ACM Hypertext 2008 The Nineteenth ACM Conference on Hypertext and Hypermedia *** Linking people and places *** http://www.ht2008.org/ June 19th-21st 2008, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Call for Participation ====================== In 2007, we celebrated the 20th anniversary of the ACM Conference on Hypertext and Hypermedia series which is the acknowledged venue for high quality peer-reviewed research on linking. The web, the semantic web and Web 2.0 are all manifestations of the success of the link. The Hypertext Conference provides the forum for research that considers links, their semantics, their presentation, the applications they have been put to, the knowledge that can be derived from their analysis and their effect on society. If information is connected, then the connection is called a link: the Hypertext Conference is concerned with all research concerning links. The conference will take place June 19-21, 2008, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, directly after ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (see http://www.jcdl2008.org/). Both conferences are being hosted by the School of Information Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh. Following our theme of "linking people and places," it is of interest to note that in 1998, the ACM Hypertext and Digital Libraries conferences were co-located in Pittsburgh, PA. Soon after 1998, the ACM Digital Libraries Conference evolved into the Joint Conference on Digital Libraries. In 2008, Hypertext conference celebrating links is again linked to JCDL in Pittsburgh, ten years later. IMPORTANT: May 19th is the last day to register with the early bird discounted registration fee both JDCL 2008 and Hypertext 2008. A discount of $100 ($50 for students) if also available for those registering for both conferences. The Venue and Accommodation =========================== Hypertext 2008 and JCDL 2008 will be held at the Omni William Penn Hotel, a historic luxury hotel in downtown Pittsburgh. Conference sessions, workshops and tutorials will take place at the hotel. IMPORTANT: To ensure that you'll receive the discount conference rate of $156.00 (US), you will have to place your reservations before May 25, 2008 May 25th for both JCDL and Hypertext conferences. Students attending HT'08 have the option of staying in a student dormitory on the University of Pittsburgh campus. The Program =========== Invited Speakers ---------------- Hypertext 2008 will present two Keynote Speakers: Bernardo A. Huberman, a Senior HP Fellow and director of the Social Computing Lab and Jon Kleinberg, a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Cornell University. More information about the keynote speakers is available at http://www.sigweb.org/ht08/keynote.html Refereed Paper Tracks --------------------- This yearıs conference consists of four independent tracks, each with their own track committee, coordinated by an overall Program Chair 1. Information Linking and Organization (Chairs: Paul de Bra and Frank Shipman) 2. Social Linking (Chairs: Filippo Menczer and Ciro Cattuto) 3. Applications of Hypertext (Chair: Erik Duval) 4. Hypertext, Culture, and Communication (Chair: Mark Bernstein) The list of accepted papers for each track and the presentation schedule is available at http://www.sigweb.org/ht08/schedule.html Posters and Students Research Competition ----------------------------------------- Hypertext 2008 will feature a poster/demo session. The list of accepted posters and demos is available at http://www.sigweb.org/ht08/posters.html In addition, students selected to attend the ACM Student Research Competition will demonstrate their work during the poster session. Workshops --------- Hypertext 2008 will feature two workshops, which will be held on June 19th before the start of the main conference: * Web Science: Collaboration and Collective Intelligence, organized by Weigang Wang (University of Manchester, UK) and David Millard (University of Southampton, UK) * Creating out of the Machine: Hypertext, Hypermedia, and Web Artists Explore the Craft Organized by Stephen Ersinghaus (Tunxis Community College, Connecticut, USA). More information about the workshops is available at http://www.sigweb.org/ht08/workshops.html Social and Cultural Program --------------------------- Hypertext 2008 will feature ACM SIGWEB "Shake-Hands" reception for delegates of both JDCL and Hypertext conferences and a social dinner at the award-winning LeMont Restaurant (http://www.lemontpittsburgh.com/) overlooking Pittsburgh Golden Triangle. The Conference week falls within Pittsburgh major downtown arts festival (http://www.artsfestival.net/) with many performances and exhibitions all over downtown. While it makes your visit to Pittsburgh more interesting, it will be also increasingly harder to reserve downtown hotels (and the rates may go up as well). Please, do not delay! In addition, two cultural events are organized for the conference delegates: * A visit to Pittsburgh Symphony featuring the performance of the "trumpet phenomenon" Chris Botti on Saturday night, June 21. As the Web site (http://www.pittsburghsymphony.org/pghsymph.nsf/concert+listings/B49CF55E9FA39084852572EA0052704C?opendocument) says: "Trumpet phenomenon Chris Botti brings his inimitable velvet tone and sublime phrasing to the Heinz Hall stage. Marvin Hamlisch leads this concert of romantic ballads and jazz standards with the lush tones of your PSO blending perfectly with the warm sound of a master trumpet player." * A visit to Fallingwater (http://www.paconserve.org/index-fw1.asp), designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1935 for Pittsburgh department store owner Edgar Kaufmann Sr. as a mountain retreat. This building was voted the most important building of the 20th century in a poll conducted by the American Institute of Architects. Please, find more information about these and other cultural opportunities at http://www.sigweb.org/ht08/attractions.html Sponsors ------- Hypertext 2008 is sponsored by ACM SIGWEB and co-sponsored by Vivisimo, Eastgate, and Taylor & Francis Group. Organizaton =========== General Chair: Peter Brusilovsky, University of Pittsburgh Program Chair: Hugh Davis, University of Southampton, UK LOC Chair: Stephen Hirtle, University of Pittsburgh, USA Treasurer: Rosta Farzan, University of Pittsburgh, USA Workshop Chair: David Millard, University of Southampton, UK ACM Student Research Competition Chair: Stephen Hirtle, University of Pittsburgh, USA --------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send an empty email to mailto:[log in to unmask] For further details of CHI lists see http://sigchi.org/listserv ---------------------------------------------------------------