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[Fwd: Call for Papers - 13th IEEE Int'l Symposium on Power Line]
by Gustaf Neumann 21 Nov '08

21 Nov '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: Call for Papers - 13th IEEE Int'l Symposium on Power Line Datum: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:50:37 -0500 Von: Meetings(a)comsocconferences.org Antwort an: MailSupport(a)comsocconferences.org An: ISPLC08(a)comsocconferences.org *Call for Papers * 13th IEEE International Symposium on Power Line Communications and its Applications (ISPLC 2009) http://www.ieee-isplc.org/2009 It is our pleasure to announce that the 13th IEEE International Symposium on Power Line Communications and its Applications will be held at the premises of the Technische Universitat Dresden, from 29 March to 1 April 2009. Dresden is both the half million people baroque capital of Saxony and the microelectronics center of Europe. The Symposium focuses on research, application, and commercialization aspects of the power line communication technology, in both broadband and narrowband fields. Prospective authors are cordially invited to submit original contributions describing completed or ongoing research related to the power line communication area. The contributions should address one of the following aspects: Technology aspects * Channel characterization (measurements and modeling of signal propagation and noise/disturbance) * Electro-magnetic compatibility/interference and coupling (measurements and solutions) * Modulation and coding techniques (among others: multi-carrier, OFDM, spread-spectrum, UWB, and single carrier) * Signal processing (frequency and phase synchronizations, symbol timing synchronization, detection, equalization, etc) * Cognitive issues: resource allocation, spectrum monitoring, and spectrum allocation * Error control (FEC, interleaving, ARQ, etc.) * Multiple access techniques and MAC protocols * Duplex and repeater techniques, routing, and autonomous network functions (e.g. auto-configuration) * Network planning and optimization * Cross-layer optimization and service integration (PLC specific and higher layers, traffic control, from physical to network and application layers) Implementation and deployment aspects * Coexistence and interoperability * Modem and LSI (Large Scale Integration) design * Security * Network and service management * System architectures and solutions * Power system applications (AMR, IMR, protection, smart grid, power quality, management, control, monitoring, sensor network, etc) * Broadband and multimedia applications (home network, video on demand, VoIP, games, IPTV, etc) * Experimental systems, field trials, and commercial networks * Standardization and regulation * Business perspectives Important Dates Full Paper Submission : 28 November, 2008 Notification of Acceptance : 3 February, 2009 Camera-ready Paper Submission : 24 February, 2009 Contact Email: ISPLC09(a)ifn.et.tu-dresden.de <mailto:ISPLC09@ifn.et.tu-dresden.de> General Chair Ralf Lehnert Chair for Telecommunications Technische Universitat Dresden 01062 Dresden, Germany TPC Co-Chairs Halid Hrasnica, Eurescom GmbH, Germany Masaaki Katayama, Nagoya University, Japan Moises Ribeiro, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil Please visit the symposium website at http://www.ieee-isplc.org/2009 for detailed information and submission guidelines. To unsubscribe from this IEEE Communications Society Meetings and Conferences mailing list send a blank email message to ISPLC08-remove(a)comsocconferences.org. You can also request removal by email or regular mail. Please email a message with your email address and the list name (ISPLC08(a)comsocconferences.org) to optout(a)comsoc.org or mail a note with the same information to ComSoc List Removal - IT 3 Park Avenue, 17th Floor New York, NY 10016 USA

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[Fwd: [computational.science] call for workshops and papers of HPCC-09]
by Gustaf Neumann 20 Nov '08

