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[Fwd: [isworld] Cfp Special Issue: IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics - Part A: Systems and Humans (fwd)]
by Gustaf Neumann 29 May '08

29 May '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] Cfp Special Issue: IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics - Part A: Systems and Humans (fwd) Datum: Wed, 28 May 2008 17:33:21 -0400 Von: Miltiadis Lytras <mdl(a)aueb.gr> Antwort an: Miltiadis Lytras <mdl(a)aueb.gr> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> CALL FOR PAPERS IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics - Part A: Systems and Humans SPECIAL ISSUE ON The Human Semantic Web Personalization, Management of Personal Knowledge and Social Identity for the Knowledge Society Special Issue in Late 2009 The First World Summit on the Knowledge Society, http://www.open-knowledge-society.org/summit.htm is the conference/origin of the special issue IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part A: Systems and Humans seeks original manuscripts for a Special Issue on The Human Semantic Web scheduled to appear in a late 2009 issue. The Semantic Web vision has evolved in the last years as a blueprint for a knowledge-based framework aimed at crossing the chasm from the current Web of unstructured information resources to a Web equipped with metadata and oriented to delegation of tasks to software agents. In spite of the orientation of Semantic Web technology to machine processing, a large part of useful Semantic Web applications require the building of semantic user models, and semantic end-user interfaces. The increasing popularity of open social systems has contributed an additional dimension to the complex picture of bringing semantics to the Web. Ontologies are the key piece of this framework in that they provide shared semantics to metadata, thus enabling a degree of semantic interoperability. The challenge of building person- and social-oriented semantic systems requires the integration of personal and social information models with domain and commonsense ontologies. Also, there is a need to combine metaknowledge on user interface and usability issues along with models of social networks, which may result in hybrid systems. Going a step further, cultural issues pervade the meaning of everyday�s objects and communication, so that successful applications need to consider these aspects. The special issue aims at helping in communicating and disseminating relevant recent research in systems engineering and human machine systems as applied to the context of personal and social information in the Semantic Web. The scope of the call includes systems engineering and human machine systems for organizational applications, Semantic Web approaches to Information Systems and Ontology-Based Information Systems research, as well as the diverse underlying personalization aspects, as long as they touch social, interface, cultural or personal issues. Papers dealing with aspects that touch several of these aspects are especially sought. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following: 1. Applications of the Human Semantic Web to the Knowledge Society: . Potentially large-scale applications (e.g. to Personal Knowledge Management, Semantic Desktop, Knowledge Portals) . Data Semantics and Web Semantics in peer-to-peer systems, grids, multimedia . Communication, dialogue and argumentation models . Mediation, negotiation and conflict resolution 2. Ontologies for social and personal interaction: . Ontology Alignment (mapping, matching, merging, mediation and reconciliation) . Ontology Learning and Metadata Generation (e.g. HLT and ML approaches) . Ontology Management (creation, evolution, evaluation, etc.) . Ontology Modeling, reuse, extraction, and evolution . Searching and Ranking ontologies 3. Social Semantic Web: . Social networks and processes on the Semantic Web . Semantic web technology for collaboration and cooperation . Representing and reasoning about Trust, Privacy, Security and Intellectual Property Rights . Tools and processes for sense-making, analysis and decision-making . Supporting strategic communication 5. User Interfaces: . Interacting with Semantic Web Data . Semantic Web content creation and annotation . Mashing up Semantic Web data and processes Submitted articles must not have been previously published or currently submitted for journal publication elsewhere. As an author, you are responsible for understanding and adhering to our submission guidelines. You can access them by clicking on http://www.ieee-smc.org/publications/. Please thoroughly read these before submitting your manuscript. Please submit your paper to Manuscript Central at http://smcaieee. manuscriptcentral.com/ Please note the following important dates. Important dates: WORKSHOP FOR THE SPECIAL ISSUE ON 1ST WORLD SUMMIT ON THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY: Submission through http://www.open-knowledge-society.org/submissions Presentation on SUMMIT: 24-26 September 2008 Selected Papers from Summit - Submission Deadline through IEEE T-SMC: 15-Nov-08 Completion of First-Round Reviews: 15-Dec-05 Revised Papers (after Minor Revisions): 19-Feb-09 Publication Materials Due: 23-March-09 Publication: in a Late 2009 issue. Please address all other correspondence regarding this special issue to Guest Editors M. Lytras, E. Damiani, A. Naeve GUEST EDITORS Ernesto Damiani, University of Milano, Italy, E-mail: damiani(a)dti.unimi.it Miltiadis Lytras, University of Patras, Greece, Email: Lytras(a)ceid.upatras.gr Ambjorn Naeve, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, E-mail:amb@nada.kth.se The AISWorld LISTSERV is a service of the Association for Information Systems (http://www.aisnet.org). 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[Fwd: [isworld] CFP: Special Issue of IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management on the Impacts of Global Sourcing on Engineering, Technology and Innovation Management]
