Second International Conference and Exhibition on Information Infrastructures ICII'98 Beijing

Second International Conference and Exhibition on Information Infrastructures ICII'98 Beijing

Second International Conference and Exhibition on Information Infrastructures ICII'98 Beijing

Announcement and Call for Papers

26-29 April 1998

Endorsed and Approved by the State Council of China

Sponsored by: Ministry of Electronics Industry and Chinese Association for Science and Technology

Organised by: Chinese Institute of Electronics; Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications; IEEE Beijing Section; IEE Beijing Centre

The world is now entering into the information age. To explore better approaches more feasible to the building up of the social infrastructure for the new age and the creating of a more satisfactory life for people all over the world, the second International Conference on Information Infrastructure, ICII'98, will be held 26-29 April 1998 in Beijing.

As for the first conference in 1996, the objective of ICII'98 is to provide forums for disseminating, sharing and exchanging the latest progress and experience in information infrastructure planning, research, development, implementation and applications among various countries.

Prospective authors or delegates are encouraged to submit papers to the conference, and government representatives and industry authorities from all countries are invited to present their plans and activities for information infrastructures, either national or regional.

The working language of the conference is English. Forum topics will focus on, but not be limited to, three broad areas as outlined below.

Forum A: planning, policy, and cooperation

This forum is provided mainly for governments, organisations and scientists to exchange opinions and experience in planning, policy and cooperation in implementation of information infrastructures.

Session A-1 ­ planning:

(1) National or Regional Plans for Information Infrastructure.

(2) Enterprise Plans for Highspeed Information Networks.

Session A-2 ­ policies:

(1) The Impact of Information Infrastructures on Society.

(2) National and International Information Security.

(3) Information Sharing and Privacy Protection.

(4) Regulations Governing Telecommunication, Broadcasting and Computer Networks.

Session A-3 ­ cooperation:

(1) Principles for Cooperation Leading to the Reduction of Gaps between Developed and Developing Countries.

(2) International Coordination: Channels and Mechanisms.

Forum B: problems, advances and trends in technology

This forum is designed for scientists and engineers to analyse and discuss the problems faced, progress made, and future trends in technical developments in information infrastructures.

Session B-1 ­ architectures and standards:

(1) Conceptual Models of Information Infrastructures.

(2) Technical Architecture of Information Networks.

(3) Technical Standards for Highspeed Information Networks.

(4) Standards for Integration of Voice, Data and Video Networks.

(5) Highspeed Information Networks and Testbed Progress.

Session B-2 ­ problems, progress and trends in communications technology:

(1) SDH Lightwave Systems and Mobile Satellite Communications.

(2) ATM Switching and IP Switching.

(3) CDMA and GSM.

(4) CATV, INTERNET and B-ISDN.

(5) Multimedia Communications.

(6) Intelligent Networks and Intelligent Services.

(7) Access Network Technologies.

Session B-3 ­ problems, progress and trends in network computing:

(1) Mobile Computing and Network Computing.

(2) Internet, Internet-II and Intranet.

(3) Indexing, Searching and Browsing in Computer Networks.

(4) Common Network Languages and Machine Translation.

(5) Intelligent Man-Machine Interfaces.

(6) LANs/MANs/WANs Interworking and Interoperability.

Session B-4 ­ problems, progress and trends in basic technologies:

(1) Information Security Technology.

(2) Information Network Management.

(3) Software Engineering and Information Systems Integration.

(4) TCP/IP and OSI.

(5) New Technologies in Signal and Information Processing.

(6) Information Resources and Information Bases.

Forum C: applications

This forum is aimed at exhibiting and examining the variety of applications provided by information infrastructures to society.

Session C-1: application projects from GIIC and other large companies.

Session C-2: progress of testbeds from developed and developing countries.

Session C-3: experimental applications from major universities and other institutions.

Important dates:

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  Paper submission as soon as possible.

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  Notification of acceptance ­ February 15, 1998.

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  Early registration ­ before March 25, 1998.

Authors are requested to submit four copies, at least one of which should be camera-ready copy, to the program committee chairman: Professor Yi X. Zhong, President's Office, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100088, China. Tel: +86 10 6228 2023; Fax: +86 10 6228-5008; E-mail: zyx@bupt.edu.cn

Papers should on the first page contain the following information: title, author's name, author's organisation, correspondence address, telephone number, fax number, e-mail address, and abstract, followed by an introduction and then the content, and ending with conclusions and references. Papers should be printed clearly (using laser printer) on one side of A4 white sheets with 2.54 cm (1 inch) margins all around. The length of each paper is limited to four pages.

For further information, please contact the Secretariat: Jian Geng, Secretariat of ICII '98, President's Office, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100088, China. Tel: +86 10 6228 2023; Fax: +86 10 6228 5008; E-mail: zyx@bupt.edu.cn