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Fwd: (Virtual) Community Informatics: Workshop & Patterns at DIAC-02
by Gustaf Neumann 29 Mar '02

29 Mar '02

---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: (Virtual) Community Informatics: Workshop & Patterns at DIAC-02 Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 14:06:46 -0500 From: Michael Bieber <bieber(a)HOMER.NJIT.EDU> To: ISWORLD(a)LISTSERV.HEANET.IE Geo-Physical + Virtual Communities = (Virtual) Community Informatics Call for Participation: Workshop on (Virtual) Community Informatics DIAC 2002 Seattle May 16-19, 2002 http://ccsweb.njit.edu/~bieber/vci-diac2002.html "(Virtual) Community Informatics" lies at two cross-roads: bringing together people concerned with Geo-Physical and Virtual or On-Line Communities, and bringing together the researchers and practitioners (developers, leaders and participants) in these two domains. Community Informatics is the study of information technology to support communities and their processes. Virtual Community Informatics promotes the cross-fertilization found at this cross-roads, bringing together researchers and practitioners from such varied disciplines as Sociology, Social Services, Planning, Computer Sciences, Information and Library Sciences, (Management) Information Systems, among others. (Virtual) Community Informatics is a new concept. We are conducting a 1/2 day workshop as part of the DIAC 2002 program. The workshop has the following goals: - developing a fuller understanding of (virtual) community informatics - developing approaches for bringing together the fields of Virtual Communities and Community Informatics - developing approaches for bringing together researchers and practitioners in these domains - determining a research agenda for (virtual) community informatics as field of study and practice - identifying and synthesizing the "patterns" that may be common to virtual and geo-physical community informatics as, for example, in training, boundary identification and maintenance, decision making, and problem solving The workshop will include short presentations by invited speakers, a panel discussion with a lot of audience participation, and a lot of time for brainstorming and collectively developing the goals above. Position statements are strongly encouraged but not mandatory. They will be distributed at the workshop. Please email a position statement to both Michael Bieber (bieber(a)homer.njit.edu) and Michael Gurstein (gurstein(a)adm.njit.edu) by Tuesday April 30, 2002. We will email people who have expressed an interest more information soon. Stay Informed on (Virtual) Community Informatics If you would be interested in further developments concerning (Virtual) Community Informatics, please email Michael Bieber (bieber(a)homer.njit.edu) or Michael Gurstein (gurstein(a)adm.njit.edu). About DIAC 2002 & Patterns CPSR's 8th biannual "Directions and Implications of Advanced Computing" (DIAC) symposium: Shaping the Network Society: Patterns for Participation, Action, and Change Seattle, May 16-19, 2002 http://www.cpsr.org/conferences/diac02 A variety of events are planned ranging from invited speakers, panel discussions, and pattern presentations to informal working sessions -- both planned and spontaneous. Symposium topics include the digital divide, human rights and privacy, cyberspace and economic development, open content research, pattern language development, community networks, wireless community networking, developing a civil society charter for the UN Summit on the Network Society, virtual communities, online activism, cross-border collaborations, and MORE! Join 500 researchers, practitioners, activists, journalists, educators, artists, policy-makers and citizens from around the world to address critical questions and develop action plans. Based on the insights of architect Christopher Alexander, DIAC-02 is soliciting "patterns" that people use to create communication and information technology that affirms human values. We will use these patterns to craft a "pattern language" - a useful and compelling "knowledge structure" based on the collective wisdom of our community. Ideally our pattern language will help articulate -- and promote interest in -- engaged and effective research and activism. All patterns entered by May 1st will be reviewed at the symposium for possible inclusion in the final pattern language. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Bieber, Associate Professor - Collaborative Hypermedia Research Lab (Co-Director) Email: bieber(a)homer.njit.edu URL: http://ccsweb.njit.edu/~bieber Phone: (973) 596-2681 FAX: (973) 596-5777 Information Systems Department (http://is.njit.edu/) College of Computing Sciences, New Jersey Institute of Technology 5500 Information Technology Center University Heights, Newark, New Jersey 07102-1982 USA --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ___________________________________________________________________ |The Sender assumes responsibility that this message conforms to the |ISWorld list policy and conditions of use available at: |http://www.isworld.org/isworldlist |----------------------- ISWorld Net Footer ------------------------ | Need help with ISWorld? -> http://www.isworld.org/isworldlist | If you can't find an answer contact isworld_manager(a)cornell.edu |___________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------

