KEYNOTE ADDRESSES

December 21, 1998
10:45 - 11:30 AM        Keynote Address I
                        Software Technology in 21st. Century: New Pradigms
                        Jnan R. Dash, Oracle Corporation, USA

December 22, 1998
8:45- 9:30 AM           Keynote Address II
                        Role of Effective Theories in Computer Science
                        Jayadev Misra, University of Texas, Austin, USA

December 23 1998
(To be announced)

INVITED TALKS SESSION I Invited Talk Session I (11:30 AM - 1:00 PM)
Session Chair: B. N. Chatterji, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India

1. Soft Computing - A Technology of the Future,
Ram Prasad, New Mexico State University, USA

2. Advances in Satellite Communication and Information Highways
Manoranjan Mohapatra, Hughes Software, India

3 Foundations of Fuzzy Technology
Hung T. Nguyen, New Mexico State University, USA

4. Soft Computing Applications in Power Engineering
P. K. Dash, Regional Engineering College, Rourkela, India

SESSION II

Invited Talk Session II, (9:00 - 10:30 AM)
Session Chair: B. Srinivasan, Monash University, Australia

30. Parallel and Distributed Computing using Network of Workstations
Chitta R. Das, Pensylvania State University, College Park, USA

31. The Ubiquitous Phased Lock Loop Updated,
Jack Klapper, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA

32. Logic Design for Communication ICs
Saroj Behera, Abrizio Inc., Mountain View, CA, USA

33. Data Acquisition Model for Fuel-Cell
Debendra Das, University of Alaska at Fairbank, USA