CFP : IASTED International Conference on Wireless and Optical Communications WOC 2002

CFP : IASTED International Conference on Wireless and Optical Communications WOC 2002
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IASTED International Conference on WIRELESS AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS ~ WOC-2002 ~ July 17-19, 2002 Banff, Canada SPONSOR The International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED) Technical Committee on Telecommunications TECHNICAL CO-SPONSOR IEEE Technical Committee on Personal Communications (TCPC) IN COOPERATION WITH IEEE Southern Alberta Section PURPOSE The International Conference on Wireless and Optical Communications (WOC 2002), sponsored by IASTED, will be 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 telecommunications systems, with emphasis on wireless and optical communications. Its aim is to strengthen relations between the telecommunication industry, research laboratories, and universities. WOC-2002 will be held at the Banff Centre for Conferences in Banff, Canada from July 17-19, 2002. LOCATION Banff is Canada's first national park and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The park is a year-round protected wilderness area offering a rugged alpine beauty in the heart of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Banff National Park is home to a wide variety of wildlife, and has over six thousand sq. km of mountains, forests, rivers, and lakes. Each year, millions of visitors travel to Banff to marvel at the emerald waters of Lake Louise, walk amongst the flower-filled fields at Sunshine Meadows, and drive beneath the towering jagged peaks lining the Icefields Parkway. The town of Banff is situated just west of the city of Calgary, home of the world-famous Exhibition and Stampede. CONFERENCE SCOPE WOC 2002 will highlight the latest research and developments in the Telecommunications and Information Technology fields with major emphasis on 3rd and 4th Generation Wireless Networks and Fiber Optic Communications. This conference is intended for research scientists from around the world, and features research universities and institutions, telecommunication companies, service developers, and organizations using telecommunication technologies. The conference will consist of the following 3 symposia: 1) Wireless Networks And Emerging Technologies ~ WNET '02 ~ 2) Wireless Communication Systems And Design ~ WCSD ' 02 ~ 3) Optical Communication Systems And Networks ~ OCSN ' 02 ~ 1) IASTED INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON WIRELESS NETWORKS AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES (WNET'02) Wireless over IP Networks Wireless ATM Networks Multimedia over Wireless Networks Quality-of-service in Wireless Networks Congestion, Admission, and Flow Control High-speed Switching 3rd and 4th Generation Wireless Networks Evolution Inter-working of 3rd and 4th Generation Networks 3rd Generation Transmission Technologies Wireless Network Standards and Protocols Optical Wireless Wireless Application Protocols (WAP) ATM and IP Integration Frame Relays Remote LAN Access Virtual LAN and WAN Routing and Signaling Issues High-speed Routers Access and Backbone Networks Data Protection and Security Traffic Engineering and Control Base Station Design Network Management Performance, Operation, and Security Radio Resource Management Location Management Techniques Roaming and Handoff Cellular Technology Broadband Mobile Communication Systems Mobile Internet M-commerce Mobile and Personal Computing Mobile Terminal Systems Network Modelling and Simulation Software Tools in Network Design Applications in Satellite Communications Antennas for Wireless Communications Wireless Streaming Applications Modelling and Simulation 2) IASTED INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND DESIGN (WCSD' 02) Coding Techniques Modulation Spread Spectrum Techniques CDMA Synchronization and Channel Estimation CDMA System Performance IrDA Blue Tooth OFDM Technology Queuing Theory Scheduling Digital Integrated Services (ISDN, BISDN) Intelligent Networks and Services Equalization Multiple Access Techniques Synchronization Multiplexing Signal Processing Applications in Telecommunications Communication Protocols System Capacity Analysis and Optimization RF System Engineering RF Network Design CAD for RF Circuits Receiver and Transmitter Design Microwave Engineering Broadcast Technologies Modelling and Simulations