Announcing 2008 Call for Papers

6th International Workshop on Frontiers of Information Technology -- FIT 2008
18-19 December 2008
Islamabad, Pakistan

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
International Workshop on Frontiers of Information Technology has emerged as a leading erudite forum for IT professionals and researchers of Pakistan. For five consecutive years it has provided opportunity to share and discuss the latest research trends and results in the field of Information Technology FIT 2008 commencing on 18-19 December 2008, promises to be another exciting event that will broaden the research horizons by providing international research collaborations. FIT 2008 will have the honor to host leading IT researchers not only form Pakistan but also from rest of the world. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Communication and Networking
• Grid Computing
• Artificial Intelligence
• IT Security
• Educational Technology
• ICT in the Developing Countries
• Distributed and Collaborative Computing
• GIS & IT Applications

IT researchers and practitioners having interest in any of the above stated research areas are invited to submit their original unpublished papers (maximum 14 pages, single column single spaced) latest by July 31, 2008.Acceptance of paper will be made through intensive peer review process on the criteria of originality and relevance of work.

In addition the workshop proceedings will include invited visionary papers and presentations from renowned researchers and practitioners. For details and updates, revisit this Website or contact us at fit08@ciit.net.pk.

GENERAL CO-CHAIRS

• Ashfaq Khokhar, University of Illinois at Chicago USA
• Dietmar Dietrich Vienna University of Technology, Austria
• S. M. Aqil Burney Karachi University
• Haroon Rashid CIIT, Pakistan

PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS:

• Abad Ali Shah UET, Lahore
• Asmatullah Khan CIIT, Pakistan
• Shoukat Ali Intel, USA
• Syed Mansoor Sarwar PUCIT, Lahore
• Kalim Qureshi Kuwait University, Kuwait

INDUSTRIAL CO-CHAIRS

• Khalid Rasheed CIIT Pakistan
• Muhammad Adeel Talib NETSOL, Pakistan
• Viqar Kimsani Microsoft, Pakistan

LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS CO-CHAIRS

• Waqas Anwar CIIT, Pakistan
• Syed Faisal Ali CIIT, Pakistan
• Ahmed Mumtaz Mustehsan CIIT, Pakistan

PROCEEDINGS CO-CHAIRS

• Muhammad Rafiq Asim CIIT, Pakistan
• Sajjad Mohsin CIIT, Pakistan

PUBLICITY CO-CHAIRS

• Qaisar Abbas CIIT, Pakistan
• Mudassir Ilyas CIIT, Pakistan

PANEL COORDINATORS

• Rehan Jalil WiCHOROUS, USA
• Mehboob Yasin CIIT, Pakistan
• Sohail Ghani CIIT, Pakistan

IMPORTANT DATES