Conference announcements

Call for Participation -
Annual Conference of the South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists (SAICSIT'2001)


Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 16:34:13 -0600 (MDT)
From: "K V Renaud" <Renaukv@unisa.ac.za>
To: <seworld@cs.colorado.edu>
Subject: (SEWORLD) SAICSIT 2001 - Call for Participation

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                   SAICSIT 2001
       HARDWARE, SOFTWARE AND PEOPLEWARE:
           THE REALITY IN THE REAL MILLENIUM

               CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

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 Annual Conference of the South African Institute of
 Computer Scientists and Information Technologists.
                              SAICSIT'2001

                       Pretoria, South Africa
                        September 25-28, 2001
            http://www.osprey.unisa.ac.za/saicsit2001

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SAICSIT 2001 is the premier international South African-based
conference on computing research and development. We cordially invite
all researchers, practitioners, educators and students, everyone
interested in computer science and information technology to attend,
whether they come from academia, industry or any other sector of
society. SAICSIT demonstrates the very best and latest research,
practice and experience.

We hope you will plan to join us at this year's conference, which
consists of five invited keynote addresses by renowned international
researchers, 26 research presentations, 16 ideas or experience papers,
tutorials, and a postgraduate student symposium.

The conference is hosted by the University of South Africa,  and will
run from September 25 to 28, 2001.

The conference city, Pretoria, is the capital of South Africa, and is
particularly beautiful in spring. The conference will be held, and the
participants lodged, at the ABSA Conference Centre on the outskirts of
Pretoria. The conference hosts different social events and thus offers
lots of opportunities to the participants for casual get-togethers.

See the preliminary conference schedule and full details at http://www.osprey.unisa.ac.za/saicist2001 and register online from 1 August by following the
links from the conference homepage.

There is a discount for early registration (before 17th August).

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INVITED SPEAKERS:

Prof Alan Dix - Cyber-economies and the Real World
Mr Arthur Goldstuck - Internet and Security Trends
Dr Raymond Hackney - Strategic Planning for E-Commerce Systems: towards an inspirational focus
Prof Lut Baten - Computer-Aided Instruction, with emphasis on language learning
Prof Nigel Horspool - The future of data compression in e-technology

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TUTORIALS:

Java for System Designers and Managers
Middleware and Database Technologies
Designing Mobile Interaction
XML
Digital Watermarking

Please consult the conference website for more information about the tutorials.

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The Conference is Sponsored by:

The National Research Foundation (NRF)
ABSA Bank
Microsoft SA
Oracle
Libra Pharmaceuticals
The University of South Africa
The Centre for Software Engineering (CENSE), UNISA

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CONFERENCE ORGANISERS:

Conference Chair: Paula Kotze
Program Chairs: Karen Renaud & Andries Barnard
Organizing Chairs: Lucas Venter and Alta van der Merwe

Contact information:
Official website: http://www.osprey.unisa.ac.za/saicsit2001

Registration details will be available from 1 August on our website.

Surface mail:
   SAICSIT 2001
   Department of Computer Science
   University of South Africa
   P O Box 392
   UNISA
   0003
   South Africa

   Telephone: +27 12 429 6089
   Fax: +27 12 429 6655
   E-mail: saicsit@osprey.unisa.ac.za


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Looking forward to seeing you in Pretoria

The Organizing Chairs of SAICSIT'2001

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Call for Papers -
Annual Conference of the South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists (SAICSIT'2001)


Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2001 20:21:59 -0700 (MST)
From: K V Renaud <Renaukv@unisa.ac.za>
To: seworld@cs.colorado.edu
Subject: (SEWORLD) Call for Papers: SAICSIT'2001

SAICSIT-2001 Conference to be held 25 - 28 September 2001
=========================================================

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
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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.

BSAICSIT 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: renaukv@unisa.ac.za

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
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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
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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
saicsit@osprey.unisa.ac.za

Enquiries about submissions of research papers, panels, workshops and
tutorials should be directed to renaukv@osprey.unisa.ac.za

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Last update: 2001/08/25.

Dirk Craeynest