Software Applications 3) IASTED INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND NETWORKS (OCSN' 02) Fiber Optic Communications Synchronous Optical Networks (SONET) IP and ATM over Optical Networks IP over WDM Optical Network Architecture Optical Network Management and Control Optical Network Installation Optical Switching Technologies Optical Network Applications Optical Network Standards and Protocols Optical Systems and Sources Light Emitting Diodes Lasers Optical Amplifiers Modulators Optical Network Multi-layer Designs Photonics-based Communication Protocols Fiber Fabrication and Design Fiber Cabling Issues Fiber Propagation Characteristics Fiber Polarization Effects Fiber-based Sensors Fiber Wave-guided Components Optical Splitting and Directional Couplers Array Wave-guided Devices Inter-satellite Optical Links Call Admission Control Routing and Wavelength Assignment Algorithms Inter-working between Optical and Wireless Networks High-speed Optical LAN and Gigabit Ethernets Reliability of Fiber Optic Systems Passive Optical Networks Multiplexing (WDM, OTDM, CDM) Submarine Optical Communications Transmitter and Receiver Subsystems Modulation Techniques Quality-of-service in Optical Networks High-speed Internet High-speed Transmission Modelling and Algorithms Optical Network Design Tools and Software Modelling and Simulation CONFERENCE CHAIRS N.C. Beaulieu - University of Alberta, Canada Queen's University, Canada L. Hesselink - Stanford Universy, USA INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE L. Andrew - University of Melbourne, Australia J.A. Barria - Imperial College, UK J.R. Barry - Georgia Institute of Technology, USA C. Baum - Clemson University, USA M.S. Beg - Multimedia University, Malaysia G. Bi - Southeast University, PRC A.C. Boucouvalas - Bournemouth University, UK M. Brandt-Pearce - University of Virginia, USA D. Brueckmann - University of Wuppertal, Germany J. Bucklew - University of Wisconsin, USA D.S. Budimir - University of Westminster, UK X. Cao - Hong Kong University, PRC H.C.-B. Chan - Hong Kong Polytechnic University, PRC Y.-T. Chan - Royal Military College of Canada, Canada S. Chandran - URSI, Malaysia W.C. Chew - University of Illinois, USA J.F. Chicharo - University of Wollongong, Australia W.G. Cowley - University of South Australia, Australia I.D.D. Curcio - Nokia, Finland E. Del Re - University of Florence, Italy S.K. Das - The University of Texas at Arlington, USA K. David - University of Kassel, Germany S. Dey - University of California at San Diego, USA C. Fan - Xidian University, P.R. China R. Fantacci - University of Firenze, Italy A. Fapojuwo - Nortel Networks, Canada R. Feick - Technical University Federico Santa Maria, Chile B. Forssell - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway C.N. Georghiades - Texas A&M University, USA M. Ghanbari - University of Essex, UK Z. Ghassemlooy - Sheffield Hallam University, UK C. Gu - University of California at Santa Cruz, USA Z. Haas - Cornell University, USA J. Habermann - University of Applied Sciences Giessen-Friedberg, Germany R.H.M. Hafez - Carleton University, Canada K. Hamdi - University of Essex, UK D. Hatzinakos - University of Toronto, Canada R.R. Henry - University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA X. Huang - Communication Research Centre of Canada, Canada R. Hui - University of Kansas, USA J. Jordan - National Research Council, Canada D. Kazakos - University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA M. Kavehrad - Penn State University, USA A.K. Khandani - University of Waterloo, Canada K. Kitayama - Osaka University, Japan D.M. Klymshyn - University of Saskatchewan, Canada H. Kobayashi - Princeton University, USA R. Kohno - Yokohama National University, Japan M. Kumar - The University of Texas at Arlington, USA T. Le-Ngoc - McGill University, Canada K.K. Leung - AT&T Labs, USA V.C.M. Leung - University of British Columbia, Canada C. Lu - Nanyang Technological University, Singapore J.P. McGeehan - University of Bristol, UK P.S. Min - Washington University in Saint Louis, USA J. Moon - University of Minnesota, USA S.D. Morgera - Florida Atlantic University, USA N. Morinaga - Osaka University, Japan P. Narayan - University of Maryland, USA C.S. Ng - National University of Singapore, Singapore T. O'Farrell - University of Leeds, UK T. Ozugur - ALCATEL Research & Innovation Center, USA K. Pahlavan - Worcester Polytechnic University, USA Y. Pan - Georgia State University, USA