Last Call for Papers: The 2009 International Conference on Foundations of Computer Science (FCS'09), USA, July 13-16, 2009

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C A L L F O R P A P E R S
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The 2009 International Conference on
Foundations of Computer Science
FCS'09

Date and Location: July 13-16, 2009, Las Vegas, USA

You are invited to submit a paper. All accepted papers will be
published in the respective conference proceedings.

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

O Quantum Computing
O Games theory and methods
O Computational number theory
O Logic in computer science
O Theory of computing and formal systems
O Automata and formal languages
O Coding theory
O Novel data structures
O Languages
O Complexity theory (including circuit complexity)
O Theory of parallel and distributed computing
O Graph theory and algorithms
O Deduction
O Combinatorics
O Algorithms
O Probabilistic and randomized methodologies
O Approximation methods
O Parametrized complexity (including Kolmogorov, ...)
O Non-linear dynamics and chaos
O Computational biology and bioinformatics
O Cryptography
O Database theory
O Queuing methods
O Foundations of computer security
O Model checking and computer-aided verification
O Models of computation
O Geometry
O Semantics, concurrency and type theory
O Scheduling methods
O Models of internet computing
O Other emerging topics

Web links:
http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/worldcomp09/ws/conferences/fcs09
http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/

ACADEMIC SPONSORS (a partial list):

The following are confirmed academic sponsors for 2009:
United States Military Academy, Network Science Center; Biomedical
Cybernetics Lab., HST of Harvard University & MIT; Argonne's
Leadership Computing Facility of Argonne National Lab; Functional
Genomics Lab., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Minnesota
Supercomputing Institute, University of Minnesota; Intelligent Data
Exploration & Analysis Lab., U. of Texas at Austin, Texas; Harvard
Statistics Department Genomics & Bioinformatics Lab., Harvard
University; Texas Advanced Computing Center, University of Texas at
Austin, Texas; Center for the Bioinformatics & Computational Genomics,
Georgia Institute of Technology, Georgia; Institute of Discrete
Mathematics & Geometry, Vienna U. of Technology, Austria; BioMedical
Informatics & Bio-Imaging Lab., Georgia Institute of Technology and
Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; Knowledge Management &
Intelligent System Center (KMIS) of University of Siegen, Germany;
Hawkeye Radiology Informatics, College of Medicine, University of
Iowa, Iowa; Institute for Informatics Problems of the Russian Academy
of Sciences, Moscow, Russia; Medical Image HPC & Informatics Lab.
(MiHi Lab), University of Iowa, Iowa; SECLAB of University of Naples
Federico II, University of Naples Parthenope, and the Second
University of Naples, Italy; The University of North Dakota,
Grand Forks, North Dakota; Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
Program, George Mason University, Virginia, USA; Intelligent
Cyberspace Engineeing Lab., ICEL, Texas A&M University (Com./Texas);
International Society of Intelligent Biological Medicine; World
Academy of Biomedical Sciences and Technologies; European Commission;
and High Performance Computing for Nanotechnology (HPCNano).

General Co-Chair and Coordinator:

H. R. Arabnia, PhD
Professor, Computer Science
Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Supercomputing (Springer)
Advisory Board, IEEE Technical Committee on TCSC
Vice President, Int'l Society of Intelligent Biological Medicine
The University of Georgia
Department of Computer Science
415 Boyd Building
Athens, Georgia 30602-7404, USA

Tel: (706) 542-3480
Fax: (706) 542-2966
E-mail: h...@cs.uga.edu

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS:

Prospective authors are invited to submit their draft papers by
uploading them to http://worldcomp.cviog.uga.edu/ .
Submissions must be received by Feb. 25, 2009 and they must be in
either MS doc or pdf formats (about 5 to 7 pages - single space,
font size of 10 to 12). All reasonable typesetting formats are
acceptable (later, the authors of accepted papers will be asked to
follow a particular typesetting format to prepare their papers for
publication.)

