-- CALL FOR PAPERS - Deadline for submissions (last call): 30 May 2008 --



IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE INFORMATICS 2008

Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 25 to 27 July 2008

(http://www.informatics-conf.org/)

part of the IADIS Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (MCCSIS 2008)

Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 22 to 27 July 2008

(http://www.mccsis.org)



* Keynote Speaker (confirmed):

Dr. Ulrike Hugl, University of Innsbruck, Austria



* Conference background and goals

The IADIS Informatics 2008 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 (http://www.iadis.net/dl).

The best paper authors will be invited to publish extended versions of their papers in the IADIS Journal on Computer Science and Information Systems (ISSN: 1646-3692).



* Types of submissions

Full and 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 (last call): 30 May 2008

- Notification to Authors: 16 June 2008

- Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration: Until 30 June 2008

- Late Registration: After 30 June 2008

- Conference: Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 25 to 27 July 2008



* Conference Location

The conference will be held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.



* Secretariat

IADIS Secretariat - IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE INFORMATICS 2008

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 2008 Conference Program Chair

Hans Weghorn, University of Cooperative Education, Germany



General MCCSIS Conference Co-Chairs:

Piet Kommers, University of Twente, The Netherlands

Pedro Isaías, Universidade Aberta (Portuguese Open University), Portugal

Nian-Shing Chen, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan



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