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Fwd: ACM SIGIR MF/IR 2002, Tampere, Finland
by Gustaf Neumann 28 Mar '02

28 Mar '02

---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: ACM SIGIR MF/IR 2002, Tampere, Finland Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 19:48:32 +0100 From: Dominich Sándor <dominich(a)DCS.VEIN.HU> To: ISWORLD(a)LISTSERV.HEANET.IE For everybody interested: (apologies for cross postings) ACM SIGIR 2002 WORKSHOP ON MATHEMATICAL/FORMAL METHODS IN INFORMATION RETRIEVAL MF/IR 2002 August 11-15, 2002, Tampere, Finland OBJECTIVE The previous workshops (ACM SIGIR 2000 MF/IR 2000, Athens, Greece, and ACM SIGIR 2001 MF/IR 2001, New Orleans, USA) showed that the mathematical/formal results achieved in Information Retrieval (IR) could be organized into a coherent theoretical framework, that they brought new knowledge to IR, and that mathematical/formal research in IR can stand as a specialized research area of IR. The increased attendance and rising interest indicate that MF/IR is viable. The purpose of the MF/IR 2002 workshop is, on the one hand, to continue and enhance the results obtained so far, and on the other hand, to present, discuss, analyze, integrate the newer/newest results. Therefore MF/IR 2002 aims at promoting discussion and interaction among those with theoretical and applicative research interests in mathematical/formal aspects of Information Retrieval, and also at being a forum for the presentation of both theoretical and applicative results (e.g., foundational issues; description and/or integration of models; retrieval applications; mathematical/formal techniques, properties and structures in IR; existing and/or new theories and theoretical aspects). TOPICS OF INTEREST Contributions (papers, talks) are solicited dealing with, but not limited to, the following areas: Information Retrieval Information Filtering Information Mining Indexing and Retrieval Hypermedia World Wide Web Retrieval Digital Libraries Evaluation User Modeling, and User Tasks Semantic Web and Ontologies where the different entities involved (e.g., documents, queries, relevance, effectiveness, users, etc.) are modeled using any of, but not necessarily limited to, the following approaches: Classical Sets Fuzzy Sets Rough Sets Vectors Linear Space Similarity Functions Probability Theory of Uncertainty Functional Analysis Algebra Topology Metric Spaces Euclidean Geometry Non-Euclidean Geometries Boolean Logic Non-standard Logics Fuzzy Logic Quantum Logic Matroid Theory Graph Theory Theory of Computation Recursion Theory Information Theory Artificial Intelligence WORKSHOP CHAIRS · Sandor Dominich (University of Veszprem, Hungary) · Mounia Lalmas (Queen Mary, University of London, England, U.K.) · Keith van Rijsbergen (University of Glasgow, Scotland, U.K.) PROGRAM COMMITTEE · Peter Bruza (Distr. Sys. Tech. Centre, Queensland, Australia) · Steven Cater (Kettering University, U.S.A.) · Fabio Crestani (University of Strathclyde, Scotland) · Leo Egghe (Limburgs Universitair Centrum, Belgium) · Norbert Fuhr (University of Dortmund, Germany) · Donald H. Kraft (Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, U.S.A.) · Eduard Hoenkamp (University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands) · Theo Huibers (KPMG Bus. Adv. Serv., the Netherlands) · David Losada (San Pablo-CEU University, Madrid, SPAIN · Jian-Yun Nie (University of Montreal, Canada) · Gabriella Pasi (ITIM-CNR, Milan, Italy) · Vijay Raghavan (University of Louisiana at Lafayette, U.S.A.) · Steven Robertson (Microsoft, Cambridge, UK) · Michael Wong (University of Regina, Canada) SUBMISSION Participation in the workshop is open for all interested. Those wishing to submit a paper should take into account the following. Submitted papers should be of at most 15 normal (A4) pages in length. Please submit the paper in PDF or PS by e-mail to the following e-mail address dominich(a)dcs.vein.hu using "MF/IR 2002 Submission" as the e-mail subject line. The format for the paper should follow a usual format in IR publishing. All submissions will be reviewed by two referees. All accepted papers will be made available in a printed and/or electronic proceedings. It is planned that a selected number of accepted papers, once expanded and revised, be included in a post-workshop book. CORRESPONDENCE Direct correspondence, inquires and submissions relating to this workshop should be addressed to: Sandor Dominich, E-mail: dominich(a)dcs.vein.hu IMPORTANT DATES Submission: 31 May 2002 Notification of acceptance: 1 July 2002 Final submission: 15 July 2002 Workshop: 15 August 2002 FURTHER INFORMATION Further information can be found on the SIGIR 2002 Web pages http://www.sigir2002.org/. -------------------------------------------------------

