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Twenty-First International Unicode Conference (IUC21)
Unicode, Localization and the Web: The Global Connection
http://www.unicode.org/iuc/iuc21
May 14-17, 2002
Dublin, Ireland
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Submissions due: January 11, 2002
Notification date: February 1, 2002
Completed papers due : February 22, 2002
(in electronic form and camera-ready paper form)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Send in your submission now! <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
The Unicode Standard has become the foundation for all modern text
processing. It is used on large machines, tiny portable devices, and
for distributed processing across the Internet. The standard brings
cost-reducing efficiency to international applications and enables the
exchange of text in an ever increasing list of natural languages.
New technologies and innovative Internet applications, as well as the
evolving Unicode Standard, bring new challenges along with their new
capabilities. This technical conference will explore the opportunities
created by the latest advances and how to leverage them, as well as
potential pitfalls to be aware of, and problem areas that need further
research.
We invite you to submit papers which either define the software of
tomorrow, demonstrate best practice with today's software, or articulate
problems that must be solved before further advances can occur. Papers
should discuss subjects in the context of Unicode, internationalization
or localization. You can view the programs of previous conferences at:
http://www.unicode.org/unicode/conference/about-conf.html
Conference attendees are generally involved in either the development,
deployment or use of Unicode software or content, or the globalization
of software and the Internet. They include managers, software
engineers, systems analysts, font designers, graphic designers, content
developers, technical writers, and product marketing personnel.
THEME & TOPICS
Computing with Unicode is the overall theme of the Conference.
Presentations should be geared towards a technical audience. Topics of
interest include, but are not limited to, the following (within the
context of Unicode, internationalization or localization):
- UTFs: Not enough or too many?
- Security concerns e.g. Avoiding the spoofing of UTF-8 data
- Impact of new encoding standards
- Implementing Unicode: Practical and political hurdles
- Portable devices
- Implementing new features of recent versions of Unicode
- Algorithms (e.g. normalization, collation, bidirectional)
- Programming languages and libraries (Java, Perl, et al)
- The World Wide Web (WWW)
- Search engines
- Library and archival concerns
- Operating systems
- Databases
- Large scale networks
- Government applications
- Evaluations (case studies, usability studies)
- Natural language processing
- Migrating legacy applications
- Cross platform issues
- Printing and imaging
- Optimizing performance of systems and applications
- Testing applications
- XML and Web protocols
- Business models for software development (e.g. Open source)
SESSIONS
The Conference Program will provide a wide range of sessions including:
- Keynote presentations
- Workshops/Tutorials
- Technical presentations
- Panel sessions
All sessions except the Workshops/Tutorials will be of 40 minute
duration. In some cases, two consecutive 40 minute program slots may be
devoted to a single session.
The Workshops/Tutorials will each last approximately three hours. They
should be designed to stimulate discussion and participation, using
slides and demonstrations.
PUBLICITY
If your paper is accepted, your details will be included in the
Conference brochure and Web pages and the paper itself will appear on a
Conference CD, with an optional printed book of Conference Proceedings.
CONFERENCE LANGUAGE
The Conference language is English. All submissions, papers and
presentations should be provided in English.
SUBMISSIONS
Submissions MUST contain:
1. An abstract of 150-250 words, consisting of statement of purpose,
paper description, and your conclusions or final summary.
2. A brief biography.
3. The details listed below:
SESSION TITLE: _________________________________________
_________________________________________
TITLE (eg Dr/Mr/Mrs/Ms): _________________________________________
NAME: _________________________________________
JOB TITLE: _________________________________________
ORGANIZATION/AFFILIATION: _________________________________________
ORGANIZATION'S WWW URL: _________________________________________
OWN WWW URL: _________________________________________
ADDRESS FOR PAPER MAIL: _________________________________________
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
TELEPHONE: _________________________________________
FAX: _________________________________________
E-MAIL ADDRESS: _________________________________________
TYPE OF SESSION: [ ] Keynote presentation
[ ] Workshop/Tutorial
[ ] Technical presentation
[ ] Panel
PANELISTS (if Panel): _________________________________________
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
TARGET AUDIENCE (you may select more than one category):
[ ] Content Developers
[ ] Font Designers
[ ] Graphic Designers
[ ] Managers
[ ] Marketers
[ ] Software Engineers
[ ] Systems Analysts
[ ] Technical Writers
[ ] Others (please specify):
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
LEVEL OF SESSION (you may select more than one category):
[ ] Beginner
[ ] Intermediate
[ ] Advanced
Submissions should be sent by e-mail to either of the following
addresses:
They should use ASCII, non-compressed text and the following subject
line:
Proposal for IUC 21
If desired, a copy of the submission may also be sent by post to:
21st International Unicode Conference
c/o Global Meeting Services, Inc.
8949 Lombard Place #416
San Diego, CA 92122 USA
Tel: +1 858 638 0206
Fax: +1 858 638 0504
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
All Conference papers will be published on CD. Printed proceedings will
be offered as an option.
EXHIBIT OPPORTUNITIES
The Conference will have an Exhibition area for corporations or
individuals who wish to display and promote their products, technology
and/or services.
Every effort will be made to provide maximum exposure and advertising.
Exhibit space is limited. For further information or to reserve a
place, please contact Global Meeting Services at the above location.
CONFERENCE VENUE
The Burlington Hotel
Upper Leeson Street
Dublin 4
Ireland
Tel: +353 1 660 5222
Fax: +353 1 660 8496
THE UNICODE CONSORTIUM
The Unicode Consortium was founded as a non-profit organization in 1991.
It is dedicated to the development, maintenance and promotion of The
Unicode Standard, a worldwide character encoding. The Unicode Standard
encodes the characters of the world's principal scripts and languages,
and is code-for-code identical to the international standard ISO/IEC
10646. In addition to cooperating with ISO on the future development of
ISO/IEC 10646, the Consortium is responsible for providing character
properties and algorithms for use in implementations. Today the
membership base of the Unicode Consortium includes major computer
corporations, software producers, database vendors, research
institutions, international agencies and various user groups.
For further information on the Unicode Standard, visit the Unicode Web
site at http://www.unicode.org or e-mail <info@unicode.org>
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