See http://isads.utdallas.edu/

UPDATE:
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The submission deadline for the International Symposium on Autonomous
Decentralized Systems (ISADS) 2001 has been extended
to August 31st, 2000, to accommodate some late paper requests.

For information on how to submit papers,
please go to: http://isads.utdallas.edu

Please feel free to pass this information to your
colleagues.

Thank you very much

Jorge Cobb
The University of Texas at Dallas
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                      *Call for Papers*
                                                                
    The Fifth International Symposium on Autonomous Decentralized
                                      Systems 
                       With an Emphasis on Electronic Commerce 
                                March 26-28, 2001 
                             Dallas, Texas, U.S.A. 

The ISADS 2001 committee invites papers and panel proposals on the topics of the symposium
that will foster interactions among researchers and practitioners in computer, communication,
management, control as applied to electronic commerce and other related fields from academia,
industry, and government. 

The scope of discussions on ADS shall include, but not be limited to: 

     Computer and communication architectures / intelligent network /Internet; 
     Heterogeneous distributed information / control systems; 
     Mobile agent /computer-supported cooperative works; 
     Distributed software development and maintenance; 
     Assurance, fault tolerance and on-line expansion; 
     Object management architecture /design pattern / application frameworks; 
     Emergent control and robotic systems; 
     Novel applications: *electronic* *commerce*, telecommunications, information service
     systems, manufacturing systems, real-time event management, office automation, traffic
     and transportation control, logistics systems. 

Plant tour is scheduled on March 29, 2001. Delegates are encouraged to participate. 

Information for Authors 

Papers should describe original work (not submitted or published elsewhere) and be 20
double-spaced pages (5,000 words) or less in length. Papers should include: title, authors,
affiliations, 150-word abstract and list of keywords. 

Identify the author responsible for correspondence, including the author's name, position, mailing
address, telephone and fax numbers, and email address. One of the authors of each accepted
paper must present the paper at ISADS 2001. 

Information for Panel Organizers 

Panel proposals should include: title, organizer's affiliations, position, mailing address, telephone
and fax numbers, email address, and 150-word statement on the scope, proposed chair and
panelists. 

Submission Address 

Authors and panel organizers are requested to submit their manuscripts electronically in the
Microsoft WORD document file format, the PDF format, or the Postscript format, and also email
the abstract and the full addresses of the author(s) to the following address: 

thura@mitre.org 

Note: The program committee of ISADS2001 highly encourages electronic submissions.
Otherwise, seven copies of the paper should be sent to the program chair: 

Dr. Bhavani Thuraisingham 


Please be advised of the following deadlines. 
August 15, 2000: All papers and panel proposals are due 
November 15, 2000: Authors and panel organizers notified of acceptance. 
December 15, 2000: Camera-ready copies of accepted papers and panelists' position papers