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Fwd: JASS special issue
by Gustaf Neumann 27 Mar '02

27 Mar '02

---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: JASS special issue Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 13:04:15 +0000 From: Sergio de Cesare <Sergio.deCesare(a)BRUNEL.AC.UK> To: ISWORLD(a)LISTSERV.HEANET.IE Dear colleagues, I would like to invite you to write a paper for the JASS special issue on "Living, Evolutionary and Tailorable Information Systems: Development Issues and Advanced Applications". Theme and Scope: "Living systems" is a core research area in the Systems Sciences and has been applied in disciplines ranging from biology to manufacturing and economics. It is only recently, however, that the living aspect has been applied to Information Systems (IS) and that dynamic concepts such as evolution and tailorability have been researched. In timely fashion, this special issue explores approaches to information systems development that promote the ongoing design of systems and/or defer the design process. It is increasingly recognised that business organisations are emergent in the face of change driven by technology, globalisation, deregulation, acquisition and merger, customer relationship management and the like. That is, business organisations are continually adapting to shifting environments never arriving at a destination, but always in the process of the journey. Consequently, the aim of information systems should be to remain sensitive to the dynamics of the organisational situations and contexts in which they work. Unfortunately, this runs counter to the predominant means and mechanisms of information systems development. The development process is generally portrayed as rational and seeks to abstract the structures, processes and practices of organisations with the underlying assumption that they are stable. This results in information systems that fail to meet ongoing expectations the consequences of which are well evidenced. In light of such evidence, this special issue of JASS will bring together original research, new theoretical foundations, techniques, state-of-the-art surveys, and mainly advanced applications in the area of living, evolutionary and tailorable information systems. Papers should be written according to the Guidelines for Contributors of JASS, details of which can be found at the following address: http://www.unipi.gr/jass/. Papers submitted to JASS should contain original materials not published in nor submitted to other journals. All the submissions for this special issue must be sent to the Guest Editors at the email addresses shown below with JASS LETS Issue in the subject line. Important Dates Deadline for receiving papers: May 2002 Notification of acceptance: August 2002 Deadline for revision: December 2002 Publication: March 2003 Guest Editors : Mark Lycett, Department of Information Systems and Computing Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex. UB8 3PH. United Kingdom. Telephone: +44 (0) 1895 203050 Facsimile: +44 (0) 1895 251686 Email: Mark.Lycett(a)brunel.ac.uk DrakoulisMartakos, Department of Informatics and Telecommunications National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Panepistimiopolis, 157-71, Athens. Greece. Telephone: + 30 1 7275217 Facsimile: +30 1 7275214 Email: martakos(a)di.uoa.gr ___________________________________________________________________ |The Sender assumes responsibility that this message conforms to the |ISWorld list policy and conditions of use available at: |http://www.isworld.org/isworldlist |----------------------- ISWorld Net Footer ------------------------ | Need help with ISWorld? -> http://www.isworld.org/isworldlist | If you can't find an answer contact isworld_manager(a)cornell.edu |___________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------

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Fwd: ICTSM 10 Call for Papers, Monterey, CA
by Gustaf Neumann 27 Mar '02

27 Mar '02

---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: ICTSM 10 Call for Papers, Monterey, CA Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 06:58:20 -0600 From: Bezalel Gavish <gavishb(a)CHARTER.NET> To: ISWORLD(a)LISTSERV.HEANET.IE ICTSM 10 Call for Papers [My apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message] Below please find the URL for The 10th International Conference on Telecommunication Systems Management" Call for Papers which will be held October 3-6, 2002 at the Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA: http://tecom.cox.smu.edu/icts10/ The deadline for submitting the papers or extended abstracts for consideration is May 15. Best Regards, Bezalel Gavish Professor Bezalel Gavish Eugene J. and Ruth F. Constantin Distinguished Chair in Business, Edwin L. Cox School of Business Southern Methodist University P.O. Box 750333 Dallas, TX 75275-0333 E-mail: gavishb(a)charter.net Tel: Office (214) 768-8258 FAX (305) 832-3767 Administrative Assistant (214) 768-8256 Home (214) 528-3584 -------------------------------------------------------