20 Nov '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [computational.science] call for workshops and papers of HPCC-09 Datum: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:06:10 -0400 Von: Laurence Tianruo Yang <ltyang(a)gmail.com> Organisation: "OptimaNumerics" An: Computational Science Mailing List <computational.science(a)lists.optimanumerics.com> *********** HPCC-09 NEWS: 7 SPECIAL ISSUES CONFIRMED ******************* Distinguished selected papers accepted and presented in HPCC-09, after further revisions, will be published in special issues of the following prestigious Journals indexed by SCI/SCI-E: * Journal of Supercomputing - Springer * Computers & Mathematics with Applications - Elsevier * The Knowledge Engineering Review - Cambridge University Press * Computer Communications - Elsevier * Journal of Internet Technology - Ministry of Education, Taiwan * Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience - John Wiley & Sons * Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing (JIM) - Springer ************************************************************************ *********************** HPCC-09 CFP ************************************ The 11th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC-09) http://www.sersc.org/HPCC2009 Korea University, Seoul, Korea, June 25-27, 2009 Sponsored by the IEEE Technical Committee on Scalable Computing ************************************************************************* INTRODUCTION ============ HPCC-09 is the next event in a series of highly successful International Conferences on High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC), previously held as HPCC-08 (Dalian, China, September 2008), HPCC-07 (Houston, USA, September 2007), HPCC-06 (Munich, Germany, September 2006), HPCC-05 (Naples, Italy, September 2005), HPCN-04 (Tokyo, Japan, December 2004), PACT-SHPSEC03 (New Orleans, USA, September 2003), PACT-SHPSEC02 (Charlottesville, USA, September 2002), HPCA-01 (Nova Scotia, Canada, November 2001), HPNCA-00 (Delft, Netherlands, May 2000), HPNCA-99 (Amsterdam, Netherlands, April 1999). The HPCC-09 conference provides a premier forum for engineers and scientists in academia, industry, and government to address the resulting profound challenges and to present and discuss their new ideas, research results, applications and experience on all aspects of high performance computing and communications. TOPICS ====== Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following: • Languages and compilers for high performance computing • Parallel and distributed system architectures • Parallel and distributed software technologies • Parallel and distributed algorithms • Embedded systems • Peer-to-peer computing • Grid and cluster computing • Web services and internet computing • Performance evaluation and measurement • Tools and environments for software development • Distributed systems and applications • High-performance scientific and engineering computing • Database applications and data mining • Biological/molecular computing • Collaborative and cooperative environments • Network protocols, routing, algorithms • Mobile computing and wireless communications • Pervasive/ubiquitous computing and intelligence • Autonomic, reliability and fault-tolerance • Trust, security and privacy IMPORTANT DATES =============== Workshop proposal: December 1, 2008 Paper submission Deadline: *** JANUARY 16, 2009 *** Authors Notification: March 20, 2009 Final Manuscript Due: April 3, 2009 ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION ===================== All paper submissions must represent original and unpublished work. Prepare your paper with free style and not more than 15 pages in a PDF file. Submit your paper(s) at the HPCC-09 submission site: http://cse.stfx.ca/~hpcc09/sub/ PAPER PUBLICATION ================= Accepted and presented papers will be included into the IEEE conference proceedings published by IEEE CS Press (indexed by EI). Distinguished papers presented at the conference, after further revisions, will be published in special issues of several international Journals such as Journal of Supercomputing, IJHPCN, IJCSE, IJCSSE and WWW. WORKSHOP PROPOSAL ================= In conjunction with the HPCC-09 conference, several workshops will be held. If you would like to organize, please submit a workshop proposal including call for papers, organizing committee, important dates, contact person, and short bio of the organizers to the HPCC-09 workshop chairs before December 1, 2008. Proceedings of the HPCC-09 workshops will be published by IEEE CS Press. The workshops with more than 15 papers will be granted with a free complimentary registration and local accommodation for one leading workshop organizer. ORGANIZATION ============ HONORARY CHAIR Doo-soon Park, SoonChunHyang University, Korea GENERAL CHAIRS Kai Hwang, University of Southern California, USA Laurent Lefevre, INRIA, University of Lyon, France Jong Hyuk Park, Kyungnam University, Korea PROGRAM CHAIRS Juan Tourino, University of A Coruna, Spain Edgar Gabriel, University of Houston, USA Yang Xiang, Central Queensland University, Australia PROGRAM VICE CHAIRS Parallel and distributed system architectures Mei Yang, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA Parallel and distributed software technologies Tsung-Chuan Huang, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan Parallel and distributed algorithms Zizhong Chen, Colorado School of Mines, USA Embedded systems Chi-Sheng (Daniel) Shih, National University of Taiwan, Taiwan Grid, cluster and Peer-to-peer computing Rosa M. Badia, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Spain Web services and internet computing Robert van Engelen, Florida State University, USA Performance evaluation and measurement Felix Wolf, Julich Supercomputing Centre, Germany Distributed systems and applications Michela Taufer, University of Delaware, USA High-performance scientific and engineering computing Matthias Mueller, University of Dresden, Germany Database applications and data mining Josep-Lluis Larriba-Pey, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain Biological/molecular computing Bingbing Zhou, University of Sydney, Australia Network protocols, routing, algorithms Xiaolong Jin, University of Bradford, UK Pervasive/ubiquitous computing and intelligence Isaac Woungang, Ryerson University, Canada Mobile computing and wireless communications Bin Xie, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Autonomic, reliability and fault-tolerance Michael Hobbs, Deakin University, Australia Trust, security and privacy Zesheng Chen, Florida International University, USA STEERING CHAIRS Beniamino Di Martino, Second University of Naples, Italy Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada STEERING COMMITTEE Barbara Chapman, University of Houston, USA Jaspal Subhlok, University of Houston, USA Ronald Perrott, Queen's University of Belfast, UK Michael Gerndt, Technische Univ. Munchen, Germany Dieter Kranzlmuller, John Kepler University Linz, Austria Jack Dongarra, University of Tennessee, USA Omer F. Rana, Cardiff University, UK Keqiu Li, Dalian University of Technology, China Tai-hoon Kim, Hannam University, Korea WORKSHOP CHAIRS Young-Sik Jeong, Wonkwang University, Korea Yifeng Zhu, University of Maine, USA Jinjun Chen, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia PUBLICITY CHAIRS Nicolas Sklavos, Technological Educational Institute of Patras, Greece Wenbing Jiang, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China Ching-Hsien (Robert) Hsu, Chung Hua University, Taiwan Minh Quan, International University in Germany, Germany SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION CHAIR Alice Ying Huang, St Francis Xavier University, Canada LOCAL ARRANGEMENT CHAIR HyeonCheol Kim, Korea University, Korea PROGRAM COMMITTEE See HPCC-09 website: http://www.sersc.org/HPCC2009/committee1.php FURTHER QUESTIONS, please contact with: ================= * Program - Prof. Juan Tourino, University of A Coruna, Spain juan(a)udc.es * General - Prof. Jong Hyuk Park, Kyungnam University, Korea parkjonghyuk1(a)hotmail.com * Workshops - Prof. Young-Sik Jeong, Wonkwang University, Korea ysjeong(a)wonkwang.ac.kr --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: computational.science-unsubscribe(a)lists.optimanumerics.com For additional commands, e-mail: computational.science-help(a)lists.optimanumerics.com Computational Science mailing list hosting is provided by OptimaNumerics (http://www.OptimaNumerics.com) ---------------------------------------------------------------------

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[Fwd: [isworld] call for workshops and papers of HPCC-09]
by Gustaf Neumann 20 Nov '08

