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-- CALL FOR PAPERS - Deadline for submissions (2nd call): 29 April 2011 --

IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE INFORMATICS 2011
Rome, Italy, 20- 22 July 2011
(http://www.informatics-conf.org/)
part of the IADIS Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (MCCSIS 2011)
Rome, Italy, 20 – 26 July 2011
(http://www.mccsis.org)

* Keynote Speaker:
Prof. Saman K. Halgamuge, University of Melbourne, Australia

* Conference background and goals
The IADIS Informatics 2011 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).
The conference proceedings will be submitted for indexing to INSPEC, EI Compendex, Thomson ISI, ISTP and other indexing services.

* 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 (IJCSIS - ISSN: 1646-3692) including journals from INDERSCIENCE Publishers.

* Types of submissions
Full papers, 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 (2nd call): 29 April 2011
- Notification to Authors (2nd call): 30 May 2011
- Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration (2nd call): Until 20 June 2011
- Late Registration (2nd call): After 20 June 2011
- Conference: Rome, Italy, 20 - 22 July 2011

* Conference Location
The conference will be held in Rome, Italy.

* Secretariat
IADIS Secretariat - IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE INFORMATICS 2011
Rua Sao Sebastiao da Pedreira, 100, 3
1050-209 Lisbon, Portugal
E-mail: secretariat@informatics-conf.org
Web site: http://www.informatics-conf.org/

* Program Committee
Informatics 2011 Conference Program Chair
Hans Weghorn, BW Cooperative State University Stuttgart, Germany

MCCSIS 2011 General Conference Co-Chairs:
Piet Kommers, University of Twente, The Netherlands
Pedro Isaías, Universidade Aberta (Portuguese Open University), Portugal

Committee Members: *
* for committee list please refer to http://www.informatics-conf.org/committees.asp

* Registered participants in the Informatics conference may attend the other conferences part of MCCSIS 2011 free of charge.