CM @ SAC 1998

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         1999 ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC '99)

 Special Track on Coordination Models, Languages and Applications


                    February 28 - March 2, 1999
              The Menger, San Antonio, Texas, U. S. A.


               (http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/SAC99.html)


SAC '99:
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Over the  past thirteen 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'99  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. There  will be a number of special tracks on  such issues as
Programming Languages,  Parallel and Distributed Computing, Mobile and
Scientific Computing, Internet and the WWW, etc.


Coordination Models, Languages and Applications Track:
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A special  track on coordination  models,  languages  and applications
will be held at SAC'99.  The  term "coordination" here  is used  in  a
rather  broad  sense covering  traditional models and  languages (e.g.
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.

This track on coordination is held for the second time  as part of ACM
SAC's  events.  The  CFP  for  the  ACM  SAC'98  track   attracted  33
submissions from 18 countries; 8 of those submissions were accepted as
regular papers and 4 more as short papers.

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.
  * Middleware platforms (e.g. CORBA).
  * All aspects related to the modeling of Information Systems
    (groupware, Internet and the Web, workflow management, CSCW).


Track Program Chair:
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George A. Papadopoulos
Department of Computer Science
University of Cyprus
75 Kallipoleos Str., P.O.B. 537
CY-1678, Nicosia, CYPRUS

E-mail: george@cs.ucy.ac.cy

Tel: +357 2 338705/06, Fax: +357 2 339062


Guidelines for Submission:
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Original papers 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
SAC'99 proceedings. There will also  be a special issue of the Journal
of  Programming Languages, Chapman & Hall (http://www.chapmanhall.com/
jp/default.html)  with expanded versions of selected papers from those
that will be accepted for this special track as regular papers.

Submission guidelines must be strictly followed:

  * Submit six (6) copies of original manuscripts to the SAC '99
    Coordination Models, Languages and Applications Track Program Chair
    (address shown above). Alternatively, submit your paper electronically
    in uuencoded compressed postscript format; this is strongly encouraged.
    Fax submissions will not be accepted.

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

  * A separate cover sheet (in the case of electronic submission this
    should be sent separately from the main paper) 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 17, 1998.

Anyone wishing to review papers for this special track should contact the
Track Program Chair at the address shown above.


Important Dates:
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  * August 17,  1998: Paper Submission.
  * October 15, 1998: Author Notification.
  * December 1, 1998: Camera-Ready Copy.