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SAICSIT-2001 Conference to be held 25 - 28 September 2001
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Annual Conference of the South African Institute of Computer Scientists and
Information Technologists

Hardware, Software and Peopleware: The Reality in the Real Millennium.

http://www.cs.unisa.ac.za/saicsit2001/

70 papers from 12 countries were submitted to the very successful SAICSIT'00.
SAICSIT-2001, to be held in the Pretoria area, will be even better. The
conference venue will be the ABSA conference Centre in Montana, Pretoria.  The
conference will include research papers, tutorials, workshops and panel
discussions.

Papers are solicited in ALL areas of Computer Science and Information
Systems, but should be directed at a reasonably general audience. For
examples, see papers accepted for SAICSIT'00 (see link on the SAICSIT-2001
web site). We invite submissions in the following categories:

1)      Research Papers in one of the following categories:

- full research papers
- short papers
- electronically published papers.

A selection of the best full research papers and short papers will be published
in the South African Computing Journal.

2)      Tutorials
3)      Workshops
4)      Panel discussions
5)      Postgraduate Research Symposium.


Program Committee
=================

Bob Baber - McMaster Univeristy, Canada
Andries Barnard - University of South Africa
Judy Bishop - University of Pretoria
Andy Bytheway - University of the Western Cape
Andre Calitz - University of Port Elizabeth
Elsabe Cloete - - University of South Africa
Carina de Villiers - University of Pretoria
Alan Dix - Lancaster University
Jan Eloff - Rand Afrikaans University
Andries Engelbrecht - University of Pretoria
Chris Johnson - University of Glasgow
Paul Licker - University of Cape Town
Paula Kotze - - University of South Africa
Derrick Kourie - University of Pretoria
Philip Machanick - University of the Witwatersrand
Gary Marsden - University of Cape Town
Don Petkov - University of Natal in Pietermaritsburg
Karen Renaud - University of South Africa
Ian Sanders - University of the Witwatersrand
Derrick Smith - University of Cape Town
Harold Thimbleby - Middlesex University
Theda Thomas - Port Elizabeth Technikon
Herna Viktor - University of Pretoria
Bruce Watson - Universities of Pretoria and Eindhoven
Janet Wesson - - University of Port Elizabeth


All submissions should be made electronically unless special arrangements
are made for paper submission. Details will appear on the conference web
site.

SAICSIT SUBMISSIONS WILL BE SUBMITTED TO A DOUBLE BLIND REVIEW PROCESS. PLEASE
DO NOT INCLUDE AUTHOR NAMES IN YOUR SUBMISSION - AND ALSO REMOVE DETAILS WHICH
WOULD MAKE IT OBVIOUS WHO THE AUTHORS ARE.

Submission implies a commitment, should the submission be accepted,
to attend the conference and present the paper or tutorial, or participate in
the workshop or panel discussion.

Deadlines:

        Submissions due Friday 11 May 2001
        Acceptances/rejections sent out 9 July 2001
        Final corrections due 10 August 2001

Details for electronic submission will appear on the conference website. Please
note that submissions in pdf format are preferred.  If you are unable to submit
your paper electronically, you may send four (4) printed copies of the paper to:

        Karen Renaud
        Department of Computer Science
        University of South Africa
        P O Box 392
        UNISA
        0003
        SOUTH AFRICA
        email: [log in to unmask]

PLEASE MARK ENVELOPES CLEARLY AS: SAICSIT 2001 SUBMISSION AND ALSO THE CATEGORY
OF THE SUBMISSION, EG WORKSHOP, OR POSTGRADUATE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM.

PAPERS
======

Short papers and Electronic papers are intended to allow space for preliminary
work,
or useful experiences, which are of sufficient interest to publish, but
which would not meet the criteria for review of a research paper.

Full research papers are limited to 10 pages in final typeset form, while
short papers are limited to 5 pages (10 point Times New Roman, 2 columns: (For
guidelines see: http://www.cs.up.ac.za/sacj/)). Length is not an issue for
electronically published papers.


TUTORIALS
=========

SAICSIT 2001 plans to host a tutorial programme. Proposals
for high-quality tutorials in all areas of computer science and information
systems from academic research to industrial applications are solicited.
Tutorial levels may be
introductory, intermediate, and advanced. Novel topics and topics of broad
interest are preferred. Guidelines for the submission of tutorial proposals are
available on the conference website.

WORKSHOPS
=========

SAICSIT 2001 will host a number of workshops addressing
different areas of computer science. Workshops serve as a
forum for exchanging late breaking ideas and theories in an evolutionary
stage. They typically focus on either in depth analysis or broad-ranging
approaches to any area of computer science. Guidelines for
the submission of workshop proposals are available on the conference website.


PANELS
======

Panel sessions addressing important and timely topics in computer science
will be included in the main conference. They should present interesting
and divergent views with solid practical and/or theoretical backing. A good
panel session can be the highlight of the official programme for many
attendees. Guidelines for panel proposals are available on the conference
website.

Postgraduate Research Symposium
===============================

The main purpose of this symposium is to provide a forum for student researchers
who are investigating any computer science or information systems area. We would
like to invite any student researcher to submit their work to this symposium.
The emphasis of this workshop will be work in progress. Original and unpublished
research can be presented here to a group of fellow students in order to obtain
helpful feedback and valuable experience.

Enquiries about the conference in general should be directed to
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Enquiries about submissions of research papers, panels, workshops and tutorials
should be directed to [log in to unmask]

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