[Event at CIG] WISE 2024 - Calls for Special-Tracks

[Salma Sassi]

 WISE 2024 - Calls for Special-Tracks
The 25th International conference on Web Information Systems Engineering (WISE 2024):

The year 2024 marks the 25th anniversary of the International conference on Web Information Systems Engineering which will be held at Qatar University (in Doha, Qatar), on 2-5 December 2024. WISE is a class A conference that has consistently consolidated its position over the years, as among the top conferences in the research areas around the Web, Data and Knowledge Management, and Information Systems.
WISE-2024 promises to be a special edition, as it will offer a rich scientific program involving special tracks on important and trendy research topics, demos, a PhD symposium for the junior scholars, workshops, as well as thought-provoking keynotes by high-profile researchers from top universities and corporations such as Microsoft, Google, Meta and an industrial exhibition on the Web to celebrate this 25th anniversary.

Call for Special-Tracks 
The WISE Special Topics is a new and important track of the WISE conference. It brings together researchers, practitioners, industry experts and government actors to present and discuss their recent research results and innovations in important and trendy research areas or topics in the broad areas of the web, data management and information systems. Expected special topics should have a particular importance and potentially touch the lives of people in important ways. 

Special topics will be presented in special sessions during the conference. The evaluation criteria and quality level of the main conference apply also to the papers received in the special topics track. Received papers must also belong to the area of the special topic they are submitted to. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings.

Scope
We welcome special track proposals in the broad area of the Web, Data and knowledge management, and Information systems. Please refer to the conference webpage www.wise2024-qatar.com for examples of relevant topics.

Special Topic Proposal Submission

Proposals for hosting a special topic at WISE2024 are welcome. The proposal must include:
1. Title: A meaningful title for the proposed special topic.
2. Abstract: A 150-word summary of the proposed special topic highlighting its importance and novelty.
3. Scope: List of covered sub-topics (as in calls-for-papers). 
4. Relevance: Please explain why the topic is relevant to the WISE community.
5. Organizers: Provide a list of organizers with their affiliations, short bio, and contact information.
6. Lead Organizer.
7. Related special events previously organized (with number of papers received/accepted): List the various scientific events organized previously by the organizers.
8. Evaluation Committee Members: list of committee members.
9. Expected number of submissions
Special topic proposals in PDF should be e-mailed to the following email address: wise.conf.2024 at gmail.com . The co-chairs of special tracks should be CC’ed.
All papers should be submitted via Easychair.

Deadline for Special Tracks:
• Special Topic Proposal Due: February 28, 2024
• Proposal Notification: March 15, 2024
• Paper submission: July 15, 2024
• Paper Notification: August 30, 2024
• Paper Camera-ready: September 07, 2024

Special Topic Organization and paper submission review 
The organizers of accepted special topics will be responsible for the following tasks: 
• Publicizing the special topic’s call-for-papers on the various dissemination channels, e.g. dedicated webpage, mailing lists, social media. 
• Coordinating the review process of received submissions on Easychair and ensuring the quality of reviews and the respect of the conference deadlines.
• Ensuring that all submissions do respect the requirements of the conferences for its main tracks. 
• Making the recommendations of acceptance/rejection for papers in their topics, which must be validated by the Special Topics Chairs. 
The final decisions of special topic paper acceptance/rejection are made by the WISE Program Chairs.

Special issues in Journals
A selection of accepted papers will be invited to submit an extended version for publication in:
• ACM Transactions on the Web (TWEB).
• Springer Computing Journal.
• Springer WWW Journal.

For more information, please visit the conference webpage: www.wise2024-qatar.com. 





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Salma SASSI, Ph.D. in Computer Science
Associate Professor in Computer Science
Researcher at OpenCEMS Industrial Chair, France
LIUPPA Laboratory
Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour (UPPA)
IUT de Bayonne
2 Allée du Parc de Montaury
Campus Montaury/Anglet
64600 Anglet
France

Email: sassisalma at yahoo.fr, salma.sassi at fsjegj.rnu.tn
Home Page: https://sites.google.com/view/salma-sassi/home
OpenCEMS: https://opencems.sigappfr.org
Spider Team: https://spider.sigappfr.org

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