ICWIS09 organizing committee invites you to participate in the International Conference to be held in Chennai, India on January 8-10, 2009.

The World-Wide Web continues to grow and new technologies, modes of interactions and applications are being developed. Web Intelligence offers a new direction for scientific research and development that goes beyond basic information retrieval and knowledge queries. New research challenges need to be addressed in the areas of managing web content and in the organization and integration of information from different sources. Innovative and novel uses of the Web and Web resources need to be adapted to create a distributed intelligent environment.


ICWIS09 aims to provide a cutting-edge international forum for both researchers and industry professionals to exchange ideas and views on the latest technological advances and applications of intelligent methods for the next generation of the Web. The conference would provide opportunity to discuss the practical challenges encountered and the solutions adopted for Web empowered systems, products and services.

Authors both from India and overseas are invited to submit original unpublished manuscripts or reports that demonstrate current research and practice in the area of Web Intelligence. Previously unpublished papers describing original research contribution are solicited.

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

•  Architecture, Programming and Semantic Web
•  Semantic Grid and Middleware
•  Semantic Web Services
•  Semantic Web and Knowledge/Service Ontology
•  Search, Visualization and Query of Semantic Web
•  Scientific Databases and Semantic Web
•  Web Mining and Farming
•  Semantic Web Mining
•  Web User Personalization and Profiling
•  Knowledge Representation and Engineering
•  Intelligent Web Agents and Services
•  Web Intelligent Support Systems
•  Intelligent Human-Web Interaction

 
Paper Submission
To submit an original research paper or report, send your extended abstract including the key references (not to exceed THREE double-spaced pages of text using the ‘Times New Roman’ font with 12 point size type on 8.5 x 11 inch page or A4 Size) and full papers to the Program Chair.

Electronic submissions are preferred and should be uploaded at the website. Electronic submissions must be in the form of a readable PDF or DOC file containing following header information: title, author name(s), abstract, postal address, email address, telephone and fax numbers. The header should be followed by the complete manuscript that includes title, author's name, affiliation, extended abstract and key references.

Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings. At least one author of each accepted paper is required to register for the conference and present the paper.
 
Important Dates
Extended Abstract Submission Deadline : August 20, August 31, 2008 (Final)
Full Paper Submission Deadline : August 31,  September 15, 2008
Decision Notification (Electronic) : October 30, 2008
Camera-Ready Full Paper Due : November 15, 2008 (IST time)
Conference Date : 8th – 10th January, 2009