International world wide web conference
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| WWW2016 MONTRÉAL, CANADA 25 TH INTERNATIONAL WORLD WIDE WEB CONFERENCE APRIL 11 – 15, 2016 W W W 2 0 1 6 | 2 5 T H I N T E R N AT I O N A L W O R L D W I D E W E B C O N F E R E N C E WELCOME TO WWW2016 We welcome you to this OUVERT (open in English) WWW2016 conference, the 25 th of the series, being held at the Palais des congress in Montreal. OUVERT is our motto, to show our support and encouragement of the Web’s ethos of open data, government, health, education and more. The annual World Wide Web Conference is the premier international forum to present and discuss progress in research, development, standards, and applications related to the Web and to Web science. WWW is organized under the aegis of the International World Wide Web Conference Committee (IW3C2) in collaboration with local conference organizers of the host country, in this case the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). WWW 2016 offers a unique opportunity for sharing the latest insights of academic and industrial research, as well as to experience Montreal, a vibrant city sharing features form both Europe and North America. WWW 2016 offers you an opportunity to participate in high quality technical activities, includ- ing research sessions, poster sessions, workshops, tutorials, demonstrations, an industry track, a W3C track, panels, and a Ph.D. symposium. Co-located events include the 3 rd edition of the Big Data Innovators Gathering (BIG 2016), the Digital Health Conference (DH), the Web for All con- ference (W4A), and a meeting and exhibition by l’Académie québécoise de ’Pataphysique (AQ’P). A special event on Wednesday night includes a talk, open to the public, by the Baroness Martha Lane Fox entitled “Dot everyone – Power, the Internet and You.” We will also have three other keynote speeches by world-class experts: Tim Berners-Lee, Mary-Ellen Zurko, and Peter Norvig. We will also feature a plenary panel on the Web and Creativity chaired by digital musician Andrew Hugill and a Friday panel on “The Web and social action” featuring speakers talking about how the Web can be used to change the world for the better. The Research track presents 118 high quality papers, 72 posters and 30 demos. The Ph.D. Symposium track has 7 presentations by doctoral students, the Industry track consists of 8 speeches from prominent industrial researchers, and the W3C track is composed of sessions on the latest Web standards and emerging technologies. In addition to the tracks and special programs, workshops and tutorials have been organized to report on-going work and to provide in-depth knowledge on important subjects; this includes 21 workshops and 7 tutorials on a wide range of cutting-edge topics. P | 5 Many individuals and institutions contributed by their hard work to the success of this con- ference. We would especially like to thank the PC chairs, Ian Horrocks and Ben Zhao who put a huge amount of time into making sure the technical tracks were at the high academic level expected of this leading Web Conference. We also thank the track, demo, workshop and tutorial chairs, and the many workshop organisers for selecting the best possible technical content for the conference. We also thank the members of the Local Organizing Committee and the numerous chairs who have devoted significant time to making the conference a success. In shaping the 2016 program, the chairs of the tracks and special programs worked with a large network of program committee members and external reviewers. This conference is also made possible thanks to the generous contribution of the volunteers, and the good organising work of the volunteers’ chairs. We would also like to thank our sponsors for their financial contributions, also the members of the IW3C2 Committee, whose guidelines and support proved to be a valuable resource in preparing the conference, and as well OPC, our professional conference organizer team for the highly professional work done on all aspects of the local organization of WWW 2016. We hope that this conference will be a memorable experience, and that you will have a stimulating and pleasant time during your stay in Montreal. The WWW 2016 General Chairs JACQUELINE BOURDEAU Tele-university (TELUQ), Montreal, QC, Canada JIM HENDLER Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA ROGER NKAMBOU Université du Québec à Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada W W W 2 0 1 6 | 2 5 T H I N T E R N AT I O N A L W O R L D W I D E W E B C O N F E R E N C E MESSAGE FROM THE IW3C2 CHAIR On behalf of the International World Wide Web Conference Committee (IW3C2), the steering committee for this conference series, I welcome you to the 25 th conference of our series. As you probably know, Tim Berners-Lee first conceived the World Wide Web at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland in 1989. The first conference of the series, WWW1, was held at CERN in 1994 and organized by Robert Cailliau. The IW3C2 was founded by Joseph Hardin and Robert Cailliau later in 1994 and has been responsible for the conference series ever since. After 1994 and 1995 (when two conferences were held each year), WWWn became an annual event held in late April or early May. The location of the conference generally rotates among the Americas, Europe, and Asia/Pacific. In 2001 we changed the conference designator from the number in the series to the year it is held; i.e., WWW11 became known as WWW2002. You may browse our website http://www.iw3c2.org/ for information on past and future conferences. WWW2020 will shortly be open for bids, preferably from a host in Asia/Pacific. We encourage you to point interested parties to the “Host a Conference” section of the IW3C2’s web site. The International WWW Conference series provides the world with a premier forum about the development of the Web, the standardization of its associated technologies, and the Web’s impact on business, society and culture. These conferences bring together researchers, students, developers, users, and vendors – indeed all of you who are passionate about the Web and what it has to offer, now and in the future. Part of what is exciting about this series is the cross boundary and eclectic nature of the topics covered, and the opportunity it provides for exploration of new directions, both technological and social. I was lucky enough to be involved in organising WWW1 in Geneva, and have been engaged with the conference series ever since in one way or another, most recently as Chair of IW3C2. It is quite incredible to look back to the early days and see how the conference has evolved and grown over the years. A recent development is the establishment of the Seoul Test of Time Award, which we will be presenting for the second time at WWW2016. It is wonderful to be able to properly celebrate the ground-breaking papers that have helped to establish the WWW conference as the premier international conference it is today. Yüklə 5,19 Mb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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