ISCIS'06 Call for Papers The 21st International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences November 1-2-3, 2006 Istanbul, Turkey organized by Sabanci University We kindly invite you to submit papers for the twenty-first 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 Istanbul and supported by Turkish National Science Foundation (TUBITAK, tentatively). Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Algorithms Bioinformatics and Scientific Computing Computational Intelligence Computer Architecture and Embedded Systems Computer Graphics & Virtual Reality Computer Networks Computer Vision Data Mining Databases Information Retrieval Mobile Computing Parallel and Distributed Computing Performance Evaluation Security & Cryptography Software Engineering Theoretical Computer Science This year, we especially welcome papers in the areas of Virtual Reality and Pervasive Computing related fields (Mobile Computing and Networks, Security/Privacy/Trust, Embedded Systems, Computer Graphics). There will be invited talks given by leading researchers in their fields. PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION Authors are invited to submit manuscripts written in English. Submitted papers should address 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. We are in the process of getting an agreement with Springer Verlag to publish the proceedings of the Conference in the prestigious Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. Since 2003 ISCIS proceedings are published in LNCS by Springer Verlag. Papers should not exceed 10 pages (including all references, tables, and figures). Papers should comply with LNCS style and be submitted in either PostScript (.ps) or PDF (.pdf) format. Please refer to Instructions for Authors (http://www.springer.com/comp/lncs/authors.html) for formatting the manuscript. The conference organizers reserve the rights to reject submissions that exceed the specified page limit or that do not follow the LNCS proceedings format. Manuscripts should be submitted using the ISCIS’06 on-line submission system. IMPORTANT DATES Submission of full papers: March 31, 2006 Notification of acceptance: June 30, 2006 Camera-Ready copies: July 21, 2006 HONORARY CHAIR Erol Gelenbe Imperial College, UK ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Albert Levi Sabanci University, Turkey Erkay Savas Sabanci University, Turkey Husnu Yenigun Sabanci University, Turkey Selim Balcisoy Sabanci University, Turkey Yucel Saygin Sabanci University, Turkey PROGRAM COMMITTEE Abdullah Uz Tansel City University of New York, USA Adnan Yazici Middle East Technical University, Turkey Alain Jean-Marie LIRMM/INRIA/CNRS, France Alex Orailoglu University of California, San Diego, USA Andrea D'Ambrogio Universita di Roma "Tor Vergata", Italy Athena Vakali University of Thesaoniki, Greece Attila Gursoy Koc University, Turkey Bakhadyr Khoussainov University of Auckland, New Zealand Berk Sunar Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA Berrin Yanikoglu Sabanci University, Turkey Bulent Orencik Istanbul Technical University, Turkey Cagatay Tekmen Qualcomm, USA Carlos Juiz Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain Cem Say Bogazici University, Turkey Cevdet Aykanat Bilkent University, Turkey Daniel Thalmann EPFL, Switzerland Danny Soroker IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA Doron Peled University of Warwick, UK Ethem Alpaydin Bogazici University, Turkey Eylem Ekici Ohio State University, USA Fatih Alagoz Bogazici University, Turkey Fevzi Belli Universitat Paderborn, Germany Francisco Rodriguez CINVESTAV, Mexico Gabriel Ciobanu Romanian Academy, Romania Gultekin Ozsoyoglu Case Western Reserve University, USA Guy Vincent Jourdan University of Ottawa, Canada I. Budak Arpinar University of Georgia, USA Iain Duff CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK Ibrahim Korpeoglu Bilkent University, Turkey Igor S. Pandzic University of Zagreb, Croatia Javier Barria Imperial College, UK Jean-Michel Fourneau Universite de Versailles, France Jeremy Pitt Imperial College, UK Johann Groszschaedl IAIK TU Graz, Austria Kainam Tom Wong University of Waterloo, Canada Kanchana Kanchanasut Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand Kemal Oflazer Sabanci University, Turkey Khaldoun El Agha LRI, University of Paris XI, France Lale Akarun Bogazici University, Turkey Mariacarla Calzarossa Universita di Pavia, Italy Mehmet Orgun Macquarie University, Australia Mohamed Elfeky Google, USA Mohand Said Hacid Univ of Lyon, France Mustafa Unel Sabanci University, Turkey Nahid Shahmehri Linkpings Universitet, Sweden Nassir Navab TU Munich, Germany Onn Shehory IBM Research Labs, Israel Ozgur B. Akan Middle East Technical University, Turkey Ozgur Ercetin Sabanci University, Turkey Peter Harrison Imperial College, UK Philippe Jacquet INRIA, France Philippe Nain INRIA, France Pierre Flener Uppsala University, Sweden Pinar Yolum Bogazici University, Turkey Robert P. Kurshan Cadence, USA Robert Wrembel Poznan University of Technology, Poland Sahin Albayrak Technical University of Berlin, Germany Sibel Adali Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA Tamer Ozsu University of Waterloo, Canada Thomas Strang DLR, Germany and University of Innsbruck, Austria Tolga Capin Nokia, USA Tonguc Unluyurt Sabanci University, Turkey Tuna Tugcu Bogazici University, Turkey Ufuk Caglayan Bogazici University, Turkey Ugur Cetintemel Brown University, USA Ugur Gudukbay Bilkent University, Turkey Ugur Sezerman Universita di Bologna, Italy Umit Uyar CUNY, USA Vedat Coskun Isik University, Turkey Yusuf Pisan University of Technology Sydney, Australia LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTE C. Emre Sayin Sabanci University, Turkey Alisher Kholmatov Sabanci University, Turkey Ilknur Durgar El-Kahlout Sabanci University, Turkey Selim Volkan Kaya Sabanci University, Turkey Ozlem Cetinoglu Sabanci University, Turkey Basak Alper Sabanci University, Turkey CONTACT INFO ISCIS'06 Sabanci University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences Orhanli Tuzla, 34956 Istanbul TURKEY Web: http://fens.sabanciuniv.edu/iscis06/ E-mail: iscis06@sabanciuniv.edu Fax: +90 216 4839550