LA-WEB 2003 Call for Papers

CALL FOR PAPERS

FIRST LATIN AMERICAN WEB CONGRESS
SANTIAGO 2003
Empowering Our Web · November 10-12
http://la-web.org/

Organized by the Center for Web Research, 
Dept. of Computer Science, University of Chile 
with the Sponsorship of IW3C2 



The Center for Web Research of the Computer Science Department of the 
University of Chile, under the sponsorship of the International World Wide 
Web Conference Committee (IW3C2) and the Chilean Computer Science Society 
(SCCC) cordially invite you to participate in the First Latin American 
World Wide Web Conference on November 10-12, 2003, in Santiago, Chile.

International researchers, technologists, and leaders from academia, 
industry, and government will gather at LA-WEB to present, demonstrate, 
and discuss the latest developments of the Web and how they can be used to 
empower the Latin American Web.

The technical programme will include refereed paper presentations, 
alternate track presentations (see below), plenary sessions, panels, and 
poster sessions. Tutorials will precede the main program.

During the past years, Chile has been the most stable growing economy in 
the region, and is one of the regional leaders in information technology 
and telecommunications. Santiago, with more than 5 million inhabitants, is 
not only the capital of Chile, but also its financial and administrative 
heart. The city was founded in 1541 and is located at the foot of the 
Andes Mountains and only one hour away from the Pacific Ocean, thus being 
the ideal point to start tours to the north (desert), south (lakes and 
glaciers) or west (Easter island).

Due to Santiago's much influenced past it displays a wide range of 
architecture, contrasting classical European style buildings with modern 
attractive commercial centers. Along with its cultural influences, 
Santiago is a cosmopolitan city where visitors can enjoy cultural 
activities, and a great variety of international, ethnic and local 
gastronomy, accompanied by the most delicious Chilean wines. Santiago is 
easily reachable by air from Asia, Europe or North America.


IMPORTANT DATES
Paper submission deadline: June 8, 2003
Tutorial proposal deadline: July 1, 2003
Poster submission deadline: August 10, 2003
Author notification (papers, tutorials): August 3, 2003
Final papers due: September 1, 2003
Author notification (posters): September 8, 2003


INVITED SPEAKER
Stefan Decker, Information Sciences Institute,
University of Southern California, USA


REFEREED PAPERS TRACKS
LA-WEB 2003 seeks original papers describing research in all areas of the 
Web. Topics include but are not limited to:

Applications (Area 1) 
Browsers and User Interfaces (Area 2) 
Electronic Commerce (Area 3) 
Hypermedia (Area 4) 
Mobility and Wireless Access (Area 5) 
Multimedia (Area 6) 
Performance and Reliability (Area 7) 
Search and Data Mining (Area 8) 
Security and Privacy (Area 9) 
Semantic Web (Area 10) 
Web Engineering (Area 11) 
Submission details
Submissions should present original reports of new work in English. 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. A 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 will not be accepted.

Papers will be peer-reviewed by at least 3 reviewers from an International 
Program Committee. Accepted papers will appear in the conference 
proceedings which will be published by an international publisher, will be 
contained on the Conference CD, and will also be accessible to the general 
public via http://la-web.org/. 

Papers must be submitted electronically in PDF or XHTML, and must be 
formatted using the styles that will be posted in the conference Web site.

We encourage authors to submit concise papers with up to 8 pages; however, 
papers with up to 10 pages may be submitted, and an additional 2 pages 
(for a maximum of 12) may be purchased later. Over-length or incorrectly 
formatted submissions may be rejected without reviews. Final copies of 
accepted papers will be required in both PDF and XHTML formats.

Authors must also include a short 30-word statement with their submission 
which emphasizes the contribution of their paper. The statement will be 
seen by reviewers. For accepted papers, the final statement will appear in 
the Table of Contents of the conference proceedings and will be edited for 
clarity and accuracy by the program committee.

