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CFP: The 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Mining and Web
by Hayato YAMANA 29 Oct '08

29 Oct '08

日本データベース学会の皆様：山名＠早稲田です。今年３月のMAW2008に引き続き、来年5月に英国でマイニングとWebに関するシンポジウムMAW2009がAINA2009の併設シンポジウムとして開催されます。皆様からの多数のご投稿をお待ちしております。山名早人 --- The 2009 IEEE International Symposium on Mining and Web (MAW-09) Bradford, UK --- May 26-29, 2009 http://www.enews.ece.uvic.ca/conf/MAW09 (submission deadline: October 25, 2008) As the Web has become a major source of information, techniques and methodologies to extract quality information is of paramount importance for many Web applications and users. Data mining and knowledge discovery play key roles in many of today’s prominent Web applications such as e-commerce and computer security. The MAW-09 Symposium aims to bring together scientists, engineers, and practitioners to discuss, exchange ideas, and present their research on mining the Web. Topics of interest that MAW-09 covers include general mining techniques and methodologies, as well as their application to the Web (but are not limited to): * Text, Data, and Media Mining * Natural Language Processing * Information Retrieval and Knowledge Discovery * Social Networks and On-Line Communities * Information Categorisation, Clustering, and Fusion * Web Search, Ranking and Optimisation * Collaborative Filtering, Personalisation and Recommender Systems * Semantic Web and Ontology * Cyber Security, Privacy, and Trust * e-Technology, e-Government, and e-Learning * Wikis and Blogs Mining * Web and Business Intelligence * Web Evolution and Analytics Submission Deadline: October 25, 2008 Author Notification On: December 6 , 2008 Author Registration Deadline: December 15, 2008 Final Manuscript Due: December 22, 2008 Original full papers of at most 6 (six) pages including figures and references in PDF (IEEE Computer Society Proceedings Style: two columns, single-spaced, 10 font)are solicited. Submission of a paper should be regarded as a commitment that, if the paper is accepted, at least one of the authors will register and present at the conference. Accepted papers will be published by the IEEE Computer Society Press and archived in the IEEE Digital Library. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Hayato YAMANA, Prof. Waseda Univ. Mail: yamana(a)acm.org Bld.51-11-05, 3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555 JAPAN TEL/FAX: 03-5286-3503 URL:http://www.yama.info.waseda.ac.jp/ Access: http://www.sci.waseda.ac.jp/campus/index.html

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【投稿〆切延長】国際 WS DMIEW2009
by Akimitsu Kanzaki 30 Sep '08

30 Sep '08

日本データベース学会会員の皆様大阪大学の神崎です。先日ご案内いたしました、来年3月に福岡で開催される情報爆発共催の国際ワークショップDMIEW2009について、投稿〆切が10月末に延長されました。この機会に是非投稿をご検討ください。よろしくお願いいたします。 --------------------------------------------------------------- Paper Submission Deadline Extended!! --------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS International Workshop on Data Management for Information Explosion in Wireless Networks (DMIEW 2009) Fukuoka, Japan, March 2009 in conjunction with International Conference on Complex, Intelligent and Software Intensive Systems (CICIS 2009) URL: http://www-nishio.ist.osaka-u.ac.jp/conf/dmiew2009/ --------------------------------------------------------------- In recent few years, wireless networks have become incredibly popular. Various types of wireless networks such as cell-phone networks, wireless LANs, ad-hoc networks, sensor networks, and mesh networks have been developed at many places. In adttion, the number of wireless terminals and information generated by such terminals has increased repidly. Thus, we are in a time which we could call the "Information-Explosion Era." This workshop aims to deliver a platform for discussions and technical presentations on the current challenges and solutions, as well as directions for future research directions on data management techniques of wireless networks in the information-explosion era. --------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES: - Submission Deadline: October 31, 2008 - Author Notification: November 20, 2008 - Author Registration: November 30, 2008 - Final Manuscript Due: December 15, 2008 --------------------------------------------------------------- TOPICS of INTEREST: Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following areas: - Data management for wireless applications - Data aggregation in wireless sensor networks - Metadata management and exchanges for wireless applications - Middleware support for mobile and ubiquitous computing - Operating system and network support for mobile devices - Integration and interworking of wired and wireless networks - Security issues of data management in wireless networks - QoS issues for data-intensive services in wireless networks - Query processing for mobile users - Query processing for sensor networks - Transactions and workflows in wireless networks - Context aware computing and location-based services - Managing intensive data streams over wireless networks - Handling inaccuracy, unreliability and data loss - Corss layer approach in wireless networks - Data mining and warehousing in wireless networks --------------------------------------------------------------- SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: Submitted papers must be original and not submitted for publication elsewhere. Authors are invited to submit their manuscripts following the IEEE Computer Society Proceedings Manuscript style: two columns, single-spaced, including figures and references, using 10 fonts, and number each page. The papers should be no longer than 6 pages. They will be carefully evaluated based on originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of exposition. The papers should be submitted electronically via CISIS 2009 web site. --------------------------------------------------------------- ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Workshop Chair - Takahiro Hara, Osaka University, Japan Program Co-Chairs - Mieso Denko, University of Guelph, Canada - Akimitsu Kanzaki, Osaka University, Japan PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS: - Matthew O. Adigun, University of Zululand, South Africa - Eduard Babulak, FDU-Vancouver, Canada - Erik Buchmann, Universitat Karlsruhe, Germany - Hector Cancela, Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay - Stuart Cunningham, University of Wales, UK - Alfredo Cuzzocrea, University of Calabria / National Research Council, Italy - Dominique Dudkowski, NEC Europe Ltd., Germany - Jinhua Guo, University of Michigan - Dearborn, USA - Susumu Ishihara, Shizuoka University, Japan - Yoshiharu Ishikawa, Nagoya University, Japan - Dongwon Jeong, Kunsan National University, Korea - Nobuo Kawaguchi, Nagoya University, Japan - Hideyuki Kawashima, Keio University, Japan - Young-Kuk Kim, Chungnam National University, Korea - Anna T. Lawniczak, University of Guelph, Canada - Frode Eika Sandnes, Oslo University College, Norway - Tarek Sheltami, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia - Naoki Wakamiya, Osaka University, Japan - Tomoki Yoshihisa, Osaka University, Japan - Keiichi Yasumoto, NAIST, Japan - Zhiwen Yu, Kyoto University, Japan - Vladimir Zadorozhny, University of Pittsburgh, USA --------------------------------------------------------------- This workshop will be partially organized and supported by Japan MEXT grant-in-aid for Priority area Research called Cyber Infrastructure for the Information-explosion Era. (Principal Researcher: Prof. M. Kitsuregawa) ---------------------------------------------------------------

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【投稿〆切間近】国際 WS DMIEW2009
by Akimitsu Kanzaki 29 Sep '08

