail: hra@cs.uga.edu   LOCATION OF CONFERENCES:     The conferences will be held in the Monte Carlo hotel, Las Vegas,    Nevada, USA (with any overflows at other near-by hotels).  This is    a mega hotel with excellent conference facilities and over 3,000    rooms.  It is minutes from the airport with 24-hour shuttle    service to and from the airport.  This hotel has many recreational    attractions, including: spa, pools, sunning decks, Easy River,    wave pool, lighted tennis courts, health spa, nightly shows,    a number of restaurants, ...  The negotiated room rate for    conference attendees is very reasonable.  The hotel is within    walking distance from most other attractions.   SPONSORS: (this is a partial list)     Academic/Technical Co-Sponsors: (a partial list)     -->  Computational Biology and Functional Genomics Laboratory,         Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA    -->  International Society of Intelligent Biological Medicine    -->  Horvath Lab., University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA    -->  Minnesota Supercomputing Institute, University of Minnesota, USA    -->  Functional Genomics Laboratory, University of Illinois at         Urbana-Champaign, USA    -->  BioMedical Informatics & Bio-Imaging Laboratory, Georgia Institute         of Technology and Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA    -->  Intelligent Data Exploration and Analysis Laboratory, University         of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA    -->  Biomedical Cybernetics Laboratory, HST of Harvard University and         MIT, USA    -->  Center for the Bioinformatics and Computational Genomics,         Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA    -->  Harvard Statistical Genomics and Computational Laboratory,         Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA    -->  Hawkeye Radiology Informatics, Department of Radiology,         College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa, USA    -->  Medical Image HPC & Informatics Lab (MiHi Lab),         University of Iowa, Iowa, USA    -->  The University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA    -->  PSU - Prince Sultan University    -->  Institute for Informatics Problems of the Russian Academy of         Sciences, Moscow, Russia.    -->  NEMO/European Union at Institute of Discrete Mathematics and         Geometry, TU Vienna  Corporate Co-Sponsors: (a partial list)     -->  Google, Inc.    -->  Salford Systems    -->  NIIT Technologies  Other Co-Sponsors: (a partial list)     -->  High Performance Computing for Nanotechnology (HPCNano)    -->  International Technology Institute (ITI)    -->  GridToday - enewsletter focused on Grid, SOA, Virtualization,         Storage, Networking and Service-Oriented IT    -->  HPCwire - The Leading Source for Global News and Information         Covering the Ecosystem of High Productivity Computing    -->  Hodges' Health (H2CM), UK _______________________________________________ Mycolleagues mailing list Mycolleagues@grid.lrg.ufsc.br http://grid.lrg.ufsc.br/mailman/listinfo/mycolleagues  

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