E. Panayirci - Isik University, Turkey J.M. Peha - Carnegie Mellon University, USA P. Prucnal - Princeton University, USA S. Pupolin - University of Padova, Italy S. Reisenfeld - University of Technology, Sydney, Australia C. Rosenberg - Purdue University, USA M. Safak - Hacettepe University, Turkey M. Salehi - Northeastern University, USA S. Semnani - British Telecommunications Plc., UK A. Seneviratne - The University of New South Wales, Australia D. Sidhu - University of Maryland, USA D.G. Smith - University of Strathclyde, UK S. Shen - University of Waterloo, Canada J.R. Souza - CETUC-PUC/Rio, Brazil W.E. Stark - University of Michigan, USA A. Svensson - Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden V. Tarokh - MIT, USA T.T. Tjhung - National University of Singapore - Singapore C.K. Toh - Georgia Institute of Technology, USA L. Trajkovic - Simon Fraser University, Canada T. Todd - McMaster University, Canada L. Vandendorpe - Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium J.C. Vardaxoglou - Loughborough University, UK S.V. Vuong - University of British Columbia, Canada J.-H. Wen - National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan A. Willner - University of Southern California, USA M.E. Woodward - University of Bradford, UK A. Yener - Pennsylvania State University, USA S. Zeadally - Wayne State University, USA J. Zeidler - University of California at San Diego, USA A.F.M. Zain - University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia A.M. Zoubir - Curtin University of Technology, Australia PAPER SUBMISSIONS Submit your paper via our web site at: http://www.iasted.org/conferences/2002/banff/submit-356.htm. Files larger than 2MB must be submitted to our FTP site at www.actapress.com (user name: actaftp; password: journals). If you submit a paper to our FTP site, please send a notification e-mail with your contact information to calgary@iasted.com. All submissions should be in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf), Postscript (.ps), or MS Word (.doc) format. The IASTED Secretariat must receive your paper by January 31, 2002. Do not send hard copies of your paper. Receipt of paper submissions will be confirmed by e-mail. Please provide four key words to indicate the subject area of your paper. One of the key words must be taken from the list of topics provided under Scope. Include a statement in your cover letter confirming that if the paper is accepted, one of the authors will attend the conference to present it. Please designate a principal author, and provide the full names, affiliations, addresses, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail addresses of all authors. Notification of acceptance will be sent via e-mail on March 15, 2002. Registration payments and final manuscripts are due by May 1, 2002. Late registration fees or paper submissions will result in the papers being excluded from the conference proceedings. Please send final manuscripts via the Web or FTP site using the same procedure as described above. The formatting instructions for final manuscripts can be found on the Web and must be strictly followed. The page limit for final papers is six pages. The additional page charge is USD $70.00 per page. TUTORIALS Proposals for half-day tutorials (three hours) should be submitted online by January 31, 2002. Tutorials are to be submitted online via our following web site address: http://www.iasted.org/conferences/2002/banff/tutorialsubmit-356.htm A 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, 2002. Proposals should include a minimum of five papers, a session title, a list of the topics covered, and qualifications of the session organizer(s). The name of the session organizer will appear in the program and proceedings provided five papers are presented. Special sessions proposals should be submitted online at the following hyperlink address: http://www.iasted.org/conferences/2002/banff/sessionsubmit-356.htm. BEST PAPER AWARDS Best Paper awards will be selected during the review process and awarded at the conference. IMPORTANT DEADLINES Submissions due January 31, 2002 Notification of acceptance March 15 , 2002 Registration, full payment, and final papers due May 1, 2002 For more information or to be placed on our mailing list, please contact: IASTED Secretariat - WOC-2002 #80, 4500 - 16th Avenue N.W. Calgary, AB T3B 0M6 Canada Tel: 403-288-1195 Fax: 403-247-6851 Email: calgary@iasted.com Web site: http://www.iasted.org

