CATA-2009: Submission deadline ...November 1, 2008

Note:  Full paper submission final deadline:  November 1, 2008

CATA-2009
CALL FOR  PAPERS

<http://www.isca-hq.org/CATA-2009-CFP.pdf>24th International Conference on
Computers and Their Applications

April 8-10, 2009

   Holiday Inn Downtown-Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana  USA

Sponsored by the International Society for Computers and Their 
Applications (ISCA)

in conjunction with <http://www.isca-hq.org/BICoB-2009-CFP.pdf>BICoB-2009


The International Conference on Computers and Their Applications 
(CATA) provides an international forum for presentation and 
discussion of research on computers and their applications. The 
CATA-2009 will feature contributed as well as invited papers 
concerned with theory, practice and applications.  The conference 
also includes a BEST PAPER AWARD given for a paper presented at the 
conference.  The topics will include, but are not limited to, the 
following areas:

Algorithms
Artificial Intelligence
Biomedical Engineering
Bioinformatics and Geoinformatics
Compilers
Computer-aided Design/manufacturing
  Computer and Network Security
Computer Architecture and VLSI
Computer Graphics
Computer Modeling
Computer Networks
Computer Simulation
Computer Vision
Computing Practice & Applications
Control Systems
Data Communications
Databases
Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery
Digital Signal Processing
Expert Systems
Human-Computer Interface & Visualization
Image Processing
Information Systems
Multimedia Applications
Neural Networks
Operating and Distributed Systems
Parallel Processing
Pattern Recognition
Programming Languages
Real-time Computing
Robotics
Software Engineering and CASE
Text Processing

INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS:

Papers will be accepted only by electronic submission (PDF only).   A 
full paper, including title, author's name(s) and affiliation, 
mailing address, telephone, fax and email of the principal author, 
should be submitted before November 1, 2008 at the following web 
site: 
<https://secure.myhostadvantage.com/V0015065FC/con-reg/default.asp?ConID=81>https://secure.myhostadvantage.com/V0015065FC/con-reg/default.asp?ConID=81. 
The submitted manuscript should closely reflect the final paper as it 
will appear in the Proceedings.   Maximum paper length for the 
proceedings is six pages, with up to two additional pages accepted 
with page charges (6+2).  ISCA double-column format will be used. 
See: 
<http://www.isca-hq.org/Sample_Manuscript_in_ISCA_Format.PDF>http://www.isca-hq.org/Sample_Manuscript_in_ISCA_Format.PDF 


For possible publication in the ISCA Journal of Computers and 
Applications, authors should send expanded versions of their papers 
directly to the Editor, Dr. David Jeff Jackson  (See Instructions to 
Authors 
at:  <http://www.isca-hq.org/j-authr.htm>http://www.isca-hq.org/j-authr.htm ).


CONFERENCE CHAIR:

Gongzhu Hu
Central Michigan University
Email: hu1g@cmich.edu

PROGRAM CHAIR:

Wei Li
Nova Southeastern University
Email:  lwei@nova.edu



IMPORTANT DATES

                                                                                 Full 
paper Submission:                                           November 1, 2008
                                                                                 Notification 
of Acceptance:                                  December 15, 2008
                                                                                 Pre-registration 
and Camera-ready paper:            January 10, 2009



CONFERENCE CHAIR

Gongzhu Hu
Central Michigan University
E-mail: hu1g@cmich.edu


PROGRAM CHAIR

Wei Li
Nova Southeastern University
E-mail:  lwei@nova.edu


PROGRAM COMMITTEE


Reda A. Ammar, U. of Connecticut
Behnam Arad, California State U., Sacramento
Kamel Barkaoui, CNAM, France
Mark Burgin, U. of California, Los Angles
Suresh Chandra, NC A&T State U.
Xiao Chen, Texas State U.
Fouad B. Chedid, Notre Dame U., Lebanon
Arturo I Concepcion, California State U.
Andy Connor, Auckland U. of Technology
Sergiu Dascalu, U. of Nevada Reno
Narayan Debnath, Winona State U.
James H. Graham, U. of Louisville
Bidyut Gupta, Southern Illinois U. at Carbondale
Fred Harris, University of Nevada, Reno
Donna L Hudson, U. of California, San Francisco
Jeff Jackson, U. of Alabama
Chung-Hong Lee, National Kaohsiung U.
       of Applied Sciences, Taiwan
Haesun Lee, U. of Texas of the Permian Basin
Jiang Bo Liu, Bradley U.
Sin Ming Loo, Boise State U.
Wenbin Luo, St. Mary's U., San Antonio
Prabhat Mahanti, U. of New Brunswick
Les Miller, Iowa State U.
David C. Pheanis, Arizona State U.
Thomas Philip, Mississippi State U.
Stanislav G. Sedukhin, The U. of Aizu
Howard Sholl, U. of Connecticut
Ambareen Siraj, Tennessee Tech U.
John M. Weiss, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology




Mary Ann Sullivan
Executive Director, ISCA
International Society for Computers
    and Their Applications
975 Walnut Street, Suite 132
Cary, NC   27511  USA
Phone:  919-467-5559
FAX:    919-467-3430
E-mail: isca@ipass.net