29 Sep '08

日本データベース学会会員の皆様大阪大学の神崎です。来年3月に福岡で開催される情報爆発共催の国際ワークショップDMIEW2009について、再度ご案内差し上げます。概要登録〆切が間近となっておりますが、投稿をご検討いただけますと幸いです。よろしくお願いいたします。 --------------------------------------------------------------- Paper Submission Deadline Approaching!! --------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS International Workshop on Data Management for Information Explosion in Wireless Networks (DMIEW 2009) Fukuoka, Japan, March 2009 in conjunction with International Conference on Complex, Intelligent and Software Intensive Systems (CICIS 2009) URL: http://www-nishio.ist.osaka-u.ac.jp/conf/dmiew2009/ --------------------------------------------------------------- In recent few years, wireless networks have become incredibly popular. Various types of wireless networks such as cell-phone networks, wireless LANs, ad-hoc networks, sensor networks, and mesh networks have been developed at many places. In adttion, the number of wireless terminals and information generated by such terminals has increased repidly. Thus, we are in a time which we could call the "Information-Explosion Era." This workshop aims to deliver a platform for discussions and technical presentations on the current challenges and solutions, as well as directions for future research directions on data management techniques of wireless networks in the information-explosion era. --------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES: - Submission Deadline: September 30, 2008 - Author Notification: November 20, 2008 - Author Registration: November 30, 2008 - Final Manuscript Due: December 15, 2008 --------------------------------------------------------------- TOPICS of INTEREST: Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following areas: - Data management for wireless applications - Data aggregation in wireless sensor networks - Metadata management and exchanges for wireless applications - Middleware support for mobile and ubiquitous computing - Operating system and network support for mobile devices - Integration and interworking of wired and wireless networks - Security issues of data management in wireless networks - QoS issues for data-intensive services in wireless networks - Query processing for mobile users - Query processing for sensor networks - Transactions and workflows in wireless networks - Context aware computing and location-based services - Managing intensive data streams over wireless networks - Handling inaccuracy, unreliability and data loss - Corss layer approach in wireless networks - Data mining and warehousing in wireless networks --------------------------------------------------------------- SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: Submitted papers must be original and not submitted for publication elsewhere. Authors are invited to submit their manuscripts following the IEEE Computer Society Proceedings Manuscript style: two columns, single-spaced, including figures and references, using 10 fonts, and number each page. The papers should be no longer than 6 pages. They will be carefully evaluated based on originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of exposition. The papers should be submitted electronically via CISIS 2009 web site. --------------------------------------------------------------- ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Workshop Chair - Takahiro Hara, Osaka University, Japan Program Co-Chairs - Mieso Denko, University of Guelph, Canada - Akimitsu Kanzaki, Osaka University, Japan PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS: - Matthew O. Adigun, University of Zululand, South Africa - Eduard Babulak, FDU-Vancouver, Canada - Erik Buchmann, Universitat Karlsruhe, Germany - Hector Cancela, Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay - Stuart Cunningham, University of Wales, UK - Alfredo Cuzzocrea, University of Calabria / National Research Council, Italy - Dominique Dudkowski, NEC Europe Ltd., Germany - Jinhua Guo, University of Michigan - Dearborn, USA - Susumu Ishihara, Shizuoka University, Japan - Yoshiharu Ishikawa, Nagoya University, Japan - Dongwon Jeong, Kunsan National University, Korea - Nobuo Kawaguchi, Nagoya University, Japan - Hideyuki Kawashima, Keio University, Japan - Young-Kuk Kim, Chungnam National University, Korea - Anna T. Lawniczak, University of Guelph, Canada - Frode Eika Sandnes, Oslo University College, Norway - Tarek Sheltami, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia - Naoki Wakamiya, Osaka University, Japan - Tomoki Yoshihisa, Osaka University, Japan - Keiichi Yasumoto, NAIST, Japan - Zhiwen Yu, Kyoto University, Japan - Vladimir Zadorozhny, University of Pittsburgh, USA --------------------------------------------------------------- This workshop will be partially organized and supported by Japan MEXT grant-in-aid for Priority area Research called Cyber Infrastructure for the Information-explosion Era. (Principal Researcher: Prof. M. Kitsuregawa) ---------------------------------------------------------------

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DASFAA2009 への論文投稿
by Haruo Yokota 26 Sep '08

