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[CFP] TRACK ON WEB COMPUTING AND APPLICATIONS (WeCA) SITIS 13
by Toshiyuki AMAGASA 27 Aug '13

27 Aug '13

日本データベース学会のみなさま 12月に京都で開催されます，SITIS 13 の TRACK ON WEB COMPUTING AND APPLICATIONS (WeCA) をご案内いたします．Web をはじめ，ソーシャル系，ビッグデータなど，幅広い分野が対象となっております．投稿をご検討頂ければ幸いです．天笠俊之 Apologies for multiple diffusion CALL FOR PAPERS ====================================================================== TRACK ON WEB COMPUTING AND APPLICATIONS (WeCA) The 9th International Conference on SIGNAL IMAGE TECHNOLOGY & INTERNET-BASED SYSTEMS (SITIS 13) December 2 - 5, 2013 In cooperation with ACM SIGAPP French Chapter and IEEE Technical Committee on Multimedia Computing Kyoto Terrsa, Japan http://www.sitis-conf.org/ ====================================================================== The focus of the track titled "Web Computing and Applications (WeCA)" is on emerging and novel concepts, architectures, technologies, and methodologies for information management related to the Web and cloud computing. In essence, the Web, with its different versions, has created an interconnected world in which information can be exchanged easily, tasks can be processed collaboratively, communities of users with similarly interests can be formed to achieve efficiency and improve performance, etc. Taking full advantage of these interconnected environments to meet the ever increasing needs of emerging applications requires solutions that address new issues and challenges. The track calls for research papers and reports related, but not limited, to the following topics: Data semantics Ontologies Conceptual Data Modeling Knowledge Representation and Reasoning Metadata Evolution and Change Semantic Caching Data Warehousing and Semantic Semantics in Data Visualization Semantic Services for Mobile Users Applications of Semantic-Driven Approaches Web-Centric Systems Semantic Web Social media and networking Web Services and Service Computing Hypermedia and Adaptation E-Commerce, E-government, and E-Learning Web/Data Mining Machine Learning Crowdsourcing Big Data Foundations and computation Infrastructure and plateforms Management Data preservation and provenance Search and Mining Computational Modeling and Data Integration Link and Graph Mining Mobility Multimedia and Multi-structured Data Applications Information System Interoperability Digital Libraries Semantic Interoperability and Semantic Mediators Ontologies Based Systems Contextual Reasoning in Distributed Ontologies Cloud Architectures and platforms Mobile Clouds Storage, Data, and Analytics Clouds Migration, Management, and Quality Composition, Federation, and Integration Resource Virtualization and Composition High Performance Cloud Computing Programming Models and Paradigms Green Computing Innovative Applications and Experiences Computing Consulting Cooperative information and Distributed Systems Information Sharing Grid/cloud Applications Peer To Peer Computing and Applications Knowledge and Semantic Grid Semantics Of Peer Data Management Systems Mobile Information Systems and Computing Multimedia and application Image and Video Databases Image and Video Indexing and Retrieval Emergent Semantics in Content Retrieval Systems Semantics and Meta Data in Multimedia Systems Content-Based Indexing, Search, and Retrieval of Retrieval Multimedia Data Modeling and Visualization Tools, Benchmarks, Evaluation Protocols and Standards Information security Security Modeling and Access Control Protocol Intrusion Avoidance, Detection, and Response Web Security and Supporting Systems Security Denial of Service: Attacks and Countermeasures Intellectual Property Protection Fundamental Services on Network and Distributed Systems Security and Privacy for Emerging Technologies Trust based systems Submission and publication The conference will include keynote addresses, tutorials, and regular and workshop sessions. SITIS'13 invites submission of high quality and original papers on the topics listed above. All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed by at least two reviewers for technical merit, originality, significance and relevance to track topics. Papers must be up to 8 pages and follow IEEE double columns publication format. Accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings and published by IEEE Computer Society and referenced in IEEE explore and major indexes Important dates * Paper Submission: September 8, 2013 * Acceptance/Reject notification: October 6, 2013 * Camera ready: October 13, 2013 * Author registration: October 20, 2013 Track Chairs Kokou Yetongnon, University of Bourgogne, France Richard Chbeir, University of Pau, France General Co-Chairs Ernesto Damiani, Universitadegli Studi di Milano, Italy Setsuo Tsuruta, Denki University, Japan

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開催のご案内：NTCIR-11キックオフイベント
by Noriko Kando 27 Aug '13

27 Aug '13

日本データベース学会のみなさま（重複して受け取られた場合はご容赦下さい） NIIの神門典子と申します。来週開催されるNTCIR-11キックオフイベントの案内をさせていただきます。周囲のご関心の方々にもお知らせいただければ幸いです。 ************************************************ 第11回NTCIRワークショップ（NTCIR-11）情報アクセス技術の評価 <キックオフイベントへのご招待> http://research.nii.ac.jp/ntcir/ntcir-11/kickoff-ja.html ************************************************ 情報アクセス技術のさらなる向上に取り組んでみませんか？情報検索や自然言語処理，データベース管理の技法を中核とする情報アクセス技術の開発には，研究者の協同作業の結果として作成される「テストコレクション」に基づく評価が欠かせません。NTCIRワークショップは，数多くの研究者の協力の下で，その評価基盤の形成に過去15年以上に渡って取り組み，技術の発展に貢献してきました。その評価タスクはのべ52 を数え，タスクへの総参加グループ数は，国内・海外併せて730 以上にものぼります。さらに，現在，2,500 以上の研究グループがNTCIR テストコレクションを研究目的で利用しています。 NTCIRでは，日々開発される新しい技術に対する評価手法を模索しつつ，活動を進めているところです。　この度，第11 回目のワークショップとなるNTCIR-11 の詳細が決まりました。つきましては，NTCIR-11 の内容を特に国内のみなさまに広く知っていただくと共に，タスク参加の御案内も兼ねて，キックオフイベントを開催いたします。情報アクセス分野の学生や若手研究者のみなさん，指導学生が（沢山）いらっしゃる先生方，企業で研究をなさっている方，または情報学に興味のある方々，どなたでも自由にご参加ください。 NTCIR-11 Kick-Off Event - 日時: 平成23年 9月 2日（月） 13:30〜（英語セッション） 15:15〜（日本語セッション）*内容は英語セッションと同じです* - 会場: 国立情報学研究所 20階　会議室2001A, 2001B http://www.nii.ac.jp/access/ - 開場: 13:15 - 参加費: 無料（事前登録必要なし） - Twitter: http://twitter.com/ntcir プログラム - Overview of NTCIR - What's new in NTCIR-11 - Introduction of NTCIR-11 Tasks - Why participate? - How to participate - Important Dates - Q&A NTCIR-11 タスクコアタスク 1. IMine: Search Intent and Task Mining 2. Math-2: Mathematical Information Access 3. MedNLP-2: Medical Natural Language Processing 4. MobileClick: Mobile Information Access 5. RITE-VAL: Recognizing Inference in TExt and Validation 6. SpokenQuery&Doc: Spoken Query and Spoken Document Retrieval パイロットタスク 7. QALab: QA Lab for Entrance Exam 8. Temporalia: Temporal Information Access NTCIR-11 Program Co-Chairs - 岸田　和明（慶応義塾大学) - 上保　秀夫（筑波大学） NTCIR-11 General Co-Chairs - 神門　典子 (国立情報学研究所) - 加藤　恒昭 (東京大学) - 酒井　哲也（Microsoft Research Asia, China) - Douglas W. Oard (University of Maryland, USA) - Mark Sanderson (RMIT University, Australia) ------- 岸田和明（Kazuaki KISHIDA）慶應義塾大学文学部 E-mail：kz_kishida(a)z8.keio.jp -- Noriko Kando, Ph.D. Professor, National Institute of Informatics Phone: +81-3-4212-2529 Fax: +81-3-4212-2751 http://researchmap.jp/kando/english/

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論文募集 ACM SAC Multimedia Visualization Track (MMV)
by itot＠is.ocha.ac.jp 27 Aug '13

27 Aug '13

お茶の水女子大学の伊藤です。（複数受信の際にはご容赦下さい。）投稿期限が近づいてきましたので、以下について再送させていただきます。 2014年3月24〜28日に韓国慶州で開催されます ACM SAC 2014 のトラックの一つである Multimedia Visualization Track (MMV) の論文募集のご案内です。僭越ながらTrack co-chairを担当しております。 Multimedia Visualization というトラック名ですが、実際には、マルチメディアと可視化だけでなく、コンピュータグラフィックス、画像処理、音楽情報処理、バーチャルリアリティ、ユーザインタフェース、ウェブインタフェースなどを採録論文に含む幅広いトラックとなっています。 9月13日が〆切となっております。関係分野に従事する皆さまのご投稿を心からお待ちしています。 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS The 29th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing Multimedia and Visualization (MMV) Track 18-22 March 2013, Gyeongju, Korea (http://acmsac.icmc.usp.br/mmv14/) Important due dates (submission deadline is **strict**) September 13, 2013 Paper submission November 15, 2013 Author notification December 6, 2013 Camera-Ready Copy ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Multimedia and Visualization (MMV) The themes Multimedia and Visualization are concerned with principles, tools and processes that improve our ability to understand, create, manage, visualize and maintain multimedia in general and interactive media in particular. The aim of this track is to bring together researchers from academia and industry who are actively engaged both in theoretical and practical aspects of these multidisciplinary themes, including those interested in discussing issues relative to Human-Computer Interaction and Human-Media Interaction. Authors are invited to submit papers which will be evaluated in terms of: originality and technical content and accuracy, significance of the work, appropriateness for the ACM SAC MMV track, presentation (organization, style and clarity). SAC has grown to be a large and very competitive conference. For instance, in the past 3 years the MMV track had an acceptance rate smaller than 30%, as the other tracks in the symposium. Accepted papers will be made available in the ACM digital library: authors are invited to check the papers presented at previous editions of the ACM SAC symposium at: http://portal.acm.org/event.cfm?id=RE133 Please, note that paper registration is required, allowing the inclusion of the paper/poster in the conference proceedings. An author or a proxy attending SAC MUST present the paper. This is a requirement for the paper/poster to be included in the ACM/IEEE digital library. No-show of scheduled papers and posters will result in excluding them from the ACM/IEEE digital library. As in the previous editions of the MMV Track at SAC'09, MMV Track at SAC'10, MMV Track at SAC'11, MMV Track at SAC'12 and MMV Track at SAC'13 topics and technologies relevant to this track include (but are not limited to): - adaptive multimedia - automatically generated media and multimedia - computer supported collaborative work - interaction workflow and cooperation - interaction acessibility - interaction usability - interactive video - interactive multimedia - interacting with mobile devices - interacting with sensors and other devices - interaction and media-related markup languages - interactive TV - multimedia standards, models - multimedia supported collaborative work - multimodal interaction languages and APIs - multimedia authoring tools and systems - multimedia presentation - multimedia synchronization & temporal aspects - multimedia structure and content analysis - multimedia categorization, classification, mining - multimedia storage, indexing, and retrieval - multimedia high dimensional index structures - multimedia-related metadata and ontologies - performance of multimedia systems - structured interactive multimedia - video services - visualization via browsing, navigation, querying - visualization from modeling, analysis, mining and knowledge discovery - visualization with augmented and virtual reality - visualizing multi-dimensional data, textual data, multimedia data - visualization infrastructures, services and applications for specific domains Submission system: https://www.softconf.com/d/sac2014 MMV Track Site: http://acmsac.icmc.usp.br/mmv14/ ACM SAC Site: http://www.acm.org/conferences/sac/sac2014/ * (co-chair) Maria da Graca Pimentel (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil) * (co-chair) Rudinei Goularte (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil) * (co-chair) Takayuki Itoh (Ochanomizu University, Japan) Takayuki Itoh (伊藤貴之) (itot(a)is.ocha.ac.jp) Dept. of Information Sciences, Ochanomizu University http://itolab.is.ocha.ac.jp/~itot/

