________________________________________________________________________ 25th Anniversary Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference COMPSAC 2001 Chicago, Illinois, USA, October 8-12, 2001 ________________________________________________________________________ COMPSAC is the major international forum for researchers, practitioners, managers, and policy makers interested in computer software and applications. It was first held in Chicago in 1977 and will celebrate its silver jubilee in the same city in 2001. The expanded anniversary program will include original research papers, industrial abstracts, participative workshops on special interest topics, discussion panels, and professional development seminars. The major theme for the 25th anniversary conference will be INVIGORATING SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT Methodology topics include, but not limited to, the following: - Component-based software - Quality management development - Requirements engineering - Metrics and measurement - Software architecture, - Object-oriented technology framework, and design patterns - Process management - Safety and security - Product-line management - Software reliability - Professional development - Software testing Application topics include, but not limited to, the following: - Electronic commerce - Ubiquitous/pervasive computing Systems topics include, but not limited to, the following: - Collaborative systems - Internet and Web-based systems - Distributed systems - Middleware systems - Embedded systems - Mobile systems - Enterprise systems - Multimedia systems ________________________________________________________________________ INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS OF REGULAR PAPERS ________________________________________________________________________ Submit original (not published or submitted elsewhere) papers of 3000-5000 words. Include the title of the paper, the name and affiliation of each author, a 150-word abstract, and up to 8 keywords. Include also the name, address, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail address of the author responsible for correspondence of the paper. ________________________________________________________________________ INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS OF INDUSTRIAL ABSTRACTS ________________________________________________________________________ The objective of industrial abstracts is to report on-going work, describe practical experiences, introduce new ideas to provoke further validation, or state positions on controversial issues. Authors will have a 6-minute presentation and a 4-minute discussion at the conference. Accepted abstracts will be published in the conference proceedings. Submit a 3-page abstract, including the title, authors' names, affiliations, addresses, telephone and fax numbers, and e-mail addresses. ________________________________________________________________________ INFORMATION FOR WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS ________________________________________________________________________ A major feature of COMPSAC 2001 will be half- and full-day participative workshops. These workshops will enable leading-edge issues to be explored in depth. Every participant will be expected to submit either a short position paper or a list of "burning issues". Organizers should submit workshop proposals, including the title, workshop rationale, goals, how participants will be solicited and position papers handled, workshop activities, expected workshop output, plans for publication, organizer's contact information, and past experience of operating workshops. ________________________________________________________________________ INFORMATION FOR PANEL ORGANIZERS ________________________________________________________________________ Panel sessions on important topics will be held in parallel with the paper sessions. Organizers should submit panel proposals, including the title, a 150-word scope statement, proposed chair and participants, their affiliations, and the organizer's contact details. ________________________________________________________________________ IMPORTANT DATES ________________________________________________________________________ - March 9, 2001: Extended deadline for all submissions - April 24, 2001: Notification of acceptance - June 14, 2001: Deadline for camera-ready copies of accepted papers, industrial abstracts, workshop/panel organizers' scope statements, and panel participants' position papers - October 8--11, 2001: The conference ________________________________________________________________________ SUBMISSION ________________________________________________________________________ Upload regular papers and industry abstracts in Postscript or PDF format at http://www.csis.hku.hk/~compsac/WIMPE/forms/authpaper_reg.html . Submit workshop and panel proposals in plain text via e-mail to: T.H. Tse Program Chair Department of Computer Science and Information Systems The University of Hong Kong Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong E-mail: compsac@csis.hku.hk Telephone: +852 / 2859 2183 Fax: +852 / 2559 8447 ________________________________________________________________________ GENERAL ENQUIRIES ________________________________________________________________________ For general information, please refer to: http://www.csis.hku.hk/~compsac For further enquiries, please contact: Stephen S. Yau Standing Committee Chair Computer Science and Engineering Department Arizona State University P.O. Box 875406, Tempe, AZ 85287-5406, USA E-mail: yau@asu.edu Telephone: +1 / 480-965-3190 Fax: +1 / 480-965-2751 ________________________________________________________________________ Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society ________________________________________________________________________