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[Fwd: [isworld] Contents of Requirements Engineering Journal, Vol. 13, No. 3]
by Gustaf Neumann 31 Aug '08

31 Aug '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] Contents of Requirements Engineering Journal, Vol. 13, No. 3 Datum: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 02:03:15 -0400 Von: Pericles Loucopoulos <p.loucopoulos(a)lboro.ac.uk> Antwort an: Pericles Loucopoulos <p.loucopoulos(a)lboro.ac.uk> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> Requirements Engineering Journal Volume 13, No, 3 http://springerlink.com/content/102830/ Published Quarterly in Print and Electronically ISSN: 0947-3602 Published by Springer RESEARCH PAPER 1: A cognitive semantics for the association construct, by Joerg Evermann ABSTRACT: The unified modelling language (UML), besides its traditional use in describing software artifacts, is increasingly being used for conceptual modelling, the activity of describing an application domain. For models to be clear and unambiguous, every construct of the modelling language must have well-defined semantics, which is its mapping to elements of the semantic domain. When used for conceptual modelling, the semantic domain of UML is the application domain, as perceived by the modeller. Modellers perceive and structure their perceptions using cognitive concepts. This paper proposes a mapping of the UML association construct to those concepts. Implications for the use of the association construct for conceptual modelling are derived, a UML profile for conceptual modelling is presented, along with the results of a case study using the semantics and profile. RESEARCH PAPER 2: Composing requirements specifications from multiple prioritized sources, by Ana Belén Barragáns Martínez, José J. Pazos Arias, Ana Fernández Vilas, Jorge García Duque, Martín López Nores, Rebeca P. Díaz Redondo and Yolanda Blanco Fernández ABSTRACT: The formal methodology MultiSpec supports the evolution of software specifications gathered from multiple perspectives. A viewpoint-based approach is used to explicitly separate the descriptions provided by different stakeholders, and concentrate on identifying and resolving conflicts between them. The challenge addressed in this article consists in taking into account that some views may have greater degrees of relevance and, consequently, their opinion will have more importance when either obtaining the merged model or resolving the contradictions. To this end, we propose a priority-based approach, where such priority value is twofold. On the one hand, it considers external factors to the perspectives such as the importance assigned to each view by the analyst depending on who is specifying the view or the amount of stakeholders involved in that specification. On the other hand, this priority value also considers internal factors related to the quality of the views and, in order to be able to quantify this value, MultiSpec proposes two measures: coverage and density of each perspective which will be combined in a completeness value. The contributions of this approach will be clearly illustrated through a simple example. RESEARCH PAPER 3: Requirements for tools for ambiguity identification and measurement in natural language requirements specifications, by Nadzeya Kiyavitskaya, Nicola Zeni, Luisa Mich and Daniel M. Berry ABSTRACT: This paper proposes a two-step approach to identifying ambiguities in natural language (NL) requirements specifications (RSs). In the first step, a tool would apply a set of ambiguity measures to a RS in order to identify potentially ambiguous sentences in the RS. In the second step, another tool would show what specifically is potentially ambiguous about each potentially ambiguous sentence. The final decision of ambiguity remains with the human users of the tools. The paper describes several requirements-identification experiments with several small NL RSs using four prototypes of the first tool based on linguistic instruments and resources of different complexity and a manual mock-up of the second tool. RESEARCH PAPER 4: Addressing privacy requirements in system design: the PriS method, BY Christos Kalloniatis, Evangelia Kavakli and Stefanos Gritzalis ABSTRACT: A major challenge in the field of software engineering is to make users trust the software that they use in their every day activities for professional or recreational reasons. Trusting software depends on various elements, one of which is the protection of user privacy. Protecting privacy is about complying with user�s desires when it comes to handling personal information. Users� privacy can also be defined as the right to determine when, how and to what extend information about them is communicated to others. Current research stresses the need for addressing privacy issues during the system design rather than during the system implementation phase. To this end, this paper describes PriS, a security requirements engineering method, which incorporates privacy requirements early in the system development process. PriS considers privacy requirements as organisational goals that need to be satisfied and adopts the use of privacy-process patterns as a way to: (1) describe the effect of privacy requirements on business processes; and (2) facilitate the identification of the system architecture that best supports the privacy-related business processes. In this way, PriS provides a holistic approach from �high-level� goals to �privacy-compliant� IT systems. The PriS way-of-working is formally defined thus, enabling the development of automated tools for assisting its application. SCOPE OF THE REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING JOURNAL --------------------------------------------- The journal provides a focus for the dissemination of new results about the elicitation, representation and validation of requirements of software intensive information systems or applications. Theoretical and applied submissions are welcome, but all papers must explicitly address:(a) the practical consequences of the ideas for the design of complex systems and (b) how the ideas should be evaluated by the reflective practitioner. The journal is motivated by a multi-disciplinary view that considers requirements not only in terms of software components specification but also in terms of activities for their elicitation, representation and agreement, carried out within an organisational and social context. To this end, contributions