Technical Papers
Each year, a panel of judges review submissions for the Best Paper Awards. A list of topics are announced many months prior to the event and usually revolve around the theme of the conference (which varies each year). Some of the topics for this year's (2009) technical paper includes: Cloud computing, Business intelligence, Software development, Security and Privacy and Web-based systems.
At the conference, awards are given out for Best Paper and Best Student Paper. Criteria for the paper includes originality, clarity and potential impact.
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