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                                  IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE APPLIED 
COMPUTING 2006
                                        February 25-28, 2006 - SAN 
SEBASTIAN, SPAIN
                                              (http://www.iadis.org/ac2006)
                               
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* Keynote Speakers (confirmed)
Professor Ajith Abraham, School of Computer Science and Engineering, Chung-
Ang University, South Korea
Professor Marc Dacier, Institut Eurecom, France

* Conference background and goals 
The IADIS Applied Computing 2006 conference aims to address the main 
issues of concern within the applied computing area and related fields. 
This conference covers essentialy technical aspects. The applied computing 
field is divided into more detailed areas (see below). However innovative 
contributes that don't fit into these areas will also be considered since 
they might be of benefit to conference attendees. 

* Format of the Conference 
The conference will comprise invited talks and oral presentations. The 
proceedings of the conference will be published in the form of a book. The 
best paper authors will be invited to publish extended versions of their 
papers in specific journals, and in the IADIS Journal on Computer Science 
and Information Systems. 

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

* Topics related to Applied Computing are of interest. These include, but 
are not limited to the following areas: 
- Agent Systems and Applications
- Algorithms
- Applied Information Systems
- Bioinformatics
- Case Studies and Applications
- Communications
- Data Mining
- Database Systems
- E-Commerce Theory and Practice
- Embedded Systems
- Evaluation and Assessment
- Global Tendencies 
- Grid Computing
- Information Retrieval
- Intelligent Systems 
- Mobile Networks and Systems
- Multimedia
- Networking
- Object Orientation
- Parallel and Distributed Systems
- Payment Systems
- Programming Languages
- Protocols and Standards
- Security
- Semantic Web
- Software Engineering
- Storage Issues
- Technologies for E-Learning
- Wireless Applications
- WWW Applications
- WWW Technologies
- Ubiquitous Computing
- Usability Issues
- Virtual Reality
- Visualization
- XML and other Extensible Languages

* Important Dates (2nd Call extension): 
- Submission Deadline: 23 January 2005
- Notification to Authors: 3 February 2006
- Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration: Until 10 February 
2006
- Late Registration: After 10 February 2006
- Conference: San Sebastian, Spain, 25 to 28 February 2006

* Conference Location The conference will be held in San Sebastian, Spain. 

* Secretariat 
IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE APPLIED COMPUTING 2006
Rua Sao Sebastiao da Pedreira, 100, 3, 1050-209 Lisbon, Portugal 
E-mail: [log in to unmask] Web site: http://www.iadis.org/ac2006 

* Program Committee 

Conference Co-Chairs 
Nuno Guimarães, Faculdade de Ciências - University of Lisbon, Portugal
Pedro Isaías, Universidade Aberta (Portuguese Open University), Portugal 

