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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=IT link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message] <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>============================================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> CALL FOR PAPERS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> Internet-Based Computing and Systems (IBCS) track at<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> SITIS 2012 - The 8th International Conference on<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> SIGNAL IMAGE TECHNOLOGY & INTERNET BASED SYSTEMS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> In cooperation with IEEE Technical Committee on<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> Multimedia Computing (pending)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> November 25-29, 2012, SORRENTO - Naples, Italy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> http://www.sitis-conf.org/<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>============================================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The SITIS conference is dedicated to research on the technologies used to<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>represent, share and process information in various forms, ranging from<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>signal, image, and multimedia data to traditional structured data and semi<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>structured data found in the web. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The focus of the track on Internet Based Systems and Computing is on<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>emerging and novel concepts, architectures and methodologies for information<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>management. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Novel architectures are being proposed to allow resource sharing and<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>distributed processing of data with increasing complexity. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Cloud computing, peer to peer computing, mobile information systems,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>semantic based applications, and decision support systems are a few examples<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>of these applications and systems. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Data semantics<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Multiple Representation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Ontologies<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Conceptual Data Modeling<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Knowledge Representation and Reasoning<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Metadata<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Evolution and Change<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Web Semantics and Semi Structured Data<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Semantic Caching<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Data Warehousing and Semantic<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Semantics in Data Visualization<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Semantic Services for Mobile Users<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Applications of Semantic-Driven Approaches<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Web-Centric Systems<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Semantic Web and Web Service<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Web Services and Service Computing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Semantics of Web Services Compositions<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Future Internet for Enterprise Systems<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Hypermedia and Adaptation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* E-Commerce and E-Learning<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Data Mining Methods and Web<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Machine Learning<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Advanced Information Systems and Applications<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Spatial Modeling and Geographical Information Systems (GIS)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* GIS and Sustainable Development<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Environmental GIS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* GIS and Remote Sensing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Urban GIS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Spatial, temporal modeling semantics<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Information System Interoperability<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Digital Libraries<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Semantic Interoperability and Semantic Mediators<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Ontologies Based Systems<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Contextual Reasoning in Distributed Ontologies<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Emergent Semantics<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Context-Dependent Semantics<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Contextual Reasoning in Distributed Ontologies<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Ontologies Based Systems<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Context-Dependent Semantics<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Communication in Multi-Agents Systems<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Emergent Semantic Interoperability in Large-Scale Systems<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Emergent Semantics in Content Retrieval Systems<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Cooperative information and Distributed Systems<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Information Sharing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Cloud computing for Business<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Peer To Peer Computing and Applications<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Knowledge and Semantic Grid<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Semantics Of Peer Data Management Systems<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Mobile Information Systems and Computing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Multimedia and application<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Image and Video Databases<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Image and Video Indexing and Retrieval<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Emergent Semantics in Content Retrieval Systems<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Semantics and Meta Data in Multimedia Systems<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Content-Based Indexing and Search<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Multimedia Data Modeling and Visualization<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Tools, Benchmarks, Evaluation Protocols and Standards <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Information security<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Security Modeling and Access Control Protocol<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Intrusion Avoidance, Detection, and Response<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Web Security and Supporting Systems Security<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Denial of Service: Attacks and Countermeasures<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Intellectual Property Protection<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Fundamental Services on Network and Distributed Systems<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Security and Privacy for Emerging Technologies<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Trust based systems<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>==== Submission and publication ====<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The conference will include keynote addresses, tutorials, and regular and<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>workshop sessions. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>SITIS'12 invites submission of high quality and original papers on the<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>topics listed above. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Papers must be up to 8 pages and follow IEEE double columns publication<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>format. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed by at least two reviewers for<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>technical merit, originality, significance and relevance to track topics.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings and published<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>by IEEE Computer Society and referenced in IEEE explore and major indexes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>SITIS'12 online submission system:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sitis2012<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>==== Important Dates ====<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Paper Submission: September 21, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Acceptance/Reject notification: October 07, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Camera ready: October 15, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Author registration: October 20, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>==== Program Committee ====<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>General Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Ernesto Damiani, University of Milan, Italy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Program Chair<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Giuseppe De Pietro, ICAR-CNR, Italy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Track Chairs<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Giandomenico Spezzano, ICAR-CNR, Italy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* William I. Grosky, University of Michigan-Dearborn, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Local Organizing Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Luigi Gallo, ICAR-CNR, Italy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Marco Anisetti, University of Milan, Italy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Valerio Bellandi, University of Milan, Italy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Fulvio Frati, University of Milan, Italy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>==== Contact ====<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>info@sitis-conf.org<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>