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CFP: ENSSYS and SenseMine 2013 (co-located with SenSys'13)
by SenSys Publicity 26 Aug '13

26 Aug '13

[ ** Please excuse any duplicates you may receive ** ] Note: Submission deadlines fast approaching. =============================================================== ENSSYS 2013 First International Workshop on Energy-Neutral Sensing Systems in conjunction with SenSys 2013 November 14, 2013, Rome, Italy Important Dates: Submission: August 30, 2013 Notification: October 04, 2013 Camera-ready: October 18, 2013 Workshop Chairs: Davide Brunelli, Uni. Trento, Italy Geoff Merrett, Uni. Southampton, UK Technical Program Committee: Davide Brunelli. Uni. Trento, Italy Geoff Merrett, Uni. Southampton, UK Pai H. Chou, Uni. California, Irvine, USA Emanuael Popovici, Uni. Cork, Ireland Christian Renner, Uni. LÃ¼beck, Germany Paul Wright, UC Berkeley, USA Yogesh Ramadass, Texas Instruments, USA Paul Mitcheson, Imperial College, UK Aravind Kailas, Uni. NC Charlotte, USA Further Details: http://www.enssys.org/ =============================================================== =============================================================== SenseMine 2013 First International Workshop on Sensing and Big Data Mining in conjunction with SenSys 2013 November 14, 2013 Rome, Italy Important Dates: Submission deadline: September 6, 2013, 11:59 PM EDT Notification of acceptance: October 10, 2013 Technical Program Committee Chairs: Emiliano Miluzzo, AT&T Labs Research Deepak S. Turaga, IBM Research Technical Program Committee (Preliminary): Deborah Estrin (Cornell) Andrew Campbell (Dartmouth College) Yanyong Zhang (Rutgers University) Marco Conti (CNR Italy) Immanuel Schweizer (Technische Universitat Darmstadt) Jing Gao (SUNY Buffalo) Wei Fan (Huawei) Tarek Abdelzahar (UIUC) Charu Aggarwal (IBM Research) Further Details: http://www2.research.att.com/sensemine2013/index.html ===============================================================

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CfP: ICDS 2014 || March 23 - 27, 2014 - Barcelona, Spain
by Cristina Pascual 25 Aug '13