by Gustaf Neumann 28 May '08

28 May '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] CFP: Special Issue of IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management on the Impacts of Global Sourcing on Engineering, Technology and Innovation Management Datum: Wed, 28 May 2008 14:10:18 -0400 Von: Ilan Oshri <ioshri(a)yahoo.com> Antwort an: Ilan Oshri <ioshri(a)yahoo.com> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management Special Issue: "The Impacts of Global Information Systems Sourcing on Engineering, Technology and Innovation Management� Guest Editors: Leslie Willcocks, London School of Economics Joseph Rottman, University of Missouri � St. Louis Julia Kotlarsky, Warwick Business School Ilan Oshri, Rotterdam School of Management The special issue will focus on the topic of Global Information Systems sourcing with a specific interest in social, managerial and knowledge-related aspects of IS sourcing and how these aspects affect engineering, technology and innovation management. Managing a global team of software engineers is akin to managing a global team of engineers of other kinds. Global delivery of IS services encompasses both the relocation of effort as well as the utilization of talent located across the globe. This special issue aims to bring together viewpoints from various disciplines, including International Business, Strategy, Information Systems and Organizational Behavior. We invite research articles and focus on practice papers that investigate social, managerial and knowledge-related topics in global outsourcing/offshoring relationships. In particular, the special issue will endeavor to present the view of managers from both the client and vendor perspectives. Some of the specific themes that are of interest in this special issue are: - Critical issues in engineering and innovation management tasked with engaging a global supplier network and workforce - Knowledge management systems, codification processes and their impact on outsourcing performance - Emerging concepts such as Open Sourcing and their consideration from social, managerial and knowledge perspectives - People retention issues and implications for success of global IT sourcing arrangements - Retained management capabilities from a social and knowledge perspective - Social capital in global sourcing arrangements - Multi - cultural aspects in outsourcing/offshoring relationships - Emerging sourcing markets such as China, South America, Africa and Eastern Europe. We are interested in including papers that are both conceptual and empirically based. In terms of empirical data, we seek papers that report on outsourcing/offshoring arrangements from regions that have so far been poorly represented in the existing literature such as Latin American, Eastern Europe, Caribbean countries, China and others. In terms of conceptual papers and theoretical frameworks, we seek to contribute to theory building by both reapplying existing frameworks and developing new constructs that help explaining social, managerial and knowledge-related aspects in global sourcing. In addition to the standard double blind review process at IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, authors may select to use the presentation of their papers at the Third Annual Information Systems Workshop on Global Sourcing (http://www.globalsourcing.org.uk/ March 2009) as part of the preparation of their papers for the special issue. However, the workshop and the special issue are not connected and participation in the workshop is not required for consideration for the special issue. Submission Deadline: August 31, 2009. Submit papers to http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tem-ieee and indicate in the cover letter that they are for the Special Issue on �The Impacts of Global Information Systems Sourcing on Engineering, Technology and Innovation Management.� 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] CELDA 2008 Deadline for submissions (extended): 20 June 2008]
by Gustaf Neumann 28 May '08

28 May '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] CELDA 2008 Deadline for submissions (extended): 20 June 2008 Datum: Wed, 28 May 2008 10:56:35 -0400 Von: Natalia Teixeira <nat(a)iadis.org> Antwort an: Natalia Teixeira <nat(a)iadis.org> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> Deadline for submissions (extended): 20 June 2008 (for all contributions) IADIS International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age (CELDA 2008) October 13 - 15, 2008 - Freiburg, Germany (http://www.celda-conf.org/) Co-organised by: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg Endorsed by the Japanese Society of Information and Systems in Education * Conference background and goals The IADIS CELDA 2008 conference aims to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There have been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a fast pace and affecting academia and professional practice in many ways. Paradigms such as just-in-time learning, constructivism, student-centered learning and collaborative approaches have emerged and are being supported by technological advancements such