The I-WeCA (Intelligent Web Computing and Applications) track of the 14th international IEEE SITIS conference will focus on emerging concepts, architectures, protocols, and methodologies for both information management on the Web and the Internet of Things (IoT) technologies that connect unlimited numbers of smart objects to make our environment more interactive. In such an interconnected world, information can be exchanged easily, tasks can be processed collaboratively, devices and objects can be intelligently connected, communities of users with similar interests can be formed to achieve their goals efficiently and improve performance. Taking full advantage of these interconnected environments and available Web information as well to meet the ever increasing needs of emerging applications requires solutions that address new issues and challenges. Novel architectures and solutions are being proposed promoting the dawn of the Internet of Things – or so called Intelligent Web – era, ranging over enhanced and semantic-aware machine-to-machine communications, resource sharing and processing of linked data and devices, distributed computing and cooperative systems, mobile information systems and services, semantic-based applications and intelligent data processing, as well as enhanced data security and privacy protocols, etc., to state a few examples.

The aim of this Intelligent Web computing and Applications (I-WeCA) track is to provide an international forum for researchers, professionals, and industrial practitioners to share their experiences and knowledge in this growing and highly important area of internet and Web technologies.

The topics of interest of the track include, but are not limited to:

Data Semantics and Web-Centric Systems:
- Ontologies and Conceptual Data Modeling
- Knowledge Representation and Reasoning
- Semantic Data Integration and Ontology Engineering
- Web Information Retrieval
- Web Tools and Languages
- Uncertainty Models for Web Data and Services
- Semantic Web Data Analysis
- Social Media and Social Semantics
- Folksonomies and Emergent Semantics
- E-Commerce, E-government, and E-Learning
- Web/Data Mining and Machine Learning
- Recommender Systems and Crowd-sourcing
- Semantic Data Indexing, Search, and Retrieval
- Multimedia Data Modeling and Visualization
- Semantics and Meta-Data in Multimedia Systems
- Big Data Semantics Organization and Challenges
- User Interfaces and Interaction with Semantics
- Semantics in Data Access and Visualization
- Semantic Technologies for Mobile Platforms

Service-based Computing:
- Data and Knowledge as a Services
- Web Services, Mobile services, and Service Computing
- Software Architecture and Middleware
- Security, Privacy, and Trust
- Semantic and Intelligent Services
- Service Discovery, Selection, and Recommendation
- Service Composition and Service-based data Integration
- Business Process as a Service (BPaaS)
- Health Informatics as a Service (HIaaS)
- Financial Software as a Service (FSaaS)
- Education as a Service (EaaS) Internet of Things and Intelligent Systems
- Future Networks for IoT
- Artificial Intelligence and IoT
- Localization Technologies
- IoT Architectures and Platforms
- Routing and Control Protocols
- Machine-to-Machine Communications and IoT
- Information Sharing and Interoperability in IoT
- Distributed Ontologies and Contextual Reasoning
- Semantic Sensor Networks
- Semantic Interoperability and Semantic Mediators
- Collective Knowledge and Collective Intelligence
- Multimedia Digital Ecosystems
- Smart City Examples and Case Studies
- Big Data Analysis and Visualization for Smart Cities
- Smart Homes and Independent Living

Information Security and Privacy:
- Security Modeling and Access Control Protocol
- Intrusion Avoidance, Detection, and Response
- Web Security and Trust Management
- Denial of Service: Attacks and Countermeasures
- Fundamental Services on Network and Distributed Systems
- Security and Privacy for Emerging Technologies
- Big Data Security Protection, Integrity, and Privacy
- Web and Mobile Services Security
- Trust-based, Dependable and Reliable services
- Encryption, Authentication, and Authorization

Applications and Tools:
- In Enterprise, Education, Science, Industry, and Medicine
- Semantic, Web-based, and Big Data applications
- Services, Mobile, and Distributed Systems applications
- IoT and Intelligent Systems applications

Submission and publication:
The conference will include keynote addresses, tutorials, and regular and workshop sessions. IEEE SITIS’17 invites submissions of high quality and original papers on the topics included (but not limited to) the list above. All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed by at least three reviewers for technical merit, originality, significance, and relevance to track topics. Papers must be up to 8 pages and follow IEEE double columns publication format. Accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings and published by IEEE Computer Society and referenced in IEEE explore and major indexes.

Journal special issue:
Extended versions of selected accepted papers will be considered for publication in a major journal.

Important dates:
Paper Submission: September 3, 2018
Acceptance/Reject notification: October 19, 2018
Camera ready: October 26, 2018
Author registration: October 26, 2018

Track Chairs:
Richard Chbeir, University of Pau & Pays Adour, France
Joe Tekli, University of Michigan, USA

Track Program Committee (please refer to complete conference PC online)