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[Fwd: WWW/Internet 2008 in Germany (last call): submission until 1 September]
by Gustaf Neumann 07 Aug '08

07 Aug '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: WWW/Internet 2008 in Germany (last call): submission until 1 September Datum: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 13:35:40 +0200 (SAST) Von: Ana Sofia <ana.sofia(a)internet-conf.org> An: neumann(a)wu-wien.ac.at ** Apologies for cross-postings. Please send to interested colleagues and students.** -- CALL FOR PAPERS - Deadline for submissions (2nd call): 1 September 2008 -- IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE WWW/INTERNET 2008 Freiburg, Germany, 13 - 15 October 2008 (http://www.internet-conf.org/ <http://stats.images11.com/sendlink.asp?HitID=1217934352625&StID=1351&SID=0&…>) * Co-organised by: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg Endorsed by: Institute for the Management of Information Systems (IMIS) Supported by: The Journal of eWorking * Keynote Speaker (confirmed): Professor Bebo White, Stanford University, USA * Conference background and goals The IADIS WWW/Internet 2008 conference aims to address the main issues of concern within WWW/Internet. WWW and Internet had a huge development in recent years. Aspects of concern are no longer just technical anymore but other aspects have aroused. This conference aims to cover both technological as well as non-technological issues related to these developments. Main tracks have been identified (see below). However innovative contributes that dont fit into these areas will also be considered since they might be of benefit to conference attendees. * Format of the Conference The conference will comprise of invited talks and oral presentations. The proceedings of the conference will be published in the form of a book and CD-ROM with ISBN, and will be available also in the IADIS Digital Library (on-line accessible). The best paper authors will be invited to publish extended versions of their papers in the IADIS International Journal on WWW/Internet (ISSN: 1645-7641) and also in other selected Journals. The top 10 papers related to the journal topics will be invited to submit an extension paper to the Journal of eWorking (*ISSN*: 1872-3284) for publication. * Types of submissions Full and Short Papers, Reflection Papers, Posters/Demonstrations, Tutorials, Panels and Doctoral Consortium. All submissions are subject to a blind refereeing process. * Topics related to WWW/Internet are of interest. These include, but are not limited to the following areas: Web 2.0 - Collaborative Systems - Co-generation of Content, Understandings and World Views Semantic Web and XML - Semantics Web Architectures - Semantic Web Middleware - Semantic Web Services - Semantic Web Agents - Ontologies - Applications of Semantic Web - Social Networks and Semantics Web - Semantic Web Data Management - Information Retrieval in Semantic Web Applications and Uses - Game Architecture and Development - e-Learning - e-Commerce / e-Business - e-Government - e-Health - e-Procurement - e-Society - Digital Libraries - Internet Applications - Interoperability with Mobile Applications Services, Architectures and Web Development - Internet Architectures - Network Algorithms - Network Architectures - Network Computing - Network Management - Network Performance - Protocols and Standards - Traffic Models Research Issues - Bioinformatics - Human Computer Interaction - Security and Protection - Data Mining and Social Networks - Information Retrieval - Information Seeking Behaviours * Important Dates: - Submission Deadline (2nd call) - 1 September 2008 - Notification to Authors (2nd call) - 22 September 2008 - Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration (2nd call) - Until 29 September 2008 - Late Registration (2nd call) - After 29 September 2008 - Conference: Freiburg, Germany, 13 to 15 October 2008 * Conference Location The conference will be held in Freiburg, Germany. * Secretariat IADIS Secretariat - IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE WWW/INTERNET 2008 Rua Sao Sebastiao da Pedreira, 100, 3 1050-209 Lisbon, Portugal E-mail: secretariat(a)internet-conf.org <mailto:secretariat@internet-conf.org> Web site: http://www.internet-conf.org/ <http://stats.images11.com/sendlink.asp?HitID=1217934352625&StID=1351&SID=0&…> * Program