25 Aug '13

INVITATION: ================= Please consider to contribute to and/or forward to the appropriate groups the following opportunity to submit and publish original scientific results to ICDS 2014. The submission deadline is October 28, 2013. Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended article versions to one of the IARIA Journals: http://www.iariajournals.org ================= ============== ICDS 2014 | Call for Papers =============== CALL FOR PAPERS, TUTORIALS, PANELS ICDS 2014, The Eighth International Conference on Digital Society March 23 - 27, 2014 - Barcelona, Spain General page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2014/ICDS14.html Call for Papers: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2014/CfPICDS14.html - regular papers - short papers (work in progress) - posters Submission page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2014/SubmitICDS14.html Submission deadline: October 28, 2013 Sponsored by IARIA, www.iaria.org Extended versions of selected papers will be published in IARIA Journals: http://www.iariajournals.org Print proceedings will be available via Curran Associates, Inc.: http://www.proceedings.com/9769.html Articles will be archived in the free access ThinkMind Digital Library: http://www.thinkmind.org Please note the Poster and Work in Progress options. The topics suggested by the conference can be discussed in term of concepts, state of the art, research, standards, implementations, running experiments, applications, and industrial case studies. Authors are invited to submit complete unpublished papers, which are not under review in any other conference or journal in the following, but not limited to, topic areas. All tracks are open to both research and industry contributions, in terms of Regular papers, Posters, Work in progress, Technical/marketing/business presentations, Demos, Tutorials, and Panels. Before submission, please check and conform with the Editorial rules: http://www.iaria.org/editorialrules.html ICDS 2014 Topics (topics and submission details: see CfP on the site) Citizen-centric disruptive and enabling technologies Wireless and user mobility; Ubiquitous systems; On-line interactions; User-centric services, applications, eLearning; High speed electronics, storage, networking eHealth and nano medicine; Biological informatics and computing Internet and Web services IP-based networking and applications; Best effort and QoS/SLA; WWW, Web Services, Semantic Web; eLearning and mobile learning; Service-oriented platforms; Peer-to-Peer Systems and applications; Web-advertising and Web-publishing Multimedia and Webcasting eGovernment services in the context of digital society e-Government strategies; Citizen-Government eModels; Special applications and services of eGovernment; ePayment, eTax administration; eVoting, eCitizen identity cards; Social e-financial projects; Educating eHealth; Homeland security and public records; eGarbage collection of private records; Metrics for eGovernment projects and services; Benefits of eGovernment; On-line social networking; Financing e-Government; e-Governance; From e-Government to m-Government (mobile-Governemet); e-Environment eCommerce and eBusiness On-line shopping frameworks; Trust, privacy, security; Internet macro and micro payment systems; On-line banking; Agent-based e-commerce; eBusiness models and costs; eBusiness applications; Infrastructure for e-Commerce; Mobile commerce Citizen-oriented digital evidence Processing citizen-oriented electronic evidence (acquisition, preservation, analysis); Multimedia documents ( X-rays, radiology, biometrics, and surveillance data); Medical digital forensics; Classic and 3D medical documents; DNA profiling; Genetic and biocomputing; Forensic and data mining; Predictive data modeling; Biological data and privacy; Digital forensics tools Consumer-oriented devices and services Mobile TV and IPTV; Consumer-oriented e-commerce; Smart and digital homes; Wearable devices; Smart consumer appliances; Speech enable appliances; Consumer accessibility appliances and services Intelligent computation Theories of agency and autonomy; Intelligent techniques, logics, and systems; Evolutionary computation; Autonomic and autonomous systems; Autonomic computing and autonomic networking; Ubiquitous and ambient computing; Computational economics; Protecting and preventing computing; High performance computing; Service-oriented computing; Multi-agent based computing; Cluster computing and performance; Artificial intelligence Networking and telecommunications Networking and telecommunications technologies; Wireless, mobility and multimedia systems; Internet and Web Services technologies; Systems performance, security, and high availability; Communications protocols (SIP/H323/MPLS/IP); Specialized networks (GRID/P2P/Overlay/Ad hoc/Sensor); Advanced services (VoIP/IPTV/Video-on-Demand); Advanced paradigms (SOA/WS/on-demand) eDefense for security and protection Knowledge for global defense; Security in network, systems, and applications; Trust, privacy, and safeness; Business continuity and availability; Cryptography and algorithms encryption; Rapid Internet attacks and network; Applications and network vulnerabilities Intrusion Prevention and Detection Systems Reducing false positives and improving true positives; Automating IPDS responses; Innovative signature writing and processing; Improving IPDS usability; Successful approaches to Anomaly IPDS (Statistical; Fuzzy logic; Bayesian; Neural networks, etc.); Inventive behavioural based IPDS methods; Inventive host based IPDS methods; Improving the performance of IPDS; Multiple sensor IPDS; Tuning IPDS; The business cases supporting IPDS; Network traffic normalization techniques; Cost/Benefit of IPDS; Combining IPDS with other hardware e.g. firewalls, routers etc.; Inventive methods of using IPDS to counter specific attack types (Web attacks; Buffer overflow attacks; Brute force attacks, etc.); Comparisons of different IPDS mechanisms; Combining multiple IPDS approaches Enforced citizen-centric paradigms Data-centered information systems; User-centric information systems; Pervasive and ubiquitous systems; Mobile learning and communications; Open and distance education systems Computational advertising Computational linguistics; Linguistic signal processing; Statistical properties of community structures; Semantic contextual advertising; Relevance and click feedback; Searching dense and isolated submarkets; Latent factor models; Semantic relatedness; Personalized ad delivery; Processing over query-dependent functions; Inverse document frequency; Query-biased summarization; Pseudo-relevance feedback; Classification of rare queries; Page ranking Management and control Digital telecommunications management; Control and monitoring systems; Measurement and management systems; Human/Machine interface and man-in-the-loop control; Energy and power systems control; Self-monitoring, self-diagnosing, self-management systems Digital analysis and processing Digital information processing (Voice/Data/Video); Computer graphics and animation; Virtual reality/3D graphics/Games; Computer modeling/simulation; Graphic/Image/Photo/Hand-writing analysis and processing; Pattern recognition / Computer vision; Natural language processing / robust processing; Speech recognition and processing Mobile devices and biotechnologies Robotics/Mobile devices/ Mobile networks; Handled and wearable computing and devices; Vehicular navigation and control; Nanotechnologies/Systems-on-the-chip/Networks-on-the-chip/ Haptic phenomena; Biotechnologies/Bioinformatics/Biometrics/Biomedical systems; Computational biochemistry; Biological data management Software and system robustness for digital society Portals and user-oriented systems; Software as a service; Software specification and design methodologies; Software development and deployment; Programming languages and supporting tools; Patterns/Anti-patterns/Artifacts/Frameworks; Agile/Generic/Agent-oriented programming; Neuronal networks/Fuzzy logic/Temporal logic/ Genetic Algorithms; Reasoning models/Model checking/Modular reasoning/; Program verification/validation/correctness ; Embedded and real-time systems; Consumer-oriented digital design Online consumer decision support & advertising; Semiotic engineering of online services; Human factors in computer systems; Personal information management; Consumer trust in digital society; Interaction in smart environments; Mobile consumers and interactive spaces; Hedonic and perceived digital quality; Usability, aesthetics, and accessibility; Multimodal and interactive interfaces; Intelligent user interfaces Social networking Social networking technologies (Web 2.0, faceBook, YouTube, Twitter, etc.); Enterprise social networking; General informative webcast; Government information webcast; State-of-the-art for chat, blogs, wikis, etc.; Text-audio-video blogs; Virtual tradeshows; Social profiling; Contextual social network analysis; Personalization for search and for social interaction; Dynamics, evolution, and trend prediction patterns; Social interactions; Medical assistance in social networking; Data protection inside communities; Misbehavior detection in communities; Pattern presentation for end-users and experts; Evolution of communities in the Web; Online and offline social networks; Information acquisition and establishment of social relations ICT support and applications for eCollaboration Touch screen voting; Local e-Participation; Portals and eGovernment websites; eGovernment platforms and benchmarks; Business process management; Interoperable frameworks (national and cross-countries); Private-public eCollaboration; Regional and cross-nation competitiveness Legal aspects Digital Divide and Accessibility; e-Democracy and e-Government; Privacy; e-Anonymity and e-Identity; WEB x.0 Impersonation, e-Harassment and e-Threats; e-Loss; e-Fraud Prevention; Technical Countermeasures; e-Law; e-Punishment; e-International relations ------------------ Committee: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2014/ComICDS14.html ================================================

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CfP: eKNOW 2014 || March 23 - 27, 2014 - Barcelona, Spain
by Cristina Pascual 24 Aug '13

