The scope of the workshop encompasses three complementary aspects of Internet Community Systems: theory, architectures, and information.

The topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

Theoretical foundations and models

• Small worlds and graph theory
• Distributed algorithms
• Game theory and economic models
• Self organization and self stabilization
• Distributed simulation models

Distributed architectures and applications

• Peer-to-peer and grid architectures
• Ubiquitous and pervasive computing
• Mobile and ad hoc networks
• Adaptive systems
• Distributed middleware

Information and knowledge management

• Information retrieval
• Content distribution
• Data and knowledge management
• Cooperative information systems
• Distributed ontologies