EICTF

Call for Abstracts/Papers

Submissions Due: January 14, 2011

The Ethiopian Information Technology Professionals Association (EITPA) is issuing a call to IT professionals, researchers and scientists for professional and academic abstracts or papers for presentation during the EICTF 2011 and may be published as part of the written conference proceedings and/or online. The theme of the 2011 conference is “ Building Software in the Developing World. ”

Building computer systems in developing nations includes challenges unknown to IT teams in developed countries. The challenges we face include:

Power outages and fluctuations
Internet outages and lower bandwidth
Difficulty of finding, training, and retaining quality resources
Needing to support many languages (frequently requiring non-standard fonts)
Significant requirements mismatch with existing Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) systems.

In order for the systems being developed to be implemented successfully, these challenges must be addressed by IT teams.

This conference seeks presentations from professionals and academics that fit with the theme of the conference. However, papers on any information technology or telecommunication topics will be considered. Submissions for panels, half- and full-day tutorials on topics of relevance will also be accepted.

Topics of interest include but not limited to

Software Engineering
Development and Deployment Infrastructure
Internet Challenge and Opportunity
Database Systems
Computer Security
Localization
Forthcoming Computing Models (Cloud computing, Grid Computing, Pervasive Computing, Mobile Computing)

Each accepted author will receive a bound copy of the final conference proceeding. Electronic versions of the publication will be made available on the EICTF website after the conference.

Submission Guidelines

Submitters MUST submit papers by using the Abstract/Submission form that can be downloaded from (www.eitpa.org.et/EICTF/Downloads/Abstract Submission Form.doc). Submitters MAY ALSO submit a full paper if available. Academic submissions are strongly encouraged to submit full paper.

Papers do not need to be submitted to be considered for the conference. All presenters MUST submit a paper prior to the conference by filling the Abstract/Submission form.

Papers must be no more than 10 pages in length (including figures). Text should be 12 point Times New Roman font. Illustrations and/or photographs must be inserted directly into the paper within the margins.

All abstracts should be submitted electronically in MS Word via e-mail attachment to info@eitpa.org.et

Acceptance Procedure

The submitted abstracts will be peer reviewed.

Each submission will receive a score based on the following criteria:

Relevance of the proposed work (research and education)
Overall quality of the work
Quality of writing
Work not presented or published anywhere else

Download Submission Form

Call for Abstracts/Papers
	Download Submission Form
Submissions Due: January 14, 2011 The Ethiopian Information Technology Professionals Association (EITPA) is issuing a call to IT professionals, researchers and scientists for professional and academic abstracts or papers for presentation during the EICTF 2011 and may be published as part of the written conference proceedings and/or online. The theme of the 2011 conference is “ Building Software in the Developing World. ” Building computer systems in developing nations includes challenges unknown to IT teams in developed countries. The challenges we face include: Power outages and fluctuations Internet outages and lower bandwidth Difficulty of finding, training, and retaining quality resources Needing to support many languages (frequently requiring non-standard fonts) Significant requirements mismatch with existing Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) systems. In order for the systems being developed to be implemented successfully, these challenges must be addressed by IT teams. This conference seeks presentations from professionals and academics that fit with the theme of the conference. However, papers on any information technology or telecommunication topics will be considered. Submissions for panels, half- and full-day tutorials on topics of relevance will also be accepted. Topics of interest include but not limited to Software Engineering Development and Deployment Infrastructure Internet Challenge and Opportunity Database Systems Computer Security Localization Forthcoming Computing Models (Cloud computing, Grid Computing, Pervasive Computing, Mobile Computing) Each accepted author will receive a bound copy of the final conference proceeding. Electronic versions of the publication will be made available on the EICTF website after the conference. Submission Guidelines Submitters MUST submit papers by using the Abstract/Submission form that can be downloaded from (www.eitpa.org.et/EICTF/Downloads/Abstract Submission Form.doc). Submitters MAY ALSO submit a full paper if available. Academic submissions are strongly encouraged to submit full paper. Papers do not need to be submitted to be considered for the conference. All presenters MUST submit a paper prior to the conference by filling the Abstract/Submission form. Papers must be no more than 10 pages in length (including figures). Text should be 12 point Times New Roman font. Illustrations and/or photographs must be inserted directly into the paper within the margins. All abstracts should be submitted electronically in MS Word via e-mail attachment to info@eitpa.org.et Acceptance Procedure The submitted abstracts will be peer reviewed. Each submission will receive a score based on the following criteria: Relevance of the proposed work (research and education) Overall quality of the work Quality of writing Work not presented or published anywhere else
	Download Submission Form