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2nd International Workshop on Frontiers of Information Technology Islamabad, Pakistan - Dec 20-21, 2004 http://multimedia.ece.uic.edu/FIT04/ Co-Sponsored by National Science Foundation (USA) and Committee on Science and Technology for the Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS) In cooperation with University of Illinois at Chicago and Purdue University CALL FOR PAPERS and PARTICIPATION Since the past decade information technology (IT) has been one of the key factors in propelling growth in all sectors of life including science, engineering, commerce, medicine, and defense. As suggested in the 1999 report by the US Presidential Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC), "IT will transform the way we live, learn, work, and play." Such a transformation is necessary to meet the technological and socio-economic challenges of the 21st century. Rapid advances in areas such as networking, communication, and computing, demand innovative storage, management, browsing, and communication techniques. Furthermore, education is changing with the advent of new interactive on-line learning technologies, online digital libraries and collaborative workspaces. In this regards design of innovative multidisciplinary curriculums and higher education infrastructures. The workshop will focus on identifying and articulating research and development challenges and agendas in IT in the next decade and beyond and fostering research collaborations among researchers in key IT areas. The theme area chosen for this workshop include the following: Information and Network Security. Communication and Networking Technologies. IT based Applications. Embedded Systems and Pervasive Computing. IT researchers/academicians/practitioners with an interest in any of the above broad IT research areas are invited to submit a technical paper outlining their view of the present status of research in topics related to these broad areas and what they consider to be the most important and promising future research agendas. We encourage magazine style submissions with less focus on deeper technical details and more emphasis on future research problems, their formulations, and issues that need further exploration. The target audience for the workshop is both researchers and practitioners who are interested in taking part in forming the future IT research agendas and fostering global collaborations especially with researchers in the US and Pakistan. Participants are invited to submit an extended abstract by September 22, 2004. Submitted papers will be accepted for presentation at the workshop on the basis of their originality, relevance, and capacity for stimulating discussion. For each theme area, multiple sessions will be organized. It is also intended that at the last day of the workshop participants in each workshop theme area will work towards reaching a consensus on the recommendation for appropriate further action (e.g., writing a joint paper, forming a task group, identifying funding opportunities, etc.). The workshop is intended to generate specific interest groups, and that participants will find a way to contribute to any research endeavor emerging as a result. The workshop will also host keynote addresses at the beginning of each day and two panel discussion sessions will be organized to debate broader IT challenges and issues. Important dates: September 22, 2004: Paper submissions due. October 15th, 2004 - Notification of acceptance. November 15th, 2004 - Camera Ready papers due (Format guidelines: Word Template) December 20 - 21, 2004 - Days of the workshop Workshop Co-Chairs: . Dr. Arif Ghafoor, Purdue University. . Dr. S.M. Junaid Zaidi, COMSAT Institute of Technology. Program Co-Chairs: . Dr. Ashfaq Khokhar, University of Illinois at Chicago. . Dr. Abul Faiz Muhammad Ishaq, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology. Local Arrangements Co-Chairs: . Mr. Tahir Naeem, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology. . Dr. Shahab Baqai, Lahore University of Management Sciences. Publicity Co-Chairs: . Dr. Tanveer-ul-Haq, Higher Education Commission . Mr. Ali Tawab Baloch, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology. Proceedings Co-Chairs: . Mr. Ahsan Abdullah, National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences. . Ms. Rubina Bhatti, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology. Panel Coordinators: . Dr. S.M.H. Zaidi, NUST Institute of Information Technology. . Dr. Sayeed