ORGANIZATION
The Greek Computer Society (EPY) and the Department of Computer Engineering & Informatics of the University of Patras, are organizing the 11th Panhellenic Conference on Informatics (PCI 2007) at Patras, Greece, during 18-20 of May 2007. The PCI is a biannual event established by EPY. The 1st conference took place at Athens (1984), the 2nd at Thessaloniki (1988), the 3rd at Athens (1991), the 4th at Patras (1993), the 5th at Athens (1995), the 6th at Athens (1997), the 7th at Ioannina (1999), the 8th at Nicosia/Cyprus (2001), the 9th at Thessaloniki (2003) and the 10th at Volos.
TOPICS
The conference will run in parallel sessions, with invited talks, research & case study tracks, work-shops tutorials and panels. Authors are invited to submit:
research papers in any general area of Computer Science & Engineering:
| | Data Bases, Work Flow and Data mining | | | | Algorithms and Complexity |
| | Computer and Sensor Networks | | | | Computer/Sensor Hardware and Architecture |
| | Operating Systems | | | | Human-Computer Interaction |
| | Graphics, Visualization, Multimedia | | | | AI/Knowledge bases |
| | Image and Video Processing | | | | Management of Energy Grids |
| | Software Engineering | | | | Computational Science |
| | Signal Processing and Telecommunications | | | | Languages and Speech Processing |
| | Bioinformatics | | | | Grid and Cluster Computing |
| | Information Systems | | | | Wearable and Mobile Computing |
| | Computer Security | | | | Information Retrieval |
case study papers on modern IT applications, such as (among others):
| | business intelligence | | | | CRM & ERP systems |
| | digital libraries | | | | document management |
| | e-business & e-government | | | | education technologies |
| | grid computing | | | | internet & intranet systems |
| | mobile and wireless computing | | | | web applications |
| | medical information systems | | | | cultural and museum information systems |
Call for Paper in PDF
PCI 2007 poster
IMPORTANT DATES
January 08, 2007: | | Full Paper submission |
February 26, 2007: | | Notification of Acceptance/ Rejection |
March 26, 2007: | | Final, Camera Ready Papers |
INFORMATION TO AUTHORS
Manuscripts must be submitted electronically in Postscript, PDF, or RTF/DOC format at the conference website, clicking on link "Paper Submission". Manuscripts should not exceed 5,000 words, and must follow the Springer LNCS format. The electronic submission requires the provision of: title, author name(s), abstract, keywords and designated track (Research or Case Studies Track). Also, authors should declare the designated track in the first page of their manuscript. Submitted papers will undergo a peer review process, coordinated by the Program Committee co-Chair. Upon acceptance, camera-ready papers should be formatted according to the style files that will be available for both MS-Word and Latex2e.
LANGUAGE OF THE CONFERENCE
The conference is mainly a forum for information exchange between Greek scientists from Greece, Cyprus and the Diaspora with international participation. So, English will be the official language of the conference (including presentations and proceedings). Non Greek-speaking authors are encouraged to submit papers and participate in the conference, as well.
PROCEEDINGS
PCI 2007 Proceedings will be published by Springer as a volume set in the LNCS series (Approval Pending). The proceedings will also be available on-site.
PANELS and TUTORIALS
Proposals for panels and tutorials should be sent to the address pci2007@ceid.upatras.gr before January 08, 2007. Proposals for panels should contain a title, a list of four to five speakers with their affiliation and an extended summary (1,000 words) on the topic. Proposals for tutorials should contain a title, an extended summary (1,000 words), a short CV and an indication of the targeted audience.
Program Committee co-Chair
Th. Papatheodorou, U of Patras D. Christodoulakis, U of Patras
Program Committee
Th. Alevizos, TEI of Kavala o G. Alexiou, U of Patras G. Akrivis, U of Ioannina G. Antoniou, U of Crete Ν. Avouris, U of Patras C. Chamzas, Democritus U of Thrace S. Christodoulakis, Technical U of Crete D. Christodoulakis, U of Patras V. Chryssikopoulos, Ionian U P. Constantopoulos, Athens U of Economics and Business C. Courcoubetis, Athens U of Economics and Business A. Delis, U of Athens V. Dougalis, U of Athens G. Doukidis, Athens U of Economics and Business C. Douligeris, U of Piraeus S. Evripidou, U of Cyprus D. Fotiadis, U of Ioannina E. Gallopoulos, U of Patras C. Goutis, U of Patras D. Gritzalis, Athens U of Economics and Business St. Gritzalis, U of the Aegean M. Hatzopoulos, U of Athens o H. Houstis, U of Thessaly Y. Ioannidis, U of Athens N. Kalouptsidis, U of Athens A. Kaloxylos, U of Peloponnese N. Karanikolas, TEI of Athens G. Karayannis, National Technical U of Athens S. Katsikas, U of the Aegean D. Kavvadias, U of Patras S. Kollias, National Technical U of Athens N. Koudas, U of Toronto E. Koutsoupias, U of Athens Y. Kirousis, National Technical U of Athens N. Lorentzos, Agricultural U of Athens V. Maglaris, National Technical U of Athens A. Malamos, TEI of Crete Y. Manolopoulos, Aristotle U K. Margaritis, U of Macedonia D. Martakos, U of Athens L. Merakos, U of Athens G. Moustakidis, U of Thessaly C. Nikolaou, U of Crete D. Nikolos, U of Patras S. Panas, Aristotle U of Thessaloniki G. Pantziou, TEI of Athens C. Papadimitriou, U of California at Berkeley Y. Papakonstantinou, U of California at San Diego Th. Papatheodorou, U of Patras M. Papazoglou, U of Tilburg M. Paterakis, Technical U of Crete G. Pavlidis, U of Patras I. Pitas, Aristotle U E. Pitoura, U of Ioannina D. Plexousakis, U of Crete K. Polyxronopoulos, U of Athens T. Sellis, National Technical U of Athens D. Serpanos, U of Patras M.Sideri, Athens U of Economics and Business A. Skodras, Hellenic Open University C. Skourlas, TEI of Athens D. Spinellis, Athens U of Economics and Business P. Spirakis, U of Patras, RACTI C.D. Spyropoulos, NCSR "DEMOKRITOS" S. Stamou, U of Patras I. Stavrakakis, U of Athens E. Sykas, National Technical U of Athens W. Szpankowski, Purdue U V. Tampakas, TEI of Patras L. Tassiulas, U of Thessaly Y. Theodoridis, U of Piraeus S. Theodoridis, U of Athens S. Thomopoulos, NCSR "DEMOKRITOS" B. Triantafillou, TEI of Mesologgi P. Triantafyllou, U of Patras A. Tsakalidis, U of Patras P. Tsanakas, National Technical U of Athens V. Tsaousidis, Demokritos U of Thrace P. Tsigas, Chalmers U of Technology E. Varvarigos, U of Patras N. Vasilas, TEI of Athens M. Vassilakopoulos, TEI of Thessaloniki M. Vrahatis, U of Patras S. Zachos, National Technical U of Athens
Organizing Committee
C. Bouras, U of Patras D. Christodoulakis, U of Patras A. Ilias, U of Patras N. Ioannidis, Chairman of EPY N. Karanikolas, Secretary General of EPY C. Koilias, Treasurer of EPY A. Vri, U of Patras