are sought from fields such as software engineering, information systems, occupational sociology, cognitive and organisational psychology, human-computer interaction, computer-supported cooperative work, linguistics and philosophy for work addressing specifically requirements engineering issues. Specific topics include, but are not restricted to: - Theories and models relevant to requirements engineering - The intersection of requirements engineering with business engineering - Elicitation techniques including ethnography and social studies, task analysis, HCI approaches, user centered approaches, participatory design, facilitation techniques, cooperative requirements engineering - Analysis and valuation of cultural, political and organisational factors that affect requirements engineering practice - Architecture and functions of computer-based tools and environments for requirements engineering - Scenarios, design rationales and argumentation-based approaches - The state of practice, including evaluations of different approaches in industrial-size projects: papers on problems in requirements - Comprehensive reviews of current research and practice that synthesize findings not customarily integrated in the same place, and reports describing the unifying vision of research underway at particular institutions or research groups. Indexed in Current Contents/ Engineering Computing & Technology, and ISI's Sciences Citation Index Expanded Impact Factor: 1.538 (2007) Interested authors should consult the journal's manuscript submission system at https://www.editorialmanager.com/rej/ 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: Special Issue of ISM on KM Transfer in the Public and Private Sector]
by Gustaf Neumann 31 Aug '08

31 Aug '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] CFP: Special Issue of ISM on KM Transfer in the Public and Private Sector Datum: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 06:43:08 -0400 Von: Amir M. Sharif <ams(a)amir.demon.co.uk> Antwort an: Amir M. Sharif <ams(a)amir.demon.co.uk> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> Special Issue of Information Systems Management on �Exploring the Frontiers of Knowledge Management Transfer in the Public and Private Sector� Guest Editors: Amir M. Sharif and Wafi Al-Karaghouli, Brunel University You are cordially invited to submit an original manuscript for Information Systems Management�s special issue on �Exploring the Frontiers of Knowledge Management Transfer in the Public and Private Sector.� The purpose of the issue is to advance our understanding of collaboration challenges within organizations and what needs to be done to bridge information technology gaps to successfully meet these challenges. Knowledge Management (KM) has matured as an area of research over a period of 40 years, being at the crossroads of a multitude of disciplines. This special issue attempts to provide a nexus of all these areas with particular reference to identifying outstanding �great challenges� such as adoption of KM philosophies and concepts as part of individual or organizational cultures, Eastern-Western and Northern-Southern interpretations of knowledge, and Development of Communities of Practice (CoP) as integrating and facilitating knowledge transfer. We invite papers on all topics related to knowledge management transfer, but especially those that aim to provide a forum for exchanging research ideas and practices which bridge the organizational, sociological, technical, and individual aspects within business organizations, as well as those that discuss and analyze interdisciplinary aspects of KM, in terms of current practice, research, and conceptual development across academe and industry. Conceptual, empirical, case-based, and/or survey-based modes of research enquiry papers are welcomed, and the editors strongly support multidisciplinary research which can provide insights into the above research areas. Instructions for Authors The ideal length of the submissions related to the themes discussed above is 7,500 words, but if justified, shorter and longer manuscripts will be considered. All submissions should follow the general guidelines of the journal as specified at www.tandf.co.uk/10580530. The manuscripts will be peer-reviewed according to the journal�s general policy; all reviews are double-blind. Prospective authors are welcome to submit an abstract to Dr. Wafi Al-Karaghouli (wafi.alkaraghouli(a)brunel.ac.uk) for preliminary feedback on the appropriateness of their planned manuscript. Deadline for submission: April 30th, 2009 Editorial decision to authors: May 15th, 2009 Deadline for revisions: June 15th, 2009 (Please note the journal website will be updated with the above dates which are now the correct ones) 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: Cloud Computing, Special Issue of IT Professional]
by Gustaf Neumann 29 Aug '08

29 Aug '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] CFP: Cloud Computing, Special Issue of IT Professional Datum: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:14:39 -0700 Von: Joseph Williams <joseph(a)blackfalcon.com> Antwort an: Joseph Williams <joseph(a)blackfalcon.com> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> The future model for providing IT infrastructure and services in large organizations is what many today are calling 'Cloud Computing.' Some estimates are that by 2011 the volume of Cloud Computing market opportunity will amount to $160 billion, including $95 billion in business and productivity apps (e-mail, office, CRM, etc.) and $65 billion in online advertising. IT Professional (www.computer.org/itpro), a bimonthly publication of the IEEE Computer Society, is running a special issue on Cloud Computing that will publish in Q1 of 2009. We are currently soliciting articles that would be of particular interest to IT Professionals in enterprise IT and the technical decision-makers in enterprise lines of business. Possible topics include but are not limited to SaaS applications, Cloud Computing Architectures, Service Level Agreements, Privacy, Security, Deployment, Operations, and overall Business Value Propositions. IT Pro articles should not be typically academic in nature; rather they should focus on delivering useable domain knowledge and insights that are of value in the now to near time horizon for developers and IT managers. Articles are refereed and we have a very rapid submission-to-publication cycle that ensures a timely delivery of published content. Please contact the Issue editors with any questions. Author guidelines and the submission portal are provided at www.computer.org/itpro through the "Write for IT Pro" link. Editors for Cloud Computing Special Issue: Jeffrey Voas, jeffrey.m.voas(a)saic.com Joseph Williams, josephwi(a)microsoft.com Liang-Jie Zhang, zhanglj(a)us.ibm.com 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: PhD workshop at the ENTER 09]
