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The BCS is launching its first international academic conference and we are now open for bookings

The conference, which will be held at Imperial College London September 22-24, will be divided up into sessions and mini-tracks each devoted to a theme or area and will include some invited presentations. The topics have been left deliberately broad to reflect the rich variety within the and engineering fields.

Keynote speakers for the conference Costs of attending: include winners: 3-day Inclusive Fee Fran Allen Student Rate* £235.00 (inc VAT) BCS/IET Member Rate £470.00 (inc VAT) Dick Karp Non-Member Rate £585.00 (inc VAT) Michael Rabin Joseph Sifakis *Student Rate includes PhD students and under-graduates

Fee Includes: and will also include David Delpy, CEO of EPSRC • Attendance to all 3 days of the conference • Refreshments, including lunch After the conference all the accepted • Drinks Reception on the evening of Day One papers will be published in a book by • Conference Dinner on the evening of Day Two the BCS and also put onto CD. As well • Conference proceedings on CD as this some of the best papers will be • One year subscription to The Computer Journal included in The Computer Journal, the Bursaries available BCS's research publication.

For more information, including how to book: www.bcs.org/visions

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The Call for Papers includes the following topics, but are not limited to:

• Computer Architectures and Digital Systems • Theoretical Computer Science: Algorithms and Complexity, Logic and Semantics • Non-standard Models of Computation • Programming Methods and Languages • Software Engineering and System Design Tools • Quantitative Evaluation of Algorithms, Systems, and Networks • Artificial Intelligence, Agents and Machine Learning • Networks, Distributed and Pervasive Systems • Grid and E-Science • Databases, Information Retrieval and Data Mining, Web Based Computation • Human Computer Interaction • Robotics and Computer Vision • Bioinformatics, Synthetic Biology and Synthetic Chemistry • Medical Applications • Papers related to the current UKCRC Grand Challenges are especially solicited

Final programme available shortly

Conference Chair: Erol Gelenbe, Imperial College Programme Co-Chairs: Samson Abramsky, Oxford University, and Vladimiro Sassone, University of Southampton Local Arrangements Chair: Moez Draief, Imperial College Programme Committee: • Christian Beckmann, Hammersmith Hospital, Machine Learning and Medical Applications • , Edinburgh University, Database Theory and Systems • Muffy Calder, University of Glasgow, Automated Reasoning, Systems Biology • George Constantinides, Imperial College, Digital Systems, Architectures • Yiannis Demiris, Imperial College, Robotics, Machine Learning • Anthony Finkelstein, University College London, Software Systems Engineering • Erol Gelenbe, Imperial College (Chair), System Performance Evaluation, Computer Networks • Wendy Hall, University of Southampton, Liaison with Grand Challenge Projects • Jennifer Hallinan, University of Newcastle, Bioinformatics, Synthetic Biology • David Hutchison, University of Lancaster, Computer Networks and Communications • Maja Pantic, Univ. of Twente and Imperial College, Human Computer Interaction • Alex Rogers, University of Southampton, Agent Systems, Artificial Intelligence • Vladimiro Sassone, Formal Methods, Models of Computation • Iain Stewart, University of Durham, Algorithms and Complexity • Martyn Thomas, Martyn Thomas Associates, Software Engineering, Reliable Systems • Federico Turkheimer, Hammersmith Hospital, Medical Applications • Michael Wooldrige, University of Liverpool, Agent Technologies and Software Engineering

For more information, including how to book: www.bcs.org/visions