Dear colleagues,
We applogize for the multiple posts. The deadline for paper submission
has been extended to May. 31st.
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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)
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Sozo INOUE, Assoc. Prof. R & D Div. Library, Kyushu Univ.
----------------------Phone: 092-642-4422----------------
皆様
冠省
データベース関連の国際会議として、トップランクの国際会議の一つでありま
すACM SIGMOD/PODS conferenceが、来る6月11-14日に、アジア地区では初めて
北京で開催されます。
その事前登録の締め切りが今度の日曜日 5月13日と迫っております。近くで開
催されることもあり、お一人でも多くの方がご参加いただけますように何卒宜
しくお願い申し上げます。
なお、Call for Participation を以下に添付させていただきます。
西尾 章治郎 (ACM SIGMOD 2007, Publicity Co-Chair)
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Call for Participation
2007 ACM SIGMOD International Conference on Management of Data
26th ACM SIGMOD-SIGACT-SIGART Symposium on Principles of Database
Systems
11-14 June 2007 Beijing, China
http://sigmod07.riit.tsinghua.edu.cn
The annual ACM SIGMOD/PODS conference is a leading international forum
for database researchers, practitioners, developers, and users to
explore cutting-edge ideas and results, and to exchange techniques,
tools, and experiences. The highlights of the SIGMOD/PODS program
are as follows:
SIGMOD
* 3 Keynote Presentations
Keynote speaker: Philip A. Bernstein (Microsoft Research)
Title: Model Management 2.0: Manipulating Richer Mappings
Keynote speaker: H. V. Jagadish (University of Michigan)
Title: Making Database Systems Usable
Keynote speaker: Gerhard Weikum (Max-Planck Institute for
Informatics in Saarbruecken, Germany)
Title: DB & IR: Both Sides Now
* 6 Tutorials:
Tutorial topic: Event Processing Using Database Technology
By: Mani Chandy (California Institute of Technology), Dieter Gawlick
(Oracle)
Tutorial topic: Provenance in Databases
By: Peter Buneman (University of Edinburgh), Wang-Chiew Tan
(University of California, Santa Cruz)
Tutorial topic: Mining Large Graphs and Streams using Matrix and
Tensor Tools
By: Christos Faloutsos (Carnegie Mellon University), Tamara G. Kolda
(Sandia National Labs), Jimeng Sun (Carnegie Mellon University)
Tutorial topic: Streaming in a Connected World: Querying and Tracking
Distributed Data Streams
By: Graham Cormode (AT&T Labs), Minos Garofalakis (Yahoo! Research)
Tutorial topic: Mobile and Embedded Databases
By: Anil K. Nori (Microsoft)
Tutorial topic: System Design Issues in Sensor Databases
By: Qiong Luo (HKUST), Hejun Wu (HKUST)
* 70 Technical Paper Presentations
* 22 Industrial Paper Presentations
* 35 Demonstrations
PODS:
Keynote Presentation: Dan Suciu, University of Washington, Seattle, WA,
USA
Title: Management of Probabilistic Data: Foundations and Challenges
Invited Tutorial 1: A crash course on database queries
By: Jan Van den Bussche, University of Hasselt, Belgium
Invited Tutorial 2: Machine models and lower bounds for query
processing
By: Nicole Schweikardt, Humboldt-University Berlin, Germany
* 28 Technical Paper Presentations
Registration is now open: http://sigmod07.riit.tsinghua.edu.cn/
The deadline for early registration is May 13, 2007.
We look forward to seeing you at SIGMOD/PODS 2007 in Beijing.
Lizhu Zhou, SIGMOD 2007 General Chair
Tok Wang Ling, SIGMOD 2007 General Chair
Beng Chin Ooi, SIGMOD 2007 PC Chair
Phokion G. Kolaitis, PODS 2007 General Chair
Leonid Libkin, PODS 2007 PC Chair
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>> >> ========================= I A I T 2007 =========================
>> >> The 2nd International Conference on Advances in Information Technology
>> >>
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>> >> November 1-2, 2007, Bangkok, Thailand.
