call for papers
LOCATION
ACIT'2000 will be held at Zarqa
Private University (ZPU). ZPU is located in Zarqa, the second largest city in Jordan. It is about 25 Km from the capital Amman, the old Philadelphia. Jordan
is a young country dense with history and a
well-traveled bridge between sea and desert, east and west. Jordan
provides monuments from every age of the humanity, crowned by the rosy
rock-carved city of Petra, a World Heritage Site. Petra and other
Jordanian cities offer visitors beautiful holly and tourist sites such as Jerash,
Madaba, Karak, Dead sea, Rum valley, river of Jordan, Maeen hot springs, and
others. This strategic area was settled or crossed by restless cast of
characters including Ammonites, Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Greeks,
Romans, Byzantines, Umayyads, and Crusaders.TOPICS
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to
SUBMISSION OF PAPERS
Interested authors should submit
3 copies of a full paper describing their work, maximum of 15 double spaced
pages including all illustrations. Papers are to be numbered starting from page
one. The cover sheet should include the paper title, author name, affiliation,
postal address, phone number, fax number, and e-mail. Include the article title,
a brief abstract, a set of key words, and text as page two. Authors are
recommended to specify the area of the paper in the covering letter based on the
list of topics provided above. Electronic submission of papers in Word's format
via e-mail directly to the program chair is acceptable. A final preparation
format will be available upon notification of acceptance. All papers will be
fully refereed by a minimum of two reviewers with background in the area of the
reported work. All referees' comments need to be incorporated prior to final
acceptance. Accepted and presented papers will be published in the conference
proceedings. A special issue consisting of selected papers from ACIT'2000 will
be published in Zarqa Journal for Research and Studies.EVALUATION PROCESS
All papers submitted will be
evaluated based on the contribution to the area of research, relevance to the
focus of the conference, technical merit, novelty of the approach, soundness of
results, and clarity of presentation. For more information about the evaluation
process.IMPORTANT DATES
Submission of papers - May 1st,
2000*Notification of acceptance -July 31st, 2000 Final camera ready submission -September 11th, 2000 Conference period - October 31st- November 2nd, 2000 *Note: The deadline is extended two weeks. The new deadline is May 15th,2000 For further information, contact ACIT'2000 Secretariat: Miss Maysoun Malabi Secretariat, ACIT'2000 Dept. of Computer Science Zarqa Private University P.O.Box 150863 Zarqa 13115, Jordan Tel: +962-5-3656100 Fax: +962-5-3656120 E-mail: acit2k@zpu.edu.jo Please direct all submissions and related questions to: Emad Abuelrub Program Chair, ACIT'2000 Dept. of Computer Science Zarqa Private University P.O.Box 150863 Zarqa 13115, Jordan Tel: +962-5-3656100 Fax: +962-5-3656120 E-mail: abuelrub@zpu.edu.jo |