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The Second International Workshop on
Peer-to-Peer Computing for Information Search (P2PSearch 2008)

http://admis.fudan.edu.cn/p2psearch08

in conjunction with FGCN 2008
13-15 December, 2008, Hainan Island, China

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Following the success of the First International Workshop on Peer-to-Peer
Computing for Information Search (P2PSearch 2007), the Second International
Workshop on Peer-to-Peer Computing for Information Search (P2PSearch 2008)
will be held in Hainan, China, in conjunction with FGCN 2008.

P2Psearch 2008 intends to bring together researchers and practitioners
working on P2P based information search (including Web search) from different
disciplines. We invite papers that facilitate better understanding of challenges
of P2P information search, apply ideas and techniques from different aspects,
and propose innovative solutions to those challenges. Papers reporting original
research, applications, development of prototypes, industrial experiences,
technologies and standards are welcome. Topics of interest include, but are
not limited to:

* Systems and Architectures for P2P Based Web Search
* Web Crawling under P2P Environments
* Distributed Ranking in P2P Networks
* P2P Information Search Systems and Architectures
* Models and Query Languages for P2P Information Search
* Indexing, Caching and Replication Techniques for P2P Search Systems
* Metadata for P2P Information Search
* P2P Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery for Information Search
* Adaptive P2P Information Search
* Mobile P2P Information Search
* P2P Multimedia Information Search
* Security and Robustness in P2P Information Search
* Efficiency and Scalability in Distributed Information Search
* P2P Information Retrieval
* Heterogeneous Distributed Data Integration and Organization
* Resource Selection and Query Routing
* Indexing and Retrieval of Dynamic information Sources
* Keyword Search over Distributed Databases


Submission
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Papers describing ongoing or completed research and development efforts are
sought. Submissions must not exceed 6 pages and the paper must follow IEEE
conference format. Interested authors should electronically submit a PDF file
of the paper through the FGCN 2008 Online Submission System
(http://submission.sersc.org/P2PSearch2008/).


Publication
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All accepted papers in P2PSearch will be included in the conference proceedings
published by IEEE Computer Society (IEEE CS), included in IEEEXplore database
and indexed by EI.


Important Dates
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Paper Submission Deadline: July 31, 2008
Notification of Acceptance: August 31, 2008
Camera Ready Papers Due: September 20, 2008
Workshop: December 13, 2008


Workshop Chairs
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Jianliang Xu (Hong Kong Baptist University, China)
Shuigeng Zhou (Fudan University, China)


Program Committee Members (tentative)
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Yafei Dai (Peking University, China)
Guihai Chen (Nanjing University, China)
Jianhua Feng (Tsinghua University, China)
Jihong Guan (Tongji University, China)
Takahiro Hara (Osaka University, Japan)
Haibo Hu (Hong Kong Baptist University, China)
Yoshiharu Ishikawa (Nagoya University, Japan)
Yuh-Jzer Joung (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)
Dik Lun Lee (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
Wang-Chien Lee (Penn State University, USA)
Dongsheng Li (National University of Defense Technology, China)
Anirban Mondal (University of Tokyo, Japan)
Weining Qian (Fudan University, China)
Lidan Shou (Zhejiang University, China)
Xueyan Tang (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Guoren Wang (Northeastern University, China)
Dan Wang (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China)
Linhao Xu (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
Demetris Zeinalipour-Yazti (Open University of Cyprus)