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

                            CALL FOR PAPERS
       International Conference on Intelligent Agents, Web Technologies
                         and Internet Commerce
             http://www.ise.canberra.edu.au/conferences/iawtic06/                          

                              Jointly with
                     
 International Conference on Computational Intelligence for Modelling,
                       Control and Automation
                    28 November to 1 December 2006
                         Sydney , Australia
               http://www.ise.canberra.edu.au/conferences/cimca06/


Honorary Chair:
Lotfi A. Zadeh, University of California, USA Stephen Grossberg, Boston University, USA


Important Dates:
17 July 2006 Submission of papers
7 August 2006 Notification of acceptance
28 August 2006 Deadline for camera-ready copies of accepted papers 28-30 November 2006 Conference sessions


In co-operation with:
IEEE Computational Intelligence Society
Conference Proceedings will be published as books by IEEE in USA

Sponsored by:
European Society for Fuzzy Logic and Technology - EUFLAT
International Association for Fuzzy Set in Management and Economy - SIGEF 
Japan Society for Fuzzy Theory and Intelligent Informatics - SOFT
Taiwan Fuzzy Systems Association - TFSA
World Wide Web Business Intelligence - W3BI
Hungarian Fuzzy Association - HFA 
University of Canberra


International Conference on Intelligent Agents, Web Technology and Internet Commerce - IAWTIC'2006 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 computational intelligence techniques to modelling, control and automation. For contributory 
sessions, papers (4 pages or more) are being solicited. Several well-known keynote speakers will address the
 conference. 

Conference Proceedings will be published as books by IEEE (The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering) in USA 
and will be index world wide. All papers will be peer reviewed by at least two reviewers. 
Topics of the conference include, but are not limited to, the following areas:

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 and design of 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
Auction and negotiation for e-commerce agents
Knowledge Discovery, 
Intelligent Information Systems
Knowledge Clustering
Classification 

Web Technologies:
Web data mining and information retrieval
Agent-based trade-and mediating services
Teaching on Web
Virtual trading institutions 

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 and Service Delivery
Legal, Auditing or Security Issues for Electronic Commerce
Requirements Engineering Approaches 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 the following address: 
CIMCA'2006 Secretariat
School of Information Sciences and Engineering
University of Canberra, Canberra, 2616, ACT, Australia
E-mail: cimca@canberra.edu.au

Electronic submission of papers (either by E-mail or through conference website) is preferred. Draft papers should
 present original work, which has not been published or being reviewed for other conferences.

Important Dates
17 July 2006 Submission of papers
7 August 2006 Notification of acceptance
28 August 2006 Deadline for camera-ready copies of accepted papers 
28-30 November 2006 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 special session proposals should be sent to the conference chair (by email 
to: masoud.mohammadian@canberra.edu.au) on or before 4th of August 2006. CIMCA'06 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.

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 cimca@canberra.edu.au or see the conference homepage 
at: http://www.ise.canberra.edu.au/conferences/cimca06/default.htm

Organising Committee Chair:
Masoud Mohammadian, University of
Canberra, Australia

International Programme Committee 
J. Liu, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
A. Namatame, National Defense Academy, Japan
A. Agah, The University of Kansas, USA
J. P. Bigus, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA
E. André, Universität Augsburg, Germany
K. Sycara, Carnegie Mellon University, USA 
H. Adeli, The Ohio State University, USA 
B. Kosko, University of Southern California, USA
A. Kandel, University of South Florida, USA
T. Fukuda, Nagoya University, Japan
T. Baeck, Informatic Centrum Dortmund, Germany
J.Bezdek, University of West Florida, USA
M. Mohammadian University of Canberra, Australia
K. Hirota, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
E. Oja, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
W. Pedrycz, University of Manitoba, Canada
X. Yao, The University of New South Wales, ADFA, Australia
H. R. Berenji, NASA Ames Research Center, USA 
R. C. Eberhart, Purdue University,USA
T. Shibata, MITI, Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Japan
H. Liljenstrom, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden 
A. Y. Zomaya, University of Western Australia, Australia
F. Herrera, University of Granada, Spain 
A Jafari, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, IUPUI, USA
A. Bulsari, AB Nonlinear Solutions OY, Finland 
B. Ruhul Sarker, University of New South Wales (ADFA), Australia 
J. D. Pinter, Dalhousie University, Canada 
V. Piuri, Politecnico di Milano, Italy 
T. Furuhashi, Nagoya University, Japan 
A. Aamodt, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
J. Fernandez de Cañete, University of Malaga, Spain
W. Duch, Nicholas Copernicus,University, Poland
E. Tulunay, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
L. Guan, University of Sydney, Australia
C. Kuroda, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
T. Yamakawa, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan
J. Liu, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
A. Namatame, National Defense Academy, Japan
A. Agah, The University of Kansas, USA


International Liaison:
Canada and USA Liaison:
J. D. Pinter, Dalhousie University, Canada

Asia Liaison:
Christina Meier, Australia

Europe Liaison:
Robert John, De Montfort University, UK


Publication:
Masoud Mohammadian, University of Canberra, Australia 

Received on Monday, 10 July 2006 03:26:56 UTC