PLANS FOR WCC 2006 PROGRAMME

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PLANS FOR WCC 2006 PROGRAMME

• by
• Ramon Puigjaner
• IPC Chairman
• March 3, 2006

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WCC 2006 IPC

• Chair Ramon Puigjaner, ES
• Vice-Chair John Atkinson, CL
• Publication Chair Leon Strous, NL
• Workshop Chair John Atkinson, CL
• Tutorials Chair Claudia Bauzer-Medeiros, BR
• Members TPC chairpersons of all parallel
  co-located conferences

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WCC 2006 IPC

• Members
• Gonzalo Navarro, Universidad de Chile, CL
• Sindre Røsvik, NO
• Guy Pujolle, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, FR
• Dominique Gaïti, Université Technique de Troyes,
  FR
• Khaldoun Al Agha, Université Paris XI, FR
• J. Dewald Roode, Inbekon Management Institute,
  PtyLtd., ZA
• John Impagliazzo, Hofstra University, US
• Franz J. Rammig, Universität Paderborn, DE
• Leon Strous, De Nederlandsche Bank, NL
• Max Bramer, University of Portsmouth, UK

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WCC 2006 IPC

• The deadline for submitting papers was initially
  January 15, 2006.
• However, as the number of submissions was quite
  low and there were an important number of
  requests for extending the deadline, all
  conference chairs agreed to postpone the deadline
  until January 25 (TC1 decided January 22 and TC12
  decided January 29).
• Tutorials closed the submission on February 15.

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WCC 2006 IPC

• Tutorials closed the submission on February 15,
  as planned.
• Workshop followed also the panned schedule
• Proposals deadline October 15, 2005
• Notification of acceptance November 15, 2005
• Launching the call for papers December 1, 2005
• Submission of papers January 15, 2006, extended
  until January 25.

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WCC 2006 IPC

• Papers submitted to each conference
• 4th Interantional Conference on Theoretical
  Computer Science, TCS 2006 (TC1) 44
• Conference on Education for the 21st Century -
  Impact of ICT and Digital Resources (TC3) 87
• 8th International Conference on Mobile and
  Wireless Communications Networks, MWCN2006
  (TC6) 28
• 5th International Conference on Network Control
  and Engineering for QoS, Security and Mobility,
  Net-Con2006 (TC6) 26
• 1st International Conference on Ad-Hoc Networking
  (TC6) 23

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WCC 2006 IPC

• Papers submitted to each conference
• International Conference on The past and future
  of Information Systems 1976-2006 and beyond
  (TC8) 36
• 2nd IFIP International Conference on History of
  Computing and Education, HCE (TC9) 23
• Conference on Biologically Inspired Cooperative
  Computing, BICC 2006 (TC10) 31
• Security from aspects and technology to security
  management (TC11)
• Artificial Intelligence in Theory and Practice,
  AI 2006 (TC12) 112
• Total number of submitted papers 410

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WCC 2006 IPC

• Notification dates
• Papers of Conferences and Workshops March 15,
  2006
• Tutorials March 15, 2006

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WCC 2006 IPC

• IPC meeting in Santiago April 1-2, 2006
• Camera ready paper due April 7, 2006
• Advance program April 2006
• Final program May 2006

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WCC 2006 Framework
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WCC 2006 IPC

• TC1 4th International Conference on Theoretical
  Computer Science, TCS 2006
• Conference chairs Gonzalo Navarro, Universidad
  de Chile, CL and Yoshiharu Kohayakawa,
  Universidade de Sao Paulo, BR.
• Submitted papers 44
• Invited speakers
• Marcelo Arenas, Pontificia Universidad Católica
  de Chile, CL
• Marcos Kiwi, Universidad de Chile, CL
• Mihalis Yannakakis, Columbia University, US

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WCC 2006 IPC

• TC3 Conference on Education for the 21st Century
  - Impact of ICT and Digital Resources
• ICTEM II Informatics Curricula, TEaching Methods
  and best practice
• Teaching and Learning with ICT Theory, Policy
  and Practice - From the world of research to
  classrooms and learning environments
• Conference chair Sindre Røsvik, NO
• Submission
• Full papers 70
• Short papers 12
• Posters 4
• Workshop 1

