The Fifth International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Modeling and Using Context (CONTEXT'05) will provide a forum for presenting and discussing high-quality research and applications on context. The conference will include paper and poster presentations, system demonstrations, workshops, and a doctoral consortium. The conference invites researchers and practitioners to share insights and cutting-edge results from a wide range of disciplines including:

Context affects a wide range of activities in humans and animals as well as in artificial agents and other systems. The importance of context is widely acknowledged, and ``context'' has become an area of study in its own right, as evidenced by numerous workshops, symposia, seminars, and conferences on this area. CONTEXT, the oldest conference series focusing on context, is unique in its emphasis on interdisciplinary research. Previous CONTEXT conferences have been held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (CONTEXT'97), Trento, Italy (CONTEXT'99, LNCS 1688), Dundee, Scotland (CONTEXT'01, LNCS 2116), and Palo Alto, U.S.A. (CONTEXT'03, LNCS 2680). Each of these brought together researchers and practitioners from many disparate fields to discuss and report on context-related research and projects.

The following list illustrates sample research areas whose perspectives on context are solicited for the conference. This is not an exhaustive list, and contributions addressing context from other perspectives are welcome. The conference scope includes the contextual issues related to areas such as:

CONTEXT'05 will include paper presentation sessions, a poster and demonstration session, a day of workshops, and a doctoral consortium. Workshops and the doctoral consortium will circulate separate calls for papers and participation, which will also be available at the conference web site.

Because CONTEXT'05 will be an interdisciplinary forum, all submissions will be evaluated both for their technical merit and for their accessibility to an interdisciplinary audience. Works that transcend disciplinary boundaries are especially encouraged.

Submissions may be for full papers, poster abstracts, or demonstration abstracts. Full papers will be accepted either for oral presentation or for presentation at a poster session. All accepted full paper submissions will be published in the proceedings. Accepted posters and demonstrations will be presented at the poster session, and the associated abstracts will be published in a brochure distributed to attendees. For additional details see the conference web site.

For a paper to appear in the proceedings, at least one author must register for the conference by the deadline for camera-ready copy.

Papers must be submitted electronically as PDF files. Submissions cannot exceed 14 pages in the Springer LNAI format. Detailed formatting and submissions instructions, as well as LaTeX and Word templates, will be available in the author instructions section of the conference Web site.

All accepted authors will have the option of presenting a system demonstration at the poster session. Authors wishing to present a demonstration without an accompanying paper must submit a demonstration abstract. Demonstration abstracts should describe cutting-edge systems not described in paper submissions. Demonstration abstracts should summarize the system's behavior and significance, and should include at least one screen shot. If desired, they may also include the URL of an informal video on the web. Demonstration abstracts should be at most 2 pages long.

CONTEXT'05 will not accept any paper which, at the time of submission, is under review for or has already been published or accepted for publication in a journal or another conference. This restriction does not apply to submissions for workshops and other venues with a limited audience.

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Please see https://context-05.org for additional information on the conference, complete committee information, and contacts for questions.