Committee Program Chair Miguel Baptista Nunes, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom Conference Co-Chairs Pedro Isaías, Universidade Aberta (Portuguese Open University), Portugal Dirk Ifenthaler, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany Committee Members: * * for committee list please refer to http://www.internet-conf.org/committees.asp <http://stats.images11.com/sendlink.asp?HitID=1217934352625&StID=1351&SID=0&…> * Co-located Conference: This conference is co-located with the IADIS International Conference on Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age (CELDA 2008) (http://www.celda-conf.org/ <http://stats.images11.com/sendlink.asp?HitID=1217934352625&StID=1351&SID=0&…>) - participants of one conference may attend the sessions from the other conference at no extra charges. powered by <http://stats.images11.com/home/r.asp> subscribe <http://stats.images11.com/RWCode/subscribe.asp?SiteID=1351&SID=0&HitID=1217…> forward <http://stats.images11.com/forward.asp?SiteID=1351&SID=0&EmailID=1033291&Hit…> unsubscribe <http://stats.images11.com/RWCode/subscribe.asp?SiteID=1351&SID=0&Email=neum…> This mailing system may only be used for sending permission based email. 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[Fwd: [WI] Call for Participation: Soccer Workshop]
by Gustaf Neumann 07 Aug '08

07 Aug '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [WI] Call for Participation: Soccer Workshop Datum: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 17:49:54 +0200 Von: Andreas Gehlert <Andreas.Gehlert(a)sse.uni-due.de> An: ISWORLD <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org>, RE-ONLINE <re-online(a)it.uts.edu.au>, WI <wi(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de> CALL FOR PARTICIPATION -------------------- SOCCER'2008 The 4th International Workshop on Service-Oriented Computing: Consequences for Engineering Requirements -------------------- A one-day workshop at RE'08, the IEEE International Conference on Requirements Engineering held in Barcelona (Spain), September 8, 2008 SOCCER'2008 web-site: http://home.dei.polimi.it/baresi/soccer08/ RE'08 web-site: www.re08.org To register go to: http://sites.upc.edu/~www-gessi/re08/registration.html 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 sup-port researchers in the field. PROGRAM 09:00-09:20: Welcome and introductions 09:20-10:30: Keynote: Software Development Governance, by Anthony Finkelstein, University College London 10:30-11:00: Coffee 11:00-12:30: Specifying Requirements and Services 11:00-11:35: Deriving Software Services from Business Processes of Representative Customer Organizations, by Sebastian Adam, Norman Riegel, Joerg Doerr 11:35-11:55: Specifying Services for ITIL Service Management, by Alain Wegmann, Gil Regev, Georges-Antoine Garret, François Maréchal 11:55-12:30: Using Requirements to Define Services for Service-Centric Food Traceability Information Systems, by James Lockerbie, Kristine Karlsen, Michele Puccio, Vito Morreale, Susanna Bonura 12:30-14:00: Lunch 14:00-15:30: Service Discovery and Monitoring 14:00-14:35: Ontology-aided Translation in the Comparison of Candidate Service Quality, by Konstantinos Zachos Glen Dobson, Pete Sawyer 14:35-14:55: Goal-Driven Alignment of Services and Business Requirements, by Andreas Gehlert 14:55-15:30: Development Support for Specifying and Monitoring Goals of Open Business Processes, by William N. Robinson, Sandeep Purao 15:30-16:00: Coffee 16:00-16:55: Service Languages and Ontologies 16:00-16:35: Reassessing Languages for Requirements Engineering of Self-Adaptive Systems, by Jon Whittle, Pete Sawyer, Nelly Bencomo, Betty H.C. Chen 16:35-16:55: Agent-oriented Reasoning of Service Models: Some Experimental Results, by Tong Li, Lin Liu 16:55-17:30: Workshop Brainstorm and Wrap-up 17:30: Close PROGRAM COMMITTEE Luciano Baresi, Italy (co-organizer) Neil Maiden, UK (co-organizer) Klaus Pohl, Germany (co-organizer) Elisabetta Di Nitto, Italy Andreas Gehlert, Germany Jaap Gordijn, The Nderlands Paul Grunbacher, Austria Camille Salinesi, France Peter Sawyer, UK Konstantinos Zachos, UK Andrea Zisman, UK BACKGROUND 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 en-able the dynamic composition and deployment of systems that meet the expectations of the different stakeholders. We need new capabilities to monitor the behavior 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 work-shop also aims at promoting research directions on requirements engineering for the class of applications that require autonomic and self-managing systems. -- 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] CSMR 2009 - CFP]