as simulations, virtual reality and multi-agents systems. These developments have created both opportunities and areas of serious concerns. This conference aims to cover both technological as well as pedagogical issues related to these developments. Main tracks have been identified. However innovative contributions that do not easily fit into these areas will also be considered as long as they are directly related to the overall theme of the conference � cognition and exploratory learning in the digital age. * Format of the Conference The conference will comprise of invited talks and oral presentations for discussion-oriented papers. The proceedings of the conference will be published in the form of a book and CD-ROM. Authors of the best published papers in the CELDA 2008 proceedings will be invited to publish extended versions of their papers in a special issue of the Educational Technology Research and Development Journal (ETR&D) - ISSN: 1042-1629 (print version) ISSN: 1556-6501 (electronic version). * Types of submissions Full papers, Short Papers and Reflection papers. All submissions will go through a double-blind refereeing process with at least two international experts. * Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following areas: - Acquisition of expertise - Assessing progress of learning in complex domains - Assessment of exploratory learning approaches - Assessment of exploratory technologies - Cognition in education - Collaborative learning - Educational psychology - Exploratory technologies (such as simulations, VR, i-TV and so on) - Just-in-time and Learning-on-Demand - Learner Communities and Peer-Support - Learning Communities & Web Service Technologies - Pedagogical Issues Related with Learning Objects - Learning Paradigms in Academia - Learning Paradigms in Corporate Sector - Life-long Learning - Student-Centered Learning - Technology and mental models - Technology, learning and expertise - Virtual University * Important Dates: - Submission Deadline (extended): 20 June 2008 - Notification to Authors: until 14 July 2008 - Early Registration: Until 31 July 2008 - Late Registration: After 31 July 2008 - Final Camera-Ready Submission: Until 15 August 2008 * Conference Location The conference will be held in Freiburg, Germany. * Secretariat IADIS Secretariat - IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CELDA 2008 Rua Sao Sebastiao da Pedreira, 100, 3 1050-209 Lisbon, Portugal E-mail: secretariat(a)celda-conf.org Web site: http://www.celda-conf.org/ * Program Committee Conference Co-Chairs Pedro Isaias, Universidade Aberta (Portuguese Open University), Portugal Dirk Ifenthaler, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany Program Co-Chairs Kinshuk, Athabasca University, Canada Demetrios G Sampson, University of Piraeus, Greece J. Michael Spector, Florida State University, USA Committee Members: please see http://www.celda-conf.org/committees.asp for updated list. * Co-located Conference: This conference is co-located with the IADIS International Conference WWW/Internet 2008 (http://www.internet-conf.org/) - participants of one conference may attend the sessions from the other conference at no extra charges. 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] 9th European Conference on Knowledge Management 2008 timetable available on line]
by Gustaf Neumann 28 May '08

28 May '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] 9th European Conference on Knowledge Management 2008 timetable available on line Datum: Wed, 28 May 2008 09:16:09 -0400 Von: Sue Nugus <sue(a)academic-conferences.org> Antwort an: Sue Nugus <sue(a)academic-conferences.org> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> ECKM 2008 9th European Conference on Knowledge Management Southampton Solent University, Southampton, UK 4-5 September 2008 Preparations for the 9th European Conference on Knowledge Management are now well underway. The conference this year is being held on the 4th and 5th of September 2008 at the Southampton Solent University, UK. You can see the preliminary programme at http://academic-conferences.org/eckm/eckm2008/eckm08-timetable.htm Please note that the timetable is subject to change and will be updated as necessary until mid August There are a number of registration options available, details of which can be found at http://academic-conferences.org/eckm/eckm2008/eckm08-registration.htm We hope you will find the programme of interest. Feel free to forward this information to like minded colleagues or contacts. If you require further information, please do not hesitate to contact me. Kindest regards Mandy Mandy Butler Academic Conferences Mandy(a)academic-conferences.org Tel: +44 (0) 118 972 4148 Fax: +44 (0) 118 972 4691 http://www.academic-conferences.org/conference-home.htm 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: [WI] SOCCER 2008 CfP]
by Gustaf Neumann 28 May '08