26 Sep '08

日本データベース学会の皆様、 DASFAA2009 PC Co-Chair の横田＠東工大です。以前も流させて頂きましたが、締切りが来週と近づいてきましたし、新たな情報も加わりましたので、DASFAA2009 の論文募集をもう一度流させて頂きます。論文の概要締切りは 10月3日、論文本体が10月10日、論文の長さは LNCS で 7.5 〜 15 ページです。 http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~dasfaa もご覧下さい。Keynote speakers（Dave Lomet、Elisa Bertino、Rob Vertessey）の情報も新たに掲載されています。 DASFAAは開催地はアジア・環太平洋地域となっていますが、会議自体はアジア・環太平洋だけでなく、広く世界に認知されるようになり、国際会議のランキング等でも高くランクされるようになってきています。以下の CFP を見てもらうと分かるように PC メンバーも充実していますから、きちんとした査読を受けられますし、当然論文情報は DBLP にも載り、多くの論文からリファーもされます。皆様の多数のご投稿をお待ちしております。 −−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−− 横田治夫〒152-8552 東京都目黒区大岡山 2-12-1 東京工業大学学術国際情報センター情報基盤部門 (兼) 大学院情報理工学研究科計算工学専攻 TEL: (03) 5734-3505 (直通)、 FAX: (03) 5734-3504 email: yokota(a)cs.titech.ac.jp −−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−− DASFAA 2009 2nd CALL FOR PAPERS The 14th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications Brisbane, Australia, April 21-23, 2009 http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~dasfaa DASFAA is an annual international database conference, located in the Asia-Pacific region, which showcases state-of-the-art R & D activities in database systems and their applications. It provides a forum for technical presentations and discussions among database researchers, developers and users from academia, business and industry. DASFAA 2009, the 14th in the series, will be held from 21-23 April 2009 in Brisbane, Australia. Original papers on database theory, technology and practice are solicited. Areas of interests include, but are not limited to: -Query Languages and Query Optimization -Multidatabases and Federated Databases -Security and Integrity maintenance -Data Mining & Knowledge Discovery -Statistical and Scientific Databases -Parallel and Distributed Databases -Data Warehouses -Concurrent Control and Data Recovery -Information Retrieval and Database Systems -Metadata and Semantic Web -Business Process Management -E-Commerce -Web Services -Data Quality and Incomplete Data -Multimedia Databases -Internet and WWW Data Management -Digital Libraries -User Interfaces -Temporal, Spatial and Mobile Databases -Active Databases and Applications -Data Streams -P2P and Grid-Based Data Management -Sensor Data Management -XML Databases -New Database Applications Authors should submit papers reporting original work that is currently not under review or published elsewhere. Instructions for submitting research papers, demo, workshop, tutorial and panel proposals can be found at the conference website. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings as a volume of Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science series (approval pending). IMPORTANT DATES August 4, 2008 Submission of Workshop Proposals August 25, 2008 Notice of Workshop Proposals Acceptance October 3,2008 Submission of Research/Industrial Paper Abstract October 10, 2008 Submission of Research/Industrial Full Papers October 24, 2008 Submission of Tutorial/Panel/Demo Proposals November 24, 2008 Notice of Tutorial/Panel/Demo Proposals December 12, 2008 Notice of Research/Industrial Papers Acceptance December 19, 2008 All Camera-Ready Copies Due April 21-23, 2009 Conference in Brisbane, Australia Further information about DASFAA 2009 can be found at the conference website (http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~dasfaa) ORGANISATION General Co-Chairs Ramamohanarao Kotagiri, University of Melbourne, Australia Xuemin Lin, University of New South Wales, Australia Program Committee Co-Chairs Haruo Yokota, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan Xiaofang Zhou, University of Queensland, Australia Tutorial Co-Chairs Xiaoyong Du, Renmin University, China Alan Fekete, University of Sydney, Australia Yanchun Zhang, Victoria University, Australia Workshops Co-Chairs Lei Chen, Hong Kong University of Sci. &Tech., China Chengfei Liu, Swinburne University of Tech., Australia Demo Co-Chairs Marek Kowalkiewicz, SAP Research, Australia