ERCIM - DIS Workshop

The ERCIM-DIS working group will hold its first workshop on large scale and federated information spaces in Paris, France on May, 27th, 2009.

Main topics expected to be covered will be (but not limited to)

Infrastructures and services for DIS
Large scale DIS (corporations, research/e-Science, private/family, etc.)
Long-term preservation and curation in DIS
DIS and interoperability (data and metadata schemas, processes between systems, etc.)
DIS in specific contexts (such as geo-referenced/spatial, temporal, etc.)
Business processes and workflows in DIS (information life-cycle management, etc.)
Other issues in DIS, such as Open access, Open Archives, Federated repositories, etc.

Confirmed invited speakers

Wolfgang Nejdl (L3S)
Keith Jeffery (ERCIM)

Organisation

Ingeborg T. Sølvberg, NTNU, Norway (DIS coordinator)
José Borbinha, INESC-ID, Portugal
Anne Gams Steine Asserson, Univ. of Bergen, Norway
Heiko Schuldt, Univ. of Basel, Switzerland

Important Dates

17 April - Proposals due
27 April - Notification of acceptance
27 May - Workshop

Interested participants are invited to submit proposals describing existing systems, services or technology relevant for the scope of this workshop, as also projects in progress or innovative ideas for new projects or actions. The proposals, in the form of position papers (4 to 6 pages) formatted according to the ACM template (http://www.acm.org/chapters/policy/toolkit/template.html), must be submitted by email to dis@uib.no

Further information can be found in the call for proposals below.

Call for proposals

Workshop on Large scale and federated information spaces 27 May 2009 – Paris, France

Call for proposals for the ERCIM-DIS workshop in Paris, May, 27th, 2009, provided by Ingeborg Sølvberg