International Symposium on

Information Systems and Engineering (ISE 2002)

You are cordially invited to participate in and attend the International Symposium on Information Systems and Engineering to be held in San Diego, CA, USA July 14-18, 2002 as part of the 2002 Summer Computer Simulation Conference (SCSC'02) sponsored by the Society for Computer Simulation International (SCS). The symposium is to address, explore and exchange information on the state-of-the-art in information technology, engineering, and systems, their modeling and simulation, design and use, and their impact. Participation is encouraged for all researchers, designers, educators and interested parties in all ISE disciplines and specialties.

The symposium will include invited presentations from experts from academia, industry, and government as well as contributed paper presentations describing original work that address the current state of research in information technologies and related issues. The symposium’s intent is to bring together scientists, engineers, practitioners, computer users, and students to share and exchange their experiences, ideas, and research results about all aspects of Information Systems and Engineering modeling, simulation and evaluation, and to discuss challenges encountered and potential solutions sought.

Information Systems Architectures:

• Component- and Agent-Based Models
• Hardware & Software Architectures for Information Systems
• Object-Oriented Modeling and Simulation
• Information Systems Metrics, Testing, Reuse, and Integration
• Information Discovery Architectures
• Autonomous Information Systems Modeling and Simulation
• Collaborative Architectures
• Decision Support Systems
• Frameworks for Information Technologies
• Mobile and Wireless Information Systems
• Architectures for Info-Interoperability
• IS Requirements Engineering & Antitampering
• Middleware Architectures & Techniques(CORBA, JAVA/RMI, DCOM, Etc)
• High Performance Networks/Clusters for Information Infrastructures and their Modeling
• Knowledge-Based Systems
• Modeling of Textual, Temporal, Spatial, Multimedia, and Web Data
• Soft Computing (NN, Fuzzy, Evolutionary)

Information Systems Algorithms:

• Multi-Agent Algorithms, Modeling & Simulation
• Learning & Intelligence Algorithms for Information Systems
• Data Pre- and Post-Processing
• Knowledge Representation, Management and Discovery Algorithms
• Information Exchange and Fusion
• Information Coordination and Collaboration Algorithms
• Reasoning, Search, Warehousing, and Mining
• Web Query Processing and Optimization
• Out-of-Core Computing
• Information Network Protocols, Switching, and Routing
• Predictive Techniques
• IS Reliability, Fault Tolerance, Security and Authentication
• Information Systems Profiling and Monitoring
• Modeling, Analysis, and Performance Evaluation of IS
• Algorithms for Real-Time, Noisy & Adversarial Distributed Information Environments
• Interoperability of Heterogeneous and Geographic Information Systems

Information Systems Applications:

• Electronic and Mobile Commerce & Business
• Web-Based Information Systems, Mining, and Applications
• Federated Heterogeneous Databases
• Integration of Legacy Applications with New Technologies
• Bioinformatics & Biocomputing
• Distributed Mission Training and Support
• Integrated Environments and Applications
• Technologies for Distributed Applications (e-C, e-B, P2P)
• Multimedia in Information Systems
• Transaction Management and Modeling
• Content Delivery Services
• Telemetry Services
• Service Level Management Modeling & Simulation
• Quality of Services in Information Systems
• Interoperability Applications
• Web Services and Service-Based Approaches
• Intelligent Learning Database Systems
• ISE Education and Curricula Issues

Proposals for Special Sessions should be emailed by March 7, 2002. The proposal should include pertinent information such as a title, name and full contact information of organizer, workshop/session description, and submission instructions.

The symposium will also offer tutorials (2-3 -hour) on the state-of-the-art topics in ISE. Each tutorial proposal should provide a title, topics to be covered, targeted audience, prerequisites, and a brief biography and qualifications of the instructor. Proposals are due by March 7, 2002.

Exhibits, demos and experiential showcases of interactive information systems are highly encouraged. These may include any of the themes outlined in the symposium’s topics. Proposals for exhibits and demos are welcomed and should provide a title, short description, and contact information. Deadline is March 7, 2002.

A panel session will examine innovative, promising, or controversial ISE issues today. The panel will also address ISE challenges and future prospects. Audience participation will be sought. Panel session ideas, nominations for panelists, and proposals are also solicited and should be submitted with a title and short description along with contact information. Due date is March 7, 2002.

Paper Submission Deadline ------------------------------- March 7, 2002

Notification of Acceptance -------------------------------- April 15, 2002

Registration & Camera-Ready Manuscripts Due ------ May 15, 2002

For information or questions about Symposium’s paper submission, tutorials, exhibits, demos, panel and special sessions organization, please consult the conference web site at URL: http://www.engr.udayton.edu/faculty/wsmari/ISE2002, or contact one of the organizers: