Hello The 1st International Conference on Semantics, Knowledge and Grid (SKG2005) will be held in Beijing, November 28-29, 2005, organised by the China Knowledge Grid Research Group. The conference web site is http://kg.ict.ac.cn/SKG2005/ A flyer is available for distribution (please advertise!), on http://www.semanticgrid.org/docs/SKG2005-CFP-Flyer.pdf The CFP is reproduced below for info. Thanks -- Dave 1st International Conference on Semantics, Knowledge and Grid (SKG 2005) November 28-29, 2005, Beijing, China Topics (include but not limited to) * Semantics and Semantic Grid. Semantic Normalization, Semantic Computing; Semantic Interoperability; Semantic-based Virtual Organizations; Semantic Capture; Automatic Semantic Annotation; Semantic Web; Semantic Web Services; Theory and Model of Semantic Grid. * Knowledge and Knowledge Grid. Internet-based Knowledge Mining, Representation and Reasoning; Theory and Model of Knowledge Grid; Large-Scale Distributed Knowledge Management; Information/Knowledge/Service Integration; Ontology; Knowledge Flow; Knowledge Discovery; Internet-based Knowledge Engineering and Software Engineering. * Advanced Computing Model. Internet-based Multi-agent Systems; Nature-Inspired Computing; Autonomous Computing; Internet-based Intelligence and Applications; P2P Computing; Grid Computing; Self-Organized Intelligence; Semantic-based Interface. * Systems, Tools and Applications. On e-Science; e-Business; e-Learning and e-Government. Conference Co-Chairs Hai Zhuge, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China David De Roure, University of Southampton, UK Program Co-Chairs Jie Liu, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Geoffrey C. Fox, Indiana University, USA Important Dates August 20, 2005 Deadline for submission of papers September 20, 2005 Notification of acceptance October 10, 2005 Final copy due November 28-29, 2005 Conference Submissions All submitted papers will be reviewed on the basis of technical quality, relevance, significance, and clarity. Please email manuscripts in PDF format to sg@ict.ac.cn. Publication Accepted papers will be printed in pre-conference proceedings. Selected papers will be published as special issues/sections in the following international journals (SCI Indexed) after extension and re-review: Journal of Systems and Software (Elsevier); Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience (Wiley); Journal of Computer Science and Technology (Springer). Organizer: China Knowledge Grid Research Group http://kg.ict.ac.cn Sponsor: China National Basic Research and Development Program's Semantic Grid Project Conference Web Page: http://www.knowledgegrid.net/SKG2005; http://kg.ict.ac.cn/SKG2005