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Fwd: EM: CfP -- Electronic Commerce in Entertainment and Media
by Gustaf Neumann 27 Mar '02

27 Mar '02

---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: EM: CfP -- Electronic Commerce in Entertainment and Media Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 18:41:55 +0100 From: Lucia.Pavlikova(a)UNISG.CH To: ISWORLD(a)LISTSERV.HEANET.IE +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Apologies for cross-posting; please pass on to interested colleagues and distribute to relevant lists. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Call for Papers Focus Theme: Electronic Commerce in Entertainment and Media Dear Colleagues: EM - Electronic Markets is a key forum for advancing the understanding and practice of electronic markets and commerce (http://www.electronicmarkets.org). Guest Editor: Robert G. Picard, Turku School of Economics Digital technologies are used in production throughout the entertainment and media industries and are increasingly providing opportunities for sale and distribution of content through electronic commerce. A wide variety of technological solutions are currently available, are improving daily, and are leading to consumer acceptance and adoption of equipment and services that provide the ability and increase the desirability of e-commerce involving media and entertainment products and services. This special issue of EM - Electronic Markets will focus on issues surrounding the ability of content production and ownership firms to effectively engage in e-commerce via the Internet, mobile communications, cable and satellite networks, and interactive television. It seeks papers that explore and provide understanding of the business, organisational, and consumer issues involved in planning, financing, and engaging in content commerce in the digital economy. Both theoretical and applied approaches are welcome on topics ranging from business models to operational aspects of e commerce in media and entertainment. Papers are solicited on topics including, but not limited to: 1.) Business models of electronic distribution and commerce in content 2.) Issues in consumer demand for e-content products and services 3.) Organisational conflicts over e-commerce in entertainment and media 4.)value chains of media and entertainment and how these are affect by electronic commerce activities. 5.) Strategic planning for effective content sales 6.) Cross media commerce in content 7.) Emerging intellectual property right issues in entertainment and content e-commerce 8.) Impediments to effective commerce in media and entertainment products 9.) Effect of commerce in content on global distribution and availability of products and services 10.) Criteria for success in entertainment and media e-commerce 11.) Rationales for use of direct or intermediary firms in content commerce EM accepts short papers up to 2500 words, or long papers up to 5000 words. Please refer to the Contributors Section at http://www.electronicmarkets.org for our templates and additional specifications. Important Deadlines: Submission: 15 May 2002 Acceptance Decision: 30 June 2002 Publication: Winter 2002 If you have any questions regarding acceptable topics, please contact Robert Picard at: Robert.Picard(a)tukkk.fi For questions regarding the journal, the review process, or to submit your paper: em.editors(a)netacademy.org Sincerely, Robert G. Picard Beat F. Schmid and Lucia Pavlikova EM - Electronic Markets Editorial Office: mcm institute for Media and Communications Management University of St.Gallen Blumenbergplatz 9 CH-9000 St.Gallen Switzerland Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Beat F. Schmid Executive Editor: Lucia Pavlikova Phone +41 71 224 27 74 Fax +41 71 224 30 78 email: em.editors(a)netacademy.org http://www.electronicmarkets.org +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ___________________________________________________________________ |The Sender assumes responsibility that this message conforms to the |ISWorld list policy and conditions of use available at: |http://www.isworld.org/isworldlist |----------------------- ISWorld Net Footer ------------------------ | Need help with ISWorld? -> http://www.isworld.org/isworldlist | If you can't find an answer contact isworld_manager(a)cornell.edu |___________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------

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Fwd: Announcing ACM SIGDOC Conference - October 2002 in Toronto!!!
by Gustaf Neumann 27 Mar '02