24 Aug '13

INVITATION: ================= Please consider to contribute to and/or forward to the appropriate groups the following opportunity to submit and publish original scientific results to eKNOW 2014. The submission deadline is October 28, 2013. Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended article versions to one of the IARIA Journals: http://www.iariajournals.org ================= ============== eKNOW 2014 | Call for Papers =============== CALL FOR PAPERS, TUTORIALS, PANELS eKNOW 2014, The Sixth International Conference on Information, Process, and Knowledge Management March 23 - 27, 2014 - Barcelona, Spain General page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2014/eKNOW14.html Call for Papers: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2014/CfPeKNOW14.html - regular papers - short papers (work in progress) - posters Submission page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2014/SubmiteKNOW14.html Submission deadline: October 28, 2013 Sponsored by IARIA, www.iaria.org Extended versions of selected papers will be published in IARIA Journals: http://www.iariajournals.org Print proceedings will be available via Curran Associates, Inc.: http://www.proceedings.com/9769.html Articles will be archived in the free access ThinkMind Digital Library: http://www.thinkmind.org Please note the Poster and Work in Progress options. The topics suggested by the conference can be discussed in term of concepts, state of the art, research, standards, implementations, running experiments, applications, and industrial case studies. Authors are invited to submit complete unpublished papers, which are not under review in any other conference or journal in the following, but not limited to, topic areas. All tracks are open to both research and industry contributions, in terms of Regular papers, Posters, Work in progress, Technical/marketing/business presentations, Demos, Tutorials, and Panels. Before submission, please check and conform with the Editorial rules: http://www.iaria.org/editorialrules.html eKNOW 2014 Topics (topics and submission details: see CfP on the site) Knowledge fundamentals Knowledge acquisition, processing, and management; Linguistic knowledge representation; Knowledge modeling and virtualization; Types of knowledge: structural, behavioral, relationships, etc.; Knowledge representation: visual-picture, connectionist model, semi-structured [a la workflow], structured/formal; Knowledge acquisition status: potential new knowledge, guessed semantics, confirmed semantics, auditing confirmed semantics, etc.; Knowledge update: probable insertion, validated insertion, auditing the insertion periodically based on new knowledge, etc. Knowledge identification and discovery Mining for knowledge; Knowledge identification: semantic-ID, etc.; Knowledge discovery: how to express knowledge requests?, how to find knowledge?, etc.; Knowledge refinement: after many acquisitions, former knowledge can change semantically or structurally, etc.; Knowledge clustering Knowledge management systems Knowledge data systems; Industrial systems; Context-aware and self-management systems; Imprecision/Uncertainty/Incompleteness in databases; Cognitive science and knowledge agent-based systems; Databases and mobility in databases; Zero-knowledge systems; Expert systems; Tutoring systems; Digital libraries Knowledge management (KM) and event processing (EP) Methodologies and approaches to overcome technical hurdles and improve the interplay between KM and EP; Applications from various domains (e.g. financial, manufacturing, trading, telecommunication, service), which benefit from an integrated KM and EP; see details Knowledge semantics processing and ontology Dynamic knowledge ontology; Collaborative knowledge ontology; Knowledge matching; Contextual reasoning; Tools for knowledge ontology; Context-based information extraction; Knowledge trading systems; Knowledge exchange portals; Cognitive sytems and knowledge processing; Human aspects in knowledge processing Process analysis and modeling Analysis and development of business architectures; Data mining and information retrieval for business processes; Business process modelling; Business process composition; Analysis and management lifecycle; Reasoning on business processes; Optimization of business processes; Adaptive business processes; Business process reengineering; Integration of processes; Process discovery; Business process quality; Resource allocation Process management Criteria for measurement of business process models; Monitoring business processes; Business process visualization; Management of business process integration; On-demand business transformation; Performance measurement; Conformance and risk management; Prediction; Business transformation; Packaged industry applications; Industry solutions Information management Informational mining/retrieval/classification; Geographic and spatial data Infrastructures; Information technologies; Information management systems; Information ethics and legal evaluations; Optimization and information technology; Organizational information systems Decision support systems Multi-criteria decision theory; Artificial intelligence; Adaptive design for decision support systems; Support technologies: knowledge-driven, data-driven, model-driven, and geographically-driven systems; Support methods: artificial neural networks, fuzzy logic, and genetic/evolutionary algorithms; Modeling, interfaces, and performance; Applications using decision support systems ------------------------ Committee: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2014/ComeKNOW14.html ================================================

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CfP: eLmL 2014 || March 23 - 27, 2014 - Barcelona, Spain
by Cristina Pascual 23 Aug '13

