Call for Papers – CATA 2017

32nd International Conference on Computers and Their Applications CATA 2017
in conjunction with BICoB-2017

Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort and Spa, Honolulu, Hawaii
March 20-22, 2017
Sponsored by the International Society for Computers and Their Applications (ISCA)


The 32nd International Conference on Computers and Their Applications (CATA) provides an international forum for presentation and discussion of research on computers and their applications. CATA 2017 will feature contributed, as well as invited papers concerned with theory, practice and applications.
The conference also includes a best paper award, given for a paper presented at the conference.
The topics will include, but are not limited to, the following areas:

Algorithms
Artificial Intelligence
Biomedical Engineering
Bioinformatics and Geoinformatics
Compilers
Computer-Aided Design/Manufacturing
Computer and Network Security
Computer Architecture and VLSI
Computer Graphics
Computer Modeling
Computer Networks
Computer Simulation
Computer Vision
Computers and Education
Computing Practice & Applications
Control Systems
Data Communications
Databases
Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery
Digital Signal Processing
Expert Systems
Human-Computer Interface & Visualization
Image Processing
Information Systems
Multimedia Applications
Neural Networks
Operating and Distributed Systems
Parallel Processing
Pattern Recognition
Programming Languages
Real-Time Computing
Robotics
Software Engineering and CASE
Text Processing

Conference Chairs:
Dr. Gordon Lee (San Diego State University, USA)
Dr. Les Miller (Iowa State University, USA)

Program Chair:
Dr. Antoine Bossard (Kanagawa University, Japan)

Submission Guidelines:
Papers will be accepted only by electronic submission (PDF only). A full paper, including title, author's name(s) and affiliation, mailing address, telephone, fax and email of the principal author, should be submitted before October 28, 2016 at the following website https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cata2017. The submitted manuscript should closely reflect the final paper as it will appear in the Proceedings. Maximum paper length for the proceedings is six pages, with up to two additional pages accepted with page charges (6+2). The format is provided at: http://isca-hq.org/Documents/sample-isca-manuscript-format.pdf. If you encounter any difficulties during submission or if you require further information, please contact the Program Chair (cata2017 [at] easychair.org). Accepted papers will be submitted to INSPEC and DBLP.

IMPORTANT DATES
October 28, 2016 Full paper submission
December 23, 2016 Notification of acceptance
January 20, 2017 Pre-registration and camera-ready paper submission
March 20-22, 2017 CATA 2017