20 Nov '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] call for workshops and papers of HPCC-09 Datum: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:06:10 -0400 Von: Laurence Tianruo Yang <ltyang(a)gmail.com> Antwort an: Laurence Tianruo Yang <ltyang(a)gmail.com> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> *********** HPCC-09 NEWS: 7 SPECIAL ISSUES CONFIRMED ******************* Distinguished selected papers accepted and presented in HPCC-09, after further revisions, will be published in special issues of the following prestigious Journals indexed by SCI/SCI-E: * Journal of Supercomputing - Springer * Computers & Mathematics with Applications - Elsevier * The Knowledge Engineering Review - Cambridge University Press * Computer Communications - Elsevier * Journal of Internet Technology - Ministry of Education, Taiwan * Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience - John Wiley & Sons * Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing (JIM) - Springer ************************************************************************ *********************** HPCC-09 CFP ************************************ The 11th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC-09) http://www.sersc.org/HPCC2009 Korea University, Seoul, Korea, June 25-27, 2009 Sponsored by the IEEE Technical Committee on Scalable Computing ************************************************************************* INTRODUCTION ============ HPCC-09 is the next event in a series of highly successful International Conferences on High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC), previously held as HPCC-08 (Dalian, China, September 2008), HPCC-07 (Houston, USA, September 2007), HPCC-06 (Munich, Germany, September 2006), HPCC-05 (Naples, Italy, September 2005), HPCN-04 (Tokyo, Japan, December 2004), PACT-SHPSEC03 (New Orleans, USA, September 2003), PACT-SHPSEC02 (Charlottesville, USA, September 2002), HPCA-01 (Nova Scotia, Canada, November 2001), HPNCA-00 (Delft, Netherlands, May 2000), HPNCA-99 (Amsterdam, Netherlands, April 1999). The HPCC-09 conference provides a premier forum for engineers and scientists in academia, industry, and government to address the resulting profound challenges and to present and discuss their new ideas, research results, applications and experience on all aspects of high performance computing and communications. TOPICS ====== Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following: • Languages and compilers for high performance computing • Parallel and distributed system architectures • Parallel and distributed software technologies • Parallel and distributed algorithms • Embedded systems • Peer-to-peer computing • Grid and cluster computing • Web services and internet computing • Performance evaluation and measurement • Tools and environments for software development • Distributed systems and applications • High-performance scientific and engineering computing • Database applications and data mining • Biological/molecular computing • Collaborative and cooperative environments • Network protocols, routing, algorithms • Mobile computing and wireless communications • Pervasive/ubiquitous computing and intelligence • Autonomic, reliability and fault-tolerance • Trust, security and privacy IMPORTANT DATES =============== Workshop proposal: December 1, 2008 Paper submission Deadline: *** JANUARY 16, 2009 *** Authors Notification: March 20, 2009 Final Manuscript Due: April 3, 2009 ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION ===================== All paper submissions must represent original and unpublished work. Prepare your paper with free style and not more than 15 pages in a PDF file. Submit your paper(s) at the HPCC-09 submission site: http://cse.stfx.ca/~hpcc09/sub/ PAPER PUBLICATION ================= Accepted and presented papers will be included into the IEEE conference proceedings published by IEEE CS Press (indexed by EI). Distinguished papers presented at the conference, after further revisions, will be published in special issues of several international Journals such as Journal of Supercomputing, IJHPCN, IJCSE, IJCSSE and WWW. WORKSHOP PROPOSAL ================= In conjunction with the HPCC-09 conference, several workshops will be held. If you would like to organize, please submit a workshop proposal including call for papers, organizing committee, important dates, contact person, and short bio of the organizers to the HPCC-09 workshop chairs before December 1, 2008. Proceedings of the HPCC-09 workshops will be published by IEEE CS Press. The workshops with more than 15 papers will be granted with a free complimentary registration and local accommodation for one leading workshop organizer. ORGANIZATION ============ HONORARY CHAIR Doo-soon Park, SoonChunHyang University, Korea GENERAL CHAIRS Kai Hwang, University of Southern California, USA Laurent Lefevre, INRIA, University of Lyon, France Jong Hyuk Park, Kyungnam University, Korea PROGRAM CHAIRS Juan Tourino, University of A Coruna, Spain Edgar Gabriel, University of Houston, USA Yang Xiang, Central Queensland University, Australia PROGRAM VICE CHAIRS Parallel and distributed system architectures Mei Yang, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA Parallel and distributed software technologies Tsung-Chuan Huang, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan Parallel and distributed algorithms Zizhong Chen, Colorado School of Mines, USA Embedded systems Chi-Sheng (Daniel) Shih, National University of Taiwan, Taiwan Grid, cluster and Peer-to-peer computing Rosa M. Badia, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Spain Web services and internet computing Robert van Engelen, Florida State University, USA Performance evaluation and measurement Felix Wolf, Julich Supercomputing Centre, Germany Distributed systems and applications Michela Taufer, University of Delaware, USA High-performance scientific and engineering computing Matthias Mueller, University of Dresden, Germany Database applications and data mining Josep-Lluis Larriba-Pey, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain Biological/molecular computing Bingbing Zhou, University of Sydney, Australia Network protocols, routing, algorithms Xiaolong Jin, University of Bradford, UK Pervasive/ubiquitous computing and intelligence Isaac Woungang, Ryerson University, Canada Mobile computing and wireless communications Bin Xie, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Autonomic, reliability and fault-tolerance Michael Hobbs, Deakin University, Australia Trust, security and privacy Zesheng Chen, Florida International University, USA STEERING CHAIRS Beniamino Di Martino, Second University of Naples, Italy Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada STEERING COMMITTEE Barbara Chapman, University of Houston, USA Jaspal Subhlok, University of Houston, USA Ronald Perrott, Queen's University of Belfast, UK Michael Gerndt, Technische Univ. Munchen, Germany Dieter Kranzlmuller, John Kepler University Linz, Austria Jack Dongarra, University of Tennessee, USA Omer F. Rana, Cardiff University, UK Keqiu Li, Dalian University of Technology, China Tai-hoon Kim, Hannam University, Korea WORKSHOP CHAIRS Young-Sik Jeong, Wonkwang University, Korea Yifeng Zhu, University of Maine, USA Jinjun Chen, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia PUBLICITY CHAIRS Nicolas Sklavos, Technological Educational Institute of Patras, Greece Wenbing Jiang, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China Ching-Hsien (Robert) Hsu, Chung Hua University, Taiwan Minh Quan, International University in Germany, Germany SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION CHAIR Alice Ying Huang, St Francis Xavier University, Canada LOCAL ARRANGEMENT CHAIR HyeonCheol Kim, Korea University, Korea PROGRAM COMMITTEE See HPCC-09 website: http://www.sersc.org/HPCC2009/committee1.php FURTHER QUESTIONS, please contact with: ================= * Program - Prof. Juan Tourino, University of A Coruna, Spain juan(a)udc.es * General - Prof. Jong Hyuk Park, Kyungnam University, Korea parkjonghyuk1(a)hotmail.com * Workshops - Prof. Young-Sik Jeong, Wonkwang University, Korea ysjeong(a)wonkwang.ac.kr The AISWorld LISTSERV is a service of the Association for Information Systems (http://www.aisnet.org). 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[Fwd: [isworld] CFP and CFWP of UIC-09]
by Gustaf Neumann 20 Nov '08

