WWW2003 CALL FOR PAPERS The Twelfth International World Wide Web Conference May 20-24, 2003, Budapest, Hungary http://www2003.org/ Paper submission deadline: November 15, 2002 The International World Wide Web Conference Committee (IW3C2) and the Computer and Automation Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA SZTAKI) cordially invite you to participate in the Twelfth International World Wide Web Conference on May 20-24, 2003, in Budapest, Hungary. International researchers, technologists, and leaders from academia, industry, and government will gather at WWW2003 to define, refine, present, demonstrate, and discuss the latest ideas and developments. The technical program will include refereed paper presentations, alternate tracks including an Industrial track (see below), plenary sessions, panels, and poster sessions. Tutorials and workshops will precede the main program, and a Developers Day will follow, which will be devoted to in-depth technical sessions designed specifically for web developers. Hungary is situated at the heart of Europe, and has one of the fastest growing economies in the region, especially with respect to information technology and telecommunication. Budapest is one of the most beautiful capitals of the world, and is easy to reach by air or on ground. The warm hospitality of the people, excellent food, reliable and frequent public transportation, vivid cultural life, and rich museums attract millions of visitors every year. Hungary has a visitor-friendly visa policy, economically priced services and goods, and a pleasant climate, making it one of the most popular meeting venues worldwide. IMPORTANT DATES *** Paper submission deadline: November 15, 2002 *** Author notification (papers): January 31, 2003 Final papers due: February 28, 2003 Poster submission deadline: January 15, 2003 Author notification (posters): February 28, 2003 Tutorial/workshop proposals deadline: October 15, 2002 Panel proposals deadline: November 15, 2002 Conference: May 20-24, 2003 REFEREED PAPERS TRACK WWW2003 seeks original papers describing research in all areas of the web. Papers should not have been published or be in submission at another conference or journal. Topics include but are not limited to: * Applications * Browsers and User Interfaces * Electronic Commerce * Hypermedia * Mobility and Wireless Access * Multimedia * Performance and Reliability * Search and Data Mining * Security and Privacy * Semantic Web * Web Engineering [New for WWW2003] Submissions should present original reports of substantive new work. 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. We will not accept any 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. Papers will be peer-reviewed by at least 3 reviewers from an International Program Committee. Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings published by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), and will also be accessible to the general public via http://www2003.org/. Authors are not required to transfer copyright. Detailed formatting and submission requirements are available at http://www2003.org/cfp.htm. Inquiries can be sent to www2003-pc-chairs@necmail.com. ALTERNATE TRACKS Alternate tracks include a combination of peer-reviewed papers and invited presentations. Accepted papers will appear in a separate printed proceedings to the main refereed track proceedings (excluding Panels and the Industrial and W3C tracks). * Education * Global Community * Industrial Track * Practice & Experience * Web Services [New for WWW2003] * W3C Track (latest news and views from the World Wide Web Consortium) * Panels Detailed formatting and submission requirements are available at http://www2003.org/cfp.htm. Inquiries can be sent to www2003-pc-chairs@necmail.com. INDUSTRIAL TRACK The Industrial Track provides a forum for vendors, open source developers, and industry, academic, and government deployers. For more information and submission details see http://www2003.org/it/. Inquiries can be sent to mario@jeckle.de. PROGRAM COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS Yih-Farn Robin Chen, AT&T Labs - Research, chen@research.att.com László Kovács, MTA SZTAKI, laszlo.kovacs@sztaki.hu Steve Lawrence, NEC Research Institute, lawrence-www@necmail.com 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. Formatting and submission requirements are available at http://www2003.org/cfp.htm. Inquiries can be sent to king@cse.cuhk.edu.hk. TUTORIALS AND WORKSHOPS A program 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. Workshops provide an opportunity for researchers, designers, leaders, and practitioners to explore current web R&D issues through a more focused and in-depth manner than is