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IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence 2018 (WI'18)
December 3-6, 2018, Santiago, Chile

Conference Website: http://webintelligence2018.com/

Sponsored By (among others):
Web Intelligence Consortium (WIC)
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
IEEE Computer Society
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Web Intelligence (WI) aims to achieve a multi-disciplinary balance between research advances in the fields of collective intelligence, data science, human-centric computing, knowledge management, and network science. It is committed to addressing research that deepens the understanding of computational, logical, cognitive, physical as well as business and social foundations of the future Web, and enables the development and application of intelligent technologies. WI'18 features high-quality, original research papers and real-world applications in all theoretical and technological areas that make up the field of WI.

WI'18 welcomes research, application as well as Industry/Demo-Track paper submissions. Tutorial, Workshop and Special-Session proposals and papers are also welcome.

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MAIN TOPIC AREAS
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  Track-1: Collective Intelligence
  Track-2: Data Science
  Track-3: Human-Centric Computing
  Track-4: Knowledge Management
  Track-5: Network Science

Please find the detailed topics and areas of interest of WI'18 at http://webintelligence2018.com/

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IMPORTANT DATES
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Workshop and Special session proposal submission:         March 23, 2018
Submission of main conference & Special session papers:   May 20, 2018
Notification of conference paper acceptance:              July 15, 2018
Submission of Workshop papers:                            July 22, 2018
Submission of Demos and Posters:                          July 22, 2018
Tutorial proposal submission:                             August 3, 2018
Notification of workshop paper acceptance:                August 19, 2018

Special Sessions, Workshops, and Tutorials:               December 3, 2018
Main Conference:                                          December 4-6, 2018

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PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION
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WI'18 solicits original work submitted as a regular paper (limited to 8 pages) in ACM 2-column format (https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template). Each paper will be peer-reviewed by at least three PC members on the basis of technical quality, relevance, originality, significance and clarity. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings by the IEEE Computer Society Press and indexed by EI. Selected WI'18 papers will be further invited for expansion and publication in Web Intelligence journal and other international journals.

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CALL FOR TUTORIALS/WORKSHOPS/SPECIAL-SESSIONS
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WI'18 solicits proposals for tutorials, workshops, and special sessions on specific topics of interests, which will form an integral part of the conference program. Inquiries and submission of proposals should be addressed to the respective chairs. More information is also available in the call for workshops and special session proposals which can, among others, be accessed on the conference website.

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AWARDS
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Best Paper awards will be conferred at the conference on the authors of (1) the best research paper, (2) the best student paper. Application-oriented submissions will be considered for the best application paper award.

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STEERING COMMITTEE CHAIRS
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* Ning Zhong, Maebashi Institute of Technology, Japan
* Jiming Liu, Hong Kong Baptist University, HK SAR, China

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GENERAL Chairs
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* Amit Sheth, Wright State University, USA
* Juan D. Velasquez Silva,  University of Chile, Chile

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PC Chairs
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* Gabriella Pasi, the University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
* Richard Weber, University of Chile, Chile
* Xiaohui Tao, University of Southern Queensland, Australia

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WORKSHOP/SPECIAL SESSION/TUTORIAL CHAIRS
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* Zhisheng Huang, Free University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
* Yue Xu, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
* Guilin Qi, Southeast University, China

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INDUSTRY & SPONSORSHIPS CHAIR
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* Saurav Karmakar, GreyKarma Technologies, India

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PUBLICITY CHAIRS
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* Fabricio Benevenuto, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil
* Vaclav Snasel, Ostrava University, Czech Republic
* Yun Xiong, Fudan University, China
* Bing (Jenny) Zhou, Sam Houston State University, USA
* Xujuan Zhou, University of Southern Queensland, Australia

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Contact Emails
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* Juan D. Velasquez Silva: jvelasqu@dii.uchile.cl
* Xiaohui Tao: xtao@usq.edu.au