Submissions must be made at http://la-web.org/
Inquiries can be sent to la-web-wzGm9OINAugX+IlteNf3sA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


PROGRAMME COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS
Ricardo Baeza-Yates, CWR/DCC/Universidad de Chile 
Daniel Schwabe, PUC Rio de Janeiro, Brazil


PROGRAMME COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Virgilio Almeida, UFMG, Brazil 
Gerardo Ayala, UDLAP, Mexico
Krishna Bharat, Google, USA
Dick Bulterman, CWI, Netherlands
Tiziana Catarci, Univ. of Rome, Italy
Soumen Chakrabarti, IITB, India
Jim Challenger, IBM, USA
Stefan Decker, ISI, USA
Carlos Delgado, Univ. Carlos III, Spain 
Piero Fraternali, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Martin Gaedke, Karlsruhe Univ., Germany
Lee Giles, Penn. State Univ., USA
David Hawking, CSIRO, Australia
Monika Henzinger, Google, USA
Geert-Jan Houben, Eindhoven Univ. of Technology, Netherlands
Nora Koch, Munich Univ., Germany
Balachander Krishnamurthy, AT&T, USA
Yoelle Maarek, IBM Haifa, Israel
Udi Manber, Amazon, USA
Heikki Mannila, Univ. of Helsinki, Finland
Massimo Melucci, Padova Univ., Italy
Alberto Mendelzon, Univ. of Toronto, Canada
Daniel Menasce, George Mason Univ., USA
Erich J. Neuhold, FHG, Germany
Paolo Paolini, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Oscar Pastor, UPV, Spain
Berthier Ribeiro-Neto, UFMG, Brazil
Knut Magne Risvik, Fast, Norway
Gustavo Rossi, UNLP, Argentina
Luiz Fernando Gomes Soares, PUC-Rio, Brazil
Bebo White, Stanford Univ., USA
Mary Ellen Zurko, IBM, USA


ALTERNATE TRACKS
Alternate tracks include a combination of peer-reviewed papers and
invited presentations. Topics include:

Education (Area 12) 
Global Community (Area 13) 
Practice & Experience (Area 14) 
Web Services (Area 15) 
Networks and distributed systems (Area 16) 
Submission details for papers in Areas 12-16

The alternate tracks include refereed papers and invited presentations. 
Submissions will be peer-reviewed by an International Program Committee. 
Accepted papers in Areas 12-16 will appear in a separate printed 
proceedings to the main refereed track proceedings.

All accepted papers will be contained on the Conference CD, and will also 
be accessible to the general public via http://la-web.org/. The 
official languages for the alternate tracks are English, Portuguese and 
Spanish. 

Papers must be submitted electronically in PDF or XHTML, to the conference 
Web site.

Authors must also include a short 30-word statement with their submission 
which emphasizes the contribution of their paper. The statement will be 
seen by reviewers. For accepted papers, the final statement will appear in 
the Table of Contents of the conference proceedings and will be edited for 
clarity and accuracy by the program committee.

Submissions must be made at http://la-web.org/
Inquiries can be sent to la-web-wzGm9OINAugX+IlteNf3sA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


ALTERNATE TRACKS CO-CHAIRS:
José Miguel Piquer, CWR/DCC/Universidad de Chile
Nivio Ziviani, DCC, Univ. Federal of Minas Gerais, Brazil


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.


SUBMISSION DETAILS
The submission details for posters are the same as for the main refereed 
papers track above, except that the page limit is 2 pages (no extra pages 
can be purchased), no revisions can be made to accepted posters, and an 
XHTML version of accepted posters is not required. 

Submissions will be peer-reviewed by an international committee.

Accepted posters will appear on the Conference CD and will be accessible 
to the general public via http://la-web.org/

Submissions must be made at http://la-web.org/
Inquiries can be sent to la-web-wzGm9OINAugX+IlteNf3sA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


POSTERS CHAIR:
Luis Olsina, Univ. de La Pampa, Argentina.


TUTORIALS
A programme 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 on Tutorials see the conference Web site. There will 
be tutorials in English and Spanish.


TUTORIALS CHAIRS 
Alfredo Sanchez, UDLAP, Mexico


CONFERENCE CHAIR
Ricardo Baeza-Yates, CWR/DCC/Universidad de Chile


CONFERENCE PARTNERS
SCCC Chilean CS Society
CLEI Centro Latinoamericano de Estudios de Informática
SBC Sociedade Brasileira de Computação


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