ITCC 2005 International Conference o n Information Technology

1. ITCC 2005 International Conference o n Information Technology April 11-13, 2005, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA www.itcc.info Submission Deadline: October 29, 2004 The rapid growth in information science and technology in general and the complexity and volume of multimedia data in particular have introduced new challenges for the research community. Of particular interest is the need for a concise representation, efficient manipulation, and fast transmission of multimedia data. Applications such as space science, telemedicine, military, and robotics deal with large volumes of data which need to be stored and processed in real time. The ITCC is an international forum which brings together researchers and practitioners working on different aspects of Information Technology. It is a gathering where the latest theoretical and technological advances on Information Technology are presented and discussed. All papers submitted to this conference will be refereed by at least two members of the ITCC program committee. The ITCC proceedings will be available at the time of the conference. The ITCC 2005 is sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society, and is orgnaized in cooperation with The Premier Hall for Advancing Science and Engineering (PHASE) and The National Supercomputing Center for Energy and the Environment (NSCEE). The ITCC 2005 is being held in conjunction with a related conference- Internatioanl Conference on Information Systems: New Generations (ISNG 2005) whose emphasis is primarily on information systems hardware, prototypes and architectures. Theme General ChairHenry SelvarajECE DepartmentUniversity of Nevada Las Vegas,NV 89154Phone: +1 (702) 895-4184Fax: +1 (702) 895-1115Selvaraj@unlv.nevada.edu Program Committee ChairPradip Srimani, Clemson University Finance ChairVenkatesan Muthukumar, UNLV Registration ChairEmma Regentova, UNLV Publicity ChairAjit Abraham Local Organizing ChairYingtao Jiang, UNLV Conf. SecretaryVasu Jolly, UNLV Program CommiteeAjith AbrahamSheikh I. AhamedY. Alp Aslandogan Mario Cannataro Josep Domingo-Ferrer Paul DouglasSumeet DuaMohammad EyadatMoses GarubaNazli GoharianRay HashemiElaine LawrenceMaria MirtoLuiza MourelleNadia NedjahEmma RegentovaAmanda SpinkJohnson ThomasShantaram VasikarlaCharles Willow TracksProposals are solicited from those who are interested in organizing a track dealing with a specific area of Information Technology. Track organizers will be members of the program committee and will be responsible for advertising, collecting and reviewing technical articles. The names of the Track organizers will appear in the ITCC proceedings as associate editors of the proceedings. Each track is anticipated to include approximately 25 to 30 papers. Organizers with fewer submissions may consider organizing sessions instead, with each session consisting of 4 to 5 papers. Tracks Organized so far:1) "Web Search Technologies", Amanda Spink, University of Pittsburg, USA. 2) "Data Coding and Compression", Emma Regentova,, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA. 3) "Information Assurance and Security", Ajith Abraham & Johnson Thomas,, Oklahoma State Univ (Tulsa),USA. 4)"New Trends in Image Processing", Shantaram Vasikarla,, American InterContinental University, USA. 5)"Data Mining", Ray Hashemi, Armstrong Atlantic State University, USA. 6)"Embedded Cryptographic Systems", Nadia Nedjah & Luiza Mourelle,, State University, Brazil. 7) "Distributed and grid systems", Maria Mirto,, University of Lecce, Italy. 8) "Next-generation Web and Grid Systems", Mario Cannataro,, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Italy. 9) "E-Gaming", Josep Domingo-Ferrer,, Rovira i Virgili University, Spain. 10) "Bioinformatics", Y. Alp Aslandogan & Sumeet Dua, UT Arlington, Louisiana Tech University, USA. 11) "Database Technology", Moses Garuba,, Howard University, USA. 12) "Mobile Enterprise", Elaine Lawrence,, University of Technology, Australia. 13) "Information Retrieval", Nazli Goharian, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA. 14) "Software Engineering", Mohammad Eyadat,, California State University, USA. 15) "Pervasive Computing", Sheikh Iqbal Ahamed,, Marquette University, USA. 16)"Education: Curriculum, Applications and Research", Paul Douglas,, University of Westminster, England(17) "E-Commerce", Charles Willow, Monmouth University, USA Student Best Paper Student Best Paper will be awarded at the conference. To be eligible, the student must be the sole author of the paper, or the first author and primary contributor. (The winner of the award will present the paper in a plenary session at the conference). A cover letter to the Program Chair/Track Chair must identify the paper as a candidate for this competition at the time of submission. Keynote Speakers The conference features three keynote speeches. The emphasis specially is on presentations which address global issues governing information technology as opposed to those related to detailed and specific contributions. Examples of appropriate topics include Information Technology undergraduate curricula in the world, The Impact of Advances in Information Technology on our Society, Government Investment in the IT area, etc. If you wish to nominate a qualified person as an ITCC keynote speaker, please contact the General Chair. Submission Instruction Papers should be original and contain contributions of theoretical or experimental nature, or be unique experience reports. Authors should send a 6-page summary of their original and unpublished work including 5 keywords in the IEEE format to General Chair- selvaraj@egr.unlv.edu . Electronic submission in the PDF format or Word document is strongly encouraged. Per ITCC policy, except for invited papers, all papers will be refereed by at least two independent referees. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings with an ISBN. Selected papers presented in the conference will be considered for publication in a special issue of an international journal.