Greetings from the technical program committee co-chairs

The Technical Program Committee for IPCCC2005 is delighted with the high quality of the papers accepted for the Conference and with the Ph. D. student posters. The TPC is also very pleased with the four workshops that will be held in conjunction with the conference. This year the TPC reviewed 103 submitted papers. Our review process included both the TPC members and many of the submitting authors. The submitting authors were encouraged to volunteer to review papers in their area, in order to provide the best quality of editorial responses in all cases. This extensive review process was managed with the WIMPE conference support software which facilitated individuals participating both as authors and reviewers. 36 of the 103 submitted papers were accepted as full papers and 11 were accepted as short papers. A significant number of poster submissions by Ph. D. students were also reviewed. From these, 6 were selected for presentation at the Thursday evening reception. Funding to attend the conference appears to be an ongoing issue for Ph. D. students presenting posters. For that reason, only 7 of the selected poster sessions will be presented.