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ICDE２００８
by Masaru Kitsuregawa 17 Apr '07

17 Apr '07

データベースな各位 ICDE2008はメキシコのカンクンで開催予定です。 http://www.icde2008.org/ June 22, 2007 がアブストラクトの締め切りとなります。よろしくご投稿下さい。 ICDE07(イスタンブール）の日本からの参加は４０名弱に達しました。都司先生のご努力でSWODも大変盛況であったと伺っております。 DE０７の参加者数は６００を超え、東京に次ぎ２番目の規模となったとこのことです。 -- 喜連川優　東京大学生産技術研究所　情報融合研究センター

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Call for Workshops of UCS
by Sozo INOUE 16 Apr '07

16 Apr '07

皆様重複してお受け取りになった方には申し訳ありません。ユビキタスコンピューティング関連で世界を代表する会議の1つになりつつある UCSの、ワークショップの提案期限が5月24日です。 -------------------------------------------------------- Sozo INOUE, Assoc. Prof. R & D Div. Library, Kyushu Univ. ----------------------Phone: 092-642-4422---------------- ************************************************************************ Call for Workshop Proposals 2007 International Symposium on Ubiquitous Computing Systems (UCS 2007) November 26, 2007 Akihabara Convention Hall, Tokyo, Japan http://www.ht.sfc.keio.ac.jp/ucs2007 Submission Deadline: May 24, 2007 Organized by IPSJ SIGUBI(Japan), IEICE USN(Japan), UCN(Korea) ************************************************************************ UCS 2007 workshops provide an opportunity to discuss and explore emerging areas of research in ubiquitous computing systems with a group of like-minded researchers and practitioners. Workshops may focus on any aspect of ubiquitous computing systems, established concerns or new ideas. The goal of the workshop is to share understandings and experiences, to foster research communities, to learn from each other and to envision future directions. Workshops will be held on Monday, November 26, 2007. Opportunities will be available for the outcome of workshops to be reported to the rest of the UCS 2007 symposium through posters. Workshop proposals should be no longer than 4 pages, and should include a summary of no more than 150 words describing the theme(s) of the workshop, a longer description of the workshop activities and goals, the background of the organizer(s), the maximum number of participants, the means of soliciting participation, and the means of selecting participants. Accepted workshops will be publicized via an announcement to the UCS 2007 distribution list 2 weeks after organizers are notified. Organizers of accepted workshop proposals must notify prospective participants of acceptance of position papers no later than September 30, and are encouraged to establish position paper deadlines and timelines to accommodate this constraint. Abstracts of accepted Workshop proposals will be published in the Conference Supplement that will be circulated to attendees at the conference; they will not be incorporated into the main UCS 2007 Proceedings. UCS 2007 requires electronic submission. Please email your proposal, as a PDF attachment, directly to the Workshop Chair, at UCS 2007 Workshops Chair: Masayoshi Ohashi, KDDI Corporation, Japan ma-oohashi(a)kddi.com Submission Deadline (workshop proposals): May 24, 2007 Acceptance Notification (workshop proposals): June 15, 2007 Distribution of Accepted workshop CfP(s): July 15, 2007 Submission Deadline (workshop position papers): August 31, 2007 Acceptance Notification (workshop position papers): September 30, 2007

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Call For Papers: Worldcomp'07 Congress, Las Vegas, June 25-28, conferences in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing
by hra＠pixel.cviog.uga.edu 13 Apr '07

13 Apr '07

Call For Papers - Deadline: May 1, 2007 WORLDCOMP'07 The 2007 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Applied Computing Date and Location: June 25-28, 2007, Las Vegas, USA http://www.worldacademyofscience.org/worldcomp07/ws You are invited to submit a paper (see instructions below.) WORLDCOMP'07 is composed of a number of tracks (joint-conferences, tutorials, and workshops); all will be held simultaneously, same location and dates: June 25-28, 2007. See http://www.worldacademyofscience.org/worldcomp07/ws for the complete list of joint-conferences. This is a Call For Papers for publication in the Final Edition of the conference proceedings. All papers submitted in response to this announcement will be evaluated for publication in the Final Edition of the proceedings which will go to press soon after the conference. This announcement is ONLY for those who missed the opportunity to submit their papers in response to earlier announcements (authors who have already been notified that their papers have been accepted/not-accepted should ignore this announcement.) Important Dates: May 1, 2007: Submission of full/draft papers (about 5 to 8 pages) May 20, 2007: Notification of acceptance/rejection June 1, 2007: Registration June 25-28, 2007: WORLDCOMP'07 Congress July 10, 2007: Camera-Ready Papers Due Academic Sponsors: (partial list) - Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Laboratory, MIT (Cambridge, Massachusetts) - Statistical Genomics and Computational Biology Laboratory, Department of Statistics, Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts) - Texas Advanced Computing Center, The University of Texas at Austin (Austin, Texas) - Statistical and Computational Intelligence Laboratory of Purdue University (West Lafayette, Indiana) - Center for Computational Biology & Bioinformatics of Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis (Indiana) - University of Iowa's Medical Imaging HPC Lab (Iowa City, Iowa) - Institute for Informatics Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow, Russia) - University of North Dakota (Grand Forks, North Dakota) Submission of Papers: Prospective authors are invited to submit their papers (no more than 8 pages, single spaced and font size of 10 to 12 - all reasonable typesetting formats are acceptable) to: hra(a)cs.uga.edu Authors should write the following in the subject header of their email: "Submission to Final Edition of Proceedings" + name of conference. Papers should be attached to emails and must be either in Word Doc or PDF formats. Papers must not have been previously published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere. The first page of the paper should include: title of the paper, name, affiliation, postal address, and email address for each author. The first page should also include the name of the conference the paper is being submitted to (the list of conferences appears below.) Accepted papers will be published in the final edition of the respective proceedings/books. All submissions will be evaluated for originality, significance, clarity, and soundness. Each paper will be refereed by two researchers in the topical area. The authors of accepted papers will later be asked to follow a particular typing instructions to prepare their final paper for publication. List of Conferences: o Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA'07) o Grid Computing and Applications (GCA'07) o Computer Design (CDES'07) o Scientific Computing (CSC'07) o Artificial Intelligence (ICAI'07) o Genetic and Evolutionary Methods (GEM'07) o Machine Learning; Models, Technologies and Applications (MLMTA'07) o Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (BIOCOMP'07) o Software Engineering Research and Practice (SERP'07) o Wireless Networks (ICWN'07) o Image Processing, Computer Vision, and Pattern Recognition (IPCV'07) o Modeling, Simulation and Visualization Methods (MSV'07) o Computer Graphics and Virtual Reality (CGVR'07) o Multimedia Systems and Applications (MSA'07) o Internet Computing (ICOMP'07) o Semantic Web and Web Services (SWWS'07) o Security and Management (SAM'07) o Data Mining (DMIN'07) o Information and Knowledge Engineering (IKE'07) o e-Learning, e-Business, Enterprise Information Systems, & e-Government (EEE'07) o Embedded Systems and Applications (ESA'07) o Frontiers in Education: Computer Science & Computer Engineering (FECS'07) o Foundations of Computer Science (FCS'07) o Engineering of Reconfigurable Systems and Algorithms (ERSA'07) o Communications in Computing (CIC'7) Keynote Lectures: (this is a partial list) o. Prof. Ruzena Bajcsy University of California, Berkeley, USA Humans in Real and Virtual Space o. Prof. John H. Holland University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA Innovation o. Dr. Jack Y. Yang and Dr. Mary Qu Yang Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, Bethesda, USA Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery of Human Genome and Competitive Genomes, Past, Future, and the Impact on the Science and Medicine o. Prof. A. K. Dunker Indiana University and Purdue University, USA Protein Intrinsic Disorder, Cell Signaling, Drug Discovery, and Alternative Splicing o. Prof. Jun Liu MIT and Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA Unraveling the Mystery of How Genes are Turned on and off Using Various Statistical and Computer Techniques o. Steve Leibson Tensilica, Inc. Challenges in Consumer Electronics for 21st Century Partial list of planned tutorials appears below (tutorial attendance is free to registered attendees of worldcomp and all its associated conferences): o. Robust Resource Allocation for Heterogeneous Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems Prof. H. J. Siegel Abell Endowed Chair Distinguished Professor of ECE and Professor of CS, Director, CSU Information Science and Technology Center (ISTeC) Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA Date: June 25, 2007 (6:00pm - 9:00pm) o. Developing Enterprise Web Services and Mobile/Wireless Systems Dr. Sandeep Chatterjee Chief Executive Officer, Cyndeo LLC, USA Date: June 25, 2007 (6:00pm - 9:00pm) o. Introduction to Uncertainty and Fuzzy Logic with Data Mining Applications Ashu M. G. Solo Principal/R&D Engineer, Maverick Technologies America Inc., USA Date: June 25, 2007 (5:00pm - 6:00pm) o. Real-Time Image and Video Processing: From Research to Reality Prof. Nasser Kehtarnavaz University of Texas at Dallas, Texas, USA Date: June 26, 2007 (6:00pm - 9:30pm) o. Moving On, Moving Online That Is: An Introduction to Teaching Online Dr. Michael L. Nelson School of Technology Graduate Program Director International College, Ft. Myers, Florida, USA Date: June 26, 2007 (6:00pm - 9:30pm) o. Computational Challenges in RNAi Gene Silencing Amanda Birmingham Dharmacon, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Bioinformatics Manager, USA Date: June 26, 2007 (6:00pm - 9:30pm) o. Introduction to Game Programming Lakshmi Prayaga University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida, USA Date: June 26, 2007 (6:00pm - 9:30pm) o. Factor Graphs for Advanced Algorithm Design in Wireless Communications Dr. Henk Wymeersch Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA Date: June 27, 2007 (6:00pm - 9:30pm) o. Data Mining in Time Series and Multimedia Databases Dr. Eamonn Keogh University of California - Riverside, California, USA Date: June 27, 2007 Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm o. Cryptographic Features and Applications in Java (and C++) Prof. Ray Kresman Bowling Green State University, USA Date: June 27, 2007 (6:00pm - 9:30pm) o. Mobile Terminal Software Architecture - Present and Future S. Vijay Anand General Manager, SASKEN Communication Technologies Limited - CTO Team, India Date: June 27, 2007 (6:00pm - 9:30pm)

