Announcing 2008 Call for Papers


6th International Workshop on Frontiers of Information Technology -- FIT 2008

18-19 December 2008
Islamabad, Pakistan

International Workshop on Frontiers of Information Technology has emerged as a leading 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 from Pakistan but also from rest of the world. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following.

  • Communication and Networking
  • Grid Computing
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • IT Security
  • Educational Technology
  • Information & Communication Technologies in the developing countries
  • Distributed and Collaborative Computing
  • GIS & IT Applications
  • Business Intelligence
  • Bioinformatics and Health Informatics

IT researchers and practitioners with interest in any of the above stated research areas are invited to submit their original unpublished papers (maximum 14 pages, single column, single spaced, 1 inch margins all around, 12 pt font) latest by July 31, 2008. Submitted paper will go 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, Chicago, USA
  • Dietmar Dietrich, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
  • S. M. Aqil Burney, Karachi University, Pakistan
  • Haroon Rashid, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), Pakistan
PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS:
  • Abad Ali Shah, UET, Lahore, Pakistan
  • Asmatullah Khan, CIIT, Pakistan
  • Shoukat Ali, Intel, USA
  • Syed Mansoor Sarwar ,PUCIT, Lahore, Pakistan
  • Kalim Qureshi, Kuwait University, Kuwait
INDUSTRIAL CO-CHAIRS
  • Khalid Rasheed, CIIT Pakistan
  • Muhammad Adeel Talib, NETSOL, Pakistan
  • Vaqar A. Khamisani, 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

Draft Paper, July 31, 2008  August 31, 2008
Notification of Acceptance, September 15, 2008
Camera Ready Copy, September 30, 2008
Workshop, December 18-19,2008

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