2007 CHINA-IRELAND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES (CIICT2007)


AUGUST 28TH-29TH 2007, DUBLIN, IRELAND
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Conference web site: http://www.ciict.org
PDF version of this call: http://www.ciict.org/ciict07-poster.pdf



CALL FOR PAPERS
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CIICT is an international conference focusing on topical research in the broad area of Information and Communications Technologies. The conference is jointly sponsored and organised by Chinese and Irish Universities with hosting alternating between China and Ireland. The first CIICT conference was hosted by Hangzhou Dianzi University in October 2006. The 2007 conference will be jointly sponsored and organised by Dublin City University and Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, in association with Hangzhou Dianzi University. The conference will be hosted in Dublin City University, Ireland.

The conference aims are to strengthen science and technology research collaboration between China and Ireland and also to provide a platform for facilitating academic and industrial research interactions with other countries. CIICT2006 produced a proceedings of over one hundred papers contributed by researchers from China, Ireland, UK, USA, Taiwan, Japan, Hong Kong and New Zealand. Topics ranged across the spectrum of Information and Communications theory and technologies from Circuits and Systems and Signal Processing to Artificial Intelligence and Information Systems. CIICT2007 continues what is intended to be a regular series of conferences.

The CIICT2007 organisers invite authors to submit papers describing original research in the area of Information and Communications Technologies. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

* Software Engineering - Software Processes, Project Management, Professional Issues, Metrics, Formal Methods, Real-Time Systems, Tools, Open Source.

* Natural Language Processing - Machine Translation, Computational Models of Semantics, Treebanks, Formal Syntax, Probabilistic Approaches.

* Information Systems - Digital Multimedia, Database Engineering & Interoperable Systems, Data Mining, Information Quality, Networked Applications.

* Signal Processing - Voice and Audio Processing, Digital Signal Processing, Image Processing, Multimedia Processing, Statistical Signal Processing.

* Artificial Intelligence - Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Computer Hearing and Speech Recognition, Motion Capture and Intelligent Traffic Systems.

* Modelling & Scientific Computing - Bioinformatics, Therapeutic Models, Computational Physics, Financial Models, Computer Based Auditing.

* Security & Encryption - Public Key Infrastructure, Identity Based Encryption, Encryption Acceleration, Network Security and Forensics, Intrusion Detection/Prevention Systems, Web Services Security, XML Security.

* Communications and Networks - Wired and Wireless Communications, Computer Networks and Applications, Performance and Simulation, Communications Theory.

* Circuits and Systems - Linear and Nonlinear Circuits and Systems, Intelligent Measuring and Controlling Instruments and Systems, Vehicle Electronics.

* I.C. Design & EDA - I.C. Designs, RF I.C.s, Device Modelling & Simulation, SOC.

* Microwave & EMC - Microwave Circuits & Components, EMC/EMI Simulations and Measurements, Antennas and Propagation, EM Environment, Microwave Applications, Advanced Materials and Devices.

* Optics and Optoelectronics - Remote Sensing and IR Devices and Systems, Optical Devices and Instruments, Optical Information Processing, Semiconductors for Optoelectronics.

* Control Systems - Control Theory, Control System Applications, System Theory, Chaos.



IMPORTANT DATES
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Submissions: 8th May 2007
Notification of Acceptance: 18th June 2007
Final Paper: 2nd July 2007
Conference: 28th-29th August 2007


CONFERENCE SPONSORS
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Sponsored by:
Dublin City University, Ireland
Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China
Research Institute for Networks and Communications Engineering, Ireland
Hangzhou Dianzi University, China

Organised by:
Research Institute for Networks and Communications Engineering, Dublin City University, Ireland
State Key Lab of Networking and Switching Technology, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China


CONFERENCE COMMITTEES
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Conference General Chairs
   Eugene Kennedy, Dublin City University
   Junliang Chen, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
   Lingling Sun, Hangzhou Dianzi University

Steering Committee
   Charles McCorkell (Chair), Dublin City University
   Thomas J. Brazil, University College Dublin
   Gabriel M. Crean, University College Cork
   Ying Chen, Hangzhou Dianzi University

Technical Programme Committee Chairs
   Liam Barry, Dublin City University
   Fangchun Yang, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
   Boran Guan, Hangzhou Dianzi University

Organising Committee Chairs
   Jim Dowling, Dublin City University
   Junping Du, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
   Yigang Wang, Hangzhou Dianzi University

International Liaison Chairs
   Xiuqing Lin, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
   Xiaojun Wang, Dublin City University
   Ye Tian, Hangzhou Dianzi University

Publication Chair
   Tony Holohan, Dublin City University

Technical Programme Committee
   Prince Anandarajah, Dublin City University
   Conor Brennan, Dublin City University
   Martin Collier, Dublin City University
   Cristina Hava Muntean, National College of Ireland
   Tony Holohan, Dublin City University
   Gareth Jones, Dublin City University
   Andrew Kinane, Dublin City University
   Aleksandra Kaszubowska-Anandarajah, Dublin City University
   Bin Liu, Tsinghua University
   Huadong Ma, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
   Yan Ma, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
   Sean Marlow, Dublin City University
   Conor McArdle, Dublin City University
   Gabriel-Miro Muntean, Dublin City University
   John Murphy, University College Dublin
   Lisa O'Reilly, Dublin City University
   Philip Perry, QoSTech Ltd, Dublin, Ireland
   Robert Sadleir, Dublin City University
   Sen Su, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
   Josef Van Genabith, Dublin City University
   Wendong Wang,Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
   Xiaojun Wang, Dublin City University
   Yulin Wang, Wuhan University
   Andy Way, Dublin City University
   Shen Zheng, China Three Gorges University
   Anding Zhu, University College Dublin

Organising Committee
   Conor Brennan, Dublin City University
   Robert Clare, Dublin City University
   Jim Dowling, Dublin City University
   Tony Holohan, Dublin City University
   Aleksandra Kaszubowska-Anandarajah, Dublin City University
   Andrew Kinane, Dublin City University
   Ger Lardner, Dublin City University
   Sean Marlow, Dublin City University
   Conor McArdle, Dublin City University
   Liam Meany, Dublin City University
   Gabriel-Miro Muntean, Dublin City University
   Lisa O'Reilly, Dublin City University
   Robert Sadleir, Dublin City University
   Xiaojun Wang, Dublin City University
   Paul Wogan, Dublin City University
   Jian Wu, The Research Centre for Software Engineering Technology of Anhui Province, China
   Tieming Xiang, Hangzhou Dianzi University



CONTACTS
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Dr. Xiaojun Wang, Dr. Conor McArdle
Email: ciict@ciict.org