by Gustaf Neumann 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] CFP: PhD workshop at the ENTER 09 Datum: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:20:35 -0400 Von: Marianna Sigala <m.sigala(a)aegean.gr> Antwort an: Marianna Sigala <m.sigala(a)aegean.gr> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> Dear friends and colleagues, I would appreciate if you could forward the following CFP of the Phd Workshop of the ENTER09 to your Phd Students. The workshop is addressed to Phd students at all stages of their doctoral studies Students will have the opportunity to present and debate their PhD with other eminent professors and PhD students in the field, as well as listen to valuable presentations regarding research methodologies in the IT and IS field. Many thanks in advance and I hope you had a great summer break (for those based on the north hemisphere at least). kind regards Marianna Sigala *********************************************************** Marianna Sigala, PhD Lecturer in Operations & Production Management The Business Administration Department University of the Aegean Michalon 8 Chios, GR-82100 Greece Director of Information and Publications of I-CHRIE The International Council on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education (I-CHRIE) http://www.chrie.org http://www.ba.aegean.gr/m.sigala Tel: +30 22710 35160 Fax: +30 22710 35165 Ph.D. Research Workshop CALL FOR Ph.D. RESEARCH PROPOSALS � ALL STAGES ENTER 2009 Ph.D. RESEARCH WORKSHOP, AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS TUESDAY, JANUARY 27th, 2009 As a preliminary event to ENTER 2009, IFITT will hold its prestigious annual Ph.D. Research Workshop for doctoral students undertaking research in Information and Communication Technology in Travel and Tourism. The workshop provides a forum for doctoral students to discuss their research with peers, colleagues, and leading supervisors and scholars in the field. Doctoral students at all stages (i.e. beginning as well as nearly completed) are encouraged to participate. The workshop is focusing on practical and methodological issues, research proposals and interim results of participating students. The tentative program for the workshop follows: 1. Registration and coffee 2. Leading researchers discuss emerging issues in ICT and Travel & Tourism research, the process of conducting thesis research as well as guidelines for journal publishing. 3. PhD candidates exhibit and briefly present their proposals in a �Research in Progress Session.� The presentations should introduce the ideas/issues explored in their thesis. 4. Experienced supervisors from the IFITT �Faculty� and students break into groups depending upon topic and extent of progress toward thesis completion. Participants in these parallel sessions discuss issues related to students� research projects. 5. At the end of the workshop, each group will summarize the key insights drawn during the break out sessions. 6. Students, researchers and others gather for an informal post-workshop wind down and networking. 7. Students are encouraged to join IFITT (www.ifitt.org) and participate in the interactive online database and continue their discussions. The workshop invites all interested doctoral and prospective students to submit their research proposals. The research proposals should be of a maximum length of five pages (A4) and should typically include the following headings: 1) Problem definition; 2) Literature Review; 3) Conceptual Development and Hypotheses; 4) Proposed methodology; 5) Anticipated results; and, 6) References. In your submission, please also indicate the extent of your progress toward completion of the thesis (i.e., thinking about it, just beginning the process, completed proposal, or have collected all the data, etc.). The research proposals will be available to all workshop participants prior to the ENTER 2009 conference and displayed throughout the day of the workshop. Please note there is no cost to students or faculty for participating in the workshop. In addition the registration fee is heavily discounted for students to encourage active participation in the full ENTER 2009 conference (January 28th -30th). Full conference details are available from the conference website www.ifitt.org/enter, and all workshop materials and templates are available at www.phdworkshop.org Please direct enquiries to Dr Matthias Fuchs and submit your research proposals any time no later than 30th September 2008. All submissions must use the appropriate workshop template Workshop Chair Dr. Matthias Fuchs matthias.fuchs(a)miun.se Sweden Office: +46 63 19 58 12 Workshop Co-Chair Dr. Marianna Sigala m.sigala(a)aegean.gr Workshop Co-Chair and Local Host Prof. Dr. Gert J. van der Pijl vanderpijl(a)few.eur.nl: 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] WCRE 2008 - Call for Participation]
by Gustaf Neumann 28 Aug '08

28 Aug '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] WCRE 2008 - Call for Participation Datum: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:20:39 +0200 Von: Massimiliano Di Penta <dipenta(a)unisannio.it> Antwort an: Massimiliano Di Penta <dipenta(a)unisannio.it> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ************************************************************************** 15th Working Conference on Reverse Engineering (WCRE 2008) October 15th-18th, 2008 - Antwerp, Belgium http://swerl.tudelft.nl/wcre2008/ ************************************************************************** REGISTRATION AND HOTEL RESERVATION ARE NOW OPEN! Early registration rate and hotel room guarantee expire on September, 10 2008 The Working Conference on Reverse Engineering (WCRE) is the premier research conference on the theory and practice of recovering information from existing software and systems. WCRE explores innovative methods of extracting the many kinds of information that can be recovered from software, software engineering documents, and systems artifacts, and examines innovative ways of using this information in system renovation and program