>> >> IAIT2007 : http://www.iait2007.org/
>> >>
>> >>
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>> >> CALL FOR PAPERS
>> >>
>> >> The 2nd International Conference on Advances in Information
>> >> Technology (IAIT2007), is the follow up of the 1st International
>> >> Workshop in Applied Information Technology held in Bangkok in 2005.
>> >> The conference aims to provide a forum for researchers, educators,
>> >> government officials, consultants, managers, developers, and others
>> >> in the rapidly growing field of information technology (IT) to meet,
>> >> discuss, and exchange ideas on recent advances. The synergy of this
>> >> gathering will greatly benefit the global IT society. Authors are
>> >> being invited to submit their original work in the following areas.
>> >> All submissions will be subjected to at least two blind reviews.
>> >> Acceptance will be based entirely on quality, relevance, and
>> >> originality.
>> >>
>> >> . Artificial Intelligence
>> >> . eBusiness
>> >> . eGovernment
>> >> - eParticipation and eDemocracy
>> >> - eService Analysis and Design
>> >> - eGovernment Knowledge Management
>> >> - Interoperability and Web Service
>> >> - mGovernment
>> >> - eGovernment Quality
>> >> - eGovernment Initiatives in Developing Countries
>> >> . eLearning
>> >> . Human Computer Interaction
>> >> - Human Factor
>> >> - Human-Centered Software Development
>> >> - Developing Effective Interfaces
>> >> - HCI Aspects of Application Domains
>> >> - Information Retrieval
>> >> - Usability Issues
>> >> . Information Assurance and Security
>> >> . Information Management
>> >> - Database Query Languages
>> >> - Data Organization Architecture
>> >> - Data Modeling
>> >> - Managing the Database Environment
>> >> - Data Mining
>> >> - Evaluation and Assessment
>> >> . Multimedia
>> >> - Multimedia & Visualization
>> >> - Virtual Reality
>> >> - Computer Graphics
>> >> - Image Processing
>> >> . Networking
>> >> - Network Management
>> >> - Network Security
>> >> - Communications and Wireless Applications
>> >> - Protocols and Standards
>> >> . Platform Technologies
>> >> - Enterprise Deployment Software
>> >> - Firmware
>> >> - Storage Issues
>> >> - Agent Systems and Applications
>> >> . Programming & Integrative Technologies
>> >> - XML and other Extensible Languages
>> >> - Object Oriented Languages and Systems
>> >> - Intersystem Communications
>> >> - Scripting Techniques
>> >> - Software Security Practices
>> >> . Social and Professional Issues
>> >> - Intellectual Properties
>> >> - Legal Issues in Computing
>> >> - Professional and Ethical Issues and Responsibilities
>> >> - Trust, Privacy and Civil Liberties
>> >> . Software Engineering
>> >> - Requirements
>> >> - Project Management
>> >> . System Administration and Maintenance
>> >> - System and Storage Utilities
>> >> - Monitoring and Control
>> >> . System Integration and Architecture
>> >> - Architecture
>> >> - Embedded Systems
>> >> - Parallel and Distributed Systems
>> >> . Web Systems and Technologies
>> >> - Semantic Web
>> >> - Web Development
>> >> . Other Related Information Technology and Disciplines
>> >> - Bioinformatics
>> >> - Case Studies and Applications
>> >>
>> >>
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>> >> INVITED TALKS & PANEL DISCUSSION
>> >>
>> >> Invited talks will be given by leading pioneers from both academia
>> >> and industry. The organizer welcomes contributions from interested
>> >> individuals. Anyone wishing to act as a member of the panel, please
>> >> contact the organizer at: IAIT(a)sit.kmutt.ac.th for further detail.