by Gustaf Neumann 07 Aug '08

07 Aug '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] CSMR 2009 - CFP Datum: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:12:33 +0200 Von: Andreas Winter <winter(a)uni-koblenz.de> Antwort an: Andreas Winter <winter(a)uni-koblenz.de> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> CC: 'csmr(a)informatik.uni-mainz.de' <csmr(a)informatik.uni-mainz.de> CSMR 2009 - CALL FOR PAPERS 13th European Conference on Software Maintenance and Reengineering (CSMR) "Architecture-Centric Maintenance of Large-Scale Software Systems" http://csmr2009.iese.fraunhofer.de/ March 24-27, 2009 Fraunhofer IESE, Kaiserslautern, Germany Maintaining large-scale software systems consumes a significant amount of resources. However, introducing new functionality or simply fixing a bug in software will inadvertently introduce new faults. Unfortunately, experience shows that these errors - mostly because of the tight deadlines - cumulate with time. How can we tackle this phenomenon - called software erosion - with appropriate maintenance and reengineering techniques? How can a proper architecture ensure efficient and effective maintenance? How can we reduce the effort for maintaining large-scale software systems? CSMR is the premier European conference on the theory and practice of maintenance, reengineering and evolution of software systems. It promotes discussion and interaction among researchers and practitioners about the development of maintainable systems, and the evolution, migration and reengineering of the existing ones. CSMR 2009 will feature up to 10 technical research paper sessions, full-day and half-day workshops, an industry paper track, a tool demonstration track, a doctoral symposium and a special track on European research projects within the field of software maintenance and reengineering. The conference will be held in Kaiserslautern, Germany. CSMR is supported by the Reengineering Forum. The proceedings of the papers will be published by the IEEE Computer Society Press. Details on the submission process can be found on the conference web site (http://csmr2009.iese.fraunhofer.de/). It is intended to invite extended versions of the best papers accepted for CSMR 2009 to be published in a special issue of a renowned journal. * Technical Research Papers: Research papers should describe original and significant work in the research and practice of software maintenance and reengineering. Theoretical results, Case studies, empirical research and experiments are particularly welcome (10 proceeding pages). * Workshop Proposals: Workshop proposals should include the names and affiliations of the organizers, a description of the topic, the intended audience, and the proposed format of the session. Once the proposal is accepted the organizers should submit a paper describing the nature of the workshop area, related work, and its anticipated impact (2 proceeding pages). * Industry Track Papers: The industry track papers should discuss industrial practice and experience reports describing problems (and their solutions) encountered in real applications. (2 proceedings pages). * Tool Demonstration Track Papers: Tool demonstration track papers should include information on the theory, models, and infrastructure of the demonstrated tool. Challenges related to the use and adoption of the demonstrated tool should also be included (2 proceeding pages). * Doctoral Symposium Papers: The doctoral symposium track is for those who are currently working on or who have recently completed their PhD thesis. The papers should describe a summary of their research (4 proceeding pages). * European Project Track Papers: The European track will give an overview on ongoing or recently completed projects (both national and international) in Europe related to maintenance and/or reengineering (4 proceeding pages). All papers should adhere to the IEEE 8.5" x 11" two-column format and be submitted electronically in PDF format at the submission sites: * Technical papers: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=csmr09 * All other track