From richard.chbeir at u-bourgogne.fr Fri Jun 23 04:02:15 2006 From: richard.chbeir at u-bourgogne.fr (Richard CHBEIR) Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 10:02:15 +0200 Subject: [Sigmed-l] IEEE/ACM SITIS 2006: Call for Papers Message-ID: !!!!!! We Apologize if you receive multiple copies of this CFP !!!!!!! +-------------------------------------------+ | ################### | | # | | ###### # # # ###### ### ### | | # # # # # # # # | | ##### # # # ##### # # ### | | # # # # # # # # # | | ###### # # # ###### ### ### | | | +-------------------------------------------+ CALL FOR PAPERS The 2006 International Conference on SIGNAL-IMAGE TECHNOLOGY & INTERNET- BASED SYSTEMS (SITIS 06) Sponsored by IEEE and ACM (approval pending) December 17th - December 21st 2006 The MARCO POLO Hotel Hammamet, Tunisia http://www.u-bourgogne.fr/sitis The SITIS conference is dedicated to research on the technologies used to represent, share and process information in various forms, ranging from signal, image, and multimedia data to traditional data and semi-structured data found in the web. SITIS 2006 aims to provide a forum for high quality presentations on research activities centered on three main tracks. The focus of the first track "Information Management & Retrieval Technologies" (IMRT) is on the emerging modeling, representation and retrieval techniques that take into account the amount, type and diversity of information accessible in distributed computing environment. The main topics of Interest include: - Data Semantics - Spatial Information Systems and Applications - Multimedia and application - Information security. The second track "Web-Based Information Technologies & Distributed Systems" (WITDS) is devoted to emerging and novel concepts, architectures and methodologies for creating interconnected environments in which information can be exchanged easily, tasks can be processed collaboratively, and communities of users with similarly interests can be formed while addressing security threats that are present more than ever before. The main topics of Interest include: - Information System Interoperability - Emergent semantics - Agent-based systems - Distributed, Parallel, GRID, P2P, Mobile information management - Web-Centric Systems The third track "Signal & Image Technologies" (SIT) focuses on recent developments in digital signal processing and pays particular attention to evolutions in audiovisual signal processing, analysis, coding and authentication, and retrieval techniques. The main topics of Interest include: - Image Processing and Analysis - Image/Video Coding and Authentication - Signal processing - Applications Submissions must be in electronic form as PDF or PS files and should be uploaded through the SITIS 2006 Web site. Submissions should be 3000-4000 words long (approx. 8-12 double-space printed pages). Papers that fail to comply with length limit will be rejected. Submissions will be peer-reviewed by at least 2 qualified reviewers. Selection criteria will include: relevance, significance, impact, originality, technical soundness, and quality of presentation. Preference will be given to submissions that take strong or challenging positions on important emergent topics. At least one author should attend the conference to present the paper. Tutorial and Workshop proposals should be submitted to sitis at u-bourgogne.fr. IMPORTANT DATES: --------------- Proposals for Tutorials/Workshops September 9th, 2006 Paper submission September 9th, 2006 Notification of acceptance October 15th, 2006 Final version paper with registration November 3rd, 2006 Track Organizers ---------------- IMRT Track Harald Kosch, U. Passau, Germany (harald.kosch at itec.uni-klu.ac.at) Vincent Oria, NJIT, USA (oria at homer.njit.edu) WITDS Track Esma A?meur, U. of Montreal, Canada (aimeur at iro.umontreal.ca) Djamal Benslimane, U. Lyon, France (djamal.benslimane at iuta.univ-lyon1.fr) Javier Lopez, U. of Malaga, Spain (jlm at lcc.uma.es) Zakaria Maamar, U. of Zayed, U.A.E (zakaria.maamar at zu.ac.ae) Manuel Nunez, U. Comp.de Madrid, Spain (mn at sip.ucm.es) SIT Track Peter Schelkens, Vrije U. Brussel, Belgium (pschelke at etro.vub.ac.be) Louis Legrand, U. of Bourgogne, France (Louis.Legrand at u-bourgogne.fr) From CASmit07 at syr.edu Thu Jun 29 17:32:09 2006 From: CASmit07 at syr.edu (Catherine Arnott Smith) Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 