From: Info To: "'helwig@cg.tuwien.ac.at'" Subject: MS 2001 - Call for Papers Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 15:09:28 -0700 Call for Papers IASTED INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MODELLING AND SIMULATION 2001 May 16-18, 2001 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA PURPOSE The International Conference on Modelling and Simulation (MS 2001), sponsored by IASTED, is a major forum for scientists, engineers, and practitioners throughout the world to present their latest research, results, ideas, developments and applications in all areas of signal and image processing. It aims to strengthen relations between industry, research laboratories, and universities. MS 2001 will be held at the Holiday Inn Select near downtown Pittsburgh. It will include keynote addresses, contributed papers, tutorials, and workshops. SCOPE: The topics covered will include, but are not limited to: Symposium A.: Modelling and Simulation Methodologies This stream focuses on the methodologies that drive new developments in the modelling and simulation field. Successful submissions under this stream will specifically address the newest work in this area. Relevant topics include, but are not restricted to: Neural Networks Petri Nets Artificial Intelligence Expert Systems Knowledge-based Systems Fuzzy Systems Numerical Methods Bond Graph Modelling Symposium B. Software Engineering This stream will focus on software development relevant to the modelling and simulation field. This can include work-in-progress and new research and enhancements to existing software. Relevant topics include, but are not restricted to: Modelling and Simulation on the Internet Multimedia Systems Languages Parallel and Distributed Processing Signal Processing Communication Systems and Networks Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality Scientific Visualization Symposium C. Modelling and Simulation of Industrial and Environmental Systems This stream will address the latest research and developments regarding the industrial and environmental applications of modelling and simulation. Successful submissions under this heading will discuss work-in-progress or research related to the industrial or environmental applications of modelling and simulation technology. Relevant topics include, but are not restricted to: Power and Energy Systems Robotics Manufacturing Automotive Business Engineering Hydrology Transportation Computers Networks Communication Systems Communication software and protocols Computer techniques Data mining Data warehousing Database systems Education and technology transfer Fault-Tolerance Graphical user interfaces Intelligent agent software Internet computing: JAVA, CORBA, XML Knowledge management systems Mobile and wireless computing Multimedia systems Object-oriented analysis and design Others Parallel and distributed systems Programming languages Project management and experiences Prototyping techniques Reliability Reusability Software development environments Software development for electronic commerce systems and applications Software maintenance Software metrics and empirical studies Software quality assurance and standards Software requirements Software specification methodologies Software testing techniques Unified modeling languages (UML) Visualization Web-based software engineering PAPER SUBMISSIONS Initial selection will be based upon full papers. Papers submitted for review should be no more than ten pages in length. Please include a complete list of references. All submissions should be in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf), Postscript (.ps) or MS Word (.doc) format. The IASTED Secretariat should receive your paper by January 31, 2001. All submissions should be made online. Submission instructions can be found on the web site at: http://www.iasted.com/conference.htm TUTORIALS SUBMISSION The IASTED Secretariat should receive proposals for half-day tutorials (3 hours) by January 31, 2001. The tutorial proposal should clearly indicate the topic, background knowledge expected of the participants, objectives, time allocations for the major course topics, and the qualifications of the instructor(s). SPECIAL SESSIONS Persons wishing to organize a special session should submit a proposal to the IASTED Secretariat by January 31, 2001. Proposals should include a minimum of 5 paper abstracts, a session title, a list of the topics covered, and qualifications of the session organizer(s). IMPORTANT DEADLINES Submissions due January 31, 2001 Notification of acceptance February 28, 2001 Registrations and final manuscripts due April 2, 2001 For more information or to be placed on our mailing list, please contact: IASTED Secretariat - MS 2001 #80, 4500 - 16th Avenue N.W. Calgary, AB T3B 0M6 Canada Tel: 403-288-1195 Fax: 403-247-6851 E-mail: calgary@iasted.com Web site: http://www.iasted.com 1