日本データベース学会の皆様 ACM SIGMOD 日本支部の皆様 （重複してお受け取りの際はご容赦ください） 筑波大学の石川です． 来年1月に中国ハルビンで開催予定のAPWeb 会議のインダストリ論文とデモに ついて追加募集させていただきます． 1月の寒い中ですが，この時期ハルビンでは氷祭りという有名な祭りがあり， なかなか素晴らしいとのことです（複数の方から伺いました）． インダストリ論文，デモとも，延長して9月19日(月)を最終投稿締切とさせて いただきます．LNCSプロシーディングス中にインダストリ論文（12ページ）， デモ論文（4ページ）とも掲載の予定です． 御検討よろしくお願いいたします． ------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR INDUSTRY PAPERS and DEMO PROPOSALS The Eighth Asia Pacific Web Conference (APWeb'06) ================================================= January 16-18, 2006 Harbin, China http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~apweb06 ---------------------------------- Researchers, practitioners and developers are invited to submit industry papers and demo proposals to APWeb 2006 conference. We are especially interested in products or prototypes of novel Web related technologies and applications. APWeb2006 will hold an industry session and two demo sessions for the accepted industry papers and demo proposals. Each accepted industry paper is required to have a presentation on the industry session and each accepted demo is required to have a poster and demonstrate during two sessions. APWeb2006 will provide space and standard equipments (PC and Internet connection) at the conference venue. Industry Paper Submission ========================= All areas of APWeb2006 are of interest to the industry papers. The paper should be about industrial or other real-world applications of Web technology. A description of how the applications has been conceived and deployed must be provided. The selection criteria used for industry papers include the novelty, the technical quality, and the attractiveness of the application. All industry paper submissions must be no more than 25 pages (including all figures and bibliography) doubles spacing and must satisfy the style requirement as specified in the call for paper in the main conference. Industry paper needs to be submitted electronically to kan@src.ricoh.co.jp as a PDF attachment before the deadline of submission. The Program Committee will review each submission. Note that for every accepted industry paper, APWeb does require at least one person to register and present. Demo Paper Submission ===================== All demonstration submissions must be no more than 8 pages (including all figures) and should provide a short description about the system to be demonstrated system, covering a summary of its novel characteristics, the list of functions and features. The selection criteria used for demonstration proposals include the novelty, the technical quality, and the attractiveness of the demonstrated system. Demo proposals need to be submitted electronically to apweb06-demo@kde.cs.tsukuba.ac.jp as a PDF attachment before the deadline of demo proposal submission. For every accepted demo paper, APWeb does require at least one person to register and present. Publications ========== Both industry paper and demo paper will be included in the formal conference proceedings, which will be published by Springer in its LNCS series (which are SCI indexed). Each industry paper can have up to 12 pages (regular paper) or 6 pages (short paper), and each demo paper can have up to 4 pages. Awards ================ APWeb will select one winner for the Best Industry Paper Award and one winner for the Best Demo Award. Industry PC Chair ============== Dr. Xiaowei Kan, Ricoh Company, LTD (Email: kan@src.ricoh.co.jp) Demo PC Co-Chairs ================= Prof Yoshiharu Ishikawa, University of Tsukuba, Japan (Email:ishikawa@cs.tsukuba.ac.jp) Prof Haiyang Wang, Shandong University, China (Email: why@sdu.edu.cn) Important Dates =========== Industry paper submission: September 19, 2005 Demo proposal submission: September 19, 2005 Notice of acceptance: October 1, 2005 Camera ready paper: November 8, 2005 Author registration: November 8, 2005 Conference dates: January 16-18, 2006