Newsgroups: comp.parallel.mpi,comp.parallel.pvm,comp.hypercube
From: hra@pollux.cs.uga.edu (Hamid R. Arabnia)
Subject: Call For Papers: PDPTA'97 & CISST'97. Las Vegas, June 30 - July 2, 1997. Help ?
Organization: University of Georgia, Athens
Date: 8 Nov 1996 20:47:02 GMT
Message-ID: <560686$nfv@hobbes.cc.uga.edu>



Dear Colleagues:

I would appreciate your assistance in distributing the appended
two conference announcements (Call For Papers) to your colleagues.

The two conferences are:

    1.  The 1997 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed
        Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA'97).

    2.  The International Conference on Imaging Science, Systems, and
        Technology (CISST'97).

We believe that the parallel/distributed processing researchers and
the imaging community can both benefit from each other's expertise.
Therefore, we have scheduled both conferences at the same time and
location (Las Vegas, June 30 - July 2, 1997) for the benefit of
those who would like to exchange research ideas with the other
research community.

Any help in publicizing the two conferences would be most appreciated.

Kindest regards,
Hamid


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      International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing
                  Techniques and Applications (PDPTA'97)

                          June 30 - July 2, 1997
                          Las Vegas, Nevada, USA



The 1997 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing
Techniques and Applications (PDPTA'97) will be held in Las Vegas,
Nevada, June 30 - July 2, 1997.
The last conference (PDPTA'96) had research contributions from 37
countries.  It is hoped that PDPTA'97 will also have a strong
international flavor.  For information on the last two PDPTA conferences
(PDPTA'95 and PDPTA'96), refer to: http://www.cps.udayton.edu/~pan/pdpta.

You are invited to submit a draft paper of about 5 pages and/or a
proposal to organize a technical session (see below for submission
information).  All accepted papers will be published in the conference
proceedings.

THE NAMES OF TECHNICAL SESSION CHAIRS WILL APPEAR AS ASSOCIATE EDITORS
ON THE COVER OF CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS.


SCOPE: Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

       O  Parallel/Distributed applications:
          Numerical computations/methods, neural networks and fuzzy
          logic, medicine, remote sensing, GIS, computer vision,
          computer graphics and virtual reality, parallel/distributed
          databases, banking, ...

       O  Parallel/Distributed architectures:
          MIMD, SPMD, SIMD, Systolic, vector/pipeline (supercomputers),
          shared memory, distributed memory, general- and special-purpose
          architectures, ...

       O  Building block processors:
          Applications of processors that can be used as basic building
          blocks for multicomputer systems.

       O  Networks and Interconnection networks:
          Scalable networks, Reconfigurable networks, routing issues,
          general-purpose network performance for distributed
          applications, ...

       O  Reliability and fault-tolerance:
          Software and hardware fault-tolerance (system- and
          application-level), fault diagnosis, fault-tolerance
          measurement.

       O  Performance analysis and evaluation.

       O  Real-time and embedded systems:
          Small-scale parallel systems for high-performance control,
          data acquisition, and analysis; configuration, routing,
          scheduling, performance guarantees.

       O  Parallel/Distributed algorithms:
          Algorithms exploiting MIMD, SPMD, SIMD, Systolic,
          vector/pipeline, shared memory, distributed memory, ...

       O  Mobile computation and communication.

       O  Object Oriented Technology and related issues.

       O  Heterogeneous and multimedia systems.

       O  Software tools and environments for parallel computers:
          Operating systems, compilers, languages, debuggers, ...

       O  High-performance computing in Computational Science:
          Intra-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary research programs
          and applications.

       O  Other aspects and applications relating to high-performance
          computations.


SUBMISSION OF PAPERS:

      Prospective authors are invited to submit three copies of their
      draft paper (about 5 pages) to H. R. Arabnia (address is given
      below) by the due date.  E-mail and Fax submissions are also
      acceptable.  The length of the Camera-Ready papers (if accepted)
      will be limited to 10 pages.  Papers must not have been
      previously published or currently submitted for publication
      elsewhere.

