W2T 2012 - Special Issue on Wisdom Web of Things (W2T) World Wide Web Journal (Springer)

Special Issue on Wisdom Web of Things (W2T)

World Wide Web Journal (Springer)
www.springer.com/11280

Guest Editors:

Ning Zhong, Maebashi Institute of Technology and the International WIC
Institute (Beijing University of Technology);
zhong(at)maebashi-it.ac.jp

Jiming Liu, Hong Kong Baptist University and the International WIC
Institute (Beijing University of Technology);
jiming(at)comp.hkbu.edu.hk

Jianhua Ma, Faculty of Computer and Information Sciences, Hosei
University, Japan; jianhua(at)hosei.ac.jp

With rapid development of the Internet and the Internet of Things, a
new world, called `hyper world', is emerging by coupling and
empowering humans in the social world, information/computers in the
cyber world, and things in the physical world. The notion of `Wisdom
Web of Things (W2T)' is a novel vision for computing and intelligence
in the post-WWW era with data, connection and service explosions,
recently put forward by a group of leading researchers from the fields
of Web Intelligence (WI), Ubiquitous Intelligence (UI), Brian
Informatics (BI), and Cyber Individual (CI) [1,2]. The W2T is an
extention of the wisdom Web in the IoT/WoT (Internet/Web of Things)
age. The `wisdom' means that each of things in the IoT/WoT can be
aware of both itself and others to provide the right service for the
right object at the right time and context. Fast-evolving Web
intelligence research and development initiatives are now moving
toward understanding the multifaceted nature of intelligenc

e in depth and incorporating it at Web scale and in a ubiquitous
environment. As inspired by the material cycle in the physical world,
the W2T focuses on the data cycle, namely `from things to data,
information, knowledge, wisdom, services, humans, and then back to
things.' A W2T data cycle system is designed to implement such a
cycle, which is, technologically speaking, a practical way to realize
the harmonious symbiosis of humans, computers and things in the
emerging hyper world.

This special issue will present some of the best work being done
worldwide to deal with fundamental issues, new challenges and
potential applications of W2T. Topics of interests include, but are
not limited to:

- W2T and IoT/WoT
- W2T with cloud/transparent computing
- W2T for intensive information processing
- Data cycle systems and data center of W2T
- Humans, networks and information granularity in W2T
- Brain informatics in Web personalization
- Cyber Individual (CI) and individual-aware applications
- Security, safety, privacy and trust in W2T
- Service architecture and platform of W2T
- Wisdom e/u-Things and context modeling
- Web natural and social analytics
- Benchmarks and potential applications

References:

[1] N. Zhong, J.H. Ma, R.H. Huang, J.M. Liu, Y.Y. Yao, Y.X. Zhang, and
J.H. Chen. Research Challenges and Perspectives on Wisdom Web of
Things (W2T). Journal of Supercomputing, Springer. (2010) DOI
10.1007/s11227-010-0518-8.

[2] WI-IAT 2011 Panel on Wisdom Web of Things (W2T):
Fundamental Issues, Challenges and Potential Applications
http://wi-iat-2011.org/


Paper Submissions


All manuscripts must be submitted in English. Submitted manuscripts
that do not conform to the World Wide Web Journal will be returned to
authors. Manuscripts submitted for publication are reviewed by three
peer reviewers, according to the usual policies of the WWW Journal.

Authors are encouraged to submit high-quality, original work that has
neither appeared in, nor is under consideration by, other journals.

Manuscripts should be submitted to: http://WWWJ.edmgr.com. Authors
should choose article type: “Wisdom Web of Things (W2T)" when
submitting their papers.


Important Dates


Paper submission deadline: December 20, 2011
First round notification: March 5, 2012
Revised version due: April 15, 2012
Final decision notification: May 15, 2012