23 Aug '13

INVITATION: ================= Please consider to contribute to and/or forward to the appropriate groups the following opportunity to submit and publish original scientific results to eLmL 2014. The submission deadline is October 28, 2013. Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended article versions to one of the IARIA Journals: http://www.iariajournals.org ================= ============== eLmL 2014 | Call for Papers =============== CALL FOR PAPERS, TUTORIALS, PANELS eLmL 2014, The Sixth International Conference on Mobile, Hybrid, and On-line Learning March 23 - 27, 2014 - Barcelona, Spain General page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2014/eLmL14.html Call for Papers: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2014/CfPeLmL14.html - regular papers - short papers (work in progress) - posters Submission page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2014/SubmiteLmL14.html Submission deadline: October 28, 2013 Sponsored by IARIA, www.iaria.org Extended versions of selected papers will be published in IARIA Journals: http://www.iariajournals.org Print proceedings will be available via Curran Associates, Inc.: http://www.proceedings.com/9769.html Articles will be archived in the free access ThinkMind Digital Library: http://www.thinkmind.org Please note the Poster and Work in Progress options. The topics suggested by the conference can be discussed in term of concepts, state of the art, research, standards, implementations, running experiments, applications, and industrial case studies. Authors are invited to submit complete unpublished papers, which are not under review in any other conference or journal in the following, but not limited to, topic areas. All tracks are open to both research and industry contributions, in terms of Regular papers, Posters, Work in progress, Technical/marketing/business presentations, Demos, Tutorials, and Panels. Before submission, please check and conform with the Editorial rules: http://www.iaria.org/editorialrules.html eLmL 2014 Topics (topics and submission details: see CfP on the site) Learning-oriented devices and networks Mobility (IEEE 802.11 standards, engineering, smart devices); Mobile communications; Hardware/software systems for mobile communications; Evolution from 3G to 4G and beyond; Mobile networking; Wireless networking; Wireless access (WPAN, WLAN, WLL); Mobile IP, VoIP, IPTV, etc.; Satellite technologies for e-learning; Next generation of mobile technology; User-oriented device interfaces; Adaptable student/device interaction; Wearable devices Learning-oriented technologies Architecture of learning technology systems; Informal learning; Formal/informal exploratory and serendipitous learning; Advanced uses of multimedia and hypermedia; Integrated learning and educational environments; Remote and wireless teaching technologies; Anytime/anywhere e-learning and wearable network devices; Adaptive e-learning and intelligent applications/tools; Agents technology; Intelligent tutoring systems; Training e-learning teachers; Practical uses of authoring tools; Application of metadata and virtual reality Tools and platforms eL&mL learning tools (basic infrastructure, content management, cross-media publishing, social & cooperative learning, lecture recording); Tools and architectures for mobile/ubiquitous e-learning; SOA for e-learning; Web 2.0 and social computing for learning; Ontologies and semantic Web standards for e-learning; Adaptive and personalized educational hypermedia; Peer-to-Peer learning applications; Social software for collaborative learning; Socially intelligent agents; e-Learning platforms, portals and virtual learning environments; Embedded systems education; Wearable computers and education; Multimedia environment for teaching; Web-based learning, including Wikis and Blogs; Learning content management systems On-line learning Content engineering (authoring, standards, metadata, process models); Internet based systems; Navigational aspects for on-line learning; Virtual spaces for learning communities; Internet supported ubiquitous learning; Mobile eLearning applications; Pervasive eLearning scenarios; Multi-agent technology applications in Web-based education; Semantic social networks; Community discovering in social learning systems; Social structure exploitation in e-learning Mobile learning, teaching, and training Advanced teaching and learning technologies for mobile learners; Advanced software and hardware systems for mobile learning and teaching; Virtual mobile learning environments; Adaptive learning strategies Advanced curriculum and courseware for mobile learning and training; Security issues of mobile learning; Learning management systems for mobile learning; Ontologies and pedagogical models; Testing, assessment and quality issues of mobile learning; Faculty and professional development on mobile teaching and learning Infrastructure, administrative and organizational issue of mobile learning; Applications of mobile technology in open, distance, and corporate education; National and international projects, strategies, and policies on mobile learning Hybrid learning Didactics of eL&mL (informal learning, ambient and augmented learning, cooperative learning); Teacher-centric and student-centric approaches; Self-learning integrated methodology; Learner autonomy; Interactive hybrid learning; Assessment strategy for hybrid learning; Collaborative learning/groupware; Content management for hybrid learning; Digital libraries for hybrid learning; Effective content development experiences in hybrid; earning; Improved flexibility of learning process; Institutional policies; Instructional design issues; Organizational framework for hybrid learning; Outcome based teaching and learning; Pedagogical issues Challenging technical aspects Tutoring eLearning applications and services; Teaching eLearning methodologies and technologies; National and international projects on e-learning; e-Learning industry and universities programs; Application of instructional design theories; Reflection in learning software and hardware; Social impact metrics on distance learning; Methodologies and processes for education; Curriculum projects and experiences; Educating the educators; Simulated communities; Online mentoring; Cultural, social, and gender issues; Personalization; Corporate training Assessing eL&mL Organization of eL&mL (quality management, learning networks); Cost models for eLearning; E-market place for higher education; Evaluation of eLearning; Social benefits of eLearning; e-Learning effectiveness and outcomes; Global trends in eLearning Education in developing regions National/international strategies; Evaluation of learning technology systems; Emerging and best practices; Managing quality in eLearning; Standards related activities ------------------------ Committee: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2014/ComeLmL14.html ================================================

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データ解析コンペティション参加者募集（再周知）
by Ushio Inoue 22 Aug '13

