Program for LA-Web 2003

Main Track:

1. On the Evolution of Clusters of Near-Duplicate Web Pages
   Dennis Fetterly, Mark Manasse, and Marc Najork
2. Towards an Ontology for Software Metrics and Indicators as the Foundation for a Cataloging Web System
   Maria de los A. Martin , and Luis Olsina
3. On the Image Content of the Web in Chile
   A. Jaimes, J. Ruiz-del-Solar, R. Verschae, D. Yaksic, Ricardo Baeza-Yates, E. Davis, C. Castillo
4. Conceptual-Level Log Analysis for the Evaluation of Web Application Quality
   P. Fraternali, M. Matera, A. Maurino
5. Quantitative Analysis of Strategies for Streaming Media Distribution
   M. Vasconcelos, L. Rocha, J.Santos, J. Ismael Jr., L. Mata, J. Almeida, W. Meira Jr., V. Almeida
6. Evolution of the Web Structure
   Ricardo Baeza-Yates, Barbara Poblete
7. Multi-tier Architecture for Web Search Engines
   Knut Magne Risvik, Yngve Aasheim and Mathias Lidal
8. A Utility-oriented Hyperlink Analysis Model for the Web
   Vassilis Plachouras, Iadh Ounis, Gianni Amati
9. Designing Collaborative Virtual Environments Based on Real Spaces to Promote Community Interaction
   Luis A. Guerrero, César A. Collazos, José A. Pino, Sergio F. Ochoa, Felipe Aguilera
10. Using association rules to discover related queries on search engines  
    Bruno M. Fonseca, Paulo B. Golgher, Edleno S. de Moura, Nivio Ziviani
11. A Semantic Web Approach for Matching Traders in B2B Systems
    Ricardo F. Tomaz, Sofiane Labidi and Bernardo Wanghon
12. Policy and state-based secure Wrapper architecture and its application to Mobile agents
    Alexander Binun and Ehud Gudes
13. Estimating the Development Effort of Web Projects in Chile
    Sergio F. Ochoa, Cecilia Bastarrica, Germán Parra
14. The Best Trail Algorithm for Assisted Navigation of Web Sites
    Richard Wheeldon and Mark Levene
15. Extracting Knowledge from Association, Aggregation and Composition Relationships to Navigational Models
    Manoli Albert, Vicente Pelechano, Joan Fons, Gonzalo Rojas, Oscar Pastor
16. Finding buying guides with a Web carnivore
    Reiner Kraft, Raymie Stata
17. Storing RDF as a Graph
    Valerie Boenstroem, Annika Hinze, Heinz Schweppe
18. Application Modeling for The Semantic Web
    Fernanda Lima, Daniel Schwabe

Alternate track:

1. An Open Framework for Building CSCW/CSCL on the Web
   José Marques Pessoa; Crediné Silva de Menezes
2. Does Home Internet Use Influence the Academic Performance of Low-income Children?
   Linda A. Jackson,Alexander von Eye, Frank Biocca
3. Sintactic Similarity of Web Documents
   Álvaro R. Pereira Jr and Nivio Ziviani
4. QSabe - An Inteligent Environment to Route Queries in a Virtual Learning Community
   Jociel Cavalcante Andrade, Julio César Nardi, José Marques Pessoa, Crediné S. de Menezes
5. Collaborative Learning and Creative Writing
   Luis A. Guerrero, Boriss Mejías, César A. Collazos, José A. Pino, Sergio F. Ochoa
6. Human Resource Formation in Telematics for Education - An Experience with Distance Learning using the Internet
   Crediné S. de Menezes, Davidson Cury, Lucia B. Bazzarella, Carmem L. Prata, Orivaldo de L. Tavares, Tânia B. S. Gava, Henrique M. Cristóvão, José F. Magalhães Netto, Edson P. Cardoso, Alberto N. de Ca