      The first page of the draft paper should include: title of the
      paper, name, affiliation, postal address, E-mail address,
      telephone number, and Fax number for each author.  The first
      page should also include the name of the author who will be
      presenting the paper (if accepted) and a maximum of 5 keywords.


PROPOSAL FOR ORGANIZING TECHNICAL SESSIONS:

      Each technical session will have 5/6 paper presentations.
      The session chairs will be responsible in selecting the papers
      for their own sessions.  The names of session chairs will appear
      as Associate Editors in the conference proceedings.
      Proposals to organize technical sessions should include the
      following information: name and address (+ E-mail) of proposer,
      title of session, a 100-word description of the topic of
      the session, and how you plan to advertise the session and select
      papers for the proposed session.  Mail your proposal to
      H. R. Arabnia (address is given below); E-mail submissions are
      preferred.

EVALUATION PROCESS:

      Papers will be evaluated for originality, significance,
      clarity, and soundness.  Each paper will be refereed by two
      researchers in the topical area.  The Camera-Ready papers
      will be reviewed by one person.


PUBLICATION:

      The conference proceedings will be published by CSREA Press.
      It will be a multivolume set.  The proceedings will be available
      at the conference.
      

ORGANIZERS/SPONSORS:

      A number of university faculty members in cooperation with
      the Monte Carlo Hotel (conference division) will be organizing
      the conference.  The conference is sponsored by the Computer
      Science Research, Education, and Applications Tech. (CSREA) in
      cooperation with the North American Transputer Users Group
      (NATUG), the Computer Vision Research and Applications Tech.
      (CVRA), the National Supercomputing Center for Energy and the
      Environment (USA), developers of high-performance machines and
      systems (pending) and related computer associations (pending.)


LOCATION OF CONFERENCE:

      The conference will be held in the Monte Carlo Resort and
      Casino hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.  This is a new hotel
      with excellent conference facilities and over 3000 rooms.
      The hotel is minutes from the Las Vegas airport with free
      shuttles to and from the airport.
      The hotel has many vacation and recreational attractions,
      including: casino, waterfalls, spa, kiddie pools, sunning
      decks, Easy River water ride, wave pool with cascades,
      lighted tennis courts, health spa (with workout equipment,
      whirlpool, sauna, ...), arcade virtual reality game rooms,
      nightly shows, snack bars, a number of restaurants, shopping
      area, ...  Many of these attractions are open 24 hours a day
      and most are suitable for families and children.
      The hotel's room rate is very reasonable ($79 + 8% tax) per
      night for the duration of the conference.

      The hotel is minutes from other Las Vegas attractions (major
      shopping areas, recreational destinations, fine dining and
      night clubs, free street shows, ...).

      For the benefit of our international colleagues: the state of
      Nevada neighbors with the states of California, Oregon, Idaho,
      Utah, and Arizona.  Las Vegas is only a few driving hours away
      from other major cities, including: Los Angeles, San Diego,
      Phoenix, ...


EXHIBITION:

      An exhibition is planned during the conference.  We have reserved
      20+ exhibit spaces.  Interested parties should contact
      H. R. Arabnia (address is given below).
      All exhibitors will be considered to be the co-sponsors of
      the conference.  Each exhibitor will have the opportunity to
      include a two-page description of their latest products in the
      conference proceedings (if submitted by May 19, 1997).


IMPORTANT DATES:

      February 12, 1997 (Wednesday): Draft papers (5-page) due
           April  8, 1997 (Tuesday): Notification of acceptance
              May 19, 1997 (Monday): Camera-Ready papers & Preregistration due

            June 30, July 1, July 2: PDPTA'97 Conference

      Proposals to organize technical sessions should be submitted as
      soon as possible (well ahead of the February 12 deadline).

      All accepted papers are expected to be presented at the conference.


