2nd CFP: International Symposium on Distributed Objects, Middleware, and Applications (DOA'08)

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The 10th International Symposium on

Distributed Objects, Middleware, and Applications (DOA'08)

Monterrey, Mexico, Nov 10 - 12, 2008

http://www.cs.rmit.edu.au/fedconf

Many of the world's most important and critical software systems are 
based on distributed object and middleware technologies. Middleware is 
software that resides between the applications and the underlying 
operating systems on every node of a distributed computing system. It 
provides the "glue" that connects distributed objects and applications 
and is at the heart of component-based systems, service-oriented 
architectures, agent-based systems, or peer-to-peer infrastructures.

Distribution technologies have reached a high level of maturity. 
Classical distributed object middleware (e.g., CORBA, .NET and 
Java-based technologies) and message-oriented middleware (e.g., 
publish/subscribe systems) have been widely successful. We are now 
witnessing a shift to coarser-grained component-based and 
service-oriented architectures (e.g., Web services). Middleware for 
mobile applications and peer-to-peer systems (e.g., JXTA) is also 
gaining increasing popularity, as it allows bridging users without 
reliance on centralized resources.

1st CFP - [Poster & Demo] [ISWC2008] [7th International Semantic Web Conference]

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1st CFP: ISWC 2008 POSTERS AND DEMONSTRATIONS

http://iswc2008.semanticweb.org/calls/call-for-posters-and-demonstrations/

To be held as part of 7th International Semantic Web Conference
26-30 October 2008, Karlsruhe, Germany
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ISWC 2008 will hold combined poster and demonstration sessions. The
Poster/Demo Session is an opportunity for presenting late-breaking
results, ongoing research projects, and speculative or innovative work
in progress. Posters and demos are intended to provide authors and
participants with the ability to connect with each other and to engage
in discussions about the work. Technical posters, reports on Semantic
Web software systems, descriptions of completed work, and work in
progress are all welcome. Demonstrations are intended to showcase
innovative Semantic Web related implementations and technologies.

Important Dates
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* July 25, 2008: Deadline for submissions
* September 5, 2008: Notification of acceptance
* September 19, 2008: Camera ready abstracts due

(time: 23:59 pm GMT-10 (Hawaii))

Submission Information

1st CFP - [Tutorial Proposals] [ISWC2008] [7th International Semantic Web Conference]

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         1st CFP: ISWC 2008 TUTORIAL PROPOSALS

  
http://iswc2008.semanticweb.org/calls/call-for-tutorial-proposals-for-iswc-2008/

      7th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2008)
          26-30 October 2008, Karlsruhe, Germany
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In addition to the regular research and workshop program, ISWC 2008
invites tutorials on various topics. A tutorial should present the
state of the art of a Semantic Web area enabling attendees to fully
appreciate the current issues, main schools of thought, and possible
application areas.

General Information
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The topics of interest for tutorials include, but are not limited to
the following:

* Applications based on Semantic Web technologies
* Evaluation of Semantic Web technologies
* Semantic Web for e-business, e-science, e-government e-learning, or
   other application domains
* Semantic Web technologies for multimedia content
* Personal Information Management

1st CFP - [Semantic Web in Use Track] [ISWC2008]

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         1st CFP: ISWC 2008 SEMANTIC WEB IN USE TRACK

  http://iswc2008.semanticweb.org/calls/cfp-semantic-web-in-use/

To be held as part of 7th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2008)
         26-30 October 2008, Karlsruhe, Germany
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The Semantic Web has emerged from the laboratory into the business
environment.  A number of companies already market products that are
based on semantic web technology; others are developing new solutions
based on semantic technologies.  These solutions, ranging from search
to data integration to Web service communication enabled by the
application of semantic technologies, are expected to lead to improved
business processes, savings in cost and time and heightened efficiency
and competitiveness.

General Information
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The Semantic Web In-Use Track is a forum dedicated to these
experiences, where the participants discuss the benefits of applying
semantic technology in industry as well as the problems that are
encountered, with the objective of reaching an interested industrial
audience.  For this purpose, the Semantic Web In-Use Track solicits
the submission of original, principled papers on the following topics:

* Applications of semantic technology to solve business problems and

ODBASE08 2nd CFP: International Conference on Ontologies, DataBases, and Applications of Semantics

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The 7th International Conference on

Ontologies, DataBases, and Applications of Semantics

(ODBASE 2008)

Monterrey, Mexico, Nov 11 - 13, 2008

http://www.cs.rmit.edu.au/fedconf/

Scale of use, ease of use, breadth of use and choice of use have 
earmarked the most important transitions of semantic technologies in the 
years since the first ODBASE conference in 2002. Recent methods allow 
for scaling of semantic technologies to handling dozens of millions of 
triples; they allow for composing intriguing semantic applications 
within a few days; they address target applications from the sciences up 
to eCommerce; and they allow to chose among plenty of existing 
ontologies and half a dozen of RDF stores, inferencing engines, or 
ontology mapping systems.

