Call for Paper and Proposals 

The 18th

 Asia-Pacific Web Conference 

Suzhou, China, September 23-25, 2016 

http://ada.suda.edu.cn/apweb2016

The Asia Pacific Web Conference, a leading international conference on research, development and applications of Web  technologies, database systems, information management and software engineering, is aiming at attracting professionals of  different communities such as industry and academic from not only Asia Pacific countries but also other continents. The objective is to share the experience in the area of the World Wide Web with the underlying technologies and applications. 

Previous APWeb conferences were held in Beijing (1998), Hong Kong (1999), Xi’an (2000), Changsha (2001), Xi’an (2003), Hangzhou (2004), Shanghai (2005), Harbin (2006), Huangshan (2007), Shenyang (2008), Suzhou (2009), Busan (2010),  Beijing (2011), Kunming (2012), Sydney (2013), Changsha(2014) and Guangzhou (2015). 

APWeb 2016 includes but is not limited to the following areas: 

* Advanced application of databases 

* Cloud computing 

* Content management 

* Data caching 

* Data mining and knowledge discovery 

* Data and information quality Control 

* Data migration and integration 

* Deep Web 

* Digital libraries 

* Distributed and parallel systems 

* Grid computing 

* Emerging Web techniques 

* Information retrieval 

* Mobile computing and data management 

* Multidimensional databases and OLAP 

* Multimedia systems 

* Parallel and distributed database systems 

* Peer-to-peer systems 

* Performance and benchmarking 

* Query processing and optimization 

* Semantic web and web ontology 

* Security, privacy and trust 

* Sensor networks 

* Service-oriented computing 

* Spatial and temporal databases 

* Stream data processing 

* Storage and data access methods 

* Web community analysis 

* Web search and mining 

* Web services 

* Workflow and E-services 

* XML and semi-structured data management 

Call for Paper and Proposals 

The 18th Asia-Pacific Web Conference 

Suzhou, China, September 23-25, 2016 

http://ada.suda.edu.cn/apweb2016 

The conference is organized by the Advanced Data Analytics (ADA) Lab, at Soochow University. 

General Co-Chairs: 

Tamer Ozsu ( University of Waterloo, Canada) 

Xiaofang Zhou ( University of Queensland, Australia 

 Soochow University, China) 

APWeb 2016 will take place at Suzhou, China. It is a city with a long history on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and on the shores of Lake Taihu in the province of Jiangsu, China. With High Speed Train stations and neighboring Shanghai International Airports, Suzhou is well served by public transportation and easily reached from all over the world. 

The long history of Suzhou City has left behind many attractive scenic spots and historical sites with beautiful and interesting legends. The elegant classical gardens, the old-fashioned houses and delicate bridges hanging over flowing waters in the drizzling rain, the beautiful lakes with undulating hills in lush green, and the exquisite arts and crafts, etc. have made Suzhou a renowned historical and cultural city full of eternal and poetic charm. Suzhou is best known for its gardens: Humble Administrator’s Garden, Lingering Garden, the Surging Wave Pavilion, and the Master of Nets Garden. These gardens weave together the best of traditional Chinese architecture, painting and arts. 

Suzhou is also known as the "Venice of the East". The city is sandwiched between Taihu Lake and Grand Canal. Network of cannels, criss-crossed with hump-backed bridges, give Suzhou an image of City on the water. 

Program Committee Co-Chairs: 

Feifei Li ( University of Utah, USA) 

Kyuseok Shim ( Seoul National University, Korea) 

Kai Zheng ( Soochow University, China)