with apologies for multiple cross-postings ** Deadline extension for TUMAS-A: August 7, 2008 ** Due to several requests, the conference organisers of the 2008 IEEE/WIC/ACM Conferences on Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology have agreed to extend the deadline for the workshop submission to 7 August. Therefore,the deadline for TUMAS-A 2008 workshop is now August 7, 2008 ============================================================ CALL FOR PAPERS International Workshop "TUMAS-A 2008: Web Intelligence & Intelligent Agent Technology in eLearning" to be held in conjunction with the 2008 IEEE/WIC/ACM Joint International Conference on Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology. December 9-12, 2008, University Technology Sydney (Australia) Workshop website: http://adenu.ia.uned.es/workshops/wi-iat08/tumasa08 ============================================================= IMPORTANT DATES --------------- Submission deadline: August 7, 2008 (extended) Notification of acceptance: September 3, 2008 Camera-ready version: September 30, 2008 Workshop: December 9, 2008 WORKSHOP BACKGROUND ------------------- There is a growing interest in providing technology-mediated lifelong learning services for ALL. Although an increasing number of the users interested in these services are adult learners and people with disabilities most available settings do not consider accessibility requirements. Towards User Modelling and Adaptive Systems for All (TUMAS-A 2008) workshop is held in conjunction with the 2008 IEEE/WIC/ACM Joint International Conference on Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology that takes place on December 9-12, 2008 at the University Technology Sydney (Australia). The workshop follows on from the previous TUMAS-A 2007 workshop held in conjunction with the User Modelling 2007 conference. Current edition focuses on the application of Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology in eLearning to support the needs for all in the lifelong learning paradigm. The workshop will be an important part of events of the IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conferences on Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology which has been ranked at top 15 from 620 Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning conferences in Computer Science Conference ranking. WORKSHOP TOPICS --------------- TUMAS-A 2008 workshop focuses on new research challenges and initiatives in Web Intelligence (WI) and Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT) to support the needs for all in the lifelong learning paradigm. Suggested, but not limited to, workshop topics include: * Knowledge Community Formation and Support * Web Mining techniques in standard based inclusive learning settings * Semantics and Ontology Engineering for intelligent inclusive support * Intelligent Web Agents for inclusive personalization * Web Services for interoperability with open standard based learning management systems * Web Information Filtering and Retrieval in inclusive learning scenarios * Intelligent Human-Web Interaction: adaptation, usability and accessibility issues * Personalized Interfaces * Recommender systems * Agent-Based Distributed Data Mining, Knowledge Discovery and Sharing * Learning and Self-Adaptation in Multi-Agent Systems * Learning User Profiles * Social and Psychological Issues WORKSHOP FORMAT --------------- The workshop is organized as a full-day workshop that combines traditional paper presentations in the morning with interactive discussion following the Learning Café methodology in the afternoon. Paper authors are asked to provide a 5-minute presentation where they highlight the open topics from those addressed in the workshop from their experience and research. These key issues will serve as the starting point for the Learning Café discussions. SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION INSTRUCTIONS --------------------------------------- The length of accepted papers should NOT exceed 4 pages (IEEE-CS format, extra payment is only available for one more extra page). It is expected to select about 20-25 regular papers for the workshop, provided that they meet the technical quality, relevance, significance, and clarity criteria of the workshop and conference. Papers selected for acceptance by the TUMAS-A Workshop Topics section)Program Committee will also be reviewed by the WI/IAT Workshop Co-Chairs before final acceptance. Accepted workshop papers will be published in the Proceedings of WI-IAT08 Workshops by IEEE Computer Society Press, to be indexed by EI. Selected papers at TUMAS-A workshop will also be invited for a Special Issue in an International Journal in the field, such as Web Intelligence and Agent Systems or Journal of Digital information. WORKSHOP PROGRAM COMMITTEE -------------------------- * Sarabjot Anand - University of Warwick (UK) * Silvia Baldiris - University of Girona (Spain) * Mathias Bauer - Mineway GmbH (Germany) * Daniel Borrajo - Universidad Carlos III (Spain) * Jesus G. Boticario - Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (Spain) * Rafael Calvo - University of Sydney (Australia) * Daniel Camacho - Universidad Autonoma Madrid(Spain) * Martyn Cooper - Open University (UK) * Ramón Fabregat - Universidad de Girona (Spain) * Alexander Felfernig - University Klagenfurt (Austria) * Marco de Gemmis - Univerity of Bari (Italy) * Emmanuelle Gutierrez y Restrepo - SIDAR Foundation (Spain) * Judy Kay - University of Sydney (Australia) * Kinshuk - Massey University (New Zealand) * Pasquale Lops - Univerity of Bari (Italy) * Angeles Manjarres - Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (Spain) * Loic Martinez - Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Spain) * Tanja Mitrovic - University of Canterbury (New Zealand) * Yehya Mohamad - Fraunhofer Institute of Technology (Germany) * James Ohene-Djan - University of London (UK) * Manuel Ortega - Universidad Castilla-La Mancha (Spain) * Santiago Perez - INDRA (Spain) * Helen Petrie - University of York (UK) * Christopher Power - University of York (UK) * Alejandro Rodriguez-Ascaso - Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (Spain) * Olga C. Santos - Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (Spain) * Giovanni Semeraro - Univerity of Bari (Italy) * Carlos Velasco - Fraunhofer Institute of Technology (Germany) * Kalina Yacef - University of Sydney (Australia) * Markus Zanker - University Klagenfurt (Austria) WORKSHOP CHAIRS --------------- Jesus G. Boticario (jgb@dia.uned.es) Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia, Spain Olga C. Santos (ocsantos@dia.uned.es) Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia, Spain Rafael Calvo (rafa@ee.usyd.edu.au ) University of Sydney, Australia