2nd I2TS'2003 - International Information and Telecommunication Technologies Symposium

Florianopolis, SC, Brasil - November 26-29, 2003
http://www.inf.barddal.br/i2ts   

IMPORTANT DATES
27 September 2003 Electronic Paper Submission
30 October 2003 Acceptance/Rejection Notification
26-29 November 2003 Symposium in Florianopolis SC Brasil

SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES
*IEEE Pending Approval

The International Information and Telecommunication Technologies Symposium (I2TS'2003)
will take place at Barddal University, at Santa Catarina Island, South Brasil.
I2TS'2003 serves as a forum for people from academia, industry and research labs,
for presenting recent  research results in Information Technology Applications.
I2TS'2003 includes Technical Sessions, Tool Sessions, Poster Sessions,

Panels, Tutorials, MiniCourses and Workshops.
 
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Authors are encouraged to submit both theoretical and practical results of significance.
Demonstration of new tools/applications is very desirable.
The scope of the symposium includes, but is not limited to:

 . Information Technology
 . Distributed Information Technology
 . Parallel and Distributed Systems
 . Retrieval Information Technology
 . Optical Networks
 . Computer Networks
 . Software Telecommunication
 . Wireless and Mobile Networking, Computing and Telecommunication
 . Broadband and Telecommunication Networks and Software
 . BioInformatic Technology and Biological Inspired Techniques
 . Software Agent Technology and its Applications
 . Real-Time and Multimedia Systems
 . Modeling and Simulation
 . Security and Privacy
 . Web-Based Systems and their Applications
 . Formal Methods and Validation Techniques
 . Applications and Case Studies

Authors of both regular and tool papers are strongly encouraged to submit their papers
in electronic form (PDF, PostScript or MicrosoftWord).
Papers should be written in English or Portuguese and should not exceed 8 pages
(see 'Instruction for Authors' in the web page).
Each submission, must be sent to i2ts@barddal.br and accompanied by the following information:

(i) title of the paper;

(ii) authors - names, affiliations, postal and e-mail addresses; and

(iii) abstract.

(i.e., the paper first page in ascii)

The abstract proceedings will be published in hard copy;
and the full proceedings will be published in CD-ROM - both with the same ISBN number.

WORKSHOPS

. III CBComp Best Papers ? anita@cttmar.univali.br  
. WWS' 2003  -  I Workshop em Computação Distribuída com Serviços Web ? www@inf.ufsc.br
. I GCHA Grid Computing and High-Availability ? mario@inf.ufsc.br


TOOL SESSIONS and POSTER SESSIONS
The tools and poster papers (extended abstracts) will undergo a regular review process
and will be published in the conference proceedings in a dedicated tool and poster sessions, respectively.
Authors are encouraged to submit papers describing tools suitable for on-line demonstration.
Standard microcomputers will be available for tool sessions.
Required poster size is 1,2 x 0,8 m for the poster sessions.


TUTORIALS and MINI-COURSES
Proposals for half-day or full-day Tutorials/MiniCourses are solicited on timely topics related to the above areas.
The proposal must include description and biographies.

 

 

PROGRAM COMMITTEE


Cláudia Barenco Abbas, UnB University, Brasil
Mohammed Almulla, Kuwait University, Kuwait
Regina Borges de Araújo, UFSCar University, Brasil
Karina Acosta Barbosa, Barddal University, Brasil
Azzedine Boukerche, University of Ottawa, Canada
Luciano Bononi, University of Bologna, Italy
Pedro Luiz Pizzigatti Correa, USP University, Brasil
Teresa Dahlberg, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
Mario Dantas, UFSC University, Brasil
Júlio César Hernandez, University Carlos III, Spain
José Antônio Jardini, USP University, Brasil
Helen Karatza, Aristotele University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Mohamed  M. Ould-Khaoua, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Sotiris Nikoletseas, Patras University, Greece
Jeimy José Cano Martinez, University de los Andes, Colômbia
Joberto Sérgio Barbosa Martins, Unifacs University, Brasil       
Jaime Velasco Medina, University Del Valle, Colômbia
Alba Cristina Magalhaes Alves de Melo, UnB University, Brasil
Michela Meo, University Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare, Barddal University, Brasil
Manoel Camillo de Oliveira Penna Neto, PUC-PR University, Brasil
Bernardo Goncalves Riso, UFSC University, Brasil
João Bosco Mangueira Sobral, UFSC University, Brasil
Arceloni Volpato, Barddal University, Brasil
Albert Y. Zomaya, The University of Sydney, Austrália

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE


General Co-Chairs

   Mirela Sechi Moretti Annoni Notare, Barddal

Program Co-Chairs

   Bernardo Goncalves Riso, UFSC
   Manoel Camillo de Oliveira Penna Neto, PUC-PR

Workshops Co-Chairs

   Anita Maria da Rocha Fernandes, Univali
   Joao Bosco Mangueira Sobral, UFSC
   Mário Dantas, UFSC

Tools Co-Chairs

   Raphael Winckler de Bettio, Barddal
   Valter Oliveira, Barddal

Panels Co-Chairs

   Eduardo Rezende, BrasilTelecom
   Lourdes Alves, Barddal

Posters Co-Chairs

   Patricia Fisch, Barddal
   Saulo Popov Zambiasi, Barddal

MiniCourses Co-Chairs

   Anderson Luiz Fernandes Perez, Barddal
   Maurício Fiorese, Barddal

 Tutorials Co-Chairs

   Karina Acosta Barbosa, Barddal
   Yara Lemr, Barddal

Publicity Co-Chairs

   Marcia Cristina Schiavi Dazzi, Barddal
   Nelson Abu Samra Rahal, Barddal
   Nelson Segoshi, IEEE Sul Brasil
   Rudimar Luís Scaranto Dazzi, Univali

Publication Co-Chairs

   Arceloni Volpato, Barddal
   Jacir Casagrande, Barddal
   Rogério dos Santos Silva, Barddal

Registration Co-Chairs

  Donaldo Pinheiro Jr, Barddal
  Janaína Zandoná Deitos, Barddal
  Márcia Kuhn Arroyo, Barddal

Local Arrangement Co-Chairs

   Francisco Tadeu Negreiros, Barddal
   Ivete Rossato, Barddal
   Jose Newton Perão, Barddal
   Mauricí Dutra, Barddal

Finance Chair

   Dascomb Barddal, Barddal
   José Carlos Matos, Barddal