[AISWorld] 1st call for Workshop proposals - 19th International Conference on Web Information System Engineering (WISE 2018)

[Mohamed Reda Bouadjenek]

Dear colleagues,

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19th International Conference on Web Information System Engineering (WISE 2018) 

November 12-15, Zayed University, Dubai, UAE
http://wise2018.connect.rs

Call for Workshop Proposals 

WISE has established itself as a solid international community aiming at high quality research and offering the ground for advancing and progressing efforts in Web information systems and engineering.  Previous WISE conferences were held in Hong Kong, China (2000), Kyoto, Japan (2001), Singapore (2002), Roma, Italy (2003), Brisbane, Australia (2004), New York, USA (2005), Wuhan, China (2006), Nancy, France (2007), Auckland, New Zealand (2008), Poznan, Poland (2009), Hong Kong, China (2010), Sydney, Australia (2011), Paphos, Cyprus (2012), Nanjing, China (2013), Thessaloniki, Greece (2014), Miami, USA (2015), Shanghai, China (2016), and Puschino, Russia (2017). 

The aim of this 19th edition of the conference series on Web Information Systems Engineering is to provide an international forum for researchers, professionals, and industrial practitioners to share their knowledge in the rapidly growing area of Web technologies, methodologies and applications. This edition will promote the theme of Web Engineering in the Era of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence (AI), two highly important areas for the world economy, in general, and the knowledge economy, in particular.

Topic of Interests
WISE 2018 welcomes all workshop proposal submissions that fall in the domain of Web, information systems, data analytics, AI, and knowledge and data engineering. The decision on acceptance/rejection of workshop proposals will be made on the basis of the overall quality of the proposal, its appeal to a viable fraction of the Web community as well as how it fits in with the conference. 

Submission 
Submissions should be made by e-mail in PDF format with subject title "WISE 2018 Workshop Proposal". Workshop proposals should include the following information: 

"	The title of the workshop. 
"	The names and addresses of the organizers, and a designated contact person. 
"	Brief description of the workshop, including abstract, objectives, relevance, and expected outcome. 
"	Tentative program committee members and speakers etc., if applicable. 
"	A description of the plans for workshop (e.g., program, keynotes, highlights, etc.). 
"	The expected number of attendees and the expected length of the workshop (half day, whole day). 
"	A brief description of past versions of the workshop, if applicable, including dates, organizers, sites, and any other relevant information. 

Workshop proposals in PDF should be e-mailed to Michael Sheng and Tetsuya Yoshida to the following email address: wise2018.workshops at gmail.com  

Important Dates 
Workshop Proposal Submission Due Date: April 27, 2018 
Workshop Notification of Acceptance: May 7, 2018 
Workshops Date: November 12, 2018. 

WISE 2018 Support 
WISE workshop papers will be published by Springer in Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. WISE 2018 will provide administrative support in the areas of registration, hotel meeting rooms, and publication of the workshop proceedings in Springer. Each workshop will receive one complementary WISE registration and a free accommodation, given that the workshop receives eight or more registrations.