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IPC and OC, WCC2000
March 8, 2000
Washington, DC, USA
WCC2000 Report to
IFIP Council’2000
Agenda
 Updates
from the Organizing Committee
 Electronic submission system
 Keynote speakers
 Special events at the Congress
 Schedule for the next 6 months
Updates from the Organizing
Committee
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2000+ paper submissions
• 700+ overseas submissions
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Target attendance
• 2000 participants in total
• 800 overseas attendees
Helps needed from IFIP, TCs, and WGs to actively
promote the Congress
 Negotiations with Air China on discount air fares
to Beijing
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Updates (cont’d)
 Current
promotion to attract as many
attendants as possible
• Registration rates posted on the Web
• Date for early registration moved from May 1
to June 1, 2000
• New rate for group registration (before June 1)
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$480 each for groups over 14 delegates
$510 each for groups of 10-14 delegates
$530 each for groups of 5-9 delegates
$550 each for all above group sizes after June 1.
Electronic Paper Submission
First time in China that papers were submitted
through the Web.
 Out of 2000+ submissions
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• 2/3 were submitted through the Web
• About 1/3 is from emails or postal mails
Authors select conference and type of papers to submit
All submitted papers were instantly visible to PC chairs
Electronic Submission System
Submission Home Page
 Form to upload paper
 Reviewer Web Page
 Form for entering comments
 Program Chair entry point
 List of IIP papers and review status
 List of ICS papers and review status
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WCC2000 Submission Statistics
Total Submissions
North/South America
Oceania
Asia except China 49
Europe
332
141
Middle East
12
182
19
Others
1283
China
Total: 2018
Submission Statistics: IIP
Artificial Intelligence
North/South America
7%
Europe
26%
China
50%
Oceania
7%
Asia except China
10%
Total: 152
Submission Statistics: ICSP
Signal Processing
Others
1%
Oceania
2%
North/South America
3%
Europe
6%
Middle East
1%
Asia except China
11%
China
76%
Total: 561
Submission Statistics: ICS
Software
Europe
16%
North/South America
8%
Oceania
3%
Asia except China
11%
China
62%
Total: 304
Submission Statistics: ICDA
Microelectronics
North/South America
18%
Middle East
2%
Europe
9%
Oceania
1%
China
59%
Asia except China
11%
Total: 114
Submission Statistics: ICCT
Communication
Europe
12%
North/South America
8%
Middle East
1%
Others
1%
Oceania
1%
Asia except China
3%
China
74%
Total: 463
Submission Statistics: SEC
Security
Others
6%
Middle East
1%
North/South America
5%
China
42%
Europe
28%
Oceania
5%
Asia except China
13%
Total: 170
Submission Statistics: ITBM
Business Application
Others
1%
North/South America
3%
Europe
26%
Oceania
4%
China
55%
Asia except China
11%
Total: 131
Submission Statistics: ICEUT
Education Application
North/South America
15%
China
24%
Asia except China
11%
Europe
50%
Total: 123
Keynote Speakers
 China:
 Japan:
Dr. Makoto Nagano, President of
Kyoto University and IPSJ
 UK: Professor Sir Tony Hoare
 USA:
 Besides academic speakers, speakers from
major IT companies are being invited for
the first-day activities.
Special Events at the Congress
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Various workshops
• AEARU
– Chairs of Department of Computer Science in East Asia
Research University
• ICS Workshop 1
– United Nation University in Macau
• ICS Workshop 2
– Fundamentals and technologies for Internet-class
applications
• ICEUT workshop ?
Special Events (cont’d)
 Panels:
• IT technology and net economy
 Youth
Forum
 Pioneers’ Day
 Industry exhibit
 Others
• JCST (Journal of Computer Science and
Technology) Evening
Proceedings Schedule
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March 25
• Notification to authors for acceptance through e-mail
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April 25
• Final/camera-ready version submitted to OC
electronically
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May 25
• Proceedings materials sent to publisher
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August 1
• Proceedings shipped from publisher
E-mail Notice to Authors
Acceptance decision, with comments
 Specification for final camera-ready version:
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Typeset style (fonts, size, etc)
Encoding (PDF, DOC, PS)
Submission deadline (April 25)
Means for submission (Web or email).
Mandatory registration for authors with accepted
papers
• US$ 580 early registration, individual
Program Schedule
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May 15: Advanced Program on the Web.
July 15: Final Program on the web
June 30: Completed CD-ROM design.
July 15: CD-ROM master sent to production
July 30: CD-ROM completed
Aug. 19: Pre-Congress press release
Aug. 21: WCC2000 opens