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           IASTED International Conference on
           WIRELESS AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS 
                   ~ WOC-2002 ~
                 July 17-19, 2002
                   Banff, Canada 

 SPONSOR
 The International Association of Science and Technology for
 Development (IASTED) Technical Committee on Telecommunications

 TECHNICAL CO-SPONSOR
 IEEE Technical Committee on Personal Communications (TCPC)

 IN COOPERATION WITH
 IEEE Southern Alberta Section

 PURPOSE
 The International Conference on Wireless and Optical Communications
 (WOC 2002), sponsored by IASTED, will be 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 telecommunications systems, with
 emphasis on wireless and optical communications. Its aim is to
 strengthen relations between the telecommunication industry,
 research laboratories, and universities. WOC-2002 will be held at
 the Banff Centre for Conferences in Banff, Canada from July 17-19,
 2002.

 LOCATION
 Banff is Canada's first national park and a UNESCO World Heritage
 Site. The park is a year-round protected wilderness area offering a
 rugged alpine beauty in the heart of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. 
 Banff National Park is home to a wide variety of wildlife, and has
 over six thousand sq. km of mountains, forests, rivers, and lakes.
 Each year, millions of visitors travel to Banff to marvel at the
 emerald waters of Lake Louise, walk amongst the flower-filled fields
 at Sunshine Meadows, and drive beneath the towering jagged peaks
 lining the Icefields Parkway. The town of Banff is situated just
 west of the city of Calgary, home of the world-famous Exhibition and
 Stampede.

 CONFERENCE SCOPE
 WOC 2002 will highlight the latest research and developments in the
 Telecommunications and Information Technology fields with major
 emphasis on 3rd and 4th Generation Wireless Networks and Fiber Optic
 Communications. This conference is intended for research scientists
 from around the world, and features research universities and
 institutions, telecommunication companies, service developers, and
 organizations using telecommunication technologies.

 The conference will consist of the following 3 symposia:
 1) Wireless Networks And Emerging Technologies ~ WNET '02 ~
 2) Wireless Communication Systems And Design ~ WCSD ' 02 ~
 3) Optical Communication Systems And Networks ~ OCSN ' 02 ~ 

 1) IASTED INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON WIRELESS NETWORKS AND EMERGING
 TECHNOLOGIES (WNET'02)
 Wireless over IP Networks
 Wireless ATM Networks
 Multimedia over Wireless Networks
 Quality-of-service in Wireless Networks
 Congestion, Admission, and Flow Control 
 High-speed Switching
 3rd and 4th Generation Wireless Networks Evolution 
 Inter-working of 3rd and 4th Generation Networks
 3rd Generation Transmission Technologies
 Wireless Network Standards and Protocols 
 Optical Wireless
 Wireless Application Protocols (WAP)
 ATM and IP Integration
 Frame Relays
 Remote LAN Access 
 Virtual LAN and WAN
 Routing and Signaling Issues
 High-speed Routers
 Access and Backbone Networks
 Data Protection and Security
 Traffic Engineering and Control
 Base Station Design
 Network Management
 Performance, Operation, and Security
 Radio Resource Management
 Location Management Techniques
 Roaming and Handoff
 Cellular Technology
 Broadband Mobile Communication Systems
 Mobile Internet
 M-commerce
 Mobile and Personal Computing
 Mobile Terminal Systems
 Network Modelling and Simulation
 Software Tools in Network Design
 Applications in Satellite Communications
 Antennas for Wireless Communications
 Wireless Streaming Applications
 Modelling and Simulation

 2) IASTED INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND
 DESIGN (WCSD' 02)
 Coding Techniques
 Modulation
 Spread Spectrum Techniques
 CDMA Synchronization and Channel Estimation
 CDMA System Performance
 IrDA
 Blue Tooth
 OFDM Technology
 Queuing Theory
 Scheduling
 Digital Integrated Services (ISDN, BISDN)
 Intelligent Networks and Services
 Equalization
 Multiple Access Techniques
 Synchronization
 Multiplexing
 Signal Processing Applications in Telecommunications
 Communication Protocols
 System Capacity Analysis and Optimization
 RF System Engineering
 RF Network Design
 CAD for RF Circuits
 Receiver and Transmitter Design
 Microwave Engineering
 Broadcast Technologies
 Modelling and Simulations
 Software Applications 