20 Nov '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] CFP and CFWP of UIC-09 Datum: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:56:26 -0400 Von: Laurence Tianruo Yang <ltyang(a)gmail.com> Antwort an: Laurence Tianruo Yang <ltyang(a)gmail.com> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> (Apologies if you have received this more than once) ====================================================================================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS CALL FOR WORKSHOP PAPERS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The 6th International Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing (UIC-09) - Building Smart Worlds in Real and Cyber Spaces - Brisbane, Australia, 7-10 July, 2009 http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~uic09 Technically Sponsored by IEEE TF on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing Conference papers published by LNCS Workshop papers published by IEEE Co-located with the ATC'09 conference ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Conference important dates: Paper Submission: January 19, 2009 Authors Notification: March 16, 2009 Final Manuscript Due: April 13, 2009 Workshops important dates: Workshop Paper Submissions: 15 February Workshop Authors Notifications: 25 March Workshop camera-ready due: 10 April ============================================================= Ubiquitous sensors, devices, networks and information are paving the way towards a smart world in which computational intelligence is distributed throughout the physical environment to provide reliable and relevant services to people. This ubiquitous intelligence will change the computing landscape because it will enable new breeds of applications and systems to be developed and the realm of computing possibilities will be significantly extended. By enhancing everyday objects with intelligence, many tasks and processes could be simplified, the physical spaces where people interact like the workplaces and homes, could become more efficient, safer and more enjoyable. Ubiquitous computing, or pervasive computing, uses these many "smart things/u-things" to create smart environments. A smart thing can be endowed with different levels of intelligence, and may be context-aware, active, interactive, reactive, proactive, assistive, adaptive, automated, sentient, perceptual, cognitive, autonomic and/or thinking. Research on ubiquitous intelligence is an emerging research field covering many disciplines. A series of grand challenges exist to move from the current level of computing services to the smart world of adaptive and intelligent services. Started in 2005, the series of UIC conferences has been held in Taipei, Nagasaki, Three Gorges (China), Hong Kong and Oslo. UIC-09 will include a highly selective program of technical papers, accompanied by workshops, panel discussions and keynote speeches. Established as a premier venue in the area of ubiquitous intelligence and computing, UIC-09 will offer a forum for researchers to exchange ideas and experiences in developing intelligent/smart objects, environments and systems. The UIC-09 topics include but are not limited to the following: 1. Ubiquitous Intelligence/Smart Systems * Sensor, Ad Hoc & Mesh Networks * Peer-to-peer Networks * Mobile Social Networking * Knowledge Representation and Ontology * Wearable, Personal and Body Area Systems * Middleware and Intelligent Platforms * Intelligent Services and Architectures * Agents, Swarm/Amorphous Systems * Context-aware Systems 2.Ubiquitous Intelligence/Smart Environments * Smart Room, Home, Office, Laboratory * Smart Building, Library, School, Campus * Smart Shop, Hospital and City, etc. * Vehicle, Road, Traffic & Transportation * Healthcare and Elder Care Services * Pervasive Learning, Games, Entertainment * Other Intelligent/Smart Applications 3.Personal/Social/Physical Aspects * Real/Cyber World Modeling and Semantics * User/Object Identity and Activity Recognition * Adaptive User Interfaces * Security, Privacy, Safety and Legal Issues * Emotional, Ethical and Psychological Factors * Implication and Impact of Ubiquitous Intelligence * Relations between Real and Cyber Worlds 4. Ubiquitous Intelligent/Smart Objects * Electronic Labels, Cards, E-Tags and RFID * Embedded Chips, Sensors & Actuators * MEMS, NEMS, Micro & Biometric Devices * Smart Appliances and Wearable Devices * Material, Textile, Cloth, Furniture, etc. * Embedded Software and Agents == PAPER PUBLICATION == Accepted main conference papers are planned to be published by Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS, EI indexed). At least one author of each accepted paper is required to register and present their work at the conference, otherwise the paper will not be included in the proceedings. Selected papers, after extension and further revisions, will be published in special issues of prestigious journals. The length of submitted papers should not exceed 15 pages in the LNCS style. The information on how to submit papers will be soon given on the conference webpage: http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~uic09/ ============================================================= CALL FOR WORKSHOP PAPERS The UIC 2009 workshops provide vibrant opportunities for researchers and industry practitioners to share their research experience, original research results and practical development experiences on specific new challenges and emerging issues. The following UIC'09 workshops are calling for paper submissions: WiMo-09 (The First International Workshop on Wireless & Mobile Networks) Website: http://www.airccse.org/wimo.html Organizer: Calvin D N, Wireilla Net Solutions, Chennai, India Contact: cape_nemo(a)yahoo.com PerMedia2009 (The International Workshop on Pervasive Media) Website: http://malab.cis.k.hosei.ac.jp/permedia Organizers: Dr. Lei Ye, Dr. Qiang Wu, Prof. Timothy K. Shih, Prof. Ismail Khalil Contact: lei(a)uow.edu.au ICA-IN-WIRELESS 2009 (2009 International Workshop on Intelligence, Context-Awareness and Autonomy in Wireless Networks) Website: http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~uic09/icainwireless Organizers: Shivanajay Marwaha, The University of Queensland, Australia Athanasios Vasilakos, University of Western Macedonia, Greece Qiang Fu, Institute For Telecommunications Research, Australia Marimuthu Palaniswami, University of Melbourne, Australia Contact: icainwireless(a)gmail.com SS4SW-09 (2009 International workshop on Smart Services for Smart Worlds) Website: http://www.ss4sw.org Organizers: Prof. Dr. Max Mühlhäuser, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany Dr. Julien Vayssière, Smart Services CRC, Sydney Contact: max(a)informatik.tu-darmstadt.de; Julien.Vayssiere(a)smartservicescrc.com.au PCDUI'09 (2009 International Workshop on People centred design of Ubiquitous Intelligence) Website: http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~viller/pcdui09/ Organizer: Stephen Viller, The University of Queensland Contact: viller(a)itee.uq.edu.au Ufirst-09 (International Symposium on UbiCom Frontiers - Innovative Research, Systems and Technologies) Website: http://grid.chu.edu.tw/ufirst2009/ Organizers: Mieso Denko, University of Guelph, Canada Robert C. H. Hsu, Chung Hua University, Taiwan, R.O.C. Contact: mieso08(a)gmail.com; chh(a)chu.edu.tw WATIL'09 (2009 International Workshop on Assistive Technologies and Independent Living) Website: http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~uic09/WATIL09 Organizers: Neil Bergmann, The University of Queensland, Australia Jeffrey Soar, University of Southern Queensland, Australia Contact: n.bergmann(a)itee.uq.edu.au CPI-09 (The 1st International Symposium on Cyber-Physical Intelligence) Website: http://www.sionworks.com/cpi-09/ Organizer: Justin Zhan, CMU Contact: justinzh(a)andrew.cmu.edu; gary.blosser(a)gmail.com More information about the UIC'09 workshops can be found at http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~uic09/workshops.html == UIC-09 Organizing Committee == General Chairs Jadwiga Indulska, The University of Queensland, Australia Chris Scott, NICTA, Australia Sumi Helal, University of Florida, USA Program Chairs Daqing Zhang, National Institute of Telecommunication, France Marius Portmann, The University of Queensland, Australia Ichiro Satoh, NII, Japan Advisory Committee Chairs Stephen S. Yau, Arizona State University, USA Norio Shiratori, Tohoku University, Japan Steering Committee Jianhua Ma (Chair), Hosei University, Japan Laurence T. Yang (Chair), St. Francis Xavier University, Canada Hai Jin, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, China Jeffrey J.P. Tsai, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA Theo Ungerer, University of Augsburg, Germany Program Vice Chairs Yunhao Liu, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HongKong Daniela Nicklas, Oldenburg University, Germany Zhiwen Yu, Kyoto University, Japan Ramiro Liscano, University of Ontario, Canada Workshop Chairs Robert C. H. Hsu, Chung Hua University, Hsinchu Taiwan, R.O.C. Mieso Denko, University of Guelph, Canada Publicity Chairs Stephen J.H. Yang, National Central University, Taiwan Hassnaa Moustafa, France Telecom, France Linda Jiang Xie, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA Evi Syukur, The University of New South Wales, Australia Sung-Bae Zho, Yonsei University, Korea Wenbin Jiang, HUST, China The AISWorld LISTSERV is a service of the Association for Information Systems (http://www.aisnet.org). To unsubscribe, redirect, or change subscription options please go to http://lyris.isworld.org/. You are subscribed to AISworld as: neumann(a)wu-wien.ac.at. Each Sender assumes responsibility that his or her message conforms to the AISWorld LISTSERV policy and conditions of use available at http://lyris.isworld.org/isworldlist.htm.

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[Fwd: [computational.science] Grids meet Autonomic Computing Workshop]
by Gustaf Neumann 20 Nov '08