Wei Wang, University of New South Wales, Australia Panel Co-Chairs Athman Bouguettaya, CSIRO, Australia Jeffrey X. Yu, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China Organization Committee Chair Shazia Sadiq, University of Queensland, Australia Publicity Chair James Bailey, University of Melbourne, Australia Publication Co-Chairs Ke Deng, University of Queensland, Australia Qing Liu, CSIRO, Australia Best Paper Award Committee Co-Chairs Katsumi Tanaka, Kyoto University, Japan Kyu-Young Whang, KAIST, Korea Lizhu Zhou, Tsinghua University, China Web Chair Gabriel Fung, University of Queensland, Australia Regional Chairs Asia: Xiaofeng Meng, Renmin University, China America: Jun Yang, Duke University, USA Europe: Torben Pedersen, Aalborg University, Denmark Oceania: John Roddick, Flinders University, Australia Program Committee Toshiyuki Amagasa University of Tsukuba, Japan Zhou Aoying East China Normal University, China Boualem Benatallah University of New South Wales, Australia Elisa Bertino Purdue University, USA Sourav Bhowmick Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Cui Bin Peking University, China Sharma Chakravarthy The University of Texas at Arlington, USA Yi Chen Arizona State University, USA Phoebe Chen Deakin University, Australia Zhiming Ding Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Gill Dobbie University of Auckland, New Zealand Ada Fu Chinese University of Hong Kong, China Yu Ge Northeast University, China Lukasz Golab ATT, USA Stephane Grumbach INRIA, France Wook-Shin Han Kyung-Pook National University, Korea Takahiro Hara Osaka University, Japan Keun Ho Ryu Chungbuk National University, Korea Seung-won Hwang POSTECH, Korea Yoshiharu Ishikawa Nagoya University, Japan Mizuho Iwaihara Kyoto University, Japan Markus Kirchberg Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore Hiroyuki Kitagawa University of Tsukuba, Japan Masaru Kitsuregawa University of Tokyo, Japan Sang-Won Lee Sungkyunkwan University, Korea Xue Li University of Queensland, Australia Qing Li City University of Hong Kong, China Cuiping Li Renmin University of China, China Jianzhong Li Harbin Institute of Technology, China Ling Liu Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Chengfei Liu Swinburne University of Technology, Australia Li Ma IBM Research China Nikos Mamoulis The University of Hong Kong, China Jun Miyazaki Nara Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan Mukesh Mohania IBM, India Atsuyuki Morishima University of Tsukuba, Japan Chaoyi Pang CSIRO, Australia Jian Pei Simon Fraser University, Canada Zhiyong Peng Wuhan University, China Wen-Chih Peng National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan Krithi Ramamritham IIT Bombay, India Uwe Roehm University of Sydney, Australia Wasim Sadiq SAP Research Australia, Australia Yasushi Sakurai NTT Communication Co., Japan Simonas Saltenis Aalborg University, Denmark Monica Scannapieco Universita' degli Studi di Roma Jialie Shen Singapore Management University, Singapore Timothy Shih Tamkang University, Taiwan Divesh Srivastava AT&T, USA Jaideep Srivastava Univ. of Minnesota, USA Keishi Tajima Kyoto University, Japan Kian-Lee Tan National University of Singapore, Singapore Egemen Tanin University of Melbourne, Australia Heng Tao Shen University of Queensland, Australia Anthony Tung National University of Singapore, Singapore Agnes Voisard Fraunhofer ISST and FU Berlin, Germany Wei Wang University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, USA Haixun Wang IBM, USA Guoren Wang Northeast University, China Jianyong Wang Tsinghua University Tok Wang Ling National University of Singapore Jeffrey Xu Yu Chinese University of Hong Kong, China Ke Yi Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China Chee Yong Chan National University of Singapore, Singapore Masatoshi Yoshikawa Kyoto University, Japan Rui Zhang University of Melbourne, Australia Ying Zhang University of New South Wales, Australia Lizhu Zhou Tsinghua University