papers: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=csmr09sat We solicit submissions (technical papers, workshop proposals, special track papers, and tool demonstrations) on the following topics or general matters of interest to the maintenance and reengineering community: * Tools and methods to support software architecture evolution * Techniques and approaches for software analysis, comprehension, and reconstruction * Process models for software maintenance, reengineering, and evolution * Experience reports on maintenance and reengineering of large-scale software systems * Empirical studies in software reengineering, maintenance, and evolution * Evaluation and assessment of reverse engineering and reengineering tools * Analysis and reengineering of multi-language, multi-platform systems * Education-related issues to evolution, maintenance and reengineering IMPORTANT DATES * Technical Papers - October 17, 2008 (Abstract); October 24, 2008 (Full Paper) * Satellite events - November 14, 2008 * Notification of Acceptance - December 5, 2008 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE * General Chair - Jens Knodel (Fraunhofer IESE, Kaiserslautern, Germany) * Program Chairs - Rudolf Ferenc (University of Szeged, Hungary) Andreas Winter (University of Koblenz, Germany) * Workshop Chair - Massimiliano Di Penta (University of Sannio, RCOST, Benevento, Italy) * Industry Chair - Werner Teppe (Amadeus Germany GmbH, Germany) * Tool Demonstrations Chair - Marco D'Ambros (University of Lugano, Switzerland) * Doctoral Symposium Chairs - Gerardo Canfora (University of Sannio, RCOST, Benevento, Italy) Martin Pinzger (University of Zurich, Switzerland) * European Track Chair - Tom Mens (University of Mons-Hainaut, Belgium) * Finance Chair - Elliot Chikofsky (Reengineering Forum, USA) -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dr. Andreas Winter University of Koblenz-Landau voice: +49 261 287-2764 Institute for Software Technology fax: +49 261 287-100-2764 Universitätsstraße 1 e-mail: winter(a)uni-koblenz.de 56070 Koblenz, Germany http://www.gupro.de/winter/ _______________________________________________________________________ The AISWorld LISTSERV is a service of the Association for Information Systems (http://www.aisnet.org). 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[Fwd: [isworld] Call for Papers ACM-SIGMIS CPR 2009 Conference in Limerick, Ireland]
by Gustaf Neumann 07 Aug '08

07 Aug '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] Call for Papers ACM-SIGMIS CPR 2009 Conference in Limerick, Ireland Datum: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 10:03:00 -0700 (PDT) Von: Sandra Newton <newtonsa(a)sonoma.edu> Antwort an: Sandra Newton <newtonsa(a)sonoma.edu> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> CALL FOR PAPERS ACM-SIGMIS CPR 2009 CONFERENCE Limerick, Ireland, May 28-30 2009 New Concepts and Practices in Preparing, Recruiting, and Retaining IS Professionals in the Global Context Important Dates: Paper Submissions must be received by October 17. Please upload your paper to http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sigmiscpr2009 Notification of acceptance: January 19, 2009 Camera-ready papers: February 23, 2009 Further Details Conference website: http://www.sigmis.org/CPR_2009_Home_Page.htm SIGMIS website: http://www.sigmis.org About SIGMIS-CPR Sponsored by ACM SIGMIS, the Special Interest Group on Management Information Systems, the annual conference on Computer Personnel Research is normally held in the US. This, the 47th successive conference, is only the second meeting to be held outside of the US. We welcome contributions in the following categories: * Completed research papers (max 5000 words) * Research in progress (max 2000 words) * Case studies or experience papers (max 3500 words) * Submissions to the Doctoral Consortium (further details below and on separate announcement) * Proposals for panels (1-2 page summary of topic, participants, their affiliations, and the structure and estimated length of the session) Conference Theme Recent research has shown that globally distributed software development is not the solution that it promised to be. The software industry is beginning to appreciate that outsourcing and globally distributed development are not as simple or straightforward as they appear. The report on Globalization and Off-shoring of Software