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[CFP] 第9回Webインテリジェンスとインタラクション研究会
by Yoshinori Hijikata 11 Apr '07

11 Apr '07

日本データベース学会の皆様（重複してお受け取りの際はご容赦ください）大阪大学の土方です．第９回Ｗｅｂインテリジェンスとインタラクション研究会の発表募集のご案内です。場所は，九州・湯布院になります．もちろん温泉でございます．今回は，人工知能学会人工知能基本問題研究会(SIG-FPAI)との同時開催で，両研究会を自由に行き来できます．たくさんの発表申し込みをお待ちしております。 ================================================================ 　第9回Webインテリジェンスとインタラクション研究会　電子情報通信学会 HCG 第2種研究会 (SIG-WI2) 　発表募集のご案内 ================================================================ 近年，Web環境は大きく変革しようとしています．商用の検索エンジンで検索可能な静的なWebページ数は，200億を越えると言われ，ある調査では2000年の時点でDeepWeb中のWebページ数は5000億を越えたと報告されております．また，データ量の観点だけでなく，近年blogやSNS（ソーシャルネットワーキングサービス）に代表されるような，人間関係を伴った活動も活発化しております．さらに，これらのデータやコミュニケーションは，実世界上の人間関係や物理オブジェクト，地図データなどとも融合を始めております．本研究会では，これらの流れを受け， Web上の情報リソースに効率的にアクセスするためのデータベース技術，Webからの知識獲得を行うための自然言語処理技術，Web上のコミュニケーションを支えるヒューマンインタフェース技術などについて議論する機会を設け，広くWeb技術に関する論文を募集いたします．なお，今回の研究会は人工知能学会人工知能基本問題研究会(SIG-FPAI)との同時開催です．SIG-FPAI内で「ネットワーク構造マイニング」に関する特別講演（2 件）を予定しております．関連研究会の相互交流促進のため，学会ならびに各研究会のご協力を得て両研究会とも「参加自由参加費無料」の方針をとっておりますのでご理解ください（予稿集は有料となります）．【講演募集分野】　(Ａ) テキスト処理関連技術　　　　・情報検索，情報抽出，自動要約，質問応答，テキストマイニング　(Ｂ) 知的Web基盤技術　　　　・XML・半構造データ処理，メタデータ構築支援，リンク解析，　　　　　アノテーション作成支援，セマンティックWeb環境支援，　　　　　マルチメディア検索　(Ｃ) Webインタラクション技術　　　　・意思決定支援，パーソナライゼーション，ユーザ行動分析，　　　　　情報可視化，ソーシャルネットワーク分析，コミュニティ構築支援　(Ｄ) その他　　　　・Webインテリジェンスとインタラクションに関するテーマ全般【発表種別】　(１) ロング発表　　原稿6ページ，持ち時間30分（20分発表，10分質疑応答）となります．　　実験結果などが出揃った分量の多い研究発表は，こちらでお申し込み　　ください．　(２) ショート発表　　原稿2ページ，持ち時間15分（10分発表，5分質疑応答）となります．　　これからどのような研究をするかを説明するポジションペーパーの発表や，　　前回の発表からの進捗分の発表，サーベイ報告や，市場調査報告，　　ユーザアンケートの結果報告，システム開発報告，サービス提案などに　　ご利用ください．　(注意点) 　　それぞれ，会場の都合などにより，持ち時間を短くさせていただくことも　　ありますので，ご了承ください．また，申込み件数が上限に達しましたら，　　その時点で申込み受付を終了させていただきますので，ご了承ください．【開催要領】　期日　平成19年7月13日 (金)，14日（土）　会場　ゆふいん七色の風（旧湯布院ハイツ）　　　　　（〒879-5191 大分県大分郡湯布院町大字川上1946-25）　　　　　http://www.nanairo.ne.jp/ 　　　　なお，宿泊申込受付につきましては，別途ご案内致します．　参加資格　特になし　発表申込の締切日　5月11日 (金) 　原稿提出の締切日　6月13日 (水) 　申込方法　発表題目，著者，所属，代表者連絡先（氏名，住所，TEL，　　　　　　　　E-mail），発表種別（ロング発表かショート発表か）を　　　　　　　　下記の発表申込・問合先へE-mailでお知らせください．【発表申込・問合先】　難波英嗣（広島市立大学情報科学研究科）　〒731-3194 広島市安佐南区大塚東3-4-1 　E-mail：nanba(a)hiroshima-cu.ac.jp 主催　Webインテリジェンスとインタラクション研究会　　　　http://www.ieice.org/~wi2/ --- Yoshinori Hijikata, Ph.D. Division of Systems Science and Applied Informatics Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University Tel: +81-6-6850-6382 Fax: +81-6-6850-6341 E-mail: hijikata(a)sys.es.osaka-u.ac.jp

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FW: SIGMOD Undergraduate Scholarships
by Atsuyuki Morishima 10 Apr '07

10 Apr '07

日本データベース学会の皆様筑波大の森嶋です．SIGMODのUndergraduate Scholarshipsの御案内を転送させていただきます．これは，学部学生のSIGMOD 2007 への参加をサポートするというプログラムです．今年は中国，日本，ベトナム，シンガポール，タイからの学生を特に期待しているとのことです．〆切は5/1でそれほど時間がありませんが，ご検討いただければ幸いです．よろしくお願い申し上げます． http://www.ics.uci.edu/~chenli/sigmod07ugrad/ -- 森嶋厚行筑波大学知的コミュニティ基盤研究センター知の共有基盤研究部門筑波大学大学院図書館情報メディア研究科〒305-8550 つくば市春日1-2 Atsuyuki Morishima <amorishima(a)acm.org> Research Center for Knowledge Communities, University of Tsukuba 1-2 Kasuga, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8550, Japan Phone: +81 29 859 1306 or 1556

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IPC-07 Call for Workshop Proposals
by Zhiwen Yu 10 Apr '07

10 Apr '07

The 2007 International Conference on Intelligent Pervasive Computing (IPC-07) will be held at Jeju Island, Korea, October 12th ~ 13th, 2007. Several workshops will be held in conjunction with IPC-07 with the aim to explore special topics and provide international forums for scientists, engineers, and computer users to exchange and share their experiences, new ideas, and research results on hot topics on intelligent pervasive computing. Workshops for presenting papers from industrial companies and papers on implementations of systems and services are very welcome. It is expected that the proceedings of the workshop programs will be published by IEEE CS. In general, a workshop takes one day, although multiple-day and half-day workshops are welcome. Please send a workshop proposal by April 15, 2007 to Workshop chairs. The workshop proposal should include following information: 1. Title of the workshop: International Workshop on ... 2. Workshop chair(s): name, affiliation, address, phone and fax numbers, e-mail. 3. Brief description of the workshop (several hundred words) 4. Expected number of papers to be submitted 5. Call for paper of the workshop (draft version) 6. Tentative list of program committee members (Name, affiliation, country, email address) Each workshop will start to distribute a call for paper after receiving the notification. Papers submitted to each workshop will be reviewed by the program committee and external reviewers of the workshop. Workshop Chairs Sajid Hussain Acadia University, Canada E-mail: Sajid.Hussain(a)acadiau.ca Agustinus Borgy Waluyo Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore E-mail: abwaluyo(a)gmail.com Zhiwen Yu Kyoto University, Japan E-mail: yu(a)ccm.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp Important Dates a.. Workshop Proposal Submission Due: April 15, 2007 b.. Workshop Acceptance Notification: April 30, 2007 c.. Camera Ready Due: August 3, 2007 d.. Workshop Date: October 11, 2007 --------------------------- Dr. Zhiwen YU Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies, Kyoto University Yoshida-Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan Mobile: (+81)090-9891-1552 Email: yu(a)ccm.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp http://www.ulan.jp/~zhiwen/ ---------------------------

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ISM2007 third call for papers
by Zhiwen Yu 08 Apr '07

08 Apr '07

(Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this) ********************* ISM2007 Call For Papers ************************* IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia (ISM2007) December 10-12, 2007 Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C. http://ism2007.ncu.edu.tw/ Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society The IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia (ISM2007) is an international forum for researchers to exchange information regarding advances in the state of the art and practice of multimedia computing, as well as to identify the emerging research topics and define the future of multimedia computing. The technical program of ISM2007 will consist of invited talks, paper presentations, and panel discussions. Submissions of high quality papers describing mature results or on-going work are invited. Topics for submission include but are not limited to: . Multimedia systems, architecture, and applications . Multimedia networking and QoS . Peer-to-peer multimedia systems and streaming . Pervasive and interactive multimedia systems including mobile systems, pervasive gaming, and digital TV . Multimedia meta-modeling techniques and operating systems . Architecture specification languages . Software development using multimedia techniques . Multimedia signal processing including audio, video, image processing, and coding . Multimedia tools including authoring, analyzing, editing, and browsing . Visualization and Virtual Reality . Multimedia and multimodal user interfaces and interaction models . Multimedia file systems, databases, and retrieval . Multimedia Collaboration . Rich media enabled E-commerce . Computational intelligence including neural networks, fuzzy logic, and genetic algorithms . Intelligent agents for multimedia content creation, distribution, and analysis . Internet telephony and hypermedia technologies and systems . Multimedia security including digital watermark and encryption . Mobile Multimedia Systems and Services Submissions: The written and spoken language of ISM2007 is English. Authors should submit an 8-page technical paper manuscript in double-column IEEE format including authors' names and affiliations, and a short abstract electronically, following the submission guidelines available on the ISM2007 web page (http://cse.stfx.ca/~ism07/) Only electronic submission will be accepted. All papers should be in Adobe portable document format (PDF). The paper should have a cover page, which includes a 200-word abstract, a list of keywords, and author's phone number and e-mail address. The Conference Proceedings will be published by the IEEE Computer Society Press. A number of the papers presented at the conference will be selected for possible publications in journals. ISM2007 will also include a few workshops and special tracks dedicated to focused interest areas. Submissions of proposals on workshops and special tracks of emerging areas are invited. Full length papers from Workshops and Focused Tracks will be presented at ISM2007, and included in the Proceedings. Please visit the conference website for detailed guidelines on submitting workshop and special track proposals. Submissions of proposals on panels and demonstrations are also encouraged. A short demo article (up to 3 pages) and panel summary articles may also be included in the conference proceedings. Guidelines for submitting panel and demo proposals are available on the conference website. Important Dates: April 1, 2007 Submission of workshop proposals due April 20, 2007 Notification of acceptance of workshop proposals due May 18, 2007 Submission of papers and proposals on panels & special tracks due June 1, 2007 Notification of acceptance of special track proposals due August 1, 2007 Submission of demonstration proposals due August 20, 2007 Notification of acceptance of papers due September 21, 2007 Camera-Ready copy of accepted papers due Conference Organizing Committee General Co-Chairs: Dick Bulterman, CWI, The Netherlands