Call For Paper - IASTED AMS 2002, IASTED International Conference on APPLIED MODELLING AND SIMULATION, November 4-6, 2002Cambridge, Mass., USA

["K. Pawlikowski" <krys@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz>]

CALL FOR PAPERS

IASTED International Conference on
APPLIED MODELLING AND SIMULATION
(AMS 2002)

November 4-6, 2002
Cambridge, Mass., USA
http://www.iasted.org/conferences/2002/cambridge/ams.htm


IMPORTANT DEADLINES
Submissions due 							September 9, 2002
Notification of acceptance						September 23, 2002
Registrations, payments, and final papers due			October 14, 2002


SPONSORS

The International Association of Science and Technology for Development 
(IASTED)
· 
Technical Committees on Modelling and Simulation, Computers, Networks, 
Information Systems, Control, Robotics, Biomedical Engineering, and 
Economics.

World Modelling and Simulation Forum

PURPOSE

This conference will act as an international forum for researchers and 
practitioners interested in the applications and methodologies of 
Modelling and Simulation. The main themes of the conference are 
indicated under Scope.

LOCATION

AMS 2002 will be held in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at the Massachusetts 
Institute of Technology (MIT).

SCOPE

The main streams of the conference are:

· 
Computers and Information Systems

· 
Communications and Networks

· 
Control and Identification

· 
Robotics and Automation

· 
Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering

· 
Economics and Management

· 
Methodologies and Tools for Applications

CHAIR

M.H. Hamza, Canada

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS

Initial submissions will be based upon extended abstracts (minimum 400 
words).
Please submit your extended abstract via our website at:
http://www.iasted.org/conferences/2002/cambridge/submit-382.htm .
All submissions should be in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf), Postscript (.ps), or 
MS Word (.doc) format. The IASTED Secretariat must receive your extended 
abstracts latest by September 9, 2002.

Please provide at least 3 key words to indicate the subject area of your 
abstract. Please select a stream from the list of streams provided under 
Scope as one of the keywords. Include a statement in your cover letter 
confirming that, if the paper is accepted, one of the authors will 
attend the conference to present it. Please designate a principal author 
and provide the full names, affiliations, addresses, telephone and fax 
numbers, and e-mail addresses of all authors.

The abstracts will be reviewed by International Program Committee and 
the authors will be notified via email by September 23, 2002. 
Registrations, payments and final manuscripts are due no later than 
October 14, 2002. Please send final manuscripts via e-mail to 
calgary@iasted.com . The page limit for final papers is six pages.


SPECIAL SESSIONS

Persons wishing to organize a special session should submit a proposal 
to the IASTED Secretariat by September 9, 2002. Proposals should include 
a minimum of five abstracts, a session title, a list of the topics 
covered, and qualifications of the session organizer(s). Special session 
proposals should be submitted online at the following address:
http://www.iasted.org/conferences/2002/cambridge/sessionsubmit-382.htm .

JOURNAL SUBMISSIONS

All final manuscripts will be reviewed for journal submission.  Some 
authors will be invited to submit extended versions of their paper for 
publication in the International Journal of Modelling and Simulation. 
For further information about journal submissions, please visit 
www.actapress.com .





For more information, or to be placed on our mailing list, please contact:

IASTED Secretariat - AMS 2002
#80, 4500 - 16th Avenue N.W.
Calgary, Alberta
Canada T3B 0M6
Tel: 403-288-1195
Fax: 403-247-6851
E-mail: calgary@iasted.com
Web Site: http://www.iasted.org

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		Associate Prof. Dr Krzysztof Pawlikowski

	Department of Computer Science,  University of Canterbury
 			Christchurch, New Zealand
		
ph.  +(64) 3 3642 987 ext.7772  email:   krys@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz 
fax. +(64) 3 3642 569      URL:     http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~krys

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