 3) IASTED INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND
 NETWORKS (OCSN' 02)
 Fiber Optic Communications
 Synchronous Optical Networks (SONET)
 IP and ATM over Optical Networks
 IP over WDM
 Optical Network Architecture 
 Optical Network Management and Control
 Optical Network Installation
 Optical Switching Technologies
 Optical Network Applications
 Optical Network Standards and Protocols
 Optical Systems and Sources
 Light Emitting Diodes
 Lasers
 Optical Amplifiers
 Modulators
 Optical Network Multi-layer Designs
 Photonics-based Communication Protocols
 Fiber Fabrication and Design
 Fiber Cabling Issues
 Fiber Propagation Characteristics
 Fiber Polarization Effects
 Fiber-based Sensors
 Fiber Wave-guided Components
 Optical Splitting and Directional Couplers
 Array Wave-guided Devices
 Inter-satellite Optical Links
 Call Admission Control 
 Routing and Wavelength Assignment Algorithms
 Inter-working between Optical and Wireless Networks
 High-speed Optical LAN and Gigabit Ethernets
 Reliability of Fiber Optic Systems
 Passive Optical Networks
 Multiplexing (WDM, OTDM, CDM)
 Submarine Optical Communications
 Transmitter and Receiver Subsystems
 Modulation Techniques
 Quality-of-service in Optical Networks
 High-speed Internet
 High-speed Transmission Modelling and Algorithms
 Optical Network Design Tools and Software
 Modelling and Simulation

 CONFERENCE CHAIRS
 N.C. Beaulieu - University of Alberta, Canada
 Queen's University, Canada 
 L. Hesselink - Stanford Universy, USA

 INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE
 L. Andrew - University of Melbourne, Australia
 J.A. Barria - Imperial College, UK
 J.R. Barry - Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
 C. Baum - Clemson University, USA
 M.S. Beg - Multimedia University, Malaysia
 G. Bi - Southeast University, PRC
 A.C. Boucouvalas - Bournemouth University, UK
 M. Brandt-Pearce - University of Virginia, USA
 D. Brueckmann - University of Wuppertal, Germany
 J. Bucklew - University of Wisconsin, USA
 D.S. Budimir - University of Westminster, UK
 X. Cao - Hong Kong University, PRC
 H.C.-B. Chan - Hong Kong Polytechnic University, PRC
 Y.-T. Chan - Royal Military College of Canada, Canada
 S. Chandran - URSI, Malaysia
 W.C. Chew - University of Illinois, USA
 J.F. Chicharo - University of Wollongong, Australia
 W.G. Cowley - University of South Australia, Australia
 I.D.D. Curcio - Nokia, Finland
 E. Del Re - University of Florence, Italy
 S.K. Das - The University of Texas at Arlington, USA
 K. David - University of Kassel, Germany
 S. Dey - University of California at San Diego, USA
 C. Fan - Xidian University, P.R. China
 R. Fantacci - University of Firenze, Italy
 A. Fapojuwo - Nortel Networks, Canada
 R. Feick - Technical University Federico Santa Maria, Chile
 B. Forssell - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
 C.N. Georghiades - Texas A&M University, USA
 M. Ghanbari - University of Essex, UK
 Z. Ghassemlooy - Sheffield Hallam University, UK
 C. Gu - University of California at Santa Cruz, USA
 Z. Haas - Cornell University, USA
 J. Habermann - University of Applied Sciences Giessen-Friedberg, Germany 
 R.H.M. Hafez - Carleton University, Canada
 K. Hamdi - University of Essex, UK
 D. Hatzinakos - University of Toronto, Canada
 R.R. Henry - University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA
 X. Huang - Communication Research Centre of Canada, Canada
 R. Hui - University of Kansas, USA
 J. Jordan - National Research Council, Canada
 D. Kazakos - University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA
 M. Kavehrad - Penn State University, USA
 A.K. Khandani - University of Waterloo, Canada
 K. Kitayama - Osaka University, Japan
 D.M. Klymshyn - University of Saskatchewan, Canada
 H. Kobayashi - Princeton University, USA
 R. Kohno - Yokohama National University, Japan
 M. Kumar - The University of Texas at Arlington, USA
 T. Le-Ngoc - McGill University, Canada
 K.K. Leung - AT&T Labs, USA
 V.C.M. Leung - University of British Columbia, Canada
 C. Lu - Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
 J.P. McGeehan - University of Bristol, UK
 P.S. Min - Washington University in Saint Louis, USA
 J. Moon - University of Minnesota, USA
 S.D. Morgera - Florida Atlantic University, USA
 N. Morinaga - Osaka University, Japan
 P. Narayan - University of Maryland, USA
 C.S. Ng - National University of Singapore, Singapore 
 T. O'Farrell - University of Leeds, UK
 T. Ozugur - ALCATEL Research & Innovation Center, USA
 K. Pahlavan - Worcester Polytechnic University, USA
 Y. Pan - Georgia State University, USA
 E. Panayirci - Isik University, Turkey
 J.M. Peha - Carnegie Mellon University, USA
 P. Prucnal - Princeton University, USA
 S. Pupolin - University of Padova, Italy
 S. Reisenfeld - University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
 C. Rosenberg - Purdue University, USA
 M. Safak - Hacettepe University, Turkey
 M. Salehi - Northeastern University, USA
 S. Semnani - British Telecommunications Plc., UK 
 A. Seneviratne - The University of New South Wales, Australia
 D. Sidhu - University of Maryland, USA
 D.G. Smith - University of Strathclyde, UK
 S. Shen - University of Waterloo, Canada
 J.R. Souza - CETUC-PUC/Rio, Brazil
 W.E. Stark - University of Michigan, USA
 A. Svensson - Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
 V. Tarokh - MIT, USA
 T.T. Tjhung - National University of Singapore - Singapore
 C.K. Toh - Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
 L. Trajkovic - Simon Fraser University, Canada 
 T. Todd - McMaster University, Canada
 L. Vandendorpe - Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium
 J.C. Vardaxoglou - Loughborough University, UK
 S.V. Vuong - University of British Columbia, Canada
 J.-H. Wen - National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan
 A. Willner - University of Southern California, USA
 M.E. Woodward - University of Bradford, UK
 A. Yener - Pennsylvania State University, USA
 S. Zeadally - Wayne State University, USA
 J. Zeidler - University of California at San Diego, USA
 A.F.M. Zain - University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia
 A.M. Zoubir - Curtin University of Technology, Australia

