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                                CALL FOR PAPERS

                             S O F S E M    2 0 0 1	  
		
                    28th Annual Conference on Current Trends
                     in Theory and Practice of Informatics

                              http://www.sofsem.sk

                       November 24 -- December 1, 2001
                             Piestany, Slovakia
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SOFSEM (SOFtware SEMinar) is a seven-day international conference devoted to
the theory and practice of software systems. Its aim is to foster
cooperation among professionals from academia and industry working in
various areas of computer science.

The program consists of a series of Invited Talks, given by prominent
professionals and researchers, Contributed Talks and Posters selected by the
Program Committee, and Workshops. SOFSEM offers a unique opportunity to
obtain quickly a representative overview of the areas of computer science
which are selected as the topics of the year. Proceedings containing the
invited and contributed papers and workshop plenary talks will be published
by the Springer-Verlag in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series and
distributed at the conference. The working language of SOFSEM is English.

The conference provides an optimal framework for discussions, meetings,
establishing contacts, and socializing. SOFSEM is especially suited for
young computer scientists.

SOFSEM 2001 will feature invited talks in the following areas:
  *  Trends in Informatics 
  *  Enabling Technologies for Global Computing,  and
  *  Practical Systems Engineering and Applications.
Also workshops on Electronic Commerce Systems and Soft Computing are to be
held during this year's SOFSEM.

Program Committee:
  M. Bielikova (Bratislava)  
  H. Bischof (Vienna)	   
  J. Csirik (Szeged)
  G. Engels (Paderborn)
  V. Hlavac (Prague)
  L. Kollar (Redmond)
  M. Kretinsky (Brno)
  K. Matiasko (Zilina)
  L. Pacholski (Wroclaw, co-chair) 
  F. Plasil (Prague)                          
  J. Pokorny (Prague)
  P. Ruzicka (Bratislava, chair)
  A. Steger (Munchen)
  J. Safarik (Bratislava)
  G. Tel (Utrecht) 
  P. Tuma (Prague) 
  U. Ultes-Nitsche (Southampton)
  P. van Emde Boas (Amsterdam)
  S. Zaks (Haifa)
 
Invited Speakers:
So far the following invited speakers have confirmed their attendance:
  B. Charron-Bost, W. Grosky, L. O. Hertzberger, Ch. Kaklamanis, 
  D. Laforenza, S. Lambert, V. Pratt (keynote speaker), N. Santoro, 
  A. Slobodova, O. Watanabe, J. Wiedermann

Workshops:
  * Electronic Commerce Systems (H. D. Zimmermann),
  * Soft Computing (P. Hajek)

Submissions: 
The conference seeks original papers and posters in all areas of computer
science. Papers bridging the theory and applications are highly encouraged. 
We welcome electronic submissions in PostScript. The papers not exceeding 10
pages (preferably in Springer LNCS style) and posters not exceeding 2 pages
are to be sent to sofsemPC@dcs.fmph.uniba.sk. In addition, an abstract in
ASCII is to be sent to the same address. If electronic submission is not
possible, please, send five printed copies of your contribution to the
address of the Program Committee below.

Deadlines:

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 |   Submission of the contributed paper/poster:           May 16, 2001   |
 |   Notification of acceptance/rejection:	          June 30, 2001   |
 |   Camera-ready copy of the contributed paper:        August 26, 2001   |
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Address of the Program Committee:
  Peter Ruzicka
  Institute of Informatics
  Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics
  Comenius University
  Mlynska dolina
  842 48 Bratislava, Slovakia
  sofsemPC@dcs.fmph.uniba.sk

Additional Information:   Please visit  http://www.sofsem.sk where
additional information on local arrangements, fees and a scholarship program
for active student participation will appear in due time.

Organizing Committee: 
  Igor Privara (chair), Dana Pardubska, (co-chair)

Address:
  SOFSEM 2001, 
  Attn. Mrs. M. Kozarova, INFOSTAT
  Dubravska 3
  842 21 Bratislava, Slovakia

  tel.:    (+421 7) 54 77 24 48, (+421 7) 59 37 92 92
  fax:     (+421 7) 54 77 26 20, (+421 7) 54 79 14 63
  e-mail: sofsem@dcs.fmph.uniba.sk


Organized by:
  * Slovak Society for Computer Science and
  * Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University

In cooperation with:
  * Czech Society for Computer Science
  * Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, 
    Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava
  * Institute of Informatics and Statistics, Bratislava
  * Mathematical Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava
  * SOFTEC, Ltd., Bratislava

Supported by:
  * European Association for Theoretical Computer Science
  * Slovak Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics

Sponsored by: 
  Compaq Computer Slovakia, ERCIM, Oracle Slovensko, SAP Slovensko

Telenor Slovakia provides Internet connection to the conference site and
hosts the SOFSEM 2001 web page.