Dear Colleagues, As requested by many potential authors, the paper submission deadline of IEEE/Innovations 2008 is extended by TWO more weeks. Therefore, please spread the word and inform your colleagues, students and research fellows about the approaching deadline, to assure a high number of paper submissions and a high quality and successful conference. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- CALL FOR PAPERS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- IEEE/Innovations 2008 5th International Conference on Innovations in Information Technology December 16-18, 2008 Al Ain, United Arab Emirates ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Conference website: <http://www.it-innovations.ae/> http://www.it-innovations.ae/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- BACKGROUND ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Innovations in Information Technology (Innovations'08), is a premier Forum for the presentation and discussion of technology advances and research results in the field of Information Technology (IT). Held for the first time in the oasis city of Al Ain, the fourth largest city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Innovations '08 is the fifth in the series that has been held in Dubai since 2004. The latest research advances in fields ranging from traditional computer science to evolving web technologies, bioinformatics and healthcare informatics are explored in Innovations' technical sessions. Innovations'08 is technically co-sponsored by IEEE Communication Society. Accepted papers will be published by IEEE and fully indexed in IEEEXplore. KEYNOTE SPEAKERS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- <http://www.nortel.com/corporate/exec/zafirovski.html> Mike S. Zafirovski, President and CEO, Nortel <http://www.ececs.uc.edu/%7Edpa/> Dharma P. Agrawal, OBR Distinguished Professor of Computer Science SOCIAL PROGRAM ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- - Dubai City Tour and Dhow Cruise - Desert Safari AUTHOR'S SCHEDULE (Deadlines): ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Paper and poster submissions due: September 15, 2008 Notification of acceptance: October 15, 2008 Final camera ready paper due: November 3, 2008 TOPICS OF INTEREST ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Topics include, but are not limited to: - Communication networks and security - Information systems and services - Bioinformatics and healthcare informatics - Computing systems SPECIAL SESSIONS: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- - Realtime Visual <http://www.visualbiotech.ch/innovations08.html> Analysis and Visual Communication of In-Vivo and In-Silico Biology Organizer: Dr. Pablo de Heras Ciechomski, CEO Visualbiotech , Switzerland - Innovations <http://www.ifn.ing.tu-bs.de/en/cfp-innovations08/> in Arabic Language Technologies Organizer: Dr. Haikal El Abed, Braunschweig Technical University, Germany TUTORIALS: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- - Security Challenges in Wireless Mesh Networks By Dharma P. Agrawal, OBR Distinguished Professor of Computer Science - Introduction to WAN Planning and Design By Algirdas Pakstas, Professor, London Metropolitan University - Technology as a driver of innovation and catalyst for growth By Mark Walker, Microsoft Gulf region - Information Technology in the Financial Services Sector By Ayman Fathallah, Regional Director Middle East WORKSHOPS: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- - Robotics and Interactive Media - Cognitive Science CONTACT: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Contact: <http://webmail.uaeu.ac.ae/java_script:main.compose%28%27new%27,%27t=nd=%27% 29> Innovations08@uaeu.ac.ae