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SIGMOD2008 報告とインメモリDB最新情報
by Haruo Yokota 26 Sep '08

26 Sep '08

日本データベース学会の皆様、東工大の横田です。データベース関係の国際会議の最高峰の一つである ACM SIGMOD 2008 国際会議とインメモリデータベースの最新動向の情報を手に入れるチャンス。第2回先端的データベースと Web 技術動向講演会のご案内です。今年 6 月にカナダのバンクーバで開かれた SIGMOD 2008 の 3 件の Keynote のキーワードは "Extreme"。Google の Sridhar Ramaswamy は Extreme Data Mining、University of Maryland の Ben Shneiderman は Extreme Visualization、IBM の William O'Connell は Extreme Steaming。いずれも、 Exciting で興味深い Keynote Talk です。その Keynote や Best Paper を含め、最先端の話題を九州大学の牛尼剛聡先生から報告して頂きます。また、話題のインメモリデータベースについては、日本オラクル、日本ＩＢＭ、日立の取り組みや、シアンス・アールと高速屋のアプローチを直接各社から説明して頂きます。こちらも興味深い話が聞けると思います。まだ若干余裕がありますが、会場の収容人数に限りがありますので、まだの方はお早めにお申し込み下さい。詳しくは、以下の案内をご参照下さい。 −−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−− 第2回先端的データベースと Web 技術動向講演会 (ACM SIGMOD 日本支部第39回支部大会) 講演内容： SIGMOD2008 国際会議報告およびインメモリDBの最新動向日時：2008年10月6日（月） 9:00〜17:15 会場：東京工業大学　大岡山キャンパス　西8E号棟10階大会議室　　　（東京都目黒区大岡山２−１２−１）下記の地図の 24 の番号が振ってあるビル http://www.titech.ac.jp/access-and-campusmap/j/o-okayamaO-j.html 会場アクセス： http://www.titech.ac.jp/access-and-campusmap/j/o-okayama-campus-j.html 主催: ACM SIGMOD 日本支部（支部長：横田治夫 (東京工業大学)） (http://www.sigmodj.org/) 日本データベース学会（会長：増永良文 (青山学院大学)）　　　(http://www.dbsj.org/) 協賛：メモリ型DBMS推進機構（事務局長：福市良次）参加申込: Webにてお申し込み下さい。 http://www.dbsj.org/sigmodj/index.html に登録用フォームがありますので、ご利用下さい。参加登録には確認のメールをお返しします。確認メールが来ない場合には、 helpdesk(a)sigmodj.org までお問合せください。会場の収容人数に限りがございますので、収容人数を越えましたらそこで申込みは絞めきらせて頂きますので、ご了承下さい。参加費: 3,000円　日本データベース学会正会員 1,000円　日本データベース学会学生会員・当日受付にてお支払い下さい．支部長名の領収書を発行致します。その時に講演資料集をお渡しいたします。・日本データベース学会維持会員は3名まで無料枠があります。・日本データベース学会とACM SIGMOD日本支部の一体運営により， ACM SIGMOD日本支部会員の皆様は同時に日本データベース学会会員となっています．・日本データベース学会会員登録のお申し込みは下記にて受け付けております。日本データベース学会オンライン登録： http://www.dbsj.org/Japanese/ −−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−− 第2回先端的データベースと Web 技術動向講演会 (ACM SIGMOD 日本支部第39回支部大会) プログラム 08:30 受付開始 09:00-09:15 支部長挨拶横田治夫（東京工業大学） 09:15-09:20 先端的インメモリデータベース特集の概要嶋田茂　（産業技術大学院大学） 09:20-09:55 「TimesTenによるデータベース高速化方式とその用途」柴田竜典（日本オラクル株式会社　セールスコンサルティング統括本部） 09:55-10:30 「IBM Solidインメモリ・データベース技術」菅原香代子（日本ＩＢＭ株式会社　ソフトウエア事業ソフトウエア部） 10:30-10:45 休憩 10:45-11:20 「超多量トランザクション解決高速かつ大容量を実現する次世代データベース −−ハイブリッドメモリデータベース「ALTIBASE」−−」沖本和昭（株式会社シアンス・アール　技術本部） 11:20-11:55 「インメモリデータ処理における日立の取り組み」千田理路（株式会社日立製作所　ソフトウエア事業部） 11:55-12:30 「高速機関の高速データ処理技術」木下政利（株式会社高速屋　執行役員） 12:30-14:00 昼食 14:00-15:30 「SIGMOD2008 国際会議報告 (1)」牛尼剛聡（九州大学）カナダ・バンクーバーにおいて6月に開催された国会会議 SIGMOD 2008 を報告します。講演の前半では、会議全体の概要、Sridhar Ramaswamy (Google)、Ben Shneiderman (University of Maryland)、 William O'Connell (IBM)による3件のkeynote talk、さらに以下に示す2件のbest research paperをご紹介いたします。 - Scalable Network Distance Browsing in Spatial Databases Hanan Samet (University of Maryland), Jagan Sankaranarayanan (University of Maryland), Houman Alborzi (University of Maryland) - Serializable isolation for snapshot databases Michael Cahill (University of Sydney and Oracle), Uwe Rohm, Alan Fekete (University of Sydney) 15:30-15:45 休憩 15:45-17:15 「SIGMOD2008 国際会議報告 (2)」牛尼剛聡（九州大学）講演の後半では、一般講演の中から、発表件数が多かった、不確実性データ、グラフデータ、Pay-as-you-goアプローチ等に関する研究を紹介いたします。また、若手研究者のキャリアについて考えるNew Researcher Symposium、日本からの参加もあったUndergraduate Posters、SIGMOD 2009の開催予告がなされたBusiness meetingの様子を紹介いたします。 17:15 閉会 −−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−− 横田治夫〒152-8552 東京都目黒区大岡山 2-12-1 東京工業大学学術国際情報センター情報基盤部門 (兼) 大学院情報理工学研究科計算工学専攻 TEL: (03) 5734-3505 (直通)、 FAX: (03) 5734-3504 email: yokota(a)cs.titech.ac.jp −−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−

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立命館大学情報理工学部情報コミュニケーション学科教員(助教)公募のご案内
by Kyoji Kawagoe 24 Sep '08