27 Mar '02

---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Announcing ACM SIGDOC Conference - October 2002 in Toronto!!! Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 12:12:09 -0500 From: "Haramundanis, Kathy" <Kathy.Haramundanis(a)COMPAQ.COM> To: ISWORLD(a)LISTSERV.HEANET.IE SIGDOC 2002: Connect!!! in Toronto October 20-23 October 20-23, 2002 Toronto, ON, Canada at the Toronto Downtown Hilton In an increasingly connected world, documentation cannot be produced in isolation. Our dependencies on other team members, and on expertise from related disciplines, require both a broad understanding and a deep appreciation of our industry and our place in it. This year's conference will focus on making connections: with our peers in industry and academe, between theory and practice, between writing and technology. The host city for SIGDOC 2002 is Toronto, Canada: a center for arts, culture, education, and industry, and the world's most multicultural city. The Toronto Downtown Hilton is easy walking distance from a wide variety of restaurants and attractions, at the heart of Toronto's entertainment district. SIGDOC is the Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group in Documentation, a professional organization dedicated to advancing discussion in documentation for and with computers. SIGDOC 2002 will be the 20th SIGDOC conference, which shows a remarkable sense of restraint in our use of numbers. In addition to recognizing this year's Rigo and Diana award recipients, the SIGDOC 2002 program will include invited talks, panel discussions, posters, demonstrations, and tutorials. Tutorial presenters will be provided with an honorarium, and reimbursed for travel. Papers, panels, and tutorials are solicited on, but not limited to, the following subjects: Connecting theory and practice Connecting education and experience Connecting technical communications and other disciplines, such as human factors, information retrieval, and software engineering Proposals are due April 6th, and papers for accepted proposals are due June 8th. Both proposals and papers will be peer reviewed. Final acceptance of papers for publication is contingent on registration for the conference. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings, as well as considered for publication in the ACM's Journal of Computer Documentation. If you are not able to present your paper, a publication fee equivalent to your conference registration will be charged. Program Chair: Michael Priestley, IBM Canada, mpriestl(a)ca.ibm.com; Program committee: Ann Rockley, The Rockley Group; Bernadette Longo, University of Minnesota; Bill Burns, Burns Technical Communications; Cecile Paris, CSIRO Australia; David Novick, University of Texas; Emilie Gould, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; John Hunt, Lotus; John Russell, Oracle; R.M. Newman, Coventry University; Susan Gallagher, Akonix Systems For more information: visit our web site at www.acm.org/sigdoc ___________________________________________________________________ |The Sender assumes responsibility that this message conforms to the |ISWorld list policy and conditions of use available at: |http://www.isworld.org/isworldlist |----------------------- ISWorld Net Footer ------------------------ | Need help with ISWorld? -> http://www.isworld.org/isworldlist | If you can't find an answer contact isworld_manager(a)cornell.edu |___________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------

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Fwd: Announcement: Special Workshop on Technology Management
by Gustaf Neumann 27 Mar '02

27 Mar '02

---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Announcement: Special Workshop on Technology Management Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 19:29:50 -0500 From: Ted Stohr <estohr(a)STEVENS-TECH.EDU> To: ISWORLD(a)LISTSERV.HEANET.IE Stevens Institute of Technology in association with: KULPER & COMPANY, LLC May 3, 2002 A SPECIAL WORKSHOP ON TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT The Emerging Shape and Direction of Technology-Management Education: Sharing, Community Building and Leveraging for a Stronger Future with Industry This is the first of a planned series of annual workshops for educators in the area of Technology Management. A number of Schools that offer Technology Management Programs are cooperating in the organization of the conference. We will share information about education and research and plan the next steps in promoting Technology Management as a field. =================================================================== Location: Stevens Institute of Technology Castle Point on Hudson Hoboken, NJ Keynote Speaker: John Heindel, President of Lucent Worldwide Services Web Site for Registration and Other Details: http://attila.stevens-tech.edu/tmconference Because we want this to be an informal sharing of information and ideas, attendance is limited to 125 people. =================================================================== Description of Workshop This Workshop focuses on the educational state-of-the-art in the broadly defined Technology-Management world. Important educational developments in terms of research, curriculum content, pedagogical approaches, program and course designs comprise the central concern of this Workshop. One overall aim is to share ideas and generate learning so that the whole field and relevant business communities benefit. A distinguishing feature of this event is that it is structured as a hands-on and relatively informal "Workshop"not as an overly formal, passive and "show-and-tell" meeting. Breakout sessions will be used to discuss the following topics: Technology-Management Program Design, Structure, Changing Markets and Curriculum Development Key Future Directions, Opportunities and Needs in Technology-Management Education Edward A. Stohr Associate Dean for Research and Academics Wesley J. Howe School of Technology Management Stevens Institute of Technology Castle Point on Hudson Hoboken, NJ 07030 Tel: 201-216-8915 Fax: 201-216-3585 e-mail: estohr(a)stevens-tech.edu URL: http://attila.stevens-tech.edu/~estohr ___________________________________________________________________ |The Sender assumes responsibility that this message conforms to the |ISWorld list policy and conditions of use available at: |http://www.isworld.org/isworldlist |----------------------- ISWorld Net Footer ------------------------ | Need help with ISWorld? -> http://www.isworld.org/isworldlist | If you can't find an answer contact isworld_manager(a)cornell.edu |___________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------

