CALL FOR PAPERS ================= 2004 International Symposium on Distributed Computing and Applications to Business, Engineering, and Science DCABES2004, Sept 13th - 16th, 2004 http://www.dcabes.org Wuhan University of Technology China Dear Colleagues: You are invited to submit a full paper, which will be formally published as a book of proceedings (with ISBN number) to be distributed at the conference. You also are invited to submit a proposal to organize a technical session. Selected papers will also be considered for journal publication soon after the Symposium. All accepted papers are expected to be presented at the conference. Acceptance of papers is based on originality, significance, clarity, soundness and relevance to the Symposium. Three researchers working in the appropriate area will review each paper. Accepted full papers are to be submitted in Camera-Ready form on/before June 30th 2004. The paper's submitting deadline is 29 February, 2004. IMPORTANT DATES:- February 29th 2004 - Full paper submission due. March 31st 2004 - Notification of acceptance. June 30th 2004 - Camera-Ready papers & early-registration due. September 13th - 16th 2004 - DCABES2004. Proposals to organize technical sessions should be submitted as soon as possible. All accepted papers are expected to be presented at the conference. CONFERENCE CONTACT :- Guo, Professor Qingping Prof. of Computer Science & Engineering Faculty of Information Department of Computer Science & Engineering The Wuhan University of Technology Yu Jia Tou Campus Yu Jia Tou, Wuhan 430063 China Tel: +86 (27) 8655 4639 Fax: +86 (27) 8655 4406 Email 1: qpguo@public.wh.hb.cn Email 2: qpguo111@mns.com http://www.whut.edu.cn/english/index.html LAI, Choi-Hong (BSc, PhD, FIMA, CMath, MBCS, CEng) Reader in Scientific Computing University of Greenwich - Maritime Greenwich Campus School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London SE10 9LS, U K Tel: +44 (20) 8331 8712 Fax: +44 (20) 8331 8665 Email: C.H.Lai@gre.ac.uk http://cms1.gre.ac.uk/ http://www.gre.ac.uk/ SCOPE OF DCABES2004 :- 1. Distributed/Parallel applications Computational methods in science and engineering Computational finance E-engineering and e-science applications E-commerce applications E-education applications 2. Distributed/Parallel algorithms Algorithms exploiting distributed computing environment. Image and vision processing, geometric modelling, and fractals. Grid based computing, algorithms and applications. Compression and decompression for multimedia applications. 3. Grid Computing Infrastructure of Grid Computing. Grid computing platforms and tools. Grid Software and Middleware. Grid computing applications. New technologies and developments in computer networking 4. System Architectures Real-time embedded systems for business, engineering, and sciences. Distributed information systems for business, engineering, and sciences. Compression and decompression for multimedia applications. Web resources management and system design for e-science and e-engineering. Web performance analysis for business, engineering and sciences. 5. Software tools and environments for distributed platform Use of MPI, PVM, Java. Platforms for web-based simulation and computing. Grid middleware and tools. Tools and platforms for E-education. Distributed systems and databases. Mobile agents and computing EXTENDED ABSTRACTS/DRAFT PAPERS :- Abstracts or draft papers of 4 to 5 pages should be submitted to Professor Guo and Professor Chen using the email address qpguo@public.wh.hb.cn. Deadline for abstracts: 31st January, 2004. PROPOSAL FOR ORGANIZING TECHNICAL SESSIONS :- Each technical session should have no less than 3 paper presentations. The session chairs will be responsible for all aspects of their sessions, including soliciting papers, reviewing, selecting. Proposals to organize technical sessions should include the following information: name and postal and email addresses of the proposer, title of the session, a 200-word description of the topic of the session, and a short description on how the session will be advertised (in most cases, session proposers solicit papers from colleagues and researchers whose work is known to the session proposer). E-mail your proposal to Professor Guo at qpguo@public.wh.hb.cn. Deadline for technical session proposals: 29th February, 2004. PROPOSAL FOR EXHIBITION :- An exhibition is planned for the duration of the Symposium. We have reserved more than 20 exhibition stands. Computer vendors, software developers and publishers who are interested to exhibit at the Symposium should contact Thomas Tusi (tomtsui@cuhk.edu.hk) or Professor Guo (qpguo@public.wh.hb.cn). All exhibitors will be considered to be co-sponsors of the Symposium. EVALUATION PROCESS :- Acceptance of extended abstracts is based on originality, significance, clarity, soundness and relevance to the Symposium. Notification of acceptance of abstracts will be given on February 29th , 2004. Each paper will be reviewed by three researchers working in the appropriate area. Full papers are to be submitted in Camera-Ready form on/before June 30th 2004. PUBLICATION :- The Symposium Proceedings will be published by Wuhan University of Technology with ISBN reference. Hardcopies of the Proceedings will be available at the Symposium site. Selected papers will be published after the Symposium in Special Issues of the journals below. (1) Computers and Mathematics with Applications - Special Issue on Distributed Algorithms for Science and Business. (2) International Journal of Computer Mathematics (Special Issue in disucssion) LOCATION OF THE SYMPOSIUM :- The Symposium will be held at the Yu Jia Tou Campus of Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China. Wuhan situates on the central Yangtze River is a strategic military position in historical China. Details of the campus and the conference venue may be found in http://public.whut.edu.cn/DCABES2004. Steering Committee ================== Guo, Professor Q.P. (Co-Chair) Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China Lai, Dr. C.-H. (Co-Chair) University of Greenwich, UK Tsui, Thomas Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Xu, Professor W. Southern Yangtze University, Wuxi, China Zhang, Professor J. University of Kentucky, USA Scientific Committee ==================== Cai, Professor X.-C. University of Colorado, Boulder, U.S.A. Cao, Professor J.W. Research and Development Centre for Parallel Algorithms and Software, Beijing, China Chi, Professor X.B. Academia Sinica, Beijing, China Guo, Professor Q.P. Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China Ho, Dr. P. T. University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Jesshope, Professor C. University of Hull, UK Kang, Professor L.S. Wuhan University, China Keyes, Professor D.E. Columbia University, USA Lai, Dr. C.-H. University of Greenwich, UK Lee, Dr. John Hong Kong Polytechnic, Hong Kong, China Liddell, Professor H. M. Queen Mary, University of London, UK Lin, Dr. H.X. Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands Lin, Dr. P. National University of Singapore, Singapore Loo, Dr. Alfred Hong Kong Lingnan University, Hong Kong, China Ng, Dr. Michael University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Sun, Professor J. Academia Sinica, Beijing, China Tsui, Mr.Thomas Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Xu, Professor W. Southern Yangtze University, Wuxi, China Zhang, Professor J. University of Kentucky, USA Local Organising Committee ========================== Zhou, Professor Z.D. (Honorary Chair) President of Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China Guo, Professor Q.P. (Chair) Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China Zhong, Processor L. (Co-Chair) Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China Chen, Professor J.S. Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China Kang, Professor L.S. Wuhan University, Wuhan, China King, Professor Hai Hua Zhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China Liu, Professor Q. Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China Tan, Professor L.S. Hua Zhong Normal University, Wuhan, China Zeng, Professor C.N. Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China Sponsors ======== Central China Normal University, Wuhan, China Hua Zhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China South Central China Nationality University, Wuhan, China Southern Yangtze University, Wuxi, China Wuhan University, Wuhan, China Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China Hubei Computer Association, China The NPCS, National Parallel Computing Specialty Committee, China Sun Microsystems (Hong Kong Headquarter)