WWW2005 was in Chiba, about 30 minute train ride from Tokyo.
Chiba is a very modern, new township geared toward high-tech companies and conventions.
Chiba
Chiba
Heather, Mark and Ana
Plenary session. There were about 1000 attendees at WWW2005.
Poster reception. Fil is next to the poster toward the bottom of the pict.
Fil presents the poster by Le-Shin and Ruj. Lots of people stopped by.
Ana and Mark at one of the sessions.
Text analysis and extraction session, chaired by Fil. First talk by Selcuk Candan.
Text analysis and extraction session. Second talk by Philipp Cimiano.
Text analysis and extraction session. Third talk by Bing Liu.
Text analysis and extraction session speakers and chair.
At one of the kynotes.
Mark's talk.
Mark's talk.
Traditional show at conference dinner.
Paper by Ana, Fil, Heather and Alex was nominated for best paper!
Our paper was finalist for best paper, but we did not win.
Ana learns chopsticks and sushi with the help of a Martini at the Yahoo party.