Dear Colleagues,
As requested by many potential authors, the paper submission deadline of
IEEE/Innovations 2008 is extended by TWO more weeks. Therefore, please
spread the word and inform your colleagues, students and research fellows
about the approaching deadline, to assure a high number of paper submissions
and a high quality and successful conference.
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CALL FOR PAPERS
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IEEE/Innovations 2008
5th International Conference on Innovations in Information Technology
December 16-18, 2008
Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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Conference website: <http://www.it-innovations.ae/>
http://www.it-innovations.ae/
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BACKGROUND
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Innovations in Information Technology (Innovations'08), is a premier Forum
for the presentation and discussion of technology advances and research
results in the field of Information Technology (IT). Held for the first time
in the oasis city of Al Ain, the fourth largest city in the United Arab
Emirates (UAE), Innovations '08 is the fifth in the series that has been
held in Dubai since 2004. The latest research advances in fields ranging
from traditional computer science to evolving web technologies,
bioinformatics and healthcare informatics are explored in Innovations'
technical sessions.
Innovations'08 is technically co-sponsored by IEEE Communication Society.
Accepted papers will be published by IEEE and fully indexed in IEEEXplore.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
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<http://www.nortel.com/corporate/exec/zafirovski.html> Mike S. Zafirovski,
President and CEO, Nortel
<http://www.ececs.uc.edu/%7Edpa/> Dharma P. Agrawal, OBR Distinguished
Professor of Computer Science
SOCIAL PROGRAM
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- Dubai City Tour and Dhow Cruise
- Desert Safari
AUTHOR'S SCHEDULE (Deadlines):
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Paper and poster submissions due: September 15, 2008
Notification of acceptance: October 15, 2008
Final camera ready paper due: November 3, 2008
TOPICS OF INTEREST
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Topics include, but are not limited to:
- Communication networks and security
- Information systems and services
- Bioinformatics and healthcare informatics
- Computing systems
SPECIAL SESSIONS:
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- Realtime Visual <http://www.visualbiotech.ch/innovations08.html> Analysis
and Visual Communication of In-Vivo and In-Silico Biology
Organizer: Dr. Pablo de Heras Ciechomski, CEO Visualbiotech , Switzerland
- Innovations <http://www.ifn.ing.tu-bs.de/en/cfp-innovations08/> in Arabic
Language Technologies
Organizer: Dr. Haikal El Abed, Braunschweig Technical University, Germany
TUTORIALS:
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- Security Challenges in Wireless Mesh Networks
By Dharma P. Agrawal, OBR Distinguished Professor of Computer Science
- Introduction to WAN Planning and Design
By Algirdas Pakstas, Professor, London Metropolitan University
- Technology as a driver of innovation and catalyst for growth
By Mark Walker, Microsoft Gulf region
- Information Technology in the Financial Services Sector
By Ayman Fathallah, Regional Director Middle East
WORKSHOPS:
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- Robotics and Interactive Media
- Cognitive Science
CONTACT:
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Contact:
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