20 Nov '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [computational.science] Grids meet Autonomic Computing Workshop Datum: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:15:23 +0100 Von: cecile germain <cecile.germain(a)lri.fr> Organisation: "OptimaNumerics" An: Computational Science Mailing List <computational.science(a)lists.optimanumerics.com> (Apologies if you have received this more than once) ================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS ================================================== GRIDS MEET AUTONOMIC COMPUTING (GMAC) Workshop Barcelona, Spain, 15 June 2009 http://autonomic.ac.upc.edu/GRIDmeetsAC/ In association with the 6th International Conference on Autonomic Computing & Communications IMPORTANT DATES Full paper: 23 February 2009 Author notification: 23 March 2009 Final manuscripts: 6 April 2009 SCOPE Scientific communities worldwide have constructed massive grids that contain several tens of thousands of CPU’s and several PetaBytes of storage. The complexity of grids has increased due to the large range of dynamic resources involved: hardware and middleware, but also software usage rights, sensors, etc. Grid applications taking advantage of those resources have also increased in complexity. In addition, grid usage is based on a sharing paradigm, which introduces the collective behaviour of users as a new complicating factor. A major technical and societal challenge for the immediate future is the stabilisation of production grids. The control and maintenance of these complex systems to achieve that remain a significant operational issue. Application optimization is similarly challenging. Autonomic Computing has emerged as a specific scientific domain, with the strong involvement of industry. Autonomic computing is highly relevant to grid systems at a time when production grids have become critical scientific infrastructures and must move to sustainable models. Considering the volume and structure of the manpower dedicated to the day-to-day operations, Self-Optimization, Self-Healing and Self-Configuration could provide immediate benefits. At the core of the autonomic computing is the fact that high-level goals should be exposed by the middleware and should be easily tuned by users and system administrators. The Workshop will contribute to building bridges between grid researchers on one hand and those in the autonomic computing community on the other. The focus of the workshop is to identify key scientific challenges related to the management and evolution of grids as a specific category of complex large-scale systems. The goal of the workshop is to promote community wide discussion of, and collaboration on potentially high-impact ideas that will influence and foster continued research in improving the manageability and reliability of grids. The workshop will feature invited presentations from major grid projects and Autonomic Computing scientists as well as regular papers and posters. The format will leave ample time for discussion PAPER/POSTER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION Full papers (a maximum of 8 pages in length) and posters (2 pages) are invited. All manuscripts will be reviewed and judged on merits including correctness, originality, quality of presentation, and relevance to the workshop themes. Please see the conference web site for more information on the submission process. It is expected that the proceedings will be published by ACM. ATTENDANCE At least one author of each accepted submission must attend the workshop. Registration fee to the workshop is in addition to the ICAC 2009 conference fee. ORGANISATION Chair Cécile Germain-Renaud LRI, France Program Committee Mark Burgess Oslo U., Norway Ricard Gavalda UPC, Spain Charles Loomis LAL, France Ron Perrot Queen’s U. Belfast Lorenza Saitta UPO, Italy Jordi Torres UPC, Spain RaminYahyapour Dortmund U., Deutschland -- Cécile Germain-Renaud Professeur Université Paris-Sud 11 +33 (0)1 69 15 42 25 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: computational.science-unsubscribe(a)lists.optimanumerics.com For additional commands, e-mail: computational.science-help(a)lists.optimanumerics.com Computational Science mailing list hosting is provided by OptimaNumerics (http://www.OptimaNumerics.com) ---------------------------------------------------------------------

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[Fwd: [isworld] CFP: Journal of Information Privacy and Security (JIPS)]
by Gustaf Neumann 17 Nov '08

17 Nov '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] CFP: Journal of Information Privacy and Security (JIPS) Datum: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:24:59 -0600 Von: Changchit, Chuleeporn, Ph.D. <Chuleeporn.Changchit(a)tamucc.edu> Antwort an: Changchit, Chuleeporn, Ph.D. <Chuleeporn.Changchit(a)tamucc.edu> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> Journal of Information Privacy and Security (JIPS) http://jips.cob.tamucc.edu/ CALL FOR PAPERS: Editor-in-Chief: Chuleeporn Changchit, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi Mission The mission of the Journal of Information Privacy and Security (JIPS) is to serve both academics and practitioners as a reliable source on issues of information privacy and security. The Journal is a high quality refereed journal that seeks support from academicians, industry experts and specific government agencies. The JIPS focuses on publishing articles that address the paradoxical nature of privacy versus security amidst current global conditions. It is increasingly important that various constituents of information begin to understand their role in finding solutions to achieve a delicate balance between security and privacy. The JIPS will facilitate understanding of the information assurance technical framework as it pertains to government agencies, companies and individuals. The topics may include the information privacy and security issues pertaining to initiatives on counter-terrorism efforts around the world, the impact of U.S. federal regulation and compliance issues facing global corporations, the impact of privacy and security initiatives within small and medium enterprises (SMEs), and e-gambling. Article submissions are encouraged from both academics and practitioners. Each issue will include high quality articles from academics and practitioners, case studies, book reviews, and industry interviews. The Journal addresses issues of privacy and security from a global perspective and will consider articles with a cross-functional focus. The Journal will include articles in the following areas: - Information Assurance frameworks - Network security and impact on corporate infrastructure - Privacy laws and impact on information compliance issues - The duality of privacy and security and impact on corporate operations - Governmental regulations and changes on information security requirements - Data transfer issues across nations, states, and corporations - Privacy and security requirements in B2B and B2C information flows - Cross-functional aspects of information assurance and requirements faced by various business functions within companies - Web sites, portals and the issue of trust - Information privacy and security as it relates to end-users - Applications and case studies in privacy and security issues facing business organizations, government agencies and individuals - Emerging topics such as biometrics, software utilities, and IT obligations and how they change the business environment Review Process Each article will be blind-reviewed by three members of the editorial review board. Reviewer recommendation will be considered by the Editor-in-Chief or an Associate Editor. For a revision and rewrite, a revised paper will be sent to one of the Editors for final approval. The final decision will be made by the Editor-in-Chief. Interested authors should consult the journal's manuscript submission guidelines at http://jips.cob.tamucc.edu/style.htm All inquiries and submissions should be sent to: Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Chuleeporn Changchit at chuleeporn.changchit(a)tamucc.edu *************************************************************************************************** Chuleeporn Changchit, Ph. D. Phone: (361) 825-5832 Associate Professor of MIS Fax: (361) 825-5609 Room 136 Faculty Center E-mail: chuleeporn.changchit(a)tamucc.edu College of Business, Unit 5808 Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi 6300 Ocean Dr., Corpus Christi, TX 78412 Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Information Privacy and Security (JIPS) http://jips.cob.tamucc.edu *************************************************************************************************** The AISWorld LISTSERV is a service of the Association for Information Systems (http://www.aisnet.org). To unsubscribe, redirect, or change subscription options please go to http://lyris.isworld.org/. You are subscribed to AISworld as: neumann(a)wu-wien.ac.at. Each Sender assumes responsibility that his or her message conforms to the AISWorld LISTSERV policy and conditions of use available at http://lyris.isworld.org/isworldlist.htm.