possible in a traditional conference session. Participants typically present position statements and hold in-depth discussions with their peers within the workshop setting. For more information and submission details see http://www2003.org/tut&ws.htm. Inquiries can be sent to bieber@oak.njit.edu. PANELS Panels provide an interactive forum that will engage both panelists and the audience in lively discussion of important and often controversial issues. For more information and submission details see http://www2003.org/panels.htm. Inquiries can be sent to carole@cs.man.ac.uk. AWARDS Best Paper, Best Student Paper, Best Alternate Track Paper, Best Alternate Track Student Paper, Best Poster, Best Student Poster, and Best Presentation awards will be presented at the conference. DEVELOPERS DAY Developers Day (D-Day) will be devoted to the interests of web developers, and will offer in-depth discussions of technologies and tools at the forefront of the web. This day-long program will consist of several parallel streams focused on specific content areas. D-Day sessions are designed to be timely and state-of-the-art. For more information and submission details see http://www2003.org/dd/. Inquiries can be sent to ivan@w3.org. REFEREED TRACK AREA CHAIRS Applications: Vice Chair: Fred Douglis, IBM Research, USA Deputy Vice Chair: Maarten van Steen, VU Amsterdam, Netherlands Browsers and UI: Vice Chair: Marc Najork, Microsoft Research, USA Deputy Vice Chair: Juliana Freire, OGI/OHSU, USA E-commerce: Vice Chair: Michael Wellman, University of Michigan, USA Deputy Vice Chair: John Riedl, University of Minnesota, USA Hypermedia: Vice Chair: m.c. schraefel, University of Toronto, Canada Deputy Vice Chair: Peter Nürnberg, Aalborg University Esbjerg, Denmark Mobility and Wireless Access: Vice Chair: Minoru Etoh, NTT DoCoMo, Japan Deputy Vice Chair: Sarolta Dibuz, Ericsson, Hungary Multimedia: Vice Chair: James Wang, Penn State University, USA Deputy Vice Chair: Eric Chang, Microsoft Research, China Performance and Reliability: Vice Chair: Craig E. Wills, WPI, USA Deputy Vice Chair: Mike Dahlin, UT Austin, USA Search and Data Mining: Vice Chair: Soumen Chakrabarti, Indian Institute of Technology, India Deputy Vice Chair: Prabhakar Raghavan, Verity, USA Security and Privacy: Vice Chair: Avi Rubin, AT&T Labs - Research, USA Deputy Vice Chair: Brian LaMacchia, Microsoft, USA Semantic Web: Vice Chair: Ian Horrocks, University of Manchester, UK Deputy Vice Chair: Brian McBride, HP, Bristol, UK Web Engineering: Vice Chair: Martin Gaedke, University of Karlsruhe, Germany Deputy Vice Chair: Daniel Schwabe, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ALTERNATE TRACK CHAIRS Education: Co-Chair: Paul De Bra, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands Co-Chair: Wolfgang Nejdl, University of Hannover, Germany Global Communities: Co-Chair: David De Roure, University of Southampton, UK Co-Chair: Liddy Nevile, La Trobe University, Australia Industrial Track: Chair: Mario Jeckle, DaimlerChrysler, Germany Deputy Chair: Mary Ellen Zurko, IBM Software Group Practice & Experience: Chair: Arun Iyengar, IBM Research, USA Deputy Chair: Krishna Kant, Intel Web Services: Chair: Steve Vinoski, IONA Technologies, USA Deputy Chair: Francisco (Paco) Curbera, IBM Research, USA W3C: Chair: Marie-Claire Forgue, W3C, France Panels: Chair: Carole Goble, University of Manchester, UK Deputy Chair: Bernard Horan, Sun Microsystems Ltd, UK TUTORIALS AND WORKSHOPS CO-CHAIRS Michael Bieber, New Jersey Institute of Technology, bieber@oak.njit.edu Beatrix Toth, MTA SZTAKI, Beatrix.Toth@ella.hu POSTER CO-CHAIRS Irwin King, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, king@cse.cuhk.edu.hk Tamas Maray, Technical University of Budapest, Hungary, maray@fsz.bme.hu DEVELOPERS DAY CO-CHAIRS Ivan Herman, W3C, ivan@w3.org János Szél, MÁV Informatics, janos_szel@freemail.hu CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS Gusztav Hencsey, MTA SZTAKI, hencsey@sztaki.hu Bebo White, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, bebo@slac.stanford.edu IW3C2 LIAISON TO WWW2003 Ivan Herman, W3C, ivan@w3.org IW3C2 LIAISON TO THE PROGRAM COMMITTEE Arun Iyengar, IBM Research, USA, aruni@us.ibm.com CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS International World Wide Web Conference Committee (IW3C2), http://www.iw3c2.org/ Computer and Automation Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA SZTAKI), http://www.sztaki.hu/ CONFERENCE PARTNERS International Federation for Information Processing Working Group 6.4 on Internet Applications Engineering (IFIP WG 6.4), and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). General questions about WWW2003 may be sent to info@www2003.org