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

Dear Colleagues:

I would be most grateful if you would share the announcement below
with those who may be interested.  The paper submission deadline
is extended to March 10, 2008.

Thank you,
Hamid
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        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

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