Ghani, Institute of Business Administration, Karachi. Industrial Track Co-Chairs: . Dr. Amin Matin, Pakistan Software Expert Board. . Dr. Sohaib Khan, Lahore University of Management Sciences. International Program Committee (Tentative) Ali, Arshad National Institute of Information Technology, (NIIT), Rawalpindi, Pakistan niit@isb.paknet.com.pk Abdali, Kamal National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA, USA kabdali@nsf.gov Abdali, Kamal National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA, USA kabdali@nsf.gov Ahmad, Imtiaz Kuwait University, Kuwait imtiaz@eng.kuniv.edu.kw Ahmed, Ishtiaq Kyoto University, Japan ishtiaq@ais.sys.i.kyoto-u.ac.jp Ahmed, Shakeel United Arab Emirates University, UAE s.akhtar@uaeu.ac.ae Ali, Shoukat University of Missouri - Rolla, MO, USA shoukat@umr.edu Alnuweiri, Hussein University of British Columbia, Canada hussein@ece.ubc.ca Alvi, Ayub National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan alvi@nu.edu.pk Ayyaz, Naeem University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore Pakistan mnayyaz@hotmail.com Aziz, Romana Foundation University, Islamabad, Pakistan romana@isb.paknet.com.pk Baqai, Farhan Sony Corporation, San Jose, CA, USA farhan.baqai@am.sony.com Bertino, Elisa Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA bertino@cs.purdue.edu Bouguettaya , Athman Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA athman@cs.vt.edu Cetin, Enis Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey cetin@bilkent.edu.tr Chaudhary, Abbas Balochistan University of Information Technology, Quetta, Pakistan abbas@buitms.edu.pk Dagtas, Serhan University of Arkansas at Little Rock, AR, USA sxdagtas@ualr.edu Elmagarmid, Ahmad Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA ake@cs.purdue.edu Essa, Irfan Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA irfan@cc.gatech.edu Fleisch, Brett NSF and University of California, Riverside, CA, USA brett@cs.ucr.edu Gershenfeld, Neil Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA neilg@cba.mit.edu Ghani, Sayeed Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi, Pakistan sghani@iba.edu.pk Guizani, Mohsen Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA mguizani@cs.wmich.edu Ilyas, Mohammad Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA ilyas@fau.edu Ishaq, Faiz M. COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), Islamabad, Pakistan ficiit@yahoo.com Joshi, Anupam University of Maryland Baltimore Campus, Baltimore, MD, USA joshi@cs.umbc.edu Joshi, James University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA jjoshi@mail.sis.pitt.edu Kamel, Ibrahim Zayed University, UAE Ibrahim.Kamel@zu.ac.ae Khan, Mohammad F. King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dahran, Saudi Arabia mfk@kfupm.edu.sa Khan, Sohaib Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan sohaib@lums.edu.pk Kumar, Vipin University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA kumar@cs.umn.edu Lateef, Khalid Titan Systems, USA klateef@ieee.org Malik, Naveed Virtual University, Lahore, Pakistan solutions@nexlinx.net.pk Maud, Muhammad A. Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan mamaud@lums.edu.pk Memon, Atif University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA atif@cs.umd.edu Naqvi, Sohail Higher Education Commission, Islamabad, Pakistan snaqvi@hec.gov.pk Rajput, Saeed Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA rajput@fau.edu Rasheed, Khalid International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan drkhalid@iiu.edu.pk Saangi, Nazir Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan nazir_sangi@hotmail.com Shah, Mubarak University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA shah@cs.ucf.edu Shah, Syed Ijlal Motorola, Boston, MA, USA ijlal_shah@excite.com Shahabi, Cyrus University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA shahabi@usc.edu Sheikh, Noor M. University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan adstec@lycos.com Sheu, Philip University of California, Irvine, CA, USA psheu@uci.edu Zaidi, Mohammad, H. National Institute of Information Technology, (NUST), Rawalpindi, Pakistan drsmhzaidi@yahoo.com Zaki, Mohammad Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA zaki@cs.rpi.edu Zubairi, Junaid State University of New York, Fredonia, NY, USA zubairi@cs.fredonia.edu _______________________________________________ mpls mailing list mpls@lists.ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/mpls |
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