[dbjapan] CFP Innovations'09 *DEADLINE EXTENDED TO September 15, 2009*

["Sanja Lazarova-Molnar" <sanja [at] uaeu.ac.ae>]

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                            CALL FOR PAPERS
          All accepted papers will be published in IEEEXplore
                 Submission Deadline: September 15, 2009
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                            Innovations'09
  6th International Conference on Innovations in Information Technology
                          December 15-17, 2009
                       Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
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          Conference web site:  http://www.it-innovations.ae/           
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BACKGROUND
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Innovations in Information Technology (Innovations'09), is a premier Forum
for the presentation and discussion of technology advances and research
results in the field of Information Technology (IT). Held in the oasis city
of Al Ain, the fourth largest city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE),
Innovations'09 is the sixth in the series that has been held in Dubai since
2004.
Innovations’09 will be hosted by the College of Information Technology
(CIT). The CIT is the newest addition to the United Arab Emirates University
(UAEU), the oldest and largest university in the UAE.
The latest research advances in fields ranging from Communication Networks
and Security to evolving Computing Systems, Software Engineering,
Information Systems, Web Technologies, Bioinformatics and Healthcare
Informatics are explored in Innovations' technical sessions.
  
AUTHOR'S SCHEDULE (Deadlines):
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Tutorial proposals due:                   September 15, 2009
Workshop proposals due:                   September 15, 2009
Paper and poster submissions due:         September 15, 2009
Notification of acceptance:               October 5, 2009
Final camera ready paper due:             November 2, 2009

SUBMISSION
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Innovations 2009 seeks original full-length (6 pages maximum) paper
proposals describing research in all areas of Information Technology that
contribute to the conference theme. All papers will be peer reviewed and
acceptance will be based on quality, relevance and originality. Submissions
for tutorials and special sessions are also welcomed. 
Paper submission should be done directly through EDAS. The submission
guidelines can be found on the conference website:
http://www.it-innovations.ae.

TOPICS OF INTEREST
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Topics within the following Tracks: 
• Communication Networks
• Computer and Information Security      
• Computing and Embedded Systems
• Information Systems & Web Services
• Bioinformatics and Healthcare Informatics
• Software Engineering

Keynote Speaker:
 Jan Bosch:  VP, Engineering Process at Intuit Inc.

CONTACT/PROGRAM CHAIRS: Dr. Issa Khalil and Dr. Falah Awwad
Contact: Innovations [at] uaeu.ac.ae
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Steering Committee members
• Abdullah Al-Khanbashi, UAE University, vice chancellor,   email
Vice_Chancellor [at] uaeu.ac.ae
• M. Yasin Akhtar Raja, (Sr.  Member IEEE ComSoc), Professor of Center for
Optoelectronics & Optical Communications, UNC Charlotte, North Carolina,
USA, Email: raja [at] uncc.edu
• Nasir Ghani, (Sr.  Member IEEE ComSoc), Assoc. Professor ECE, UNM
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, Email: nghani [at] ece.unm.edu
• Mohamed Baka, IT Advisor, ADWEA, EMAIL: baka [at] adwea.ae 
• Mohamed Ghanem, General Manger, TRA.  EMAIL: mohamed.alghanim [at] tra.ae
• Aseem Gupta, CEO, Visionaire, EMAIL a.gupta [at] govisionaire.com
• Rafik Makki,  Senior Strategy and Planning Executive at ADEC, Abu Dhabi
Education Council, EMAIL makki [at] adec.ac.ae
• Wyatt R Hume, Provost, UAE University, UAE, EMAIL: PROVOST [at] UAEU.AC.AE
• Eyad H. Abed, Dean of College of information Technology, UAE University,
EMAIL:  abed [at] umd.edu
Technical Committee Members
• Mohsen Guizani, mguizani [at] cs.wmich.edu  (member of the steering committee
and tpc member)
• Mounir Hamdi, hamdi [at] cs.ust.hk (TPC Member)
• Hussein Mouftah, mouftah [at] site.uottawa.ca (TPC Member)
• Azzedine Boukerche. boukerch [at] site.uOttawa.ca (TPC Member)
• Mohammad Ilyas (Sr. Member IEEE), Associate Dean, Research & Industrial
Relations, Florida Atlantic University,  Boca Raton, Florida, USA; Email:
Ilyas [at] fau.edu 
• Junaid  A. Zubairi (Sr. Member IEEE), Assoc. Professor, Department of
Computer Science, SUNY at Fredonia, Fredonia NY, USA;  Email:
zubairi [at] fredonia.edu
• Ms. Gigi Karmous-Edwards, NC State University, Raleigh, North Carolina,
USA; Email: gigi_ke [at] ncsu.edu 
• Kavan Acharya, (Member IEEE ComSoc), Center for Optical Communications ,
UNC Charlotte, North Carolina, USA: Email; kacharya [at] uncc.edu
• Khaled Harfoush, CS,  NC State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA;
Email: harfoush [at] ncsu.edu