>> >>
>> >>
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>> >> PROGRAM CHAIR
>> >>
>> >> . Krissanapong Kirtikara, Thailand
>> >>
>> >> ADVISORY COMMITTEE
>> >>
>> >> . Susumu Horiguchi, Japan
>> >> . Borworn Papasaratorn, Thailand
>> >> . Roland Trunmuller, Austria
>> >>
>> >> PROGRAM COMMITTEE
>> >>
>> >> . Robert Alcock, Greece
>> >> . Nikos Aspragatos, Greece
>> >> . Mohamed Shariff B. Nabi Baksh, Malaysia
>> >> . Timal Bose, USA
>> >> . Pacal Bouvry, Luxembourg
>> >> . Ernest Cachia, Malta
>> >> . Tracy Camp, USA
>> >> . Somchai Chatvichienchai, Japan
>> >> . Yangjun Chen, Canada
>> >> . Le-Pong Chin, Taiwan
>> >> . Neville Churcher, New Zealand
>> >> . N. Dagdee, India
>> >> . Argiris J. Dentsoras, Greece
>> >> . Peter Dietz, Germany
>> >> . Wooyong Eom, Korea
>> >> . Sara Eriksen, Sweden
>> >> . Vladimir Estivill-Castro, Australia
>> >> . John Y.C. Fung, Hongkong
>> >> . Yola Georgiadou, The Netherlands
>> >> . Chris Hawksley, U.K.
>> >> . Achmad Nizar Hidayanto, Indonesia
>> >> . Jiuxiang Hu, USA
>> >> . Akimoto Kamiya, Japan
>> >> . David Kearney, Australia
>> >> . Seang-Tae KIM, Korea
>> >> . Kim Le, Australia
>> >> . Kevin Lertwachara, USA
>> >> . Lin Wang Leung, USA
>> >> . Qin Liu P.R., China
>> >> . Kang Hsin Lu, USA
>> >> . Hosein Marzi, Canada
>> >> . Fukushi Masaru, Japan
>> >> . Jeremy Millard, Denmark
>> >> . Pornchai Mongkolnam, Thailand
>> >> . Ali Akbar Nik Nafs, Iran
>> >> . Osama Halabi, Japan
>> >> . Russel Pears, New Zealand
>> >> . Michel Plaisent, Canada
>> >> . Kriengkrai Porkaew, Thailand
>> >> . Xu Qiuliang, China
>> >> . Gerald Quirchmayr, Austria
>> >> . Seref Sagiroglu, Turkey
>> >> . Shahrin Sahib, Malaysia
>> >> . Anthony Soroka, U.K.
>> >> . Anongnart Srivihok, Thailand
>> >> . Georgios Stylianou, Cyprus
>> >> . Masato Suzuki, Japan
>> >> . Yukinori, Suzuki, Japan
>> >> . R. Thamvichai, USA
>> >> . Chris Webster, U.K.
>> >> . Paul Wheeler, USA
>> >> . Fengchun Yang, P.R. China
>> >> . Noson S. Yanofsky, USA
>> >> . Chien-Chih Yu, Taiwan
>> >>
>> >> ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
>> >>
>> >> . Wichian Chutimaskul
>> >> . Kittichai Lavangnananda
>> >> . Vajirasak Vanijja
>> >> . Chakarida Nukoolkit
>> >>
>> >>
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>> >> PAPER SUBMISSION
>> >>
>> >> Paper Submission should be done electronically to www.iait2007.org.
>> >> Manuscripts are limited to 8 A4-pages. Please use 12 points Times New
>> >> Roman font. The paper template is provided at the submission web-site.
>> >> The authors' names, affiliations, address, e-mail address should not
>> >> appear in the submitted manuscript.
>> >>
>> >>
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>> >> IMPORTANT DATES
>> >>
>> >> Paper submission deadline : July 15, 2007.
>> >> Notification of acceptance : September 1, 2007.
>> >> Camera-ready manuscripts and Pre-registration : October 1, 2007.
>> >> Conference Date : November 1-2, 2007.
>> >> Conference Venue : Bangkok, Thailand.