 PAPER SUBMISSIONS 
 Submit your paper via our web site at: 
 http://www.iasted.org/conferences/2002/banff/submit-356.htm. 
 Files larger than 2MB must be submitted to our FTP site at
 www.actapress.com (user name: actaftp; password: journals). If you
 submit a paper to our FTP site, please send a notification e-mail
 with your contact information to calgary@iasted.com. All submissions
 should be in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf), Postscript (.ps), or MS Word
 (.doc) format. The IASTED Secretariat must receive your paper by
 January 31, 2002.  Do not send hard copies of your paper. Receipt of
 paper submissions will be confirmed by e-mail.

 Please provide four key words to indicate the subject area of your
 paper. One of the key words must be taken from the list of topics
 provided under Scope. Include a statement in your cover letter
 confirming that if the paper is accepted, one of the authors will
 attend the conference to present it. Please designate a principal
 author, and provide the full names, affiliations, addresses,
 telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail addresses of all authors.

 Notification of acceptance will be sent via e-mail on March 15,
 2002. Registration payments and final manuscripts are due by May 1,
 2002. Late registration fees or paper submissions will result in the
 papers being excluded from the conference proceedings. Please send
 final manuscripts via the Web or FTP site using the same procedure
 as described above. The formatting instructions for final
 manuscripts can be found on the Web and must be strictly followed.
 The page limit for final papers is six pages. The additional page
 charge is USD $70.00 per page.

 TUTORIALS
 Proposals for half-day tutorials (three hours) should be submitted
 online by January 31, 2002. Tutorials are to be submitted online via
 our following web site address:
 http://www.iasted.org/conferences/2002/banff/tutorialsubmit-356.htm
 A 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, 2002. Proposals
 should include a minimum of five papers, a session title, a list of
 the topics covered, and qualifications of the session organizer(s).
 The name of the session organizer will appear in the program and
 proceedings provided five papers are presented. Special sessions
 proposals should be submitted online at the following hyperlink
 address:
 http://www.iasted.org/conferences/2002/banff/sessionsubmit-356.htm.

 BEST PAPER AWARDS 
 Best Paper awards will be selected during the review process and
 awarded at the conference.

 IMPORTANT DEADLINES
 Submissions due					January 31, 2002 
 Notification of acceptance 				March 15 , 2002
 Registration, full payment, and final papers due	May 1, 2002 


 For more information or to be placed on our mailing list, please contact:

 IASTED Secretariat - WOC-2002
 #80, 4500 - 16th Avenue N.W.
 Calgary, AB T3B 0M6
 Canada
 Tel: 403-288-1195
 Fax: 403-247-6851
 Email: calgary@iasted.com
 Web site: http://www.iasted.org