Use reference CSITs' URL http://msu.JurInfoR.ru/CSIT ================================================================= A n n o u n c e m e n t and CALL FOR PAPERS The 2nd International Workshop on Computer Science and Information Technologies (CSIT) September 18-23, 2000 Ufa, Russia Home page (after Sept. 15, 1999): http://csit.ugatu.ac.ru The Workshop is supported by: - "IT Company" (Moscow, Russia) - State Comittee of Science and Education of Republic Bashkortostan - Bashkirian Regional Center of Novative Information Technologies In collaboration with the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) Important Dates: March 15, 2000 Paper submission April 30, 2000 E-mail Notification of acceptance May 15, 2000 Postscript and LaTeX Version of Paper ========================================================== Description: ------------ CSIT will be a forum for presentation of new results in research, development, and applications in computing and information. The organizers expect both practitioners and theorists to attend. The workshop will consist of regular sessions with technical contributions reviewed and selected by an international program committee, invited talks by leading experts, tutorials, and special sections like industrial programs and posters on ongoing research projects in Eastern European countries. Workshop provides special sections to Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) contributions as well as Ph.D. students contributions. Selected presentations and contributions are to be identified for development into full proceeding papers. Papers with student as a primary author will be specially considered. The submissions will be judged not only for scientific quality but also for suitability as a basis for broader discussion. Place of Workshop: ------------------- The workshop will take place in Yangantau - one of the most attractive resort of Baskortostan, situated among picturesque Ural hills. September is the most favourable time for rest in Yangantau. The average temperature in September is 15-25 C. The guests are accommodated in comfortable rooms of international level. Main trends of the workshop: ---------------------------- - Data Theory and Logic - Theory of Programming - Theory of Computation - Distributed Computing and Communications - Concurrency and Parallelism - Mobile Computing - Real Time Systems - Operation Systems - Systematic Approach in Computer Science - DataBase Systems, - Software and Data Engineerng and CASE Methodology, - Data Models, - Data Mining, - Data Warehousing, - Internet and Database - Persistent Systems, - Heterogeneous and Federated Databases, - Active Databases, - Database Design, - Object Oriented Databases, - Mobile Database, - Engineering Databases, - Temporal Databases, - Multimedia Databases - Query Languages, Query Processing, Query Optimization - Data security - AI Methodologies, - Expert Systems, - Knowledge Engineering, - Conceptual Modeling, - WWW, WISs - Electronic Commerce Technologies, - Electronic Libraries, - Digital Documents, - Persistent Object Stores, - Data Warehouse Design, - OLAP Technology, - Decision Support Systems (DSS), - Machine Graphics and Vision - Commerce and payments on the Internet, - Information systems communication, - Virtual organizations, - Multi- and Hypermedia technologies, - Distributed object computing, standards - GIS, - CAD, CAM, CAE, - Networks technologies, - IT in Education (education management, distant education), - IT in Science and Technique, - Industrial Computer Science, - IT in Social Sciences, - IT in Business, - Re-engineering, - IT In Human Health Care Authors are invited to submit manuscript to the address csit2000@ugatu.ac.ru by the submission deadline. Papers should be original work, which has not been submitted previously or concurrently to another location. Submission Guidelines: ---------------------- Submitted papers must clearly describe new ideas or experimental results, which have not been previously published in refereed journals of conferences. Papers should clearly explain the significant contributions and their relationship to previous work. Papers will be judged on originality, clarity, relevance, and soundness of methodology. Each paper should include a short abstract and a list of keywords indicating subject classification. Authors names and institutions should be identified