#################################################################### Active Media Technology 2009 CALL FOR PAPERS #################################################################### 2009 International Conference on Active Media Technology (AMT 2009) October 22-24, 2009, Beijing, China Homepage: http://www.wici-lab.org/amtbi09/ Mirror page: http://www.iwici.org/amtbi09/ Co-organized by Web Intelligence Consortium (WIC) IEEE Task Force on Brain Informatics (IEEE TF-BI) Co-sponsored by Beijing University of Technology (BJUT) Shanghai Psytech Electronic Technology Co., Ltd State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs, PRC National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) ################################################################## # Papers Due: *** 31 May 2009 *** NEW DEADLINE *** # Accepted papers will be published by Springer as a volume of # the series of LNCS/LNAI, which are indexed by EI. # Extensions of selected papers from the proceedings will be # considered for publication in special issues of journals, # including Journal of Intelligent Information Systems (Springer). ################################################################## In the great digital era, we are witnessing many rapid scientific and technological developments in human-centred, seamless computing environments, interfaces, devices, and systems with applications ranging from business and communication to entertainment and learning. These developments are collectively best characterized as Active Media Technology (AMT), a new area of intelligent information technology and computer science that emphasizes the proactive, seamless roles of interfaces and systems as well as new media in all aspects of digital life. An AMT based system offers services to enable the rapid design, implementation and support of customized solutions. The first International Conference on Active Media Technology (AMT01) was held in Hong Kong in 2001, the second International Conference on Active Media Technology (AMT04) was held in Chongqing, China in May 29-31 of 2004, the third International Conference on Active Media Technology (AMT05) was held in Kagawa, Japan in May 2005, and the fourth International Conference on Active Media Technology (AMT06) was held in Brisbane, Australia in June 7-9, 2006. Following the success of AMT01, AMT04, AMT05 and AMT06, the Fifth International Conference on Active Media Technology (AMT09) will be held in Beijing, China in October 22-24, 2009. Active Media Technology 2009 will be jointly held with the 2009 International Conference on Brain Informatics (BI 2009). The two conferences will have a joint opening, keynote, reception, and banquet. Attendees only need to register for one conference and can attend workshops, sessions, exhibits and demonstrations across the two conferences. +++++++++++++++++++ Topics of Interest +++++++++++++++++++ CONFERENCE TOPICS AND AREAS INCLUDE, BUT NOT LIMITED TO * Active Computer Systems and Intelligent Interfaces * Adaptive Web Systems and Information Foraging Agents * Agent-Based Software Engineering and Multi-Agent Systems * AMT for Semantic Web and Web2.0 * Cognitive Foundations for AMT * Conversational Informatics * Data Mining, Ontology Mining and Web Reasoning * Digital City and Digital Interactivity * E-Commerce and Web Services * Entertainment and Social Applications of Active Media * Evaluation of Active Media and AMT Based Systems * Human-Web Interaction * Human Factors in AMT * Machine Learning and Human-Centred Robotics * Multi-Modal Processing, Detection, Recognition, and Expression Analysis * Network, Mobile and Wireless Security * Personalized, Pervasive, and Ubiquitous Systems and their Interfaces * Semantic Comupting for Active Media and AMT Based Systems * Sensing Web * Smart Digital Media * Trust on Web Information Systems * Web Based Social Networks * Web Mining, Wisdom Web and Web Intelligence ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ On-Line Submissions and Publication ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ High-quality papers in all AMT related areas are solicited. Papers exploring new directions will receive a careful and supportive review. All submitted papers will be reviewed on the basis of technical quality, relevance, significance, and clarity. The proceeding of the conference will be published by Springer as a volume of the series of Lecture Notes in Computer Science/Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNCS/LNAI). Extensions of selected papers from the proceedings will be considered for publication in special issues of international journals, including Journal of Intelligent Information Systems (Springer, http://www.editorialmanager.com/jiis/). Authors are strongly encouraged to use Springer LNCS/LNAI manuscript submission guidelines (available at http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html) for their initial submissions (a maximum of 12 pages in Springer LNCS/LNAI style file). All papers must be submitted electronically in PDF format only, using the conference management tool. We will also have poster, demonstration, and late breaking result paper sessions. More detailed instructions and a paper submission form can be found the AMT'09 Web page at http://www.wici-lab.org/amtbi09/ +++++++ Awards +++++++ AMT 2009 best paper awards and student paper awards will be conferred on the authors at the conference. Also a selected number of AMT 2009 accepted papers will be expanded and revised for inclusion in special issues in several international journals, including Journal of Intelligent Information Systems (Springer, http://www.editorialmanager.com/jiis/). ++++++++++++++++ Important Dates ++++++++++++++++ Electronic submission of full papers (12 pages in Springer LNAI/LNCS style file): *** 31 May 2009 *** NEW DEADLINE *** Notification of paper acceptance: July 1, 2009 Camera-ready of accepted papers: July 24, 2009 Conference: October 22-24, 2009 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Conference Organization ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Conference General Chairs: * Jeffrey Bradshaw, UWF/Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, USA * Toyoaki Nishida, Kyoto University, Japan Program Chairs: * Jiming Liu, Hong Kong Baptist University, HK * Jinglong Wu, Okayama University, Japan Workshop Chairs: * Yiyu Yao, University of Regina, Canada * Runhe Huang, Hosei University, Japan Organizing Chairs: * Shengfu Lu, International WIC Institute/BJUT, China * Yulin Qin, International WIC Institute/BJUT, China Publicity Chairs: * Jian Yang, International WIC Institute/BJUT, China * Jiajin Huang, International WIC Institute/BJUT, China WIC Co-Chairs/Directors: * Ning Zhong, Maebashi Institute of Technology, Japan * Jiming Liu, Hong Kong Baptist University, HK WIC Advisory Board: * Edward A. Feigenbaum, Stanford University, USA * Setsuo Ohsuga, University of Tokyo, Japan * Benjamin Wah, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA * Philip Yu, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA * L.A. Zadeh, University of California, Berkeley, USA WIC Tech. Committee & WI/IAT Steering Committee: * Jeffrey Bradshaw, UWF/Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, USA * Nick Cercone, York University, Canada * Dieter Fensel, University of Innsbruck, Austria * Georg Gottlob, Oxford University, UK * Lakhmi Jain, University of South Australia, Australia * Jianchang Mao, Yahoo! Inc., USA * Pierre Morizet-Mahoudeaux, Compiegne University of Technology, France * Hiroshi Motoda, Osaka University, Japan * Toyoaki Nishida, Kyoto University, Japan * Andrzej Skowron, Warsaw University, Poland * Jinglong Wu, Okayama University, Japan * Xindong Wu, University of Vermont, USA * Yiyu Yao, University of Regina, Canada *** Contact Information *** Email: Jia Hu hujia0601@gmail.com Jiajin Huang hjj@emails.bjut.edu.cn