PROGRAM COMMITTEE (Tentative):

     H. Abachi, Monash University, Victoria, Australia;
     H. R. Arabnia, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA;
     F. Baiardi, Universita di Pisa, Pisa, Italy;
     A. S. Bavan, University of North London, London, UK;
     M. Bozyigit, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, SA;
     M. N. Chong, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore;
     P. Clayton, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa;
     E. H. D'Hollander, University of Ghent, Belgium;
     S. K. Das, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA;
     O. Frieder, George Mason University and Florida Tech, USA;
     D. J. Haglin, Mankato State University, Mankato, MN, USA;
     M. Halem, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA, USA;
     T. Hazra, TeleTV, Inc., Western Virginia, VA, USA;
     T. Hintz, University of Technology, Australia;
     K. C. Hui, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong;
     O. H. Ibarra, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA;
     X. Jia, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong;
     D. R. Kaeli, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA;
     D. Kazakos, University of Southwestern Louisiana, USA;
     F. W. Keong, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore;
     H. Kimm, University of Tennessee, Martin, TN, USA;
     S. Latifi, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, USA;
     F. Lee, Best System Inc., Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, ROC;
     K. Li, State University of New York, New Paltz, NY, USA;
     K. Makki, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV, USA;
     S. A. M. Makki, University of Queensland, Australia;
     G. Masson, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA;
     S. Mitrovic, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA;
     M. Naraghi-Pour, Louisiana State University, LA, USA;
     B. Nassersharif, National Supercomputing Center For Energy
        and the Environment, NV, USA;
     M. A. Palis, New Jersey Institute of Technology, NJ, USA;
     Y. Pan, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, USA;
     S. Pande, University of Cincinnati, OH, USA;
     G. A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus;
     E. K. Park, University of Missouri-Kansas, USA;
     W. Peng, Southwest Texas State University, USA;
     N. Pissinou, University of Southwestern Louisiana, LA, USA;
     S. Sahni, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA;
     S. Sedukhin, University of Aizu, Fukushima, Japan;
     H. Sharif, University of Nebraska Lincoln, USA;
     H. Shi, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211, USA;
     B. Shirazi, University of Texas at Arlington, TX, USA;
     M. Singhal, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA;
     G. S. Stiles, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA;
     S. Y. W. Su, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA;
     L. Tao, Concordia University, Quebec, Canada;
     N-F. Tzeng, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, LA, USA;
     F. Valafar, University of Georgia, GA, USA;
     D. S. L. Wei, University of Aizu, Fukushima, Japan;
     H. M. Windisch, Munich University of Technology, Munich, Germany;
     C. W. Xu, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, USA;
     M. Yasrebi, Nynex Science and Technology, Inc., NY, USA;
     G. H. Young, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong.


CONFERENCE CONTACT:

          Professor Hamid R. Arabnia
          (PDPTA General Chair)
          The University of Georgia
          Department of Computer Science
          415 Graduate Studies Research Center
          Athens, Georgia 30602-7404, U.S.A.
          Tel: (706) 542-3480
          Fax: (706) 542-2966
          E-mail: hra@cs.uga.edu


LOCAL ARRANGEMENT CHAIRS:

          Professor Kia Makki
          Department of Computer Science
          University of Nevada Las Vegas
          Las Vegas, Nevada 89154-4019, USA
          kia@koko.cs.unlv.edu

          Professor Niki Pissinou
          Center For Advanced Computer Studies
          University of Southwestern Louisiana
          Lafayette, LA 70508, USA
          pissinou@cacs.usl.edu


PUBLICITY CHAIR:

          Professor Yi Pan
          Department of Computer Science
          University of Dayton
          Dayton, OH 45469-2160, USA
          pan@cps.udayton.edu
          Tel: (513) 229-3807
          Fax: (513) 229-4000

                                   http://www.cps.udayton.edu/~pan/pdpta


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                     C A L L   F O R   P A P E R S
                     =============================


  International Conference on Imaging Science, Systems, and Technology
                                 CISST'97

                          June 30 - July 2, 1997
                          Las Vegas, Nevada, USA



The first International Conference on Imaging Science, Systems, and
Technology (CISST'97) will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada,
June 30 - July 2, 1997.  All aspects of computer graphics, image
processing, and pattern recognition are included in CISST.

You are invited to submit a draft paper of about 5 pages and/or a
proposal to organize a technical session (see below for submission
information).  All accepted papers will be published in the conference
proceedings.

THE NAMES OF TECHNICAL SESSION CHAIRS WILL APPEAR AS ASSOCIATE EDITORS
ON THE COVER OF CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS.


SCOPE: Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

       O  Image generation, acquisition, and processing.

       O  Image display techniques.

       O  Image data structures and databases.

       O  Convergence of imaging media (video and computer).

       O  Virtual reality.

       O  Image compression, coding, and encryption.

       O  Tools for multimedia production and services.

       O  Digital imaging for film and television.

       O  Visualization.

       O  Scene and object modeling.

       O  Knowledge acquisition.

       O  Visual inspection.

       O  Document image understanding.

       O  Image algebra.

       O  Mathematical morphology.

       O  Architecture of imaging and vision systems (including
          parallel architectures and algorithms).

       O  Neural network techniques and fuzzy logic.

       O  Performance analysis and evaluation.

       O  Software tools and environments for imaging.

       O  Applications including: medicine, robotic, GIS,
          remote sensing, ...

       O  Other aspects and applications relating to imaging science.


SUBMISSION OF PAPERS:

      Prospective authors are invited to submit three copies of their
      draft paper (about 5 pages) to H. R. Arabnia (address is given
      below) by the due date.  E-mail and Fax submissions are also
      acceptable.  The length of the Camera-Ready papers (if accepted)
      will be limited to 10 pages.  Papers must not have been
      previously published or currently submitted for publication
      elsewhere.

      The first page of the draft paper should include: title of the
      paper, name, affiliation, postal address, E-mail address,
      telephone number, and Fax number for each author.  The first
      page should also include the name of the author who will be
      presenting the paper (if accepted) and a maximum of 5 keywords.


PROPOSAL FOR ORGANIZING TECHNICAL SESSIONS:

      Each technical session will have 5/6 paper presentations.
      The session chairs will be responsible in selecting the papers
      for their own sessions.  The names of session chairs will appear
      as Associate Editors in the conference proceedings.
      Proposals to organize technical sessions should include the
      following information: name and address (+ E-mail) of proposer,
      title of session, a 100-word description of the topic of
      the session, and how you plan to advertise the session and select
      papers for the proposed session.  Mail your proposal to
      H. R. Arabnia (address is given below); E-mail submissions are
      preferred.

EVALUATION PROCESS:

      Papers will be evaluated for originality, significance,
      clarity, and soundness.  Each paper will be refereed by two
      researchers in the topical area.  The Camera-Ready papers
      will be reviewed by one person.


PUBLICATION:

      The conference proceedings will be published by CSREA Press.
      The proceedings will be available at the conference.
      Please note that all color pictures/diagrams will be published
      in gray-scale.
      

ORGANIZERS/SPONSORS:

      A number of university faculty members in cooperation with
      the Monte Carlo Hotel (conference division) will be organizing
      the conference.  The conference is sponsored by the Computer
      Science Research, Education, and Applications Tech. (CSREA) in
      cooperation with the Computer Vision Research and Applications
      Tech. (CVRA), The National Supercomputing Center for Energy and
      the Environment (USA), developers of high-performance machines
      and systems (pending) and related computer associations (pending.)


LOCATION OF CONFERENCE:

      The conference will be held in the Monte Carlo Resort and
      Casino hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.  This is a new hotel
      with excellent conference facilities and over 3000 rooms.
      The hotel is minutes from the Las Vegas airport with free
      shuttles to and from the airport.
      The hotel has many vacation and recreational attractions,
      including: casino, waterfalls, spa, kiddie pools, sunning
      decks, Easy River water ride, wave pool with cascades,
      lighted tennis courts, health spa (with workout equipment,
      whirlpool, sauna, ...), arcade virtual reality game rooms,
      nightly shows, snack bars, a number of restaurants, shopping
      area, ...  Many of these attractions are open 24 hours a day
      and most are suitable for families and children.
      The hotel's room rate is very reasonable ($79 + 8% tax) per
      night for the duration of the conference.

