Call for Papers

Original papers are solicited for the conference. A full paper (up to 15 pages) or an extended abstract (5-7 pages) should be submitted by January 20, 2009. Please bear in mind that it is more difficult for the Program Committee to decide about your work having just an abstract in hand.

In order to submit a paper or just indicate your interest in the PaCT-2009, please register at the site of the conference http://ssd.sscc.ru/old/conference/pact2009 and follow the instructions which you will find there. In case of any difficulties, please contact the Secretary (pact2009@ssd.sscc.ru) and send you paper by e-mail. Only electronic submission of manuscripts is accepted.

The first page should include (but not be limited to) the following information: a title, author's full names, affiliation, addresses, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail addresses. To gain the better understanding of your abstract, we also request that it includes the following information: short review of related papers, formulation of the problem, objectives, description of results, main ideas, and list of references.

All papers will be internationally reviewed.  Authors will be notified of acceptance by March 15, 2009. We will require camera-ready copy of the accepted paper by May 20, 2009.

The organizers expect that the authors of selected papers will present their work at the Conference.

Technical details

The manuscripts should be prepared in the style of Springer Verlag LNCS series (Microsoft Word, LaTex or PostScript). Please see http://www.springeronline.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,10735,5-164-2-72376-0,00.htm.

Proceedings

The Conference Proceedings is planned to be published as the volume of the Springer Verlag LNCS (Lecture Notes in Computer Science) series and distributed at the Conference. We plan also to publish selected papers in a special issue of one of international journals.

Language

The official language of the Conference is English.

Social activities

The participants of the Conference will make themselves familiar with Novosibirsk City and its picturesque part Academgorodok where many institutions of Siverian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences are located. The organizers of the Conference will take you to see Siberian nature and cultural places of Novosibirsk. The personal or collective tours to Altai Mountains are also planned.

Important dates

Submission of the full paper	January 20, 2009
Deadline for extended abstracts	February 5, 2009
Notification of acceptance	March 15, 2009
Camera-ready version of the accepted paper	May 20, 2009