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WCC 2006 IPC

• TC3 Conference on Education for the 21st Century
  - Impact of ICT and Digital Resources
• The reviewing process is considering to transform
  several papers into a panel and other
  alternatives.
• Invited speakers
• Lea da Cruz Fagundes, Universidade Federal do Rio
  Grande do Sul, BR
• Pedro Hepp, Chilean National Program for ICT in
  Education, CL

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WCC 2006 IPC

• TC6 8th IFIP/IEEE International Conference on
  Mobile and Wireless Communications Networks,
  MWCN2006
• Conference chair Guy Pujolle, Université Pierre
  et Marie Curie, Paris, FR
• Submitted papers 28
• Invited speaker
• Otto Duarte, Universidade Federal de Rio de
  Janeiro, BR
• Associated workshop Workshop on Wireless
  Communications and Information Technology in
  Developing Countries, WCIT 2006 (WG6.9)

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• TC6 5th Network Control and Engineering for QoS,
  Security and Mobility, Net-Con2006
• Conference chair Dominique Gaïti, Université
  Technique de Troyes, FR
• Submitted papers 26
• Invited speaker
• Raouf Boutaba, University of Waterloo, CA Trust
  Reputation Management in Peer-to-peer Networks

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WCC 2006 IPC

• TC6 1st IFIP Ad hoc Networking Conference
• Conference chair Khaldoun Al Agha, Université de
  Paris XI, FR
• Submitted papers 23
• Invited speaker
• Mario Gerla, UCLA, US Content distribution and
  data retrieval in vehicular networks

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WCC 2006 IPC

• TC8 International Conference on The past and
  future of Information Systems 1976-2006 and
  beyond
• Conference chair J. Dewald Roode, Inbekon
  Management Institute, PtyLtd., ZA
• Program and Organizers Chairs
• David Avison, ESSEC, Cergy-Pontoise, FR
• Steve Elliot, University of Sydney, AU
• John Krogstie, Norwegian Technical University, NO
• Jan-Pries Heje, Twente University, NL
• Submitted papers 36
• Invited speakers
• Gordon B. Davis
• Niels Bjorn-Andersen

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WCC 2006 IPC

• TC9 2nd IFIP International Conference on History
  of Computing and Education, HCE2
• Conference chair John Impagliazzo, Hofstra
  University, US
• Submitted papers 23
• Invited speaker
• Deryn Watson, Kings College London, UK Decades
  of Computers and Education - A Roller-coaster
  Relationship
• Associated activity Panel on Evolution of
  Computing in Spanish-Speaking Countries, with J.
  Arturo. Aráoz Durand, VE, B. Barán, PY, J. Lino
  Contreras V, CL, A. Pont Sanjuan, ES, R.
  Puigjaner, ES. J. Impagliazzo, US, moderator.

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WCC 2006 IPC

• TC10 Conference on Biologically Inspired
  Cooperative Computing - BICC 2006
• Conference co-chairs Mauricio Solar, Santiago,
  CL and Franz J. Rammig, Paderborn, DE
• Program Committee Co-Chairs Yi Pan, Georgia, US
  and Hartmut Schmeck, Karlsruhe, DE
• Four streams
• Modelling and Reasoning about Collaborative
  Self-Organizing Systems (chair Charles Rattray,
  WG10.1)
• Collaborative Sensing and Processing Systems
  (chair Kemal Ebcioglu, WG10.3)
• Dependability of Collaborative Self-Organizing
  Systems (chair Jean Arlat, WG 10.4)
• Design and Technology of Collaborative
  Self-Organizing Systems (chair Tiziana Margaria,
  WG10.5)

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WCC 2006 IPC

• TC10 Conference on Biologically Inspired
  Cooperative Computing - BICC 2006 (cont.)
• Submitted papers 31
• Invited speakers
• Al Avizienis, UCLA, US and VMU, LT Bio-inspired
  dependable computing
• Mike Hinchey, NASA, US Biologically Inspired
  Computing
• Steve White, IBM, US Autonomic Computing

