Sixth ICECS: The IEEE CAS Society Region-8 Conference 

             THE SIXTH IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON 
                ELECTRONICS, CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS
                          (ICECS '99)

                     September 5 - 8, 1999
                         Pafos, CYPRUS
             http://www.vlsi.ee.upatras.gr/~icecs99

                       FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS

The 6th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems 
will be held in Pafos, Cyprus, September 5-8, 1999. It is IEEE CAS Society 
Region-8 conference and hosted by the University of Patras, Greece.

The conference will include regular sessions on the topics listed below; 
special sessions on emerging electronics, circuits and systems topics; 
plenary sessions on selected advanced aspects of the theory, design, and 
applications of electronics, circuits and systems and short courses given 
by experts in the specific state-of the art subject areas.

Prospective authors are invited to submit their papers reporting original 
work as tutorial overviews in all areas of electronics, circuits and systems. 

AUTHORS SCHEDULE
Deadline for Submission of Draft Papers:           January 15, 1999
Notification of Acceptance:                        March 30, 1999
Deadline for Submission of Camera-ready Paper:     April 30, 1999


Topics for regular sessions include, but are not limited to, the following:

1.Analog Circuits and Signal Processing
  1.1 Analog circuits and filters
  1.2 Switched capacitor/current techniques
  1.3 Analog and mixed signal processing
  1.4 Data conversion and S-D modulation

2.General Circuits and Systems
  2.1 Linear and nonlinear circuits and systems
  2.2 Chaos and applications
  2.3 Distributed circuits and systems
  2.4 Power electronics and systems

3.Digital Signal Processing
  3.1 Digital filters and filter banks
  3.2 Wavelets and multirate signal processing
  3.3 Adaptive signal processing
  3.4 Multidimensional systems
  3.5 Fast computations for signal processing

4.VLSI
  4.1 Analog and digital ICS
  4.2 Low power design
  4.3 VLSI physical design
  4.4 Testing: analog, digital and mixed
  4.5 High level synthesis and hardware/software codesign
  4.6 Logic synthesis and formal verification
  4.7 Fault tolerance systems
  4.8 Modeling, simulation and CAD tools
  4.9 Microsystems and Applications

5.Multimedia and Communication
  5.1 Speech processing and coding
  5.2 Image processing and coding
  5.3 Video and multimedia technology
  5.4 Signal processing and communications
  5.5 Computer communications

6.Computational Methods and Optimization
  6.1 Numerical methods and circuits simulation
  6.2 Linear and nonlinear optimization
  6.3 Graph theory and combinatorial optimization

7.Neural Systems
  7.1 Neural networks
  7.2 Cellular neural networks
  7.3 Fuzzy logic and circuits

8.Control Systems
  8.1 Industrial automation
  8.2 Robotics
  8.3 Control systems and applications

9.Industrial Applications
  9.1 Sensors
  9.2 Robotics
  9.3 Space Systems Design
  9.4 Micromechanics
  9.5 Others

10.Electronic Education

Prospective authors should submit 5 copies of their draft paper 
by postal mail to the Conference Secretariat: 

ICECS'99 Secretariat
Electrical & Computer Engineering Dept.
University of Patras
Patras 26500
Greece
Tel: +30 61 997283
Fax: +30 61 994798

Submissions should include:
1) A cover sheet containing:
  (i)   Title of proposed paper, authors' names and affiliations;
  (ii)  Postal address, phone and FAX numbers, and e-mail address 
        of the contact author;
  (iii) Paper category numbers (from the above list) that best 
        describe the paper;
  (iv)  Choice of presentation (lecture or poster); and
  (v)   Name of the presenter author.

2) The complete draft of the paper:
  (i)   Paper title, authors; names, affiliations, and addresses; and
  (ii)  Paper category numbers (from the above list).

The draft paper should not exceed 12 pages (double spaced A4 or 
equivalent, fontsize 12). The international review panel will give 
high preference to papers that excluding references, figures and 
tables, do not exceed 3000 words to clearly present the work, 
methods, results, originality, significance, superiority and 
applications of the techniques discussed. 

The submitted manuscript should closely reflect the final paper as 
it will appear in the Proceedings, which will be maximum 4 pages, 
double column format.

Proposal for Special Sessions, Plenary Sessions, and half or full-day
Short Courses may be submitted to the respective chair by January 30, 
1999. Please contact them directly for further information.

Check the symposium web site for up to date information: 
http://www.vlsi.ee.upatras.gr/~icecs99

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

General Chair                        Tech. Program Chair
Dr. Odysseas Koufopavlou             Dr. Thanos Stouraitis
University of Patras                 University of Patras
koufopav@ee.upatras.gr               thanos@ee.upatras.gr

Plenary Sessions                     Special Sessions
Dr. Costas Goutis                    Dr. Dimitris Soudris
University of Patras                 University of Thrace
goutis@ee.upatras.gr                 dsoudris@demokritos.cc.duth.gr

Tutorials                            Publications
Dr. Spyros Nikolaidis                Dr. Evaggelos Dermatas
University of Thessaloniki           University of Patras
snikolaid@physics.auth.gr            dermatas@george.wcl2.ee.upatras.gr

Publicity                            Local Arrangement
Dr. Efstathios Kyriakis-Bitzaros     Leonidas Koufopavlou
NCSR Demokritos                      Cyprus College
mpitz@imel.demokritos.gr             lkoufopa@sting.cycollege.ac.cy