understanding. WCRE 2008 will feature: - Two outstanding keynotes speeches: 1) "Of Changes and their History: Some Ideas for Future IDE's", Prof. Harald Gall, University of Zurich, Switzerland 2) "Reverse Engineering the Bazaar: Collaboration and Communication in Open Source Development", Prof. Premkumar (Prem) T. Devanbu, UC Davis, USA - The most influential paper award presented to the WCRE 1998 paper: "Structural Manipulations of Software Architecture using Tarski Relational Algebra", by Richard C. Holt - Nine technical sessions on topics such as Change Coupling and Patterns, Dynamic Analysis, Regularity and Similarity in Source Code, Concerns, Program Comprehension, Data Reverse Engineering, Visualization of Code and Processes, Software Analysis Techniques and Tools, Software Evolution - Two Workshops: 1) FAMOOSr 2008 - 2nd Workshop on FAMIX and Moose in Reengineering - http://moose.unibe.ch/events/famoosr2008 2) PCODA 2008 - 4th International Workshop on Program Comprehension through Dynamic Analysis - http://swerl.tudelft.nl/bin/view/PCODA/PCODA2008 - One Tutorial on FAMOOS - Six tool demos - An industrial track - A PhD forum Further details can be found on the WCRE 2008 Website http://swerl.tudelft.nl/wcre2008/ SPONSORED BY: - The Reengineering Forum - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique, Belgium - Universiteit Antwerpen - Universita' degli Studi del Sannio IN COOPERATION WITH: - IEEE Computer Society Technical Council on Software Engineering - Delft University of Technology - Queen's University GENERAL CHAIRS Andy Zaidman - Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands & University of Antwerp, Belgium Massimiliano Di Penta - University of Sannio, Italy PROGRAM CHAIR Ahmed E. Hassan - Queen's University, Canada PHD FORUM CHAIRS Serge Demeyer - University of Antwerp, Belgium Arie van Deursen - Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands WORKSHOP CHAIRS Martin Pinzger - University of Zurich, Switzerland Daniel M. German - University of Victoria, Canada TOOL DEMO CHAIRS Marco D'Ambros - University of Lugano, Switzerland Thomas Zimmermann - University of Calgary, Canada INDUSTRY FORUM CHAIR Kim Mens - Université catholique de Louvain,, Belgium FINANCE AND PUBLICATION CHAIR Elliot Chikofsky - Engineering Management & Integration, USA PUBLICITY CHAIRS Jean-Luc Hainaut - Facultes Universitaires Notre-Dame De La Paix Namur, Belgium Nabor Mendonca - Universited de Forteleza, Brasil 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: Third International Conference on Information Systems, Technology and Management, Ghaziabad, India, March 12-13, 2009]
by Gustaf Neumann 26 Aug '08

26 Aug '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] CFP: Third International Conference on Information Systems, Technology and Management, Ghaziabad, India, March 12-13, 2009 Datum: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:29:37 -0400 Von: Subhajyoti Bandyopadhyay <shubho.bandyopadhyay(a)gmail.com> Antwort an: Subhajyoti Bandyopadhyay <shubho.bandyopadhyay(a)gmail.com> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> Apologies for any cross-listings. Call For Papers Third International Conference on Information Systems, Technology and Management (ICISTM-09) March 12-13, 2009, IMT - Ghaziabad http://www.imt.edu/icistm Paper Submission Deadline: 12th September 2008 Workshop/Tutorial/Panel/Special Sessions Proposal Deadline: 19th September 2008 ICISTM is a forum for presentation of new research results and demonstration of new systems and techniques in the broad field of information systems, information technology, information management, and their applications. The conference aims to bring together researchers, developers, and users from around the world in both industry and academia for sharing state-of-art results, for exploring new areas of research and development, and to discuss emerging issues facing business organizations in the knowledge economy. The First International Conference on Information Systems Technology and Management- ICISTM was a two-day conference held in March 2007 in New Delhi. The conference attracted over 120 participants from six countries. There were two keynote speakers from USA, a workshop on technology leadership and technical sessions in three concurrent tracks. The Second ICISTM was a three-day conference held in March 2008 in Dubai. The second conference attracted over 130 papers from 40 countries. There were three keynote speakers from USA and were four tutorials from USA and India. The technical sessions were in two concurrent tracks. Both the conferences were organized jointly by Institute of Management Technology, India and University of Florida, USA. Riding on the success of the first two conferences, the 3rd ICISTM will be a two-day conference in NCR Delhi. ICISTM-09 will, in addition to contributed papers, include keynote presentations, special session, tutorials, workshops and panel discussion Topics of interest in ICISTM-09 include but are not limited to: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning CRM and Decision Support Systems Distributed Systems Database Management E-Business, E-Entrepreneurship, E-Learning, and E-Logistics Enterprise Information Systems Health Informatics Knowledge Management Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining Information Economics Information Infrastructure Information Quality Information Integrity Mobile and Heterogeneous Systems Process Reengineering Risk Management Security and Privacy Software Engineering Strategic Information Systems Supply Chain Information Systems Technology Management Web and Grid Services Workflows and Data and Tool Integration Proceedings will be published by Springer Publications. All delegates who register with full conference fees will be given a free copy of the proceedings. Held in cooperation with: • Institute of Management Technology, India • University of Florida, U.S.A. Key Deadlines: • Paper submission: 12th September 2008 • Tutorial proposal submission: 19th September 2008 • Acceptance Notification for Papers: 24th October 2008 • Acceptance Notification for Tutorials: 31st October 2008 • Camera ready copy and registration for the conference due: 17th November 2008 Manuscript Guidelines: Manuscripts formatted as technical papers up to 10 pages that describe research and/or case studies or best practices in various areas of information systems, information technology and information management, and their applications. Manuscripts must be PDF files with 12-point font size, single column, single spaced or higher, and margins of at least 1 inch on each of the four sides. Procedure for submitting your manuscript can be found at the conference web site. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings from and will be available at the conference All manuscripts should be original, unpublished work not currently under review elsewhere. Authors not following these guidelines will have their papers rejected and further action may be taken. Questions may be directed to the Program Co-Chairs. Program Co-Chairs • Sushil K. Prasad, Georgia State University, USA • Susmi Routray, Institute of Management Technology, India Workshop/Special Session/Panel /Tutorial Proposals: Proposals for workshops running concurrent with the main conference and for organizing panel discussions on specialized topics within the broad areas of information systems, information technology and information management are invited. Proposals are also invited for special sessions comprising three to five papers on a specific topic within the broad areas of information systems, information technology and information management. Proposals for half-day tutorials are also invited. For more information, see the conference website, any queries may be directed to Workshop and Tutorial Chair • Rajat Moona, IIT Kanpur, India ICISTM-09 Organization General Co-Chairs • Reema Khurana ,IMT Ghaziabad, India • Sartaj Sahni, University of Florida, USA Program Co-Chairs • Sushil K. Prasad, Georgia State University, USA • Susmi Routray, IMT Ghaziabad, India Workshop and Tutorial Chair • Rajat Moona, IIT Kanpur, India Track Chairs Information Systems • Sham Navathe, Georgia State University, USA Applications of Information Systems • Mahmoud Daneshmand, ATT Bell Labs, USA Information Technology • Indranil Sen Gupta, IIT Kharagpur, India Information Management • Subhajyoti Bandyopadhyay, University of Florida Publicity Co-Chairs • Guihai Chen, Nanjing University, China • Jayanti Ranjan, IMT, Ghaziabad, India • Mario Dantas, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil • Milind S. Mali, University of Pune, India • Paolo Bellavista, University of Bologna, Italy • Rajkumar Buyya, The University of Melbourne,Australia • S. Balasundaram,JNU,Delhi,India • Suthep Madarasmi, King Mongkut's University of Technology, Thonburi • Yookun Cho, Seoul National University, South Korea Finance Chair • Prateechi Agarwal, Institute of Management Technology, India Local Arragement Chair • Roop Singh, Institute of Management Technology, India -- Subhajyoti Bandyopadhyay Assistant Professor, ISOM University of Florida, Gainesville, FL The AISWorld LISTSERV is a service of the Association for Information Systems (http://www.aisnet.org). To unsubscribe, redirect, or change subscription options please go to http://lyris.isworld.org/. You are subscribed to AISworld as: neumann(a)wu-wien.ac.at. Each Sender assumes responsibility that his or her message conforms to the AISWorld LISTSERV policy and conditions of use available at http://lyris.isworld.org/isworldlist.htm.

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[Fwd: [isworld] Workshop on Cultural usability and Human Work Interaction Design]
by Gustaf Neumann 26 Aug '08

26 Aug '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] Workshop on Cultural usability and Human Work Interaction Design Datum: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:19:34 -0400 Von: Torkil Clemmensen <tc.inf(a)cbs.dk> Antwort an: Torkil Clemmensen <tc.inf(a)cbs.dk> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> !!!Final Call for papers!!! EXTENDED DEADLINE ========================================================= Call for Papers: Workshop on Cultural usability and Human Work Interaction Design Sunday, 19th October 2008, Lund, Sweden In conjunction with NordiCHI 2008 Deadline for submissions: September 1st 2008. ========================================================= This workshop analyzes the use of techniques to connect empirical work analysis and interaction design in different cultural contexts. In industry, a wealth of usability evaluation methods is used to evaluate computer software user interfaces and other interactive products: Inspection methods, Workplace observation, Think-Aloud Usability Test, etc. These techniques often give - seemingly - similar results when applied in diverse cultural settings, but experience shows that we need a deep understanding of the cultural, social and organizational context to interpret the results, and to transform it into interaction design. The workshop will present current research into cultural usability and human work interaction design. Cultural usability is a comprehensive concept which adheres to all kinds of contexts in which humans are involved (private family, work, public and private organizations, nature and climate, etc.). The purpose of the workshop is to enable practitioners and researchers to analyze the use of techniques that connect empirical work analysis and interaction design in different cultural contexts. The workshop presentations and discussions may form the input to a call for a special issue. We expect the participants will be people attending NordiChi2008 with an interest in connecting empirical work analysis and interaction design in different cultural contexts. The workshop will be conducted in a good social atmosphere that invites to openness and provides time to reflection. We invite position papers about: � The use of ethnographic methods to generate scenarios and use cases in a foreign country � Work style modeling in different cultural contexts � Using card sorting methods to discover cultural differences in information architecture and design preferences � Usability testing and cultural differences in socializing and communication � Recruiting �surrogate users� in usability practice and research � Socio-technical design in different cultural contexts � The use of elicitation techniques with different cultures � Conceptual framework of cultural factors in interaction design � Cultural aspects of interaction methods and languages � Evaluation of the cultural effects of new interactive products � Experiences and best practices of cultural usability � Localization of usability methods or research methods � Cultural factors related to usability and other perspectives on Cultural Usability and Human Work Interaction Design. Position papers should be up to 10 pages in the conference publication format, and