Hypertext 2009<br> The Twentieth ACM Conference on Hypertext and Hypermedia<br> <br> <<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.ht2009.org/">http://www.ht2009. org</a>><br> <br> June 29th - July 1st, 2009, Torino, Italy<br> <br> SCOPE<br> -----<br> The ACM Hypertext Conference is the main venue for high quality peer- <br> reviewed research on "linking." The Web, the Semantic Web, the Web <br> 2.0, and Social Networks are all manifestations of the success of the <br> link. The Hypertext Conference provides the forum for all research <br> concerning links: their semantics, their presentation, the <br> applications, as well as the knowledge that can be derived from their <br> analysis and their effects on society.<br> <br> Hypertext 2008, held in Pittsburgh, was a real success. The number of <br> submissions and attendees was up, a successful Student Research <br> Competition took place, and a rejuvenated social linking track added <br> new ideas and
connections to the traditional core of the conference.<br> <br> IMPORTANT DATES<br> ------------ ---<br> * Technical tracks paper submission deadline: February 2nd, 2009<br> * Notification to authors: March 16th, 2009<br> * Camera-ready (final papers to ACM): April 6th, 2009<br> <br> LOCATION AND DATES<br> ------------ ------<br> Hypertext 2009 will be held from June 29th to July 1st at the Villa <br> Gualino Convention Center, on the hills overlooking Torino.<br> <br> The capital of the Piedmont region, Torino lies at the foot of the <br> Alps, the majestic mountains that hosted the 2006 Winter Olympics. <br> First the capital of the Kingdom of Italy, then one of the European <br> centers of baroque, today Torino is a dynamic city known for its <br> industry, art and culture, sports, research and education, and cuisine.<br> <br> The timing of Hypertext 2009 provides an excellent opportunity to <br> visit Italy in conjunction with the International Conference on User
<br> Modeling, Adaptation, and Personalization in Trento (UMAP 2009), and <br> the International Workshop and Conference on Network Science in <br> Venice (NetSci 2009).<br> <br> PROGRAM<br> -------<br> Hypertext 2009 will feature two stellar keynote speakers: Lada Adamic <br> (University of Michigan) is a noted scholar of social networking and <br> the winner of the 2008 Engelbart Award; Ricardo Baeza-Yates is Vice- <br> President of Yahoo! Research for Europe and Latin America, leading <br> the labs in Spain, Chile, and Israel.<br> <br> In the conference technical program, professionals from academia, <br> industry, and the media will present innovative ideas and tools <br> exploiting the broad range of links increasingly connecting people, <br> information, communities, and structures. Research topics will be <br> organized into three tracks:<br> <br> track 1. Information Structure and Presentation (Chairs: Peter <br> Brusilovsky and Cristina Gena)<br> track
2. People, Resources, and Annotations (Chairs: Andreas Hotho <br> and Vittorio Loreto)<br> track 3. Hypertext and Community (Chairs: Mark Bernstein and Antonio <br> Pizzo)<br> <br> TRACK 1: INFORMATION STRUCTURE AND PRESENTATION<br> ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------<br> <br> Chairs:<br> * Peter Brusilovsky, University of Pittsburgh (USA)<br> * Cristina Gena, University of Torino (Italy)<br> <br> The information structure and presentation track represents a <br> multitude of topics, which were traditionally represented at ACM <br> Hypertext Conferences. The track program targets formal study of <br> scholarly, structural, sculptural, spatial, open, dynamic and <br> adaptive or any other type of hypertext (or Web-based Information <br> System). This track also focuses on how hypertext approaches and <br> technologies can be applied to structure and present information in <br> diverse domains, and how hypertext techniques can be exploited in <br>
classical and advanced applications. The aim of this track is to <br> bring researchers together to discuss models, architecture, <br> applications, properties, or theory in general, about hypertext and <br> hypermedia. Topics for consideration include:<br> <br> * Hypertext models<br> * Spatial hypertext<br> * Information structuring<br> * Hypertext and knowledge management<br> * Self-organized hypertext<br> * Personal information organization<br> * Intelligent hypertext and link generation<br> * Navigation support<br> * Open hypertext<br> * Web and hypertext link analysis<br> * Dynamic and adaptive hypertext<br> * Hypertext and web engineering<br> * Interfaces and interaction with hypertexts<br> * Faceted browsing<br> * Social navigation<br> * Hypertexts supporting Web-based collaboration<br> * Hypertext and recommender systems: the role of link in <br> recommendations<br> * Hypertext applications in everyday devices (TV, mobile phone, on <br> board
car service, etc.)<br> * Educational hypertext and hypermedia<br> * User evaluations of hypertext application<br> * Hypertext and cultural heritage<br> * E-books, kiosks, e-commerce, e-tourism<br> * Hypertext application in medical and health systems<br> <br> For additional information on the track and the Program Committee,<br> please visit http:/www.ht2009. org/track1. php<br> <br> TRACK 2: PEOPLE, RESOURCES, AND ANNOTATIONS<br> ------------ --------- --------- --------- ----<br> <br> Chairs:<br> * Andreas Hotho, University of Kassel (Germany)<br> * Vittorio Loreto, Sapienza University of Rome (Italy)<br> <br> One of the most exciting recent developments in Web science is the <br> rise of social annotation, by which users can easily markup other <br> authors' resources via collaborative mechanisms such as tagging, <br> filtering, voting, editing, classification, and rating. These social <br> processes lead to the emergence of many types of links between texts,
