============================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS Fourth International Conference on Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Networking, and Parallel/Distributed Computing (SNPD03) October 16-18, 2003 Luebeck, Germany http://www.isp.uni-luebeck.de/snpd03/index.htm ============================================================== Scope and Topics ================ The conference provides an international forum for scientists to present research results in the areas of software engineering, artificial intelligence, networking and parallel/distributed computing. The conference particularly welcomes contributions at the junction of theory and practice disseminating basic research with immediate impact on practical applications. The conference will cover a broad range of topics including theory, methods, applications, and tools. The conference concentrates on software issues and is structured into the following tracks: Software Engineering and Information Engineering Component-Based Software Engineering Internet Technology and Applications Information Management Systems Software Engineering Education Parallel and Distributed Computing Communication Systems and Networks Mobile and Wireless Computing Visual and Multimedia Computing Artificial Intelligence, Data Mining, Knowledge Discovery Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms Economic and Financial Systems Control Systems Image, Acoustic, Speech and Signal Processing Venue ===== After Reims (2000), Nagoya (2001) and Madrid (2002) this years SNPD conference will be held at the Moevenpick Hotel in Luebeck. The Hanseatic town of Luebeck is located in Northern Germany close to the Baltic Sea with frequent train connections to major airports. The medieval town was appointed as world cultural heritage by the United Nations. Important Deadlines =================== Full Paper Submission: August 15, 2003 Notification of Acceptance: September 10, 2003 Camera-ready Papers: September 24, 2003 Conference Proceedings & Journal ================================ Accepted papers limited to 8 pages will be published in the conference proceedings with ISBN. After the conference a selection of excellent papers will be published in a special issue of the International Journal of Computer and Information Science. For further details, please visit the conference web page http://www.isp.uni-luebeck.de/snpd03/index.htm.