should be sent in pdf format to tc.inf(a)cbs.dk and rior(a)dpu.dk by September 1st, 2008. Notification of acceptance will be provided by September 7, 2008. All accepted papers will be published in proceedings accompanying the workshop. In addition, it is envisaged that edited versions of the papers presented in the workshop will appear in a edited book. The conference publication format can be found here: http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates More information about the workshop may be found here: http://ilex.cbs.dk/hwid/ www.culturalusability.com General information about NordiCHI 2008 can be found at: http://www.nordichi2008.org/ Organizers: � Torkil Clemmensen, associate professor, Department of Informatics, CBS, Denmark; chair of IFIP WG 13.6 HWID, project coordinator of CultUsab research project � Rikke Ørngreen, Center for Applied Information Communication Technologies, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark; secretary IFIP WG 13.6 HWID and project manager for CaseMaker � Kerstin Roese, User-centered Product Development, University of Kaiserslautern, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Germany � Annelise Mark Pejtersen, professor, Center of Cognitive Systems Engineering and the University of Washington, Denmark and USA. Chair of IFIP TC13 on HCI � Lynne Dunckley, professor, Thames Valley University, London, UK. Director of Research for TVU Institute for Information Technology and Leader of HCI aspects of EPSRC Vesel project � Pedro Campos, assistant professor, Department of Mathematics and Engineering, University of Madeira, Portugal � Xianghong Sun, associate professor, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China � Pradeep Yammiyavar, professor, Department of Design, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India 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: tc.inf(a)cbs.dk. 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] Special Issue on "Computational Intelligence Issues in Systems Experiencing Nonlinear Dynamics and Synchronization"]
by Gustaf Neumann 26 Aug '08

26 Aug '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [computational.science] Special Issue on "Computational Intelligence Issues in Systems Experiencing Nonlinear Dynamics and Synchronization" Datum: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:55:59 +0200 Von: Abdelhamid Bouchachia <hamid(a)isys.uni-klu.ac.at> Organisation: "OptimaNumerics" An: Computational Science Mailing List <computational.science(a)lists.optimanumerics.com> [ Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP ] ======================================================================== Call for Papers: Special Issue on "Computational Intelligence Issues in Systems Experiencing Nonlinear Dynamics and Synchronization" - International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems - ======================================================================== Guest Editors: K. Kyamakya (Univ. Klagenfurt, Austria); A. Bouchachia (Univ. Klagenfurt, Austria); W. Halang, Univ. Hagen, Germany; J. C. Chedjou (Univ. Klagenfurt, Austria); Z. Li (Univ. Hagen, Germany), H. Unger (Univ. Hagen, Germany) Description and Aims: A fundamental issue in systems analysis and modeling is about the identification of the system's dynamics including the external interactions that affect the system's behavior. Such identification aims at specifying the set of functions (rules or equations) that captures the factors that control the change of the system's behavior. Often, when dealing with complex nonlinear dynamical systems, the identification is obtained in many cases only by means of approximations. Hence, the relevance of Computational Intelligence (CI) techniques in the context of such systems becomes manifest. The application of such computing models is prompted by the optimization requirements that are raised amongst others by the identification process. In addition, over the last years the appropriateness of CI in optimization tasks pertaining to complex nonlinear dynamical systems has become indubitable as attested by a large number of studies reporting on the successful application of CI models especially in adaptive control applications, fault diagnostic, signal processing, chaos theory, medical diagnostic, etc. However, due to the complexity dimensions of nonlinear dynamical systems, there still exits a large spectrum of unsolved problems that go beyond the traditional intelligent control applications and where CI techniques can play a central role. That is the main purpose behind the present special issue. In fact, the aim of this special issue is to present the latest advances of the application of CI techniques not only in control applications but in various systems where nonlinear dynamics and/or synchronization are key issues of concern. The special issue is intended for a wide audience including mathematicians, physicists, chemists, engineers, computer scientists, biologists, economists and social scientists. This special issue will cover various topics intertwining CI and both nonlinear dynamics and/or synchronization. A sample of the targeted topics, which is suggestive rather than exhaustive, includes: * Nonlinear systems and synchronization * Nonlinear systems and synchronization (theory, design and simulation) * Chaos in pattern recognition and soft computing * Theory and applications of cellular automata and cellular neural networks * CI techniques in nonlinear dynamical systems * Computational aspects of nonlinear dynamics and synchronization in: * Cybernetic * Systems control Robotics * Signal processing * Sequence processing * Decision making * Image and video processing * Traffic management systems * Supply chains and logistics systems * Intelligent agents technology * Self-reconfigurable systems * Self-healing systems * Self-testing systems * Oscillatory systems * Networking systems * Bio-computing and bio-chemistry * Social systems, biology, psychology and economics Papers submitted must have not been published previously or under consideration for publication, though they may represent significant extensions of prior work. All papers will be reviewed in accordance with the journal policy. Papers must conform to the formatting guidelines as provided by Atlantis Press (see Link: http://www.atlantis-press.com/publications/ijcis/index.html and sent to Abdelhamid.Bouchachia(a)uni-klu.ac.at <mailto:Abdelhamid.Bouchachia@uni-klu.ac.at> in pdf format. For queries about this special issue, feel free to contact the special issue guest editors (Abdelhamid.Bouchachia(a)uni-klu.ac.at <mailto:Abdelhamid.Bouchachia@uni-klu.ac.at>). Please note the following important dates: - Submission Deadline: Sept. 30, 2008 - Acceptation notification: Dec. 15, 2008 - Final version: Jan. 15, 2009 - Publication: first quarter of 2009 The link to the CFP in pdf is: http://www.isys.uni-klu.ac.at/private/hamid/CFP_IJCIS.pdf -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Abdelhamid Bouchachia Dept. of Informatics-Systems Group of Software Engineering & Soft Computing Alps-Adriatic University of Klagenfurt Universitaetsstrasse 65 A-9020 Klagenfurt, Austria phone: +43 (0)463-2700 3525 fax: +43 (0)463-2700 3599 mailto: hamid(a)isys.uni-klu.ac.at --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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[Fwd: [isworld] ICSE 2009: Last Call for Research Papers]