<br> users, concepts, pages, articles, media, and so on. We welcome <br> submissions on design, analysis, and modeling of information systems <br> driven by social linking. Topics of interest include but are not <br> limited to:<br> <br> * Applications to search, retrieval, recommendation, and navigation<br> * Explicit vs. inferred social links (e.g. mining query logs)<br> * Integration of different social networks (e.g. links between <br> blogs and bookmarking systems)<br> * Socially induced measures of similarity, relatedness, or distance<br> * Co-evolution of social, information, and semantic networks<br> * Analysis of the structure and the dynamics of social information <br> networks<br> * Behavioral patterns of social linking<br> * Linguistic analysis of social annotation spaces<br> * Formal and generative models of social annotation<br> * Unstructured vs. structured social knowledge representations<br> * Implementation and scalability of social link
representations<br> * Automatic and user-based evaluation<br> * Emergent semantics in social networks<br> * Robustness against spam and other forms of social abuse<br> * Design of collaborative annotation mechanisms<br> * Critical mass and incentives of social participation (e.g. games)<br> * User interfaces for collaborative annotation<br> <br> For additional information on the track and the Program Committee,<br> please visit http:/www.ht2009. org/track2. php<br> <br> TRACK 3: HYPERTEXT AND COMMUNITY<br> ------------ --------- --------- --<br> <br> Chairs:<br> * Mark Bernstein, Eastgate Systems, Inc. (UK)<br> * Antonio Pizzo, University of Torino (Italy)<br> <br> The Hypertext and Community track will explore, examine, and reflect <br> upon social cyberculture in electronic media, ranging from literary <br> fiction and creative scholarship to blog and microblog networks, <br> social sites, games, auctions, and markets. Topics will include:<br> <br> * Hypertext
literature<br> * Theory and practice of expression in wikis, weblogs, and social <br> spaces<br> * Personal journals, weblogs, and social media<br> * Net art, literary hypertext, interactive fiction, and games<br> * Behavioral patterns of social linking<br> <br> For additional information on the track and the Program Committee,<br> please visit http:/www.ht2009. org/track3. php<br> <br> SUBMISSIONS<br> -----------<br> Papers must report new results substantiated by experimentation, <br> simulation, analysis, or application. Authors are invited to submit <br> papers presenting original, not previously published works. <br> Submission categories may include regular research papers (max 10 <br> pages) discussing mature work, and short papers (max 5 pages) <br> describing preliminary results of on-going work or novel thought- <br> provoking ideas.<br> <br> All submissions should be formatted according to the official ACM SIG <br> proceedings template (<<a
rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/">http://www.acm. org/sigs/ publications/</a> <br> proceedings- templates> ) and submitted via EasyChair (<http:// <br> www.easychair. org/conferences/ ?conf=ht2009> ). Accepted papers will <br> appear in the Hypertext 2009 Conference Proceedings and also be <br> available through the ACM Digital Library.<br> <br> DEMOS AND INDUSTRIAL SESSION<br> ------------ --------- -------<br> Technical demonstration of new tools and innovative applications of <br> hypertext are solicited. One-page demo descriptions, including a list <br> of any required supporting equipment, should be sent to by e-mail to <br> Giancarlo Ruffo, Demo Chair <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:ruffo%40di.unito.it" target="_blank" href="Compose?To=ruffo%40di.unito.it">ruffo@di.unito. it</a>>.<br> <br> CALL FOR WORKSHOPS<br> ------------ ------<br> ACM Hypertext 2009 will be running at least two workshops, taking
<br> place on the 29th of June before the start of the main conference. <br> The purpose of the workshops is to provide a more informal setting <br> where participants can exchange ideas on a focused topic and suggest <br> directions for future research. As such, they also offer a good <br> opportunity for (young) researchers to present their work and to <br> obtain feedback from an interested community. Acceptance of workshop <br> proposals will be based on the organizer's experience and background <br> in the topic, and on the relevance of the subject matter w.r.t. the <br> topics addressed in the main conference.<br> <br> Details on workshop proposal submissions can be found<br> at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.ht2009.org/workshops.php">http://www.ht2009. org/workshops. php</a><br> <br> Important Workshop Dates:<br> <br> * December 15th, 2008: Submission of proposals<br> * December 29th, 2008: Notification to proposers<br> * January 12th,
2009: The organizers of each workshop send out the <br> Call for Papers<br> * June 29th, 2009: Workshops day<br> <br> ORGANIZATION<br> ------------ -<br> <br> GENERAL CO-CHAIRS:<br> Ciro Cattuto (ISI Foundation, Torino) and Giancarlo Ruffo (University <br> of Torino)<br> <br> PROGRAM CHAIR:<br> Filippo Menczer (Indiana University)<br> <br> WORKSHOPS CO-CHAIRS:<br> Santo Fortunato (ISI Foundation, Torino) and Rossano Schifanella <br> (University of Torino)<br> <br> TREASURER:<br> Roberto Palermo (ISI Foundation, Torino)<br> <BR><BR><p> 
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