------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS ------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Thirteenth IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications

ISCC 2008

July 6-9, 2008 - Marrakech, Morocco

http://www.comsoc.org/iscc/2008

Sponsored by IEEE Communications Society and IEEE Computer Society ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

*** Technical Topics *** Continuing the tradition of this series of symposia, ISCC 2008 will provide an international technical forum for experts from industry and academia to exchange ideas and present results of ongoing research in the areas listed below. This year, special focus will be on the challenging issues related to the creation, management, dissemination, and communication of information.

You are invited to submit a full paper, or a proposal for a panel, invited session, or tutorial, related to the following topics: * Access Networks * Bioinformatics * Data Mining and Database Applications * Distributed Systems Architecture and Management * Digital Satellite Communications * E-Commerce and E-Services * Economic and Regulatory Issues * Fault-Tolerance and Error Recovery * Grid and Cluster Computing * Human Language Technologies * Image Processing and Visualization * Internet Services and Applications * Internet Protocols - Advances and Evolution * Management of Telecommunications Services * Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks * Digital Media Technologies * Modeling and Simulation * Network Design, Optimization, and Management * Network Reliability and Quality of Service * Optical Networking * Overlay and Programmable Networks * Peer-to-Peer Computing * Real Time Communication Services * Routing and Multicast * Security and Cryptography * Software Engineering * Standards * Wireless, Cellular, and Mobile Communications * Web Services and Service Oriented Architectures

*** Important Dates *** Jan. 28, 2008 Submission Deadline (Extended) Feb. 22, 2008 Notification of Acceptance Apr. 12, 2008 Final Manuscript Due

*** Submissions *** * Papers should describe original work and be 15 double-spaced pages or less in length. A concise and representative abstract should be included. The paper should clearly indicate the complete postal and electronic mailing addresses, as well as the phone number of the corresponding author. Please follow the submission guidelines at http://www.comsoc.org/iscc/2008 * Accepted papers up to 6 pages in the IEEE double-column proceedings format will be published with no additional charge. Papers that exceed that page limit will be charged an over length fee. * For additional information contact the technical co-chairs and local co-chairs.

*** Organization Committee *** Conference General Chair: Adel Elmaghraby, U. of Louisville, USA adel@louisville.edu

Technical Program Co-chairs: Abdelghani Bellaachia, George Washington University, USA, bell@gwu.edu Saad Biaz, Auburn University, USA, biazsaa@auburn.edu

Local Committee Co-Chairs: Amine Bensaid, Al Akhawayn U. of Ifrane, Morocco, amine@alakhawayn.ma Driss Aboutajdine, School of Science, Rabat, Morocco, aboutaj@fsr.ac.ma

Finance and Registration Chair: Reda Ammar, U. of Connecticut, USA

Plenary Chair: Mahmoud Daneshmand, AT&T Labs

Publication Chair: Chi-Ming Chen, AT&T Labs, USA

Keynote Chair: Ahmed Tantawy, IBM, USA

Web Chair: Abd-Elhamid M. Taha, Queen's U., Canada

Publicity Chair: Nidal Nasser, U. of Guelph, Canada

Steering committee: Reda Ammar, U. of Connecticut, USA Antonio Corradi, U. of Bologna, Italy Mahmoud Daneshmand, AT &T, USA Adel Elmaghraby, U. of Louisville, USA Hussein Mouftah, U. of Ottawa, Canada Sartaj Sahni, U. of Florida, USA Ahmed Tantawy, IBM, USA

We hope to see you in beautiful Marrakech, Morocco! _______________________________________________ Tccc mailing list Tccc@lists.cs.columbia.edu https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc