22nd International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences
November 7-9, 2007
Middle East Technical University, Cultural and Convention Center, Ankara, Turkey 

22nd International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences

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Middle East Technical University

November 7-9, 2007
Cultural and Convention Center, METU
Ankara, Turkey

We kindly invite you to submit papers for the twenty-second of the ISCIS series of conferences that bring together computer scientists and engineers from around the world. This year's conference will be held in METU Campus, Ankara. There will be invited talks given by leading researchers and oral and poster presentations in three main tracks:

COMPUTER VISION, GRAPHICS AND INTELLIGENCE
Computational and Artificial Intelligence
Computer Vision
Pattern Analysis and Recognition
Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality
Human-Computer Interaction
Simulation and Modeling
Natural Language Understanding

NETWORKS AND SYSTEMS
Computer networks
Parallel and Distributed Computing
Computer Architecture
Operating Systems
Security and Cryptography
Mobile computing
Reconfigurable computing systems
Sensor networks
Embedded systems

DATA MANAGEMENT
Databases
Information Retrieval
Web Data Management
Web Information Systems
Multimedia DB's
Mining Data, Text, and the Web

Paper Submission and Publication

Authors are invited to submit manuscripts written in English. Papers must contain original work not published or under revision elsewhere. All submissions will be refereed by experts in the field based on originality, significance, quality, and clarity. Papers should be prepared following IEEE format, double column, minimum 10-pt fonts and up to 6 pages. Accepted papers will appear in IEEE Xplore, and authors of selected papers with particular merit will be requested to extend their paper to be included in an Edited Book published by a leading scientific publisher.

Keynote Speakers
Erol Gelenbe, Imperial College, UK
Nick Jennings, University of Southampton, UK
Ozgur Ulusoy, Bilkent University, Turkey

Important Dates
*Extended* Submission of papers: June 10, 2007
• Notification of acceptance: August 1, 2007
• Camera-Ready copies and Registration due: August 14, 2007