>> >>
>> >>
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>> >> CONTACT INFORMATION
>> >>
>> >> IAIT2007 Conference,
>> >> School of Information Technology,
>> >> King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi
>> >> 126 Pracha-U-Thit Rd., Bangmod, Thungkru, Bangkok 10140 Thailand
>> >> TEL: +66-2470-9850
>> >> FAX: +66-2872-7145
>> >> http://www.iait2007.org/
>> >> IAIT(a)sit.kmutt.ac.th
>> >>
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>> >>
>> >>
> >
> >
事前登録の締切（5月6日）が近づきましたので，再度ご案内
させて頂きます．重複して受け取られた方はご容赦下さい．
第6回NTCIRワークショップ（NTCIR-6）成果報告会の参加案内を
お送りします。どなたでも参加することができます。
日程: 2007年5月15日〜18日
会場: 学術総合センター（神保町・竹橋）
http://research.nii.ac.jp/ntcir/ntcir-ws6/meeting/
NTCIRは、情報アクセス技術の研究促進を目的として、研究に
必要不可欠な大規模かつ再利用可能な実験用データセットを
提供します。さらに、研究上のアイディアや妥当な評価方法
について議論できるフォーラムを提供します。具体的には、
複数の研究チームが共通の「研究課題（タスク）」を進める
ことで、協調と競争のバランスを保ちながら研究者コミュニティー
の発展を目指します。
今回のNTCIR-6では、以下のタスクを目的として、12の国と地域
から84の研究チームが参加しました。
・言語横断情報検索
・質問応答（日本語／言語横断）
・特許情報の検索と分類
・意見情報の分析
・動向情報の要約と可視化
成果報告会では、各チームの研究成果や、比較評価によって
得られた知見が発表されます。
初日には、情報アクセス技術評価に関する国際ワークショップ
（EVIA 2007）とチュートリアルが企画されています。
NTCIR-6の成果報告会に参加登録された方は、全ての企画に
参加することができます。
学生さんは無料で参加できます。
（ただし、無料参加の場合、予稿論文集のハードコピーは
つきません。オンライン予稿集は、成果報告会の初日から
Web上で閲覧可能となります）
皆様の参加を心よりお待ちしております。
---
神門 典子
NTCIRプロジェクト
Apologies for multiple copies
****************************************************
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
NTCIR-6 Workshop Meeting on Evaluation
IR, QA and Cross-lingual Information Access
May 15-18, 2007
NII, Tokyo, Japan
http://research.nii.ac.jp/ntcir/ntcir-ws6/meeting/
****************************************************
The NTCIR-6 Workshop Meeting will be held on May 15-18, 2007,
at NII in Tokyo, Japan. Anybody who is interested in the
research that has been done in NTCIR is welcome to attend
and join the discussion.
This year, NTCIR-6 has hosted five tasks and one pilot workshop.
* Cross-lingual Information Retrieval
* Cross-lingual Question Answering
* Patent Retrieval and Classification
* Question Answering
* Opinion Analysis
* Multimodal Summarization and Trend Information (pilot workshop)
103 groups from 15 different countries and areas registered
and 84 groups from 12 different countries and areas submitted
their results. The overview and system papers will be presented
at the Meeting on DAY 2-4 (May 16-18).
The first day of the Meeting will be a Tutorial and
EVIA 2007 (the First International Workshop on Evaluating
Information Access).
Online registration is available at:
http://research.nii.ac.jp/ntcir/ntcir-ws6/meeting/registration_ws6.html
The full registration fee for non-students includes
one copy of the proceedings, three lunches, three light
refreshments for breakfast, banquet, and coffee breaks.
If you are a student, the meeting is free of charge!!!
Three light refreshments for breakfast and coffee breaks
will be served.
Students can also purchase the printed proceedings
and lunch/banquet tickets with a reasonable price.
Online proceedings will be available at the NTCIR Web
site during and after the Workshop Meeting.
Looking forward to seeing you in Tokyo.
---
Noriko Kando
NTCIR project
Dear colleagues,
The UCS 2007 deadline is approaching.
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Sozo INOUE, Assoc. Prof. R & D Div. Library, Kyushu Univ.
----------------------Phone: 092-642-4422----------------
************ Apology for Multiple copies ********************
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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)
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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)
