CALL FOR PAPERS

  International Symposium on Cyber Worlds: Theories and Practices

                      November 6-8, 2002
                         Tokyo, Japan

                http://cis.k.hosei.ac.jp/CW2002

PURPOSE:

The First International Symposium on Cyber Worlds (CW2002)
will take place in Tokyo, Japan, in November. This symposium
will include four tracks and will embrace the scopes of
Methodologies, Software Engineering, Modeling, Simulations,
Developments and Applications of Parallel/Distributed Computer
Systems and Networks, Shape Modeling, and Computer Graphics.
It will thus provide an opportunity for scientists, engineers,
and researchers from around the world to share the latest
research, ideas, and developments in these fields. The conference
will include keynote addresses, contributed papers, and tutorials.
CW2002 will be held at Hosei University's Ichigaya campus, located
in the central part of Tokyo. Touring around the city, you will
discover a towering architecture and many colorful attractions
such as museums, boutiques, and restaurants.

SCOPE:

  Parallel/Distributed Processing (track A)

This stream focuses on the methodologies that drive new
developments in the field. Successful submissions in this
stream will specifically address the newest work in this area.
Relevant topics include, but are not restricted to:

    - Parallel/Distributed Architectures & Systems
    - Parallel/Distributed Algorithms & Applications
    - Parallel Languages & Their Implementations
    - Real-Time Distributed Systems
    - Software Reliability & Fault-Tolerant Systems
    - Performance Modeling, Analysis, and Evaluations
    - Network Protocols & Security

  Intelligent Computing and Software Engineering (track B)

This stream will focus on software development relevant to the
field. This can include work-in-progress, new research, and
enhancements of existing software for intelligent computing.
Relevant topics include, but are not restricted to:

    - Learning Algorithms/Theory of Intelligence
    - Knowledge Presentations
    - Neural Networks and Fuzzy Systems
    - Genetic Algorithms
    - Expert Systems
    - Intelligent Agents
    - Modeling/Architectures for Intelligent Computing

  Multimedia, Network, and Agent Computing (track C)

This stream will address the latest research and developments in
the fields of multimedia, network, and agent computing.
The conference organizers under this heading seek contributions
of high-quality papers related to various aspects of multimedia,
network, and agent computing. Topics of interest include,
but are not limited to:

    - Web System Management, Security and Engineering
    - Web Agents and Applications
    - Web Data Mining and Farming
    - Web Accessibility and Personality
    - Web 3D, Music, Spatial Sound, and Distributed Virtual Reality
    - XML Tools and Applications
    - Multimedia Coding, Summary, Indexing, and Retrieval
    - Multimedia Watermark and Digital Rights Management
    - Multimedia Database, Network, and Internet Broadcasting
    - Wireless Internet Protocols and Applications
    - Internet-Based CSCW, CSCL, and Conferencing
    - E-Learning, E-Commerce, E-Business, and E-Entertainment

  Shape Modeling and Computer Graphics (track D)

This stream will address the latest research and developments
regarding in Computer Graphics and Geometric Modeling in design,
analysis and manufacturing, as well as in emerging areas such as
biomedicine and geophysics. Successful submissions under this heading
will discuss work-in-progress or research related to shape modeling
and visualization technology and enhancements to existing software.
Relevant topics include, but are not restricted to:

    - Geometric Modeling
    - Virtual and Augmented Reality
    - Real-Time Rendering and Animation
    - Scientific Visualization
    - Visualization on the Internet
    - Reverse Engineering
    - Biomedical Applications
    - Geophysical and Geographical Applications
    - Entertainment and Game Applications

IMPORTANT DEADLINES:

    Paper submissions due: May 25, 2002
    Notification of acceptance:June 15, 2002
    Registration, full payment, and final papers due:July 15, 2002

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS:

Prospective authors are invited to submit their draft papers
in English (about 6 to 8 pages long) via the Web site at
http://cis.k.hosei.ac.jp/CW2002/.
Use the electronic submission system at this conference WEB site.
Papers will be redirected automatically to program co-chairs
in accordance with the track indicator A, B, C, D.
The paper should include a cover page containing the title of
the paper, authors' names and affiliations, and an abstract, some
keywords, and contact author information (postal address,
e-mail address, and fax number).
The only acceptable file format is PDF.
Papers will be evaluated for originality, significance, clarity,
and soundness. Each paper will be refereed by three researchers
in the topic area. The vamera-ready papers will be reviewed by
one person. In addition to technical papers in plenary sessions,
the program for CW2002 will include academic and industrial
tutorials. The Papers whose authors fail to register for the
conference until July 15, 2002, will not be printed in the
proceedings. The Conference Proceedings will be published by the
IEEE Computer Society Press.
Notification of acceptance will be sent via e-mail by June 16, 2002

REGISTRATION FEE:

IEEE Member  35,000 JPY
Non-Member   40,000 JPY
Student      5,000 JPY (Excluding bunquet)

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITEE:

General Co-chairs:
	K. Ohmori (Hosei University, Japan)
	T. Kunii (Hosei University, Japan)

