CALL FOR PAPERS WEB STUDIES: First International Congress http://webstudies.info March 3, 4, 5, 2009. Toluca, Mexico. Organized by: Monterrey Tech / Lab. Paragraphe / Europia Supporters: University of Paris VIII / Journal of Mobile Multimedia OVERVIEW The Web may be conceived as an expansive object, an extended space that reaches nearly every domain of life and concerns many different scientific disciplines. This space can be described according to data structures, visual surfaces, algorithmic processes, cultural uses, means and venue for artistic expressions and site of human-computer interaction. While some of these categories correspond to the specific interests and demands of certain fields of inquiry, they also have a practical dimension that goes beyond the confines of academic disciplines and implies the crossing of very different perspectives. One of the most interesting questions is indeed the way in which practices of production and use influence and re/shape each other as well as the tools and media themselves.

From this general starting point, we aim at exploring the social dimension of Web applications as well as the interaction and co-existence of humans with artificial agents – interfaces, algorithms, information architectures – forming socio-technical hybrids that are increasingly difficult to dissect. And our research tools and methods have themselves become hybrid. Mixtures of brains, knowledge and research software make sense of the growing piles of data; they produce new and innovative ways to explore and visualize information and to make the Web comprehensible; and they generate theoretical metaphors aim at understanding the space they are operating in. The notion of Web Intelligence is therefore of particular interest to this first edition of the Web Studies conference. Intelligence, here, is understood in a double sense: first, as the process of interaction that happens not only between humans and technical systems, but also between human actors mediated by Web platforms, the process in which knowledge is produced and applied, information is gathered, interpreted, and used in everyday situations. Second, as the tools and methods that help us understanding the infinite variety that marks this online ecosystem.

The 1st international congress on Web Studies aims at providing a venue for researchers and professionals from different backgrounds for discussion, study, practical demonstrations, sharing, and exchange on new developments and theories regarding the World Wide Web. The congress therefore invites contributions from a heterogeneous set of fields and domains such as: Web systems, computational intelligence, human-computer interaction, digital theory, Web sociology, and well as interactive and digital arts. We also encourage contributions from businesses and organizations. TOPICS OF INTEREST • Theoretical and social approaches • Web as new medium • Information and communication • New uses and forms of creation • Languages and systems • Architecture and Cloud Computing • Web inteligent and Semantic Web • Web and Art, Net Art • Visualization, 3D and interactivity SUBMISSION DEADLINES - Friday, October 16, 2009: Full Paper Submissions - Monday, November 18, 2009: Decisions on Full Paper Submissions - Friday, November 27, 2009: Short Paper, Poster, Workshop and Demo Submissions - Friday, December 18, 2009: Decisions on Short Paper, Poster and Demo Submissions - Friday, January 8, 2010: Camera Ready Submissions for all Papers SUBMISSION TYPES * Full papers: 5 – 15 pages. Full papers usually present extended reports on some research results, they also constitute the result of long-time investigation on practical or theoretical issues about the domain. * Short papers: 2 – 4 pages. Short papers expose ongoing research and developments. They include first results of use and/or user experiences. They may also introduce thinking on social aspects or points of view to confront with further discussion. * Posters and Demos: 1-2 pages for publication and/or print poster. Posters are presented in print format (A3 or tabloid page) and are also included in the proceedings. If needed, they can also be accompanied by a short description, 1 or 2 pages. For Demos, they are presented as posters but projected from a computer. * Workshops: 2 hours for hands-on practice. Workshops are included in the proceedings through documentation of academic goals, teaching strategies and pedagogical objectives. This description is also 1 to 2 pages. * Corporate cases: 2-page short papers and poster. All submission must be sent through Web Studies at EasyChair. Here you will be asked to login or regiter as new user in order to upload your paper (accepted formats are PDF or DOC). KEYNOTE SPEAKERS * Robert K. Logan, University of Toronoto, Canada * Ismail