18.528 conferences: Adversarial Information Retrieval; Sensing Technologies

               Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 18, No. 528.
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   [1] From: Helen Ashman <hla_at_CS.NOTT.AC.UK> (32)
         Subject: AIRWeb Workshops (WWW '05)

   [2] From: icst2005_at_massey.ac.nz (53)
         Subject: CFP: International Conference on Sensing Technologies

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         Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 07:24:19 +0000
         From: Helen Ashman <hla_at_CS.NOTT.AC.UK>
         Subject: AIRWeb Workshops (WWW '05)

AIRWeb '05

First International Workshop on
Adversarial Information Retrieval on the Web

10 May 2005 - Chiba, Japan
At the 14th International World Wide Web Conference (WWW2005)

http://airweb.cse.lehigh.edu/

OVERVIEW

    The attraction of hundreds of millions of web searches per day
    provides significant incentive to content providers to do whatever
    necessary to rank highly in search engine results. The use of
    techniques that push rankings higher than they belong is often
    called spamming a search engine. Such methods typically include
    textual as well as link-based techniques. Like e-mail spam, search
    engine spam is a form of adversarial information retrieval; the
    conflicting goals of accurate results of search providers and high
    positioning by content providers provides an interesting and
    real-world environment to study techniques in optimization,
    obfuscation, and reverse engineering, in addition to the application
    of information retrieval and classification.

    The workshop solicits technical papers and synopses of research in
    progress on any aspect of adversarial information retrieval on the
    Web. Particular areas of interest include, but are not limited to:

     - search engine spam and optimization,
     - crawling the web without detection,
     - link-bombing,
     - reverse engineering of ranking algorithms,
     - advertisement blocking, and
     - web content filtering.

    Papers addressing higher-level concerns (e.g., whether 'open'
    algorithms can succeed in an adversarial environment, whether
    permanent solutions are possible, etc.) are also welcome.

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         Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 07:25:23 +0000
         From: icst2005_at_massey.ac.nz
         Subject: CFP: International Conference on Sensing Technologies

International Conference on Sensing Technologies
November 21-23, 2005 Palmerston North, New Zealand
http://icst.massey.ac.nz/

Call for Papers

The Institute of Information Sciences and Technology, Massey University, is=
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pleased to announce that the International Conference on Sensing Technology=
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(ICST 2005) will be held on the 21st =AD 23rd November 2005 in Palmerston=20
North, New Zealand.

ICST 2005 is intended to provide a common forum for researchers,=20
scientists, engineers and practitioners throughout the world to present=20
their latest research findings, ideas, developments and applications in the=
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area of sensing technology. ICST 2005 will include keynote addresses by=20
eminent scientists as well as special, regular and poster sessions. All=20
papers will be peer reviewed on the basis of a full length manuscript and=20
acceptance will be based on quality, originality and relevance. The review=
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process will be double blind and author details will not be divulged to the=
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reviewers. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings.=
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Topics will include, but are not limited to, the following:

     Vision Sensing
     Sensors Signal Processing
     Sensors and Actuators
     Sensors Phenomena and Modelling
     Sensors Characterization
     Smart Sensors and Sensor Fusion
     Electromagnetics Sensors
     Chemical and Gas Sensors
     Physical Sensors
     Electronic Nose Technology
     Biological Sensors
     Electro-optic Sensors and Systems
     Mechanical sensors (inertial, pressure, and tactile)
     Nano Sensors
     Acoustic, Noise and Vibration Sensors
     Optical Sensors (radiation sensors, optoelectronic/photonic sensors,=20
and fibres)
     Lab-on chip
     Sensor Arrays
     Intelligent sensing
     Telemetering
     Online monitoring
     Applications of Sensors (automotive, medical, environmental monitoring,=
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consumer, alarm and security, military, nautical, aeronautical and space=20
sensor systems, robotics, and automation)
     Solid State Sensors
     Internet-based and other Remote Data Acquisition

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