You are cordially invited to attend WAIM 2001 ... ...Please see the conference Web site for more details: http://www.engin.umd.umich.edu/waim01 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ***************************************************** * CALL FOR PARTICIPATION * * * * The Second International Conference on * * Web-Age Information Management * * (WAIM 2001) * * http://www.engin.umd.umich.edu/waim01 * * * * July 9-11, 2001 * * Qujiang Hotel, Xi'an, China * ***************************************************** !!! DEADLINE FOR EARLY REGISTRATION: June 9, 2001 !!! Following the tradition of the first International Conference on Web-Age Information Management held in Shanghai, China, in June 2000, we are excited to present the second WAIM conference (WAIM 2001). WAIM 2001 continues to focus on researches in the areas of managing and using data, information and knowledge in the age of the Internet and Web, and to identify new issues and directions for research and development work in the new millennium. The conference has a very rich agenda including invited speeches, tutorials, paper presentations, and software demonstrations. We look forward to welcoming you to Xi'an, China, a city that was the east end of the Silk Road. Xi'an is the capital of Shaanxi Province, and also the political, economic and cultural center of the Northwest China. With the development of travel industry, it has become one of the nation's key tourist cities. It boasts the eighth wonder of the world, Qin Shihuang's terra-cotta warriors and horses, and various famous ancient building of the past 2000 years. The city provides an ideal locale to discuss modern technology ideas against the backdrop of ancient relics. ADVANCE PROGRAM =============== Monday, July 9, 2001 -------------------- 9:00am - 10:30am (Tutorial 1A) Invited Tutorial 1: "Technologies for E-Business Solutions", Instructor: Dr. Ming-Chien Shan, Hewlett Packard Laboratories. 10:30am - 11:00am (Coffee Break) 11:00am - 12:30pm (Tutorial 1B) Invited Tutorial 1 continues. 12:30pm - 2:00pm (Lunch) 2:00pm - 3:30pm (Tutorial 2A) Invited Tutorial 2: "Content-based Retrieval from Multimedia Databases", Dr. John R. Smith, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center. 3:30pm - 5:00pm (Tutorial 2B) Invited Tutorial 2 continues. Evening (Conference Reception) Tuesday, July 10, 2001 ---------------------- 9:00am - 10:30am (Joint Session 1) Keynote speech, TBA. 10:30am - 11:00am (Coffee Break) 11:00am - 12:30pm (Session 1A) Multimedia Databases & High Dimensional Indexing 1. "Spatial-match Iconic Image Retrieval with Ranking in Multimedia Databases," regular research paper, by Jae-Woo Chang and Yeon-Jung Kim (Department of Computer Engineering, Chonbuk National University). 2. "Similarity-Based Operators in Image Database Systems," regular research paper, by Solomon Atnafu (LISI, INSA de Lyon, France), Lionel Brunie (LISI, INSA de Lyon, France), and Harald Kosch (Institute of Information Technology, University Knagenfurt, Austria). 3. "An Efficient High-Dimensional Index Structure using Cell Signatures for Similarity Search," short research paper, by Kwang-Taek Song and Jae-Woo Chang (Department of Computer Engineering, Chonbuk National University). 4. "Using Object-relational Database Systems and XML in the Context of an wireless-oriented Multimedia Information System," research experience paper, by Thomas Courvoisier, Christoph Dittberner, and Guntram Flach (Computer Graphics Center Rostock). 11:00am - 12:30pm (Session 1B) Information Retrieval & Text Indexing 1. "Utilizing the Correlation between Query Keywords for Information Retrieval," regular research paper, by Tetsuya Yoshida, Daiki Shinkai, and Shogo Nishida (Gradudate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University). 2. "Adjacency matrix based full-text indexing models," regular research papers, by Shuigeng Zhou (National Key Lab of Software Engineering, Wuhan University), Jihong Guan (College of Computer Science, Wuhan University), Jiangtao Hu, and Aoying Zhou (Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Fudan University). 