[alife] 5th Automata, Theory and Applications Workshop (*A-PDPTA’13)

[William Willy Spataro]

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Call for Papers

5th Automata, Theory and Applications Workshop (*A-PDPTA’13)

(formerly CA-CSC’13)

within the 2013 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed
Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA'13)



July 22-25, 2013, Las Vegas, USA



Deadline: March 25, 2013

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Dear Professionals and Research Students working in areas involving
both theory and application fields of computer science, we are
inviting you to join us for our:

5th Automata, Theory and Applications Workshop within The 2013
International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing
Techniques and Applications (PDPTA'13): July 22-25, 2013, Monte Carlo
Resort, Las Vegas, USA), one of 22 conferences at WORLDCOMP'13 - The
2013 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and
Applied Computing.



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 25, 2013.



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 fifth 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 2013 World
Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied
Computing (WORLDCOMP'13), 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

·        theoretical

·        systems modeling

·        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 “*A –
PDPTA’13” in the email subject header. Submissions must be received by
March 25, 2013 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 (PDPTA’13) must be stated on the first page.



IMPORTANT DATES:

March 25, 2013:  Submission of papers (about 5 to 7 pages)

April 23, 2013:  Notification of decision

May 15, 2013:  Final papers + Copyright + Registration

July 22-25, 2013: The 2013 World Congress in Computer Science,
Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing (WORLDCOMP'13 – 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:

The proceedings will be published in printed conference books (ISBN)
and will also be made available online. The proceedings will be
indexed in science citation databases that track citation
frequency/data for each published paper. Science citation databases
include: Inspec / IET / The Institute for Engineering & Technology;
The French National Center for Scientific Research, CNRS, INIST
databases, PASCAL (accessable from INIST, Datastar, Dialog, EBSCO,
OVID, Questel.Orbit, Qwam, and STN International); and others. Though,
there is no guarantee that the proceedings will also be included in
SCI EI Compendex/Elsevier indexings; in the past, the proceedings were
included in these databases. Therefore, we will also be sending the
proceedings for indexing procedures to SCI EI Compendex/Elsevier. The
printed proceedings/books will be available for distribution on site
at the conference.



MORE:

The 5th 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 *A-PDPTA 2013 Workshop and the general
PDPTA 2013 conference and WorldComp’13 congress can be found at:



http://www.worldacademyofscience.org/worldcomp13/ws/conferences/pdpta13



We are looking forward to welcoming you in Las Vegas!

Lou D'Alotto, J.F. (Jim) Nystrom, and William Spataro, Co-chairs