Welcome Message from the Program Chair

It is a privilege to serve as Program Chair for AICCSA 2006. The scope of this meeting is truly international. Contributing authors this year hail from the following 48 countries: Algeria, Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China, Cyprus, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Korea, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, the Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Portugal, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tehran, Tunisia, Turkey, the UAE, UK, Ukraine, and the USA.

Papers were solicited in the following technical areas: Algorithms and Bioinformatics, Database and Data Mining, Embedded Systems, e-Learning, Multimedia, Networking and Wireless Technology, Security and Information Assurance, Software Engineering and Applications, and VLSI Circuits, Systems Applications and Signal Processing. A total of 405 submissions were received. From these, 150 were selected as regular papers. Another 50 were accepted as short papers. Authors represent a variety of academic, industrial and governmental organizations. Thanks go to all those who contributed their work.

Thanks also go to the General Chair, Mohsen Guizani, and to the Track Chairs: Abdul-Rahman Al-Ali, Mike Atallah, Kamel Barkaoui, Mohamed A Imam, Marco Marchetti, Jianping Pan, Ghassan Qadah, Surong Zeng and Imran Zualkernan. Their leadership has been instrumental in making AICCSA 2006 a success. Thanks go as well to the Program Committee Members and other reviewers who have made it possible to craft the final slate of high-quality technical papers. It is only through their tireless efforts that conferences such as this are possible.

Finally, special thanks go to Suzanne Baktash and Bobby Maisnam. Suzanne has been the consummate Conference Coordinator. Her skill in seamlessly managing diverse requirements has been indispensable, and has made my job so much easier. Bobby has been the ideal Conference Webmaster. His technical ability has kept the automated system responsive to user needs, and ensured that the reviewing machinery has run smoothly and continuously.

Michael A. Langston
Program Chair, AICCSA 2006
The University of Tennessee, USA
January, 2006