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[Fwd: [isworld] CfP ISCRAM 2009 Special Track on Ethnography and Technology Development for Crisis Management]
by Gustaf Neumann 17 Nov '08

17 Nov '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] CfP ISCRAM 2009 Special Track on Ethnography and Technology Development for Crisis Management Datum: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:03:47 +0100 Von: Volkmar Pipek <volkmar.pipek(a)uni-siegen.de> Antwort an: Volkmar Pipek <volkmar.pipek(a)uni-siegen.de> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> Call for Papers 6th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (ISCRAM 2009) May 10-13, 2009 Special Methodology Track on ETHNOGRAPHY AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT FOR CRISIS MANAGEMENT Special Track Organisers: Claudia Mueller, Volkmar Pipek, Volker Wulf (University of Siegen, Germany) Markus Klann (Fraunhofer-FIT, St. Augustin, Germany) Deadline for paper submission: January 11, 2009 Submission types: Academic/Practitioner (see below) Motivation Depending on the extent of emergency situations the amount of actors involved in crisis management increases gradually. In the organisations involved, communication needs arise between various actors and departments such as crisis management groups and different operative staff groups on-site, all with different information needs, information and communication cultures and views. In larger cases of emergency such as infrastructure breakdowns (e.g. induced by storms, floods etc.) which affect different organisations and organisational forms (public and private) varying information needs and communication and information cultures challenge inter-organisational cooperation even stronger. Ethnographic approaches such as workplace studies have proven to be very helpful in analyzing fine-grained information and communication needs and in informing according user-centred systems design. But in emergency response scenarios most task/activities are incident-focussed, they happen spontaneously which makes it difficult for ethnographers to capture them and for IT developers to evaluate their concepts. In addition, systems design particularly for inter- organisational crisis communication and management is still a big challenge due to different information and communication needs, practices and cultures. Research Area Big-scale infrastructure breakdowns may involve different organisations and parties such as infrastructure providers (e.g. electricity providers), local authorities, fire fighters, rescue services and affected citizens. For researchers in the realm of technology development for crisis communication and management support there are many challenges to overcome: How do we deal on the operational level with e.g. legal aspects of private-public cooperation scenarios? How can ethnographic methods, such as e.g. Participatory Design, (Business) Ethnography, help to consolidate the varying information and communication needs, languages, cultures and priorities? How can situatedness and spontaneity of work practices be acknowledged sufficiently in these highly complex and dynamic circumstances and be integrated in technology development approaches such as End-user Development? How can ethnographic methods help to investigate communication and information support in inter- organisational cooperative contexts by means of ubiquitous technologies? How can technology designers evaluate their concepts in practice? This special session aims at gathering methodological solutions for ethnography and ethnographically-informed technology development, but also related problems in investigating and technologically supporting inter- and intra-organisational crisis communication and management. Topics Some non-exhaustive examples of topics that could contribute to this session are • Ethnographic studies of inter- and intra-organisational crisis communication and management • Studies of ubiquitous applications in inter-organisational crisis communication and management and related development of ethnographic methods such as “living lab”, user-modelling • Ethnographic and participative approaches which help consolidating different cultures, views and priorities and bring them to successful technology development, such as Participative Design or (Business) Ethnography • Appropriate interplay of ethnographic methods and design approaches to sufficiently acknowledge the situatedness in highly complex and dynamic circumstances Type of contribution: We encourage both academics and practitioners to contribute to the special session. · Academic contribution: we invite researchers from academia or research labs to present their research or research-in-progress papers. Prospective presenters submit a regular research (or research- in-progress) paper. · Practitioner contribution: we invite practitioners to present their practice or experiences in information systems development, use or needs. Prospective presenters submit a short practitioner paper or a Powerpoint presentation along with an abstract. Important Notice: • All submissions must be formatted according to the ISCRAM 2009 formatting guidelines. Templates and instructions are published on www.iscram.org . • All submissions must be submitted through the ISCRAM 2009 conference paper submission web page at www.conftool.com/iscram2009. Instructions for the ConfTool system can be found on www.iscram.org. • All papers and presentations will go through a double-blind review process, leading to a decision of (conditional) acceptance or rejection. • Accepted papers will be included in the ISCRAM 2009 program and published in the official proceedings if and only if (1) the paper is formatted according to the instructions, (2) the authors sign the copyright transfer form and (3) one of the authors registers for the conference and pays the registration fee before the cut-off date for early registration. • Authors who have multiple papers accepted can only register for and present one paper at the conference; co-authors need to register separately. -- Volkmar Pipek Assistant Professor for 'CSCW in organisations'/FB 5 University of Siegen Hoelderlinstr. 3 57068 Siegen http://www.cscw.uni-siegen.de/ Tel.: +49 271 740 4068 Fax.: +49 271 740 3384 volkmar.pipek(a)uni-siegen.de The AISWorld LISTSERV is a service of the Association for Information Systems (http://www.aisnet.org). 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[Fwd: [isworld] 7th Workshop on e-Business (WeB 2008)]
by Gustaf Neumann 14 Nov '08

14 Nov '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] 7th Workshop on e-Business (WeB 2008) Datum: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:31:45 +0100 Von: Stoesser, Jochen <Stoesser(a)iism.uni-karlsruhe.de> Antwort an: Stoesser, Jochen <Stoesser(a)iism.uni-karlsruhe.de> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> ** Apologies for cross-postings ** The Seventh International Workshop on e-Business (WeB 2008) - A Pre-ICIS Workshop Sponsored by AIS SIGeBIZ Theme: Designing e-Business Systems: Markets, Services and Networks Date: December 13, 2008, Paris, France Venue: ICIS conference hotel Concorde La Fayette Workshop website: www.web-2008.org ABOUT THE WORKSHOP Information and Communication Technologies continue to rapidly transform how business is done. e-business technologies and applications are also enabling new business models and redefining relations and processes within and across organizations. The purpose of this workshop series is to provide an open forum for e-business researchers and practitioners to share research findings, explore novel ideas, discuss success stories and lessons learned, map out major challenges, and collectively chart future directions of e-business. The theme of this year's workshop is "Designing e-Business Systems: Markets, Services and Networks". The thematic emphases for the past workshops (2002 to 2007) were mobile commerce, Web services, dynamic and service-oriented e-business, Web-enabled business values, the real-world impact of e-Business research, and customer-centric information systems respectively. With this year's workshop being located in Europe, we feel that the increasing importance of the design science approach, which has a long tradition in the European IS research, should be reflected in the workshop theme. We thus hope to stimulate discussions on how to overcome the barriers to the full acceptance of this approach and how it should and can be advanced. Research submissions along these lines are strongly encouraged. KEYNOTES The workshop will include keynotes by * Andrew B. Whinston (Professor of Information Systems, Economics, and Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin) on "Research in Online Communities" * Jim Spohrer (Director of Almaden Services Research at IBM) on "Service Science and e-Business Design" * Eric van Heck (Professor for Information Management and Markets at Rotterdam School of Management) on "The Value of Smart Business Networks: Experiments and Experiences" WORKSHOP PROGRAM The workshop program is online at http://www.im.uni-karlsruhe.de/web2008/WeB2008-Program.pdf. The workshop features 62 paper presentations. REGISTRATION Regular registration is open until tomorrow, November 15, via the ICIS website. Afterwards, the onsite registration rate applies. CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS Ting-Peng Liang, National Sun Yat-sen University Michael J. Shaw, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS Christof Weinhardt, Universität Karlsruhe (TH) Stefan Luckner, Universität Karlsruhe (TH) WEBSITE AND FURTHER INFORMATION For further information refer to the WeB 2008 website at www.web-2008.org Or email the program co-chairs: web2008(a)iism.uni-karlsruhe.de The AISWorld LISTSERV is a service of the Association for Information Systems (http://www.aisnet.org). To unsubscribe, redirect, or change subscription options please go to http://lyris.isworld.org/. You are subscribed to AISworld as: neumann(a)wu-wien.ac.at. Each Sender assumes responsibility that his or her message conforms to the AISWorld LISTSERV policy and conditions of use available at http://lyris.isworld.org/isworldlist.htm.