3. "Goal-Oriented Information Retrieval Using Feedback from Users," short research paper, by Hiroyuki Toda, Toshifumi Enomoto, and Tetsuji Satoh (NTT Cyber Space Laboratories). 4. "Classify Web Document By Key Phrase Understanding," short research paper, by Changjie Tang, Tong Li, Changyu Liu, and Yin Ge (Computer Department, Sichuan University, China). 12:30pm - 2:00pm (Lunch) 2:00pm - 3:30pm (Session 2A) Data Mining 1. "Derive High Confidence Rules for Spatial Data using Tuple Count Cube," regular research paper, by William Perrizo, Qin Ding, Qiang Ding, and Amalendu Roy (North Dakota State University). 2. "A Distributed Hierarchical Clustering System for Web Mining," regular research paper, by Catherine Wen, Huan Liu (Computer Science and Engineering, Arizona State University), Wilson Wen (GoConnect Australia), and Jeffrey Zheng (CMST CSIRO, Australia). 3. "ARMiner: A Data Mining Tool based on Association Rules," research experience paper, by Haofeng Zhou, Beijun Ruan, Jianqiu Zhu, Yangyong Zhu, and Baile Shi (Dept. of Computer Science, Fudan University). 4. "An Integrated Classification Rule Management System for Data Mining," short research paper, by Daling Wang, Yubin Bao, Guoren Wang, and Baoyan Song (School of Information Science and Engineering, Northeastern University). 2:00pm - 3:30pm (Session 2B) Semistructured Data Management 1. "Characterizing Web Document Changes," regular research paper, by Lipyeow Lim (Duke University), Min Wang, Sriram Padmanabhan (IBM T. J. Watson Research Center), Jeffrey S. Vitter (Duke University), and Ramesh Agarwal (IBM T. J. Watson Research Center). 2. "Identification of Syntactically Similar DTD Elements in Schema Matching across DTDs," regular research paper, by Hong Su (CS department, Worcester Polytechnic Institute), Sriram Padmanabhan, and Ming-Ling Lo (IBM T. J. Watson Research Center). 3. "An XML Based Electronic Medical Record Integration," research experience paper, by Hongyan Li, Shiwei Tang, Dongqing Yang (Department of Computer Science & Technology, Peking University), and Yi Yu (PeridotHealth Systems Pte Ltd, Singapore). 4. "Enhancing XML Data Processing in Relational System with Indices," short research paper, by Yuqi Liang, Aoying Zhou, Shihui Zheng, Long Zhang, and Wenyun Ji (Dept. of Computer Science,Fudan Univ.). 3:30pm - 4:00pm (Coffee Break) 4:00pm - 5:30pm (Joint Session 2) Panel Discussion (topic TBA) Evening (Banquet) Wednesday, July 11, 2001 ------------------------ 9:00am - 10:30am (Joint Session 3) Keynote speech (TBA). 10:30am - 11:00am (Coffee Break) 11:00am - 12:30pm (Session 3A) Data Warehousing & Federated Databases 1. "A Multidimensional Data Model Supporting Complicated Aggregations," regular research paper, by Hongxing TAN (School of Computer Science, Henan University), Wenwen QI (Department of Mathematics, Henan University), and Longxiang ZHOU (Institute of Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences). 2. "Comparing String Similarity Measures for Reducing Inconsistency in Integrating Data From Different Sources," regular research paper, by Sergio Luj醤-Mora, and Manuel Palomar (Universidad de Alicante). 3. "Revisit on view maintenance in data warehouses," short research paper, by Weifa Liang (Australian National University), and Jeffrey Yu (Chinese Hong Kong University). 4. "Experiences with a hybrid implementation of a globally-distributed federated database system," research experience paper, by Xuebiao Xu, Andrew Jones, Nick Pittas, Alex Gray, Nick Fiddian, and Richard White (Cardiff University). 11:00am - 12:30pm (Session 3B) Web Information Management and E-commerce 1. "Link-based Clustering of Web Search Results," regular research paper, by Yitong Wang, and Masaru Kitsuregawa (Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo). 2. "Three-tier clustering: an Online Citation Clustering System," regular research paper, by Haifeng Jiang, Wenwu Luo, and Wei Wang (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology). 3. "Introducing Navigation Graphs as a technique for improving WWW user browsing," short research paper, by Christos Bouras, Agisilaos Konidaris (Computer Technology Institute-CTI), Eleni Konidari (Child Development Centre, Department of Psychology), and Afrodite Sevasti (Computer Technology Institute-CTI). 4. "The Evolution of the Contract Net Protocol," short research paepr, by Lai Xu, and Hans Weigand (Tilburg University). 12:30pm - 2:00pm (Lunch) 2:00pm - 3:30pm (Session 4A) Temporal, Spatial & High Dimensional Information Management 1. "Semantic compression of temporal data," regular research paper, by Claudio Bettini (University of Milan). 2. "Efficiently Computing Weighted Proximity Relationships in Spatial Databases," regular research paper, by Xuemin Lin, Xiaomei Zhou (UNSW, Australia), Chengfei Liu (U. South Australia, Australia), and Xiaofang Zhou (UQ, Australia). 3. "Compressing the Index - A Simple and yet Efficient Approximation Approach to High-Dimensional Indexing," regular research paper, by Shuguang Wang, Cui Yu, and BengChin Ooi (National University of Singapore). 2:00pm - 3:30pm (Session 4B) Data Mining & Constraint Management 1. "Finding Dense Clusters in Hyperspace: An Approach Based on Row Shuffling," regular research paper, by Daniel Barbara, and Xintao Wu (George Mason University). 2. "Modelling Classification Performance for Large Data Sets --- An Empirical Study," regular research paper, by Baohua Gu (Department of Computer Science, School of Computing, National University of Singapore), Feifang Hu (Department of Applied Probability & Statistics, National University of Singapore). and Huan Liu (Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Arizona State University). 3. "Mapping Referential Integrity Constraints from Relational Databases to XML," regular research paper, by Xiaochun Yang, and Guoren Wang (Northeastern University, P.R.China). 3:30pm - 4:00pm (Coffee Break) 4:00pm - 5:15pm (Session 5A) Data Integration & Filtering 1. "Attribute Value Extraction and Standardization in Data Integration," regular research paper, by Hongjun Lu (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology), and Zengping Tian (Fudan University). 2. "Indexing Attribute and Reordering Profile for XML Document Filtering and Information Delivery," regular research paper, by Wang Lian, Cheung W. L., and Yiu S. M.(The University of Hong Kong). 3. "An Approach for Data Filtering Based on Rough Set Theory," short research paper, by Xuri Yin, Zhihua Zhou, Ning Li, and Shifu Chen (National Laboratory for Novel Software Technology, Nanjing University). 4:00pm - 5:15pm (Session 5B) Workflow & Adaptive Systems 1. "Web-based Workflow Evolution in ADOME-WFMS" regular research paper, by Dickson K.W. Chiu (Department of Computer Science, University of Science and Technology), Qing Li (Department of Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong), and Kamalakar Karlapalem (Indian Institute of Information Technology, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, India). 2. "Meta-Data Objects as the Basis for System Evolution," short research paepr, by Florida Estrella (Centre for Complex Cooperative Systems, UWE), Jean-Marie Le Goff (CERN), Zsolt Kovacs (CERN), and Richard McClatchey (Centre for Complex Cooperative Systems, UWE). 3. "Adaptive Web Meta-Search Enhanced by Constraint-based Query Constructing and Mapping," short research paper, by Lieming Huang, Ulrich Thiel, Matthias Hemmje, and Erich J. Neuhold (GMD-IPSI). 4. "An Adaptive Data Dissemination Strategy for Mobile Environments," short research paper, by Guohong Cao, Yiqiong Wu (Pennsylvania State University), and Bo Li (Xi'an Jiao Tong University). REGISTRATION, ACCOMMODATION AND OTHER INFORMATION ================================================= Please refer to the WAIM 2001 Web site: http://www.engin.umd.umich.edu/waim01 for detailed information on the conference program, registration, hotel booking, and traveling.