August 4, 2006
The Conference pictures and movies: Click here to view

July 26, 2006
ICTACS'06 Final Program: Click here to download

May 12, 2006
Accepted papers announcement: Click here to download

May 3, 2006
Due to the large number of submitted papers, the notification of acceptance was extended to May 10th.

April 10, 2006
The deadline for submission has passed.

April 4, 2006
Besides the web submission system, authors can submit papers via email (tacs06@fit.hcmuns.edu.vn) in the case authors can not submit papers via the web system.

March 31, 2006
Due to a large number of requests for extension from authors, the deadline for submission is extended to April 7th, 2006.

ICTACS'06 Call for Papers

SCOPE

The First International Conference on Theories and Applications of Computer Science (ICTACS’06) aims at becoming a major point of contact between research scientists, engineers and practitioners on the area of computer science. Papers describing original work are invited in any of the areas listed below. Accepted papers, presented at the conference by one of the authors, will be published in the Proceedings of ICTACS’06. Acceptance will be based on quality, relevance and originality. There will be both oral and poster sessions. Besides, the conference also provides some tutorials before the conference dates.
 

CONFERENCE AREAS

Each of these topic areas is expanded below. Papers should address one or more of the listed topics, although authors should not feel limited by them. Unlisted but related topics are also allowed.

* Image Processing, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition.

* Computational Linguistics and Natural Language Processing.

* Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Algorithm.

* Software Engineering.

* Computer Network and Security.

* Bioinformatics.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Prof. Jay Bagga, Ball State University, U.S.A.

Prof. Joerg Schwenk, Ruhr-Univ. Bochum, Germany.
Dr. Phong Q. Nguyen, ENS, France.

Prof. Y. C. Tay, National University of Singapore, Singapore.

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TUTORIALS

Researchers, business consultants, hardware and software manufacturers and business companies in general are invited to submit case studies, regarding their own technology problems and solutions. For this purpose, ICTACS’06 will have a track for tutorials. The attendance to these sessions is free for all the conference participants. All tutorials should be submitted by email to the ICTACS’06 secretariat.

VENUE

The conference will be held in Ho Chi Minh City, the center of the Southern of Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh City (former Saigon) and its surroundings are major tourist places.

PAPER SUBMISSION

Authors should submit a paper in English of up to 6 A4 pages, carefully checked for correct grammar and spelling, using the submission procedure indicated below. The guidelines for paper formatting provided at the conference web site must be strictly used for all submitted papers. The submission format is the same as the camera-ready format. Please check and carefully follow the instructions and templates provided.

The program committee will review all papers and the contact author (the author that submit the paper) of each paper will be notified of the result, by e-mail. Each paper should clearly indicate the nature of its technical/scientific contribution, and the problems, domains or environments to which it is applicable. Due to space limitations in the Proceedings, the camera-ready versions of accepted papers will be limited to 8 pages for long oral presentations and 6 for poster presentations. All reviewing will be carried out double blind by the Program Committee. When receive a paper, the web submission facility automatically sends an acknowledgement, by e-mail, to the contact author. Please contact the secretariat if no acknowledgement is received.

PROCEEDINGS AND BOOK PUBLICATION

All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings, under an ISBN reference, in paper and in CD-ROM support.

LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS

Inquiries concerning hotel reservation and touristy aspects can be directed to the ICTACS’06 secretariat. A local specialized travel agency will make all arrangements. Free transportation between a number of hotels and the conference site will be provided by the conference organization, during the conference days. Coffee breaks and lunch meals will be provided at the conference site, for conference participants.

IMPORTANT DATES

Full Paper Submission: April 7th, 2006

Notify of Acceptance: May 10th, 2006

Final paper submission and registration: May 10th, 2006

SECRETARIAT CONTACTS

ICTACS’06 Secretariat

Address: 227 Nguyen Van Cu St., Dist. 5, HCM City, Vietnam.

Tel.: +848 8 354 266

Fax: +848 8 350 096

Email: tacs06@fit.hcmuns.edu.vn

Web: http://www.fit.hcmuns.edu.vn/tacs2006

CONFERENCE CHAIR

Duc A. Duong, HCMUNS, Vietnam

PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS

Thuy T.B. Dong, HCMUNS, Vietnam

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

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