========================================================================== The Eight ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications AICCSA 2010 May 16-19, Hammamet, Tunisia http://www.lifl.fr/AICCSA2010 =========================================================================== The eight ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA-2010) will be held in Hammamet, Tunisia May 2010. This is an ideal time to be in Tunisia. AICCSA is the premier Computer Science and Engineering Conference in the Middle East and North Africa. Authors are invited to submit papers describing new advances in computer systems and their applications. We welcome papers that are theoretical, conceptual, descriptive in nature, or a survey of the state of the art. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Algorithms and Bioinformatics Computer Architecture and Real time Systems Database and Data Mining DSP/Image Processing/Pattern Recognition/Multimedia· Modeling and Simulation Networking and Telecommunications Parallel and Distributed Systems Security and Information Assurance Soft Computing (AI, Neural Networks, Fuzzy Systems, Evolutionary algorithms, etc.) Software engineering -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Important Due Dates: Paper and Poster Submissions: October 13, 2009 (Firm)-11:59 pm (EST) Workshop, Tutorial and Panel Submissions: October 13, 2009 (Firm)-11:59 pm (EST) Notification of acceptance: December 19, 2009 Camera ready copy due: February 5, 2010 Author Registration: February 5, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Proceedings Papers selected for presentation will appear in the Conference Proceedings, which will be published by the IEEE Computer Society and be available at IEEE XploreTM. Extended versions of selected papers will be considered for possible publication in scholarly international journals. Submission Guidelines To submit a paper, visit http://www2.lifl.fr/AICCSA2010/index.php?n=Main.AuthorsInstructions Regular Papers Papers must be submitted electronically by October 13, 2009. Each paper will be evaluated by at least three reviewers, and will be accepted based on its originality, significance and clarity. Submissions should not exceed 8 two-column, 8.5x11 inch pages (including figures, tables, and references) in 10 point fonts. Please include 5-10 keywords, complete postal and e-mail address, and fax and phone numbers of the corresponding author. If you have difficulties with electronic submission, please contact Technical Program Co-Chairs. Papers must not be published or under consideration to be published elsewhere. Short Papers Submitted papers that are deemed of good quality but could not be accepted as regular papers will be accepted as short papers. Workshops, Tutorials and Panels Submissions Proposals for workshops, tutorials and panels should be submitted directly to the appropriate chair. Posters and Doctoral Symposium Research still in early stages and doctoral research proposals may be submitted as extended abstracts that must not exceed 750 words. Accepted abstracts will be included in a special poster session dedicated to doctoral research proposals and related research. Extended abstracts should be submitted directly to the Posters Chair. -- Prof. El-Ghazali TALBI University of Lille - INRIA - CNRS http: www.lifl.fr/~talbi ------------------New book -------------------- "Metaheuristics: from design to implementation" E-G. Talbi Wiley 2009 (624pp) ISBN: 978-0-470-27858-1 -----------------------------------------------