UPDATED Call for Papers (Technical Program/Proceedings)

SoutheastCon is the annual IEEE Region 3 Technical, Professional, and Student Conference. It brings together Computer Scientists, Electrical, and Computer Engineering professionals, faculty and students to share the latest information through technical sessions, tutorials, and exhibits. It is the most influential conference in Region 3 for promoting awareness of the technical contributions made by our profession to the advancement of engineering science and to the community. As usual, attendance and technical program participation from areas outside IEEE Region 3 are encouraged and welcomed. The SoutheastCon 2005 Program Committee invites prospective authors to submit original papers on all aspects of engineering, science, and technology of current interest. Papers must not have been published or presented elsewhere. Both full-length refereed papers and abstracts of unrefereed papers are solicited. The conference's Technical Program is divided into 10 tracks:

- Electrical Engineering (1 & 2)
- General Engineering
- Communication & Telecommunications
- Networking & Distributed Systems
- Information Systems (General) -- including InfoSec!!!
- Information Systems (Database & ERP)
- Mobile Devices & Communications
- Computing
- Education

List of tracks, potential topics, and track chair(s) is available via: http://sec05.nova.edu/technical.htm

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
- Submission of papers via the Review System by December 31, 2004. Authors are asked to follow the steps noted in the Paper Submission Guidelines, which is available via: http://sec05.nova.edu/technical.htm.

- Copyright Information: Submission of a paper to the conference represents the author's agreement to allow IEEE to publish the paper in any written or electronic format for distribution to all interested parties in perpetuity with or without compensation to IEEE and without compensation to the author. The parties understand that the author is granting a nonexclusive license and all copyrights remain the property of the author.

- Paper Formatting Specifications is available in Word (.doc) format via: http://sec05.nova.edu/technical.htm.

- Final submission of all papers is required in electronic form (MS Word format) by the "Camera-ready" deadline.

- Full formatting details, copyright and release forms will be made available to authors once the submission is accepted.

- The Paper Review System is available via: http://sec05.nova.edu/technical.htm.

Program questions of a general nature should be directed to Technical Program/Proceedings Chair: Dr. Yair Levy (levyy@nova.edu)

UPDATED dates and deadlines:
Authors Submission Deadline: December 31, 2004
Reviews Submission Deadline: January 10, 2005
Notification to authors: January 20, 2005
Camera-ready Deadline: January 30, 2005

Tutorials and Workshops

Proposals are also invited for tutorials and workshops. The proposal should include the tutorial objectives, a brief description (500 words), an outline, proposed length (2-hour, or 4-hour) and a short, professional resume of the instructor. Please send proposals for tutorials and workshops to the Tutorials Committee by December 31, 2004. Tutorial and workshop presentation materials (in MS PowerPoint) and handouts (MS Word or MS PowerPoint preferred, other file formats accepted on a case by case exception) will be due by February 1, 2005. For submissions and additional information regarding tutorials and workshops, please contact Dr. Shobha Gupta (shobhagupta@comcast.net).

Please feel free to forward this message and share it with colleagues.

Hope to see you in Ft. Lauderdale, FL in April 2005!

Sincerely,
Yair Levy, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems