*** ACM SAC'04: Call for Track Proposals ***

           2004 ACM SYMPOSIUM ON APPLIED COMPUTING (SAC 2004)
                  Nicosia, Cyprus, 14-17 March 2004

              http://www.acm.org/conferences/sac/sac2004

                      *** Call for Track Proposals ***

For  the past eighteen years  the  ACM Symposium  on Applied Computing
(SAC)  has  been  a primary forum   for  applied  computer scientists,
computer engineers and application  developers to gather, interact and
present  their   work.  The  ACM   Special Interest   Group on Applied
Computing (SIGAPP) is  the  sole   sponsor  of SAC.  The    conference
proceedings are  published  by ACM and  are also  available on the web
through ACM's Digital Library.

SAC is based  on  a flexible  structure  of mostly self-contained  and
self-managed tracks.  Over  the past years it has  hosted  tracks on a
variety of topics such as Artificial Intelligence, BioInformatics, Co-
ordination, Computational Sciences, Database  Technology, Data Mining,
Embedded Systems,  Evolutionary Computing,  Parallel  and  Distributed
Systems, Mobile Computing, Programming Languages, Software Engineering
and Web Technologies.  SAC 2003, which was held in Melbourne, Florida,
USA, consisted of 21 tracks that hosted 196 accepted papers out of 526
submissions. More information on past SAC events can be found at

                 http://www.acm.org/conferences/sac

The 19th Annual SAC (SAC 2004)  will be held between  14-17 March 2004
in  Nicosia, Cyprus,  and hosted  by the  University  of Cyprus.   The
conference  Steering Committee  solicits proposals for organizing  and
hosting tracks.   Perspective track chairs  should submit an up to two
pages proposal  for organizing a track,  which should include at least
the following items:

1) The proposed title for the track with a description of its aims,
   topics it will cover and rationale for having such a track in SAC.
   This rationale should refer to any related conference events that
   are held regularly and why the proposed track differs from them or
   complements them. The proposed track should not be over general but
   also not overly specialized, thus being able to attract a wide
   audience of people sharing similar interests. Proposals from
   industry are also welcomed. Despite its name, SAC also welcomes
   topics of mostly theoretical nature, provided there is clear
   practical potential in applying the results of such work.

2) A short description of the activities the track chair will
   undertake upon acceptance of the proposal, to disseminate the
   call-for-papers for his/her track, manage the review process and
   collect final materials from authors of accepted papers. (Specific
   guidelines to track chairs regarding these issues will also be
   provided.)

3) A short CV of the perspective track chair(s) with reference to
   research interests and publication record directly related to the
   themes of the proposed track, and any previous experience of
   involvement in the organization of similar events (in the interest
   of brevity, reference to a personal web page where such information
   can be found will be sufficient).

All proposals  will be reviewed  by the  Steering Committee (SC)  with
respect to the above criteria. The SC reserve the right to: (1) accept
a proposal as is,  (2) recommend merging  of similar proposals  with a
considerable overlap  in the topics addressed  (in this case the track
chairs  of the different proposals  will be  asked  to form  a  single
proposal),  (3) reject a proposal.

Upon acceptance of a proposal,  the track chairs  will be notified  of
their responsibilities  in managing the  affairs  of their tracks,  as
such responsibilities  are defined  by both the ACM and SAC conference
rules.  The SC reserve  the right  to cancel  at any time a track,  if
these  responsibilities  are not  addressed  adequately  by  the track
chair(s).

Please submit your  proposal electronically in any acceptable readable
form no later than April 15, 2003 to:

Roger L. Wainwright
University of Tulsa
Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
rogerw-35YOkkEYUj83uPMLIKxrzw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


IMPORTANT DATES
15 Apr    2003: Submission of track proposals
25 Apr    2003: Notification of acceptance/rejection
15 May    2003: Call-For-Papers for accepted tracks
 6 Sep    2003: Submission of papers and tutorial proposals
18 Oct    2003: Notification of Acceptance/Rejection
 8 Nov    2003: Camera-Ready copies of accepted papers
14-17 Mar 2004: SAC 2004 takes place

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