WWW 2006 CFP

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WWW2006 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
http://www2006.org/
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The International World Wide Web Conference Committee (IW3C2) invites
you to participate in the Fifteenth International World Wide Web
Conference in Edinburgh, Scotland on May 22nd-26th 2006.
The conference is the prime venue for dissemination of Web research
and is held in association with ACM, BCS, ECS, IFIP and W3C.



*** REFEREED PAPERS (Submission Deadline: November 4, 2005)
WWW2006 seeks original papers describing research in all areas of the
web. Topics include but are not limited to
# E* Applications: E-Communities, E-Learning, E-Commerce, E-Science,
E-Government and E-Humanities
# Browsers and User Interfaces
# Data Mining
# Hypermedia and Multimedia
# Performance, Reliability and Scalability
# Pervasive Web and Mobility
# Search
# Security, Privacy, and Ethics
# Semantic Web
# Web Engineering
# XML and Web Services
# Industrial Practice and Experience (Alternate track)
# Developing Regions (Alternate track)

Detailed descriptions of each of these tracks appear
at http://www2006.org/tracks/

Submissions should present original reports of substantive new
work. Papers should properly place the work within the field, cite
related work, and clearly indicate the innovative aspects of the work
and its contribution to the field. We will not accept any paper which,
at the time of submission, is under review for or has already been
published or accepted for publication in a journal or another
conference.

New for WWW2006: We solicit submissions of "position papers"
articulating high-level architectural visions, describing challenging
future directions, or critiquing current design wisdom. Accepted
position papers will be presented at the conference and appear in the
proceedings. Both "regular papers" and "position papers" are subject
to the same rigorous reviewing process, but the emphasis may differ
--- regular papers should present significant reproducible results
while position papers may present preliminary work rich in
implications for future research.

All papers will be peer-reviewed by reviewers from an International
Program Committee. Accepted papers will appear in the conference
proceedings published by the Association for Computing Machinery
(ACM), and will also be accessible to the general public via
http://www2006.org/. Authors of all accepted papers will be required
to transfer copyright to the IW3C2.


*** TUTORIALS (Submission Deadline: EXTENDED to November 1)
A program of tutorials will cover topics of current interest to web
design, development, services, operation, use, and evaluation. These
half and full-day sessions will be led by internationally recognized
experts and experienced instructors using prepared content. For more
information and submission details see
http://www2006.org/tutorials/ .

*** PANELS (Submission Deadline: November 4th 2005)

Panels provide an interactive forum that will engage both panelists
and the audience in lively discussion of important and often
controversial issues. For more information and submission details see
http://www2006.org/panels/.

*** POSTERS (Submission Deadline: February 14th 2006)

Posters provide a forum for late-breaking research, and facilitate
feedback in an informal setting. Posters are peer-reviewed. The poster
area provides an opportunity for researchers and practitioners to
present and demonstrate their recent web-related research, and to
obtain feedback from their peers in an informal setting. It gives
conference attendees a way to learn about innovative works in progress
in a timely and informal manner. Formatting and submission
requirements are available at http://www2006.org/posters/.

IMPORTANT DATES

Conference: May 22nd-26th 2006

Submission Deadlines:
Workshop proposal: October 1, 2005
Tutorial proposal: November 1, 2005
Paper (regular): November 4, 2005
Paper (alternate track): November 4, 2005
Panel proposal: November 4, 2005
Poster: February 14, 2006

Acceptance Notification:
Workshop proposal: November 1, 2005
Tutorial proposal: December 1, 2005
Paper (regular): January 27, 2006
Panel proposal: January 27, 2006
Paper (alternate track): February 10, 2006
Poster: March 21, 2006


WWW2006 COMMITTEES AND CHAIRS

CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS
Leslie Carr (University of Southampton, UK)
Dave De Roure (University of Southampton, UK)
Arun Iyengar (IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA)

PROGRAM COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS
Mike Dahlin (University of Texas, USA)
Carole Goble (University of Manchester, UK)

TRACK VICE CHAIRS AND DEPUTY VICE CHAIRS
E* Applications: E-Communities, E-Learning, E-Commerce, E-Science,
E-Government, and E-Humanities

E-Government, E-Humanities
Mark Manasse (Microsoft Research, USA)
Bertram Ludaescher (UC Davis/SDSC, USA)
Wolfgang Nejdl Universitat Hannover, Germany)

Browsers and User Interfaces
Yoelle Maarek (IBM Haifa Research Lab, Israel)
Krishna Bharat (Google)

Data Mining
Ramakrishnan Srikant (IBM Almaden Research Center, USA)
Soumen Chakrabarti (IIT Bombay, India)

Hypermedia and Multimedia
Lloyd Rutledge (CWI, Netherlands)
Wei-Ying Ma (Microsoft Research, China)

Performance, Reliability and Scalability
Misha Rabinovich (AT&T, USA)
Jeff Chase (Duke University, USA)

Pervasive Web and Mobility
Venkat Padmanabhan (Microsoft, USA)
Jason Nieh (Columbia University, USA)

Search
Junghoo Cho (UCLA, USA)
Torsten Suel (Polytechnic University, USA)

Security, Privacy, and Ethics
Ari Juels (RSA, USA)
Angelos Keromytis (Columbia University, USA)

Semantic Web
Frank van Harmelen (Vrije Universiteit, Netherlands)
Mike Uschold (Boeing)

Web Engineering
David Lowe (UTS, Australia)
Luis Olsina (Universidad Nacional de La Pampa, Argentina)

XML and Web Services
Mark Little (Arjuna, UK)
Santosh Shrivastava (University of Newcastle, UK)

Industrial Practice and Experience
Marc Najork (Microsoft Research, USA)
Andy Stanford-Clark (IBM Hursley Laboratory, UK)

Developing Regions
Eric Brewer (UC Berkeley, USA)
Krithi Ramamritham (IIT Bombay, India)

TUTORIAL AND WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS:
Robin Chen (AT&T, USA)
Ian Horrocks (University of Manchester, UK)
Irwin King (Chinese University of Hong Kong, China)

PANELS CO-CHAIRS:
Marti Hearst (UC Berkeley, USA)
Prabhakar Raghavan (Yahoo!, USA)

DEVELOPER'S TRACK CHAIR
Jeremy Carroll (HP Labs, UK)
Mark Baker (Coactus)

POSTERS CHAIR
Bebo White (SLAC)