While these developments greatly contribute to the success of semantic 
technologies, for enterprise-wide and Web-scale applications, the 
envelope needs to be pushed much higher, faster, wider, and broader. The 
2008 conference on Ontologies, DataBases, and Applications of Semantics 
(ODBASE'08) solicits original research papers that push the current 

CoopIS08 CFP: international conference on COOPERATIVE INFORMATION SYSTEMS

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16th International Conference on

COOPERATIVE INFORMATION SYSTEMS

(CoopIS 2008)

Monterrey, Mexico, Nov 12 - 14, 2008

http://www.cs.rmit.edu.au/fedconf

Acceptance rate of CoopIS in recent years was approx. 20%

Cooperative Information Systems are the cornerstone for moving the 
technical network infrastructure to a meaningful integrated information 
infrastructure.

The CIS paradigm has traditionally encompassed distributed systems 
technologies such as middleware, business process management (BPM) and 
Web technologies. In recent years service oriented architectures have 
fundamentally altered the technological landscape of CIS systems. 
Service Oriented Computing (SOC) introduces the service abstraction (a 
remotely accessible software component) as the building block of both 
inter and intra organizational distributed applications and its 
supporting middleware.

GADA08 CFP: International Conference on Grid computing, high-performAnce and Distributed Applications

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International Conference on

Grid computing, high-performAnce
and Distributed Applications (GADA'08)

Monterrey, Mexico, Nov 13 - 14, 2008

http://www.cs.rmit.edu.au/fedconf

In the last decade, grid computing has developed into one of the most 
important topics in the computing field. The research area of grid 
computing has been making particularly rapid progress in the last few 
years, due to the increasing number of scientific applications that are 
demanding intensive use of computational resources and a dynamic and 
heterogeneous infrastructure.

Within this framework, the GADA workshop arose in 2004 as a forum for 
researchers in grid computing whose aim was to extend their background 
in this area, and more specifically, for those who used grid 
environments in managing and analyzing data. Both GADA'04 and GADA'05 
were constituted as successful events, due to the large number of 
high-quality papers received, as well as the brainstorming of 
experiences and ideas interchanged in the associated forums. Because of 
this demonstrated success, GADA was upgraded as a Conference within On 

Final CFP: 2nd International Workshop on Web Service Composition and Adaptation (WSCA-2008)

[CFP]ARea2008: International Workshop on Advancing Reasoning on the Web: Scalability and Commonsense collocated at ESWC2008

IEEE Policy 2008 Demo -- Deadline approaching

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*** SYSTEM DEMONSTRATION SUBMISSION DEADLINE  9 March 2008 ***

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	CALL FOR DEMOS FOR POLICY 2008

              2008 IEEE International Workshop on Policies
                  for Distributed Systems and Networks

                            2-4 June 2008
                          Palisades, NY, USA

                 http://www.policy-workshop.org/2008
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POLICY 2008 is the 9th in a series of successful workshops which since
1999 have provided a forum for discussion and collaboration between
researchers, developers and users of policy-based systems.  This year,
in addition to the latest research results from the communities
working in any area of policy-based management and computing, we
encourage contributions on policy-based techniques in support of
management and security of all types of wireless networks: cellular,
Wi-Fi, Mobile Ad Hoc, hybrids, etc.

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DEMO SUBMISSION
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To be considered for a system demonstration, contributors are invited
to submit a two page system description (not including references)
following the IEEE Proceedings 2-column format (for more information,
please see http://ieee-formats.notlong.com).  Demo submissions will be
evaluated on the basis of their technical merit and novelty. Of
particular interest are systems that illustrate research contributions
and innovative applications of policy based technologies. Those
interested in demonstrating a system/application should submit a
description following the instructions in the System Submission
Section. Commercial products are eligible, but sales and marketing
activities are not appropriate.

Extended abstracts of accepted demonstrations will be included in the
workshop proceedings. The proceedings of the workshop will be
published by IEEE Computer Society.

If you have any questions about the suitability of your work for a
demo submission, please feel free to contact the demo chair, Daniel
Olmedilla, at olmedilla at L3S dot de

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IMPORTANT DATES
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System demonstration submission deadline: 9 March 2008
System demonstration notification: 22 March 2008
Camera ready copy for system demonstrations due: 1 April 2008
Workshop dates: 2-4 June 2008

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ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
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General Chair
* Dakshi Agrawal -- IBM Research, US

Program Chairs
* Ehab Al-Shaer -- DePaul University, US
* Lalana Kagal -- MIT, US
* Jorge Lobo -- IBM Research, US

Finance Chair
* Claudio Bartolini -- HP Labs, UK

Publicity Chair
* Alessandra Toninelli -- University of Bologna, Italy

Publication Chair
* Lisandro Zambenedetti Granville -- Federal University of Rio Grande
de Sul, Brazil

System Demonstrations Chair
* Daniel Olmedilla -- L3S Research Center and Hannover University, Germany