Proposal for Support of the Keynote Speakers for the 10th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (CIT-2010)

计算机与信息技术（CIT）在过去的几十年里经历了一系列的进化创新，极大地提高了人类的生活质量。21世纪的信息技术面临着越来越多的快速挑战和革命性的发展。因此，重要的是要确保英国在CIT方面的实力得到保持和加强。第10届IEEE计算机与信息技术国际会议（CIT-2010）是最负盛名的国际会议之一，它涵盖了计算机科学和信息技术的整个范围，并为激发信息和通信技术的进步提供了一个重要的国际论坛。布拉德福德大学有幸在2010年6月29日至7月1日期间举办这一著名的国际活动（CIT-2010）。该会议首次在英国举办。本计划旨在寻求EPSRC的赞助及资助，以支持四位世界知名的科学家在会议上发表主题演讲，以提高出席会议的质素，并确立在资讯科技领域的重要研究课题的重要性。邀请的主题演讲将由来自学术界和工业界的世界知名科学家发表，涵盖重要的研究课题：通讯网络，生物信息学，网络与经济，信息安全。在英国举办这样一个享有盛誉的国际活动，加上这些杰出的主题演讲，将有助于了解信息通信技术的最新研究成果和发展，确定未来研究的前沿，提高英国研究的总体形象，促进技术转让和研究合作的机会，确保英国信息通信技术研究的活力。

Computer and Information Technology (CIT) has undergone a series of evolutionary innovation over the past decades and improved the quality of human life significantly. CIT in the 21st century faces an ever-increasing number of rapid challenges and revolutionary developments. It is therefore important to ensure that the UK strength in CIT is maintained and enhanced. The 10th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (CIT-2010) is one of the most prestigious international events which spans the entire range of computer science and information technologies and provides a key international forum to inspire advances in information and communications technology. The University of Bradford is privileged to host this reputable international event (CIT-2010) during 29 June - 1 July, 2010. The conference is being organised for the first time in the UK. This proposal aims to seek EPSRC sponsorship and funding to support four world renowned scientists to deliver keynote addresses at the conference in order to boost the quality of attendance and establish the importance of the key research themes in the area of CIT. The invited keynote speeches will be delivered by the world's leading scientists from academia and industry, covering the important research topics: Communication Networks, Bioinformatics, Networks and Economics, and Information Security. Hosting such a prestigious international event in the UK coupled with these distinguished keynote addresses will help to keep up with the latest research results and developments of information and communications technology, identify the frontier of the future research, raise the UK research profile in general, facilitate the opportunities of technology transfer and research collaboration, and ensure the vitality of research on information and communications technology in the country.