Call for Papers: The International MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists IMECS 2008

[wce_2008]

CFP: International MultiConference of Engineers and Computer
Scientists IMECS 2008
From: International Association of Engineers - IAENG

19-21 March, 2008, Hong Kong
http://www.iaeng.org/IMECS2008


The IMECS 2008 is organized by the International Association of
Engineers (IAENG), a non-profit international association for the
engineers and the computer scientists. The conference has the focus on
the frontier topics in the theoretical and applied engineering and
computer science subjects. The IMECS conferences serve as good
platforms for our members and the entire engineering community to meet
with each other and to exchange ideas. Our IMECS committees have been
formed with over two hundred and sixty committees members who are
mainly research center heads, faculty deans, department heads,
professors, and research scientists from over 30 countries. The last
IMECS 2007 has attracted more than one thousand participants from over
50 countries.

All submitted papers will be under peer review and accepted papers
will be published in the conference proceeding (ISBN:
978-988-98671-8-8). The abstracts will be indexed and available at
major academic databases. The accepted papers will also be considered
for publication in the special issues of the journal Engineering
Letters, in IAENG journals and in edited books. Revised and expanded
version of the selected papers may also be included as book chapters
in the standalone edited books under the framework of cooperation
between IAENG and Springer.

The IMECS 2008 is composed of the following 13 conferences (all will
be held at the same location and date):

ICAIA'08
The 2008 IAENG International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and
Applications

ICB'08
The 2008 IAENG International Conference on Bioinformatics

ICCA'07
The 2008 IAENG International Conference on Control and Automation

ICCS'07
The 2008 IAENG International Conference on Computer Science

ICCSA'07
The 2008 IAENG International Conference on Communication Systems and
Applications

ICDMA'07
The 2008 IAENG International Conference on Data Mining and
Applications

ICEE'07
The 2008 IAENG International Conference on Electrical Engineering

ICIE'07
The 2008 IAENG International Conference on Imaging Engineering

ICINDE'07
The 2008 IAENG International Conference on Industrial Engineering

ICICWS'07
The 2008 IAENG International Conference on Internet Computing and Web
Services

ICOR'07
The 2008 IAENG International Conference on Operations Research

ICSC'07
The 2008 IAENG International Conference on Scientific Computing

ICSE'07
The 2008 IAENG International Conference on Software Engineering


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Submission:

IMECS 2008 is now accepting manuscript submissions. Prospective
authors are invited to submit their draft paper in full paper (any
appropriate style) to imecs{at}iaeng.org by 12 December, 2007. The
submitted file can be in MS Word format, PS format, or PDF formats.

The first page of the draft paper should include:
(1) Title of the paper;
(2) Name, affiliation and e-mail address for each author;
(3) A maximum of 5 keywords of the paper.
Also, the name of the conference that the paper is being submitted to
should be stated in the email.

It is our target that the reviewing process and the result
notification for each submitted manuscript can be completed within one
month from its submission. The reviewing process is to ensure the
quality of the accepted papers in the WCE congress. The conferences
have enjoyed high reputation among many research colleagues ( for
example, see the http://cs.conference-ranking.net/ or http://www.conference-ranking.com/
or http://www.conference-ranking.org/cs.html ).



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Important Dates:

Draft Manuscript submission deadline: 12 December, 2007
Camera-Ready papers & Pre-registration due: 31 December, 2007
IMECS 2008: 19-21 March, 2008


IMECS MultiConference Co-chairs

Prof. Craig Douglas (honorary co-chair)
Professor of Computer Science & Professor of Mechanical Engineering,
University of Kentucky
Senior Research Scientist (corresponding to nonteaching full
professor)
Computer Science Department, Yale University, USA

Prof. Ping-kong Alexander Wai (honorary co-chair)
Chair Professor of Optical Communications and Dean of Faculty of
Engineering
Programme Chairman, Engineering Doctorate Programme
Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

Prof. Oscar Castillo
Professor and Research Director of Computer Science
Tijuana Institute of Technology, Mexico
Former Adjunct Professor of San Diego State University, USA
President of HAFSA (Hispanic American Fuzzy Systems Association)
Vice-Chair of the Mexican Chapter of the Computational Intelligence
Society (IEEE)

Prof. David Dagan Feng, Ph.D, FACS, FATSE, FHKIE, FIEE, FIEEE
Professor and Head, School of Information Technologies
Associate Dean, Faculty of Science,
University of Sydney, Australia

Prof. Jeong-A Lee
Professor of Department of Computer Engineering
Chosun University, South Korea

More details about the IMECS 2008 can be found at:
http://www.iaeng.org/IMECS2008/index.html

More details about the International Association of Engineers, the
journal Engineering Letters and the IAENG International Journal of
Computer Science can be found at:
http://www.iaeng.org/about_IAENG.html
http://www.iaeng.org/IJCS/index.html
http://www.iaeng.org/IJAM/index.html
http://www.iaeng.net/
http://www.iaeng.com/
The official journal web site of Engineering Letters at:
http://www.engineeringletters.com
Other Engineering Letters web sites at:
http://www.engineeringletters.com
http://www.engineeringletters.net
http://www.engineeringletters.org
http://www.engineeringletter.com


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It will be highly appreciated if you can circulate these calls for
papers to your colleagues.

 

[Markus E L]

CFP: International MultiConference of Engineers and Computer
Scientists IMECS 2008
From: International Association of Engineers - IAENG

19-21 March, 2008, Hong Kong
http://www.iaeng.org/IMECS2008

Can anybody say anything about this:

http://www.google.com/search?btnG=Google-Suche:&q=iaeng+Nagib+Callaos&num=100

If on the other side someone can vote the IAENG conferences as bona
fide, I'm listening.

Regards - M

 

[Three]

Can anybody say anything about this:

http://www.google.com/search?btnG=Google-Suche:&q=iaeng+Nagib+Callaos

If on the other side someone can vote the IAENG conferences as bona
fide, I'm listening.

I thought everyone knew by now that all these were vanity conferences
with no actual value. One of these fake conferences chaired by the
infamous Nagib Callaos became well known for accepting a machine-generated
paper a couple of years ago (http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/scigen/).

 

[Markus E L]

I thought everyone knew by now that all these were vanity conferences

Well, yes, this is what I hoped to hear. Unfortunately there is
not much information about this online. I thought (actually knew I
had been reading about N.C. in connection with IAENG. Of course I knew
about the machine generated paper. But the 'fake conferences' site
referenced from scigen is now gone and it is really difficult to find
(a) any documentation connecting IAENG with N.C and (b) classifying
IAENG conferences as "vanity" (which is putting it much too nice if
they are what we think).

I actually had hoped that the scientific community had some way to
distance themselves publicly from such conferences. Not all people
"publishing" at those conferences know what they are doing: Some, is
my impression, are just under a tremendous pressure to publish
anything anywhere and badly advised by their scientific mentors (which
are often putting on the pressure themselves). Indeed it would help
all people concerned if fake conferences would be denounced as fake
publicly. Therefore my request for information, but I could hardly ask
"Does anybody know where I can find documentation that those
conferences are fake" -- that would have been foreclosing (?) the
anticipated result.

with no actual value. One of these fake conferences chaired by the
infamous Nagib Callaos became well known for accepting a machine-generated
paper a couple of years ago (http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/scigen/).

To wrap it up: "Everyone knows" is not enough for effective public
denouncement. Where can I find more documentation on the IAENG
specifically?

Regards -- Markus

 

[Thomas Richter]

Well, yes, this is what I hoped to hear. Unfortunately there is
not much information about this online. I thought (actually knew I
had been reading about N.C. in connection with IAENG. Of course I knew
about the machine generated paper. But the 'fake conferences' site
referenced from scigen is now gone and it is really difficult to find
(a) any documentation connecting IAENG with N.C and (b) classifying
IAENG conferences as "vanity" (which is putting it much too nice if
they are what we think).

Collegues of mine had been on the IAENG last year in Hongkong. Well, it
wasn't a fake conference, and they also have a Springer proceedings.
It's just a, uhm, lousy conference. That said, there are better ways
to spend your money if you want to generate some impact.

I actually had hoped that the scientific community had some way to
distance themselves publicly from such conferences. Not all people
"publishing" at those conferences know what they are doing: Some, is
my impression, are just under a tremendous pressure to publish
anything anywhere and badly advised by their scientific mentors (which
are often putting on the pressure themselves).

Actually, most institutes can give you advice where to go and which
conferences to avoid. IAENG is IMHO pretty much borderline. I've heard
of worse, but I still wouldn't go.

Indeed it would help
all people concerned if fake conferences would be denounced as fake
publicly. Therefore my request for information, but I could hardly ask
"Does anybody know where I can find documentation that those
conferences are fake" -- that would have been foreclosing (?) the
anticipated result.


To wrap it up: "Everyone knows" is not enough for effective public
denouncement. Where can I find more documentation on the IAENG
specifically?

I don't know an online resource about fake conferences (this one isn't
really fake, but bad enough to avoid it.) Actually, your mentor should
really know, and once you're in a scientific community, you have your
selection of conferences anyhow.

So long,
Thomas