Call for Papers
XWICT 2006
International Workshop on XML, Web, and Internet Contents Technologies
June 17, 2006
Hong Kong, China
http://www.cs.ust.hk/~xwict06/
in conjunction with WAIM 2006
http://www.se.cuhk.edu.hk/~waim06/
= Aims and Scope =
The Web are ever-increasing in size and involving a quite broad range of
technologies such as databases, XML and digital contents, data and Web
mining, Web services, semantic Web and ontology, information
retrieval, and others. XWICT 2006 will be held in conjunction with
WAIM 2006 conference and invites original research contribution on
XML, Web, and Internet contents technologies. XWICT 2006 aims at
bringing together researchers in different fields related to XML and
Web who have a common interest in interdisciplinary research. The
workshop provides a forum where researchers and practitioners can
share and exchange their knowledge and experience.
Due to the recent agreement with IEEE on publishing the workshop proceedings,
we would like to extend the submission deadline to May 1st.
= Topics of Interest =
The XWICT 2006 topics include but are certainly not limited to the
following areas:
* Web contents management and organization
* XML and semi-structured data management
* Web information systems
* Web search and information retrieval on Web
* Web mining
* Web services and Web applications
* Semantic Web and Web ontology
* Data integration on Web
* Web privacy and security
We strongly encourage submission of papers bridging the research in
different fields and promoting mutual exchange and understanding of
cross-field research results.
= Publication and Submission Details =
The proceedings will be published by Hong Kong Polytechnic University Press. The formal proceedings
will be published by the IEEE Computer Society's Conference Publishing Services (CPS) after the workshop.
All CPS conference publications are indexed by the SCI Index and EI Index.
All submissions should be in English. Submission of a paper should be
regarded as an undertaking that, should the paper be accepted, at
least one author will attend the workshop to present the work.
Papers should not exceed 8 pages in US Letter or A4 double column
format. Papers have to present original research contributions not
concurrently submitted elsewhere. Papers must be submitted to
xwict06@cs.ust.hk
by e-mails. All manuscripts will be reviewed by members of the program
committee based on originality, significance, technical soundness, and
clarity of exposition.
= Important Dates =
* Full papers due: May 1st, 2006
* Notification to authors: May 29, 2006
* Camera-ready due: June 5, 2006
* Workshop: June 17, 2006
= Program Chairs =
Yoshiharu Ishikawa, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Lei Chen, HKUST, Hong Kong, China
= Program Committee =
Ilaria Bartolini, University of Bologna, Italy
Yi Chen, Arizona State University, U.S.A.
Reynold Cheng, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Hyoil Han, Drexel University, U.S.A.
Kenji Hatano, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
Adam Jatowt, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Japan
Mingjing Li, Microsoft Research Asia, China
Qing Li, City University of Hong Kong, China
Shinsuke Nakajima, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
Vincent Oria, New Jersey Institute of Technology, U.S.A.
M. Tamer Ozsu, University of Waterloo, Canada
Keun Ho Ryu, Chungbuk National University, Korea
Keishi Tajima, Kyoto University, Japan
Dan Wu, University of Windsor, Canada
Hui Zhang, University of Manitoba, Canada