The First International Conference on the Applications of Digital Information and Web Technologies (ICADIWT 2008) Ostrava, Czech Republic, August 4-6, 2008 http://www.dirf.org/diwt2008/ ================================================================================ The First International Conference on the Applications of Digital Information and Web Technologies (ICADIWT 2008) 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 2008 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 2008 will be organized by VSB- Technical University of Ostrava, located in Czech Republic in cooperation with the Digital Information Research Foundation (DIRF) located in India. All the activities of the conference will take place at the Czech Republic. IMPORTANT DATES Submission of papers deadline:? April 15, 2008. Notification of acceptance: May 15, 2008. Camera-ready submission and registration:? June 15, 2008. Conference date: August 4-6, 2008. COMMITTEES General Chairs: Vaclav Snasel, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic Jaroslav Pokorny, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic Program Chairs Ajith Abraham, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway Khalid Saeed, Faculty of Computer Science, Bialystok University of Technology, Poland Dusan Husek, Institute of Computer Science, Academy of Science, Czech Republic Publicity Chair Pit Pichappan, India Proceedings Chair Eyas El-Qawasmeh, Applied Science University, Jordan Organising Committee Jan Martinovi? - Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, V`B-TU Ostrava,Czech Republic SUBMISSION All submissions are online through http://www.dirf.org/diwt2008