by Gustaf Neumann 25 Aug '08

25 Aug '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] ICSE 2009: Last Call for Research Papers Datum: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:36:58 +0100 (WEST) Von: Joao Araujo <ja(a)di.fct.unl.pt> Antwort an: Joao Araujo <ja(a)di.fct.unl.pt> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> CC: Huang, Jane <jhuang(a)cs.depaul.edu>, Stephen Fickas <fickas(a)cs.uoregon.edu> 31st INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SOFTWARE ENGINEERING Vancouver, Canada, 16-24 May 2009 http://www.cs.uoregon.edu/events/icse2009 The International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE) is the premier software engineering conference, providing a forum for researchers, practitioners and educators to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, experiences and concerns in the field of software engineering. We invite high quality submissions of technical papers describing original and unpublished results of theoretical, empirical, conceptual, and experimental software engineering research. Incremental improvements over previously published work should have been evaluated through systematic empirical or experimental evaluation. Submissions of papers describing groundbreaking approaches to emerging problems will be considered based on timeliness and potential impact. Incremental improvements over previously published work are expected to be evaluated through rigorous analyses, empirical studies, or experiments. Topics of interest for ICSE include, but are not limited to: Requirements Engineering Specification and Verification Software Architecture and Design Patterns and Frameworks Analysis and Testing Reverse Engineering, Refactoring, and Evolution Program Comprehension and Visualization Tools and Environments Empirical Software Engineering Software Metrics Development Paradigms and Software Processes Computer-supported Cooperative Work Component-based, Aspect-oriented, Service-oriented Software Engineering Model Driven Engineering Distributed Systems and Middleware Mobile and Embedded System Open Standards and Certification Software Economics Software Configuration and Deployment Dependability (safety, security, reliability) Case Studies and Experience Reports ICSE'09 HIGHLIGHTS - Mentoring Program. This new program enables prospective submitters to the research track to gain advice from past ICSE authors on the structure and content of a prospective submission. - Software Engineering in Practice Track invites submissions from practitioners and academics, who may pose problems, relate success or failure stories, or report on industrial practice. - New Ideas and Emerging Results. This track provides a forum for presenting and getting early feedback on novel research ideas and promising work that has not yet been fully evaluated. - Research Demo Track. Early implementations of tool support for novel and innovative software engineering techniques and processes. - Mini-Tutorials. Invited speakers will provide both strategic and technical briefings of areas of importance to software engineers. - Co-located events: ICPC (International Conference on Program Comprehension), VISSOFT (International Workshop on Visualization for Software Engineering), MSR (Mining Software Repositories) - Workshops provide opportunities for exchanging views, advancing ideas, and discussing preliminary results in software engineering research and applications. - Tutorials offer detailed presentations on the latest trends in software engineering research and practice. - Doctoral Symposium. This provides a forum for Ph.D. students to present their research and get feedback from software-engineering researchers. - SCORE is an undergraduate and graduate software-engineering contest whose finals well be presented at ICSE'09. LOCATION ICSE'09 will be held in Vancouver, a beautiful city on the west coast of Canada next to the Pacific Ocean and the coastal mountains. Attractions include a vibrant downtown area and ample sporting opportunities including sailing and hiking. IMPORTANT DATES Dates Request for Mentor: NOW until June 30, 2008 Research Abstracts: August 29, 2008 Research Papers September 5, 2008 Software Engineering in Practice: October 10, 2008 SCORE: NOW until November 2008 Workshop and Tutorial proposals: September 15, 2008 Research Demonstrations: November 24, 2008 Emerging Results Track: December 5, 2008 Doctoral Symposium: December 12, 2008 GENERAL CHAIR: Stephen Fickas, University of Oregon, USA PROGRAM COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS: Jo Atlee, University of Waterloo, Canada Paola Inverardi, University of Aquila, Italy PROGRAM COMMITTEE Antonia Bertolino, ISTI-CNR, Italy Lionel Briand, Carleton University, Canada Betty H.C. Cheng, Michigan State University, USA S.C. Cheung, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China Vittorio Cortellessa, , University of Aquila, Italy Krzysztof Czarnecki, University of Waterloo, Canada Robert DeLine, Microsoft Research, USA Prem Devanbu, University of California - Davis, USA Laura K. Dillon, Michigan State University, USA Matthew B. Dwyer, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, USA Steve Easterbrook, University of Toronto, Canada Sebastian Elbaum, University of Nebraska, USA Wolfgang Emmerich, University College London, UK Kokichi Futatsugi, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan Holger Giese, Hasso Plattner Institute, Germany Volker Gruhn, University of Leipzig, Germany John Grundy, University of Auckland, New Zealand Tibor Gyimothy, University