Dear Colleagues:
I would be most grateful if you could distribute this announcement for the 2000 International MultiConference (Call For Papers + ...) to your colleagues who might be interested. This will be a major international gathering in year 2000. It is anticipated that this international event will attract about 1500 participants. This MultiConference is composed of seven (planned) international conferences that will be held simultaneously (same dates and location). Attendees will have full access to all seven conferences.
Any help in distributing this announcement would be most appreciated.
Those interested in organizing technical sessions for any of the seven conferences need to submit a proposal to hra@cs.uga.edu (see below for submission guideline.) The names of session organizers will appear as Associate Editors on the cover of the conference proceedings. Those who would like to become a member of the international Program Committee for any of the seven conferences are requested to email their short biography to hra@cs.uga.edu.
The seven conferences are:
Papers can be mailed (or emailed) to me (see address below) by the deadlines (I would then forward them to appropriate chairs for evaluation).
Attached to this email, you will find relevant information (such as, submission guidelines for draft papers and proposals, more about the location of the conferences, and deadlines).
Prospective authors are invited to submit three copies of their draft paper (4 to 6 pages) to H. R. Arabnia (address is given above) OR to the program chair of the conference the paper is being submitted to. E-mail and Fax submissions are also acceptable. Authors of draft papers can use any reasonable typing instructions (single spaced lines, 10 to 12 font size, ...) - there is no set Typing Instructions for the preparation of the draft papers.
The length of the Camera-Ready papers (if accepted) will be limited to 7 typeset pages. The Typing Instructions for the preparation of the camera-ready papers will be sent to authors of accepted papers. 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, E-mail address, telephone number, and Fax number for each author. The first page should also include the name of the author who will be presenting the paper (if accepted) and a maximum of 5 keywords.
Each technical session will have at least 6 paper presentations. The session chairs will be responsible for all aspects of their sessions; including, soliciting papers, reviewing, selecting, ... The names of session chairs will appear as Associate Editors in the conference proceedings/books. After the conference, some sessions will be considered for publication in appropriate journals as Special Issues with the session proposer as the Guest Editor of the journal.
Proposals to organize technical sessions should include the following information: name and address (+ E-mail) of proposer, title of session, a 100-word description of the topic of the session, and a short description on how the session will be advertised (in most cases, session proposers solicit papers from colleagues and researchers whose work is known to the session proposer).