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WCC 2006 IPC

• TC11 WCC 2006 Security Stream
• Chair Leon Strous, De Nederlandsche Bank, NL
• Program co-chairs
• Marcos Kiwi, Universidad de Chile, CL
• Enrique Chaparro, Fundación Vía Libre, Córdoba,
  AR
• Ramon Alonso Jaramillo, CONAVI, CO

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WCC 2006 IPC

• TC11 WCC 2006 Security Stream (cont.)
• Initial plan
• Invited speaker Ted Humphreys, XiSEC, UK
  Information Security Management (standards
  status and future)
• Tutorial on Protecting Digital Content. Ernst L.
  Leiss, University of Houston Texas, US. Workshop
  on Formal Methods and Security. Workshop chair
  Gilles Barthe, INRIA Sophia Antipolis, FR.
• Panel on Managing customer data security with
  global compliances, Vijay Masurkar, SUN, US.
• Session on Critical Infractructure Protection.
  Sujeet Shenoi, University of Tulsa, US.
• Session on Identity Management and Biometrics.
  Liesbeth de Leeuw, NL.
• Session on Security patterns and secure systems
  design using UML, Eduardo Fernandez, Florida
  Atlantic University, US.

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WCC 2006 IPC

• TC12 International Conference on Artificial
  Intelligence in Theory and Practice, AI 2006
• Conference Chair Rose Dieng, INRIA-Sophia
  Antipolis, FR John Atkinson, Universidad de
  Concepción, CL and John Debenham, University of
  Technology, Sydney, AU.
• Program chair
• Max Bramer, University of Portsmouth, UK.
• Invited speakers
• Rose Dieng, INRIA-Sophia Antipolis, FR
• John Atkinson, Universidad de Concepción, CL
• (John Debenham, University of Technology, Sydney,
  AU)

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WCC 2006 IPC

• Tutorials
• Chair Claudia Bauzer-Medeiros, Universidade de
  Campinas, BR
• Proposals submitted 18
• Proposing countries BR, CA, CL, CO, DE, ES, FR,
  NL, PE, PT, UK

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WCC 2006 IPC

• Workshops
• Chair John Atkinson, Universidad de Concepción,
  CL
• 2 accepted tutorials but just 1 has continued
  ahead First International Workshop on Advanced
  Software Engineering, IWASE 2006.
• Co-chairs Sergio F. Ochoa, Universidad de Chile,
  CL and Gruia-Catalin Roman, Washington
  University, St. Louis, US.

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WCC 2006 IPC

• Other activities
• Workshop on Women and IT
• IFIP proposed Prof. Ana Pont, Universitat
  Politècnica de València, ES, to chair and
  organize this activity
• HP proposed Prof. Alejandro Jofre, Universidad de
  Chile, CL to chair this workshop but he suggests
  Prof. Dalia Finkelstein to do this task and
  considers a good idea that the workshop be
  co-chaired with Prof. Pont.

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WCC 2006 IPC

• Other activities
• Workshop on advances of IT technologies
• Suggested by Prof. Alejandro Jofre, Universidad
  de Chile, CL together with Bernardo Huberman,
  director one of HP labs in San Jose, California,
  US.

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WCC 2006 IPC

• Books
• March 15 Information to SSBM of the number of
  papers per conference and the number of pages per
  each type of paper.
• April 7 All camera ready versions delivered to
  the editors.
• April 30 Electronic and hard copy versions of
  the proceedings are sent by the editors to SSBM.

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WCC 2006

• Parallel activities to be developed in parallel
  with WCC
• Annual meeting of the SCCC (Sociedad Chilena de
  Ciencias de la Computación)
• Annual conference of CLEI (Conferencia
  Latino-Americana de Estudios en Informática),
  member of IFIP, with all its associated
  conferences.

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WCC 2006 Site

• Diego Portales Convention Center
• Around 12 rooms ranging from 40 to 2000 people
• Located at Santiago de Chile downtown and close
  to the official WCC hotels (for one of them you
  need just to cross the street)

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WCC 2006 IPC

• Thank you for your kind attention
• Questions?

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WCC 2006 URL

• http//www.wcc-2006.org