Invitation to take part of the InSciT2006 Conference in Spain
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and Technologies, InSciT2006
Merida , SPAIN , October 25th-28th, 2006
http://www.instac.es/inscit2006/
Dear colleague,
On behalf of the organizers, you are cordially invited to send
abstracts of your best research for presentation at the forthcoming 1st
International Conference on Multidisciplinary Information Sciences and
Technologies (InSciT2006) that will be held in October 2006 in Merida (
Spain ).
Information Science is the interface of a number of scientific
disciplines, all related to the diverse aspects of the information
access, management, retrieval and usage. A number of approaches to the
same object of study, the information, converge in this space:
technological, mathematical, linguistic, and cognitive aspects as well
as those related to the Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language
Processing or Human-Computer Interaction, organizational aspects and so
on. All these approaches shape the wide range of domains which must
interact in order to find the solutions to the problems we all face
when deploying and improving these information systems.
InSciT2006, with a strong multi and inter disciplinary focus, aims at
creating a forum in Spain where gather together researchers and
practitioners coming from the widest range of knowledge domains
involved in the study of information.
CONTRIBUTIONS
We seek submissions related to any aspect of information sciences and
technologies , particularly those which link a number of topics
included in the programme (see below). Research and Applications
articles should be of high quality, reporting original research and
contributions to information science research.
Submissions must include a title and a 500 word extended abstract of
the proposed paper. Abstracts will be refereed. An abstract template is
available to help you produce your abstract as well as a submission
form to submit it to the conference.
http://www.instac.es/inscit2006/submit.htm
Final papers will be published in the proceedings and presented at the
conference. Papers may be in English or Spanish. Deadline for abstracts
is May 1 st , 2006 . Approval will be notified 10-15 days after
abstract reception. Final papers (3000-4000 words) must be received in
camera-ready form by June 30, 2006 .
PLENARY SPEAKERS
Dr. Donald H. Kraft, Louisiana State University , USA . Editor of the
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology,
JASIST. (Title to be announced)
Dr. Wolfgang Glanzel, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven , Belgium .
Co-Editor of Scietometrics (Title to be announced)
Dr. Felix de Moya Anegon , University of Granada , SPAIN . Main
researcher of SCImago Research Group. (Title to be announced)
IMPORTANT DATES
Abstract submission: May 1 st , 2006
Full Paper submission for publication: June 30 th , 2006
THEMES
Major topics include the following (accompanied by some subtopics), for
a comprehensive list of topics covered by InSciT2006 visit:
http://www.instac.es/inscit2006/topics.htm
Information Retrieval
Formal models and methods and language models
Information needs, seeking, searching, and uses
User interfaces for IR systems
Ubiquitous IR and Mobile platforms
Web IR systems
Digital Libraries
Emerging Concepts of Digital Libraries, Digital Resources, Digital
Content, Digital Objects
Distributed digital collections
User Studies and System Evaluation
Digital Library Applications
Social, organizational and economic issues
Hypertext and Hypermedia Systems
Web Hypermedia Technologies
Linking vs Relationship: relationship concepts and models
Blogging
Hypertext and hypermedia tools
Hypermedia and The Semantic Web
Metadata
Metadata design and semantics
Ontologies, vocabularies and thesauri
Metadata-based information retrieval and browsing
Electronic Publishing
Electronic publishing research (platforms, systems, software)
Scholarly communication and electronic publishing
Self-archiving, repositories, disciplinary archives and Eprints
Knowledge and Information Management
Knowledge and Information Extraction
Content Management in organizational environments
Science and Information Mapping
Evaluation of Scientific and Technological Research Performance
Studies of Interdisciplinarity, Multidisciplinarity and Research
Collaboration
Knowledge Mapping and Visualization
Data Mining
Distributed data mining
Collaborative filtering/personalization - usage mining - user access
patterns discovering and interpreting
Data manipulation: clearing, integration, transformation, compression,
reduction
Human-Computer interaction
Interface Design for Digital Libraries, IR systems, and in general for
multimedia information systems
Cognitive models used in information processes
Ergonomics in HCI
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Fuzzy Logia
Artificial Neuronal Networks
Intelligent Information Retrieval
Relevance evaluation using IA techniques
Natural Language Processing
Discourse processing
Language understanding
Linguistic, mathematical and psychological models of language
Human language technologies
Information Visualization
Information visualization environments
Visual data modelling
Application areas of visual information systems
Social Networks
Social Network Analysis
Communities of Practices
Social Networks in organizational contexts
Databases
Data Models and Database Design
Distributed and Multidimensional Databases
Multimedia Database Systems
CONFERENCE PUBLICATION - PROCEEDINGS
Proceedings Book
All accepted papers to be presented at InSciT2006 will be published as
book chapters in the Conference Proceedings Book, which will be jointly
edited by the University of Extremadura and the Open Institute of
Knowledge. This volume will be distributed amongst the attendees during
the conference. Furthermore, every paper will be published in the Open
Digital Library, currently being developed by the Open Institute of
Knowledge, and made available to be read on-line so as to maximize its
international visibility and impact.
The title of the publication is expected to be "Current Research in
Information Sciences and Technologies. Multidisciplinary approaches to
global information systems" and it will contain an Interantional Serial
Book Number (ISBN).
International Journals special issues
In addition, a selected number of accepted papers will be considered,
under amendment / extension in order to meet journal requirements, for
publication in several collaborating international journals, with which
InSciT2006's Organization is currently reaching agreements. These set
of papers, selected by the international advisory committee after the
conference, will be of high-quality (break-through work) and a new
round of a very strict review will follow. This is intended to maximize
the international visibility and impact of papers presented at
InSciT2006. Please refer to the conference website for details.
http://www.instac.es/inscit2006/publication.htm
VIRTUAL SYMPOSIUM
The Virtual Symposium is intended for those researchers interested in
participating but unable to attend to InSciT2006. Virtual participants
will contribute submitting their presentations in a power point (PPT)
compatible format that will be exposed at the computer area, located
alongside the poster and surrounding areas. Virtual participation will
be considered in the same way as the physical one, that is, each
virtual presentation will have an associated paper published in the
Conference Proceedings. Also, the full documentation set, including the
proceedings as well as presentation certificates will be sent by post
to their authors.
http://www.instac.es/inscit2006/submit.htm
COLLABORATION, RESEARCH PROJETCS AND PhD TUTOR SEARCH.
InSciT2006 organization will publish and distribute, jointly with the
hand program, a booklet where the participating research groups can
publish its achievements. This is intended to promote contacts among
the participants and find possible partners for future collaboration in
research projects or calls for collaborative EU research funds, i.e.
within Framework Programs. In addition, interested students attending
to InSciT2006 will be encouraged to publish their CV in order to find
PhD tutors from abroad.
EXHIBITION AND SPONSORSHIP
For issues regarding Commercial Exhibition and Sponsorship, please
refer to the Conference website.
http://www.instac.es/inscit2006/sponsor.htm
http://www.instac.es/inscit2006/exhibition.htm
Thank you in advance and do not hesitate to contact us for any
suggestion or inquiry.
We would also appreciate it if you could disseminate this Call for
Papers within your Department or Institution.
Dr. Vicente Guerrero Bote
InSciT2006 Conference Chairman
University of Extremadura
http://alcazaba.unex.es/~vicente
Borja Gonzalez
InSciT2006 Secretariat
http://www.instac.es/inscit2006/secretariat.htm
Email: insci...@instac.es