The 12th IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration (IEEE IRI-2011) Tuscany Suites & Casino, Las Vegas, USA August 3-5, 2011 http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~iri2011/
Given the emerging global Information-centric IT landscape that has tremendous social and economic implications, effectively processing and integrating humongous volumes of information from diverse sources to enable effective decision making and knowledge generation have become one of the most significant challenges of current times. Information Reuse and Integration (IRI) seeks to maximize the reuse of information by creating simple, rich, and reusable knowledge representations and consequently explores strategies for integrating this knowledge into systems and applications. IRI plays a pivotal role in the capture, representation, maintenance, integration, validation, and extrapolation of information; and applies both information and knowledge for enhancing decision-making in various application domains.
This conference explores three major tracks: information reuse, information integration, and reusable systems. Information explores theory and practice of optimizing representation; information integration focuses on innovative strategies and algorithms for applying integration approaches in novel domains; and reusable systems focus on developing and deploying models and corresponding processes that enable Information Reuse and Integration to play a pivotal role in enhancing decision-making processes in various application domains.
The IEEE IRI conference serves as a forum for researchers and practitioners from academia, industry, and government to present, discuss, and exchange ideas that address real-world problems with real-world solutions. Theoretical and applied papers are both included. The conference program will include special sessions, open forum workshops, panels and keynote speeches.
The conference includes, but is not limited to, the areas listed below:
Best Paper Award:
Starting this year, IEEE IRI will be presenting a Best Paper award. The best paper will be selected by separate committee and will be the one that reports the most novel and promising research work that has a high potential impact in the real world.
Instructions for Authors: Papers reporting original and unpublished research results pertaining to the above and related topics are solicited. Full paper manuscripts must be in English of length 4 to 6 pages (using the IEEE two-column template). Submissions should include the title, author(s), affiliation(s), e-mail address(es), tel/fax numbers, abstract, and postal address(es) on the first page. The online submission site is: https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=ieeeiri2011. If web submission is not possible, please contact the program co-chairs for alternate arrangements. Papers will be selected based on their originality, timeliness, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation. Paper submission implies the intent of at least one of the authors to register and present the paper, if accepted. Best Paper Award: Starting this year, IEEE IRI will be presenting a Best Paper award. The best paper will be selected by separate committee and will be the one that reports the most novel and promising research work that has a high potential impact in the real world.
Important Dates:
January 10, 2011 Workshop/Special session proposal February 15, 2011 Paper submission deadline April 15, 2011 Notification of acceptance May 1, 2011 Camera-ready paper due May 1, 2011 Presenting author registration due June 30, 2011 Advance (discount) registration for general public and other co-author July 15, 2011 Hotel reservation (special discount rate) closing date August 3-5, 2011 Conference events
Keynote Speakers Prof. Lotfi A. Zadeh, University of California Berkeley Prof. Elisa Bertino, Purdue Unviersity
Organizing Committee
Honorary General Chair Lotfi Zadeh, University of California, Berkeley, USA
General Chairs Stuart Rubin, SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific (SSC-Pacific), USA Shu-Ching Chen, Florida International University, USA
Program Chairs Reda Alhajj, University of Calgary, Canada James Joshi, University of Pittsburgh, USA Mei-Ling Shyu, University of Miami, USA
Workshop Chairs Barbara Carminati, University of Insubria, Italy Surya Nepal, CSIRO, Australia
Industry/Government/Application Track Chairs Marion Ceruti, SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific (SSC-Pacific), USA James J. Marshall, INNOVIM / NASA, USA Tanvir Ahmed, Oracle, USA
Special Session Chairs Gordon K. Lee, San Diego State University, USA Tao Li, Florida International University, USA
Best Paper Award Chairs Du Zhang, California State University, USA Taghi M. Khoshgoftaar, Florida Atlantic University, USA Eric Gregoire, Universite d’Artois, France Hui Xiong, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. USA
Publicity Chairs Chengcui Zhang, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA Louellen McCoy, SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific (SSC-Pacific), USA Nan Niu, Mississippi State University, USA
Finance & Registration Chair Suresh Vadhva, California State University, USA
Publications Chairs Min-Yuh Day, NTU, Taiwan, R.O.C. Seung-Yun Kim, Shepherd University, USA
Local Arrangements Chairs Ju-Yeon Jo, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA
Asian Liaison Wen-Lian Hsu, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Asia-Pacific Liaison Xingquan (Hill) Zhu, Florida Atlantic University, USA
Africa Liaison Thouraya Bouabana-Tebibel, National School of Computer Science, Algeria
Canadian Liasion and Ethics Chair June R. Massoud Genesis Consulting Inc., Canada
Webmaster Nathalie Baracaldo. University of Pittsburgh, USA