Co-chairs:
	S. Peng (Hosei University, Japan)
	V. Savchenko (Hosei University, Japan)

Program Committee Co-chairs:
	S. Sedukhin (The University of Aizu, Japan)
	N. Koike (Hosei University, Japan)
	Y. Sato (Hosei University, Japan)
	M. Hagler (Mississippi State University)
	J. Ma (Hosei University, Japan)
	G. Brunnett (Technical University of Chemnitz, Germany)
	T. Ikedo (Hosei University, Japan)

Publishing and Organizing Committee Chair
	S. Yukita (Hosei University, Japan)

International Program Committee
	T. Arita (Nagoya University, Japan)
	A. Belyaev (The University of Aizu, Japan)
	M. Bercovier (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
	A. Bode (Technical University of Munich, Germany)
	G-P. Bonneau (University of Grenoble, France)
	B. Bruderlin (University of Ilmenau, Germany)
	T-S Chua, National University of Singapore, Singapore
	G. Domik (University of Paderborn, Germany)
	G. Erokhin (Ugra Research Institute of Information Technologies, Russia)
	Th. Ertl (University of Stuttgart, Germany)
	G. Farin (Arizona State University, USA)
	Y. Fet (Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia)
	T. Fogarty (South Bank University, UK)
	N. Funabiki (Okayama University, Japan)
	T. Furuhashi (Mie University, Japan)
	C. Gotsman (Technion Haifa, Israel)
	Q. P. Gu (SFU, Canada)
	H. Hagen (University of Kaiserslautern, Germany)
	B. Hamann (University of California at Davis, USA)
	H. Hanaizumi (Hosei University, Japan)
	H. Handa (Okayama University, Japan)
	M. Hirakawa (Hiroshima University)
	K. Hirasawa (Kyushu University, Japan)
	R. Huang (Hosei University, Japan)
	Q. Jin (The University of Aizu, Japan)
	K. Joe (Nara Women's University, Japan)
	M-S. Kim (Seoul National University, Korea)
	C-T. King (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan)
	N. Kubota (Fukui University, Japan)
	T. L. Kunii (Hosei University, Japan)
	J-H. Lee (Pohang University of Science & Technology, Korea)
	S-L. Lee (National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan)
	Y. Li (Hosei University, Japan)
	Q. Li (City University of Hong Kong, HK)
	S. Liu (Hosei University, Japan)
	T. Ludwig (Ruprecht-Karls University, Germany)
	N. Magnenat-Thalman (University of Geneva, Switzerland)
	M. Miki (Doshisha University, Japan)
	St. Muller (Fraunhofer IGD, Germany)
	H. Muller (University of Dortmund, Germany)
	T. Murata (Kansai University, Japan)
	K. Myszkowski (Max Planck Institute, Germany)
	A. Namarame (National Defense Academy, Japan)
	G. Nielson (Arizona State University, USA)
	T. Nishita (University of Tokyo, Japan)
	A. Offutt (George Mason University, USA)
	K. Ohmori (Hosei University, Japan)
	T. Okamoto (University of Electro-Communications, Japan)
	T. Omori (Hokkaido University, Japan)
	A. Onoma (Hosei University, Japan)
	Y. Pan (Georgia State University, USA)
	M-S. Park (Korea University, Korea)
	N. Patrikalakis (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
	M. A. Rashid (Massey University, New Zealand)
	D. Saupe (University of Leipzig, Germany)
	S. Sedukhin (The University of Aizu, Japan)
	H. Shen (JAIST, Japan)
	A. Sherstuk (Square Co., USA)
	Y. Shibata (Iwate Prefecture University, Japan)
	T. Shih (Tamkang University, Taiwan, ROC)
	V. Skala (University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republik)
	J. Song Dong (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
	A. Sourin (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
	S. R. Subramanya (University of Missouri-Rolla, USA)
	H. Suzuki (ATR International Information Sciences Division, Japan)
	M.R. Syed, Minnesota State University, USA
	M. Takizawa (Tokyo Denki University, Japan)
	S. Tano (University of Electro-Communications, Japan)
	G. Taubin (California Institute of Technology, USA)
	J. Torresen (University of Oslo, Norway)
	B. Verma (Griffith University, Australia)
	P. Vuorimaa (Helsinki University of Technology, Finland)
	B-F. Wang (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan)
	X. Wang (Xidian University, China)
	J. Wu (Florida Atlantic University, USA)
	G. Wyvill (University of Otago, New Zealand)
	T. Yamaura (Hosei University, Japan)
	K. Yana (Hosei University, Japan)
	Y. Yang (SUNY at Stony Brook, USA)
	X. Yao (The University of Birmingham, UK)
	K. Yoshida (Hosei University, Japan)
	S. Yukita (Hosei University, Japan)
	H. Zhang (Microsoft Research, China)
	S. Q. Zheng (University of Texas at Dallas, USA)

Local Publishing and Organizing Committee
	M. McDonald
	Y. Oshima
	Y. Sasaki
	O. Yagihashi
	M. Yamomoto