Proceedings of the 2005 ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC 2005)

Welcome to the 20th Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC 2005) hosted by the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico, USA. As the Conference Chair and on behalf of the organizing committee, thank you for participating in this international event dedicated to computer scientists, engineers, and practitioners seeking innovative ideas in various areas of computational applications.The Symposium is sponsored by the ACM Special Interest Group on Applied Computing (SIGAPP), whose mission is to further the interests of computing professionals engaged in the design and development of new computing applications, interdisciplinary applications areas, and applied research. The symposium is devoted to the study of applied solutions to real-world problem. It provides an avenue for discussion and exchange of new ideas addressing computational algorithms and complex applications. This goal is reflected in the spectrum of application areas and tutorials designed to provide a wide range of discussion topics during this event.