28 May '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [WI] SOCCER 2008 CfP Datum: Wed, 28 May 2008 12:33:23 +0200 Von: soccer2008 <soccer2008(a)sse.uni-due.de> An: <wi(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de> ********* CALL FOR PAPERS ******************************************* --- SOCCER 2008 --- 4th International Workshop on Service-Oriented Computing Consequences for Engineering Requirements in Conjunction with RE 2008 Barcelona (Spain), September 8, 2008 http://home.dei.polimi.it/baresi/soccer08/ Organizers: Luciano Baresi - Politecnico di Milano, Italy Neil Maiden - CITY University London, UK Klaus Pohl - University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany Keynote By: Anthony Finkelstein, University College London, UK Paper submission deadline: June 27, 2008 ******************************************************************** OBJECTIVES: The objective of this workshop is to host significant and high-quality contributions in all topics related to requirements engineering for service-oriented software, with the goal of letting participants gain insights into the current state of the art and future challenges, create synergies through integration, and foster cross-cooperation. Besides building a community, the main result will be the continued development of a research agenda to guide and support researchers in the field. TOPICS OF INTEREST: Software-based systems are changing. There is increasing interest in autonomic and self-* systems that are dynamic and flexibility based on new capabilities to self-reconfigure and self-resolve anomalous situations. Currently these capabilities are delivered using services, and in particular web services, using a service-oriented approach. Web services are the natural evolution of conventional middleware technologies to support Web-based and enterprise-level integration, but the paradigm can also serve as basis for other classes of systems. For example, it can be applied to support all systems which require a high degree of flexibility and dynamism to discover available functionality at run-time and to negotiate its quality parameters dynamically. This is the case, for example, for ambient computing and automotive applications that need to cope with changing (evolving) configurations. The dynamic nature of these systems precludes the a-priori identification of the components that define the system and demands for the run-time discovery and composition of such services. To realize a service-oriented architecture we need techniques to identify and specify requirements on services in a machine-interpretable way to enable the dynamic composition and deployment of systems that meet the expectations of the different stakeholders. We need new capabilities to monitor the behaviour of deployed systems and reasoning on partial matches, deviations, and corrective actions. We need to be able to exploit the availability of services to discover new opportunities that improve existing requirements processes and techniques. And finally we need to able to configure systems from different types of services, including web services, software components and hybrid services that include human intervention. The workshop will enable communities that work on requirements and service-oriented applications to meet together and share their knowledge to set appropriate theoretical foundations, define special-purpose methodologies for requirements elicitation, and develop supporting technology. The workshop also aims at promoting research directions on requirements engineering for the class of applications that require autonomic and self-managing systems. CONTRIBUTIONS: Authors are expected to submit their position papers of approximately 5,000 words to the organizers. Submissions should be sent by email attachment (PDF format) to baresi(a)elet.polimi.it. Papers will be reviewed by the PC members. Proceedings will be available in the form of technical report during the conference. PROGRAM COMMITTEE: * LucianoBaresi, Italy (co-organizer) * Neil Maiden, UK (co-organizer) * Klaus Pohl, Germany (co-organizer) * Elisabetta Di Nitto, Italy * JaapGordijn, The Nderlands * Paul Grunbacher, Austria * Peter Sawyer, UK * KonstantinosZachos, UK * Andrea Zisman, UK KEYNOTE BY: Anthony Finkelstein, UK COVERED TOPICS: A non-exclusive list of topics of interest is: * Discovering services that comply with requirements specifications * Languages, models and methodologies for requirements elicitation and specification * New service-based requirements processes and techniques in systems engineering processes * Quality aspects of self-adapting systems * Runtime monitoring of system requirements and QoS * Requirements based service composition * Requirements based services monitoring * Requirements for context-aware systems * Requirements for adaptability and adaptability * Requirements for ambient computing * Requirements for QoS * Requirements for multi-channel applications * Security requirements * Service-level agreement * Service outsourcing * Specifying systems with dynamically changing boundaries * Autonomous, self-managing systems IMPORTANT DATES: * Submission of papers: June 27, 2008 * Notification: July 11, 2008 * Camera-ready: August 1, 2008 * Workshop: September 8, 2008 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Prof. Dr. Klaus Pohl email: pohl(a)sse.uni-due.de Software Systems Engineering Tel.: +49 201 183 4660 University Duisburg-Essen Fax.: + 49 201 183 4699 Schützenbahn 70 (old building) 45117 Essen, Germany http://www.sse.uni-due.de Chief Scientific Advisor of LERO (The Irish Software Engineering Research Center) University of Limerick, Ireland http://www.lero.ie ----------------------------------------------------------------- -- 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] CFP: The 13th Internation Conference on Informtion Quality at MIT, Nov. 14-16, 2008]
by Gustaf Neumann 28 May '08

28 May '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] CFP: The 13th Internation Conference on Informtion Quality at MIT, Nov. 14-16, 2008 Datum: Tue, 27 May 2008 20:01:13 -0400 Von: Yang Lee <ylee(a)MIT.EDU> Antwort an: Yang Lee <ylee(a)MIT.EDU> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> CALL FOR PAPERS - The 13th International Conference on Information Quality November 14, 2008 to November 16, 2008 BACKGROUND The International Conference on Information Quality (ICIQ), also referred to as the MIT IQ Conference, is hosted annually at MIT in Cambridge, MA. The conference attracts researchers and practitioners from the academic, public and private sectors. In addition to the official program, there are many opportunities for informal discussion. The conference program will include tracks of practice-oriented papers, research papers, and panel sessions. Accepted papers will compete for the Stuart E. Madnick IQ Best Paper Award (US$1,000). Further, the best paper and other high-quality papers will be considered for fast-track to the ACM Journal of Data and Information Quality. The 13th International Conference on Information Quality will be held at MIT from November 14th (Friday, 5-6:30 p.m.) to November 16th (Sunday noon), 2008. TOPICS OF INTEREST The topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: Enterprise Architecture Deployment Social Aspects of Information Quality Knowledge Strategies in Information Quality Entity Identity Resolution and Management Metadata and IQ Business Intelligence and IQ Data Governance and Data Quality IQ Concepts, Tools, Metrics, Measures, and Models IQ Policies and Standards, IQ Assessment IQ Practices: Case Studies and Experience Reports IQ Product Experience Reports Cost/Benefit Analysis of IQ and IQ Improvement Information Product Theories and Practices IQ in Databases, the Web, and e-Business Data Warehouses and Data Mining Corporate Household Data IQ in Scientific Data Management Data Cleansing and Reconciliation IQ Education and Curriculum Development Trust, Knowledge, and Society in the IQ Context Customer Data Integration IQ and Formal Semantic Analysis IQ in Situational Awareness IQ in Sensor Networks Information Fusion ICIQ-2008 IMPORTANT DATES July 7, 2008: Submission deadline (firm) August 7, 2008: Notification of acceptance August 31, 2008: Early registration deadline September 7, 2008: Camera-ready copy due November 14, 2008: Conference starts SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Each submission must be identified as a completed academic paper, research-in-progress paper, or practice-oriented paper. Suggestions for panels may also be submitted. This year's conference will include poster sessions, providing the opportunity to present work-in-progress as posters in one-on-one, informal discussions with colleagues and peers. Practice-oriented papers may be submitted as PowerPoint presentations. Please download the paper or PowerPoint template from http://mitiq.mit.edu/iciq (see the sidebar for Author Guidelines). Information such as program committee, reviewer guidelines, directions to the conference site, and conference registration, is also available by visiting http://mitiq.mit.edu/ICIQ/. ICIQ-2008 PROGRAM CHAIRS Leo Pipino, University of Massachusetts, Lowell (leo_pipino(a)uml.edu) John P. Slone, Lockheed Martin Corporation (skip.slone(a)lmco.com) Pam Neely, Rochester Institute of Technology (pneely(a)saunders.rit.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] JCAL: Special Issue on Advances of Semantic Web and Web 2.0 for Computer Assisted Learning: Towards Personalized and Adaptive Learning]
by Gustaf Neumann 28 May '08

28 May '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] JCAL: Special Issue on Advances of Semantic Web and Web 2.0 for Computer Assisted Learning: Towards Personalized and Adaptive Learning Datum: Tue, 27 May 2008 14:13:14 -0400 Von: Miltiadis Lytras <mdl(a)aueb.gr> Antwort an: Miltiadis Lytras <mdl(a)aueb.gr> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> Special Issue on Advances of Semantic Web and Web 2.0 for Computer Assisted Learning: Towards Personalized and Adaptive Learning Journal of Computer Assisted Learning Editor: Charles Crook, Nottingham University, UK Deputy Editor: R. Joiner, University of Bath, UK URL: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=0266-4909&site=1 ISI Journal Citation Reports® Ranking: 2006: 47/100 (Education & Educational Research) Impact Factor: 0.532 Organized in the Context of the First World Summit on the KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY, http://www.open-knowledge-society.org/summit.htm Special Issue Editors Miltiadis Lytras, Research Academic Computer Technology Institute and Computers Engineering and Informatics Department, University of Patras, Greece, Lytras(a)ceid.upatras.gr Ernesto Damiani, University of Milan, Italy. Call for Papers Focus The advent of Semantic Web and Web 2.0 and its relevant technologies, tools and applications provide a new context for exploitation. The �expression of meaning� relates directly to numerous open issues in computer assisted learning. In this special issue the focus is two-fold: On the one hand to stress the importance of applying Semantic Web and Web 2.0 techniques towards constructing systems that provide value to learners, and - on the other hand - to reveal research opportunities that can initiate interesting projects over the forthcoming years. In the W3C Semantic Web activity a list of priorities has set the challenging landscape for the realization of the next generation web: The creation of a Policy Aware Infrastructure, the Ontological Evolution, the promotion of a Web of Trust, and the facilitation of Information Flow and Collaborative Life. The huge work that has been carried out during the last years in the context of Semantic Web and Web 2.0 by several official bodies and research groups has lead the research community to a mature level concerning strategies, technologies, frameworks and implementations. In this context this Special issue of the JCAL Journal intends to be a reference point for all researchers interested in the challenges that Semantic Web and Web 2.0 poses to Computer Assisted Learning in particular and to Learning and Knowledge Technologies in general. The ultimate objective is obvious. Semantic Web and Web 2.0 Research �targets the improvement of the human experience and the enrichment of the living, through a major shift of focus - from computing to improving human experience - not only with better ability to use heterogeneous content and apply knowledge, but also to incorporate perception and pervasive computing� (Sheth 2004). The exploitation of Semantic Web and Web 2.0 in the context of Computer Assisted Learning requires a deeper understanding of the relevant issues: Expression of Meaning - Content authoring: The obvious direct relation of Semantic Web and Computer Assisted Learning combines the traditional content authoring process with the critical objective of expression of meaning . Issues like semantic mark-up, semantic retrieval, personalized, (semi)-structured annotation and content conversion are leading a big research stream, in which the main concern is the development of semantic e-learning content. Ontological Evolution - Adaptive Hypermedia: The traditional Adaptive Hypermedia considerations in Computer Assisted Learning are combined with Ontological engineering and a lot of flexible systems and accompanied methodologies have emerged. Issues like ontology-building, ontology-integration, conceptual modelling and semantic conceptualisation reveal a new research agenda, in which the specifications of conceptualisations (ontologies) promote the performance of learning systems. Information flow and collaborative Life / Learning Context: The instrumenting of knowledge flows has been set as one of the priorities of the SW W3C activity. According to Eric Miller �One of the challenges we will meet is to strike a balance between requiring authors to do more at the outset to make information machine processable, insisting that everything the machine could use to answer a question be recognized and identified by the (human) questioner, and leaving large quantities of information inaccessible to the machine�. In this area Semantic Services, (Semi) Automated Reasoning and Argumentation are critical themes on the semantic e-learning agenda. Policy Aware Infrastructure � Interoperability/Standards: The Computer Assisted Learning industry has many achievements in the area of interoperability and standards and from this perspective it recognizes the need to secure a policy-aware infrastructure. The Semantic Web will only achieve its potential as an information space for the free flow of scientific and cultural information if its infrastructure supports a full range of fine-grained policy controls over its content. The research on types of control over content, the compliance to semantic and metadata models as well as the issues of versioning and provenance require extensive research. Web of Trust � Communities/Social Dimensions: According to Eric Miller �Trust in the human social context is based on constantly evolving and adapting information.� Two parties may trust each other based on a history of mutual interaction, based on formal contracts that in turn rely on other established systems (e.g. legal and legislative), and based on risk analysis of a failure of any party to perform as agreed. In the Computer Assisted Learning Industry this issue is of critical importance. The Learning Objects Marketplaces and Farms, the Unique Identifications of Resources and the Development of Intelligent Assistants will require a Semantic Web language of describing trust. Intended Topics Within the forthcoming years, Semantic Web and Web 2.0 will provide a challenging research context for the Computer Assisted Learning research community. The inevitable role of knowledge and learning in the knowledge society will drive the development of several semantic web-enabled services, tools, and applications for citizens and learners. The Computer Assisted Learning research community has a critical role in creating synergies and providing value systems for learning - by exploiting the Semantic Web capacity, building on the maturity of the previous research in e-learning: Research areas such as: standards and metadata, adaptive hypermedia, learning communities, knowledge management, personalized delivery of content, and learning content annotation show a significant level of readiness to exploit Semantic Web and Web 2.0. A number of research issues in e-learning revealed during the past years can be approached through semantic web practices, tools, methods and technologies. We invite submissions that fall in to the following three areas: A. Preparation for Semantic Web and Web 2.0 based E-learning In this area the main emphasis is placed on the conversion and the compliance of learning content to semantic web standards. In the current stage of Semantic Web evolution, this is basically pursued through the specification of ontologies and their use for e-learning. Typical themes in this area are:  Semantic Annotation of Learning content: Content/Learner/Context orientations.  Methodologies for (semi) automated conversion to Semantic content.  Semantic Mining according to multi-criteria for learning performance.  Development of Learner Model Ontologies. B. Semantic Web and Web 2.0 based learning The Realization of Semantic Web and Web 2.0 based E-learning requires a multifold approach to a number of vertical and horizontal themes. The international collaboration can promote such a goal, and obviously the success of the previous area (Semantic E-learning Readiness) will influence the possibilities for successful and wide adoption of Semantic E-learning. Some interesting research themes in this area include:  Semantic E-learning Portals: methodologies/frameworks/engineering.  Semantic E-learning Services: exploring resource identities for (semi)-automated value provision.  Semantic Content Repositories and Intelligent Assistants. C. Next Generation Computer Assisted Learning Undoubtedly, Semantic Web is present on many milestones towards our goal for effective learning. In the next years we think that the key challenge for Semantic Web as well as for e-learning will be to develop infrastructures capable of exploring learning content in every format in an integrative way. This means that we will see a shift of focus from formalizing/codifying learning content to managing content in multimedia forms through automated reasoning and exploitation of mobile, wireless networks as well as new vehicles through digital TV channels. Some interesting research themes in this area include:  Semantic Multimedia Content Management: methodologies/ frameworks/ engineering.  Bridging Semantic E-learning to Ubiquitous and Pervasive Networks. Important Dates June 5th, 2008: Submission of abstract - through Submission system of 1st World Summit on the Knowledge Society June 30th, 2008: Initial submissions of manuscripts [through http://www.open-knowledge-society.org/submissions.htm July 15th, 2008: Reviewers initial decisions September 24-28th, 2008: Presentation in 1st World Summit on the Knowledge Society November, 15th, 2008: Editors feedback to authors arising from these reviews December, 15th, 2008: Final revisions received from authors January 15th, 2009: Final submissions to JCAL January, 20th, 2009: Authors return copyright assignment forms Style and Author Guidelines Author guidelines are available at: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/submit.asp?ref=0266-4909&site=1 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/. 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[Fwd: [isworld] Reminder: BIR2008 - The 7th International Conference on Perspectives in Business Informatics Research]
by Gustaf Neumann 27 May '08

27 May '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] Reminder: BIR2008 - The 7th International Conference on Perspectives in Business Informatics Research Datum: Tue, 27 May 2008 13:33:45 +0200 Von: Stanislaw Wrycza <swrycza(a)univ.gda.pl> Antwort an: Stanislaw Wrycza <swrycza(a)univ.gda.pl> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> CALL FOR PAPERS BIR'2008 The 7th International Conference on Perspectives in Business Informatics Research Gdansk, Poland 25.-26.09.2008 http://bir2008.univ.gda.pl SUGGESTED TOPICS Topics of interest include but are not limited to: 1) Business, people and system interoperability * Philosophical and social perspectives of interoperability * Ontological foundations of Business Informatics * Systems theory and principles * Conceptual modelling * Human oriented systems * Emerging technologies and paradigms * Methods, architectures and communication technologies supporting interoperability * Enterprise modelling and virtual organisations * ERP, CRM and SCM systems * E-Commerce, e-Business, e-Government 2) Business and information systems development * Business Process Modeling * Model-Driven Architecture (MDA) paradigm shift * Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) paradigm * Requirements Engineering * The synergy of agile and MDA development processes * IS modelling, testing and verification * Object oriented techniques and methodologies * Unified Modeling Language (UML) * Workflow management * Quality of business software 3) Business intelligence * Business excellence and business intelligence solutions * Data warehousing * Reporting * Decision support systems * IS for Healthcare/Medical Informatics 4) Open source and open information society * Open source development and deployment tools * Integrating open source technology with commercial and proprietary products * Open source solutions for MDA development * Interoperability of open source communities and business systems 5) Knowledge management and semantic web * Knowledge management in interconnected world * Semantic Web methods * Ontology modelling languages and tools * Ontology applications in business * E-learning and learning organisations 6) Contextualized evaluation of Business Informatics * Feasibility of existing standards, techniques and languages * Scenarios for application value optimization * Contextualized value and quality * User acceptance of new technology * Teaching Business Informatics * Curriculum design and implementation issues * Case studies and experience reports * Project management issues KEYNOTE SPEAKERS The keynote speeches will be given by: - Prof. Joerg Becker from University of Muenster (Germany), Managing Director of ERCIS - European Research Center for Information Systems. Theme: Reference models: to close the gap between business requirements and software development. - Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rolf Granow Luebeck University of Applied Sciences / oncampus, Theme: E-Learning across borders - business processes across institutions ORGANIZERS BIR Conferences Steering Comittee PLAIS - Polish Chapter of Association for Information Systems AIS Department of Business Informatics of University of Gdansk, Poland BIR CONFERENCES STEERING COMMITTEE Benkt Wangler, University of Skövde, Sweden - Chairman Per Backlund, University of Skövde, Sweden Rimantas Butleris, Kaunas Technical University, Lithuania Sven Carlsson, Lund University, Sweden Peter Forbrig, Rostock University, Germany Horst Guenther, Rostock University, Germany Lina Nemuraite, Kaunas Technical University, Lithuania Jyrki Nummenmaa, University of Tampere, Finland Hans Roeck, Rostock University, Germany Eva Söderström University of Skövde, Sweden Bernd Viehweger, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany Stanislaw Wrycza, University of Gdansk, Poland IMPORTANT DATES Paper submission deadline - June 1, 2008 (Please note that the deadline is this week) Notification of acceptance - July 15, 2008 Camera-ready copies - September 7, 2008 Conference - September 25-26, 2008 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION For more information about BIR'2008 conference, please contact: Stanislaw Wrycza University of Gdańsk Department of Business Informatics 81-864 Sopot Piaskowa 9 Poland ph. +48 58 523 14 00 fax +48 58 523 11 55 mail: info(a)bir2009.univ.gda.pl 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: [WI] CFP: Special Session on Mining of Social Media @ SAMT 2008]
by Gustaf Neumann 27 May '08

27 May '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [WI] CFP: Special Session on Mining of Social Media @ SAMT 2008 Datum: Tue, 27 May 2008 14:11:56 +0200 Von: Andreas Hotho <hotho(a)cs.uni-kassel.de> An: wi(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de, ak-kd-list(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de, kdml(a)cs.uni-kassel.de, fg-db(a)informatik.uni-rostock.de, fca-list(a)cs.uni-kassel.de *************************************************************** * SAMT 2008 - CALL FOR RESEARCH PAPERS * * * *************************************************************** * *SPECIAL SESSION ON MINING OF SOCIAL MEDIA* * *************************************************************** * * * 3rd International Conference on * * Semantics And digital Media Technologies * * Koblenz, Germany, 3-5 December 2008 * * * *************************************************************** In cooperation with GI, ACM, IEEE, and Eurographics. Highly popular user-centered applications such as Blogs, Wikis, social bookmarking, photo and video tagging systems have come to be known as "Web 2.0". The reason for their immediate success is the fact that usability is becoming higher due to the implementation of new web 2.0 services. Web 2.0 sites generate large sets of weakly structured meta data. However, these data lack a formal grounding as given in the Semantic Web. The combination of both Web 2.0 and Semantic Web seems to be natural, but needs more work to bridge the semantic gap between both approaches. Techniques to analyze network structures or weak knowledge representations like those found in the Web 2.0 have a long tradition in different disciplines, like Social Network Analysis, Machine Learning or Data Mining. Automatic approaches are necessary to extract the hidden information from the Web 2.0 applications, and to reveal the structure in a way that the Semantic Web community can benefit from it, with the final aim to support the end user. Using established methods to represent knowledge gained from the unstructured data will be beneficial for the Web 2.0 in that it provides Web 2.0 users with enhanced Semantic Web features to structure their data. For this special session, we invite contributions with a special focus on the analysis of data from any kind of web 2.0 application, including Wikis, Blogs, Social Bookmarking Systems, and social online communities. The central goal is to reveal the structure which is hidden in the data by applying data mining, machine learning, or social network analysis methods. Topics: ------- * Network analysis and social structures detection in Web 2.0 systems * Ontology learning on and in the Web 2.0 * Discovering (cross system) associations, large social networks and communities * Predicting trends and user behavior (e.g. misuse and fraud/spam) * Multimedia analysis; audio/visual processing; aggregating information from different modalities For more information please visit the conference web site: http://samt2008.uni-koblenz.de/index.php?page=calls_papers --------------- Important Dates --------------- Abstract Submission: June 6 Paper Submission: June 13 Notification: August 22 Camera Ready: September 15 Conference: December 3-5 -------------------- Organizing Committee -------------------- General & local chairs: Dietrich Paulus, Koblenz, DE Steffen Staab, Koblenz, DE samt-chairs(a)uni-koblenz.de Program chairs: Lynda Hardman, CWI, NL Alex Hauptmann, CMU, US David Duke, Leeds, UK samt-program-chairs(a)uni-koblenz.de Demo & poster chairs: Michela Spagnuolo, Genova, IT Siegfried Handschuh, DERI, IE samt-poster-demo-chairs(a)uni-koblenz.de Workshop & tutorial chairs: Fabio Ciravegna, U. Sheffield, UK David Duce, Oxford Brookes, UK samt-workshop-chair(a)uni-koblenz.de Publicity chair: Marcin Grzegorzek, Koblenz, DE samt-publicity-chair(a)uni-koblenz.de Registration chair: Ruth Götten, Koblenz, DE samt2008(a)uni-koblenz.de Special Session chairs: Thomas Wittenberg, FhG Erlangen, DE, wbg(a)iis.fhg.de Andreas Hotho, Univ Kassel, DE, hotho(a)cs.uni-kassel.de -- 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] Reminder: BIR2008 - The 7th International Conference on Perspectives in Business Informatics Research]
by Gustaf Neumann 27 May '08

27 May '08

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