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[Fwd: [isworld] Workshop on Service oriented Enterprise Architecture]
by Gustaf Neumann 14 Nov '08

14 Nov '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] Workshop on Service oriented Enterprise Architecture Datum: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 18:12:12 -0500 Von: Selmin NURCAN <nurcan(a)univ-paris1.fr> Antwort an: Selmin NURCAN <nurcan(a)univ-paris1.fr> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> Dear Colleague, I will be grateful to you for advertising the First International Workshop on Concepts and Methods on Service oriented Enterprise Architecture (CMSoEA) and inviting your colleagues and/or research students to submit their work. CMSoEA'09 is organised in conjunction with the 2d International Conference on Business Process and Service Computing (BPSC) on March 23-24, 2009, Leipzig. The goal of the CMSoEA workshop is to clarify the relationship between business process management and service provisioning. The objective is twofold: (i) To characterise the strong relationship existing between Business Process Management and Service oriented Enterprise Architecture (ii) To study and to develop concepts, methods and architectures in order to manage the life cycle of services and of their support system. The Call for Papers can be downloaded in few days from the BPSC'09 Web site : http://bpsc.sabre-conference.com In the meantime, it is available at http://crinfo.univ-paris1.fr/users/nurcan/CMSoEA_cfp_flyer.pdf Best regards, Selmin Nurcan CMSoEA'09 co-organiser *********************************************************************************************** Call for Papers First International Workshop on Concepts and Methods for Service oriented Enterprise Architecture (CMSoEA) in conjunction with BPSC 2009 March 23-24, 2009, Leipzig, Germany Organizers: Selmin Nurcan � University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, France Rainer Schmidt � Aalen University , Germany Papers submission deadline: December 15, 2008 Detailed Call for Papers is below. It is also available at http://crinfo.univ-paris1.fr/users/nurcan/CMSoEA_cfp_flyer.pdf *********************************************************************************************** -------------8 <-------------------8<-------------------8<-------------------8<-------------------8<-------------------8<------------------- CMSoEA 2009 CALL FOR PAPERS (http://crinfo.univ-paris1.fr/users/nurcan/CMSoEA_cfp_flyer.pdf) First International Workshop on Concepts and Methods for Service oriented Enterprise Architecture (CMSoEA) in conjunction with BPSC 2009 March 23-24, 2009, Leipzig, Germany http://bpsc.sabre-conference.com Papers submission deadline: December 15, 2008 Organizers: Selmin Nurcan � University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, France Rainer Schmidt � Aalen University , Germany SCOPE: Services have become an impressive factor for growth and the creation of jobs. 93% of the new jobs created in the U.S. between 1970 and 2000 are jobs in services. Leading enterprises in the U.S. derive more than 50% of their revenues from services. This applies not only to pure services, such as transportation. but also to material products that are augmented by services such as maintenance, consulting and training. Through these services, enterprises stabilize their revenues. Therefore it is no surprise that the scientific interest in services has grown rapidly and has led to the creation of a services science. Furthermore, service-oriented practice collections such as ITILV3 or standards such as ISO/IEC 20000 have gained much influence in industry. At the same time, services have become popular as modules for enterprise architecture. An enterprise architecture defines the interaction between business and information technology. It describes the elements of this interaction and their possible aggregations. Thus, a service-oriented enterprise architecture uses service to describe the interaction of business and information technology. A service is defined as �the application of specialized competences (knowledge and skills) for the benefit of another entity, rather than the production of units of output� . It is important to note, that services are much more than just �rpc with a longer wire� as found in some interpretations of so-called Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA). Whereas services are the basic abstraction of service-oriented enterprise architecture, service systems consider the context necessary to deliver a service. A service system is defined �as a value co-production configuration of people, technology, other internal and external service systems, and shared information (such as language, processes, metrics, prices, policies, and laws)�. Wikipedia defines a service system as �a configuration of technology and organizational networks designed to deliver services that satisfy the needs, wants, or aspirations of customers�. Another approach in the context of service-oriented enterprise architecture is Business Service Management. It is an approach for aligning services provided by information technology with the business strategy. A service oriented enterprise architecture also requires a new class of support systems service management systems. Comparable to a business process management system, they have to support the creation, administration and execution of services. Thus, they must be able to store the service definitions and make them available for stakeholder in a service catalogue. The same applies to the so-called service-level agreements that define the quality of service agreed upon with customers. Upon a service request from a customer, the process which produces this service has to be instantiated according to the service level agreements and provided to the customer. During process execution, the service support system has to monitor the fulfilment of the service-level agreements; remediation procedures contain so-called escalation mechanisms. Based on the monitoring, improvement procedures shall be established. GOALS: The goal of the workshop is to clarify the relationship between business process management and service provisioning. The objective of this workshop is twofold: (i) To characterise the strong relationship existing between Business Process Management and Service oriented Enterprise Architecture (ii) To study and to develop concepts, methods and architectures in order to manage the life cycle of services and of their support system TOPICS OF INTEREST: During the workshop we will discuss the following topics: 1. Design - Which interdependencies exist between services and business strategy? - Which concepts and methods are necessary to align services with the business strategy? - Which new potentials to reengineer business processes are created by services? - How are services aligned with compliance requirements? - How are compliance and governance requirements enforced? - Do we need new paradigms to cope with services? - How is the lifecycle of service processes and their support systems organized? 2. Deployment - Which test methods exist for services? - How is a service-system rolled out? - Which methods exist to transfer a service system to production? - Which change management procedures have to be applied? 3. Performance and QoS - How are services monitored in operation? - Which data should be collected for further analysis? - Which benchmarks and key performance indicators should be applied to services? - Which information system architectures are adequate for services? - Which triggers exist and what mechanisms should be applied for escalation? - How are service levels enforced during escalation? - Which approaches exist for the continual improvement of services? SUBMISSION: Position papers of up to 3000 words are sought. Position papers that raise relevant questions, or describe successful or unsuccessful practice, or describe experience will all be welcome. Position papers will be assigned a 20 minute presentation. Short papers of up to 1000 words can also be submitted, and will be assigned a 10 minutes presentation. The paper selection will be based upon the relevance of a paper to the main topics, as well as upon its quality and potential to generate relevant discussion. Authors should use the BPSC/SABRE submission system (http://www.sabre-conference.com/) for paper submissions to the workshop (will be availaible in few days). EXPECTED RESULTS: All papers will be published in the workshop wiki (https://pandora.informatik.htw-aalen.de/twiki/bin/view/CMSoEA/WebHome) before the workshop, so that everybody can learn about the problems that are important for other participants. The workshop will consist of long and short paper presentations, brainstorming sessions and discussions. A workshop report will be created collaboratively using the workshop wiki. Workshop papers will be published in the LNI volume for SABRE workshops (the targeted acceptance rate for the workshop papers is below 50%) IMPORTANT DATES: Paper submission: December 15, 2008 Author notification: January 15, 2009 Camera-ready: January 25, 2009 PROGRAM COMMITTEE : Karim Baïna- ENSIAS, Morocco Claudio Bartolini, Palo Alto HP Labs, USA Khalid Benali - Loria, Nancy, France Ilia Bider - IbisSoft, Sweden Chiara Francalanci - Politechnico Milano, Italy Francois Habryn KSRI, University Karlsruhe, Germany Carsten Holtmann - FZI Karlsruhe, Germany Dimka Karastoyanova University Stuttgart, Germany Ron Kenett - KPA Ltd., Israel Peter Kueng Crédit Suisse, Switzerland Selmin Nurcan - University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne, France Gil Regev - EPFL & Itecor, Switzerland Sebastian Richly University Dresden, Germany Shazia Sadiq - University of Queensland, Australia Rainer Schmidt - Aalen University, Germany Pnina Soffer - University of Haifa, Israel Marco von Mevius - FZI Karlsruhe, Germany -------------8 <-------------------8<-------------------8<-------------------8<-------------------8<-------------------8<------------------- The AISWorld LISTSERV is a service of the Association for Information Systems (http://www.aisnet.org). 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[Fwd: [isworld] JSIS CFP: Using Strategic IS to Manage Change in Healthcare]
by Gustaf Neumann 14 Nov '08

