See you in Qingdao, China in 2007! SNPD2006 brings together researchers, scientists, engineers, industry practitioners, and students to exchange and share their experiences, new ideas, and research results about all aspects of computer and information science. SNPD2006 aims to facilitate cross-fertilizations among, and is soliciting papers in, the key technology enabling areas, including but not limited to : Information Assurance Artificial Intelligence Cryptography and Network Security Collaborative Computing Component-Based Software Engineering Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery Internet Technology and Applications Software Specification & Architecture Natural Language Processing Neural Networks & Genetic Algorithms Parallel and Distributed Computing Software Testing Voice-over-IP Requirements Engineering Voice-over-IP security User-Centered Design Methods Mobile/Wireless/Ad-Hoc Networks Communication Systems and Networks Embedded Systems Web-Based Applications Operating Systems Algorithms Image, Speech, and Signal Processing Visual and Multimedia Computing E-Commerce and its applications Dr. Chao Lu Towson University, USA Prof. Roger Lee Central Michigan University, USA Dr. Yeong-Tae Song Towson University, USA ysong@towson.edu Dr. Gongzhu Hu Central Michigan University, USA   Dr. Alberto Sillitti Free University Bozen, Italy Alberto.sillitti@unibz.it Dr. Haeng-kon Kim Catholic Univ. Of Daegu, Korea   The program committee will review each submission and judge it with respect to its originality, significance, and relevance. Accepted papers will be published in the IEEE Computer Society. Note. At the end of the conference, session chairs and program committee members will recommend some authors of well presented papers be invited to submit extended versions of their presented papers for publication in the International Journal of Computer and Information Science (IJCIS). Full Paper Submission Acceptance Notification Camera-Ready & Pre-Registration March 13, 2006 March 25, 2006 April 10, 2006