Kinji Mori, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan Jeffrey J.P. Tsai, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA Program Co-Chairs: Homer Chen, National Taiwan University, Taiwan Shu-Ching Chen, Florida International University, USA Jianhua Ma, Hosei University, Japan Laurence T. Yang, St. Frances Xavier University, Canada Program Vice Co-Chairs: Audio Processing Track: Giovanni Pau, UCLA, USA Ishfaq Ahmad, University of Texas at Arlington, USA Image and Video Processing Track: Markus Kampmann, Ericsson Research, Germany Balakrishnan Prabhakaran, The University of Texas at Dallas, USA Modeling, Language, Interface and Tools for Multimedia Systems Track: Jiro Katto, Waseda University, Japan Hui-Huang Hsu, Tamkang University, Taiwan Multimedia Applications Track: Qun Jin, Waseda University, Japan Clark N. Taylor, Brigham Young University, USA Multimedia Database and Information Retrieval Track: Masahito Hirakawa, Shimane University, Japan V.S. Subrahmanian University of Maryland, College Park, USA Multimedia Networking and QoS Track: Linda Xie, University of North Carolina, USA Yan Zhang, Simula Research Laboratory, Norway Multimedia Security Track: Jong Hyuk Park, Hanwha S&C, Korea James B. D. Joshi, University of Pittsburgh, USA Visualization, CG, Virtual Reality Track: Xiangjian He, University of Technology at Sydney, Australia Aljoscha Smolic, Fraunhofer HHI, Germany Mobile Multimedia Systems and Services Track: Sabin Tabirca, National University of Ireland at Cork, Ireland Eckehard Steinbach, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany Special Tracks: K.P. (Suba) Subbalakshmi, Stevens Institute of Tech., USA Qian Zhang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, P.R. China Workshops Co-Chairs: Qing Li, City University of Hong Kong, P.R. China Mei-Ling Shyu, University of Miami, USA Industrial Program Chair: Jen-Yao Chung, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA Best Paper Award Committee Co-Chairs: Max Muhlhauser, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany Alexei Sourin, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Demo Co-Chairs: Chengcui Zhang, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA Mary Comer, Purdue University, USA Panel Co-Chairs: Timothy K. Shih, Tamkang University, Taiwan Pascal Frossard, EPFL, Switzerland Publicity Co-Chairs: Stephen Yang, National Central University, Taiwan Alex Zhaoyu Liu, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA Shiwen Mao, Auburn University, USA Zhiwen Yu, Kyoto University, Japan Daniel C Doolan, National University of Ireland at Cork, Ireland Publication Co-Chairs: George Wang, Cal. State University, USA Yan Liu, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, P.R. China Finance Co-Chairs: Phillip C.Y. Sheu, University of California, Irvine, USA Rong-Ming Chen, National University of Tainan, Taiwan Web Co-Chairs: Shih-Nung Chen, Asia University, Taiwan Addison Sue, National Central University, Taiwan Tony Li Xu, St. Frances Xavier University, Canada Local Arrangement Chair: Anthony Y.H. Liao, Asia University, Taiwan Registration Chair: Han-Wen Hsiao, Asia University, Taiwan --------------------------- Dr. Zhiwen YU Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies, Kyoto University Yoshida-Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan Mobile: (+81)090-9891-1552 Email: yu(a)ccm.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp http://www.ulan.jp/~zhiwen/ ---------------------------

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公募のご案内
by Shojiro NISHIO 06 Apr '07

06 Apr '07

DBSJの皆様冠省当方がコーディネータを務めます内閣府の科学技術連携施策群「情報の巨大集積化と利活用基盤技術開発」につきまして、各省の施策を補完する課題としてＪＳＴより、「科学技術連携施策群の効果的・効率的な推進」の公募が４月２日から開始されました。文部科学省のＨＰ（下記ＵＲＬ参照）で公表されています（公募期間は、５月１０日まで）。 http://www.mext.go.jp/b_menu/houdou/19/04/07032803.htm この公募の「テーマ３　情報の巨大集積化と利活用基盤技術開発（課題３）次世代情報環境におけるコンテンツ処理及び知識処理技術開発」は、数年後のユビキタス情報社会を想定したコンテンツ処理や知識処理技術の研究開発を目的としており、新しいコンセプトの情報検索技術やマイニング技術、情報提示技術を対象としています。DBSJの会員の皆様には、関心を持たれる方も多数おられることと思います。応募について何卒ご検討くださいますようお願いします。西尾章治郎