22 Aug '13

日本データベース学会の皆様へ東京電機大学の井上です。データ解析コンペティションの参加者募集の締め切りが迫ってきましたので再周知させていただきます。是非参加をご検討下さい。なお、締め切りは、電子メールによるエントリーが8月25日まで、申込書，誓約書への署名捺印と送付が8月30日までとなっております。 http://jasmac-j.jimdo.com/ よろしくお願い致します。 ------------------------------------- データ解析コンペティション参加者募集　ACM-SIGMOD日本支部と日本データベース学会BI研究グループは共同で、データ解析コンペティションDB部会を発足させました。皆さまのデータ解析コンペティションへのご参加をお待ちしております。 ■データ解析コンペティションとは　平成6年より続くマーケティング関連のデータを用いたコンペティションで、主催は経営科学系研究部会連合協議会です。コンペティションを通じて、データ解析及びモデル設計を行うことで、新たな知見を誘発し、学術的及び実務的な研究の発展に寄与することを目的としています。　昨年は全国から76チーム、延べ400名が参加し、日本最大級の規模で開催されました。今年は8月2日(金)の発会式で開催概要と提供データの説明があり、同日より参加申込受付が始まりました。　詳細は以下のウェブサイトをご参照ください。　http://jasmac-j.jimdo.com/ ■コンペティションの仕組み　コンペティションは、専門分野ごとに設けられた部会で予選を行い、上位チームが最終選考に進むという流れで行われます。　本年度から、ACM-SIGMOD日本支部が主催団体に加わったことにより、データベース分野を担当するDB部会において、独自の選考基準による予選が可能になりました。　DB部会は以下の体制です。　共同主査：井上潮(東京電機大学)、関根純(専修大学) 　委員：宇田川佳久(東京工芸大学)、大塚真吾(神奈川工科大学)、北山大輔(工学院大学)、　　　　生田目崇(中央大学)、波多野賢治(同志社大学)、増田英孝(東京電機大学) 　アドバイザ：川越恭二(立命館大学) ■コンペティションに参加するメリット　コンペティションに参加することによって、参加者は以下のメリットが受けられます。　・通常では入手が困難な大量の実データ(内容後述)を利用することができます。　・各チーム共通のデータを解析することにより、モデル構築およびデータ解析技術を　　他のチームと競い合うことができます。　・研究成果に関する知的財産権は研究を行ったチームに帰属し、学会発表や論文投稿が　　できます。（ただし、主催者からの許諾が必要）。　・学生の場合は、卒業論文・修士論文・博士論文での利用が可能であるとともに、　　就職活動での自己アピールの材料にもなります。　さらに、DB部会の予選に参加する場合には、以下のメリットもあります。　・データベースの観点から見て新規性・実用性が高い研究も評価されます　　(例えば、テキストデータの処理やシステムの高速化など)。　・DB部会の最終発表会ではチーム名とともに個人名・所属機関名を記載した予稿を　　ご提出いただくことにより、個人の研究業績にすることができます。 ■提供データ 1. ECサイト購買・閲覧データ　主にファッション商品を扱う大手通販サイトの顧客、商品、注文、閲覧履歴等のデータ 2. スキャンパネル・パネル調査データ　携帯型バーコードスキャナで収集された購買履歴データと、モニタに対する調査データ ■重要日程　2013年 8月 2日発会式(全体)、参加受付開始　2013年 8月25日参加受付締切　2013年11月下旬中間発表(DB部会) 　2014年 2月下旬最終発表会(DB部会) 　2014年 3月下旬成果報告会(全体) ※日程は今後変更される場合があります。 ■参加申込方法　募集要項および参加申込書等を以下のウェブサイトからダウンロードして、期日までに必要書類を事務局にお送り下さい。　http://jasmac-j.jimdo.com/ ※参加申込書の「希望する部会/研究会/研究G」欄は「DB部会」を選択して下さい。 ■留意事項　・参加にあたっては主催団体の審査があり、データ提供元と同業他社及び関連会社、　　またそれに付随するシステム開発会社にお勤めの方にはエントリをご遠慮いただく　　場合があります。　・参加が決定したチームには、開催実費(データ提供に関する各種費用，成果報告会　　開催など)をご負担いただきます(1チーム 5,000円)。　　また、研究成果を部会で必ず発表して下さい。　・参加申込時に提供データ(ECサイト購買データとスキャンパネルデータ)のどちらを　　使用するかをご選択いただきます。なお、DB部会は両データの課題フリー部門のみを　　開催し、課題設定部門は開催しません。 ■本件問合せ先　井上潮(東京電機大学工学部情報通信工学科) 　inoue[AT]c.dendai.ac.jp ※[AT]の部分を@に置き換えて下さい

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enPit クラウドスパイラル公開セミナー「企業におけるクラウド開発・利活用の最新動向」開催のご案内
by Koji Eguchi 22 Aug '13

22 Aug '13

dbjapanの皆様、神戸大学の江口です。下記の公開セミナーのご案内を代理投稿いたします。よろしくお願いいたします。 ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ enPit クラウドスパイラル公開セミナー「企業におけるクラウド開発・利活用の最新動向」　開催のご案内 ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ ☆☆☆enPit クラウドスパイラル公開セミナー☆☆☆ ― 企業におけるクラウド開発・利活用の最新動向― ■PDF版チラシ http://cloud-spiral.enpit.jp/wp-content/uploads/spiral_seminar_flyer.pdf 開催日時: 2013年9月2日(月)　13:00〜17:00 定員：100人場所：グランフロント大阪北館ナレッジキャピタル　　　カンファレンスルームタワーC・8階　Room C01+C02 　　　(http://kc-i.jp/access) 参加費：無料 enPit（文部科学省情報技術人材育成のための実践教育ネットワーク形成事業）の一貫であるCloud Spiralのセミナーです。実践的情報技術教育を推進するenPiTでは、クラウド分野の教育プログラム Cloud Spiralを西日本9大学と連携し実施しております。本セミナーは、 Cloud Spiralのカリキュラムのひとつとして、業界を代表するクラウドベンダ、クラウド利活用企業から講師をお招きし、最新技術の解説や活用事例のご紹介する予定です。本公開セミナーでは、これらを広く一般の技術者、研究者、学生などに公開し、クラウド技術の最先端に接する機会を提供します。講演内容は、対象とするクラウド技術について、その背景や基本原理から解説いただきます。また、身近な応用事例を交えて、サービスや実践例についても紹介いただきます。セミナー受講においては、クラウドに関する特別な専門知識を持たずに、理解していただけるような構成になっています。クラウド技術、クラウド教育にご興味をお持ちの方は、ふるってご参加下さい。プログラム 12:30 開場，受付 13:00 セミナー開始あいさつ神戸大学中村匡秀第1部 Emerging Cloud Services 13:00-13:35 　　　Amazon Web Servicesの裏側　　　amazon.com　 Amazon Web Services, Software Development Engineer 　　　橋本幸司 13:35-14:10 　　　マイクロソフトのデバイス＋クラウド戦略　　　日本マイクロソフトデベロッパープラットフォーム統括本部・業務執行役員　　　平野和順 14:10-14:45 　　　NTT西日本におけるクラウドビジネスの取り組み　　　NTT 西日本ビジネス営業本部クラウドソリューション部・担当課長　　　二宮裕一郎 14:45-15:10 　　　休憩第2部 Practical Cloud Applications 15:10-15:45 　　　課題解決エンジンを支えるデータ処理システムと利活用事例　　　ヤフー株式会社事業戦略統括本部データソリューション本部サービスマネージャー　　　角田直行 15:45-16:20 　　　社内業務システムへのCloudの適用　【コスト削減のためのポイント】　　　日本総合研究所情報システム部長　　　魚木正 16:20-17:00 　　　オープンディスカッション，パネル型式中村匡秀（司会）　　　5名の講演者 17:00 クロージング申し込み先： http://www.zusaar.com/event/885009 以上

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リマインダ：熊本大学女性教員公募のご案内
by Masayoshi Aritsugi 21 Aug '13

21 Aug '13

日本データベース学会の皆様：有次正義＠熊本大学と申します．以前にもお送りした情報ですが，締切（８月３０日）が近づいてきましたので再度お送りさせていただきます．熊本大学大学院自然科学研究科情報電気電子工学専攻では，以下のように女性教員の公募を行っております．同じ情報は， http://www.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/daigakujouhou/saiyou/index_file/koubo577.pdf （http://www.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/daigakujouhou/saiyou　の５７７番）にもございます．応募締切は８月３０日です．女性の皆様の積極的なご応募をお待ちしております．周辺の女性の方に適宜ご案内いただけますと幸いです．よろしくお願いいたします． --------- 　　　　　　熊本大学大学院自然科学研究科情報電気電子工学専攻女性教員公募１．募集職種・人数：　助教１名　　　　　　　（任期５年、審査により再採用可、なお、再採用は２回までとする）　　　　　　　　ただし、業績が優れていると認められた場合には、当初より准教授（任期なし）または　　　　　　　　教授（任期なし）としての採用もあり得ます。２．所属：　大学院自然科学研究科情報電気電子工学専攻３．専門分野：　情報工学、電子工学、通信工学のいずれかの分野４．職務内容：　当該専門分野の研究を推進することに加え、以下の様な職務があります。　　　　　　　・学部の情報電気電子工学分野関連の講義・実験・演習の担当　　　　　　　・学部生および大学院生の研究指導　　　　　　　・管理運営および社会貢献に関わる活動５．応募資格：　応募時点で博士の学位を有する女性研究者で以下の条件を満たす方　　　　　　　（１）博士の学位取得後、研究者としての経験（PD を含む）を有する方　　　　　　　　　　（本プログラムの規定により博士課程在籍者は採用できません）　　　　　　　（２）情報工学、電子工学、通信工学のいずれかの分野における教育と研究に関し、　　　　　　　　　　十分な能力と強い意欲を持って取り組むことができる方　　　　　　　（３）学部および大学院における教育・研究、および学科の運営に対して十分な能力と　　　　　　　　　　熱意がある方　　　　　　　（４）国際的に活躍できる英語でのコミュニケーションと英語による指導又は講義が　　　　　　　　　　できる方（海外留学の経験のある方が望ましい）　　　　　　　（５）外国人の場合には、職務の遂行が可能な日本語運用能力を有する方　　　　　　　（６）採用後、重複して他の研究機関・企業等に所属しないこと　　　　　　　（７）本プログラムの規定により、本学に在籍している女性教員は応募できません。　　　　　　　　　　但し、本学に在籍している有期雇用職員・個別契約職員の方は、応募可能です。６．採用予定日：　平成２５年度内の出来るだけ早い時期７．研究支援：　採用された女性教員が国際的に活躍する研究者として育つように物心両面から支援します。　　　　　　　　メンター教員を配置し、研究面での支援を行うとともに、採用後の２年間は毎年　　　　　　　　１００万円の研究費が補助金または自主経費により措置されます。その他の資金に　　　　　　　　ついては採用部局の規定に従います。８．選考方法：　第一次選考　書類審査　平成２５年９月上旬（予定）　　　　　　　　第二次選考　面接　平成２５年９月中旬（予定）９．提出書類：　　　　　　　（１）履歴書（市販のもので可。写真を貼付すること。また、連絡先に電子メール　　　　　　　　　　アドレスも記入すること。なお、男女を問わず、出産、育児、介護に専念　　　　　　　　　（あるいは従事）した期間について考慮することを希望される場合は、付記して　　　　　　　　　　ください。）　　　　　　　（２）業績一覧（査読付専門誌論文、国際会議論文、著書・総説・解説・研究報告、　　　　　　　　　　学位論文、特許、受賞歴、研究助成などの取得実績（代表・分担の別を明記すること））　　　　　　　（３）主要論文（５編まで）の別刷り（コピー可）　　　　　　　（４）これまでの研究の概要（Ａ４用紙に２０００字程度）　　　　　　　（５）今後の研究計画と抱負（Ａ４用紙に１０００字程度）　　　　　　　（６）学生の教育に対する抱負（Ａ４用紙に１０００字程度）　　　　　　　（７）本人についての所見を求め得る方２名の氏名・役職・連絡先・電子メールアドレス 10．書類送付先：〒860-8555 熊本市中央区黒髪２丁目３９番１号　　　　　　　　熊本大学大学院自然科学研究科　情報電気電子工学専攻　　　　　　　　専攻長松島章　　　　　　　　応募締切：平成２５年８月３０日（金曜日） 17:00 必着　　　　　　　　（封筒に「教員応募書類」と朱書の上、必ず郵便書留にて送付のこと） 11．問合せ先：　専攻長松島章　　　　　　　　電話 096-342-3636 　　　　　　　　e-mail: matsua(a)cs.kumamoto-u.ac.jp 12．その他　　（１）応募書類は返却致しません。　　　　　　　（２）書類による一次選考の後、面接による二次選考を行います。二次選考時の旅費等の　　　　　　　　　　経費は自己負担とします。　　　　　　　（３）大学院自然科学研究科と工学部・教育体制については、ホームページ　　　　　　　　　　（http://www.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/）をご参照下さい。　　　　　　　（４）応募書類に含まれる個人情報は、国立大学法人熊本大学の規定に従い、本件の　　　　　　　　　　人事選考にのみ使用し、他の目的には一切使用しません。　　　　　　　（５）熊本大学は男女共同参画を推進しています。　　　　　　　　　（詳細はホームページをご覧ください。 http://gender.kumamoto-u.ac.jp/）　　　　　　　　　　選考は男女共同参画社会基本法の精神に則り、適正に行います。

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