CFP: International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies

CALL FOR PAPERS
International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies http://www.webist.org

Barcelona, 3 - 6 March, 2007

organized by the Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication (INSTICC) with the collaboration of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)

endorsed by IW3C2 (The International World Wide Web Conference Committee)
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Important dates:
Full paper submission: October 30, 2006
Acceptance notification: December 12, 2006
Final paper submission and registration: January 8, 2007

Publications:
The conference has a double-blind review process and all accepted papers will be published in the proceedings under an ISBN.
Furthermore, the best papers of the conference will be published in a Springer book, on the special series "Web Information Systems and Technologies". Some papers may be selected for extended version publication in an international journal.

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Main topic areas:

AREA 1 - INTERNET TECHNOLOGY
- XML and data management
- Web Security and Privacy
- Intrusion Detection and Response
- Authentication and Access Control
- Grid Computing
- Web Services and Web Engineering
- System Integration
- Databases and Datawarehouses
- Wireless Applications
- Distributed and Parallel Applications
- Protocols and Standards
- Network systems, proxies and servers

AREA 2 - WEB INTERFACES AND APPLICATIONS
- Multimedia and User interfaces
- Accessibility issues and Technology
- User Modeling
- Web Personalization
- Usability and Ergonomics
- Personalized Web Sites and Services
- Portal strategies
- Searching and Browsing
- Ontology and the Semantic Web
- Metadata and Metamodeling
- Web mining
- Digital Libraries
- Web Geographical Information Systems

AREA 3: SOCIETY, e-BUSINESS and e-GOVERNMENT
- e-Business and e-Commerce
- e-Payment
- B2B, B2C and C2C
- Knowledge Management
- Social Networks and Organizational Culture
- Social Information Systems
- Communities of practice
- Communities of interest
- Social & Legal Issues
- Tele-Work and Collaboration
- e-Government

AREA 4: e-LEARNING
- e-Learning standards and tools
- Web-based Education
- Web-based Teaching and Learning Technologies
- Designing Learning Activities
- Content-based and Context-based Learning
- Learning Materials Development
- Intelligent Tutoring Systems
- Virtual Learning Communities
- Case-studies and applications
- Competition and Collaboration
- Software tools for e-Learning


CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS
Joaquim Filipe, E.S.T. Setúbal, Portugal
Julià Minguilllon, U.O.C., Barcelona, Spain

PROGRAM CHAIR
José Cordeiro, E.S.T. Setúbal, Portugal
Slimane Hammoudi, E.S.E.O., France


Looking forward to receive a paper submission from you, next October 30.
Should you have any question please feel free to contact me.


Best regards,
Vitor Pedrosa
(WEBIST Secretariat)

INSTICC
Av. D. Manuel I, nº27A 2.esq.
2910-595 Setúbal
Portugal
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http://www.webist.org
Tel.: +351.265.520.184
Fax: +351.265.520.186