Web Intelligence
(WI) has been recognized as a new direction for
scientific research and development to explore the
fundamental roles as well as practical impacts of
Artificial Intelligence (AI) (e.g., knowledge
representation, planning, knowledge discovery and data
mining, intelligent agents, and social network
intelligence) and advanced Information Technology (IT)
(e.g., wireless networks, ubiquitous devices, social
networks, wisdom Web, and data/knowledge grids) on the next
generation of Web-empowered products, systems,
services, and activities. It is one of the most
important as well as promising IT research fields in
the era of Web and agent intelligence. |
Following the great successes of
WI'01 held in Maebashi City, Japan and
WI'03 held in
Halifax, Canada, WI 2004 provides a leading
international forum for researchers and practitioners
(1) to present the state-of-the-art of WI
technologies; (2) to examine performance
characteristics of various approaches in Web-based
intelligent information technology; and (3) to
cross-fertilize ideas on the development of Web-based
intelligent information systems among different
domains. By idea-sharing and discussions on the
underlying foundations and the enabling technologies
of Web intelligence, WI 2004 will capture current
important developments of new models, new
methodologies and new tools for building a variety of
embodiments of Web-based intelligent information
systems. |