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Fwd: 3rd AICE Conference
by Gustaf Neumann 26 Mar '02

26 Mar '02

---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: 3rd AICE Conference Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 17:33:58 +1100 From: Matt Warren <mwarren(a)DEAKIN.EDU.AU> To: ISWORLD(a)LISTSERV.HEANET.IE Dear Isworld, I'm pleased to announce the THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE of the AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER ETHICS (AiCE) 2002 will be held on 3rd -4th October, 2002 at the Lidcombe Catholic Workmen Club, Sydney, Australia. The Conference will be hosted by the Australian Catholic University, Sydney, Australia. CALL FOR PAPERS The overall theme of AiCE2002 will be computing and its role within workplace and society in the 21st Century. Papers and case studies are invited from relevant disciplines such as business, government, computer science, information systems, law, social sciences and philosophy. Example areas of interest for papers Privacy and monitoring - Issues relating to information held on individuals especially in the post September 11th world. Security and computer misuse - Issues of misuse and the impact of misuse of IT. Hacking, viruses, 'virus warnings' and other unwanted email, computer fraud. Encouraging and enforcing professional standards -Applicable and usefulness of professional standards. Developing information systems now and in the future - How to ensure social value issues are properly addressed. Electronic commerce - The relationship between computer ethics and E-commerce in a global marketplace. Organizations and Computer Ethics - the role of ethics upon modern businesses and their practices. IT in developing countries - how can computer ethics be introduced to developing countries. Nanotechnology - the ethical development of newer technologies. Submissions on other relevant topics are also welcome. Papers can be submitted in two ways: Full Research Papers. All submissions will be in English and will be limited to 3,500 words. Each paper will be blind refereed by two reviewers. Papers should be in Word format. Discussion Papers. All submissions will be in English and will be limited to an abstract of 500-1000 words. The abstracts will be reviewed for relevance. Abstract should be in Word format. Papers/Abstracts should be sent to: Matt Warren, School of Computing and Mathematics, Waurn Ponds Campus, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, 3217, Australia. E-mail: mwarren(a)deakin.edu.au Important dates: Paper / Abstracts due: 7th June, 2002. Notification of reviewing outcome: 5th July, 2002. Full Papers due: 6th September. Further details can be found at www.aice.net Regards, Matt Warren *************************************************************************** Associate Professor Matt Warren, School of Computing and Mathematics, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, 3217, Australia. Url: http://www.cm.deakin.edu.au/mwarren/ Tel: +61-3-5227 2536 Fax: +61-3-5227 2028 E-mail: mwarren(a)deakin.edu.au ************************************************************************** Important Notice: The contents of this email transmission, including attachments, may be privileged and confidential. Any unauthorised use of the contents is expressly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please destroy all versions and advise the sender by return email or telephone immediately. ___________________________________________________________________ |The Sender assumes responsibility that this message conforms to the |ISWorld list policy and conditions of use available at: |http://www.isworld.org/isworldlist |----------------------- ISWorld Net Footer ------------------------ | Need help with ISWorld? -> http://www.isworld.org/isworldlist | If you can't find an answer contact isworld_manager(a)cornell.edu |___________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------

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Fwd: CFP: ACM Workshop on Web Information and Data Management (WIDM200 2)
by Gustaf Neumann 26 Mar '02

