November 20 – 21, 2008
Glenstone Lodge
Gatlinburg, Tennessee

Call for Presentation Abstracts

The ACM Mid-Southeast Chapter Fall Conference provides a forum for discussion of current applications and experimental, theoretical and educational developments in all areas of computing. You are invited to contribute an abstract of no more than 300 words for a paper presentation, a panel discussion, or a tutorial addressing a relevant topic. Suggested topics include but are not limited to:

Artificial Intelligence	Client/Server Computing	Networking
Computer Architecture	Data Base Topics	Distance Learning
Computer Science Education	Ethics	Graphics Topics
Internet, Intranet	Neural Networks	Object Oriented
Operating Systems	Parallel/Distributed Processing	Scientific Visualization
E-Commerce	Software Engineering	Security Issues
Nifty Problems	It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time...

Student papers are welcomed. Papers in this category must be authored solely by students. Monetary awards and individual plaques will be presented for the best graduate (masters and doctoral categories), undergraduate, and two-year institution student papers. If there are not a minimum of three papers in a category, then that category may be combined with another for award consideration. All presenters and authors must register for the conference in advance.

Paper/panel/tutorial/abstract submission instructions

Abstracts are due by October 13, 2008. Individuals will be notified by October 20, 2008, as to whether their presentation and/or panel discussion topic was accepted. All authors and presenters of accepted presentations and/or panel discussion topics must register in advance (no later than Nov. 3) for the conference.

Submit an abstract

About the Conference. The conference will begin Thursday, November 20, with registration from 4 to 6 p.m. in the hotel lobby. A Hospitality Suite will be provided on Thursday beginning at 5 p.m. and will adjourn at 7:30 p.m. for dinner (cost separate from conference). Registration will continue on Friday morning at 7:30 a.m. in the hotel lobby. The keynote address will begin at 8:15 followed by paper presentations. Presentations will continue after lunch. At the conclusion of the paper presentations, there will be a brief ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) Mid-Southeast Chapter business meeting. The conference will conclude with a social hour in the Hospitality Suite and the conference banquet that will include the presentation of awards for student papers and entertainment.

Keynote Speaker

Dr. Martin Swany

University of Delaware

"Network Performance for Clusters and Grids"

Plan now to attend, participate, and renew old acquaintances

If you would like to be a session chair please contact Denise Williams: denisew@utm.edu

(Conference registration is expected)

If you would like to be a student paper judge please contact Randy Smith: RSmith@cs.ua.edu

(Conference registration is expected)

For more information on the ACM Mid-Southeast Chapter, visit the chapter web site (http://acmmidsoutheast.org).