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-- CALL FOR PAPERS - Deadline for submissions: 30 January 2009 --

IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE INFORMATICS 2009 
Algarve, Portugal, 17 to 19 June 2009
(http://www.informatics-conf.org/)
part of the IADIS Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information 
Systems (MCCSIS 2009)
Algarve, Portugal, 17 to 23 June 2009 
(http://www.mccsis.org)


* Conference background and goals
The IADIS Informatics 2009 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 
(accessible on-line).

* Best Papers
Selected authors of best papers will be invited to submit extended versions of 
their papers to selected journals (i.e. IADIS International Journal on Computer 
Science and Information Systems - ISSN: 1646-3692) including journals from 
INDERSCIENCE Publishers.

* 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: 30 January 2009
- Notification to Authors: 6 March 2009
- Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration: Until 6 April 2009
- Late Registration: After 6 April 2009
- Conference: Algarve, Portugal, 17 to 19 June 2009

* Conference Location 
The conference will be held in Algarve, Portugal. 

* Secretariat 
IADIS Secretariat - IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE INFORMATICS 2009
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 2009 Conference Program Chair
Hans Weghorn, BA-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