      The hotel is minutes from other Las Vegas attractions (major
      shopping areas, recreational destinations, fine dining and
      night clubs, free street shows, ...).

      For the benefit of our international colleagues: the state of
      Nevada neighbors with the states of California, Oregon, Idaho,
      Utah, and Arizona.  Las Vegas is only a few driving hours away
      from other major cities, including: Los Angeles, San Diego,
      Phoenix, ...


EXHIBITION:

      An exhibition is planned during the conference.  We have reserved
      20+ exhibit spaces.  Interested parties should contact
      H. R. Arabnia (address is given below).
      All exhibitors will be considered to be the co-sponsors of
      the conference.  Each exhibitor will have the opportunity to
      include a two-page description of their latest products in the
      conference proceedings (if submitted by May 19, 1997).


IMPORTANT DATES:

     February 12, 1997 (Wednesday): Draft papers (5-page) due
          April  8, 1997 (Tuesday): Notification of acceptance
             May 19, 1997 (Monday): Camera-Ready papers & Preregistration due

           June 30, July 1, July 2: CISST'97 Conference

      Proposals to organize technical sessions should be submitted as
      soon as possible (well ahead of the February 12 deadline).

      All accepted papers are expected to be presented at the conference.

PROGRAM COMMITTEE (as of Nov. 7, 1996):

     H. R. Arabnia, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA;
     C. Colin, Ecole des Mines de Nantes, France;
     J. Farison, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA;
     O. Frieder, George Mason University & Florida Tech., USA;
     F. Golshani, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA;
     V. Gudivada, University of Missouri at Rolla, MO, USA;
     M. Halem, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA, USA;
     K-C. Hui, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong;
     O. H. Ibarra, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA;
     X. Jia, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong;
     D. Kazakos, University of Southwestern Louisiana, LA, USA;
     A. Law, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA;
     D. Luzeaux, Etca/Crea/Sp, France;
     K. Makki, University of Nevada Las Vegas, NV, USA;
     S. A. M. Makki, University of Queensland, Australia;
     N. Memon, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, USA;
     B. Nassersharif, National Supercomputing Center For Energy
           and the Environment, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA;
     Y. Pan, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, USA;
     E. K. Park, University of Missouri-Kansas City, USA;
     W. Peng, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, USA;
     N. Pissinou, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, LA, USA;
     Rajkumar, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, Bangalore, India;
     S. Sahni, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA;
     H. Sharif, University of Nebraska Lincoln, USA;
     H. Shi, University of Missouri-Columbia, MO, USA;
     M. Singhal, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA;
     S. Y. W. Su, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA;
     A. Tentov, University "Sv. Kiril i Metodij", Republic of Macedonia;
     N-F. Tzeng, University of Southwestern Louisiana, Lafayette, LA, USA;
     Y. Xu, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA;
     S. You, State University of New York at Stony Brook, NY, USA;
     H. Zhang, Aptronix, Inc., Santa Clara, CA, USA;
     D. Zhu, Aptronix, Inc., Santa Clara, CA, USA;


CONFERENCE CONTACT:

          Professor Hamid R. Arabnia
          (CISST General Chair)
          The University of Georgia
          Department of Computer Science
          415 Graduate Studies Research Center
          Athens, Georgia 30602-7404, U.S.A.
          Tel: (706) 542-3480
          Fax: (706) 542-2966
          E-mail: hra@cs.uga.edu


LOCAL ARRANGEMENT CHAIRS:

          Professor Kia Makki
          Department of Computer Science
          University of Nevada Las Vegas
          Las Vegas, Nevada 89154-4019, USA
          kia@koko.cs.unlv.edu

          Professor Niki Pissinou
          Center For Advanced Computer Studies
          University of Southwestern Louisiana
          Lafayette, LA 70508, USA
          pissinou@cacs.usl.edu


PUBLICITY CHAIR:

          Professor Yi Pan
          Department of Computer Science
          University of Dayton
          Dayton, OH 45469-2160, USA
          pan@cps.udayton.edu
          Tel: (513) 229-3807
          Fax: (513) 229-4000

                                   http://www.cps.udayton.edu/~pan/pdpta