The length of the Camera-Ready papers (if accepted) will be limited
to 7 (IEEE style) 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, and email address for each
author.
The first page should also identify the name of the Contact Author
and a maximum of 5 topical keywords that would best represent the
content of the paper. Finally, the name of the conference (FCS)
must be mentioned on the first page.

Papers will be evaluated for originality, significance, clarity,
impact, and soundness. Each paper will be refereed by two experts
in the field who are independent of the conference program
committee.
The referees' evaluations will then be reviewed by two members of
the program committee who will recommend a decision to the co-
chairs.
The co-chairs will make the final decision. Lastly, the Camera-
Ready
papers will be reviewed by one member of the program committee.

IMPORTANT DATES:

Feb. 25, 2009: Submission of papers (about 5 to 7 pages)
March 25, 2009: Notification of acceptance
April 25, 2009: Camera-Ready papers and Registration due
July 13-16, 2009: The 2009 International Conference on Foundations
of
Computer Science (FCS'09)

MEMBERS OF PROGRAM AND ORGANIZING COMMITTEES:

The Program Committee includes members of chapters of World Academy
of Science (chapters: supercomputing; scientific computing; AI;
imaging science; databases; simulation; software engineering;
embedded systems; internet and web technologies; communications;
bioinformatics; computational biology; and computer security.)
The Program Committee for FCS is currently being formed. Those
interested in joining the Program Committee should email Prof.
Arabnia
(h...@cs.uga.edu) the following information: Name, affiliation
and position, complete mailing address, email address, a short
biography together with research interests and the name of the
conference (FCS) offering to help with.
Many who have already joined the committees of individual tracks
are renowned leaders, scholars, researchers, scientists and
practitioners of the highest ranks; many are directors of research
laboratories, fellows of various societies, heads/chairs of
departments, deans and provosts.

PURPOSE / HISTORY:

FCS'09 is an annual research conference about Foundations of
Computer Science. It is being held jointly (same location and
dates)
with a number of other conferences (WORLDCOMP'09). WORLDCOMP is
the
largest annual gathering of researchers in computer science,
computer engineering and applied computing.

The motivation is to assemble a spectrum of affiliated research
topics
into a coordinated meeting held in a common place at a common time.
The main goal is to provide a forum for exchange of ideas in a
number
of research areas that interact. The model used facilitates
communication among researchers from all over the world in
different
fields of computer science, computer engineering and applied
computing. Both inward research (core areas of computer science
and
engineering) and outward research (multi-disciplinary, inter-
disciplinary,
and applications) will be covered during the event.

FCS'09 and WORLDCOMP'09 will be composed of research presentations,
keynote lectures, invited presentations, tutorials, panel
discussions,
and poster presentations. In recent past, keynote and/or tutorial
speakers included: Prof. David A. Patterson (U. of California,
Berkeley); Prof. Michael J. Flynn (Stanford U.); Prof. John H.
Holland
(U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor); Prof. Brian D. Athey (U. of Michigan,
Ann Arbor), Prof. H. J. Siegel (Colorado State U.); Prof. Barry
Vercoe
(MIT); Prof. Ruzena Bajcsy (U. of California, Berkeley);
Prof. Jun Liu (Harvard U.); Dr. Jim Gettys (OLPC + developer of X
Window); Dr. Chris Rowen (President and CEO, Tensilica, Inc.); and
many other distinguished speakers.

LOCATION OF CONFERENCES:

The conferences will be held in the Monte Carlo hotel, Las Vegas,
Nevada, USA (with any overflows at other near-by hotels). This is
a mega hotel with excellent conference facilities and over 3,000
rooms. It is minutes from the airport with 24-hour shuttle
service to and from the airport. This hotel has many recreational
attractions, including: waterfalls, spa, pools, sunning decks, Easy
River, wave pool, lighted tennis courts, health spa, nightly shows,
a number of restaurants, ... The negotiated room rate for
conference attendees is very reasonable. The hotel is within
walking distance from most other attractions (recreational
destinations, Golf courses, ...)