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                       CALL FOR PAPERS 

IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence 2015 (WI'15)
December 6-9, 2015 / Singapore

Homepage: http://wi-iat15.ntulily.org 

Sponsored By:
 IEEE Computer Society
 Web Intelligence Consortium (WIC)
 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
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The 2015 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence (WI'15) 
will be held in Singapore on December 6-9, 2015, hosted by the Joint NTU-UBC 
Research Centre of Excellence in Active Living for the Elderly (LILY) at 
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and the Living Analytics Research 
Centre at Singapore Management University (SMU). Co-located with the 2015 
IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology 
(IAT'15), WI'15 is sponsored by IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee 
on Intelligent Informatics (TCII), Web Intelligence Consortium (WIC), 
ACM-SIGAI, and Memetic Computing Society.

WI'15 will feature special thematic workshops, technical sessions, tutorials 
and panels. Conference programme will further include a welcome reception, 
keynotes, demos, poster sessions, and a banquet. Attendees only need one 
registration to attend all technical events.

TOPICS AND AREAS (INCLUDE, BUT NOT LIMITED TO)

* Web Intelligence Foundations
* World Wide Wisdom Web (W4)
* Semantic Aspects of Web Intelligence
* Web Mining and Warehousing
* Web Search & Recommendation
* Knowledge Grids and Grid Intelligence
* Web Agents and Services
* Intelligent Human-Web Interaction
* Social Media and Web Applications
* Social Networks and Ubiquitous Intelligence

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IMPORTANT DATES
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Workshop/Special Session Proposal Submission		February 15, 2015
Submission of Regular/Special Session Papers		April 15, 2015
Tutorial Proposal Submission		                June 1, 2015
Workshop Paper Submission		                June 1, 2015
Notification on Conference Paper Acceptance	        July 1, 2015
Notification  on Workshop Paper Acceptance	        July 15, 2015

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PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION
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WI'15 solicits original work submitted as a regular paper (limited to 8
pages) or as short paper (limited to 4 pages) in IEEE 2-column format. Each
paper will be peer-reviewed by at least three PC members on the basis of
technical quality, relevance, originality, significance and clarity. 
Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings by the IEEE 
Computer Society Press and indexed by EI. Selected WI’15 papers will be 
further invited for expansion and publication in Web Intelligence and Agent 
Systems and other international Journals. 

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CALL FOR TUTORIALS/WORKSHOPS/SPECIAL SESSIONS/PANELS
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WI'15 solicits proposals for tutorials, workshops, special sessions and 
panels on specific topics of interests, which will form an integral part of 
the conference program.  Inquiries and submission of proposals should be 
addressed to the respective chairs.

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AWARDS
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Best Paper awards will be conferred at the conference on the authors of (1) 
the best research paper, (2) the best student paper. Application-oriented 
submissions will be considered for the best application paper award.

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ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
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General Chairs
* Ah-Hwee Tan, Singapore
* Yuefeng Li, Australia

Program Chair
* Ee-Peng Lim, Singapore

Program Vice-Chairs
* Atsuhiro Takasu, Japan
* Hoong-Chuin Lau, Singapore
* Chunyan Miao, Singapore

WI Technical PC Chairs
* Dell Zhang, UK
* Julita Vassileva, USA
* Jie Zhang, Singapore

Local Organizing Chair
* Meng-Hiot Lim, Singapore

Finance Chair and CyberChair-Master
* Juzhen Dong, Japan

Industry and Sponsorship Chairs
* Xiaoli Li, Singapore
* Richi Nayak, Australia

Workshop Chairs
* Bryan Kian-Hsiang Low, Singapore
* Einoshin Suzuki, Japan
* Jason Watson, Australia

Tutorial Chairs
* Pradeep Reddy Varakantham, Singapore
* Yue Xu, Australia 

Publicity Chairs
* Xiaohui Tao, Australia
* Teck-Hou Teng, Singapore

Demo/Poster Chair
* Zhiqi Shen, Singapore

Panel Chairs
* Hady Lauw, Singapore
* Neil Yorke-Smith, Lebanon

Award Chairs
* Raj Sunderraman, USA
* Ee-Peng Lim, Singapore

Webmaster
* Yuting Zheng, Singapore