Deadline Extended: OTM 2003 Federated Event, Sicily

                     SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENDED
                                            to

                     June 15, 2003 (for abstracts)
                     June 22, 2003 (for full papers)

OTM 2003 Federated Conference:
"On the Move -OTM- to Meaningful Internet Systems and Ubiquitous Computing" 2003 consisting of:

• International Symposium on Distributed Objects and Applications (DOA'03)
• International Conference on Ontologies, Databases and Applications of Semantics (ODBASE'03)
• International Conference on Cooperative Information Systems (CoopIS'03)

                            Catania, Sicily, Italy
                            November 3 - 7, 2003

                   http://www.cs.rmit.edu.au/fedconf/

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS (to be completed):
     Carol Goble (U. Manchester)
     John Mylopoulos (U. of Toronto)
     Richard Soley (OMG)
     Katia Sycara (Carnegie Mellon University)

BRIEF OVERVIEW: The current and future software needs are towards the development of large and complex Intelligent Networked Information Systems, covering a wide range of issues (such as Data and Web Semantics, Distributed Objects, Web Services, Databases, Workflow, Cooperation, Interoperability, Mobility) as required for the deployment of Internet- and Intranet-based systems in organizations and for e-business. This federated event is unique at providing an opportunity for researchers and practitioners to understand the recent developments in ubiquitous computing. It co-locates three related and complementary successful conferences (DOA = infrastructure, ODBASE = meaning of data, CoopIS = application in organizations). Each of these conferences covers different aspects: theory (i.e. underlying theoretical solutions), conceptual (e.g. technical and conceptual solutions) and applications (e.g. case studies and industrial solutions).

SCOPE. All three conferences are about the distributed and ubiquity aspects of modern computing systems, and the resulting application-pull created by the Internet and the so-called "Semantic Web". For DOA'03, the primary emphasis is on the distributed object infrastructure; for ODBASE'03, it is on the knowledge bases and methods required for enabling semantical use; and for CoopIS'03, it is on the interaction of such technology and methods within an organization or network of organizations. As they must, these subject areas overlap and, in fact, the organizers specifically welcome submissions in any of the areas that also emphasize the envisaged impact on or from relevant issues in the others. To stimulate this "cross-pollination", a common program of representative keynote speakers, a joint tutorial program, and a common Industry Track that runs parallel with the entire event are being assembled.

SUBMISSION. Instructions are available at: http://www.cs.rmit.edu.au/fedconf/submit.html

AREAS OF INTEREST. Broad areas of interest include, but are not limited to:

DOA'03

• Enabling Technologies
• Middleware
• Distributed Objects and Applications
• Internet Computing
• Web Services

ODBASE'03

• Design, Tools, and Methodologies
• Ontologies
• XML Databases
• Web Semantics
• Semantic Tools

CoopIS'03

• Cooperative Information Systems
• Interoperation
• Workflow Systems
• Enterprise Technologies
• Agent Technologies

IMPORTANT DATES:
   Paper submission due : June 15, 2003
   Acceptance notification : August 10, 2003    Final version due : August 30, 2003

FEDERATED EVENT CO-CHAIRS:
   Robert Meersman, VU Brussels
   Douglas Schmidt, University of California, Irvine    Zahir Tari, RMIT University

DOA'03 PROGRAM CHAIRS:
   Bernd Kramer, Fern Universitat in Hagen, Germany    Maarten van Steen, Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam, The Netherlands    Steve Vinoski, Iona, USA

OBBASE'03 PROGRAM CHAIRS:
   Roger (Buzz) King, University of Colorado, USA    Maria Orlowska, University of Queensland, Australia    Rudi Studer, University of Karlsruhe, Germany

CoopIS'03 PROGRAM CHAIRS:

   Elisa Bertino, University of Milan, Italy    Dennis McLeod, University of Southern California, USA

PUBLICITY CHAIR:
   Guillaume Pierre, Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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