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Remainder of CFP: UCS2007
by Sozo INOUE 06 Apr '07

06 Apr '07

Dear colleagues, One month to the UCS 2007 deadline. Thank you for your intention! -------------------------------------------------------- Sozo INOUE, Assoc. Prof. R & D Div. Library, Kyushu Univ. ----------------------Phone: 092-642-4422---------------- ************ Apology for Multiple copies ******************** ************************************************************************ Call for Papers 2007 International Symposium on Ubiquitous Computing Systems (UCS 2007) November 26-29, 2007 Akihabara Convention Hall, Tokyo, Japan http://www.ht.sfc.keio.ac.jp/ucs2007 Organized by IPSJ SIGUBI(Japan), IEICE USN(Japan), UCN(Korea) ************************************************************************ PURPOSE AND SCOPE We invite researchers, practitioners, educators and students, and others interested in ubiquitous computing to participate in the Fourth International Symposium on Ubiquitous Computing Systems (UCS 2007) held in Tokyo, Japan on 26-29th of November, 2007. The aim of the symposium is to stimulate interactions between participants through them. UCS 2007 focuses on the emerging area of ubiquitous computing. This emergence is an outcome of the rapid evolution in smart appliances and devices, as well as tremendous advances in wireless networks and mobile computing. The symposium offers the opportunity for in-depth exploration of the most recent research and development findings in the field of ubiquitous computing. We encourage contributions describing innovative work on ubiquitous computing systems. Areas of interest include, but not limited to: * Enabling Technologies for Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing * Infrastructure for Ubiquitous Computing * Home and Office Appliances * Portable Devices and Wearable Computers * Wireless Networks, Home Network and Ubiquitous Networks * Smart Sensors and Sensor Networks * Passive, Active, and Smart Tags for Ubiquitous Computing * Security and Privacy for Ubiquitous Computing * Social Solutions for Ubiquitous Computing * Software Architecture for Home/Smart Appliances * Location-dependent and Context-aware Computing * Human Computer Interaction in Ubiquitous Computing * Gaming Applications in Ubiquitous Computing Environments * Modeling and Inference * Domestic Environments and Health Care IMPORTANT DATES * Submission deadline: May 6, 2007 * Notification of acceptance: July 31, 2007 * Camera-ready papers: August 23, 2007 IMPORTANT FOR AUTHORS The UCS 2007 proceedings are scheduled to be published in Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. Technical papers for UCS2007 must not exceed 16 pages (but we explicitly welcome shorter papers) and include an abstract of 100-150 words. The submitted paper must be camera-ready and formatted according to the rules of LNCS, http://www.springer.com/. Authors are invited to submit papers electronically through EDAS Conference Manager, http://edas.info/. Further information will be available on the conference website. POSTER AND DEMONSTRATION SESSIONS Submissions are invited to present recent results in posters and demonstrations. Further information will be available on the conference website, http://www.ht.sfc.keio.ac.jp/ucs2007. CONTACT For general information: ucs2007-info(a)ht.sfc.keio.ac.jp For submission: ucs2007-submission(a)ht.sfc.keio.ac.jp For registration: ucs2007-registration(a)ht.sfc.keio.ac.jp ORGANIZING AND PROGRAM COMMITTEES General Co-chairs Haruhisa Ichikawa, NTT Corporation (Japan) We-Duke CHO, UCN, Ajou University (Korea) Program Co-chairs Ichiro Satoh, National Institute of Informatics (Japan) Hee Yong Youn, Sungkyunkwan University (Korea) Program Committee Members JA¶rg Baus, Saarland University, Germany Christian Becker, UniversitA?t Mannheim, Germany Roy Campbell, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA K. Selcuk Candan, Arizona State University, USA Diane Cook, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA Antonio Coronato, ICAR-CNR, Italy Christian Decker, University of Karlsruhe, Germany Kaori Fujinami, Waseda University, Japan Hani Hagras, University of Essex, United Kingdom Lars Erik Holmquist, Viktoria Institute, Sweden Liviu Iftode, Rutgers University, USA Sozo Inoue, Kyushu Univ., Japan Susumu Ishihara, Shizuoka Univ., Japan Jihong Jeung, Kookmin University, Korea Yoshihiro Kawahara, The University of Tokyo, Japan Takahiro Kawamura, TOSHIBA Corp., Japan Koichi Kurumatani, AIST, Japan Fusako Kusunoki, Tama Art University, Japan Marc Langheinrich, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Frederic Le Mouel, INRIA / INSA Lyon, France Dongman Lee, Information and Communications University, Korea Wonjun Lee, Korea University, Korea Claudia Linnhoff-Popien, University of Munich, Germany Javier Lopez, University of Malaga, Spain Paul Lukowicz, University of Passau, Germany Fabio Martinelli, CNR-IIT, Italy Kazuhiro Minami, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA Masateru Minami, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan Jin Nakazawa, Keio University, JAPAN Sotiris Nikoletseas, University of Patras and Computer Technology Institute, Greece Kazushi Nishimoto, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan Melek A?nen, Institut EURECOM, France Susanna Pirttikangas, University of Oulu, Finland Jukka Riekki, University of Oulu, Finland Yves Roudier, Institut EURECOM, France Aruna Seneviratne, University of New South Wales, Australia Mukesh Singhal, University of Kentucky, USA Joshua Smith, Intel Research Seattle, USA Yasuyuki Sumi, Kyoto University, Japan Hiroyuki Tarumi, Kagawa University, Japan Tsutomu Terada, Osaka University, Japan Steven Willmott, Universitat politecnica de Catalunya, Spain Woontack Woo, GIST, Korea Keiichi Yasumoto, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan Local Arrangements Chair Jin Nakazawa, Keio University (Japan) Treasurer Masashi Toda, Future University - Hakodate (Japan) Publication Co-chairs Kazunori Takashio, Keio University (Japan) Young Ik Eom, Sungkyunkwan University (Korea) Marc Langheinrich, ETH Zurich (Switzerland) Publicity Co-chairs Sozo Inoue, Kyushu University (Japan) Moon Hyun Kim, Sungkyunkwan University (Korea) Matthias Kranz, TU Braunschweig (Germany) Industrial Liaison Chair Yoshito Tobe, Tokyo Denki University (Japan) Workshops Chair Masayoshi Ohashi, KDDI Corporation (Japan) Posters Chair Masateru Minami, Shibaura Institute of Technology (Japan) Demonstrations Chair Kazushige Ouchi, Toshiba Corporation (Japan) Secretariat Kaori Fujinami, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (Japan) Masayasu Yamaguchi, NTT Corporation (Japan)

