I International Conference on Multidisciplinary Information Sciences
and Technologies, InSciT2006
Mérida, SPAIN, October 25th-28th, 2006
http://www.instac.es/inscit2006/
Dear colleague,
I am very pleased to announce the forthcoming opening of the 1st
International Conference on Multidisciplinary Information Sciences and
Technologies (InSciT2006) that will take place from 25-28th October
2006 in Merida (Spain). I seize this opportunity to point out that
last-minute participants are welcome.
More than 250 scientists of all over the world will be attending and
presenting their papers at the conference. Participants are coming
from Spain, France, The Netherlands, Brazil, United Kingdom, India,
Japan, Iran, United States, Finland, Italy and so on up to 44
different countries.
There are scheduled 160 oral presentations and 50 posters
presentations, as well as 40 presentations within the virtual
symposium for those unable to attend the conference.
It is also remarkable the confirmation of the lecture offered by
ELSEVIER / SCOPUS, where Dr. Jaco J. Zijlstra will report on how the
people at Elsevier-Scopus develop some techniques that they use in
Science Evaluation in the speech entitled “Providing tools for author
evaluation: a case study”.
PLENARY SPEAKERS
Dr. Donald H. Kraft, Editor of JASIS&T. Title: “Intelligent Methods in
Models of Text Information Retrieval: Implications for Society”.
Dr. Wolfgang Glanzel, Co-Editor of Scientometrics. Title: “The
'perspective shift' in bibliometrics and its consequences”.
Dr. Felix de Moya Anegón, University of Granada. Title: “On-line
system for scientific domains analysis and assesment: The Atlas of
Science of Latin America”.
Dr. Chaomei Chen, Drexel University. Title: “Visual Analysis of
Concept Change and Information Diffusion”.
Dr. Fazel Famili, National Research Council of Canada. Title:
“Evolution of knowledge discovery and management”.
Jaco J. Zijlstra, Elsevier/Scopus. Title: “Providing Tools for Author
Evaluation: a case study”.
For more info about plenary speakers visit:
http://www.instac.es/inscit2006/invitedlecturers.htm
CONFERENCE COVERAGE
InSciT2006, with a strong multi and inter disciplinary focus, aims at
creating a forum in Spain where gather together researchers and
practitioners coming from the widest range of knowledge domains
involved in the study of information.
During the conference, the sessions held will cover the following themes:
- Information Retrieval
- Digital Libraries
- Hypertext and Hypermedia
- Metadata
- Electronic Publishing
- Science and Information Mapping
- Knowledge Management
- Data Mining
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Artificial Intelligence
- Natural Language Processing
- Information Visualization
- Social Networks
- Databases
Scientific program of the conference at:
http://www.instac.es/inscit2006/downloads/programInSciT2006.pdf
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS BOOK
All accepted papers presented at InSciT2006 have been published as
book chapters in the Conference Proceedings Book, edited by the Open
Institute of Knowledge. This two volumes edition will be available
during the conference both in hard copy and CD-ROM version.
Furthermore, every paper will be published in the Open Digital
Library, currently being developed by the Open Institute of Knowledge,
and made available to be read on-line so as to maximize its
international visibility and impact.
The title of the publication is "Current Research in Information
Sciences and Technologies. Multidisciplinary approaches to global
information systems" and it has been published in two volumes of 644
and 602 pages. In addition, a CD-ROM edition containing all the
articles has also been edited and published, this edition has its own
ISBN number.
The InSciT2006 Conference is endorsed by the renowned societies:
American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T)
International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics (ISSI)
InSciT2006 has both international and national sponsor which will be
present at the conference; we acknowledge the support offered by:
BLACKWELL PUBLISHING
ELSEVIER
TAYLOR AND FRANCIS
FUNDECYT
MASMEDIOS
CIBERSUR
CONECTA2
SOCIAL PROGRAM
A number of social events are planned by the Inscit2006 organisation
to make delegates visit more pleasant and enjoyable and to let them
meet their colleagues in a less formal atmosphere. We want to offer
delegates the opportunity to discover "Extremadura" visiting some of
the most beautiful places in Europe.
The social program activities are:
- Sightseeing Tour to "Archaeological Ensemble of Merida World
Heritage" (UNESCO)
- Sightseeing Tour "Old Town of Caceres World Heritage" (UNESCO)
- Visit an Extremeña winery and wine cellar
- Spanish Typical "Tapas" dinner
- Farewell Cocktail
REGISTRATION
Info about registration fees and accommodation can be reach at
InSciT2006 webpage: http://www.instac.es/inscit2006/registration.htm
Dr. Vicente Guerrero Bote
InSciT2006 Conference Chairman
University of Extremadura
http://alcazaba.unex.es/~vicente
http://www.instac.es/inscit2006/index.htm
Received on Thu Oct 19 2006 - 01:18:53 EDT