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Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and
Applications (PDPTA'12)

Chairs of Session: Lou D'Alotto*, J.F. Nystrom**, William Spataro***

* York College/CUNY and The CUNY Graduate Center, New York, USA,
ldalotto at york.cuny.edu
**Ferris State University, Michigan, USA, JamesNystrom at ferris.edu
***University of Calabria, Italy, spataro at unical.it

Deadline for the full paper submission is March 31, 2012.

Official CFP
Following the success of our previous Cellular Automata, Theory and
Applications Workshop, which included exciting keynotes addressed from
leading Cellular Automata researchers, Prof. Dr. Peter Sloot, and by
Prof. Yaroslav D. Sergeyev, father of the Infinity Computer, we are
glad to invite you to our fourth edition. From this year, topics of
the Workshop have been extended to the more general Automata theme,
including both theoretical and applicative aspects of this important
computer science field.

The main objective of this Workshop, organized within the 2012 World
Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied
Computing (WORLDCOMP'12), is to offer scientists, researchers and
engineers an opportunity to express and confront their views on
trends, challenges, and state-of-the art in both theory and diverse
application fields such as engineering, physics, chemistry, biology,
geology, medicine, ecology, sociology, traffic control, economy, etc.

Distinguished papers will be published in a special issue of the
Journal of SuperComputing, a leading ISI research journal publishing
theoretical, practical, tutorial and survey papers on all aspects of
supercomputing.

Please see other publication details below.

SCOPE:
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- cellular automata
=95	theoretical
=95	systems modeling
=95	other applications
- finite automata
- formal language theory
- theoretical issues on automata theory
- parallel implementations

SUBMISSION:
Prospective authors are invited to submit their draft papers directly
to the Workshop Chairs (see emails above). Please include =93*A =96
CSC=9212=94 (or *A - PDPTA'12) in the email subject header. Submissions
must be received by March 31, 2012 and they must be in either MS doc
(not docx) or pdf formats (about 5 to 7 pages - single space, font
size of 10 to 12). All reasonable typesetting formats are acceptable
(later, the authors of accepted papers will be asked to follow a
particular typesetting format to prepare their papers for
publication.) The length of the Camera-Ready papers (if accepted) will
be limited to 7 (IEEE style) pages. Papers must not have been
previously published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere.
The first page of the draft paper should include: title of the paper,
name, affiliation, postal address, and email address for each author.
The first page should also identify the name of the Contact Author and
a maximum of 5 topical keywords that would best represent the content
of the paper. Finally, the name of the conference (CSC'12) must be
stated on the first page.

IMPORTANT DATES:
March 31, 2012: Submission of papers (about 5 to 7 pages)
April 20, 2012: Notification of decision
May 7, 2012: Final papers + Copyright + Registration
July 16-19, 2012: The 2012 World Congress in Computer Science,
Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing (WORLDCOMP'12 - 22 joint
conferences)

CATEGORIES OF ACCEPTED PAPERS:
(RRP) Regular Research Papers: 7-page IEEE-style publication in the
proceedings. 20-minute formal presentation slot.
(RRR) Regular Research Reports: 7-page IEEE-style publication in the
proceedings. Presentation in an informal setting (during Discussion
Sessions.) Typically, those authors with language difficulties prefer
this mode of presentation.
(SRP) Short Research Papers: 4-page IEEE-style publication in the
proceedings. Presentation in an informal setting (during Discussion
Sessions.) Same presentation mode as RRR papers.
(PST) Posters 1-page IEEE-style publication in the proceedings.
Presentation in an informal setting (during Discussion Sessions.

PUBLICATION:
All accepted papers will be published in printed conference
books/proceedings (they will also be available on the web). The
proceedings will be processed for indexing into science citation
databases that track citation frequency/data for each paper. These
science citation databases include: Inspec / IET / The Institute for
Engineering and Technology, CiteSeerX citation index, Google Scholar,
Microsoft Academic Search, and other science databases. Like prior
years, extended versions of selected papers (about 40%) will appear in
journals and edited research books (publishers include: Springer,
Elsevier, ...).

MORE:
The 4th Automata, Theory and Applications Workshop, together with all
other WORLDCOMP Workshops and Conferences, will be held at Monte Carlo
Resort, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (with any overflows at other near-by
hotels). This is a mega hotel with excellent conference facilities and
over 3,000 rooms. It is minutes from the airport with 24-hour shuttle
service to and from the airport. This hotel has many recreational
attractions, including: waterfalls, spa, pools, sunning decks, Easy
River, wave pool, nightly shows, many restaurants, etc. The negotiated
room rate for conference attendees is very reasonable.
More information about the Workshop and the general CSC and PDPTA 2012
conferences and WorldComp=9212 congress can be found at:

www.worldacademyofscience.org/worldcomp12/ws/conferences/csc12/cellular-aut=
omata-theory-and-applications

or

http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/worldcomp12/ws/conferences/pdpta12/=
cellular-automata-theory-and-applications


We are looking forward to welcoming you in Las Vegas!
Lou D'Alotto, J.F. (Jim) Nystrom, and William Spataro, Co-chairs