cfp: International Conference on Intelligent Agents, Web Technologies and Internet Commerce

["Mohammadian, Masoud" <Masoud.Mohammadian@ise.canberra.edu.au>]

                             CALL FOR PAPERS
     International Conference on Intelligent Agents, Web Technologies 
                            and Internet Commerce
                               12-14 July 2004
                             Gold Coast, Australia
         http://www.ise.canberra.edu.au/conferences/iawtic04/index.htm

                               Jointly with 
     International Conference on Computational Intelligence for Modelling,
                          Control and Automation
                               12-14 July 2004
                             Gold Coast, Australia
       http://www.ise.canberra.edu.au/conferences/cimca04/index.htm

                              

International Conference on Intelligent Agents, Web Technology and Internet 
Commerce - IAWTIC'2004 provides a medium for researchers and practitioners to exchange 
and explore the issues and opportunities in the area of intelligent agent, web technologies 
and Internet commerce. The conference will consist of both plenary sessions and contributory
 sessions, focusing on theory, implementation and applications of intelligent agents,
 web technologies and Internet commerce.

Conference Topics Include (but not limited to): 
 
Intelligent Agents
Knowledge Management
Intelligent Business Agents
Agent Architectures
Environments and Languages
Adaptation and learning for agents
Human and agent interaction
Interface agents
Mobile agents
Virtual agent-based marketplaces
Agents and uncertainty
The privacy issues for agents
Automated shopping and trading agents
Agent-oriented services
Social implications for agent
Conceptual modelling & Ontologies for agents
Agents and e-commerce
Legal aspects of agents in e-commerce
Performance measurement of e-commerce agents
Rational information agents and electronic commerce

Web Technologies 
Web data mining and information retrieval
Agent-based trade-and mediating services
Teaching on Web
Virtual trading institutions
Knowledge Discovery
Intelligent Information Systems
Knowledge Clustering & Classification

Internet Commerce 
E-commerce applications of Knowledge Representation
Reasoning Techniques
Electronic Payment Systems
Internet Marketing
Intranets and Extranets
Electronic Payment Systems
Electronic Data Interchange
Supply Chain Management
Electronic Payment Systems
Internet-based Electronic Commerce
Virtual Communities/Community Networks
Logistics Issues for Electronic Commerce
Business Reengineering Issues for Electronic Commerce
Government Electronic Procurement & Service Delivery
Legal & Security Issues for Electronic Commerce
Requirements Engineering for Electronic Commerce

 
PAPER SUBMISSION
Papers will be selected based on their originality, significance, correctness, and 
clarity of presentation. Papers (4 pages or more) should be submitted 
to the following e-mail or postal address: 

E-mail submission of draft papers: iawtic@ise.canberra.edu.au 
Postal Submission of draft papers: IAWTIC'2004 Secretariat
                                   School of Computing, 
                                   University of Canberra, 
                                   ACT, Canberra, 2614, Australia 

Papers should present original work, which has not been published or 
being reviewed for other conferences. Papers should be written in English. The name and 
affiliation of authors should be omitted on the paper. A separate page must be included
 with each extended abstract paper, containing, the names, affiliations, postal address 
and e-mail addresses of authors as well as the address of contact author. E-mail submission 
of papers are encouraged.

Important Dates
· 14 March 2004 Submission of papers 
· 30 April 2004 Notification of acceptance 
· 21 May 2004 Deadline for camera-ready copies of accepted papers 
· 12-14 July 2004 Conference sessions 


Special Sessions and Tutorials
Special sessions and tutorials will be organised at the conference. 
The conference is calling for special sessions and tutorial proposals. 
All proposals should be sent to the conference chair on or before
 27th February 2004. CIMCA'04 will also include a special poster session
 devoted to recent work and work-in-progress. Abstracts are solicited 
for this session. Abstracts (3 pages limit) may be submitted up to 
30 days before the conference date.

Invited Sessions
Keynote speakers from academia and industry will be addressing the main 
issues of the conference.

Visits and social events
Sightseeing visits will be arranged for the delegates and guests. A 
separate program will be arranged for companions during the conference.


Further Information
For further information either contact iawtic@ise.canberra.edu.au 
or see the conference homepage at: 
http://www.ise.canberra.edu.au/conferences/iawtic04/index.htm