Program Chair
Ambrosio Goikoetxea, University of Mondragon, Spain

Committee Members (not yet complete):
Achim Basermann, NEC Europe Ltd., Germany
Adam Wong, Deakin University, Australia
Ahmed Mostefaoui, Laboratoire d'Informatique de Franche-Comté, France
Ahmet Cosar, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
Al Salam, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA
Albert Zomaya, University of Sydney, Australia
Aleksandar Lazarevic, University of Minnesota, USA
Alexander Lazovik, University of Trento, Italy
Alexander I. Legalov, Krasnoyarsk State Technical Univ., Russian Federation
Ali Asghar Shiri, University of Alberta, Canada
Alvaro Barreiro, University of A Coruña, Spain
Amitava Datta, University of Western Australia, Australia
Anastasios Tombros, Queen Mary, University of London, United Kingdom
Andreas Andreou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Andrzej Goscinski, Deakin University, Australia
Anna Maddalena, Università degli Studi di Genova, Italy
Antoine Galland, Gemplus Research Labs, France
António Casimiro Costa, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Armanda Rodrigues, New University of Lisbon, Portugal
Arndt Bode, Technical University München, Germany
Assaf Schuster, Technion Institute, Israel
Aurelio Bermúdez, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Azzedine Boukerche, University of Ottawa, Canada
Behzad Bordbar, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
Bertil Folliot, University Pierre et Marie Curie, France
Birger Larsen, Royal School of Library and Information Science, Denmark
Blanca Caminero, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Brahim Bensaou, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
Bud Fox, Institute of High Performance Computing, Singapore
Burkhard Englert, California State University Long Beach, USA
Carlos Duarte, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Carsten Trinitis, Technische Universität München, Germany
Chen Wang, University of Sydney, Australia
Ching-Hsien Hsu, Chung Hua University, Taiwan
Chiou-Nan Chen, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
Cho-Li Wang, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Christian Lang, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA
Christian Zirpins, University of Hamburg, Germany
Dan J. Kim, Michigan State University, USA
Daniel S. Katz, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA
David Losada, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Dick Stenmark, Göteborg University, Sweden
Djamila Ouelhadj, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
Douglas Acheson, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, USA
Dragoljub Pokrajac, Delaware State University, USA
Eda Marchetti, ISTI-CNR, Italy 
Elie Fadier, INRS, France
Emilio Corchado Rodríguez, Universidad de Burgos, Spain
Enrique Árias, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Ezendu Ariwa, University of North London, United Kingdom
Fabio Crestani, University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom
Farid Naït-Abdesselam, University of Lille, France
Fernando Rubio, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Filippo Furfaro, Universita' della Calabria, Italy
Francesca Martelli, ISTI-CNR, Italy
Francisco Agustín Gutiérrez Tornes, Instituto Poltécnico Nacional, Mexico
Francisco Garcia Peñalvo, University of Salamanca, Spain
Franco Turini, University of Pisa, Italy
Frederic Ogel, France Telecom R&D, France
Gabriella Pasi, Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, Italy
George Roussos, University of London, United Kingdom
Giacomo Cabri, Universita' di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy
Gilles Grimaud, University of Lille, France
Giovanni Semeraro, University of Bari, Italy
Gongzhu Hu, Central Michigan University, USA
Graça Abrantes, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal
H. R. Rao, University at Buffalo, USA
Hai Jin, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, P. R. China
Haibin Zhu, Nipissing University, Canada
Håkan Sundell, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Halina Kwasnicka, Technical University of Wroclaw, Poland
Hamid Arabnia, University of Georgia, USA
Harald Kosch, University of Klagenfurt, Austria
Helmar Burkhart, University of Basel, Switzerland
Hermann Hellwagner, University Klagenfurt, Austria
Hongjian Fan, University of Melbourne, Australia
Isabelle Simplot-Ryl, University of Lille I, France
Ismael Rodríguez Laguna, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Jacek Plodzien, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
Jahan Hassan, University of Sydney, Australia
Jan Ljungberg, Gothenburg University, Sweden
Jane Reid, Queen Mary, University of London, United Kingdom
Jeff Coble, Northrop Grumman Corporation, USA
Jesús García Herrero, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Jiann-Liang Chen, National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan
Jie Tao, Universität Karlsruhe, Germany
Jim Wu, University of Western Sydney, Australia
Joaquim Jorge, INESC-ID, Portugal
John Brooke, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Jonathan Lawry, University of Bristol, United Kingdom
José Manuel Molina López, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Josef Weidendorfer, Technische Universität München, Germany
Joseph Jacob, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA
Juan Fernández Peinador, Universidad de Murcia, Spain
Juan J. Pardo, Universidad de Castilla-la-Mancha, Spain
Juan Manuel Fernández Luna, University of Granada, Spain
Karl Fuerlinger, Technical University München, Germany
Karsten Stroborn, Deutsche Bundesbank, Germany
Keith Miller, University of Illinois at Springfield, USA
Ken Barker, University of Calgary, Canada
Key Pousttchi, University of Augsburg, Germany
Koen De Bosschere, University of Gent, Belgium
Kokou Yetongnon, Université de Bourgogne, France
Krzysztof Cetnarowicz, University of Mining and Metallurgy, Poland
Kuan-Ching Li, Providence University, Taiwan
Lars Svensson, University of Trollhättan Uddevalla, Sweden
Laszlo Monostori, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary
Leif Azzopardi, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Leo Mõtus, Estonian Academy of Sciences, Estonia
Leonidas Deligiannidis, The University of Georgia, USA
Licia Capra, University College London, United Kingdom
Linda Seiter, John Carroll University, USA
Lorenza Saitta, Amedeo Avogadro University, Italy
Luca Anselma, University of Torino, Italy
Luís Carriço, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Luís Torgo, University of Porto, Portugal
Malik Magdon-Ismail, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA
Manuel E. Acacio Sánchez, Universidad de Murcia, Spain
Marcin Paprzycki, SWPS, Poland
Marco Aiello, University of Trento, Italy
Marek Wojciechowski, Poznan University of Technology, Poland
Marina Papatriantafilou, Chalmers University, Sweden
Mark Baker, University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom
Maria Ghanza, Elblag University of Humanities and Economy, Poland
Martin Knahl, University of Plymouth, United Kingdom
Massimo Mecella, Università di Roma "La Sapienza", Italy
Max Walter, Technische Universität München, Germany
Mercedes Hidalgo-Herrero, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Michael Hobbs, Deakin University, Australia
Michelangelo Ceci, Università degli Studi di Bari, Italy
Miguel Angel Patricio Guisado, Universidad de Alcalá, Spain
Mikolaj Morzy, Poznan University of Technology, Poland
Mikolaj Sobczak, Poznan University of Technology, Poland
Mohand Boughanem, University Paul Sabatier, France
Namdar Mogharreban, Southern Illinois University, USA
Nashat Mansour, Lebanese American University, Lebanon
Natalia Lopez, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
Norbert Kroll, DLR, Germany
Ouri Wolfson, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Paolo Garza, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Pasqua D’ Ambra, ICAR-CNR, Italy
Pasquale Savino, ISTI-CNR, Italy
Paula Brito, University of Porto, Portugal
Pedro Antunes, University of Lisbon, Portugal 
Pedro Trancoso, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Peter Luksch, Universität Rostock, Germany
Peter Stanchev, Kettering University, USA
Philippas Tsigas, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Qin Ding, Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg, USA 
Rafael Casado, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Rainer Malaka, EML, Germany
Raúl Suárez, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain
Reda Alhajj, University of Calgary, Canada
Richard Lai, La Trobe University, Australia
Riky Subrata, University of Sydney, Australia
Robert Wrembel, Poznan University Of Technology, Poland
Roberto Lucchi, Università degli Studi di Bologna, Italy
Roberto Therón, University of Salamanca, Spain
Rodolfo Zunino, Genoa University, Italy
Ruibing Hao, Bell Labs Research China, China
Ryen White, University of Maryland, USA
Salima Benbernou, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France
Sergio Flesca, University of Calabria, Italy
Sherri Harms, University of Nebraska-Kearney, USA
Silvia Chiusano, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Silvia Mirri, Universita' degli studi di Bologna, Italy
Sorin D. Cotofana, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Stanislaw Ambroszkiewicz, University of Podlasie, Poland
Stefano Cacciaguerra, University of Bologna, Italy
Stéphane Maag, Institut National des Télécommunications, France
Tania Cerquitelli, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Tomàs Margalef, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
Tor Skeie, University of Oslo, Norway
Tudor Niculiu, University "Politehnica" of Bucharest, Romania
Urszula Markowska-Kaczmar, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland
Viorel Randasu, University "Politehnica" of Bucharest, Romania
Wei Wang, Fudan University, China
Wolfgang Karl, Universität Karlsruhe, Germany
Yangmin Li, University of Macau, Macau S.A.R. 
Yanxiang He, Wuhan University, China
Yi Zhang, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
Yong-Kee Jun, Gyeongsang National University, Korea
Yoshifumi Manabe, NTT Cyber Space Laboratories, Japan
Yufei Tao, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Yujong Hwang, DePaul University, USA
Zaher Aghbari, University of Sharjah, UAE
Zhengxin Chen, University of Nebraska at Omaha, USA

for the full Committee Members list please access 
http://www.iadis.org/ac2006/committees.asp

* Co-located event
Please also check the co-located event Web Based Communities 2006 
(http://www.iadis.org/wbc2006/) - 26-28 February 2006

* Registered participants in the Applied Computing conference may attend 
the Web Based Communities conference sessions free of charge.