26 Mar '02

---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: CFP: ACM Workshop on Web Information and Data Management (WIDM200 2) Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 16:07:25 -0500 From: "Chiang, Roger (CHIANGHL)" <CHIANGHL(a)UCMAIL.UC.EDU> To: ISWORLD(a)LISTSERV.HEANET.IE ACM WIDM 2002 PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PAPERS Fourth International Workshop on Web Information and Data Management (WIDM'02) November 8, 2002 SAIC Headquarters, McLean, Virginia, USA <http://www.se.cuhk.edu.hk/~eplim/widm2002> http://www.se.cuhk.edu.hk/~eplim/widm2002 Sponsored by the ACM SIGIR and ACM SIGMIS WIDM'02 is the fourth in a series of workshops on Web Information and Data Management to be held in conjunction with the Eleventh International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM), http://www.cikm.org/2002 <http://www.cikm.org/2002> . The objectives of the workshop is to bring together researchers, industrial practitioners, and developers to study how the web information can be extracted, stored, analyzed and processed to provide useful knowledge to the end users for various advanced database and Web applications. TOPICS OF INTEREST Web Mining: Web Usage Mining, Web Classification, Web Clustering, Resource Discovery, Web Personalization, Web Data Extraction Web Databases: Web Data Models and Meta-data, Web Query Languages, Web Data Storage Systems, Web Indexing, Web Warehousing, Web Data Integration Web Commerce: Intelligent Agents on the Web, Web Site Modeling and Design, Advanced XML Tools, Mobile Commerce Advanced Web Applications: Digital Libraries for Web Information, Web Portals, Intelligent Web Search Engines, Web Visualization Tools, Web Information Filters Performance of Web Applications: Web Caching, Web Monitoring PAPER SUBMISSION Electronic submission will be used. The postscript or pdf version of the paper (at most 12 double-spaced pages in fonts not smaller than 11pt, or at most 3500 words) should be submitted to the WIDM'02 electronic review system no later than July 5, 2002. To facilitate the assignment of reviewers, the abstract of the papers should be submitted electronically by June 28, 2002 to the review system. All accepted papers will appear in the Proceedings published by the ACM Press. IMPORTANT DATES Submission of abstract: June 28, 2002 Submission full paper: July 5, 2002 Notification of acceptance: August 23, 2002 Camera-ready copy due date: September 2, 2002 Program Co-Chairs: Roger Chiang, University of Cincinnati, USA Email: roger.chiang(a)uc.edu <mailto:roger.chiang@uc.edu> Ee-Peng Lim, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Email: eplim(a)se.cuhk.edu.hk <mailto:eplim@se.cuhk.edu.hk> Program Committee: James French, University of Virginia, USA Manfred Hauswirth, EPFL-LSIR, Switzerland San-Yih Hwang, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan Wolfgang Klas, Universitat Wien, Austria Wai Lam, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China Alberto Laender, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil Wang-Chien Lee, Pennsylvania State University, USA Qing Li, City University of Hong Kong, China Giansalvatore Mecca, University of Basilicata, Italy Weiyi Meng, SUNY Binghamton, USA Paolo Merialdo, Universita' Roma Tre, Italy Rokia Missaoui, University of Quebec, Canada Shamkant Navathe, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Wee-Keong Ng, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Arnaud Sahuguet, Bell Laboratories, USA Kyuseok Shim, Seoul National University, Korea Keng Siau, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA Il-Yeol Song, Drexel University, USA Jaideep Srivastava, University of Minnesota, USA Vasilis Vassalos, New York University, USA Kam-Fai Wong, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China Kun-Lung Wu, IBM Research, USA Clement Yu, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA Yanchun Zhang, University of Southern Queensland, Australia -------------------------------------------------------

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Fwd: Call for Papers: Special Issue for ACM TOIT
by Gustaf Neumann 26 Mar '02

