LAST CALL FOR PAPERS ******************* SOFSEM '98 EXTENDED DEADLINE ! ========== MAY 31, 1998 SILVER JUBILEE ****************** 25th Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Informatics ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ November 21-27, 1998 Organized by Jasna, Slovakia Slovak Society for Computer Science, Czech Society for Computer Science, Slovak Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics SOFSEM (SOFtware SEMinar) is a full seven-day international meeting devoted to the theory and practice of software systems. Its aim is to foster cooperation among professionals from academia and practice. The program consists of a series of Invited Talks, given by prominent professionals and researchers, and Contributed Talks and Posters selected by the Program Committee. It offers a unique opportunity to obtain quickly a representative overview of the areas of computer science which are selected as the topics of the year. The proceedings will contain both invited and contributed papers. They will be published by the Springer-Verlag in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series and distributed at the conference. The working language of SOFSEM is English. The conference site provides an optimal framework for discussions, meetings, establishing contacts, and socializing. SOFSEM is especially suited for young computer scientists. The silver jubilee SOFSEM'98 will feature a special block of invited talks on major achievements in selected areas of computer science. Besides, a series of invited talks will be presented in the following areas: Distributed and Parallel Systems, Electronic Commerce, Electronic Documents and Digital Libraries, and Trends in Algorithmics. Program Committee: K. Bauknecht (Zurich) J. Pavelka (Prague) D. Bjorner (Lyngby, co-chair) F. Plasil (Prague) J. Demetrovics (Budapest) V. Risak (Salzburg) G. Gottlob (Vienna) B. Rovan (Bratislava, chair) M. Hermann (Nancy) W. Schaeffer (Paderborn) V. Geffert (Kosice) A. Scheber (Bratislava) V. Hlavac (Prague) W. Staniszkis (Warsaw) M. Kretinsky (Brno) G. Tel (Utrecht) K.-J. Lange (Tuebingen) I. Vrto (Bratislava) L. Molnar (Bratislava) J. Wusteman (Dublin) P. Orponen (Jyvaskyla) INVITED TALKS: So far the following speakers agreed to present an invited talk: 1. MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS (The Silver Jubilee track) G. Aussiello (Rome), M. Broy (Muenchen), R. Freivalds (Riga), D, Rombach (Kaiserslautern) 2. PARALLEL AND DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING M. Boasson (Amsterdam), U. Kastens (Paderborn), P. Ruzicka (Bratislava) 3. ELECTRONIC COMMERCE P. Hanacek (Brno), W. Lamersdorf (Hamburg), B. Preneel (Leuven), L. A. M. Strous (Amsterdam) 4. ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS AND DIGITAL LIBRARIES Ch. Nicolaou (Heraklio), C. Roisin (Montbonnot Saint-Martin), R. Lueling (Paderborn) 5. TRENDS IN ALGORITHMS B. Chor (Haifa), A. Marchetti-Spacamella (Rome), R. Niedermeier (Tuebingen), J. Rolim (Geneva) SUBMISSIONS: The conference seeks original papers and posters in all areas of computer science. Papers bridging the theory and applications are highly encouraged. We welcome electronic submissions in PostScript. The papers not exceeding 8 pages (preferably in Springer LNCS style) and posters not exceeding 2 pages are to be sent to sofsempc@dcs.fmph.uniba.sk In addition, an abstract in ASCII is to be sent to the same address. If electronic submission is not possible, please, send five printed copies of your contribution to the address of the Program Committee below. Deadlines: Submission of the contributed talk/poster: extended till May 31, 1998 Notification of acceptance/rejection: June 30, 1998 Camera-ready copy of the contributed paper: August 21, 1998 Address of the Program Committee: Branislav Rovan Department of Computer Science, Comenius University Mlynska Dolina, 84215 Bratislava, Slovakia e-mail: sofsempc@dcs.fmph.uniba.sk Additional information --- see Sofsem's www-page: http://www.dcs.fmph.uniba.sk/~sofsem98 for more information on local arrangements, fees and a scholarship program for active student participation. Organizing Committee: Igor Privara, Chair, Dana Pardubska, co--Chair Address: SOFSEM'98, Attn. Mrs. M. Gschillova, INFOSTAT, Dubravska 3 84221 Bratislava, Slovakia, tel.: (+421 7) 3709 244, fax: (+421 7) 537 1463 e-mail: sofsem98@dcs.fmph.uniba.sk Co-organized by Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Comenius University, Bratislava; Institute of Informatics and Statistics, Bratislava; Faculty of Natural Sciences, Safarik University, Kosice; SOFTEC, Ltd., Bratislava; Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava; Institute of Informatics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava; Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Brno. Sponsored by Andersen Consulting, Digital Equipment Slovakia, IBM Slovensko, Microsoft Slovakia, ORACLE Slovensko, SAP Slovensko, Telenor Slovakia, VSZ Informatika. ======================================================================