17:32:09 -0400 Subject: [Sigmed-l] Fwd: ASIST pre-conference announcement Message-ID: Pre-conference event for ASIST! ****************************** SIG SI, DL, HFIS and MED are pleased to announce a day of joint pre-conference events at the Nov 2006 ASIST in Austin Saturday November 4th: == 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM == Pre-conference Research Symposia at ASIST: "Interrogating the social realities of information and communications systems" To present at the symposium, submit a 1000 word abstract by September 15th. See details and submission instructions at: http://slisweb.lis.wisc.edu/~kreschen/symposia.htm == 1:30 PM to 5:30 PM == Workshop - Doing Ethnography: Examining ICT Use in Context with discussants: Elizabeth Davenport, Brenda Dervin, Elisabeth Figa Note, both the symposia and the workshop require seperate registration. See the ASIST site for details http://www.asis.org/Conferences/AM06/seminars.html == Followed by a social informaticians and friends birds of a feather dinner Saturday night! ************** DETAILS********************************* ==1. Research Symposia at ASIST: Interrogating the social realities of information and communications systems The purpose of the symposium is to showcase and disseminate current projects and research in progress that investigates the social aspects of information and communications technologies (ICT) across all ASIST SIG areas. The symposia encourages all ASIST members interested in social aspects of ICT (broadly defined), to share their work by submitting an extended abstract (1000 words) and attending the mini-conference. Submissions may include empirical, critical and theoretical work, as well as richly described practice cases and demonstrations. Submission Requirements *1000 word extended abstract due September 15th *Extended abstracts should be submitted via the dLIST open access e-print repository (submission instructions coming soon!) * Abstracts will be lightly reviewed for suitability, but the mission of the symposium is to accept as much work as time will allow. *Late abstracts will be considered on a space available basis *The symposia organizers will publish all abstracts on the Web prior to the symposia. *All abstracts will receive helpful constructive feedback - all submitters will be assigned one other abstract to comment on prior to the conference (more details soon). ==2. Doing Ethnography: Examining ICT Use in Context Half Day Seminar, Saturday, Nov. 4, 2006, 1:30am-5:30pm (separate fee) This 1/2 day workshop aims to help participants to devise and/or enhance (enrich) ethnographic techniques for investigating the complex interplay between people, technology and information given time and resource constraints. It offers an opportunity to researchers to share their experiences in the field and/or learn from the prior experiences of others. The workshop will address the following methodological problems or goals: 1.Increase understanding of how the ideals of an ethnographic approach to be translated into specific project goals. 2.Increase understanding of how a researcher can develop the appropriate skill set to investigate and understand the critical processes taking place in the situation under study whilst remaining true to the 'methodological holism'(Hirsch & Gellner, 2001: 7) that is the defining quality of ethnography? 3.In view of the limited time and resources faced by many researchers, compare best practices for how researchers employ ethnographic approaches with efficiency and expediency. The workshop will offer participants the opportunity to work with three eminent discussants: Elizabeth Davenport, Brenda Dervin, and Elisabeth Figa. The discussants will draw on their own research experiences in the field to serve as commentators on the themes raised in the problem statements of participants. Kristin Eschenfelder Assistant Professor School of Library and Information Studies University of Wisconsin-Madison eschenfelder at wisc.edu 1-608-263-2105 http://slisweb.lis.wisc.edu/~kreschen Catherine Arnott Smith email: casmit07REPLACETHISTEXTWITHATSYMBOLsyr.edu *** The machine does not isolate us from the great problems of nature but plunges us more deeply into them. --Antoine de Saint-Exupery *** Form is never more than the extension of content. Robert Creely [quoted in C. Olson, "Projective Verse", 1950.]