Call for papers: Innovations'2008

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|                           Innovations'2008                            |
| 5th International Conference on Innovations in Information Technology |
|                         December 16- 18, 2008                         |
|                      Al Ain, United Arab Emirates                     |
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|		Conference web site:  http://it-innovations.ae/
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			AIM
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The aim of the conference is to bring together leading engineers,
scientists, researchers and academics in IT from around the world.
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			BACKGROUND
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Innovations in Information Technology (Innovations'08), is a premier forum
for the presentation and discussion of technology advances and research
results in the field of Information Technology (IT). Held for the first time
in the oasis city of Al Ain, the fourth largest city in the United Arab
Emirates (UAE), Innovations '08 is the fifth in the series that has been
held since 2004.
The latest research advances in fields ranging from traditional computer
science to evolving web technologies, bioinformatics and healthcare
informatics are explored in Innovations' technical sessions.
Innovations'08 will be hosted by the College of Information Technology
(CIT). The CIT is the newest addition to the United Arab Emirates University
(UAEU), the oldest and largest university in the UAE.
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			TOPICS OF INTEREST
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Topics within the scope of the symposium will include, but are not limited
to:

COMMUNITCATION NETWORKS & SECURITY

. 4G Wireless Communications
. Wireless Access Technologies
. Ad Hoc & Sensor networks
. Mobile & Mesh Networks
. Network Security & Privacy
. Cryptography & Authentication
. Mobile & Mesh Networks
. Network Management & Performance
. Network Design & Planning
. Personal Area Networks
. Heterogeneous Networks
. Biometrics & Access Control
	
INFORMATION SYSTEMS & SERVICES

. Internet Services and Applications
. IT Management
. Information Ethics & IP
. Services Computing
. Databases & Data Mining
. Enterprise Information Systems
. Web Services and Service Oriented Architecture
. E-learning & M-learning
. E-commerce & E-government
. Ontology and Semantic Web
. Geographical Information Systems
. Business Process Modeling

PERVASIVE AND UBIQUITOUS

. Bio-Sequence Analysis
. Gene and Protein Expression Analysis
. Protein Structure and Function Prediction
. Systems Biology, Pathway Analysis
. Immunoinformatics
. Biological Data Visualization
. Computational Drug Discovery and Design
. e-Health Systems and Services
. Healthcare IT systems and Implementation
. Telehealth, E-prescribing and Patient Portals
. Design and Evaluation of Patient/Disease Registries
. Patient Safety, Quality Improvement and Technology

COMPUTING SYSTEMS

. Advanced Computer Architectures
. Simulation and Modeling
. Performance and Reliability
. Computer Aided Design
. Scientific Computing
. Embedded Systems
. Agent-Based Systems
. High Performance and Grid Computing
. Fault-Tolerant Algorithms and Systems
. VLSI Circuit Design
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			SOLICITED PAPERS:
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Innovations 2008 seeks original full-length (5 pages maximum) paper
proposals describing research in all areas of Information Technology that
contributes to the conference theme. All papers will be peer reviewed and
acceptance will be based on quality, relevance and originality. Submissions
for tutorials and special sessions are also welcome. The submission
guidelines can be found on the conference website:
http://www.it-innovations.ae
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			AUTHOR'S SCHEDULE (Deadlines):
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Tutorial & special-session proposals due: 	June 16, 2008
Paper and poster submissions due: 		September 1, 2008
Notification of acceptance: 			October 3, 2008
Final camera ready paper due: 			November 2, 2008
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			SPECIAL SESSION ORGANIZATION:
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To enhance the technical program and focus on specific topics and areas, the
Innovations'08 Conference will include special sessions, in addition to
regular ones. Special sessions can cover subjects or cross-subjects
belonging to the topics of interest, or novel topics related with the ones
identified within the topics of interest. 
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			Innovations'2008 COMMITTEES
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GENERAL CHAIR
	Abdallah Al  Khanbashi  (UAE Univ., UAE)

PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS
	Nazar Zaki (UAE Univ., UAE)
	Piers Campbell (UAE Univ., UAE)

TRACK CO-CHAIRS
Communication Networks & Security
	M. Jaseemuddin (Ryerson Univ., Canada)
	Khaled Shuaib (UAE Univ., UAE)

Information Systems & Services
	Sue Conger (University of Dallas, USA)
	George Ditsa (UAE Univ., UAE)

Bioinformatics & Healthcare Informatics
	Shoba Ranganathan (Macquarie Univ., Australia)
	Martti T. Tammi (National Univ., Singapore)

Computing Systems
	M. Sawan (Ecole Polytechnique, Canada)
	Falah Awwad (UAE Univ., UAE)

SPONSORSHIP
	Khaled Shuaib (UAE Univ., UAE)
	Yacine Atif (UAE Univ., UAE)

TUTORIAL
	Hesham El-Sayed (UAE Univ., UAE)

SPECIAL SESSIONS
	Faheem Ahmed (UAE Univ., UAE)
	Nader F. Mohamed  (UAE Univ., UAE)

STUDENT POSTER SESSION
	Emad Mohamed (UAE Univ., UAE)

LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS
	Mohamed Adel Serhani (UAE Univ., UAE)
	Salah Bouktif (UAE Univ., UAE)

PUBLICITY
	Sanja Lazarova-Molnar (UAE Univ., UAE)
	Halil Erhan (Simon Fraser Univ., Canada)

PUBLICATION
	Azam Beg (UAE Univ., UAE)
	Mohammad Hayajneh (UAE Univ., UAE)

REGISTRATION
	Walid Ibrahim (UAE Univ., UAE)
	Wasim El-hajj (UAE Univ., UAE)

CONFERENCE SERVICE SYSTEM
	Abderrahmane Lakas (UAE Univ., UAE)

WEB & IT
	Elarabi Badidi (UAE Univ., UAE)
	Mariam Al-Kaabi (UAE Univ., UAE)

SOCIAL PROGRAM
	Safuat Hamdy (UAE Univ., UAE)

Contact: [email protected]

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