Date:           Tue, 3 Mar 1998 11:32:59 MET
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Subject:        FSTTCS 98, 1st Call for Papers
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First Call for Papers

FST & TCS '98

Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science

December 17-19, 1998, Chennai, India

Conference Home-page at http://www.imsc.ernet.in/~fsttcs98

(A postscript version of this announcement is available at
http://www.imsc.ernet.in/~fsttcs98/cfp.ps.gz or by email from "fsttcs98@imsc.ernet.in" .)

IARCS, the Indian Association for Research in Computing Science, announces the 18th Annual FST & TCS Conference in Chennai, jointly organized by the Institute of Mathematical Sciences and the SPIC Mathematical Institute. In addition to invited talks and contributed papers, the 1998 programme will have two "theme sessions", one each on "Quantum Computation" and "Model Checking". Satellite events include two 2-day workshops, on "Molecular Computation" and "Finite Model Theory".

Authors are invited to submit papers presenting original and unpublished research on ALL theoretical aspects of Computer Science. Typical areas include (but are not limited to):

In addition, we invite papers on the two special themes:

Accepted papers on these topics will be part of special "theme sessions" which will include invited talks by leading researchers in the areas.

Satellite Events

The following satellite events are being planned:

A two-day workshop on Molecular Computation organized by Kamala Krithivasan, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai.

A two-day school on Finite Model Theory jointly organized by Anil Seth, The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, India, and Anuj Dawar, Computer Science Department, University of Wales, Swansea, U.K.

Invited Speakers who have confirmed participation include:

Important dates

Submission Guidelines

Authors may submit drafts of full papers or extended abstracts. Submissions are limited to 12 A4-size pages, with 1 inch margins and 11 point or larger font. Authors who feel that more details are necessary may include a clearly marked appendix which will be read at the discretion of the Programme Committee. Each paper should contain a short abstract. If available, e-mail addresses and fax numbers of the authors should be included.

Electronic Submissions

Electronic submission is strongly encouraged. Self-contained uuencoded gzipped Postscript versions of the paper may be sent by e-mail to fsttcs98@imsc.ernet.in. In addition, the following information in ASCII format should be sent to this address in a separate e-mail: Title; authors; communicating author's name, address, and e-mail address and fax number if available; abstract of paper.

Submission via anonymous ftp is also available---details will be posted on the conference homepage.

Hard-Copy Submissions

If neither of the above is possible, authors may submit five (5) hard-copies of the paper by post to the following address:
FST&TCS 98
Institute of Mathematical Sciences
C.I.T. Campus, Taramani
Chennai 600 113, INDIA

Conference Proceedings

The Conference Proceedings have been traditionally published by Springer-Verlag in the series Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS). (Previous Proceedings have appeared as LNCS ... , 880, 1026, 1180, 1346.) For an accepted paper to be included in the proceedings, one of the authors must commit to presenting the paper at the conference.

Programme Committee

Organizing Committee

Conference Site

The Conference will take place in the campus of the Central Institutes of Technology (CIT), Chennai, where the Institute of Mathematical Sciences is located.

Correspondence Address

All correspondence may be addressed to
FST&TCS 98
Institute of Mathematical Sciences
C.I.T. Campus, Taramani
Chennai 600 113, INDIA
Email: fsttcs98@imsc.ernet.in
URL: http://www.imsc.ernet.in/fsttcs98
Fax: +91 44 2350586
Phone: +91 44 2351856