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-- CALL FOR PAPERS - Deadline for submissions (extension): 5 May 2008 --

IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE INFORMATICS 2008 
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 25 to 27 July 2008
(http://www.informatics-conf.org/)
part of the IADIS Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information 
Systems (MCCSIS 2008)
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 22 to 27 July 2008 
(http://www.mccsis.org)

* Keynote Speakers (confirmed):
Dr. Ulrike Hugl, University of Innsbruck, Austria
Dr. Bernadette Sharp, Staffordshire University, UK

* Conference background and goals
The IADIS Informatics 2008 shall host fundamental topics on Informatics. 
In addition, its 
scope is not just limited to fundamental theory, but it should also cover 
the impact of 
Informatics on society and human life, and it shall furthermore complement 
theory 
foundations with technical considerations and practice.

* Format of the Conference 
The conference will comprise of invited talks and oral presentations. 
The proceedings of the conference will be published in the form of a book 
and CD-ROM with ISBN, and will be available also in the IADIS Digital 
Library (http://www.iadis.net/dl). 
The best paper authors will be invited to publish extended versions of 
their papers in the IADIS Journal on Computer Science and Information 
Systems (ISSN: 1646-3692).

* Types of submissions 
Full and Short Papers, Reflection Papers, Posters/Demonstrations, 
Tutorials, Panels and Doctoral Consortium. 
All submissions are subject to a blind refereeing process.

* Topics related to Informatics are of interest. These include, but are 
not limited to the following areas: 

- Theory Foundations (Main area)
 - Algorithms
 - Architectures
 - Artificial intelligence
 - Compilers
 - Complex systems
 - Data modeling
 - Expert systems
 - Graph theory
 - Hybrid methods
 - Interfaces
 - Interpreters
 - Natural language processing
 - Numerical computation
 - Object orientation
 - Ontologies
 - Programming languages
 - Programming techniques
 - Scientific computing
 - Service-oriented architecture
 - Theorems

- Human Respect (Main area)
 - Accessibility
 - Application design
 - Bio-signal processing
 - Computing for handicapped
 - Computer science in practice Education and Informatics
 - Ethics
 - Freedom of information
 - Geographic information
 - Information retrieval
 - Medical applications
 - Multimedia
 - Privacy
 - Public digital libraries
 - Public science archives
 - Quality-of-service
 - Security
 - Ubiquitous tools
 - Visualization
 - Virtual reality

- Technical Aspects (Main area)
 - Adaptive systems
 - Computer aided design
 - Computer aided manufacturing
 - Computing practices
 - Development processes
 - Distribution processes
 - Distributed systems
 - Embedded systems
 - Grid computing
 - Industrial applications
 - Interoperability
 - Marketing
 - Networking
 - Parallel systems
 - Performance issues
 - Simulation
 - Software development
 - Software engineering
 - System integration
 - UML

* Important Dates:
- Submission deadline (extension): 5 May 2008
- Notification to Authors: 26 May 2008
- Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration: Until 16 June 2008
- Late Registration: After 16 June 2008
- Conference: Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 25 to 27 July 2008

* Conference Location 
The conference will be held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 

* Secretariat 
IADIS Secretariat - IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE INFORMATICS 2008
Rua Sao Sebastiao da Pedreira, 100, 3 
1050-209 Lisbon, Portugal 
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Web site: http://www.informatics-conf.org/

* Program Committee 
Informatics 2008 Conference Program Chair
Hans Weghorn, University of Cooperative Education, Germany

General MCCSIS Conference Co-Chairs:
Piet Kommers, University of Twente, The Netherlands 
Pedro Isaías, Universidade Aberta (Portuguese Open University), Portugal
Nian-Shing Chen, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan

Committee Members: *
* for committee list please refer to http://www.informatics-
conf.org/committees.asp