Guest editorial: WWWJ special issue of the 16th International Conference on Web Information Systems Engineering (WISE 2015)
The 16th International Conference on Web Information Systems Engineering (WISE 2015) was held in Miami, Florida, USA, November 1 3, 2015. Building on the success of its predecessors, WISE 2015 continues to be a major international forum for researchers, professionals, and industrial practitioners to share their knowledge in the rapidly growing area of Web technologies, methodologies, and applications. The first WISE event took place in Hong Kong, China (2000) Then the trip continued to Kyoto, Japan (2001) Singapore (2002) Rome, Italy (2003) Brisbane, Australia (2004) New York, USA (2005) Wuhan, China (2006) Nancy, France (2007) Auckland, New Zealand (2008) Poznan, Poland (2009) Hong Kong, China (2010) Sydney, Australia (2011) Paphos, Cyprus (2012) Nanjing, China (2013) and Thessaloniki, Greece (2014) This year, for a second time, WISE was held in North America, in Miami, supported by Florida International University (FIU) Nanjing University of Science and Technology (NJUST) and Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications (NUPT) A total of 171 research papers were submitted to the conference for consideration, and each paper was reviewed by at least two reviewers. Finally, 53 submissions were selected as full papers (with an acceptance rate of 31 approximately) plus 17 as short papers. The research papers cover the areas of Big Data Techniques and Applications, Deep/Hidden Web, World Wide Web DOI 10.1007/s11280 016 0423 z
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