-------------------------------------------------------------------------                                 CALL FOR PAPERS      The Eighth International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences                                  ISCIS VIII                   November 3 - 5, 1993, Antalya, Turkey                                  Organized by                                     EHEI             Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Informatique, Paris, France                                     METU               Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey                               in cooperation with                   IEEE Computer Society Turkey Chapter,                             IEEE Turkey Section                        and the following universities:              Bogazici, Ege, Hacettepe, Istanbul Teknik, Yildiz.                              ISCIS Advisory Board:              E.Arkun, E.Gelenbe, U.Halici, E.Harmanci, K.Inan,           Y.Karsligil, S.Kuru, N.Yalabik, U. Yarimagan, S.Yilmaz    Conference Chair        Program Co-Chairs           Publicity Chair  --------------------    ------------------------    ----------------------  Erol Gelenbe,           L. Gun, IBM, USA            Ugur Halici, METU  Duke University, USA    R. Onvural,IBM, USA         halici@vm.cc.metu.edu.tr  erol@egr.duke.edu       P. Quinton,IRISA, France    halici@trmetu.bitnet                               Program Committee                             ----------------- V. Akman, Turkey, E. Alpaydin, Turkey, E. Arkun, Turkey, I. Aybay, Turkey, S. Bilgen, Turkey, A. Dogac, Turkey, A. Dogramaci, Turkey, S. Fdida, France, J.M. Fourneau, France, E. Gelenbe, USA,  G. Gonenc, Turkey, U. Halici, Turkey, E. Harmanci, Turkey, K. Inan, Turkey, S. Jaehnischen,Germany, S. Kuru, Turkey, M. Nivat, France, V. Paschos, France, N.Pekergin, France, J.F. Perrot, France, M. Raynal,France, A. Stafylopatis, Greece, G. Stamon,France, G. Ucoluk, Turkey, N. Yalabik, Turkey                               Publicity Committee                             -------------------     Isik Aybay, Osman Basbugoglu, Semih Bilgen, Emin Germen, Mert Sungur   ISCIS VIII is the eighth of a series of meetings which have brought together computer scientists and engineers from about twenty countries. This year's conference will be held in the beautiful Mediterranean resort city of Antalya, in a region rich in natural as well as historical sites.              RESEARCH PAPERS ARE SOUGHT IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS:            --------------------------------------------------         Theory of Computer Science   -   Computer Architecture & Systems            Artificial Intelligence   -   Neural Networks      Graphics and Image Processing   -   Computational Mathematics   Operations Research Applications   -   Databases             Performance Evaluation   -   Software Engineering                  Computer Networks   -   Parallelism  Paper Submission:  Full papers are limited to 8 pages and short communications are limited  to 4 pages. Submit five camera ready copies (one original and four copies) of the paper and an accompanying letter by postal mail only, so as to arrive by  June 30, 1993 to:              ISCIS VIII, Attn Drs Levent Gun and Raif Onvural,    IBM E95/B 673, P.O. Box 12195, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA  Selected papers from ISCIS VIII will be published in the journal Information Sciences (Elsevier - North Holland).  Poster Submission: Submit five camera ready copies of 1 page extended abstract with an accompanying letter by July 30, 1993 to the address given above.  Information: For required writing format, further information and announcements, contact: