The following topics are dealt with: computer and information science; agent-based system; artificial intelligence; communication systems and network; computer architecture; VLSI; computer security; data mining; knowledge discovery; database, data warehousing and data engineering; distributed and parallel computing; image processing and pattern recognition; intelligent control systems; Internet; mobile and wireless computing; software engineering; software reuse, design pattern; software testing and tools; software specification, verification and validation; UML, OO modeling and simulation; visual and multimedia computing and Web engineering.