The IADIS Internet Applications and Research 2012 conference aims to address the main issues of concern within Internet and WWW. Main tracks have been identified (see below). However innovative contributes that don’t fit into these areas will also be considered since they might be of benefit to conference attendees.

Topics related to Internet and WWW applications and research are of interest. These include, but are not limited to the following areas:

• Accessibility
• Adaptive Web Systems
• Collaboration
• Computer-Mediated Communication
• Data Mining
• Database Planning and Development
• Digital Economy
• Digital Libraries and E-Publishing
• Distributed and Parallel Applications
• E-Business and E-Commerce Technologies
• E-Government Technologies
• e-Health Technologies
• E-Learning Technologies
• Electronic Data Interchange
• Quality, Evaluation and Assessment
• Extensible Languages
• Game Technologies
• Global Tendencies in WWW/Internet
• Groupware
• Human Computer Interaction & Usability
• Hypermedia
• Information Architectures
• Information Visualization
• Intelligent Agents
• Interfaces
• Internet & Customer Relationship Management
• Internet Payment Systems
• Internet Services
• Languages
• Metadata
• Mobile Web
• Multimedia
• Performance Issues
• Personalized Web Sites and Services
• Portal strategies
• Protocols and Standards
• Searching and Browsing
• Security Issues
• Semantic Web
• Social & Legal Issues
• Storage Issues
• System Integration
• Teaching and Learning Strategies
• Technology Innovation and Competitiveness
• Technology Management
• Technology Strategies
• Tele-Work
• Web 2.0 Technologies & Applications
• Web 3.0 Technologies & Applications
• WWW/Internet Applications
• WWW/Internet Case studies
• WWW/Internet Impacts
• Web Engineering
• Web Personalization
• Web Software
• Wireless Applications
• Ubiquitous Computing
• Usability
• User Modelling
• Virtual Communities
• Virtual Reality
• XML

The Conference will be composed of several types of contributions:

• Full Papers – These include mainly accomplished research results and have 8 pages at the maximum (5,000 words).
• Short Papers – These are mostly composed of work in progress reports or fresh developments and have 4 pages at maximum (2,500 words).
• Reflection Papers – These might review recent research literature pertaining to a particular problem or approach, indicate what the findings suggest, and/or provide a suggestion - with rationale and justification - for a different approach or perspective on that problem. Reflection papers might also analyze general trends or discuss important issues in topics related to the conference. These have 4 pages at maximum (2,500 words).
• Posters / Demonstrations – These contain implementation information or work-in-progress and have two pages at maximum (1,250 words) besides the poster itself (or demonstration) that will be exposed at the conference.
• Tutorials – Tutorials can be proposed by scholars or company representatives. A proposal of maximum 250 words is expected.
• Invited Talks – These will be made of contributions from well-known scholars and company representatives. An abstract will be included in the conference proceedings.
• Panels – Discussions on selected topics will be held. A proposal of maximum 250 words is expected.
• Doctoral Consortium - A Doctoral Consortium will discuss in group, individual projects and on going work of PhD students.
• Prospective students should send a report of their PhD projects and work so far with a maximum of 4 pages (2,500 words).
• Corporate Showcases & Exhibitions – The former enables companies to present recent developments and applications, inform a large and qualified audience of your future directions and showcase company’s noteworthy products and services. There will be a time slot for companies to make their presentation in a room.
• The latter enables companies the opportunity to display its latest offerings of hardware, software, tools, services and books, through an exhibit booth. For further details please contact the publicity chair - secretariat@mccsis.org .

This is a blind peer-reviewed conference.

Important Dates:

• Submission Deadline (new date): 27 February 2012
• Notification to Authors (new date): 28 March 2012
• Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration (1st call): Until 26 March 2012
• Late Registration (1st call): After 26 March 2012
• Conference: Lisbon, Portugal, 19 to 21 July 2012