24 Sep '08

日本データベース学会の皆様立命館大学の川越です。下記の通り、立命館大学情報理工学部　情報コミュニケーション学科では助教の公募を行います。ご検討よろしくお願いします。公募人員：　助教（任期５年）３名公募分野：　情報コミュニケーション分野着任時期：　２００９年４月１日応募締切：　１１月２１日詳細は下記Webページをご覧ください：　http: //www.ritsumei.jp/job/detail11_j.html ------------------------------------ 川越恭二 Kyoji Kawagoe 立命館大学情報理工学部情報コミュニケーション学科教授 kawagoe(a)is.ritsumei.ac.jp

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[CFP] 第13回WI2研究会（横浜）
by Yoshinori Hijikata 24 Sep '08

24 Sep '08

日本データベース学会の皆様，大阪大学の土方です．第13回WI2研究会の発表募集ですが，締め切り（平成20年 10月10日 (金)）が近づいてまいりましたので，再度案内させていただきます． WebDBフォーラムに出しそびれた方など，ご検討いただけると幸いです．よろしくお願いします． ======================================================================== ====== 　第13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に関する論文を募集いたします．【特別講演】　「ウェブインテリジェンスを支える XML (再) 入門」　講演者 (予定): 国島丈生 (岡山県立大学) 天笠俊之 (筑波大学) 坂本比呂志 (九州工業大学) 波多野賢治 (同志社大学) ほか【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20年12月11日 (木)，12日（金）　会場　神奈川近代文学館　　　　（231-0862 横浜市中区山手町110）　　　　http://www.kanabun.or.jp/0g20.html 　参加資格　特になし　発表申込の締切日　平成20年10月10日 (金) 　原稿提出の締切日　平成20年11月13日 (木) 　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】　立石健二（ＮＥＣ共通基盤ソフトウェア研究所）　〒630-0101 奈良県生駒市高山町8916-47 　E-mail：k-tateishi(a)bq.jp.nec.com 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: +81-6-6850-6381 Fax: +81-6-6850-6341 E-mail: hijikata(a)sys.es.osaka-u.ac.jp

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CFP: ICDCS 2009
by Ashvin Goel 22 Sep '08

22 Sep '08

******************************************************************************** ICDCS 2009 The 29th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems Montreal, Canada June 22-26, 2009 <http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/icdcs2009/ICDCS_2009.html> Sponsored by The IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Distributed Processing ******************************************************************************** The conference provides a forum for engineers and scientists in academia, industry and government to present their latest research findings in any aspects of distributed and parallel computing. Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to: o Data Management and Data Centers o Distributed Algorithms o Distributed Operating Systems and Middleware o Reliability and Dependability o Security and Privacy o Network and Internet Support for Distributed Applications o Multimedia Systems o Wireless and Sensor Networks WORKSHOPS Workshops will be held in conjunction with the conference. Workshop proposals should be submitted to Workshops Co-Chair Paul Sivilotti (<mailto:paolo@cse.ohio-state.edu>) by August 15, 2008. Notification of acceptance will be made by October 1, 2008. Please see the conference web page for details. PAPER SUBMISSION Format of Manuscript: All paper submissions should follow the IEEE 8.5" x 11" Two-Column Format with 11 point font. The submissions should be in PDF Format. Each submission can have 8 pages plus up to 2 over-length pages. If the paper is accepted for publication, an over-length fee will be charged to each of the over-length pages in the final camera-ready version. Electronic Submission: Submissions will be handled via the conference web page. The proceedings of the conference and the workshops will be published by the IEEE Computer Society Press. IMPORTANT DATES Paper Submission - November 15, 2008 Author Notification - February 5, 2009 Final Manuscript Due - March 20, 2009 For further information, please contact the program chair, Professor Xiaodong Zhang at <mailto:zhang@cse.ohio-state.edu>. ICDCS 2009 - Organizing and Program Committees ---------------------------------------------- General Chair: Tarek S. Abdelrahman, University of Toronto, Canada Program Chair: Xiaodong Zhang, Ohio State University, USA Program Vice Chairs: Distributed Algorithms Vijay Garg, IBM India Research Lab, India Data Management and Data Centers Cristiana Amza, University of Toronto, Canada Operating Systems and Middleware John Douceur, Microsoft Research, USA Reliability and Dependability Roberto Baldoni, University of Rome, Italy Security and Privacy Peng Ning, North Carolina State University, USA Networking and Internet Support for Distributed Computing Guohong Cao, Pennsylvania State University, USA Wireless and Mobile Computing in Distributed Systems Tarek Abdelzaher, University of Illinois, USA Workshops Co-Chairs: Paul A. G. Sivilotti, Ohio State University, USA Dong Xuan, Ohio State University, USA Award Co-Chairs: Ben Wah, Univeristy of Illinois, USA Wei Zhao, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA Local Arrangements Co-Chairs: Bettina Kemme, McGill University, Canada Xue Liu, McGill University, Canada Publication Chair: Baochun Li, University of Toronto, Canada Publicity Co-Chairs: Ashvin Goel, University of Toronto, Canada Antonio Casimiro, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal Registration Chair: Dongyu Qiu, Concordia University, Canada Webmaster: Feng Qin, Ohio State University, USA International Liaison Co-Chairs: Ten H. Lai, Ohio State University, USA Makoto Takizawa, Seikei University, Japan Michel Raynal, IRISA-IFSIC, France Finance Chair: Dong Xuan, Ohio State University, USA TCDP Chair: Jie Wu, National Science Foundation, USA Steering Committee Chair: Ming T. (Mike) Liu, Ohio State University, USA

