* Topics related to Applied Computing are of interest.These include, but are not limited to the following areas: - Agent Systems and Applications - Algorithms - Applied Information Systems - Bioinformatics - Case Studies and Applications - Communications - Data Mining - Database Systems - E-Commerce Theory and Practice - Embedded Systems - Evaluation and Assessment - Global Tendencies - Grid Computing - Information Retrieval - Intelligent Systems - Mobile Networks and Systems - Multimedia - Networking - Object Orientation - Parallel and Distributed Systems - Payment Systems - Programming Languages - Protocols and Standards - Security - Semantic Web - Software Engineering - Storage Issues - Technologies for E-Learning - Wireless Applications  - Ubiquitous Computing - Usability Issues - Virtual Reality - Visualization - XML and other Extensible Languages