I-Society 2011

The International Conference on Information Society (i-Society 2011) is Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE UK/RI Computer Chapter. The i-Society is a global knowledge-enriched collaborative effort that has its roots from both academia and industry. The conference covers a wide spectrum of topics that relate to information society, which includes technical and non-technical research areas.

The mission of i-Society 2011 conference is to provide opportunities for collaboration of professionals and researchers to share existing and generate new knowledge in the field of information society. The conference encapsulates the concept of interdisciplinary science that studies the societal and technological dimensions of knowledge evolution in digital society. The i-Society bridges the gap between academia and industry with regards to research collaboration and awareness of current development in secure information management in the digital society.

Topics
- Internet technologies - Wireless applications - Mobile Applications - Multimedia Applications - Protocols and Standards - Ubiquitous Computing - Virtual Reality - Human Computer Interaction - Geographic information systems - e-Manufacturing
 * New enabling technologies

- Intelligent Agents - Intelligent Systems - Intelligent Organisations - Content Development - Data Mining - e-Publishing and Digital Libraries - Information Search and Retrieval - Knowledge Management - e-Intelligence - Knowledge networks
 * Intelligent data management

- Internet security - Web services and performance - Secure transactions - Cryptography - Payment systems - Secure Protocols - e-Privacy - e-Trust - e-Risk - Cyber law - Forensics - Information assurance - Mobile social networks - Peer-to-peer social networks - Sensor networks and social sensing
 * Secure Technologies

- Collaborative Learning - Curriculum Content Design and Development - Delivery Systems and Environments - Educational Systems Design - e-Learning Organisational Issues - Evaluation and Assessment - Virtual Learning Environments and Issues - Web-based Learning Communities - e-Learning Tools - e-Education
 * e-Learning

- Global Trends - Social Inclusion - Intellectual Property Rights - Social Infonomics - Computer-Mediated Communication - Social and Organisational Aspects - Globalisation and developmental IT - Social Software
 * e-Society

- Data Security Issues - e-Health Policy and Practice - e-Healthcare Strategies and Provision - Medical Research Ethics - Patient Privacy and Confidentiality - e-Medicine
 * e-Health

- Democracy and the Citizen - e-Administration - Policy Issues - Virtual Communities
 * e-Governance

- Digital Economies - Knowledge economy - eProcurement - National and International Economies - e-Business Ontologies and Models - Digital Goods and Services - e-Commerce Application Fields - e-Commerce Economics - e-Commerce Services - Electronic Service Delivery - e-Marketing - Online Auctions and Technologies - Virtual Organisations - Teleworking - Applied e-Business - Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
 * e-Business

- Legal Issues - Patents - Enabling technologies and tools
 * e-Art

- Natural sciences in digital society - Biometrics - Bioinformatics - Collaborative research
 * e-Science

- Trends in learning - Applied research - Cutting-edge technologies
 * Industrial developments

- Ongoing research from undergraduates, graduates/postgraduates and professionals
 * Research in progress

Important Dates

 * Paper Submission Date: March 31, 2011
 * Short Paper (Extended Abstract or Work in Progress): March 20, 2011
 * Notification of Paper Acceptance /Rejection: April 15, 2011
 * Notification of Short Paper (Extended Abstract or Work in Progress) Acceptance /Rejection: April 10, 2011
 * Camera Ready Paper and Short Paper Due: April 30, 2011
 * Participant(s) Registration (Open): January 1, 2011
 * Early Bird Attendee Registration Deadline (Authors only): February 1 to April 30, 2011
 * Late Bird Attendee Registration Deadline (Authors only): May 1 to June 1, 2011
 * Conference Dates: June 27-29, 2011

Committees
Emmanuel Hooper, Harvard University, Harvard MIT Yale Scholar, USA Safwan El Assad, Polytech'Nantes, France
 * General Co-Chairs

Bernd Markscheffel, Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany
 * General Vice-Chair

Ion Tutanescu, University of Pitesti, Romania
 * Technical Programme Chair

Hidenori Nakazato, Waseda University, Japan Ali Al-Dahoud, Al-Zaytoonah University of Jordan, Jordan
 * International Co-Chairs

Galyna Akmayeva, Infonomics Society, Ireland
 * Publicity and Publication Chair

Daniel Fischer, Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany
 * Workshop Chair

Jen-Yao Chung, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, New York, USA
 * Industrial Chair

Lu Sun, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, China Rober M. Foster, University of Wolverhampton, UK
 * PhD Student Forum Co-Chairs

Charles A. Shoniregun, Infonomics Society, UK and Ireland
 * Steering Committee Chair

Frank Zhigang Wang, University of Kent, UK Liang-Jie (LJ) Zhang, IBM T. J. Watson Research Centre, New York, USA Paul Hofmann, SAP Research Americas and China Labs, USA Kinshuk, Athabasca University, Canada Nicu Bizon, University of Pitesti, Romania Brendan O’Shea, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland
 * Steering Committees