Submission Guidelines:
Online Paper Submission System:
http://www.scut.edu.cn/apscc/2006/openconf/
SUBMISSION OF PAPERS:
Authors are invited to submit original, unpublished research papers that are not being considered in another forum. Manuscripts will be limited to 8 (IEEE Proceeding style) pages and be printed on 10 or 12 size font. Please follow the IEEE Computer Society Press Proceedings Author Guidelines to prepare your papers. Electronic submission of manuscripts (in PDF or Word format) is required. Detailed Instructions for electronic paper submission, panel proposals, tutorial proposals, and review process can be found at http://conferences.computer.org/apscc/2006/ or http://www.scut.edu.cn/apscc/2006/ . The length of the camera-ready of an accepted paper will be limited to 8 (IEEE style) pages. At least one author of each accepted paper is required to attend the conference and present the paper. The IEEE APSCC 2006 Proceedings will be collected in EI Compendex and potentially in SCI (in progress). The detailed submission instructions can be found at APSCC 2006 web site.
The enhanced version of the selected papers published in APSCC 2006 will be invited for publication in the International Journal of Business Process Integration and Management (IJBPIM), the International Journal of Web Services Research (JWSR), the International Journal of Grid and Utility Computing (IJGUC), and possibly other reputable journals. Some speakers of the keynotes, panels, and tutorials will be invited to submit articles to extend their presentations for IEEE IT Professional Magazine.
EVALUATION PROCESS:
All submissions will be evaluated for originality, significance, clarity, and soundness. Each paper will be refereed by at least two to three researchers in the topical area.
BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARDS:
One Best Paper award and 1-3 Best Student Paper Awards will be presented by APSCC 2006. The first author of the best student papers should be full-time students.
IMPORTANT DATES:
Paper Submission Due Date: June 30, 2006 July 15, 2006
Decision Notification (Electronic): August 31, 2006 September 5, 2006
Author registration: September 12, 2006
Camera-Ready Copy Due: September 15, 2006
Registration payment : September 22, 2006