International Conference on Adaptive
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10-12 December 2007 | |
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Advancement through innovation & education |
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Information & Communications Technologies Division
(Including Computer Science & Computer Engineering)
Divisional Co-Chairs:
Prof. Srinivas B. Mandalika, Int'l Institute of Information Technology, India
Professor Mahbub Hassan, University of New South Wales, Australia
Dr A. Gyasi-Agyei, Central Queensland University, Australia
Dr Hong Zhou, University of Southern Queensland, Australia
David Padi, Communications & IT Services, United Nations, USA
Sampson Dankyi Asare, University of Botswana, Botswana
Aida Opoku-Mensah, ICT, Science & Technology Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
Professor Dr. Bekir KARLIK, Dept of Computer Engineering, Fatih University, Turkey
NEW: Selected papers will be published as special issues
in international journals such as AJICT for papers in ICT. We have also
accepted an invitation from Rivers Publishers, Denmark and IGI Global, USA to publish extended versions of selected papers as edited books.
Authors interested in any of these projects should indicate so at the time of their submissions.
The areas featured in the ICT division of the ICAST'07 multi-conference include, but NOT limited to, the following:
Symposia
- General Symposium
- ICT Applications in Education & Training Symposium
- ICT Education Symposium
- SCADA and Telemetry Systems
- Wireless Communications Symposium
- Internet Technologies Symposium
- Satellite (LEOs, MEOs, GEOs, VSATs) Technologies Symposium
- Wireless Networking
- Cross-Layer Network Optimization Symposium
- Ad-hoc, Mesh and Sensor Networking Symposium
- Communication Theory Symposium
- Internet Protocol Symposium
- Multimedia Communications, Software and Services Symposium
- Optical Networks and Systems Symposium
- Performance Modeling, QoS and Reliability Symposium
- Signal Processing Symposium
- Data Storage Symposium
- Information, Communication, and Network Security Symposium
- Peer-to-Peer Networking Symposium
- Powerline Communications Symposium
- Web Caching & Web Hosting Symposium
- Emerging Technologies Symposium
- Other Topics Symposium
Networks Symposium
- Topics of Interest include, but are not limited to:
- Internet technologies
- Fiber optic networks
- Submarine cable systems
- xDLS technologies (HDSL, ADSL, etc.)
- Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
- Wireless broadband access technologies (Wi-Max, etc.)
- Wireless LANS (including Wi-Fi)
- Broadband over power line
- Satellite Broadband
- Fiber to the premises
- Hybrid fiber-coax technologies
- Internet exchange points
Internet Applications & Data Management Symposium
- Topics of Interest include, but are not limited to:
- Storage area networks (SANs)
- Information storage, retrieval and update in a distributed system
- High performance and reliable mass storage
- Formation of supply chains, coalitions, and virtual enterprises
- Agent technology
- Public records archives (electronic documents accessibility, authenticity)
- e-Voting systems solutions
- Mobile applications
- e-government solutions
- e-learning solutions
- e-commerce solutions
- e-health solutions
- e-labs and distance learning
Security, Monitoring, Attack Detection & Mitigation Symposium
(Topics of Interest include, but are not limited to:)
- high-speed network monitoring
- network anomaly detection
- denial of service attack detection and mitigation
- intrusion and worm detection
- attack response mechanisms
- policy based mechanisms for detection and response
- high speed firewalling technology
- network honeypots
- use of overlay and peer-to-peer networks for detection and mitigation
- detection and mitigation of attacks in overlay networks
- attack detection and mitigation in mobile networks
- Trust and privacy
Topics in RFID & Sensor Networking
(Topics of Interest include, but are not limited to:)
- RFID Systems and Architecture
- RFID Middleware Design
- Anti-collision algorithms
- Integration of wireless and Ethernet into SCADA and business solutions
- SCADA communication protocols
- Case studies of SCADA and industrial automation systems installed
- Mobile RFID Systems and Applications
- Data Modeling and Management
- Embedded RFID-enabled Device Technology
- Sensor Network Architectures and Protocols
- Network protocols, e.g., MAC and routing
- Distributed Algorithms, e.g., Localization and Synchronization
- Cross-Layer and Energy Efficient Design
- USN Middleware Issues, e.g., OS and Database
- Coexistence of RFID & USN
- QoS and Real-Time Issues
- Security and privacy issues
- Network Management in Large-scale Deployment
- Coexistence of RFID & USN
- Novel RFID and USN Applications
Middleware for Web Services Symposium
Topics of Interest (include, but are not limited to):
- Application servers for Web services
- Aspect-oriented Web services middleware
- Autonomic computing solutions for Web services and/or using Web services
- Best practices and patterns for Web services middleware
- Comparative analysis of middleware issues for Web services and other technologies (e.g., CORBA)
- Industrial experiences with Web services middleware
- Middleware for Grid services and utility computing
- Middleware for discovery and/or selection of Web services
- Middleware for choreography and/or orchestration of Web services
- Middleware for Web-services based Semantic Web
- Middleware for Web services-based workflows
- Middleware for Web services executing in mobile, embedded, and ubiquitous/pervasive environments
- Monitoring and management middleware for Web services
- Negotiation middleware for Web services
- Policy-based middleware for Web services
- Quality of service middleware for Web services
- Query middleware for Web services
- Reputation and/or trust middleware for Web services
- Reliability, dependability, and fault-tolerance middleware for Web services
- Security and/or privacy middleware for Web services
- SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) engines
- Web services as a middleware technology
Computer Science
Features all topics in computer science not mentioned above.
Computer Engineering
Features all topics in computer engineering not mentioned above.