by the ACM Task Force on Job Migration states that recent trends in outsourcing and the threat to move IT work to even lower wage locations have raised concerns about future job security among IS professionals everywhere. These trends and consequent concerns have implications for the preparation, recruitment, and retention of IS professionals everywhere, not just in the US. SIGMIS CPR 2009 welcomes submissions that address these issues or any others related to the conference theme or to the other established topics within Computer Personnel Research. Conference Location The conference will be organized and hosted by the University of Limerick and will be held on campus. The University of Limerick is situated on a scenic 300 acre riverside campus, 3 miles from Limerick city centre and 20 miles from Shannon International Airport. Direct flights to Shannon are available from several US and UK airports, in addition to cheap flights to and from the rest of Europe. Other destinations are served via Dublin Airport. Dublin city is 2.5 to 3 hours from Limerick by train. Limerick city is a focal point of the Shannon region with several historical, architectural and literary attractions and is regarded as an important tourism gateway to the scenic south-west and west of Ireland. Accepted papers will be published by ACM in the refereed conference proceedings which will be distributed at the conference. Full papers will be published in their entirety. Extended abstracts will be published for panel discussions and research-in-progress papers. Proceedings of all previous CPR conferences are available in the ACM Digital Library at http://portal.acm.org/dl.cfm. List of relevant topics SIGMIS-CPR 2009 welcomes all submissions relevant to the theme of the conference or to the traditional concerns of Computer Personnel Research. These topics include, but are not limited to: * The knowledge, skills, and abilities required for globally distributed projects * Workforce diversity issues in software development and use * Teamwork, Virtual or Face-to-Face * IT Culture and Values * Job and work design in Information Technology * Implications of global outsourcing for the MIS curriculum * Attracting more students to study IT and computer science * Motivation and retention of computer personnel * Career development practices of IT professionals * Occupational commitment in IT * Ethical and security issues * Role profiles; Job Profiles * The IT Professional * Work Satisfaction and Staff Turnover in IS/IT Doctoral Consortium This will take place on Thursday, May 28th and will include an award for best doctoral paper. Doctoral students can be considered for the consortium only if nominated by a faculty sponsor. A maximum of 3 students per institution may be nominated. Students nominated for the doctoral consortium must submit a paper (research-in-progress is acceptable) to be presented to the consortium faculty. Conference Co-Chairs: Norah Power, University of Limerick, norah.power(a)ul.ie Kate Kaiser, Marquette University, kate.kaiser(a)marquette.edu Program Co-Chairs: Jack Downey, University of Limerick, jack.downey(a)lero.ie Damien Joseph, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, adjoseph(a)ntu.edu.sg Program Committee: Reviewers old and new should please contact the Program Co-chairs at sigmiscpr2009(a)easychair.org Conference Treasurer: Indira Guzman, TUI University, iguzman(a)tuiu.edu Doctoral Consortium Co-Chairs: Deb Armstrong, Florida State University, djarmstrong(a)fsu.edu Cindy Riemenschneider, University of Arkansas, criemen(a)walton.uark.edu Conference Publicity: Sandra Newton, Sonoma State University, newtonsa(a)sonoma.edu For any further information, please contact: Conference Co-Chair, Norah Power, University of Limerick E-mail: norah.power(a)ul.ie Telephone: +353 61 202769 Fax: +357 61 202734 The AISWorld LISTSERV is a service of the Association for Information Systems (http://www.aisnet.org). 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[Fwd: [computational.science] CFP -- PMEO-UCNS'09 to be held with IPDPS'09]
by Gustaf Neumann 07 Aug '08

