HONORARY CHAIR
Erol Gelenbe, Imperial College, UK
Program Committee Members

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Muhittin Gokmen, ITU (Conference Chair)
Sema Oktug, ITU
Zehra Çataltepe, ITU

PROGRAM COMMITTEE CHAIRS
A: Computer Vision, Graphics and Intelligence Symposium
Muhittin Gokmen, ITU
Zehra Çataltepe, ITU
Anil K. Jain, Michigan State University

B: Networks Symposium
Sema Oktug, ITU
Aysegül Yayimli, ITU
Erdal Cayirci, Un. of Stavanger

C: Data Management and Mining Symposium
Sule Gunduz-Oguducu, ITU
Mustafa Kamasak, ITU
Tamer Özsu, Waterloo University

D: Parallel Distributed and Grid Systems Symposium
Turgay Altilar, ITU
Yakup Paker, Queen Mary University of London
Oliver Beaumont, Laboratoire Bordelais de Recherche en Informatique

E: Theoretical Foundations
Ozgur Ulusoy, Bilkent University
Ugur Gudukbay, Bilkent University
Bedir Tekinerdogan, University of Twente

LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Emre Harmanci, ITU
Esref Adali, ITU
Feza Buzluca, ITU
Sanem Sariel Talay, ITU
Turgut Uyar, ITU
A. Cagatay Talay, ITU
Kenan Kule, ITU

PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS
A: Computer Vision, Graphics and Intelligence Symposium

Alper Yilmaz Ohio State Univ. USA USA
Adnan Yazici METU Turkey
Aytul Ercil Sabanci University Turkey
Binnur Kurt Omega Training Turkey
Bulent Sankur Bogazici University Turkey
Cem Unsalan Yeditepe University Turkey
Coskun Sonmez Yildiz Technical University Turkey
Ercan Kuruoglu INRIA France
Fatih Kahraman Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey Turkey
Fatos Yarman Vural METU Turkey
Fikret Gurgen Bogazici University Turkey
George C. Stockman MSU USA
George Tzanetakis University of Victoria Canada
Goksel Dedeoglu Texas Instruments Inc USA
Gozde Bozdagi Akar METU Turkey
Gozde Unal Sabanci University Turkey
Hakan Erdogan Sabanci University Turkey
Hocine CHERIFI Faculté des Sciences Mirande France
Ilkay Ulusoy METU Turkey
Ilyas Cicekli Bilkent University Turkey
Jake Aggarwal Texas A&M USA
Kemal Oflazer Sabanci University Turkey
Lale Akarun Bogazici University Turkey
Malik Magdon-Ismail RPI USA
Manolya Kavakli Macquarie University Australia
Mihran Tuceryan Indiana Un. - Purdue University USA
Mujdat Cetin Sabanci University Turkey
Mustafa Unel Sabanci University Turkey
Nalini Ratha IBM T.J. Watson Research Center USA
Nese Yalabik METU Turkey
Ovidio Salvetti ISTI-CNR Italy
Sanem Sariel Talay Istanbul Technical University Turkey
Selim Aksoy Bilkent University Turkey
Sibel Adali RPI USA
Songul Albayrak Yildiz University Turkey
Tatyana Yakhno Dokuz Eylul University Turkey
Tolga Can METU Turkey
Ugur Halici METU Turkey

B: Networks Symposium

Albert Levi Sabanci University Turkey
Bulent Orencik Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey Turkey
Cem Ersoy Bogazici University Turkey
Chunming Rong University of Stavanger Norway
Cigdem Sengul Inria Saclay France
Cladio Enrico Palazzi University of Padua Italy
Cuneyt Bazlamacci Middle East Technical University Turkey
Fatih Alagoz Bogaziçi University Turkey
Guido Maier Corecom, Milano Italy
Hussein Mouftah University of Ottawa Canada
Joel Rodrigues University of Beira Interior Portugal
Jorge Finochietto Cordoba University Argentina
Kaan Bur University College London UK
Nasir Ghani University of New Mexico USA
Nihal Pekergin University of Paris1 France
Ozgur Akan Middle East Technical University Turkey
Paul Havinga University of Twente The Netherlands
Semih Bilgen Middle East Technical University Turkey
Tadeusz Czachórski Polish Academy of Sciences Poland
Tugrul Dayar Bilkent University Turkey
Tulin Atmaca Institute National des Telecommunications France

