[Biojava-l] 2003 Int'l Conf. in CS & CE - Las Vegas, June 23-26, 2003

[Hamid Arabnia]

Deadline for Submissions: May 5, 2003

                 C A L L   F O R   P A P E R S

     The 2003 International Multiconference in Computer Science
                   and Computer Engineering
                 (15 Joint Int'l Conferences)

            Monte Carlo Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
                       June 23-26, 2003

Dear Colleagues:

We have received a large number of requests for permission to
submit papers to be considered as RRR, SRP, or PST papers
(see the appended information for categories of accepted papers.)
I am happy to report that we now have the infrastructure to
consider all such submissions if received by May 5, 2003 (this is
the absolute deadline.)

You are invited to submit a draft paper (see instructions below.)
All accepted papers submitted in response to this Call For Papers
will be published in the respective Post-Conference proceedings/books.

We expect to have about 2000 attendees for the whole event.

The fifteen Joint Conferences are:

1.  The 2003 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed
    Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA'03)
2.  The 2003 International Conference on Imaging Science,
    Systems, and Technology (CISST'03)
3.  The 2003 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence
    (IC-AI'03)
4.  The 2003 International Conference on Internet Computing (IC'03)
5.  The 2003 International Conference on Embedded Systems and
    Applications (ESA'03)
6.  The 2003 International Conference on Wireless Networks (ICWN'03)
7.  The 2003 International Conference on Machine Learning; Models,
    Technologies and Applications (MLMTA)
8.  The 2003 International Conference on Mathematics and
    Engineering Techniques in Medicine and Biological Sciences
    (METMBS'03)
9.  The 2003 International Conference on Communications in
    Computing (CIC'03)
10. The 2003 International Conference on Engineering of
    Reconfigurable Systems and Algorithms (ERSA'03)
11. The 2003 International Conference on VLSI (VLSI'03)
12. The 2003 International Conference on Information and
    Knowledge Engineering (IKE'03)
13. The 2003 International Conference on Software Engineering
    Research and Practice (SERP'03)
14. The 2003 International Conference on Security and Management
    (SAM'03)
15. The First International Conference on Web Services (ICWS'03)

(a link to each conference's URL can be found at
http://www.ashland.edu/~iajwa/conferences)

You are requested to submit your paper for consideration to the
following site (in electronic form):

http://www.ucmss.com:8080/2003/UCMSS/papersPostConf/first_html


SUBMISSION OF PAPERS:

      Prospective authors are invited to submit their papers
      (about 5 pages - single spaced and font size of 10 to 12 -
      all reasonable typesetting format is acceptable)
      to http://www.ucmss.com:8080/2003/UCMSS/papersPostConf/first_html
      by May 5, 2003.  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, E-mail address, telephone number, and Fax
      number for each author.  The first page should also include the
      name of the conference the paper is being submitted to.

IMPORTANT DATES:

      May 5, 2003:                Submissions Due
      May 15, 2003:               Notification of acceptance
      June 1, 2003:               Camera-Ready papers & Prereg. due
      June 23-26, 2003            All 15 Int'l Conferences


PRESENTATION FORMATS / PAPER CATEGORIES:

      The Accepted Paper Categories are:

      RRR papers (Regular Research Report) will be a maximum of 7 IEEE
      style pages in Camera-Ready form (will be published in the
      proceedings).  RRR papers will be presented in Discussion Sessions.
      Authors of these papers are expected to bring with them to
      the conference a maximum of 10 pages describing their paper.
      These pages will be pinned to presentation boards during
      the Discussion Sessions.  Please use large fonts so that
      the paper can be read from about 1.5 meter distance - any
      reasonable typesetting format is acceptable.  Authors of
      RRR papers are expected to be present during these sessions
      to answer any questions that readers might have (scheduled
      times for Discussion Sessions will be emailed to you in June.
      Please note that you are still required to send us the
      Camera-Ready of your paper by the due date for publication
      in the proceedings.  Your Camera-Ready paper should not
      exceed 7 IEEE style pages.

      SRP papers (Short Research Paper): Same as RRR papers (above)
      except SRP papers will be a maximum of 4 IEEE style pages in
      Camera-Ready form (will be published in the proceedings).

      PST papers (Poster Paper): Same as RRR papers (above) 
      except PST papers will be a maximum of 2 IEEE style pages in
      Camera-Ready form (will be published in the proceedings).