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> Subject: WWW2003 Call for Papers 

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> 

>                     WWW2003 CALL FOR PAPERS 

>        The Twelfth International World Wide Web Conference 

> 

> 	      May 20-24, 2003, Budapest, Hungary 

> 	              
http://www2003.org/

> 

> 	 Paper submission deadline: November 15, 2002 

> 

> The International World Wide Web Conference Committee 

> (IW3C2) and the 

> Computer and Automation Research Institute of the Hungarian 

> Academy of 

> Sciences (MTA SZTAKI) cordially invite you to participate in the 

> Twelfth International World Wide Web Conference on May 

> 20-24, 2003, in 

> Budapest, Hungary. 

> 

> International researchers, technologists, and leaders from academia, 

> industry, and government will gather at WWW2003 to define, refine, 

> present, demonstrate, and discuss the latest ideas and developments. 

> 

> The technical program will include refereed paper presentations, 

> alternate tracks including an Industrial track (see below), plenary 

> sessions, panels, and poster sessions. Tutorials and workshops will 

> precede the main program, and a Developers Day will follow, 

> which will 

> be devoted to in-depth technical sessions designed specifically for 

> web developers. 

> 

> Hungary is situated at the heart of Europe, and has one of 

> the fastest 

> growing economies in the region, especially with respect to 

> information technology and telecommunication. Budapest is one of the 

> most beautiful capitals of the world, and is easy to reach by air or 

> on ground. The warm hospitality of the people, excellent food, 

> reliable and frequent public transportation, vivid cultural 

> life, and 

> rich museums attract millions of visitors every year. Hungary has a 

> visitor-friendly visa policy, economically priced services 

> and goods, 

> and a pleasant climate, making it one of the most popular meeting 

> venues worldwide. 

> 

> IMPORTANT DATES 

> 

> *** Paper submission deadline: November 15, 2002 *** 

> Author notification (papers): January 31, 2003 

> Final papers due: February 28, 2003 

> 

> Poster submission deadline: January 15, 2003 

> Author notification (posters): February 28, 2003 

> 

> Tutorial/workshop proposals deadline: October 15, 2002 

> Panel proposals deadline: November 15, 2002 

> 

> Conference: May 20-24, 2003 

> 

> REFEREED PAPERS TRACK 

> 

> WWW2003 seeks original papers describing research in all 

> areas of the 

> web. Papers should not have been published or be in submission at 

> another conference or journal. Topics include but are not 

> limited to: 

> 

> * Applications 

> * Browsers and User Interfaces 

> * Electronic Commerce 

> * Hypermedia 

> * Mobility and Wireless Access 

> * Multimedia 

> * Performance and Reliability 

> * Search and Data Mining 

> * Security and Privacy 

> * Semantic Web 

> * Web Engineering [New for WWW2003] 

> 

> 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. 

> 

> Papers will be peer-reviewed by at least 3 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://www2003.org/.
 Authors are not required to transfer 

> copyright. Detailed formatting and submission requirements are 

> available at 
http://www2003.org/cfp.htm.
 Inquiries can be sent to 

> 
.

> 

> ALTERNATE TRACKS 

> 

> Alternate tracks include a combination of peer-reviewed papers and 

> invited presentations. Accepted papers will appear in a separate 

> printed proceedings to the main refereed track proceedings 

> (excluding 

> Panels and the Industrial and W3C tracks). 

> 

> * Education 

> * Global Community 

> * Industrial Track 

> * Practice & Experience 

> * Web Services [New for WWW2003] 

> * W3C Track (latest news and views from the World Wide Web 

> Consortium) 

> * Panels 

> 

> Detailed formatting and submission requirements are available at 

> 
http://www2003.org/cfp.htm.
 Inquiries can be sent to 

> 
.

> 

> INDUSTRIAL TRACK 

> 

> The Industrial Track provides a forum for vendors, open source 

> developers, and industry, academic, and government 

> deployers. For more 

> information and submission details see 
http://www2003.org/it/.

> Inquiries can be sent to 
.

> 

> PROGRAM COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS 

> 

> Yih-Farn Robin Chen, AT&T Labs - Research, 


> László Kovács, MTA SZTAKI, 


> Steve Lawrence, NEC Research Institute, 


> 

> POSTERS 

> 

> 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://www2003.org/cfp.htm.
 Inquiries 

> can be sent to 
.

> 

> TUTORIALS AND WORKSHOPS 

> 

> 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. 

> 

> Workshops provide an opportunity for researchers, 

> designers, leaders, 

> and practitioners to explore current web R&D issues through a more 

> focused and in-depth manner than is possible in a traditional 

> conference session. Participants typically present position 

> statements 

> and hold in-depth discussions with their peers within the workshop 

> setting. 

> 

> For more information and submission details see 

> 
http://www2003.org/tut&ws.htm.
 Inquiries can be sent to 

> 
.

> 

> PANELS 

> 

> 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://www2003.org/panels.htm.
 Inquiries can be sent to 

> 
.

> 

> AWARDS 

> 

> Best Paper, Best Student Paper, Best Alternate Track Paper, Best 

> Alternate Track Student Paper, Best Poster, Best Student Poster, and 

> Best Presentation awards will be presented at the conference. 