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CFP - London: ICADIWT2009
by Digital Information Research Foundation 19 Sep '08

19 Sep '08

The Second International Conference on the Applications of Digital Information and Web Technologies (ICADIWT 2009) London, United Kingdom, August 4-6, 2009 http://www.dirf.org/diwt2009/[1] The Second International Conference on the Applications of Digital Information and Web Technologies (ICADIWT 2009) is a forum for scientists, engineers, and practitioners to present their latest research results, ideas, developments and applications in all areas of Computer and Information Sciences, Artificial Intelligence, Mobile Computing, Networking, Web Content Mining, Health Informatics, Bioinformatics and IT Applications across disciplines. The ICADIWT 2009 will include presentations of contributed papers and state-of-the-art lectures by invited keynote speakers. This conference welcomes papers focusing on, but not limited to, the following research topics: * Information Retrieval * Wireless network * Signal processing, pattern recognition and applications * Digital image processing * Speech processing * Parallel and distributed computing and networks * Information retrieval and internet applications * Software engineering * E-technology * Artificial intelligence and applications * Databases and applications * Genetic algorithms * Data mining * Real time systems * Computer and network security * E-commerce and E-applications * Programming languages * Multi-Agent systems LOCATION ICADIWT 2009 will be organized by London Metropolitan University, London located in UK in cooperation with the Digital Information Research Foundation (DIRF) located in India. All the activities of the conference will take place in London. IMPORTANT DATES Submission Date: Open from now until Jan 10, 2009 Notification of acceptance Two months from submission. Camera-ready One month from notification. Registration Two months from notification. Conference date: August 4-6, 2009 COMMITTEES General ChairsEzendu Ariwa, London Metropolitan University, United Kingdom. Simon Berkovich, George Washington University, USA. Program Chairs Ajith Abraham, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway. Yan Yufik, Institute of Medical Cybernetics, USA. Dusan Husek, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic Program co-Chairs Estevam Hruschka, Carnegie Mellon University, USA. Hiroyuki Tarumi, Kagawa University, Japan. Proceedings ChairPit Pichappan, Al Imam University, Saudi Arabia. Publicity ChairKang Lichun, National University of Singapore, Singapore. Would you like to organize a workshop or a special session ? If you are interested in organizing any workshop or special session, please send us email to diwt(a)dirf.org[2] with the title of the session Would you like to be a reviewer? All the reviewing are online. Please visit www.dirf.org/diwt2009[3] then select link be a reviewer. More details are listed there. SUBMISSION Submission instructions are listed at http://www.dirf.org/diwt2009[4] Links: ------ [1] http://www.dirf.org/diwt2009/ [2] mailto:diwt@dirf.org [3] http://www.dirf.org/diwt2009 [4] http://www.dirf.org/diwt2009

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CFP- India- Jan. 2009
by Dr. Eyas El-Qawasmeh 19 Sep '08

19 Sep '08

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