Call for Participation（Simple version）

	Forum on Information Technology（FIT2002）
	Date：Sept. 25（Wed.）to 28（Sat.）, 2002
	Place: Ookayama Campus, Tokyo Institute of Technology（Meguro-ku, Tokyo）

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-Call for Participation-
FIT Official Site
But official site is Japanese only.

[Detail and Purpose]
Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ) and Information and Systems Society (ISS) of The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE) announced an agreement to promote cooperation of both the academic societies to meet a rapid expansion and a structural change of information technology, and to contribute to further development in this field in March 2001. This forum is the first result from this agreement. The annual convention of Information Processing Society of Japan in autumn and the IEICE ISS conference are merged into a unified conference "Forum on Information Technology, FIT" under the joint auspices of IPSJ and ISS. Our goal is not only the cooperation of IPSJ and IEICE, but cooperation of all the people engaged in information technology. A steering committee of FIT that is independent from IPSJ and IEICE was organized for easy participation of related groups.

Forum on Information Technology-2002 (FIT2002) is the first implementation of the above-mentioned series of conferences. Here, the steering committee confirms the basic policy "We redefine the objective of the conferences to accommodate with current and future state of information technology and innovates the conference programs". In response to this statement, FIT2002 will have various new types of programs. FIT is wished to become one big foundation to develop the information field in the future through presentations and the information interchange in the conference.

[Presentation Categories]
There are 15 categories as follows and about 900 presatation's all categories.
"#" means the special interest group of IPSJ.
"*" means special interest group of IEICE ISS.
"%" means Human Communication Group of IEICE.

A: Algorithms･Basic
　# Algorithms (AL)
　# Mathematical modeling and problem solving (MPS)
　# High performance computing (HPC)
　* Theoretical Foundations of Computing (COMP)

B: Software
　# Software engineering (SE)
　# Programming (PRO)
　# System software and operating systems (OS)
　* Software Science (SS)
　* Knowledge-Based Software Engineering (KBSE)

C: Architecture･Hardware
　# Computer architecture (ARC)
　# System lsi design methodology (SLDM)
　* Computer Systems (CPSY)
　* Dependable Computing (DC)

D: Database
　# Database system (DBS)
　# Fundamental infology (FI)
　* Data Engineering (DE)

E: Natural Language･Document
　# Natural language (NL)
　# Digital document (DD)
　* Natural Language Understanding and Models of Communication (NLC)

F:Spoken Language･Music
　# Spoken language processing (SLP)
　# Music and computer (MUS)
　* Speech (SP)

G: Artificial Intelligence
　# Intelligence and comlex systems(ICS)
　# Game informatics(GI)
　* Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge-Based Processing (AI)
　* Information-Based Induction Sciences

H: Bio Information on Science
　* Neurocomputing (NC)
　* ME and Bio Cybernetics (MBE)
　* Medical Imaging (MI)

I: Image recognition･Media Understanding
　# Computer vision and image media (CVIM)
　* Pattern Recognition and Media Understanding (PRMU)

J: Graphics･Image
　# Computer graphics and cad (CG)
　# Audio visual and multimedia information processing (AVM)
　* Image Engineering (IE)

K: Human Communication & Interaction
　# Human interface(HI)
　% Human Communication Science
　% Human Information Processing
　% Multimedia and Virtual Environment
　% Welfare Information Technology

L: Internet
　# Distributed system and internet management technology(DSM)
　# Quality aware internet(QAI)
　※Internet Research Committee (IRC)

M: Network･Mobile computing
　# Groupware and network services(GN)
　# Mobile computing and wireless communications (MBL)
　# Distributed processing system (DPS)
　# Computer security (CSEC)

N: Education･Humane Studies
　#Computers in education (CE)
　# Computer and humanities (CH)
　# Electronic intellectual property (EIP)
　# Educational Technology (ET)

O: Information system
　# Information systems (IS)
　# Intelligent transport systems (ITS)
　# System Evaluation (EVA)
　* Office Information Systems (OIS)
　* Software Interprise Modeling (SWIM)

[Participation fees]

	participation fees
Member	\2,000
Non-member	\4,000
Student	free

*On site registration only
*Participation fee include participation badge and program
*Member:Individual members of IPSJ, IEICE, IEEJ, IEIJ, ITE, IEEK, IEEE/Com．
Soc., IEEE/LEOS, IEEE/EDS，IEEE/CS, ACM，IEEE，KISS and CSI.

[Main events (Preliminary)]
-Special celebration event-
Date: Sept. 26th(Thu) 13:30〜16:30
Place: Main recture Hall, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Special Speech: Science and Technology policy for the activation of Japanese Industry
Speaker:Mr.Hiroshi Kuwahara（Council for Science and Technology Policy, member of the assembly）　

Keynote Speech:New Frontiers for Practical Computing
Speaker:Dr.Alan Kay(Viewpoint Research Institute, the head of officer)

[Reception (Preliminary)]
Date: Sept. 26th(Thu) 17：30-
Place: The Centennial Hall in the Tokyo Institute of Technology　 　

	Reception fee
Adult	\5,000
Student	\2,000

　　　　　　

　

*On site registration only

[Hotel accommodation and transportation]
Inquiry: official travel company
NIPPON TRAVEL AGENCY CO.,LTD.
Phone: +81-3-3581-2751 Fax: +81-3-3581-2875
Mail Address: mcs_center@nta.co.jp

[Committee]
-FIT exective committee-
Chair: Katsuo Ikeda, Yuichiro Anzai
Member:
Toshihiko Kato, Tokumichi Murakami, Masami Hagiya, Masaru Kitsuregawa, Michihiko Minho, Yasuhiko Kitamura,
Masanobu Abe, Shinji Umeyama, Noboru Sugamura, Masayuki Nakajima, Yahiko Kanbayashi, Norio Shiratori, Yoshinao Aoki

-FIT2002 Steering Committee-
Chair: Masayuki Nakajima
Member:
Masanobu Abe, Toshihiko Kato, Keiji Yamada, Yahiko Kanbayashi, Yasuyo Kita, Hideyuki Nakajima, Tetsuo Kinoshita,
Toshimasa Yamazaki, Makoto Endo, Hiroshi Murase, Akira Kawanami, Noboru Sugamura, Tetsushi Sato, Masami Hagiya,
Keiji Hirata, Kazuhiko Kato, Osamu Watanabe, Itsuo Kumazawa

-FIT2002 Program Committee-
Chair: Yahiko Kanbayashi
Member:
Yasuyo Kita, Hideyuki Nakashima, Masanobu Abe, Toshihiko Kato, Kenji Kaijiri, Naoto Fujiki, Yasunori Kimura,
Takeshi Shiina, Hiromi Nakaiwa, Noboru Onishi, Haruo Takemura, Youichi Sato, Manabu Okumura, Masayuki Numao,
Tayako Nakatani, Yoichi Hagiwara, Hiroshi Imai, Shinji Kono

-FIT2002 celebration working group-
Chair: Hiroshi Hatta
Member:
Katsuo Ikeda, Toshihiko Kato, Yasuyo Kita, Masayuki Nakashima, Yahiko Kanbayashi