on a cover page. Papers should be written in English. Authors may submit drafts of full papers or extended abstracts. Submissions are limited to 12 A4-size pages, with 1 inch margins and 11 point or larger font. Authors who feel that more details are necessary may include a clearly marked appendix, which will be read at the discretion of the Program Committee. If available, e-mail addresses and fax numbers of the authors should be included. Electronic Submissions: ----------------------- Electronic submission is **strongly** encouraged. Self-contained gzipped Postscript versions of the paper may be sent by E-mail to: csit2000@ugatu.ac.ru In addition, the following information in ASCII format should be sent to this address in a **separate** e-mail: Title; authors; communicating author's name, address, and e-mail address and fax number if available, abstract of paper. Workshop Proceedings: --------------------- The Workshop Proceedings will be published both in a hard copy and electronically. For an accepted paper to be included in the proceedings one of the authors must commit to presenting the paper at the workshop. The proceedings will be available via WWW Site and Anonymous FTP over the Internet. Communications: --------------- Our primary communication medium will be electronic - either via the web or by email. Therefore, it is critical that you provide an email address with your submission so we can contact you quickly. Please ensure that your address is present, current and correct in all correspondence. GENERAL CO-CHAIRS Peter Lockemann, University of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany Salavat Kusimov, President of UGATU, Ufa, Russia Oleg Siountiourenko, Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Moscow, Russia Viacheslav Wolfengagen, JurInfoR-MSU Institute, Moscow, Russia PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS Heinz Schweppe, Freie Universitaet Berlin Takustr. 9 D-14195 Berlin, Germany Yuri Kabalnov, Ufa State Aviation Technical University Head of the Computer Science Department Karl Marks Street, 12 Ufa Russia e-mail: informatic@ugatu.ac.ru Organizing Committee Chair: -------------------------- Nafissa Yussupova Head of the Faculty for Robotics and Computer Science Karl Marks Street, 12 Ufa Russia e-mail: yussupova@ugatu.ac.ru European Coordinator --------------------- Johann-Christoph Freytag, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE Witold Abramowicz, The Poznan University of Economics, Poland Margita Altus, Technical University of Cottbus, Germany Oleg Balovnev, University of Bonn, Germany Ken Barker, University of Calgary, Canada Andras Benczur, Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary Andrei Borshchev, St.-Petersburg Technical University, Russia Lionel Brunie, Institut National des Sciences Appliquees (INSA), Lyon, France Eugene Chepin, MEPhI, Russia Armin Cremers, University of Bonn, Germany Dimitris Dervos, Technology Educational Institute, Thessaloniki, Greece Klaus Dittrich, University of Zuerich, Zuerich, Switzerland Vladimir Domrachev, Institute for Cybernetics UAS, Kiev, Ukraine Vladimir Drozzhin, MEC Academy, St.-Petersburg, Russia Alexandra Galatescu, ICI-Res. Inst. for Informatics, Bucharest, Romania Ashot Hovanesian, Synergy International Systems, USA Barry Ilyasov, USATU, Ufa, Russia Kei Karasawa, NTT Information Sharing Platform Laboratories, Japan Anatoly Khomanenko, MEC Academy, St.-Petersburg, Russia Valery Kudryavtsev, Moscow State University, Russia Gennady Kulikov, USATU, Ufa, Russia Sergey Kuznetsov, ISP RAS, Moscow, Russia Georgy Lebedev, Relax, Moscow, Russia Andre Le Grand, IDHEAP, Lausanne, Switzerland David Maluf, NASA Ames Research Center, USA Roumen Nikolov, University of Sofia, Bulgaria Terttu Orci, Royal Institute of Technology, Kista, Sweden Peter Robinson, Cambridge University, UK Nello Scarabottolo, University of Milano, Italy Ulrich Schiel, Federal University of Paraiba, Brasil Jean-Luc Stehle, Ecole Centrale Paris, France Alexandre Strogalov, Moscow State University, Russia Bernhard Thalheim, Technical University of Cottbus, Germany Christelle Urtado, LGI2P / Ecole des Mines d'Ales, France Vladimir Vasilyev, USATU, Ufa, Russia Vladimir Vetoshkin, AF Engineering Academy, Moscow, Russia Lincoln Wallen, Oxford University, UK Arkady Zaslavsky, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia