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[Fwd: [computational.science] Extended Deadline: 1st INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON GRIDS, CLOUDS AND VIRTUALIZATION - WGCV 2009]
by Gustaf Neumann 20 Dec '08

20 Dec '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [computational.science] Extended Deadline: 1st INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON GRIDS, CLOUDS AND VIRTUALIZATION - WGCV 2009 Datum: Sat, 20 Dec 2008 08:39:22 +0100 Von: Massimo Cafaro <massimo.cafaro(a)unile.it> Organisation: "OptimaNumerics" An: Computational Science Mailing List <computational.science(a)lists.optimanumerics.com> [Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this email] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON GRIDS, CLOUDS AND VIRTUALIZATION Held in conjunction with 4th International Conference on Grid and Pervasive Computing, GPC 2009 Geneva, 4-8 May 2009 Workshop website: http://sara.unile.it/wgcv The Workshop on Grids, Clouds and Virtualization is an international forum which brings together researchers and practitioners working on different high-performance aspects of web/grid services, middleware and technologies including virtualization that enable grid-aware and cloud applications. The enabling technologies and middleware include tools to assemble together different resources such as parallel supercomputers, data archives, high-speed storage systems, advanced visualization devices and scientific instruments using high speed networks connecting geographically distributed devices and organizations. Many recent international efforts are actively fostering the development of virtualization technologies and solutions. The Workshop will allow exchanging ideas and results related to on-going grid and cloud computing research, focusing on different aspects of middleware, technologies and applications. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOPICS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Creating breakthrough middleware and virtualization technologies for high-performance grid and cloud applications requires addressing several key computing problems which may lead to novel solutions and new insights in interdisciplinary applications. The focus of the workshop is on all forms of advances in grid, clouds and virtualization middleware/applications, and related topics. The workshop solicits novel papers on a broad range of topics, including but not limited to: • Grid infrastructures: advances and evaluation of grid middleware • Cloud infrastructures: advances and evaluation of virtualization technologies • Virtualization technologies: tools, middleware, management of virtual environments, virtualization of storage resources, security aspects • Grid/cloud security: access policies, authentication, authorization, performance aspects of middleware • P2P grid/cloud infrastructures: protocols, remote execution, security aspects • Grid/cloud performances: benchmarking of enabling technologies • Grid/cloud applications: best practices related to solving large- scale problems on grid/cloud infrastructures • Data Grid/cloud: advances on management and analysis of large datasets • Grid/cloud accounting, monitoring and scheduling • Parallel applications on grid/cloud infrastructures: theory and practice, programming models, intercluster communications, remote execution • Fault tolerant grid/cloud and virtualization technologies --------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUBMISSION --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The proceedings of the workshop will be published by IEEE. Authors are invited to submit 8-page papers in IEEE 2-column format by December 20, 2008. Papers must be submitted to the following email address: wgcv(a)sara.unile.it The results presented in the paper must be unpublished and not submitted for publication elsewhere, including the proceedings of other conferences or workshops. Papers will be peer-reviewed by at least three reviewers. Papers are evaluated with respect to originality, significance, clarity, and technical soundness. One author of each accepted paper will be expected to present the paper at the workshop. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paper submission: December 31, 2008 Author notification: January 30, 2009 Camera ready: February 15, 2009 Workshop: May 4-8, 2009 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- WORKSHOP CHAIRS/ORGANIZERS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Giovanni Aloisio University of Salento & CMCC, Italy Massimo Cafaro University of Salento & CMCC, Italy Sandro Fiore University of Salento & CMCC, Italy --------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROGRAM COMMITTEE --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gagan Agrawal, Ohio State University, USA Henry Casanova, University of Hawaii, USA Ewa Deelman, ISI/USC, USA Jack Dongarra, University of Tennessee, USA Geoffrey Fox, Indiana University, USA Peter kacsuk, MTA SZTAKI, Hungary Thilo Kielmann, Vrije Universiteit, The Netherlands Laurent Lefevre, INRIA, University of Lyon, France Ignacio Llorente, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain Jarek Nabrzyski, LSU, USA Omer Rana, Cardiff University, UK Rick Stevens, ANL, University of Chicago, USA Lizhe Wang, University of Karlsruhe, Germany -- ******************************************************************************************************* Massimo Cafaro, Ph.D. Additional affiliations: Assistant Professor National Nanotechnology Laboratory (NNL/CNR-INFM) Dept. of Engineering for Innovation Euro-Mediterranean Centre for Climate Change University of Salento, Lecce, Italy SPACI Consortium Via per Monteroni 73100 Lecce, Italy Voice +39 0832 297371 Fax +39 0832 298173 Web http://sara.unile.it/~cafaro E-mail massimo.cafaro(a)unile.it cafaro(a)cacr.caltech.edu ******************************************************************************************************* --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: [computational.science] 3rd CfP: DEPEND 2009 | June 18-23, 2009 - Athens, Greece]
by Gustaf Neumann 19 Dec '08

19 Dec '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [computational.science] 3rd CfP: DEPEND 2009 | June 18-23, 2009 - Athens, Greece Datum: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 08:47:34 +0100 Von: "Antonio F. Gómez Skarmeta" <skarmeta(a)dif.um.es> Organisation: "OptimaNumerics" An: Computational Science Mailing List <computational.science(a)lists.optimanumerics.com> ============== DEPEND 2009 | Call for Papers =============== CALL FOR PAPERS, TUTORIALS, PANELS DEPEND 2009, The Second International Conference on Dependability June 18-23, 2009 - Athens, Greece General page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2009/DEPEND09.html Call for Papers: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2009/CfPDEPEND09.html Submission deadline: January 20, 2009 Technically Co-sponsored by IEEE Computer Society, Greece Chapter Sponsored by IARIA, www.iaria.org <http://www.iaria.org/> Submissions will be peer-reviewed, published by IEEE CPS, posted in IEEE Digital Library, and indexed with the major indexes. Extended versions of selected papers will be published in IARIA Journals: http://www.iariajournals.org <http://www.iariajournals.org/> Please note the Poster Forum special submission with on progress and challenging ideas. DEPEND 2009 Special Areas (details in the CfP on site): Dependability facets Fundamentals on dependability; Formalisms for dependability; Managing and control in dependable systems; Inter-system and intra-system dependability; Operational and non-operational requirements; Software and hardware dependability; Dependability design and specification; Synchronization mechanisms and dependency exception handing; Data protection, recoverability, fault-tolerance; Trust and dependability; Static and dynamic dependability; Time-oriented or time-agnostic dependability; Dependability perimeter and dependability models; Stability and convergence on dependable features and systems; Dependability discovery; Dependability control and self-management; Dependability degradation of running software and services Adaptability and (self)adaptability Fundamental models and adaptability mechanisms; Principles of (self)adaptability; Adaptive replication models and protocols; Adaptable structures and behaviors; Context-aware adaptability; Perceived dependability and adaptability; Adaptive and reflexive models and protocols; Management and control of (self)adaptable systems; Platforms and tool supporting (self)adaptability; Autonomic and autonomous adaptation Adaptability and dependability Dependability and adaptability for functional and non-functional features; Adaptability and dependability gap; Adaptability and dependability as complementing features; Context-aware adaptable and dependable design; Inter- and intra-systems transactions; Enforcing mechanisms for application level fault tolerance; Explicit and implicit control of quality of service and contracts; Dependability and adaptability in cloud and autonomic computing; Verification and validation of highly adaptable and dependable systems; Scalability aspects in dependable and adaptable systems; Research projects and topics on dependability and adaptability; Standards on system dependability and adaptability Dependability and security Integration of security, dependability, and adaptability concepts; Building and preserving scalable, secure and resilient architectures; Security models/architectures and threat models; Trade-off and negotiation of dependability and security properties; Dependability modeling and dynamic management policies; Verification and validation (including model checking) of dependable software architectures; Real time detection and recovery capabilities against intrusions, malfunctions and failures; Redundancy and reconfiguration architectures; Integrated response architectures; Planning of optimal configurations for anticipated operational modes; Modeling of networks and Information Systems; Simulation of modeled configurations; Fast reconfiguration with priority to critical services; Incident (including intrusion) detection and quick containment Trust and system dependability Semantics and models of trust; Dynamics of trust; Trust negotiation and management; Trusted systems from untrusted parts; Trust-based secure architectures; Trust metrics assessment and threat analysis; Trust in peer-to-peer and open source systems; Trust in mobile networks; Trust management, reputation management, and identity management; Trust, security, and dependability Dependability, adaptability, and new technologies Dependability and adaptability in service oriented architectures; Principles for adaptive and dependable distributed systems; Dependability and adaptability in P2P and overlay systems; Middleware protocols and mechanisms to support adaptability and dependability; Adaptability and dependability in mobile and pervasive systems; Service composition in highly dependable and adaptable environments; Dynamic, loosely-coupled, and ad-hoc environments; Group membership services in failure scenarios with network partitions; Social networks and dependability in dynamic communities; Cross-organization heterogeneity ========================== DEPEND Advisory Chairs Petre Dini, Cisco Systems, Inc., USA / Concordia University, Canada Bjarne E. Helvik, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) – Trondheim, Norway Jianhua Ma, Hosei University, Japan Aljosa Pasic, ATOS Origin, Spain DEPEND 2009 Industry Research Chairs Ramendra K. Sahoo, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center - Hawthorne, USA Michiaki Tatsubori, IBM Research - Tokyo Research Laboratory, Japan Hans P. Zima, Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology - Pasadena, USA // University of Vienna, Austria DEPEND 2009 Technical Program Committee Chairs Antonio F. Gómez Skarmeta, University of Murcia, Spain Yoshiaki Kakuda, Hiroshima City University, Japan Marco Vieira, University of Coimbra, Portugal -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Antonio F. Gómez Skarmeta Dept. 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[Fwd: [isworld] FOURTH INTERNATIONAL MCETECH CONFERENCE ON E-TECHNOLOGIES]
by Gustaf Neumann 19 Dec '08

19 Dec '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] FOURTH INTERNATIONAL MCETECH CONFERENCE ON E-TECHNOLOGIES Datum: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 06:03:49 -0500 Von: Morad Benyoucef <benyoucef(a)telfer.uottawa.ca> Antwort an: Morad Benyoucef <benyoucef(a)telfer.uottawa.ca> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> Please accept our apologies if you received multiple copies of this call for papers -- SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS, WORKSHOPS AND TUTORIALS ================================================ FOURTH INTERNATIONAL MCETECH CONFERENCE ON E-TECHNOLOGIES MAY 4-6, 2009 OTTAWA, CANADA http://www.mcetech.org IMPORTANT INFORMATION: ====================== - Proceedings published by Springer (Lecture Notes in BPI) - Research and industrial submissions: papers due Jan. 9 (abstracts due Dec. 19) - Workshops proposals: due Dec. 19 - Tutorial proposals: due Jan. 30 - Special issue of International Journal of E-Business for best papers Description =========== The Internet pervades many of the activities of modern societies and has become the preferred medium for the delivery of information and services. The successful implementation of Internet applications, ranging from eBusiness, to eEducation or to eGovernment, is a multi-faceted problem, involving technological, managerial, economic, and legal issues. The 4th International MCETECH Conference on e-Technologies aims to bring together researchers and practitioners interested in exploring the many facets of Internet applications and technologies, with a focus on the technological, managerial, and organisational issues. Original and inter-disciplinary approaches to these problems are highly encouraged. Authors focusing on the technological aspects are encouraged to highlight economic, managerial, or organizational implications of their work. Conversely, authors focusing on the economic, managerial, or organizational aspects are encouraged to highlight the technological dimension. The program committee will award a Best Paper Award to the best research paper in terms of 1) originality, 2) presentation, and 3) impact. Extended versions of the finalist papers shall be submitted to a special issue of the International Journal of E-Business. All accepted research and industrial papers will be included in the indexed conference proceedings published in the Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing series (Springer). The conference also includes an industrial track, providing a forum for practitioners to present problems and case studies that have benefited from, or could benefit from, Internet technologies in their business. There will also be co-located workshops on the first day. Topics ====== Submissions are invited in the areas mentioned in the following non-exhaustive list: Inter-organizational processes Organizational transformation Inter-organizational workflow Process modeling languages (syntax, semantics, validation) Process adaptation (methods, tools) E-auctions and E-negotiations Service-Oriented Architecture Architectures Languages and protocols Service compositions Open APIs and mashups Methodologies and Tools Security and trust Requirements Legal issues Compliance Privacy and data protection Identity management Identity theft Access control management Middleware and infrastructure services Novel deployment technologies Distributed transactions Recovery Ubiquity management Network management Applications eGovernment eHealth eEducation Telecommunication services Internet-based collaborative work Open source and open environments Business models Ecosystems Licensing issues Communities Inner source Format ====== The conference program will include: research paper sessions, tutorials, an industrial track, workshops Important dates =============== Research papers and Industrial track contributions December 19, 2008: Abstracts due January 9, 2009: Full papers due (6000 words max) and Industrial track contributions due (5000 words max) February 6, 2009: Notifications to authors February 17, 2009: Camera-ready copies due Workshops December 19, 2008: Workshop proposals due January 14, 2009: Notifications to organizers February 28, 2009: Workshop contributions due (suggested) Tutorials January 30, 2009: Tutorial proposals due February 13, 2009: Notifications to organizers March 20, 2009: Tutorial notes due Conference May 4-6, 2009 Venue ===== Ottawa is the capital city of Canada, with approximately one million habitants. Placed at the confluence of three rivers, it has attractive view, great outdoors, beautiful museums and many other exciting attractions. The weather is usually quite nice May, which is also the season of the Canadian Tulip Festival. Also known as Silicon-Valley North, Ottawa is located about 200 km from Montréal and 450 km from Toronto, with good air, train and bus connections to both. The conference will be hosted in the new Azrieli Pavilion and Theatre, at the heart of Carleton University. Program Committee ================= Adi, Kamel; Université du Québec en Outaouais Aïmeur, Esma; Université de Montréal Amyot, Daniel; Babin, Gilbert; HEC Montréal (PC Co-Chair) Bailetti, Tony; Carleton University Bassil, Sarita; Marshall University Benyoucef, Morad; University of Ottawa D'Andrea, Vincenzo; University of Trento Emmel, Peter; SAP Franz, Michael; University of California, Irvine Gagnon, Stéphane; Université du Québec en Outaouais Gordijn, Jaap; Vrije Universiteit Grimm, Ruediger; University of Koblenz-Landau Hepp, Martin; Bundeswehr University Munich Hofmann, Paul; SAP Jannach, Dietmar; TU-Dortmund Kersten, Gregory; Concordia University Khendek, Ferhat; Concordia University Kropf, Peter; Université de Neuchâtel (PC Co-Chair) Kuziemsky, Craig; University of Ottawa Le Meur, Anne-Françoise; Université de Lille Logrippo, Luigi; Université du Québec en Outaouais Ludwig, Simone; University of Saskatchewan Mili, Hafedh; LATECE - UQAM Niktash, Morteza; Public Works & Government Services, Canada Peyton, Liam; University of Ottawa Rada, Roy; University of Maryland Rensing, Christoph; Technical University of Darmstadt Sandoz, Alain; Vauban Technologies Simon, Carlo; Provadis Hochschule Spahn, Michael; SAP Suzuki, Jun; University of Massachusetts, Boston Tran, Thomas; University of Ottawa Tremblay, Guy; LATECE - UQAM Valtchev, Petko; LATECE - UQAM Verrons, Marie-Hélène; Université La Rochelle Weiss, Michael; Carleton University (Chair) Yan, Yuhong; Concordia University Zirpins, Christian; University College London Further information =================== Conference web site: http://www.mcetech.org The AISWorld LISTSERV is a service of the Association for Information Systems (http://www.aisnet.org). 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[Fwd: [isworld] 30 days to go until TOOLS Europe submission deadline]
by Gustaf Neumann 19 Dec '08

19 Dec '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] 30 days to go until TOOLS Europe submission deadline Datum: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:00:48 +0100 Von: Philippe.LAHIRE(a)unice.fr Antwort an: Philippe.LAHIRE(a)unice.fr Organisation: Laboratoire I3S (UNSA/CNRS) - UFR Sciences An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> Referenzen: <5E9E7912-6669-4F49-B0AA-797BAD25D93B(a)cs.york.ac.uk> <1102EA5A-D6A1-4E7E-BC1A-9606B7189ACD(a)iam.unibe.ch> <490DE684.8060304(a)unice.fr> <F05529B3-BC30-4F7E-83AC-26CA8E4BBFAC(a)iam.unibe.ch> TOOLS EUROPE 2009 47th International Conference Objects, Models, Components, Patterns co-located with *** International Conference on Model Transformation 2009 *** *** International conference on Tests and Proofs 2009 *** *** Software Engineering Approaches for Offshore and Outsourced Development 2009 *** *** Software composition 2009 *** ETH Zurich, Switzerland 29 June - 3 July 2009 http://tools.ethz.ch/ Call for Papers (deadline: 15 January 2009) TOOLS EUROPE 2009 will be devoted to the combination of technologies that have emerged as a result of object technology becoming "mainstream". Like its predecessors, TOOLS EUROPE 2009 combines an emphasis on quality with a strong practical focus. Started in 1989, TOOLS conferences, held in Europe, the USA, Australia, China and Eastern Europe, have played a major role in the development of object technology field; many of the seminal concepts were first presented at TOOLS. After an interruption of four years, the conference was revived in 2007 to reflect the maturing of the field and the new challenges ahead and has become a yearly event. Contributions are solicited on all aspects of object technology and neighboring fields, in particular model-based development, component- based development, and patterns (design, analysis and other applications); more generally, any contribution addressing topics in advanced software technology fall within the scope of TOOLS. Reflecting the practical emphasis of TOOLS, contributions showcasing applications along with a sound conceptual contribution are particularly welcome. For a non-exclusive list of potential topic areas see the conference Web page. All contributions will be subject to a rigorous selection process - maximum acceptance rate of 25% - by the international Program Committee, with a stress on originality, practicality and overall quality. The proceedings should be published in Springer LNBIP. For detailed submission information see the conference page. Important Dates Deadline for technical papers: January 15, 2009 Author notification: March 1, 2009 Camera-ready copy due: May 31, 2009 Conference: June 29 - July 3, 2009 Tutorials/Workshop proposals: February-March 2009 Chairpersons Conference chair : Bertrand Meyer, Zurich Program chair: Manuel Oriol, York Workshop Chair: Alexandre Bergel, Lille and Johan Fabry, Santiago Publicity Chair: Philippe Lahire, Nice and Marcus Denker, Bern Program committee Patrick Albert, Balbir S. Barn, Mike Barnett, Claude R. Baudoi, Bernhard Beckert, Alexandre Bergel, Judith Bishop, Phil Brooke, Cristiano Calcagno, Ana Cavalcanti, Dave Clarke, Bernard Coulette, Jing Dong, Stephane Ducasse, Gregor Engels, Patrick Eugster, Manuel Fahndrich, Jose Luiz Fiadeiro, Michael Franz, Judit Nyekyne Gaizler, Benoit Garbinato, Carlo Ghezzi, Tudor Girba, Martin Glinz, Martin Gogolla, Jeff Gray, Pedro Guerreiro, Joseph Kiniry, Ralf Laemmel, Philippe Lahire, Mingshu Li, Dragos Manolescu, Erik Meijer, Peter Mueller, Jonathan Ostroff, Richard Paige, Marc Pantel, Alfonso Pierantonio, Alexander Pretschner, Bran Selic, Anatoly Shalyto, Perdita Stevens, Eric Tanter, Dave Thomas, Laurence Tratt, Antonio Vallecillo, Roel Wuyts, Amiram Yehudai, Andreas Zeller 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: WWW 2009 Workshop on Mashups, Enterprise Mashups and Lightweight Composition on the Web (MEM 2009)]
by Gustaf Neumann 19 Dec '08

19 Dec '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] CFP: WWW 2009 Workshop on Mashups, Enterprise Mashups and Lightweight Composition on the Web (MEM 2009) Datum: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:54:16 +0100 Von: Dominik Flejter <d.flejter(a)kie.ae.poznan.pl> Antwort an: Dominik Flejter <d.flejter(a)kie.ae.poznan.pl> Organisation: Poznan University of Economics, Dept. Inf. Sys., Integror.Net An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> ========================================================================= PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PAPERS ========================================================================= 2nd Workshop on Mashups, Enterprise Mashups and Lightweight Composition on the Web (MEM 2009) held in conjunction with 18th International World Wide Web Conference (WWW 2009) Madrid, Spain April 20th or 21st, 2009 ========================================================================= http://integror.net/mem2009/?i=11 Abstract submission deadline: February 15th, 2009 ========================================================================= Quick adoption of mashup and lightweight composition technologies is one of landmarks of contemporary World Wide Web evolution. The MEM 2009 workshop will adopt a multi-aspect perspective on these technologies to enable a complex understanding of their adoption, research and business challenges and prospects. Firstly, it will cover basic infrastructures and standards enabling scalable, secure and flexible deployment and enactment of mashup and lightweight composition technologies. Secondly, it will focus on user interfaces and interaction paradigms that make different approaches to user-driven content and functionalities composition available to non-expert users and collaborating crowds. Thirdly, it will take a look into remarkable cases of mashups that combine existing services and information sources with intelligent information processing algorithms and user collaboration to provide value-added services. Finally, the workshop will cover topics related to business aspects of mashup and lightweight composition technologies. The major part of innovation related to mashups and lightweight composition is now happening in on line Web sites intended for wide audience from all over the world. However, these technologies have prospects of becoming major evolution factor for contemporary enterprises by bridging the gap between business and IT. Thus, the workshop will focus both on usage of mashup solutions in open Internet environments underlining the requirement for flexibility, performance and privacy preservation, and in business intranet environments stressing the need for security and control measures to be incorporated in mashup and composition solutions. The goal of this workshop is to provide a platform for discussing research topics underlying the concepts of lightweight composition, mashups, and enterprise mashups. By bringing together representatives of academia and industry, the workshop is also an important venue for identifying new research problems and disseminating results of the research. By affiliating with a renowned international conference, the workshop provides a possibility to interact with researchers from other areas of the domain of Information Systems. TOPICS The topics of the workshop include, but are not limited to the following: * Mashup and lightweight composition infrastructures * Security of widgets, gadgets, and related technologies * Security of enterprise information in mashups * Standards and protocols for lightweight composition * Scalability of mashup solutions * Methodologies of mashup development and maintenance * Mashups and SaaS paradigm * Mashups and legacy applications * Mashups and federated identity * User interfaces and interaction paradigms * End-user programming for mashup construction * Visual mashup development * Social maintenance and development of mashup solutions * Usability and accessibility of mashups * Personalization in mashups and lightweight composition systems * Privacy-enabling mashup solutions * Specific mashup and lightweight composition systems * Mashups for the Social Web * Mashups for mobile devices * Enterprise mashups * Information integration and filtering mashups * Geographic mashups * Specific cases of mashups in different domains (medical, scholar, IT, finance, ...) * Business aspects of Web content and functionalities composition * Value of mashups for enterprises * Mashups for corporate knowledge management * Mashups and business process management * Governance of enterprise mashups * Revenue and cost models for mashups and information ecosystems * Legal aspects of mashups and lightweight composition SUBMISSION TBD WORKSHOP FORMAT The workshop will provide an informal and vibrant forum for researchers and industry practitioners to share their research results and practical development experiences in the relevant fields. IMPORTANT DATES * February 15th, 2009 - abstract submission deadline * February 22nd, 2009 - papers submission deadline * March 9th, 2009 - notification of acceptance/rejection * March 15th, 2009 - submission of camera-ready papers * April 20th or 21st, 2009 - the workshop CHAIRS * Marek Kowalkiewicz, SAP Research Brisbane, Australia * Dominik Flejter, Poznan University of Economics, Poland * Tomasz Kaczmarek, Poznan University of Economics, Poland PROGRAM COMMITTEE TBD ========================================================================= -- Dominik Flejter < http://dominik.flejter.net/ > Poznan University of Economics Department of Information Systems < http://www.kie.ae.poznan.pl/ > MEM 2009 Co-chair 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. 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[Fwd: [WI] CfP: I-Semantics 2009: International Conference on Semantic Systems]
by Gustaf Neumann 19 Dec '08

19 Dec '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [WI] CfP: I-Semantics 2009: International Conference on Semantic Systems Datum: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:15:27 +0100 Von: Adrian Paschke <paschke(a)in.tum.de> An: wi(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de [ our apologies should you receive this message more than one time ] Call for Papers I-Semantics 2009: International Conference on Semantic Systems Graz, Austria, 2 - 4 September 2009 http://www.i-semantics.at Scope ===== I-SEMANTICS 2009 (www.i-semantics.at) is the 5th conference in the I-SEMANTICS series and provides a forum for academic and industrial research & development that focuses on semantic technologies and the Semantic Web. I-SEMANTICS 2009 will bring together both researchers and practitioners in the areas of Social Software and the Semantic Web in order to present and develop innovative ideas that help realising the “Social Semantic Web” and the “Corporate Semantic Web”. I-SEMANTICS 2009 will be the host of this year`s regional Pragmatic Web Conference as well as the second edition of the TRIPLIFICATION Challenge. Further on I-SEMANTICS will be complemented by I-KNOW (www.i-know.at), the International Conference on Knowledge Management. This setup is aiming to reflect the increasing importance and convergence of knowledge management and semantic systems. Topics ====== Social Software systems such as Blogs and Wikis have led to a dramatic increase of content available on the Web and within organisations. Professional content is nowadays to large extents created by independent individuals instead of large publishers, it is shared and made available free of charge, and often constantly improved by collaborative processes. A question that is yet unsolved, is how to find the relevant information in increasingly large and complex content bases, a problem where technologies developed in the course of the Semantic Web initiative can help. Likewise, it will be beneficial to harness social content production not only for traditional content but also for the creation and improvement of machine-understandable knowledge, such as meta-data, taxonomies and ontologies for purposes on the web as well as within organisations. The special focus of I-SEMANTICS 2009 is „Semantic Web & Semantic Social Software – Pragmatic Aspects for Corporations, Communities and Individuals”. As a conference aiming to bring together science and industry, I-SEMANTICS encourages both, scientific (research/application) and industrial contributions. The following table summarises the topics we are interested in: Semantic Social Software ------------------------ • Semantic / structured blogging • Semantic / structured tagging • Semantic wikis • Semantic content management systems • Semantic data web: browsers and end-points • Semantic desktop • Semantic mashups • Storage, inference and caching for scalable SSW applications Semantic Content Engineering ---------------------------- • Ontology Engineering & Ontology Merging • Ontology Design Patterns • Ontology Life Cycle Management • Ontology Learning • Ontology and semantic knowledge federation • Linguistic and statistic approaches (text-mining, NLP, etc.) for structuring and extracting content and entities • Automated annotation, extreme tagging and digital curation approaches Web of Data and Linked Data --------------------------- • Contributing to the linked data cloud • Triplification approaches • Vocabularies, taxonomies, schemas • Semantic interoperability • Upper level ontologies for open data • Linked Data Applications & Linked Data Browsing • Querying Linked Data • Using Linked Data in Enterprises Building Blocks for Semantic Web Applications --------------------------------------------- • Rules and ontologies as building blocks for Semantic Web Applications • Existing tools and applications • Application domains • Application stacks for the design of semantic applications • Design processes from requirements to maintenance • Design patterns, Best practices and Reference Models • Persistence of semantic data • Applications utilizing open data sets • Semantic media management and retrieval • Semantic web services • Semantifying legacy web applications and semantic heterogeneous information systems • Social semantic web and mobile services • User-interface components, template languages supporting semantic social content • Integration of distributed semantic repositories • Policy Awareness & Policy Aware Web Pragmatic Web ------------- For a detailed description of the topics of this year`s Pragmatic Web Conference (ICPW 09) please go to http://www.pragmaticweb.info/ • Theories, Frameworks, Models and Methods...inspired by Pragmatics and Pragmatism, or less formally, case study reflections on "pragmatic" uses of the Web that supported the negotiation of social/work relationships and common ground • Applied pragmatic theory • Communication, dialogue and argumentation models • Pragmatic Web media for communicative actions • Pragmatic collaboration and coordination tools • Pragmatic context models (e.g. within conversation-based collaborations) • Pragmatic design principles for Web contents where trust and commitment to action play a role • Vocabularies / ontologies for pragmatic primitives (e.g. speech acts, deontic primitives, etc.) • Linguistic metaphor: its value for framing the Syntactic, Semantic and Pragmatic Web • Pragmatic model of scientific inquiry in Semantic Web research • Negotiation, mediation, conflict resolution, and coordination combining existing ontologies and schemata, collaborative ontology sharing and matching techniques • Integrative frameworks: approaches to integrating insights from component disciplines (e.g. language-action perspectives,cognition, linguistics, semiotics, knowledge representation, philosophy, interaction design, negotiation, media studies) • Pragmatic reasoning supporting adaptive semantic collaboration and virtual collaborative teams • Sense making, analysis and decision-making in a cooperative or non-cooperative pragmatic model • Argumentation, dialogue and debate • Personalized / role-based Pragmatic Web Agents and intelligent conversation or action based web services • Pragmatic Web based human-human and human-computer interaction • Semiotically motivated approaches to information systems • Semiotic engineering and Semiotics in business computing • Semiotic theory, concepts, methods and techniques, and their practical applications Studies, Metrics & Benchmarks ----------------------------- • Case studies of semantic systems usage • Use cases for semantic web systems • Evaluation perspectives, methods and Semantic Web research methodologies • Technology assessment, acceptance/media choice theories • Usability and user interaction with semantic technologies • Analysis of emergent effects within social software • Ontology quality models • Quality analysis of socially generated semantic content Corporate Semantic Web ---------------------- • Semantics, Pragmatics and Semiotics in Organizations • Corporate Semantic Web business applications and deep semantic web • Social software in a corporate context • Semantic Business Information Management • Semantic Enterprise Application Integration • Corporate thesauri, corporate business vocabularies / ontologies and business rules • Semantic Computer Supported Cooperative Work • Semantic Business Process Management • Semantic Business Information Systems • Semantic technologies in enterprise governance, enterprise decision management and enterprise operations management • Economic and entrepreneurial aspects of semantic-enriched enterprise application systems and enterprise service networks • Economies of "attention" for semantic collaboration • Business models for social semantic web applications • Business use and use cases for corporate semantic web systems • Models measuring costs/benefits of semantic technologies in the sense of entrepreneurial activity • Implementation of gratification and reward systems • Authentication, authorization, pricing, and accounting - policies, charging and billing models for semantic (social) software • Methodologies for the introduction of enterprise wikis & semantically enhanced enterprise software Governance & Social Issues on the Semantic Web ---------------------------------------------- • Group management, presence, social interaction enablers in mobile service platforms • Strategies for implementing architectures of semantic participation • Trust and privacy issues in social software • Analysis of motivations and behavior of social software users Triplification Challenge ======================== I-SEMANTICS 2009 will also hold the 2nd TRIPLFICATION Challenge. We encourage submissions such as: • Applications of Linked Data tools and techniques such as for example Triplify, Virtuoso or D2RQ on custom Web applications and data sets exposing a large quantity and variety of content. • Implementations of exporters and mappers from existing content repository formats (such as mbox mailing list archives, BibTeX, XML-Schemes etc.) into RDF and Linked Data. • Adoptions / configurations of Triplify for standard Web applications, such as for example Wikis, Weblogs, Webshops, Forums, Web-Gallery, ERP/CRM systems and Web-calendar software. You can find popular Web applications for example at SourceForge. • Portings of the Triplify script into other Web application programming languages such as Python, Ruby, Perl, ASP. The Triplify script is very small (<300 lines of code) however, the port should be as compatible as possible with the current reference implementation but integrate well with the environment given by the programming language. • Applications showcasing the benefits of Linked Data to end-users such as for information syndication, specialized search, browsing or augmentation of content. The challenge is open to anyone interested in applying Semantic Web and Linked Data technologies. This might include students, developers, researchers, and people from industry. Individual or group submissions are both acceptable. Please find further information at http://i-semantics.tugraz.at/triplification_challenge. Submission Information ====================== All accepted papers of I-SEMANTICS 2009 will appear in the printed conference proceedings published by the Journal of Universal Computer Science (JUCS). Selected papers will also be invited for an extension to be published as journal publication in a special issue of Elsevier DKE (Data & Knowledge Engineering). Submissions must be original and must not have been submitted for publication elsewhere. Articles should follow the JUCS guidelines for formatting (http://www.jucs.org/ujs/jucs/info/submissions/style_guide.html) and must be submitted via the online submission system available at the conference website as PDF documents (other formats will not be accepted). For the camera-ready version, we will also need the source files (Latex, OpenOffice, Word). Research/Application Papers --------------------------- Research/Application papers report on novel research and/or applications relevant to the topics of the conference. The number of pages of research papers is limited to 8 pages including references and an optional appendix. Posters, Demos & Tutorials -------------------------- The conference also particularly welcomes the submission of posters, demos, and tutorials. Submissions should consist of a 2-4 page description that allows us to judge the quality of your presentation. Descriptions will also be published as part of the proceedings. Important Dates =============== • Paper Submission Deadline: 9 March 2009 • Acceptance of Notification: to be announced • Submission of Camera-Ready Paper: to be announced • Conference: 2 - 4 September 2009 Organising Committee ==================== (in alphabetical order) Programme Chairs ---------------- * Wernher Behrendt (Salzburg Research) * Andreas Blumauer (Semantic Web Company) * Michael Hausenblas (Joanneum Research / DERI Galway) * Adrian Paschke (Free University of Berlin) * Klaus Tochtermann (Know Center Graz) * Hans Weigand (University of Tilburg) Organisation Chairs ------------------- * Georg Güntner (Salzburg NewMediaLab) * Markus Luczak-Rösch (Free University of Berlin) * Tassilo Pellegrini (Semantic Web School) -- Mailing-Liste: WI(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de Administrator: WI-admin(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de Konfiguration: http://www.aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de/mailman/listinfo/wi

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[Fwd: [WI] SEKE 2009 Call For Paper]
by Gustaf Neumann 19 Dec '08

19 Dec '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [WI] SEKE 2009 Call For Paper Datum: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:49:13 -0600 Von: conference(a)ksi.edu An: <wi(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de> CALL FOR PAPERS The Twenty-First International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering (SEKE'09) will be held at the Hyatt Harborside at Boston's Logan Int'l Airport, Boston, USA, July 1-3, 2009. The conference aims at bringing together experts in software engineering and knowledge engineering to discuss on relevant results in either software engineering or knowledge engineering or both. Special emphasis will be put on the transference of methods between both domains. TOPICS Solicited topics include, but are not limited to: Agent architectures, ontologies, languages and protocols Multi-agent systems Agent-based learning and knowledge discovery Interface agents Agent-based auctions and marketplaces Artificial life and societies Secure mobile and multi-agent systems Mobile agents Mobile Commerce Technology and Application Systems Mobile Systems Autonomic computing Adaptive Systems Integrity, Security, and Fault Tolerance Reliability Enterprise Software, Middleware, and Tools Process and Workflow Management E-Commerce Solutions and Applications Industry System Experience and Report Service-centric software engineering Service oriented requirements engineering Service oriented architectures Middleware for service based systems Service discovery and composition Quality of services Service level agreements (drafting, negotiation, monitoring and management) Runtime service management Semantic web Requirements Engineering Agent-based software engineering Artificial Intelligence Approaches to Software Engineering Component-Based Software Engineering Automated Software Specification Automated Software Design and Synthesis Computer-Supported Cooperative Work Embedded and Ubiquitous Software Engineering Measurement and Empirical Software Engineering Reverse Engineering Programming Languages and Software Engineering Patterns and Frameworks Reflection and Metadata Approaches Program Understanding Knowledge Acquisition Knowledge-Based and Expert Systems Knowledge Representation and Retrieval Knowledge Engineering Tools and Techniques Time and Knowledge Management Tools Knowledge Visualization Data visualization Uncertainty Knowledge Management Ontologies and Methodologies Learning Software Organization Tutoring, Documentation Systems Human-Computer Interaction Multimedia Applications, Frameworks, and Systems Multimedia and Hypermedia Software Engineering Smart Spaces Pervasive Computing Swarm intelligence Soft Computing Software Architecture Software Assurance Software Domain Modeling and Meta-Modeling Software dependability Software economics Software Engineering Decision Support Software Engineering Tools and Environments Software Maintenance and Evolution Software Process Modeling Software product lines Software Quality Software Reuse Software Safety Software Security Software Engineering Case Study and Experience Reports Web and text mining Web-Based Tools, Applications and Environment Web-Based Knowledge Management Web-Based Tools, Systems, and Environments Web and Data Mining As well as System Applications and Experience Validation and Verification Formal Methods preferrable in the context of the topics listed above. INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS Papers must be written in English. An electronic version (Postscript, PDF, or MS Word format) of the full paper should be submitted using the following URL: http://conf.ksi.edu/seke09/submit/SubmitPaper.php. Please use Internet Explorer as the browser. Manuscript must include a 200-word abstract and no more than 6 pages of IEEE double column text (include figures and references). If you have any questions or run into problems, please send e-mail to: seke09(a)ksi.edu. SEKE 2009 Conference Secretariat Knowledge Systems Institute 3420 Main Street Skokie, IL 60076 USA Tel: 847-679-3135 Fax: 847-679-3166 E-mail: seke09(a)ksi.edu IMPORTANT DATES Paper submission due: March 1, 2009 Notification of acceptance: April 1, 2009 Camera-ready copy: May 1, 2009 -- Mailing-Liste: WI(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de Administrator: WI-admin(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de Konfiguration: http://www.aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de/mailman/listinfo/wi

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[Fwd: [isworld] 3rd Int. Conf. Track on the Pragmatic Web at i-Semantics 2009 (ICPW 2009)]
by Gustaf Neumann 19 Dec '08

19 Dec '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] 3rd Int. Conf. Track on the Pragmatic Web at i-Semantics 2009 (ICPW 2009) Datum: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:14:27 -0500 Von: Adrian Paschke <paschke(a)mi.fu-berlin.de> Antwort an: Adrian Paschke <paschke(a)mi.fu-berlin.de> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> [ our apologies should you receive this message more than one time ] 3rd International Pragmatic Web Conference Track (ICPW 2009) at International Conference on Semantic Systems (i-Semantics 2009) 2 - 4 September 2009, Messecongress|Graz, Austria http://www.pragmaticweb.info/ http://i-semantics.tugraz.at/pragmatic_web_track ============================================================ Papers will be published in JUCS conference proceedings. Selected best papers will be invited to a forthcoming special issue of Elsevier Data & Knowledge Engineering (www.elsevier.com/locate/datak) on "Pragmatic Web". ============================================================ Call for Papers ----------------- The PRAGMATIC WEB track is a special track within the i-Semantics 2009. It is centered around the study of "pragmatics" in the Semantic Web. That is, it draws attention to how communicative actions with a pragmatic context are performed via Web media and illuminates how mutual understanding and commitments to actions can evolve in conversations. For further information about the Pragmatic Web track see http://www.pragmaticweb.info/ Topics of Interest ------------------ * Theories, Frameworks, Models and Methods ...inspired by Pragmatics and Pragmatism, or less formally, case study reflections on "pragmatic" uses of the Web that supported the negotiation of social/work relationships and common ground * Applied pragmatic theory * Communication, dialogue and argumentation models * Pragmatic Web media for communicative actions * Pragmatic collaboration and coordination tools * Pragmatic context models (e.g. within conversation-based collaborations) * Pragmatic design principles for Web contents where trust and commitment to action play a role * Vocabularies / ontologies for pragmatic primitives (e.g. speech acts, deontic primitives, etc.) * Linguistic metaphor: its value for framing the Syntactic, Semantic and Pragmatic Web * Pragmatic model of scientific inquiry in Semantic Web research * Negotiation, mediation, conflict resolution, and coordination combining existing ontologies and schemata, collaborative ontology sharing and matching techniques * Integrative frameworks: approaches to integrating insights from component disciplines (e.g. language-action perspectives, cognition, linguistics, semiotics, knowledge representation, philosophy, interaction design, negotiation, media studies) * Pragmatic reasoning supporting adaptive semantic collaboration and virtual collaborative teams * Sense making, analysis and decision-making in a cooperative or non- cooperative pragmatic model * Argumentation, dialogue and debate * Personalized / role-based Pragmatic Web Agents and intelligent conversation or action based web services * Pragmatic Web based human-human and human-computer interaction * Semiotically motivated approaches to information systems * Semiotic engineering and Semiotics in business computing * Semiotic theory, concepts, methods and techniques, and their practical applications Description ----------- TRUST AND COMMITMENT: Whether we look at our geo-political and environmental context, work within and between organizations, or our local communities, there has never been a greater need for understanding across cultural, intellectual, and other boundaries. Whether the context is international policy, distributed teamwork, e- business, or community mobilisation, fundamentally, people must build trust and commitment to common goals by talking and acting together. What role does the Web have to play in these complex processes? GET PRAGMATIC: The study of "pragmatics" is driven by an interest in action. It illuminates how it is that we manage to evolve mutual understanding and commitments in conversation. Central to this perspective is the understanding that the meaning of everything we say and do is contextual. When contexts change, meanings change in conversations, documents, and models of the world. This is something that we manage fluently in face-to-face conversation, but when working on the Web over space and time, tools must still support adaptation to new contexts. A focus on pragmatics draws attention to how communicative actions are performed via Web media. THE PRAGMATIC WEB CONFERENCE TRACK at i-Semantics 2009 is a unique forum to envision and debate how the emerging social, semantic, multimedia Web mediates the ways in which we construct shared meaning. While there is much research and development into topics relevant to this challenge such as collaboration, usability, knowledge representation, and social informatics, the Pragmatic Web conference provides common ground for dialogue at the nexus of these topics. WE INVITE YOU as a researcher or practitioner working on these challenges to join the special Pragmatic Web track at the i-Semantics 2009 in September to share your work, and to come and find out what others are doing. This is an emerging network of people exploring the intersection of established intellectual traditions and the fast changing Web: come and help shape the community! CHALLENGES include: ------------------- * How can we better understand the usefulness, and limitations, of a concept such as "Web Pragmatics" * What pragmatic design principles improve websites where trust and commitment to action are central? * What are the tradeoffs for users of more structured Web collaboration media? (e.g. in learnability, scaleability, intelligibility) * How can participatory work practices and collaboration tools be orchestrated in the design of the standards, data models and ontologies that underpin data-driven Web applications? * What role does pragmatics play in the design of personalised information and personalised actions channelled through the Web? * What impact (intended or unintended, productive or disruptive) do different levels of computational infrastructure have on Web pragmatics? * How can we clarify our understandings of increasingly important concepts on the Web such as "social ties", "metadata", "knowledge representation", and "transaction"? * If "context" is pivotal in making human interaction meaningful, how can we take context into account to improve Web applications? Submission Information ----------------------- All accepted papers of Pragmatic Web Conference Track at I-SEMANTICS 2009 will appear in the printed i-Semantics conference proceedings published by the Journal of Universal Computer Science (JUCS). Selected papers will also be invited for an extension to be published as journal publication in the forthcoming special issue of Elsevier Data & Knowledge Engineering (www.elsevier.com/locate/datak) on "Pragmatic Web". Submissions must be original and must not have been submitted for publication elsewhere. Articles should follow the JUCS guidelines for formatting (http://www.jucs.org/ujs/jucs/info/submissions/style_guide.html) and must be submitted via the online submission system available at the conference website as PDF documents (other formats will not be accepted). For the camera-ready version, we will also need the source files (Latex, OpenOffice, Word). Research/Application Papers Research/Application papers report on novel research and/or applications relevant to the topics of the conference. The number of pages of research papers is limited to 8 pages including references and an optional appendix. Posters, Demos & Tutorials The conference also particularly welcomes the submission of posters, demos, and tutorials. Submissions should consist of a 2-4 page description that allows us to judge the quality of your presentation. Descriptions will also be published as part of the i-Semantics proceedings. Important Dates --------------- - Paper Submission Deadline: 9 March 2009 - Acceptance of Notification: to be announced - Submission of Camera-Ready Paper: to be announced - Conference: 2 - 4 September 2009 Pragmatic Web Conference Track Chairs -------------------------------------- Adrian Paschke, Free University Berlin, Germany Hans Weigand, Tilburg University, The Netherlands Programme Committee ------------------- (to be announced soon) 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] 1st CFP: HYCAS 2009 @ IJCAI-09: Hybrid Control of Autonomous Systems]
by Gustaf Neumann 18 Dec '08

18 Dec '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [computational.science] 1st CFP: HYCAS 2009 @ IJCAI-09: Hybrid Control of Autonomous Systems Datum: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:21:46 +0100 Von: Nils T Siebel <nts(a)ks.informatik.uni-kiel.de> Organisation: "OptimaNumerics" An: Computational Science Mailing List <computational.science(a)lists.optimanumerics.com> [Apologies if you receive this more than once!] ************************************************************************ HYCAS 2009 INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON HYBRID CONTROL OF AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS Integrating Learning, Deliberation and Reactive Control Held in conjunction with IJCAI-09 in Pasadena, California in July 2009 http://www.hycas.org/ ************************************************************************ Call for Papers Objectives High-level control for Autonomous Systems (e.g. robots) is concerned with selecting the next action the system should perform. Known paradigms for this action selection problem are learning, deliberation, reactive control schemes or combinations of these, i.e. hybrid approaches. These paradigms have been known for over two decades, and in today's applications often combinations of learning, deliberation, and reactive control are used. Usually these combinations are used in an ad-hoc or even unconscious fashion. Although there is a number of proposed architectures and huge body of literature, the issue of combining learning, reactive and deliberative control never has been intensively investigated. With this workshop we wish to bring together researchers from different areas who concentrate on combinations of learning, planning, and/or reactive schemes for decision making and the control of autonomous systems. The workshop is open to all members of the AI and Robotics community. We would specifically like to encourage students to participate. Relevant Topics The questions to be addressed in this workshop are: * How can learning, deliberation and/or reactive control be combined such that the methods can benefit from each other – e.g. by using a common representation? * What are the challenging domains demanding for hybrid control? * What are its successful applications? Papers are invited on all aspects of hybrid methods for the control of autonomous systems, including, but not limited to: * Decision Making * Modelling of Domains, Capabilities/Affordances and Robot Behaviours * Agent Learning * Cognitive Robotics * Behaviour-based Robotics and Emergent Control * Developmental and Epigenetic Robotics * Architectures and Architectural Patterns Important Dates * March 6 2009: Paper Submission * April 17 2009: Notification of paper acceptance * May 8 2009: Camera ready paper submission * May 15 2009: Early registration deadline * July 11, 12 or 13 2009 (tba): Workshop Authors of selected articles will be invited to submit an extended version of their workshop paper to a special issue of an international journal on robotics and automation. Workshop Chairs Nils T Siebel Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany Gerald Steinbauer Graz University of Technology, Austria Alexander Ferrein RWTH Aachen University, Germany Josef Pauli University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany Programme Committee Alexander Ferrein Alfredo Gabaldon Fredrik Heintz Christian Igel Yohannes Kassahun Tim Kovacs Gerhard K Kraetzschmar Gerhard Lakemeyer Ales Leonardis Pedro U Lima Daniele Nardi Josef Pauli Jan Peters Daniel Polani Martin Riedmiller Juergen Schmidhuber Nils T Siebel Gerald Steinbauer Ron Sun Marc Toussaint Hans Utz Markus Vincze ************************************************************************ More information on the workshop website: http://www.hycas.org/ ************************************************************************ Nils T Siebel Cognitive Systems Group Institute of Computer Science Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel Olshausenstr. 40 24098 Kiel, Germany. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: [EDEN-News] EDEN Gdansk Conference - Sumbission Deadline 16 January]
by Gustaf Neumann 18 Dec '08

18 Dec '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [EDEN-News] EDEN Gdansk Conference - Sumbission Deadline 16 January Datum: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 14:13:02 +0100 Von: EDEN Secretariat <secretariat(a)eden-online.org> Antwort an: eden-ml(a)eden-online.org Organisation: EDEN Secretariat An: undisclosed-recipients:; *EDEN* *Logo* Reminder: Call for Papers Deadline 16 January 2009 The 2009 EDEN Annual Conference <http://www.eden-online.org/eden.php?menuId=410> in Gdansk will focus on the significance and impact of *learning innovation* in Europe. In the European Year of Creativity and Innovation <http://create2009.europa.eu/> *What did you invent for tomorrow?* We invite you to join EDEN in Gdansk, the *”Hub of E-learning Innovation”* in June 2009, to make the EDEN Conference once again the leading showcase of progressive ideas and inventions, which may develop into valuable innovations. * Come and share: *what did you invent for tomorrow?* * Ask speakers and colleagues about what you consider important that needs to be invented and implemented in technology enabled learning environments! * Learn about *trends in innovation* and creativity for education! * Exploit the unique networking, partnership building and collaboration opportunities! For details on how to submit contributions to the conference please visit this link <http://www.eden-online.org/eden.php?menuId=430>. *Deadline for contributions (including workshop ideas, posters and short demonstrations) is **16 January 2009*. *Gdansk, the Conference Venue* Gdansk <http://www.eden-online.org/eden.php?menuId=432>, the capital of the “Pomerania”region is one of the most beautiful cities in Poland and also in Northern-Europe. One of the *most attractive Hansa cities*, Gdansk enjoys the combination of beauty of landscape, architecture and history, as well as being a busy seaport, a centre of science, education and culture. The Patron of the EDEN 2009 Conference is: *Lech Walesa*, former President of the Republic of Poland, the famous Gdansk citizen, Nobel Peace Prize holder. The new *Gdansk Music and Congress Centre* and the next door *Polish Maritime Museum* with picturesque architecture, in the heart of the Old Town will host the EDEN 2009 Conference. Gdansk has direct flight connections <http://www.airport.gdansk.pl/> with over 25 European airports. Ferry or railway connections from Copenhagen and Stockholm may also be used. _______________________________________________ EDEN-News mailing list EDEN-News(a)eden-online.org http://www.eden-online.org/mailman/listinfo/eden-news

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