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From: george@cwi.nl (George A. Papadopoulos)
Subject: Preliminary CFP -- ACM SAC'98: Track on Coordination
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                    PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PAPERS 
                    ===========================
            (Apologies if you receive multiple copies)  


          1998 ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC '98)

  Special Track on Coordination Models, Languages and Applications


                     February 27 - March 1, 1998
            Marriott Marquis, Atlanta, Georgia, U. S. A.


              (http://www.ucy.ac.cy/ucy/cs/SAC98.html)


SAC '98:
~~~~~~~
Over the  past twelve years, the  ACM  Symposium on  Applied Computing
(SAC) has become  a  primary forum for applied computer scientists and
application developers from  around the world to interact and  present
their  work. SAC'98  is sponsored by  the ACM Special Interest  Groups
SIGAda, SIGAPP, SIGBIO, and SIGCUE. Authors are invited  to contribute
original papers in all areas of experimental computing and application
development for the technical sessions.

The most recent  previous ACM SAC conferences  were  held in San  Jose
(SAC'97), Philadelphia (SAC'96) and Nashville (SAC'95).


Coordination Models, Languages and Applications Track:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A new special track on coordination models, languages and applications
will  be  held at SAC'98.  The term "coordination" here  is  used in a
rather broad sense covering traditional models and languages (eg. ones
based on  the  Shared Dataspace  and CHAM metaphors)  but  also  other
related formalisms such as configuration and architectural description
frameworks, systems  modeling abstractions and  languages, programming
skeletons, etc.

Major topics of interest include but are not limited to the following:

   * Novel models, languages, programming and implementation techniques.
   * Relationship with other computational models such as object
     oriented, declarative (functional, logic, constraint) programming
     or extensions of them with coordination capabilities.
   * Applications (especially where the industry is involved).
   * Theoretical aspects (semantics, reasoning, verification).
   * Software architectures and software engineering techniques.
   * All aspects related to the modeling of Information Systems
     (groupware, Internet and the Web, workflow management, CSCW).


Track Program Chair:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
George A. Papadopoulos
Department of Computer Science
University of Cyprus
75 Kallipoleos Str., P.O.B. 537
CY-1678, Nicosia, CYPRUS
E-mail: george@turing.cs.ucy.ac.cy
Tel: +357 2 338705/06, FAX: +357 2 339062


Guidelines for Submission:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Original papers and poster abstracts from the above-mentioned or other
related areas will  be considered.  This includes  three categories of
submissions:  1)  original  and  unpublished  research;  2) reports of
innovative computing applications in the arts,  sciences, engineering,
business,  government,  education and  industry;  and  3)  reports  of
successful technology transfer to new problem domains.  Each submitted
paper will be fully refereed and undergo a blind review process  by at
least three referees.

The accepted  papers in all categories will be  published  in  the ACM
Press SAC'98  proceedings.  A special  issue  on Coordination  Models,
Languages  and  Applications  of  the  ACM/SIGAPP  quarterly   Applied
Computing Review  is planned for the Fall of 1998 comprising  expanded
versions of selected papers from those accepted in this track.

Submission guidelines must be strictly followed:

   * Submit six (6) copies of original manuscripts to the SAC '98
     Coordination Models, Languages and Applications Track Chair.
     Electronic submissions in uuencoded compressed postscript format
     are encouraged. Fax submissions will not be accepted.

     George A. Papadopoulos
     Department of Computer Science
     Universityof Cyprus
     75 Kallipoleos Str., P.O.B. 537
     CY-1678, Nicosia, CYPRUS
     E-mail: george@turing.cs.ucy.ac.cy
     Tel: +357 2 338705/06, FAX: +357 2 339062

   * The author(s) name(s) and address(es) must not appear in the body
     of the paper, and self-reference should be in the third person.
     This is to facilitate blind review.

   * The body of paper should not exceed 5,000 words (approximately 15
     pages, double-spaced).

   * A separate cover sheet attached to each copy should show the title
     of the paper, the author(s) name(s) and affiliation(s), and the
     address (including e-mail, telephone, and FAX) to which
     correspondence should be sent.

   * All submissions must be received by August 15, 1997.


Important Dates:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   * August 15, 1997: Paper Submission.
   * October 15, 1997: Author Notification.
   * December 1, 1997: Camera-Ready Copy.

