I-SPAN 2009 - The International Symposium on Pervasive Systems, Algorithms, and Networks (I-SPAN 2009)

The International Symposium on Pervasive Systems, Algorithms, and Networks (I-SPAN) is an interesting and engaging forum for scientists, engineers, and practitioners from across the globe to exchange ideas and research results related to the design, use, analysis, and application of parallel architectures, algorithms, networks, and internet technology.

This is the tenth conference for I-SPAN conference and it will be held in Kaoshiung, Taiwan, on 14-16 December 2009.

The first nine symposiums were held at:
- I-SPAN '94: in Kanazawa, Japan, on December 14-16, 1994
- I-SPAN '96: in Beijing, China, on June 12-14, 1996
- I-SPAN '97: in Taipei, Taiwan, on December 18-20, 1997
- I-SPAN '99: in Perth/Freemantle, Australia, on June 23-25, 1999
- I-SPAN 2000: in Dallas/Richardson, Texas, USA, on December 7-9, 2000
- I-SPAN 2002: in Manila, the Philippines, on May 23-25, 2002
- I-SPAN 2004: in Hong Kong, China, on May 10-12, 2004
- I-SPAN 2005: in Las Vegas, USA, on December 7-9, 2005
- I-SPAN 2008: in Sydney, Australia, on May 7-9, 2008

Organized by National Cheng Kung University

Hosted by National Cheng Kung University, National Chung Cheng University, National Sun Yat-sen University, Chung Hua University and National Pingtung University of Science and Technology.

Relevant topics include (but are not limited to) the following:

Applications of Pervasive Computing
Biomedical Informatics and Computational Biology
Compilers and Optimizations for Parallel Processing
Database and Data Mining
Fault Tolerance Issues and Systems
Intelligent Networks
Interconnection Networks
Internet and WWW Measurement, Mapping and Modeling
Internet Technology and Applications
Multicasting and Broadcasting Issues
Multimedia Signal Processing
Multimedia Coding and Transmission
Network Routing and Communication Algorithms (wired, wireless, ad-hoc, etc.)
Network Security Applications
Cloud / Grid Computing and Applications
Parallel Architecture and Processing Systems
Scientific and High Performance Computing
Telecommunication Network Design and Optimization
VLSI Network Design
Wireless Networks and Mobile Computing