26 Mar '02

---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Call for Papers: Special Issue for ACM TOIT Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 14:00:22 -0500 From: Lee Giles <giles(a)IST.PSU.EDU> To: ISWORLD(a)LISTSERV.HEANET.IE We apologize for any possible multiple postings. ******************************************* * * * CALL FOR PAPERS * * ACM Transactions on Internet Technology * * * * Special Issue on * * Machine Learning for the Internet * * * ******************************************* Machine learning methods are becoming increasingly important for the development of several internet related technologies. Tasks such as intelligent searching, organizing, retrieving, and filtering information on the Web are extremely challenging and still much too easy for humans than they are for computers, except that humans are unable to scale up with the enormous amount of available data. Explicit coding of rules in this domain is typically very hard, and even if possible, would require exceptional coordination efforts. In particular, the fast dynamics of the information available on the Internet requires new approaches for indexing. The organization of information in Internet portals is becoming hardly manageable by humans. The users' surfing of the Internet can be made easier by personalized tools like search engines optimized for a specific Web community or even for the single user. For example, finding relevant documents by querying a search engine with a set of keywords may be difficult unless a proper ranking scheme is used to order the results. In this case, techniques based on user profiles, on topic selection and on the use of the Web topology can help in defining authoritative sources of information with respect to the given query and interests. Searching, organizing and retrieving information from the Web poses new issues that can be effectively tackled by applying machine learning techniques. Learning algorithms can be used to devise new tools which improve the accessibility to the information available on the Web. Learning is particularly useful to automate those tasks in which it is quite easy to collect examples while coding a set of explicit rules is impractical. For example, the fast dynamics of the Internet can be faced by designing new specialized search tools which cover only the parts of the Web related to a given topic. These search tools focus their exploration only on the portion of the Web which contains the information relevant for this topic. Moreover, learning-based search tools can feature a very high precision in retrieving information and can reduce the need for human efforts for many repetitive tasks (like organizing documents in Web directories). Beside accessing information, understanding and characterizing web structure and usage is essential for future development and organization of new tools and services. In spite of several recent efforts in measuring and producing mathematical models of web connectivity, dynamics, and usage, no definitive answers have emerged and learning may play a fundamental role for advancing our understanding in this field. Papers are invited on applications of machine learning to all aspects of Internet technology. These include (but are not limited to): * Automated creation of web directories * Automatic extraction of information from Web pages * Automatic security management * Categorization of web pages * Design and improvement of web servers through prediction of request patterns * Focused crawling * Information retrieval for the design of thematic search engines * Models and laws that characterize the web structure * User modeling for the personalization of Web services Submissions Authors are requested to send an intention of submission (with authors, title and abstract) as an email message in plain text to acm-toit(a)dsi.unifi.it by May 1, 2002. Then, papers must be submitted in electronic format as an attachment to the same email address before May 15, 2002. Preferred formats are PDF and PostScript (compressed with gzip or zip). Manuscripts must not exceed 50 single-column, double-spaced pages (including figures and tables) and must be written in English and set in 10 or 11 point font. Please do not send papers directly to guest editors' email addresses. Important Dates Intention of submission: May 1, 2002 Submission deadline: May 15, 2002 Notification: August 1, 2002 Guest editors Gary William Flake NEC Research Institute 4 Independence Way Princeton, NJ 08540 (USA) flake(a)research.nj.nec.com Voice: +1 609-951-2795 http://www.neci.nj.nec.com/homepages/flake/ Paolo Frasconi Dept. of Systems and Computer Science University of Florence Via di Santa Marta 3, I-50139 Firenze (Italy) paolo(a)dsi.unifi.it Voice: +39 055 4796 362 http://www.dsi.unifi.it/~paolo/ C. Lee Giles School of Information Sciences and Technology The Pennsylvania State University 001 Thomas Building, University Park, PA, 16802 (USA) giles(a)ist.psu.edu Voice: +1 814 865 7884 http://ist.psu.edu/giles/ Marco Maggini Dept. of Information Engineering University of Siena Via Roma 56, I-53100 Siena (Italy) maggini(a)dii.unisi.it Voice: +39 0577 233696 http://www.dii.unisi.it/~maggini/ -- C. Lee Giles, David Reese Professor School of Information Sciences and Technology and Computer Science and Engineering The Pennsylvania State University 001 Thomas Bldg, University Park, PA, 16801, USA 814 865 7884; FAX: 6426 http://ist.psu.edu/giles ___________________________________________________________________ |The Sender assumes responsibility that this message conforms to the |ISWorld list policy and conditions of use available at: |http://www.isworld.org/isworldlist |----------------------- ISWorld Net Footer ------------------------ | Need help with ISWorld? -> http://www.isworld.org/isworldlist | If you can't find an answer contact isworld_manager(a)cornell.edu |___________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------

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