First Announcement

UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED

First Announcement

(CS)² - The Sixth Conference of PhD Students in Computer Science

Szeged, Hungary, July 2-5, 2008

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Topics of interest

All aspects of computer science and related fields, including theory and applications, e.g. algorithms and data structures, artificial intelligence, automata theory, complexity theory, databases, fuzzy theory, image processing, optimization, and software engineering.

(CS)² will provide a forum for the

presentation of the latest research and developments in theory, algorithms, and applications of computer science,
reporting of interesting case studies in industrial and scientific applications of computer science,
demonstration of software for computer science.

Format

A few plenary sessions for invited talks (40 minutes).
Parallel sessions for contributions (25 miutes) in two streams.

Submissions: Authors are invited to submit an extended abstract (in English, about one page), electronically to cscs@inf.u-szeged.hu

Publications

A volume of extended abstracts (about 1 large page long each) - available at the beginning of the conference. Each abstract will be reviewed before the acceptance.
Selected papers will be published in special issues of some journals.

Important Dates

April 15, 2008	deadline for submissions.
May 15, 2008	notification on the acceptance of the talks
May 31, 2008	deadline for the preliminary conference registration
July 2, 2008	*(CS)²*starts
August 31, 2008	deadline for the final version of the full papers

You can fill the Preliminary Registration Form at : http://www.inf.u-szeged.hu/~cscs/regist.php

Conference site

Szeged, 160 km South-East from Budapest. The conference will be organized by the University of Szeged.

Entry

A visa to Hungary is not necessary for citizens of most countries, however please check with your travel office.

Participation fee

The conference participation fee (including the organization costs, accomodation and full board, the proceedings, and a short sightseeing tour) is 30,000 HUF (or 120 EURO) to be paid on site during the registration (bank transfer is also possible).

Support

The financial support received from sponsors will be used mainly to cover the local costs of a few persons who otherwise cannot afford it. Please send an application for such a support together with a CV and your preliminary registration if you otherwise could not participate.

Organizing Committee

Kálmán Palágyi (chair), Balázs Bánhelyi, Tamás Gergely, István Matijevics

Communication

http://www.inf.u-szeged.hu/~cscs

email: cscs@inf.u-szeged.hu (preferable)

fax: +36 62 546 397

phone: +36 62 546 396

snail mail: CSCS c/o Kálmán Palágyi, H-6701 Szeged, Pf. 652, Hungary

cscs@inf.u-szeged.hu