We welcome submissions until May, 22. For details please consult the conference Web site.

You can fin all the information at http://vator.tv/competition/semtech-2011/

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http://www.sis.smu.edu.sg/SocInfo2011

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The International Conference on Social Informatics (SocInfo) is an interdisciplinary venue for researchers from informatics and the social & management sciences to come together to share ideas and opinions, and present original research work. The goal is to create an opportunity for the dissemination of knowledge between the two communities, as well as to enable mutual critical discussion of current research.
The conference solicits original research and experience based case study papers, as well as proposals for demonstrations. It welcomes interdisciplinary papers on methods from the social sciences in the study of information systems, applying information technology in the study of social phenomena, or applying social concepts in the design of information systems.

Detailed research topics of interest for this conference include, but are not limited to:
- Computational models of social phenomena and social simulation
- Social networks: discovery, evolution, analysis and applications
- Web mining and its social interpretations
- Security, privacy, trust, reputation and incentive issues
- Design and analysis of Web2.0 applications (social or collaborative Web applications)
- Algorithms and protocols inspired by human societies
- Mechanisms for providing fairness in information systems
- Social choice mechanisms in the e-society
- Recommendation systems and social applications of the semantic Web
- Virtual communities (e.g., open-source, multiplayer gaming, etc.)
- Impact of technology on socio-economic, security, defense aspects
- Visualization of dynamic social networks
In addition, the Symposium on Social Dynamics in Online Gaming will be organized as part of SocInfo2011. Please see the SocInfo2011 website for more information.

Accepted papers (research, poster and demonstration) will appear in Springer’s Lecture Note Series in Computer Science. More details on the conference and submission guidelines can be found at the conference website.

Selected SocInfo2011 papers will be invited to be extended for submission to a Special Issue of Journal of Information Technology and Politics and to the Social Network Analysis and Mining (Springer) journal submission.

SocInfo2011 will also provide some travel awards to student authors attending the conference. More details about the award application will be available later.

http://BledConference.org

The theme for this year’s conference eFuture: Creating Solutions for the Individual, Organisations and Society serves to focus discourse and discussion on the impacts of our e-initiatives and how they serve to shape the New eWorld. Especially in the light of the recent global down turn, the future is indeed very challenging making the need for appropriate and suitable e-initiatives and e-solutions for individuals, organizations and societies an imperative. As emerging digital environments generate new ways of communication and interaction between individuals, organizations and societies we need to examine structures, processes and operations to ensure we are migrating to a more reliable eWorld. New eResponsiblities have to be taken by business, governments and individuals of this Brave New eWorld in order to contend with emerging eRisks and eChallenges. Moreover, it is essential that managers, politicians, employees, and citizens take actions at both the macro and the micro level so that discourse and discussion focuses on designing suitable organizational configurations, effective and effi-cient processes, new kinds of products and services, and necessary infrastructures and technologies in short we need the correct eSolutions so that the eFuture is indeed bright.

We would like to encourage you to submit a panel, workshop or a project meeting proposal.

Submission of Business Track Proposal April 15, 2011
Notification of acceptance April 25, 2011

Panels
Panels are expected to explore innovative ways of exploiting the latest eTechnologies and development approaches, and to suggest new research agendas. Duration of all conference’s program components is 90 minutes. A special goal of the panels sessions is to provide a big picture of the “e” domain by highlighting current issues and expected future impacts of eTechnologies in regional, or global economies. Demonstrations of successful collaboration between business, government, and academia in cross-border, cross-industry, and/or cross-disciplinary environments are particularly welcome.

Workshops
Workshops are expected to demonstrate successful use (via prototypes, Living Labs, etc.) of the latest eTechnologies showing innovative opportunities, and to lay out the directions for further research. Duration of workshop is 90 minutes.

EU poject dissemination meetings
The conference offers the possiblities for EU project dissemination acitivities.

The proposal (1 page) should indicate panel title, panel chair and the panelists (name, position, affiliation, country, e-mail address, web site address), the topic and issues to be discussed.

Panel, Workshop and EU project dissemination meeting participants are expected to register for the conference.

For further information please visit our website:

http://BledConference.org

About .Astronomy 3:

Networking and sharing ideas has never been so easy. Astronomers are using the internet to distribute, access and analyse data. The tools that make this possible are being created and developed all over the world – at home, in businesses and at universities – often in people’s spare time. The .Astronomy conference aims to bring together this international community of researchers, developers, educators and communicators to showcase and build upon these many web-based projects, from outreach and education to research tools and data analysis.

.Astronomy 3 will be held at New College, Oxford from the 4th to the 6th of April 2011. There will be 50 spaces at this three-day conference, where participants will learn, create and be inspired. Networking and sharing ideas has never been so easy. The Internet has created an environment that allows information and ideas to merge and evolve, allowing the rapid creation of new tools and resources…

Find out more about .Astronomy 3: http://dotastronomy.com/

The three questionnaires are designed to:

1. Conduct a survey on present ontology education/training content and quality.
2. Conduct a survey to elicit information about the knowledge and skills ontologists need, or are expected to have, in a variety of working contexts.
3. Conduct a real-time delphi study to elicit expert opinion and shared vision on the future of ontologists, their education and the field of ontology. [*to access this questionnaire for the first time, you will have to register yourself first ... and then, when prompted, enter the study code: "ontology"]

You can find all the information about the surveys here.