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2007年度春期「日立 HiRDB アカデミック支援プログラム」参加募集（6月末まで）
by masashi.tsuchida.ax＠hitachi.com 06 Apr '07

06 Apr '07

　土田＠日立です。　日本データベース学会との共催で2007年度春期「日立 HiRDB アカデミック支援プログラム」の参加募集を6月末まで受け付けております。より多くのアカデミアの方々に申込みして頂けると幸いです。本募集では、大学などの教育機関におけるデータベース利用技術の研究・教育活動の支援を目的としており、研究用途としてデジタルコンテンツなど多様化する情報を扱うための各種手段(日本語文書全文検索機能/地図情報検索機能/画像情報検索機能/バイオデータ情報検索機能)を提供しておりますので、研究・教育素材として幅広く活用できると期待しております。　また、ソフトウェア事業部の「HiRDB」開発部門の実務を体験できる併設のインターンシップにつきましては、2007年夏期に募集予定で、　・募集テーマ名称:データベース製品(HiRDB)のアプリケーションプログラム開発　・募集期間:2007/7月〜8月(予定) 　・実施期間:2007/8月〜9月(予定) となっております。ご検討頂けると幸いです。　本プログラムを是非ご検討の程よろしくお願い致します。 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 土田正士(Masashi Tsuchida) E_mail:masashi.tsuchida.ax@hitachi.com 　（株）日立製作所ソフトウェア事業部先端情報システム研究開発部 Tel:044-549-1708(Ex 877-5754) Fax:044-549-1718(Ex 877-5719) -------------------------------------------------------------------

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