Topics covered in the technical sessions include signal and image processing systems, VLSI and configurable logic systems, parallel programming languages, performance modeling and evaluation, memory hierarchy issues in parallel and distributed processing, and optical, quantum, DNA, and other nontraditional processor technologies. A total of 22 workshops, held on the first and last days of the symposium, will discuss topics such as heterogeneous computing, Java for high-performance computing, biologically inspired solutions to parallel processing problems, and parallel and distributed computing in image processing, video processing, and multimedia. The conference fee also includes workshop attendance. The International Conference on Software Engineering, held in Toronto, provides an inclusive program for software engineering professionals, researchers, managers, and students. Cosponsored by the Society's Technical Council on Software Engineering and the ACM's Special Interest Group on Software, ICSE will include technical and poster sessions, case study reports, tutorials, workshops, panel discussions, a doctoral-student symposium, research demonstrations, exhibits, and special events.
Separate fees apply for workshop and tutorial attendance.
Privacy As networking technologies creep into more and more everyday devices, the need for security and privacy becomes greater. The Technical Committee on Security and Privacy presents a conference every year to provide a forum for the latest advances in security and electronic privacy for researchers and practitioners. The 2001 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, to be held 13-16 May in Oakland, California, is presented in cooperation with the International Association for Cryptologic Research and promises to explore advances in the theory, design, implementation, analysis, and empirical evaluation of secure systems, either for general use or for specific application domains. Through sessions, panel discussions, and five-minute talks, the symposium will examine topics such as biometrics, smart cards, electronic commerce, mobile code and agent security, viruses and other malicious code, and denial of service. The Computer Society Press will publish the conference proceedings for the 21st annual Symposium on Security and Privacy.