[dbjapan] CFP: APWeb 2015

["Yasuhiko Morimoto" <morimoto [at] mis.hiroshima-u.ac.jp>]

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*                  The 17th Asia-Pacific Web Conference (APWeb 2015) 
*                          http://www.dmirlab.com/apweb2015/ 
*                       September 18-20, 2015, Guangzhou, China 
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[Highlights] 

* The Asia Pacific Web Conference is aiming at attracting professionals of
different communities 
such as industry and academic from not only Asia Pacific countries but also
other continents. 
The objective is to share the experience in the area of the World Wide Web
with the underlying 
technologies and applications.

* APWeb 2015 in Guangzhou consists of research track, industrial track,
demonstration track, 
workshops, tutorials, Ph.D. symposium and distinguished young researcher
lecture series.

* All accepted papers, on all tracks and workshops, will be published in
Lecture Notes of 
Computer Science (LNCS) series of Springer.

* Selected accepted papers of APWeb 2015 will be recommended to WWW Journal
for fast-track review 
and publication on a special session.

* A number of student travel fellowships are available to support the
attendance of student 
authors of accepted papers. 

[Important dates] 

Abstract submission:     March 24, 2015 
Paper submission:        March 31, 2015 
Acceptance notification: May 31, 2015 
Camera-ready copies due: June 14, 2015 
Early bird registration: August 10, 2015 

[CALL FOR PAPERS] 

APWeb 2015 invites papers describing original contributions in all fields of
Web Management 
and related research areas and applications. All submissions should be in
English. For every 
accepted paper it is required that at least one author will attend the
conference to present 
the work. Research topics of interest for APWeb 2015 include, but are not
limited to:

* Advanced application of databases 
* Cloud computing 
* Content management 
* Data caching 
* Data mining and knowledge discovery 
* Data and information quality Control 
* Data migration and integration 
* Deep Web 
* Digital libraries 
* Distributed and parallel systems 
* Grid computing 
* Emerging Web techniques 
* Information retrieval 
* Mobile computing and data management 
* Multidimensional databases and OLAP 
* Multimedia systems 
* Parallel and distributed database systems 
* Peer-to-peer systems 
* Performance and benchmarking 
* Query processing and optimization 
* Semantic web and web ontology 
* Security, privacy and trust 
* Sensor networks 
* Service-oriented computing 
* Spatial and temporal databases 
* Stream data processing 
* Storage and data access methods 
* Web community analysis 
* Web search and mining 
* Web services 
* Workflow and E-services 
* XML and semi-structured data management 

[Submission and Publication] 

All papers in the research, demo and industrial tracks must be submitted
through Microsoft's 
CMT system, via the following link
https://cmt.research.microsoft.com/APWEB2015/. 
The submission site will be open in early March 2015.

The conference proceedings, including all accepted papers, will be published
in the Springer 
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. Submissions must not exceed
12 pages in 
LNCS format, including references. All submissions must be in PDF format.
Authors should avoid 
the use of non-English fonts to avoid problems with printing and viewing the
submissions. 
All accepted papers MUST follow strictly the instructions for LNCS Authors.
Springer LNCS 
site offers style files and information:
http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0.

Submissions for APWeb must be original (not previously published and not
under review in other forums). 
This applies to papers on all tracks of the conference. Authors are advised
to interpret 
these limitations strictly and to contact the PC chairs in case of doubt.

Each accepted paper must be accompanied by at least one full registration,
and an author is 
expected to present the paper at the conference, otherwise, the paper will
be removed from the 
proceedings and the LNCS digital library.

There will be a special session on the WWW Journal for best papers in APWeb
2015. Papers 
recommended to WWW Journal will go through a fast review and publication
track.

[Student Travel Fellowship] 

The conference will provide a number of student travel fellowship to student
authors of accepted 
papers. The recipients of the fellowship are expected to work as volunteer
at the conference site. 
Applications of the student travel fellowship must be sent to Student Travel
Fellowship Co-Chair 
by June 31, 2015. The application results will be notified by July 14, 2015.
Details of the student 
travel fellowship will be available on the web site.

[ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE] 

General Co-Chairs 
Kang Cai, China Telecom Co, China 
Zhifeng Hao, Guangdong University of Technology, China 
Xuemin Lin, University of New South Wales, Australia 
Program Committee Co-Chairs 
Reynold Cheng, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 
Bin Cui, Peking University, China 
Zhenjie Zhang, Advanced Digital Sciences Center, Singapore 
Workshop Co-Chairs 
Xiaokui Xiao, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 
Jian Yin, Sun Yat-Sen University, China 
Tutorial Co-Chair 
Sai Wu, Zhejiang University, China 
Ying Zhang, University of Technology Sydney, Australia 
Panel Co-Chair 
Zexiong Ma, China Telecom Co, China 
Jeffrey Yu, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 
Zhiming Zhong, China Telecom Co, China 
Industrial Co-Chairs 
Hongyang Chao, Sun Yat-Sen University, China 
Junjun Hu, China Telecom Co, China 
Ying Yan, Microsoft Research Asia, China 
Demo Co-Chairs 
Xiaoli Li, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore 
Xiaojun Xiao, Guangzhou Useease Information Technology Co. Ltd. 
Rong Zhang, East China Normal University, China 
Big Data Challenge Co-Chairs 
Kang Chen, China Telecom Co, China 
Baozhong Wang, China Telecom Co, China 
Distinguished Lecture Series Chair 
Aoying Zhou, East China Normal University, China 
Research Students Symposium Co-Chairs 
Xiaohui Yu, Shandong University, China 
Wenjie Zhang, University of New South Wales, Australia 
Publication Chair 
Ruichu Cai, Guangdong University of Technology, China 
Jia Xu, National University of Defense Technology, China 
Publicity Co-Chair 
Ilaria Bartolini, University of Bologna, Italy 
Yin Yang, Hamad bin Khalifa University, Qatar 
Bin Zhou, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA 
Local Organization Co-Chair 
Xiaohui Guo, China Telecom Co, China 
Jie Ling, Guangdong University of Technology, China 
Lijuan Wang, Guangdong University of Technology, China 
Wen Wen, Guangdong University of Technology, China