14 Nov '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] JSIS CFP: Using Strategic IS to Manage Change in Healthcare Datum: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:55:09 -0500 Von: Amir M. Sharif <ams(a)amir.demon.co.uk> Antwort an: Amir M. Sharif <ams(a)amir.demon.co.uk> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> Journal of Strategic Information Systems ============================================= Special Issue on "Using Strategic Information Systems to Manage Change: A focus on Healthcare Management Systems" The progression and development of many first world and emerging market economies is leading to an increasing dependency upon the healthcare industry to provide accessible, immediate and relevant support to those who require medical and health-issue related or attention. History as well as experience informs us that private as well as public healthcare programmes and organizations are burdened by the dual weight of legislature and the effective delivery of services to patients. The pace and breadth of change within the public sector at large, has also placed inordinate demands upon those actors within the healthcare sector: namely policy makers, managers, medical and clinical staff, administration, support staff, patients and ancillary service providers (such as transport services, care services, charities and voluntary organizations � right through to pharmaceutical companies and equipment manufacturers). In fact, all of those who are involved within the extended supply and value chain in this sector. An underlying component of all of these factors is the manner by which IS and ICT systems integrate with health-oriented processes and operations. As such, this special issue seeks to focus on the nexus of IS, Change and Supply Chain Management in Healthcare, with reference to how healthcare systems can be strategically designed, implemented and managed (be they IS or otherwise-driven). Papers are welcome on any of the following facets listed below: � Management and implementation of Change as it impacts IS in Healthcare organizations � IS design in Healthcare (patient record systems, patient care and pathways, patient and resource management): focusing on the health of individuals and / or populations � Management and Executive Information Systems in Healthcare-oriented settings (for monitoring and control) � Management of Knowledge and transfer of information across the provider-supplier-consumer divide � Management of Risk and operational contingencies supported by IS � Socio-technical aspects of stakeholder-driven healthcare IS (at the organization and individual level): participation, uptake and engagement in strategic change decisions � Procurement and auction-based systems (effective purchasing and distribution of business resources and equipment) � Database and data warehouse intelligence applications for healthcare � Customer Relationship Management systems � Services Design and Services Science relating to patient care pathways (at populace and individual level) � Benchmarking and performance management of Strategic Healthcare IS � Electronic Government (e-Government) and Transformational Government (t-Government) policies, practices and experiences at the healthcare level (shared ICT provision and development of IT staff) In addition, papers are requested to include a clear methodological basis in terms of the interplay between IS and organizational theory � for example, the Technology Acquisition Model, Resource-Based View of the Firm, Granovetter�s Strength of Ties, Institutional Theory, Actor-Network Theory � to name a few. Researchers as well as practitioners in the associated fields of Healthcare, IS, Operations / Supply Chain Management and Organizational Behavior are welcome to submit research and case experiences along the above lines, and practice-based or empirical work based upon Quantitative, Qualitative or Mixed-Methods approaches with a view to interdisciplinary perspectives is particularly encouraged. Furthermore, respondents to this call may also wish to address the following thematic challenges as well: � Identifying underlying factors which make IS-led change management initiatives �stick� � The effect of Healthcare policies on the implementation of healthcare IS (i.e. Government or Agency-driven change) � Provision and analysis of local and national healthcare systems (e.g. planning and patient care pathway design using IS techniques and tools): how might IS be designed/implemented to support patient-driven health care, via strategic IS for the co-ordination of healthcare and medical informatics from and to the patient. � Addressing the Strategic IS triad of People-Process-Technology (or its counterpart, Resources-Time-Effort) � Balancing Corporate Culture, Corporate Responsibility and Corporate Governance objectives with IS goals in Healthcare-focussed organizations (public-private partnership considerations) � Designing and evaluating IS to meet strategic healthcare supply chain needs (i.e. systems to support the information and logistics relating to healthcare products and services, directly to all stakeholders) � Business Process Improvement / Re-engineering of healthcare sector IS (reducing clerical, medical and administrative errors) � Managing and improving performance of organizational and strategic healthcare IS (patient record systems, diagnosis databases, planning and resource modeling tools) � Development and management of IS management and professionals to address healthcare sector challenges � How might IS be designed to support healthcare delivery in the private healthcare sector (e.g. patient-centered medical homes)? � The effect of trust in the usage of IS in healthcare contexts (healthcare professionals, patients, support staff and carers) � How might IS be used to deal with/manage health in aging populations? � Improvement of existing and new (de)centralized patient record systems to inform and direct the design of healthcare policy, processes and systems (extending to a comparison of nationalized versus privatized medical record databases) � The Bottom Billion: provision of healthcare services and systems to third world and emerging market economies (identifying strategic IS priorities to kick-start effective healthcare supply and value chains, via governmental, private sector and voluntary-aided organizations). Thus, the special issue will ultimately try to address how tried and tested methods of managing change within Healthcare needs to involve and evolve the input of IS and Operations Management factors. This is because this industry encapsulates an environment where change is ever emergent and where organisational stakeholders need to be proactively involved across many dimensions of product / service delivery. Instructions for Submission Full papers are due by July 31st 2009, for potential publication in 2010. Authors are instructed to follow the Guide for Authors and submission guidelines for the journal at the journal�s website, http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jsis Guest Editors ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Professor Amir M. Sharif Brunel Business School Brunel University Uxbridge Middlesex UB8 3PH, UK E-mail: amir.sharif(a)brunel.ac.uk AND Professor Sue Newell Department of Management Bentley University 175 Forest Street Waltham MA 02452, USA E-mail: snewell(a)bentley.edu and Warwick Business School University of Warwick Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK The AISWorld LISTSERV is a service of the Association for Information Systems (http://www.aisnet.org). To unsubscribe, redirect, or change subscription options please go to http://lyris.isworld.org/. You are subscribed to AISworld as: neumann(a)wu-wien.ac.at. Each Sender assumes responsibility that his or her message conforms to the AISWorld LISTSERV policy and conditions of use available at http://lyris.isworld.org/isworldlist.htm.

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