Call for Papers 3rd International Workshop on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT 2005) Islamabad, Pakistan, December 28 – 29, 2005 http://suraj.lums.edu.pk/fit Organized by: COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan Co-Sponsored by: Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan Ministry of Science & Technology (MoST), Government of Pakistan Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), Pakistan General Co-Chairs: * Dr. M. Ilyas, Florida Atlantic University, USA * Dr. S. M. Junaid Zaidi, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan Program Co-Chairs: * Dr. Shahab Baqai, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan * Dr. Junaid Zubairi, State University of New York at Fredonia, USA Industrial Co-Chairs: * Mohsin Aleem Qazi * Dr. Umar Saif, MIT, MA,USA Local Arrangements Co-Chairs: * Dr. Nadeem Daudpota, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan * Dr. Sohaib Khan,Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan Proceedings Co-Chairs: * Dr. Asmatullah Khan, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan * Dr. Romana Aziz, Fauji Foundation University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan Publicity Co-Chairs: * Dr. Zartash A. Uzmi, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan * Dr. Tariq Jadoon, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan Panel Coordinators: * Dr. Saeed Rajput * Dr. Shoab A. Khan, EME College, NUST, Rawalpindi, Pakistan Steering Committee: * Dr. Arif Ghafoor, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA * Dr. Ashfaq Khokhar, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA * Dr. Mohammad Ilyas, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA * Dr. Mubarak Shah, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA * Dr. S. M. Junaid Zaidi, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan Program Committee: Ahmad, Imtiaz, Kuwait University, Kuwait Ahmed, Ishtiaq, Kyoto University, Japan Ahmed, Shakeel, United Arab Emirates University, UAE Ajay Gupta, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI,USA Ali, Arshad, National Institute of Information Technology, (NIIT), Rawalpindi, Pakistan Alvi, Ayub, National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan Anis Cetin, Bilkent University Turkey Atif Memon, University of Maryland,College Park, MD, USA Ayyaz, Naeem, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore Pakistan Brett Fleisch, University of California, Riverside, USA Cetin, Enis, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey Chaudhary, Abbas, Balochistan University of Information Technology, Quetta, Pakistan Cyrus Shahabi, University of Southern California, Los Angeles,CA, USA David Bader, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA,USA Farhan Baqai, Sony Corporation, San Jose, CA,USA Farrukh Khan, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals,Dahran, Saudi Arabia Ghani, Sayeed, Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi, Pakistan Irfan A. Essa, Georgia Tech, USA Ishaq, Faiz M., COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), Islamabad, Pakistan Ishfaq Ahmad, University of Texas,Arlington, TX, USA Ismaili, Imdad, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan Kamal Abdali. National Science Foundation, USA Kamel, Ibrahim, Zayed University, UAE Khan, Mohammad, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dahran, Saudi Arabia Khan, Shahid, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), Abbottabad, Pakistan Malik, Naveed, Virtual University, Lahore, Pakistan Maud, Muhammad, University Management & Technology, Lahore Mohammad Zaki, Rensselaer Polytechnic institute, Troy, NY, USA Mohsin Guizani. Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI,USA Naqvi, Sohail, Higher Education Commission, Islamabad, Pakistan Neil Gershenfeld, MIT, Cambridge, MA,USA Pathan, Mehmood,NED University of Engineering & Technology, Karachi, Pakistan Rasheed, Khalid,International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan Rashid Ansari, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago,IL, USA Sangi, Nazir, Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan Shakeel Akhtar, United Arab Emirates University, UAE Sheikh, Noor M.,University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan Shih-Fu Chang, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA Vipin Kumar, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA Waleed Smari, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, USA Zaidi, Mohammad,National Institute of Information Technology, (NUST), Rawalpindi, Pakistan Since its inception in 2003, the International Workshop on Frontiers of Information Technology has emerged as a leading forum in Pakistan for IT professionals and researchers to discuss and present the latest research trends and results in the field of Information Technology (IT). FIT 2005, third in its series, promises to be another exciting event that will host leading IT researchers from across the globe and will provide opportunity to build international research collaborations The topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Communication and Networking * IT Security * Educational Technology * IT Applications * ICT in the Developing Countries * Distributed and Collaborative Computing * IT based Applications including digital government, e-commerce, e-learning and bioinformatics IT researchers and practitioners with an interest in any of the above IT research areas are invited to submit original unpublished papers describing their work (maximum 14 pages, single column single spaced) latest by August 30, 2005. Submitted papers will be accepted for presentation at the workshop on the basis of their originality and relevance using a peer-review process. In addition the workshop proceedings will include invited visionary papers and presentations from renowned researchers and practitioners in related IT areas. The schedule is as follows: Draft Paper Due: August 30, 2005 Notification of Acceptance : October 14, 2005 Camera ready copy due: November 14, 2005 For More Information: Dr. Nadeem Daudpota Chairman Department of Computer Science COMSATS Institute of Information Technology University Road Toba Camp Abbottabad. Phone No: +92-992-383591-7 Ext. 330 Fax No: +92-992-383441 Emails: daudpota@ciit.net.pk, fit@lums.edu.pk URL: http://suraj.lums.edu.pk/fit, http://www.ciit-atd.edu.pk/fit2005