The 2011 International Conference on Web Information Systems and Mining
(WISM 2011) was held during September 24–25, 2011 in Taiyuan, China. WISM 2011 received 472 submissions from 20 countries and regions. After rigorous reviews, 112 high-quality papers were selected for publication in the WISM 2011 proceedings. The acceptance rate was 23%.
The aim of WISM 2011 was to bring together researchers working in many different areas of Web information systems and Web mining to foster the exchange of new ideas and promote international collaborations. In addition to the large number of submitted papers and invited sessions, there were several internationally well-known keynote speakers.
On behalf of the Organizing Committee, we thank Taiyuan University of Technology for its sponsorship and logistics support. We also thank the members of the Organizing Committee and the Program Committee for their hard work.We are very grateful to the keynote speakers, session chairs, reviewers, and student helpers. Last but not least, we thank all the authors and participants for their great contributions that made this conference possible.