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--------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers Workshop on Applications, Products and Services of Web-based Support Systems October 13, 2003, Halifax, Canada http://www2.cs.uregina.ca/~jtyao/Workshop_WI03/Workshop_WI03.html In conjunction with 2003 IEEE/WIC International Conference on Web Intelligence http://www.comp.hkbu.edu.hk/WI03/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Web provides a new medium for storing, presenting, gathering, sharing, processing and using information. The impacts of the Web can be felt in almost all aspects of life. Web Intelligence is a sub-field of computer science that tries to meet the challenges and take advantages of the opportunities offered by the Web. The workshop aims to a particular field of Web Intelligence by providing a forum for the discussion and exchange of ideas and information by researchers, students, and professionals on the issues and challenges brought on by the Web technology for various support systems. One of our goals is to find out how applications and adaptations of existing methodologies on the Web platform benefit our decision-makings and various activities. Topics: -------- Some suggested topics for the workshop include, but are not limited to: - Web-based Decision Support Systems - Web-based Information Retrieval Support Systems - Web-based Multimedia Systems - Web-based Groupware System - Web-based Knowledge Management System - Web-based Educational System - Web-based Research Support Systems - Web-based Business Support Systems - Web-based Financial and Economic Systems - Web-based Internet Banking System - Web-based Applications - Web-based Negotiation Support Systems - XML and Semi-structured Data Management on the Web - Web Information Management - Web Information Retrieval - Web Mining and Farming - CASE tools and software for developing web-based applications - User-interface design issues for web-based applications - Visualizations of web-based systems - Systems Analysis and Design methods for web-based applications - Security issues related to web-based applications - Web-based Systems Development Important Dates: ----------------- August 22, 2003 Deadline for submission of papers September 6, 2003 Notification of acceptance (1 week prior to Early Registration deadline) September 26, 2003 Final copy due October 13, 2003 Conference Submissions: ------------- Submitted papers should be formatted in the style of IEEE-Computer Society Format: http://www.computer.org/cspress/instruct.htm The page limit for the final version is 12 pages. We only accept electronic submissions. Please send your manuscripts in PDF format to the program chairs: Dr. JingTao Yao Dr. Pawan Lingras University of Regina Saint Mary's University Canada Canada [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Publication: ------------ The onsite proceedings of the workshop will be published by WI 2003. We may have a post-workshop special issue on a journal or an edited book for selected papers with revision and extension.