The NOM 2004 Organizing Committee invites authors to submit original and unpublished works, innovations, ideas, softwares based on multidisciplinary problems that require solutions, position papers, case studies, etc., in areas of Hán-Nôm studies. Hán-Nôm researchers and scholars are invited to present their research results. IT practitioners and consultants are invited to present case study papers and innovative solutions. Corporations are invited to present their information systems and software-based solutions. Public servers are invited to present case studies, information systems developed for specific purposes, and innovative ideas and designs. Social science and humanities scholars are invited to present research or position papers on the impact and the prospect possibilities of Hán-Nôm popularization.

The general topic areas of the Conference are:

1. presentation of basic researches in Hán-Nôm (history of chữ Nôm formation, script type, formation of chữ Nôm, functions of chữ Nôm, linguistic and historical aspects, problems of Hán Nôm documents, etc.),

2. problems in building Hán Nôm repertoire of characters for researches, and popularization, utilization, and training of Nôm with the help of informatics, as well as

3. urgent problems in document knowledge extraction and preservation of chữ Nôm.

All are invited to organize panel or invited sessions. Panel sessions with panelists coming from both IT and social sciences as well as Hán-Nôm researchers, scholars, non-profit and for-profit corporations, publishers, museums and libraries and practitioners are highly encouraged.

Submitted papers must describe work not previously published. They must not be submitted concurrently to another conference with refereed proceedings.

NOM 2004 Organization, General Co-Chairs:

• Professor Dr. Trịnh Khắc Mạnh (Viện Nghiên cứu Hán Nôm)
• Professor John Balaban (The Vietnamese Nôm Preservation Foundation)

The Organizing Committee

• Professor Dr. Trịnh Khắc Mạnh (Director, Viện Nghiên cứu Hán Nôm)
• Professor Dr. Nguyễn Quang Hồng (Professor, Viện Nghiên cứu Hán Nôm)
  Madame MS Chu Tuyết Lan (Viện Nghiên cứu Hán Nôm, Library-Documentation-Information)
• Professor Dr. Trần Lưu Chương (Senior Staff, Ministry of Science and Technology)
• Professor John Balaban (President, The Vietnamese Nôm Preservation Foundation, & Professor, North Carolina State University)
• Dr. Ngô Trung Việt (Vice President, The Vietnamese Nôm Preservation Foundation, & Senior Staff, Institute of Information Technology)
• Dr. Ngô Thanh Nhàn (Vice President, The Vietnamese Nôm Preservation Foundation, & Visiting Scholar, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University)

Abstracts and Paper Drafts Submission

• All submitted papers must have an abstract.
• Abstracts should be 500 words, submitted together with author’s name, professional address, contact telephone and email, and a short biography.
• Reviews will be done for all submissions.
  Invited Sessions proposals follow the same as abstract and paper submission. Titles, abstracts and (co)-organizer information also follow the abstract submission requirements.
• Software demonstration sessions and publication display proposals follow the same as abstract and paper submission. Titles, organizer information also follow the abstract submission requirements.

Important Dates

• June 15, 2004: Deadline for abstracts and invited session proposals.
• June 15, 2004: Final paper submission for both individual papers and invited sessions, both hard copies and electronic versions.
• September 15, 2004: Notifications of Acceptance.
• September 15, 2004: Final Programme Announcement.

Papers Reviewing And Publication

• Submitted papers will be reviewed. Accepted papers will be published by means of paper and electronic proceedings. Authors of accepted papers must sign a copyright release form.
• All submitted papers will use Unicode standard Times New Roman, 12 point, single-spaced. If you don’t have this font, you can download and install in your system from http://nomfoundation.org/fonts.

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