C: Data Management and Mining Symposium

A. Cuneyd Tantug Istanbul Technical University Turkey
Altay Guvenir Bilkent University Turkey
Andrea D'Ambrogio University of Roma TorVergata Italy
Asuman Dogac METU Turkey
Athena Vakali Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Greece
Ayse Bener Bogazici University Turkey
Banu Diri Yildiz University Turkey
Berkant Barla Cambazoglu Yahoo! Research Labs in Barcelona Spain
Cevdet Aykanat Bilkent University Turkey
Ethem Alpaydin Bogazici University Turkey
Fazli Can Bilkent University Turkey
Fevzi Belli Universität Paderborn Germany
Gultekin Ozsoyoglu Case Western Reserve University USA
Ismail Hakki Toroslu METU Turkey
Khuzaima Daudjee Univ. of Waterloo Canada
Lei Chen Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hong Kong
Mehmet Orgun Macquarie University Australia
Murat Kantarcioglu University of Texas USA
Nihan Cicekli METU Turkey
Pinar Yolum Bogazici University Turkey
Selcuk Candan Arizona State University USA
Sima Etaner-Uyar Istanbul Technical University Turkey
Ugur Gudukbay Bilkent University Turkey
Vincent Oria New Jersey Institute of Technology USA
Yucel Saygin Sabanci University Turkey

D: Parallel Distributed and Grid Systems Symposium

Andrzej Goscinski Deakin University Australia
Barry Wilkinson The University of North Carolina, Charlotte USA
Can Ozturan Bogazici University Turkey
David P. Anderson U.C. Berkeley USA
Eleni Karatza Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Greece
Fikret Ercal Univ. of Missouri USA
Giovanni Chiola University of Genova Italy
Ibrahim Onyuksel Northern Illinois University USA
Jemal H. Abbawajy Deakin University Australia
Jose C. Cunha Universidade Nova de Lisboa Portugal
Jysoo Lee KISTI Korea
Marcin Paprzycki Warsaw School of Social Psychology Poland
Nectarios Koziris National Technical University of Athens Greece
Oguz Tosun Bogazici University Turkey
Rajkumar Buyya The University of Melbourne Australia
Ramin Yahyapour University of Dortmund Germany
Rizos Sakellariou University of Manchester UK
Viktor K. PRASANNA University of Southern California USA

E: Theoretical Foundations

Ahmet Cosar Middle East Technical University Turkey
Cemal Yilmaz IBM USA
Eric Pauwels CWI The Netherlands
Esra Erdem Sabanci University Turkey
Faruk Polat Middle East Technical University Turkey
Fevzi Belli Paderborn University Germany
Halit Oguztüzün Middle East Technical University Turkey
Hüsnü Yenigün Sabanci University Turkey
Ibrahim Körpeoglu Bilkent University Turkey
Kivanç Dinçer TÜBITAK Turkey
Mehmet Aksit University of Twente The Netherlands
Murat Tanik University of Alabama USA
Oguz Dikeneli Ege University Turkey
Onur Demirörs METU Informatics Institute Turkey
Reda Alhajj University of Calgary Canada
Sami Duman Aselsan Turkey
Savio Tse Bilkent University Turkey
Semih Çetin Cybersoft Turkey
Tugkan Batu London School of Economics UK
Ugur Dogrusöz Bilkent University Turkey
Yasemin Topaloglu Ege University Turkey
Submission deadline: May 30, 2008
Notification of acceptance: July 31, 2008
Registration due: August 31, 2008
Camera-Ready due: September 5, 2008