----- Original Message ----- Announcement ------------------------------------------------------- January 9th is the new deadline for papers/abstracts submissions and Invited Sessions Proposals for CITSA 2008: The 5th International Conference on Cybernetics and Information Technologies, Systems and Applications (Orlando, Florida, USA, on June 29th to July 2nd, 2008) http://www.infocybereng.org/citsa2008 Authors Notification: February 20th, 2008 Camera ready, full papers: March 11th, 2008 -------------------------------------------------------
All Submitted papers will be reviewed by a double-blind (at least three reviewers), non-blind, and participative peer review. These three kinds of review will support the selection process of those that will be accepted for their presentation at the conference, as well as those to be selected for their publication in JSCI Journal. Details are given in the conference web site. The registration fee of effective invited session organizers will be waived and they will receive at the registration desk, for free, 1) a package of 4 DVDs and one CD containing the 6-hour tutorial "Fundamentals and History of Cybernetics: Development of the Theory of Complex Adaptive Systems" and 2) a second 4-DVDs/1-CD package 6-hours tutorial titled "Cybernetic Management". The market price of each of these packages is US $ 295. Twelve more benefits for invited session organizers are listed at CITSA 2008 web page. For submissions or Invited Sessions Proposals, please go to the web site: http://www.infocybereng.org/citsa2008/organizer.asp Authors of the best 10%-20% of the papers presented at the conference will be invited to adapt their papers for their publication in the Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics. Each session to be included in the conference program will have corresponding electronic pre-conference and post-conference sessions for 15 days each. In the electronic pre-conference sessions authors will have access to the papers to be presented at their session and to an associated electronic forum, so they can be better prepared for their conference face-to-face session. Similarly, electronic post-conference sessions will complement and support a follow-up of the respective conference sessions, via an electronic forum and the possibility of evaluating papers presented at the associated session. These evaluations will also support the selection process for the papers to be published in JSCI journal. Best regards, CITSA 2008 Secretariat citsa2008 at mail.infocybereng.org