of Szeged, Hungary Andre van der Hoek, University of California - Irvine, USA Valerie Issarny, INRIA-Paris-Rocquencourt, France Pankaj Jalote, Indian Institute of Technology, India Jean-Marc Jezequel, INRIA and University of Rennes 1, France Jeff Kramer, Imperial College London, UK Axel van Lamsveerde, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium Nenad Medvidovic, University of Southern California, USA Elisabetta Di Nitto, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Harrold Ossher, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, USA Corina Pasareanu, NASA Ames Research Center, USA Massimiliano Di Penta, University of Sannio, Italy Mauro Pezze, University of Lugano, Switzerland and University of Milano Bicocca, Italy Gian Pietro Picco, University of Trento, Italy Klaus Pohl, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany Martin Robillard, McGill University, Canada William Robinson, Georgia State University, USA Barbara G. Ryder, Rutgers University, USA Margaret-Anne Storey, University of Victoria, Canada Zhendong Su, University of California - Davis, USA Frank Tip, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA Sebastian Uchitel, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina and Imperial College London, UK Claes Wohlin, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden Alexander L. Wolf, Imperial College London, UK Jian Zhang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China WORKSHOPS: Luciano Baresi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Victor Braberman, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina TUTORIALS: Elisa Baniassad, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China Steven Fraser, Cisco Research, USA MINI TUTORIALS Anthony Finkelstein, University College London, UK DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM: David Notkin, University of Washington, USA Marian Petre, The Open University, UK INDUSTRIAL TRACK: Philippe Kruchten, University of British Columbia, Canada Frances Paulisch, Siemens AG, Germany CONFERENCE EXPERIENCE: David Notkin, University of Washington, USA Michal Young, University of Oregon, USA LOCAL ORGANIZATION: Dirk Beyer, Simon Fraser University, Canada Dan Hoffman, University of Victoria, Canada MENTORING: Gail Murphy, University of British Columbia, Canada NEW IDEAS AND EMERGING RESULTS: Harald C. Gall, University of Zurich, Switzerland Alessandro Orso, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA PUBLICATIONS: Ladan Tahvildari, University of Waterloo, Canada PUBLICITY: Jane Cleland-Huang, DePaul University, USA Joao Araujo, New University of Lisbon, Portugal RESEARCH DEMOS: Bernd Fischer, University of Southampton, UK Yannis Smaragdakis, University of Oregon, USA SCORE (STUDENT CONTEST ON SOFTWARE ENGINEERING): Mehdi Jazayeri, University of Lugano, Switzerland Dino Mandrioli, Politecnico di Milano, Italy WEBSITE: Jason Prideaux, University of Oregon, USA Anthony Wittig, University of Oregon, USA 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: Call for Papers/Abstracts and Invited Sessions Proposals]
by Gustaf Neumann 25 Aug '08

25 Aug '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: Call for Papers/Abstracts and Invited Sessions Proposals Datum: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 17:53:33 -0400 Von: IMETI 2009 <imeti(a)mail.2009iiisconferences.org> An: <GUSTAF.NEUMANN(a)WU-WIEN.AC.AT> Announcement ------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers/Abstracts and Invited Sessions Proposals for The 2nd International Multi-Conference on Engineering and Technological Innovation (July 10th-13th, 2009 - Orlando, Florida, USA). http://www.2009iiisconferences.org/IMETI Deadlines: Papers/Abstracts Submissions and Invited Sessions Proposals: September 24th, 2008 Authors Notifications: November 17th, 2008 Camera-ready, full papers: February 4th, 2009 ------------------------------------------------------- All Submitted papers/abstracts will go through three reviewing processes: (1) double-blind (at least three reviewers), (2) non-blind, and (3) participative peer reviews. These three kinds of review will support the selection process of those papers/abstracts that will be accepted for their presentation at the conference, as well as those to be selected for their publication in JSCI Journal. Authors of accepted papers who registered in the conference can have access to the evaluations and possible feedback provided by the reviewers who recommended the acceptance of their papers/abstracts, so they can accordingly improve the final version of their papers. Non-registered authors will not have access to the reviews of their respective submissions. Registration fees of an effective invited session organizer will be waived according to the policy described in the web page 'Benefits of Invited Session Organizers' (click on 'Invited Session', then on 'Benefits for the Organizers of Invited Sessions'), where you can get information about the ten benefits for an invited session organizer. For Invited Sessions Proposals, please go to the conference web site, or directly to http://www.2009iiisconferences.org/IMETI/organizer.asp Authors of the best 10%-20% of the papers presented at the conference will be invited to adapt their papers for their publication in the Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics. There will also be corresponding e-conferences during the 15 days before and after the conference, where each session to be included in the conference program will have a corresponding electronic pre-conference and post-conference virtual session for 15 days. In the electronic pre-conference sessions, authors will have access to the papers to be presented at their session and to an associated electronic forum, so they can be better prepared for their face-to-face conference session. Similarly, electronic post-conference sessions will complement and support a follow-up of the respective conference sessions, via an electronic forum and the possibility of evaluating papers presented at the associated session. These evaluations will also support the selection process for the papers to be published in the JSCI journal. Best regards, Organizing Committee If you wish to be removed from this mailing list, please send an email to remove(a)mail.2009iiisconferences.org with REMOVE MLCONFERENCES in the subject line.Address: Torre Profesional La California, Av. Francisco de Miranda, Caracas, Venezuela.

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