CALL FOR PAPERS International Symposium Cyber Worlds : Theory and Practice November 6-8, 2002, Tokyo, Japan http://wwwcis.k.hosei.ac.jp/CW2002/call_for_pagers.jsp 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. This is 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. CW 2002 will be held at Hosei University, Ichigaya campus, located at 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 under 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 and new research and enhancements to 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 Right 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 Computer Graphics and Geometric Modeling in design, analysis and manufacturing, as well as in the emerging biomedical, geophysical and other areas. Successful submissions under this heading will discuss work-in-progress or research related to the 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 April 15, 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 Web site http://cis.k.hosei.ac.jp/CW2002/ An electronic submission system will be established soon. 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 abstract, some keywords, and information of a contact author (postal address, e-mail address and fax number). Acceptable file format is PDF only. Papers will be evaluated for originality, significance, clarity, and soundness. Each paper will be refereed by three researchers in the topical area. The Camera- Ready papers will be reviewed by one person. In addition to technical papers in plenary sessions, the program for CW 2002 will include academic and industrial tutorials. The papers of the fail to register the conference until July 15, 2002 , will not be printed in the proceedings. The Conference Proceedings will be published by IEEE Computer Society Press.