Call for Papers
          Submission Deadline October 14, 2002

 International Conference on Information Technology: Coding and Computing


          ITCC 2003 April 28-30, 2003

          Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society
          The Orleans, Las Vegas, Nevada

          The rapid growth in information science and technology in
general and the complexity and volume of multimedia data in particular
have introduced new challenges for the research community. Of
particular interest is the need for a concise representation,
efficient manipulation, and fast transmission of multimedia
data. Applications such as space science, tele-medicine, military, and
robotics deal with large volumes of data which need to be stored and
processed in real time. The ITCC is an international forum which
brings together researchers and practitioners working on different
aspects of Information Technology.  It is a gathering where the latest
theoretical and technological advances on Information Technology are
presented and discussed. All papers submitted to this conference will
be reviewed by at least two members of the ITCC program committee.

          Digital Image, Video & Audio Processing
          Information Hiding & Video Streaming
          Document Image Analysis
          Data Compression
          Authentication of Video and Audio Data
          Multimedia Computing
          Hybrid Source/Channel Coding
          Systems Interfacing and Integration
          Information Databases
          E-commerce Compressed Data Processing
          Data Storage Platforms
          Optical Data Transmission
          New Architectures for Multimedia Processing
          Graphics and Video Hardware
          Error Control Codes
          Video and Audio Codec Design
          Enterprise Architectures
          Enterprise-wide Information Management
          Pervasive Computing


          Papers should be original and contain contributions of theoretical
or experimental nature, or be unique experience reports. Interested authors
should send an 8-page extended summary including 5 keywords to  the Program
Chair, Pradip K Srimani, Department of Computer Science, Clemson University
, Clemson, SC 29634, USA, Voice: + 864 656-7552, Fax: + 864 656-0145, Email:
srimani@CS.Clemson.EDU.  Electronic submission of pdf files is strongly
encouraged.

          Tracks: ITCC-2003 is soliciting proposals from those who are
interested in organizing a track dealing with a specific area of information
technology. Track organizers will be members of the program committee and
associate editors for the conference proceedings. Track chairs will be
responsible for advertizing, collecting and reviewing technical articles.
Each track is anticipated to include approximately 30 papers. Please submit
your track proposal to the General Chair, Shahram Latifi at latifi@unlv.edu
Track topics are not necessarily limited to the topics listed above.
Following tracks have already been organized:

            .. IT Education &Curriculum, Emma Regentova, University of
		Nevada, USA
            .. Modern Web and Hypermedia Systems, Mario Cannataro,
		University of Calabria, Italy
            .. Web and IR Technologies, Amanda Spink, Pennsylvania State
		U., USA
            .. Enabling Technolgies, E. Lawrence & B. Garner, University of
		Technology, Sydney, Australia


          Student Best Paper Award: A Student Best Paper will be
awarded at the conference. Papers submitted by students may be
considered for the award, which includes full conference
registration. To be eligible, the student must be the sole author of
the paper, or the first author and primary contributor. A cover letter
or email to the Program Chair/Track Chair must identify the paper as a
candidate for this competition at the time of the submission. (The
winner of the award will present the paper in a plenary speech at the
conference)


          Program Committee , Steering Committee
          General Chair: Shahram Latifi, ECE, University of Nevada, Las
		Vegas, Nevada
          Program Chair: Pradip K Srimani, Computer Science, Clemson
		University, Clemson, South Carolina
          Publicity Chair: Henry Selveraj, ECE, University of Nevada, Las
		Vegas, Nevada
          Finance Chair:
          Industry Relations Chair:
          Registration Chair:

          October 14, 2002 Paper Due
          November 15, 2002 Author Notification
          December 10, 2002 Advance Author Registration

          Note: The Proceedings will be published by IEEE Computer Society.
A special issue of an international journal is being planned consisting of
selected papers from this conference. Authors of selected papers will be
invited to submit an extended version for the journal.

          Check-out the previous conferences:

            1.. ITCC 2000 Proceedings, Second Keynote at ITCC 2001,