Khalil, Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Austria * Imad Saleh, University of Paris VIII, France PUBLICATION All accepted papers will be published in a book of abstracts and CD of proceedings. Both formats will be distributed and published by Europia Publishing, Paris. INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE • José F. Aldana-Montes, University of Malaga (Spain) • Jean-Pierre Balpe, Biennale Internationale des Poètes en Val-de-Marne (France) • Maurice Benayoun, CiTu and University of Paris I (France) • Cherif Branki, University West of Scotland (UK) • Amy Bruckman, Georgia Tech (USA) • Ron Burnett, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver (Canada) • Moraima Campbell-Dávila, Monterrey Tech at Monterrey (Mexico) • Arcángel Constantini, Inmerso, Museo Tamayo (Mexico) • Rogerio da Costa, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (Brazil) • Clarisse Sieckenius de Souza, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) • Dana Diminescu, Telecom ParisTech (France) • Abderrezak Dourari, CNPLET (Algeria) • Fernando Gamboa-Rodríguez, UNAM (Mexico) • Gustavo Garduño-Oropeza, Red ALYC (Mexico) • Jesús Gutiérrez-Gómez, Monterrey Tech at Toluca (Mexico) • Abdulmotaleb El Saddik, University of Ottawa (Canada) • Mohammad Essaaidi , FS- Tetouan University (Morocco) • Jacques Ibanez-Bueno, University of Savoie, Annecy (France) • Geun Sik Jo, INHA University (Korea) • Ismail Khalil, Johannes Kepler University of Linz (Austria) • Joasia Krysa, KURATOR and University of Plymouth (UK) • Sylvie Lelu-Merviel, Université de Valenciennes (France) • Pierre Lévy, University of Ottawa (Canada) • Robert K. Logan, University of Toronto (Canada) • Alvise Mattozzi, Università IUAV di Venezia (Italy) • Stuart Moulthrop, University of Baltimore (USA) • Gianluca Mura, Politecnico di Milano University (Italy) • Ryohei Nakatsu, National University of Singapore (Singapore) • Stéphane Natkin, CNAM / ENJMIN, Ecole des Jeux en France (France) • Fritz Laux, Reutlingen University (Germany) • Everardo Reyes-García, Monterrey Tech at Toluca (Mexico) • Bernhard Rieder, University of Paris VIII (France) • Imad Saleh, University of Paris VIII (France) • Jin G. Shon, Korea National Open University (KNOU) (South Korea) • Mirko Tobias Schaefer, University of Utrecht (The Netherlands) • Moncef Temani, Institut superieur d'informatique, Tunis (Tunisia) • Khaldoun Zreik, University of Paris VIII (France) CONTACT Imad Saleh General co-chairman imad.saleh@univ-paris8.fr Address: 2, rue de la Liberté. 93526 Saint-Denis Cedex 02, France Tel: (+33) 1 49 40 67 58 Everardo Reyes-García General co-chairman everardo.reyes@itesm.mx Address: Eduardo Monroy #2000. Col. San Antonio Buenavista. 50110 Toluca, Mexico Tel: (+52) (722) 2 79 99 90 ext. 2215 REGISTRATION Web Studies congress is a non-commercial event. The registration fee (around 400 USD) will include transportation (hotel-campus-hotel), lodging (5-star hotel), meals, coffee breaks, social reception, and CD of proceedings. More information will be provided when all parternerships are confirmed. Of course, you can always select your own accomodation and expenses. We will let you know about the congress-only fee. ABOUT THE MONTERREY TECH (ITESM) The Tecnológico de Monterrey is a Mexican private educational institution that was founded in 1943. At the present time it has 33 campuses distributed throughout the country, and academic centers in Mexico and other Latin American countries; it also has international offices in North America, Europe, and Asia. Through its Virtual University it is present all over the world, by means of learning networks and advanced information technologies. The vision is aimed at making Tecnológico de Monterrey the most respected educational institution in Latin America for the leadership of its alumni in the private, public and social sectors; the research and technological development it carries out to contribute to a knowledge-based economy; the generation and incubation of new business enterprises; collaboration in the improvement of public administration and policy; and the creation of models and innovative systems for the sustainable development of the community. The mission of Tecnológico de Monterrey is to prepare people of integrity, ethical standards and a humanistic outlook who are internationally competitive in their field and, who, at the same time, are good citizens committed to the economic, political, social and cultural development of their communities and the sustainable use of natural resources. ABOUT THE CITY OF TOLUCA Toluca is the state capital of Mexico State. It is the center of a rapidly growing urban area, now the fifth largest in Mexico. It is located 63 kilometers southwest of Mexico City and about 45 minutes by car from its western edge. The city is the eighth largest in Mexico in population.