From: shem@minster.york.ac.uk Subject: 1st African Conference in Computer Science, Cameroon, Oct 1992 Date: 14 Dec 91 01:00:22 GMT Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of York, England Crossposted from news.announce.conferences. An important conference for those who wish to test the hypothesis that the virtual interface will help newcomers to computer culture make quick advances. An experiment in Africa, where the popular press has yet to get on the VR bandwagon, would be fascinating. CALL FOR PAPERS 1ST AFRICAN CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH IN COMPUTER SCIENCE YAOUNDE, CAMEROON October 14-20, 1992 PRESENTATION Since 1986, the United Nations University (UNU) has been establishing a fruitful cooperation between the University of Yaounde, the Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (INRIA) and the United Nations University (UNU) with two major aims : - Provide support for a high level university cursus - Help settle a research team in the environment of the University of Yaounde. Numerous actions were undertaken to reach these goals and the French Ministry of Cooperation and Development is providing its support. In this rapidly evolving scientific context, the French Ministry of Cooperation and Development,INRIA, UNU and the University of Yaounde decided to organise the First African Conference on Research in Computer Science. The main goal of this conference is to present the research activities currently undertaken in the universities and research centers of Central Africa and West Africa, in the field of computer science as well as the one undertaken by students from this region who are preparing their doctorate thesis abroad. The African scientists will benefit from this conference in exchanging their ideas and intensifying their collaborations. Invited papers will be presented by world-known scientists. Software exhibitions will be organised during the conference and round tables on the topic " Computer Science" will be scheduled in parallel by the French mission of cooperation of Yaounde. TOPICS Software engineering Parallel Computing Scientific Computation Architecture Databases Networks Computer Vision Artificial Intelligence Programming Languages INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS Authors are invited to submit, in French or in English, contributions on their most recent research results. 5 copies of the full text (20 double-space pages, title and abstract included) should be sent to the Conference Secretariat, before February 15, 1992. The front page should include the title of the communication, the name of the author (or authors) and the full address. In case of co-authors, clearly indicate the name of the person in charge of the correspondence with the organisers. Every submitted paper will be reviewed by the Programme Committee with the help of experts. The accepted papers will be published for the Conference. A financial support (travel and sojourn expenses) will be granted to the authors of the best papers. IMPORTANT DATES February 15, 1992 The full paper (5 copies) should be received by the Conference Secretariat May 1st, 1992 Notification of acceptance or refusal June 15, 1992 Distribution of the program June 30, 1992 Final version of the accepted paper should be received by the Conference Secretariat October 14-20, 1992 First African Conference on Research in Computer Science INFORMATION University of Yaounde Computer Science Department BP 812 YAOUNDE (Cameroon) Tel : + 237 22 47 95 Fax : + 237 22 13 20 INRIA-Rocquencourt Bureau des Colloques BP 105 78153 LE CHESNAY CEDEX (France) Tel: +(33) 1.39.63.56.00 Fax: +(33) 1.39 63 56 38 e-mail : symposia@gaite.inria.fr Brigitte KERHERVE Ecole Nationale Superieure des Telecommunications 46, rue Barrault 75634 PARIS Cedex 13 Tel: +(33) 1.45.81.78.81 Fax: +(33) 1.45.81.31.19 e-mail : kerherve@inf.enst.fr