> 

> DEVELOPERS DAY 

> 

> Developers Day (D-Day) will be devoted to the interests of web 

> developers, and will offer in-depth discussions of technologies and 

> tools at the forefront of the web. This day-long program 

> will consist 

> of several parallel streams focused on specific content areas. D-Day 

> sessions are designed to be timely and state-of-the-art. 

> 

> For more information and submission details see 

> 
http://www2003.org/dd/.

> Inquiries can be sent to 
.

> 

> REFEREED TRACK AREA CHAIRS 

> 

> Applications: 

> Vice Chair: Fred Douglis, IBM Research, USA 

> Deputy Vice Chair: Maarten van Steen, VU Amsterdam, Netherlands 

> 

> Browsers and UI: 

> Vice Chair: Marc Najork, Microsoft Research, USA 

> Deputy Vice Chair: Juliana Freire, OGI/OHSU, USA 

> 

> E-commerce: 

> Vice Chair: Michael Wellman, University of Michigan, USA 

> Deputy Vice Chair: John Riedl, University of Minnesota, USA 

> 

> Hypermedia: 

> Vice Chair: m.c. schraefel, University of Toronto, Canada 

> Deputy Vice Chair: Peter Nürnberg, Aalborg University 

> Esbjerg, Denmark 

> 

> Mobility and Wireless Access: 

> Vice Chair: Minoru Etoh, NTT DoCoMo, Japan 

> Deputy Vice Chair: Sarolta Dibuz, Ericsson, Hungary 

> 

> Multimedia: 

> Vice Chair: James Wang, Penn State University, USA 

> Deputy Vice Chair: Eric Chang, Microsoft Research, China 

> 

> Performance and Reliability: 

> Vice Chair: Craig E. Wills, WPI, USA 

> Deputy Vice Chair: Mike Dahlin, UT Austin, USA 

> 

> Search and Data Mining: 

> Vice Chair: Soumen Chakrabarti, Indian Institute of 

> Technology, India 

> Deputy Vice Chair: Prabhakar Raghavan, Verity, USA 

> 

> Security and Privacy: 

> Vice Chair: Avi Rubin, AT&T Labs - Research, USA 

> Deputy Vice Chair: Brian LaMacchia, Microsoft, USA 

> 

> Semantic Web: 

> Vice Chair: Ian Horrocks, University of Manchester, UK 

> Deputy Vice Chair: Brian McBride, HP, Bristol, UK 

> 

> Web Engineering: 

> Vice Chair: Martin Gaedke, University of Karlsruhe, Germany 

> Deputy Vice Chair: Daniel Schwabe, Pontifical Catholic 

> University of Rio 

> de Janeiro, Brazil 

> 

> ALTERNATE TRACK CHAIRS 

> 

> Education: 

> Co-Chair: Paul De Bra, Eindhoven University of Technology, 

> Netherlands 

> Co-Chair: Wolfgang Nejdl, University of Hannover, Germany 

> 

> Global Communities: 

> Co-Chair: David De Roure, University of Southampton, UK 

> Co-Chair: Liddy Nevile, La Trobe University, Australia 

> 

> Industrial Track: 

> Chair: Mario Jeckle, DaimlerChrysler, Germany 

> Deputy Chair: Mary Ellen Zurko, IBM Software Group 

> 

> Practice & Experience: 

> Chair: Arun Iyengar, IBM Research, USA 

> Deputy Chair: Krishna Kant, Intel 

> 

> Web Services: 

> Chair: Steve Vinoski, IONA Technologies, USA 

> Deputy Chair: Francisco (Paco) Curbera, IBM Research, USA 

> 

> W3C: 

> Chair: Marie-Claire Forgue, W3C, France 

> 

> Panels: 

> Chair: Carole Goble, University of Manchester, UK 

> Deputy Chair: Bernard Horan, Sun Microsystems Ltd, UK 

> 

> TUTORIALS AND WORKSHOPS CO-CHAIRS 

> 

> Michael Bieber, New Jersey Institute of Technology, 

> 


> Beatrix Toth, MTA SZTAKI, 


> 

> POSTER CO-CHAIRS 

> 

> Irwin King, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 

> 


> Tamas Maray, Technical University of Budapest, Hungary, 

> 


> 

> DEVELOPERS DAY CO-CHAIRS 

> 

> Ivan Herman, W3C, 


> János Szél, MÁV Informatics, 


> 

> CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS 

> 

> Gusztav Hencsey, MTA SZTAKI, 


> Bebo White, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, 

> 


> 

> IW3C2 LIAISON TO WWW2003 

> 

> Ivan Herman, W3C, 


> 

> IW3C2 LIAISON TO THE PROGRAM COMMITTEE 

> 

> Arun Iyengar, IBM Research, USA, 


> 

> CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS 

> 

> International World Wide Web Conference Committee (IW3C2), 

> 
http://www.iw3c2.org/

> 

> Computer and Automation Research Institute of the Hungarian 

> Academy of 

> Sciences (MTA SZTAKI), 
http://www.sztaki.hu/

> 

> CONFERENCE PARTNERS 

> 

> International Federation for Information Processing Working 

> Group 6.4 

> on Internet Applications Engineering (IFIP WG 6.4), and the 

> World Wide 

> Web Consortium (W3C). 

> 

> General questions about WWW2003 may be sent to 


>