************************************************************************** Please find enclosed the CFP for the IEEE Karachi Section Conference. ************************************************************************** Conference on "Information & Communication Technologies" 10 November 2001, Karachi, Pakistan http://www.ieee.org/karachi/ict.html Sponsor: IEEE Karachi Section Co-Sponsors: Computer Society & Communications Society Karachi Chapter ========================================================================== The IEEE conference invites you to highlight the developments and prospects of ICT. The focus of the conference will be on technology, manageability, resource development, policies & laws to enable digitization in the emerging markets. The intent of the conference is to highlight the industry and academia perspectives, and the scope of the conference includes but is not limited to the following areas: *Wireless Systems & Applications *Internet & Value Added Services *Network & Data Center Management *Internet Appliances *Tools for Modeling & Simulation *N-tier Development *Artificial Intelligence *Advances in Search Engines *E-banking *Business Models to leverage the HR Capital *Enterprise Resource Planning - Issues & Implementations *Change Management, Controls Framework & Risk Assessment *Project Management & Quality Assurance in Software Development *WTO - Regulations & Implications *IT Policy & IT Law of Pakistan *Prospects of Telecommuting in Pakistan Call for Papers =============== Professionals are invited to submit papers on any of the above topics. The selected papers will published in the conference proceedings. Programme ========= This conference consists of three sessions, each having a session keynote speaker & three (3) contributions in response to open call for papers. Information for Authors ======================= Paper Submittal Procedure ------------------------- 1. All manuscripts must be submitted electronically in either HTML/ PDF format/Word 2000. Manuscripts will be accepted between September 1 - 29, 2001. 2. Papers must contain original material and not be previously published or currently submitted for consideration elsewhere. 3. The official language of the conference is English. 4. Each paper must have a title page which includes the title of the paper, full name of all authors, and complete addresses including affiliation(s), telephone number(s), and e-mail address(es). The total length of the paper should not exceed ten pages, including all figures, tables and references. 5. The first page of the manuscript should include the title and abstract of the paper. 6. All papers will be peer-reviewed by at least 3 reviewers. Paper Submission Deadlines --------------------------- - Submission of abstract 10 Sept. 2001 - Submission of of paper 29 Sept. 2001 - Confirmation of acceptance 20 Oct. 2001 - Submission of camera ready 27 Oct. 2001 copy of paper - Submission of presentation 03 Nov. 2001 Conference Organizing Committee ================================ Chairman S. Imran ul Haque Vice-Chairmen Fasih Ahmed Masood Secretary Arsalan Minhas Treasurer Yasar Noor Memon Members Armaghan Masood Asaf Maruf Ali Ashab Mirza Dr. Asim ur Rehman Dr. B. S. Chowdhry Faisal Sarkar Huanid Samiwala Nadeem Ahmed M. Faisal Azzi M. Shahab Siddiqui Raisul Haque Adnan S. M. Khurran Hussain Shahood Alam Shaikh Adil Gul Sophia Hasnain Yasir Kazmi Technical Committee ==================== Asaf Maruf Ali CEO, Ping Systems Ashab Mirza Assistant Prof., IIEE, PCSIR, MoST Dr. Asim ur Rehman Center Manager, CresSoft Syed Talha Ahsan Associate Prof., UIT, HU Local Advisory Committee ========================== Abdul Mahomed Past Chairman, Karachi Section Azhar Sami Khan Chairman, Computer Society Chapter Hasnain Reza Mirza Chairman, Lahore Section Shahid Suleman Jan Chairman, Karachi Section International Advisory Committee ================================ Anoop A., Siemens, India Chung-Chin Lu, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan Dr. Akinori Nishihara, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan Dr. Daryoush Habibi, Edith Cowan University, Australia Dr. David Dapeng Tien, Charles Sturt University, Australia Dr. E.F. Chor, National University of Singapore, Singapore Dr. H. P. Kincha, SDI, India Dr. Kamel Rahouma, University of Salzburg, Austria Dr. K. Rajgopal, Indian Institute of Science, India Dr. Jung U. Seo, Life Fellow IEEE, World Internet Federation for Youth, Korea Dr. Lawrence W.C. Wong, National University of Singapore, Singapore Dr. Marzuki Bin Khalid, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia Dr. Nirmalendu Chitterjee, Javadpur University, India Dr. Paul Kwok, Open University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Dr. Philip Ogunbona, Motorola Australian Research Center, Australia Dr. Sawasd Tantaratana, Thammasat University, Thailand Dr. Shahidul I. Khan, Bangladesh University of Engg. & Tech., Bangladesh Dr. Teck Seng Low, Fellow IEEE, National University of Singapore, Singapore Dr. Yong-Hwan Lee, Seoul National University, Korea Jaafar Haji Mohamad Abu Bakar, Ericsson Sdn Bhd, Malaysia Michael B. Dewe, University of Canterbury, New Zealand Seiichi Takeuchi, Tokyo Denki University , Japan Takuo Sugano, Fellow IEEE, Toyo University, Japan Zhou Xiaoxin, Fellow IEEE, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Conference Secretariat ======================= Sysnet Pakistan (Pvt.) 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