[Apologies if you receive this more than once] Please disseminate among colleagues ************************************************************* Call for Papers and Proposals The Third International [EMAIL PROTECTED] Conference http://db.cs.ualberta.ca/ihsic05/ July 27-29, 2005, Tokyo, Japan -------------------------------------------------------------- Submission of papers Due Date: February 1, 2005 Medium: submit PDF or Postscript as attachement to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that this version of the CfP is for the North American region. Visit http://hsi.itrc.net/ for other regions. -------------------------------------------------------------- Background and Aim of the Conference The [EMAIL PROTECTED] conference was first started in May 2000 with the aim of providing a forum for the exchange of ideas and research results among professionals and students interested in following the issues and solutions to their possible ill effects, and issues and solutions to supporting the numerous applications of the Internet that have broad consequences on humans and the society. The technical themes of the 2005 edition of the conference are organized around two tracks as follows: Track I: Impacts of the Internet on Humans and the Society
1. negative side effects of the Internet on humans and the society, that is, the uses of the Internet that have caused monetary damages, invasion of privacy, violation of intellectual rights, social problems, and even undesirable outcomes in elections, etc. These include, but are not limited to, spam; viruses, worms, and phishing; digital rights violations; frauds in electronic commerce, mobile commerce and auctions; hacking and intrusion; cyber terror and cyber warfare; invasion of privacy and identify theft; attacks against the Internet infrastructure, including denial of service attacks; exposure of children to unsavory things; hijacking of democracy by a small but vocal minority; bad web communities, such as suicide websites, crime-aiding websites; marriage breakups; rude words in opinions posted to websites; etc. 2. technical, legal, business model, and mass education-based solutions to address ill effects from the uses of the Internet, as mentioned above. Track II: Applications of the Internet That Have Broad Positive Impacts on Humans and the Society 1. both established and emerging uses of the Internet that have or are expected to have positive effects on humans and the society, that is, applications and uses of the Internet that expand commerce and economy, enhance quality of life, improve government's services to people, diversify the interactions and relationships among people in communities of varying sizes and purposes, etc. These include, but are not limited to, electronic commerce, mobile commerce, auction, online games, entertainment, education and learning, health care, governance, politics, Internet telephony, e-mass media (digital newspapers, radio), e-family, e-communities, etc. 2. technologies to support the applications mentioned above. - -------------------------------------------------------------- Submission of papers Due Date: February 1, 2005 Medium: submit PDF or Postscript as attachement to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - -------------------------------------------------------------- Papers: High-quality original research and position papers written in good English are solicited. Suggested length is 10-20 double-spaced, single-column pages. http://hsi.itrc.net/).> Publications The proceedings of the Conference will be published by Springer-Verlag as a volume in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. Important Dates February 1, 2005 Paper and Proposal Submissions Due April 4, 2005 Notice of Acceptance/Rejection to Paper Authors May 4, 2005 Camera-Ready Papers and Invited Talk Files Due May 4, 2005 Pre-registration for the Authors of Accepted Papers Due June 6, 2005 Online Pre-Registration Starts July 6, 2005 Online Pre-Registration Closes July 27, 2005 Conference Starts -------------------------------------------------------------- For more information, please refer to the conference web site at: http://db.cs.ualberta.ca/ihsic05/ --------------------------------------------------------------
