Call for Paper Conference

***** Due to inumerous requests, the due date for submission is extended to APRIL 15, 2010 (new date) *****


Conference Overview
The IET International Conference on Frontier Computing - Theory,
Technologies and Applications will serve as a forum to present the
current work by researchers from around the world, and act as a venue
to provide discussions and highlight recent hot topics of computer
science. In addition to technical sessions consisting of contributed
papers, the conference will include invited presentations, a poster
session, and tutorials.

Topics include but are not limited to the following:
- Interconnection Networks
- Neural and DNA Computing
- Distributed and Parallel Computing
- Database and Data Mining
- Cluster, Grid and P2P Computing
- Mobile Computing and Wireless Communications
- Innovative Networking and Applications
- Human-Computer Interface / Interaction
- Multimedia Technologies
- Image Processing
- Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing
- Advanced Networking and Applications
- Medical Informatics
- Services Computing
- Security, Privacy and Trust
- Web Services and Internet Technologies Computing
- Fault-tolerant and Dependable Systems
- Multi-agent System and Applications
- Multimedia, Virtual Reality and Web Graphics
- E-Learning and Education
- Social, Ethical & Other Issues of Networked World
- Hardware / Software co-design
- Energy Efficiency and Power Aware Techniques


Important Dates
Paper submission due APRIL 15, 2010 *NEW DATE*
Notification of acceptance MAY 15, 2010
Camera-ready version: JUNE 1, 2010
Early Registration Due JUNE 1, 2010

Submission Guideline
Submitted papers may not have appeared in or be considered for another
conference. Papers must be written in English and
must be in PDF format. Detailed electronic submission instructions
will be posted on the conference web site. The
conference proceedings will be published by IET Press (EI-indexed) and
will be made online through the IET/IEEE Digital Library. Selected
best papers will be recommended for publication in special issues of
IET Transactions (SCI and EI-indexed). Please feel free to email
ietfc2010@googlegroups.com your questions. To submit your paper,
please follow to link http://grid.chu.edu.tw/fc2010/


Organized by
Providence University, Taiwan
Asia University, Taiwan

Supported by
National Science Council (NSC), Taiwan
Ministry of Education (MOE), Taiwan
Academia Sinica, Taiwan
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
National Museum of Natural Science, Taiwan
Chung Hua University, Taiwan
National Taichung University, Taiwan
Overseas Chinese University, Taiwan

Organizing Committee
Honorary Co-Chairs
Matthew M.-T. Yu (Providence University, Taiwan)
Jeffrey J.-P. Tsai (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA)

General Co-Chairs
Wen-Kuang Chou (Providence University, Taiwan)
Shian-Shyong Tseng (Asia University, Taiwan)

Executive Vice-General Chair
Kuan-Ching Li (Providence University, Taiwan)

Program Co-Chairs
Robert C. Hsu (Chung Hua University, Taiwan)
Chia-Hsien Wen (Providence University, Taiwan)
Rodrigo Mello (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)

Executive Vice-Program Chair
Shu-Ching Chen (Florida International University, USA)

Steering Committee Chair
Timothy K. Shih (Asia University, Taiwan)

International Advisory Board
Jason Yi-Bin Lin (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan)
Chin-Chen Chang (Feng-Chia University, Taiwan)
Han-Chieh Chao (National Ilan University, Taiwan)
Jeng-Shyang Pan (National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, Taiwan)
Qing Li (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Jianhua Ma (Hosei University, Japan)
Po-Whei Huang (National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan)
Yaw-Lin Lin (Providence University, Taiwan)
Makoto Takizawa (Seikei University, Japan)
Thomas Yi (IET, Hong Kong)

CONFENIS 2010 – Preliminary Call for Papers

International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP)
Technical Committee on Information Systems (TC8)
Working Group on Enterprise Information Systems (WG8.9)

Secretary for Vocational and Technological Education, Ministry of Education, Brazil
Rio Grande do Norte Federal Institute (IFRN)
Fluminense Federal Institute (IFF)

Fourth International Conference on Research and Practical Issues on Enterprise Information Systems (CONFENIS 2010), to be held in Natal, Brazil, 25-27 August 2010

http://confenis2010.iff.edu.br

Dear Colleague,
It is our great pleasure to invite you to the International Conference on Research and Practical Issues of Enterprise Information Systems (CONFENIS 2010) scheduled for 25-27 August, 2010. The event will be held at the northwest city of Natal, state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. The conference is a joint effort between IFIP WG8.9 Working Group on Enterprise Information Systems, the Secretary for Vocational and Technological Education of the Ministry of Education (Setec/MEC), the Rio Grande do Norte Federal Institute (IFRN), and the Fluminense Federal Institute (IFF).
Confenis is a primary international event which provides an opportunity for Enterprise Information Systems academicians and practitioners in the world to gather, exchange ideas, and present original research and case studies in their fields. Scientists and practitioners are invited to address the current topics in the area or the research frontier at this unique international forum.
Specific topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
• Enterprise information systems
• Enterprise engineering
• Enterprise modeling and integration
• Enterprise computing concepts for specific domains such as finance, telecommunications, automotive, aerospace, command and control, and healthcare
• Enterprise architectures
• Design and modeling paradigms for enterprise computing
• IT aspects of inter-enterprise collaboration and virtual enterprises
• Enterprise Application Integration
• Trust, security, and privacy issues in enterprise computing
• Quality-assurance of enterprise computing systems
• Evolution and management of enterprise computing systems
• Realization technologies for enterprise computing, including ontologies and semantic web support, and middleware standards and systems
• Enterprise computing tools
• Business intelligence component of enterprise information systems
• Applications, case studies, and management issues

For detailed information please visit the CONFENIS 2010 Conference Website:
http://confenis2010.iff.edu.br

Important Dates:
Papers submission 05/01/2010
Notifications of acceptance 06/01/2010
Camera-ready papers submission 06/15/2010

Submission Guidelines
1. Two types of submissions will be accepted: research papers and case studies. Research papers should describe original research that has not been accepted or submitted for publication elsewhere. Case studies should describe new insights gained from the application of enterprise information technology in practice. All papers must be in English and will be refereed.
2. Each submission must be accompanied by a cover page with every author’s name, address, phone and fax numbers, e-mail, full affiliation and the topic area (key words) to which it is submitted. All correspondence will be sent to the first author unless otherwise specified.
3. Submissions have to be sent electronically and the correspondence regarding receipt of submission will be made by email unless otherwise requested. Submissions imply that at least one author will register for the conference and present at the time designated in the program. All submissions must be in MS Word format.
4. Submissions must be received by 01st of May, 2010, through the email at the following address: confenis2010@gmail.com.
5. Submissions will only be published in the conference proceedings if at least one of the authors registers for the conference. CONFENIS 2010 proceedings will be published on CD by the Ministry of Education of Brazil, and will be available in the IFIP Digital Library. The template for camera-ready accepted papers can be found at http://confenis2010.iff.edu.br/downloads
6. Furthermore, the selected best research papers will be considered for publishing in top-ranking information systems journals published by Taylor & Francis and IEEE.