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Call for Papers

Complexity Theory and Its Applications to Systems, Networks and Information Assurance

Amit Kulkarni and Stephen Bush are organizing a special session for the following conference, titled Complexity Theory and its Applications to Systems, Networks and Information Assurance.

The goal of this session is to bridge the gap among the large and growing body of work in Complexity Theory and discuss its applications to the health, management, and security of information systems.

Examples of specific session topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

RELEVANT SESSION TOPICS

If you are interested in contributing a paper to the session, please send the title of your paper as soon as you can and the extended abstract by the deadline given below (Feb 20).

The full call for papers follows…

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CALL FOR PAPERS

THE 6th WORLD MULTI CONFERENCE ON SYSTEMICS, CYBERNETICS AND INFORMATICS SCI 2002

July 14 - 18, 2002

Orlando, Florida, USA
Sheraton World

http://www.iiis.org/sci2002/

Honorary Presidents: Bela Banathy, Stafford Beer and George Klir
Program Committee Chair: William Lesso
General Chair: Nagib Callaos
Organizing Committee Chair: Belkis Sanchez

MAJOR THEMES

ACADEMIC AND SCIENTIFIC CO-SPONSORS

Technical Co-Sponsor


ORGANIZED BY THE IIIS

The International Institute of Informatics and Systemics.

ACTIVE PARTICIPATION

Those interested in participating in:

Please, enter to the conference web page: http://www.iiis.org/sci2002/, and fill the respective form. If by any reasons you are not able to access the page mentioned above, please, try the following page: http://www.iiisci.org/sci2002/.

If you have any problems linking to the conference web pages, or you need to send or receive additional information, contact the General Chair Professor Nagib Callaos to:

ncallaos@callaos.com
ncallaos@aol.com
callaos@telcel.net.ve

PARTICIPANTS

Participation of both, researchers and practitioners is strongly encouraged. Papers may be submitted on: research in science and engineering, case studies drawn on professional practice and consulting, and position papers based on large and rich experience gained through executive/managerial practices and decision-making. For this reason, the Program Committee is conformed according to the criteria given above.

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TYPES OF SUBMISSION ACCEPTED
  1. Papers
  2. Panel Presentation, Workshop and/or Round Table Proposals
  3. New Topics and Invited Sessions Proposals (which should include a minimum of 5 papers)
  4. Focus Symposia (which should include a minimum of 15 papers)

EXTENDED ABSTRACTS AND PAPER DRAFTS SUBMISSION FORM

Extended abstracts or paper drafts should be sent taking into account the following format:

  1. Major theme of the paper, related to the major themes given above.
  2. Paper title.
  3. Extended abstract of 500 to 1500 words and/or paper drafts of 2000 to 5000 words, in English.
  4. Authors and/or co-authors with names, addresses, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail addresses.

Extended abstracts or paper drafts should be sent to the conference web page:

http://www.iiis.org/sci2002/

filling the respective form and uploading the respective paper or extended abstract. If by any reasons you are not able to access the page mentioned above, please, try the following page:

http://www.iiisci.org/sci2002/

If the conference web pages are not accessible for you, you can also make your submission by e-mail, attaching it to the following e-mail addresses:

nacallao@telcel.net.ve
WMSCI2001@aol.com

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DEADLINES

April 10, 2002: Submission of extended abstracts (500-1500 words) or paper drafts (2000-5000 words).

PAPERS REVIEWING AND PUBLICATION

Submitted papers will be reviewed. Accepted papers, which should not exceed six single-spaced typed pages, will be published by means of paper and electronic proceedings.

Best papers will be selected for awards and might be recommended for journal publications.

Multiple author books will be published by IIIS based on, the best invited sessions, the best focus symposia or the best mini-conferences and the topic of the papers.

INVITED SESSIONS

Based on past conference experience, we suggest the following steps in order to organize an invited session:

  1. Identify a special topic in the scope of SCI 2002, and the invited session title. Fill the invited session organization form, provided in the conference web page: http://www.iiis.org/sci2002/. If by any reasons you are not able to access the page mentioned above, please, try the following page: http://www.iiisci.org/sci2002/. If you don't have access to the web, contact the General Chair, via e-mail: ncallaos@callaos.com; ncallaos@aol.com; callaos@telcel.net.ve.
  2. If the identified topic is suitable, the General Chair will accept the proposal, and you will receive an acceptation by e-mail, in a few days. This acceptation is not a final approval of the proposed session, but a pre-approval. The final approval will depend on identifying at least five papers for the proposed session and informing, at least, about their titles. With this acceptation:
    1. the proposed session will be included in the conference web page as well as its organizer and the chairs' name, and
    2. Its organizer will be able to announce his/her invited session in the context of SCI 2002, by any media that he/she thinks appropriated, such as: Web page, hard copy call for papers, call for papers attached to e-mails, etc.
  3. Contact researchers and/or practitioners in your field to see if they can contribute a paper to your proposed session and attend at SCI 2002.
  4. Collect the extended abstracts or the paper drafts from each prospective participant.
  5. Write a summary (1-2 page) with the main objectives, which must be related to the invited/selected papers.
  6. As soon as you have 5 papers, you will complete the form regarding the invited session papers, provided in the conference web page: http://www.iiis.org/sci2002/.
  7. Step 7 will take your invited session to the status of an approved one if the papers fulfil all the requirements (i.e. quality). All the approved invited sessions will be included in the SCI 2002 conference program.

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Integrated by (197) prestigious scholars/researchers from 48 countries:
Details can be found in the conference web page: http://www.iiis.org/sci2002/, or asked for a detailed Call For Papers, by e-mail.

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Conference fees

The conference fees will be $340 before the deadline and $390 after the deadline.

This fee will include exclusively:

Each registration fee might include a maximum of one paper, which presentation will be included in the conference program and published in the conference proceedings.

Any other expenses must be afforded/provided by the participants. The registration fee does not include any post-conference services. There will be additional shipping and handling costs for those registered authors who, for unforeseen reasons, could not go to the conference. Any post-conference administrative requirements will be charged $20 per staff hour required elaborating such a requirement, with a minimum of $10. Post-conference requirements will have their own deadline, which in no case will be more than three months, after the last day of the conference.

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Conference CONTACTS

Prof. Nagib Callaos (General Chair)
E -mails:

ncallaos@usb.ve (Academic)
ncallaos@aol.com (Personal)
ncallaos@callaos.com (Business)
callaos@telcel.net.ve

USA Tel/Fax: +1 (407) 856-6274
Venezuela Tel/Fax (office): +58 (212) 962-1519

Conference Secretariat

scio98@cantv.net

Details can be found at the Conference web page:

http://www.iiis.org/sci2002/

Answers to specific questions can also be requested by e-mail.

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