Informatics 2009

The Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology is pleased to announce the hosting of the 3rd International Conference on Informatics and Technology (Informatics '09). The conference will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from the 27^th to 28^th October 2009.

1.0 BACKGROUND

The current global economy crisis has engulfed the world since the end of 2008, creating high unemployment rate (finance), which in turn creates a spiral of problems, including high stress degree (health), high dropout rate (education), high mobility (environment), and high crime rate (security). Informatics ’09, one of the region’s premier ICT events, jointly organized by University of Malaya and the Malaysian National Computer Confederation (MNCC), looks at new opportunities for using informatics and technologies to solve these problems. This 3rd edition of Informatics ’09 will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia between 27 and 28 October, 2009.

2.0 TOPICS

Topics include, but are not limited to :

Hybrid computing – combining open source and proprietary software to provide up-front economic advantages and increase productivity
’Green’ ICT and management – recycling and reusing ICT (including intangible assets such as software), and reducing wastage
Cloud computing and networking – sharing resources across a network and improving communication (for tele-health/consultation etc)
Software engineering and programming – providing design patterns for reusability, and improving usability
Information system and database – providing integration among different functional areas to ensure proper communication, productivity and efficiency (digital library, geographic information systems, enterprise resource planning, e-commerce, e-learning etc)
Security and cryptography – improving asset and access security
Artificial intelligence and pattern matching – detecting financial wellbeing and trends and evaluating rate of spread of crisis

3.0 GUIDELINE FOR PAPER SUBMISSION

Papers reporting original and unpublished research and development, and practice results pertaining to the above and related topics are solicited. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Selected papers will be invited for re-submission to special issues in the following journals:

Malaysian Journal of Computer Science (ISSN 0127-9084).
Indexed by SCIE, Scopus, INSPEC. Please visit http://ejum.fsktm.um.edu.my/VolumeListing.aspx?JournalID=4
Journal of Information Systems Research and Practice. Please visit http://ejum.fsktm.um.edu.my/VolumeListing.aspx?JournalID=18

Papers should be no longer than 6 pages (using the Paper Format) and submitted at: http://informatics.fsktm.um.edu.my/ on or before the submission deadline of 30 June, 2009.

4.0 POSTGRADUATE CONSORTIUM

Student participants in the consortium will present their research to and discuss it with peers and a panel of established researchers. Submissions are invited from current postgraduate students and should consist of a two-page extended abstract (in the Paper Format), specifying: research problems, proposed solutions, proposed methodology and expected contributions.

Email inquiries related to abstract submission to tkchiew@um.edu.my

5.0 IMPORTANT DATES

15 July, 2009 - Full Paper Submission deadline

31 August, 2009 - Notification of Paper Acceptance

15 September, 2009 - Camera-ready paper due

27 - 28 October, 2009 - Conference event

6.0 COPYRIGHT

Authors are required to sign a copyright transfer form before publication.