07 Aug '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [computational.science] CFP -- PMEO-UCNS'09 to be held with IPDPS'09 Datum: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 16:02:51 +0100 Von: x.jin <x.jin(a)Bradford.ac.uk> Organisation: "OptimaNumerics" An: Computational Science Mailing List <computational.science(a)lists.optimanumerics.com> [Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this emails] *************************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS 8th International Workshop on Performance Modeling, Evaluation, and Optimization of Ubiquitous Computing and Networked Systems (PMEO-UCNS'09) To be held in conjunction with IPDPS'09 (Supported by IEEE Computer Society in cooperation with ACM SIGARCH), 25-29 May, 2009, Rome, Italy http://www.inf.brad.ac.uk/~xjin/PMEO09/index.html http://www.ipdps.org/ipdps2009/2009_workshops.html SCOPE: The performance modeling, evaluation, and optimization of ubiquitous computing and networked systems have been an important research topic over the past years and poses challenging problems that require new tools and methods to keep up with the rapid evolution and increasing complexity of such systems. This workshop will bring together scientists, engineers, practitioners, and computer users to share and exchange their experiences, discuss challenges, and report state-of-the-art and in-progress research on all aspects of performance modeling, evaluation, and optimization of ubiquitous computing and networked systems. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to: -- Predictive performance models of ubiquitous computing systems -- Predictive performance models of wired and wireless networks -- Performance measurement and monitoring tools -- Tracing and trace analysis -- Simulation -- Analytical modeling -- Software tools for system performance and evaluation -- Automatic performance analysis -- Performance comparison -- Performance of memory and I/O interconnect -- Performance of communication networks -- Performance of mobile distributed systems -- Performance analysis and evaluation of ubiquitous computing and networked applications -- Improvement in system performance through optimization and tuning -- Case studies showing the role of evaluation in the design of systems WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS: Geyong Min Department of Computing University of Bradford Bradford, BD7 1DP, U.K. E-mail: g.min(a)brad.ac.uk Mohamed Ould-Khaoua Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Sultan Qaboos University, Oman & Department of Computing Science University of Glasgow Glasgow, G12 8RZ, U.K. E-mail: mohamed(a)dcs.gla.ac.uk PROGRAM CO-CHAIRs: Ahmed Y. Al-Dubai School of Computing Napier University Edinburgh, EH10 5DT, U.K. E-mail: A.Al-Dubai(a)napier.ac.uk Xiaolong Jin Department of Computing University of Bradford Bradford, BD7 1DP, U.K. E-mail: x.jin(a)brad.ac.uk PROGRAM COMMITTEE: (To be added) PAPER SUBMISSION: Authors are invited to submit manuscripts reporting original unpublished research and recent developments in the topics related to the workshop. The length of the papers should not exceed 8 pages (IEEE Computer Society Proceedings Manuscripts style: two columns, single-spaced), including figures and references, using 10 fonts, and number each page. Papers should be submitted electronically in PDF format (or postscript) by sending it as an e-mail attachment to A.Al-Dubai(a)napier.ac.uk. All papers will be peer reviewed and the comments will be provided to the authors. The accepted papers will be published together with those of other IPDPS'09 workshops by the IEEE Computer Society Press. IMPORTANT DATES: Submission Deadline: October 17, 2008 Author Notification: December 4, 2008 Final Manuscript Due: February 15, 2009 ******************************************************************* --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: computational.science-unsubscribe(a)lists.optimanumerics.com For additional commands, e-mail: computational.science-help(a)lists.optimanumerics.com Computational Science mailing list hosting is provided by OptimaNumerics (http://www.OptimaNumerics.com) ---------------------------------------------------------------------

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[Fwd: [isworld] CFP: 'Knowledge Management and e-Research Technologies'. CLOSES 31st AUGUST]
by Gustaf Neumann 06 Aug '08

06 Aug '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] CFP: 'Knowledge Management and e-Research Technologies'. CLOSES 31st AUGUST Datum: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 16:33:13 +0100 Von: <W.Venters(a)lse.ac.uk> Antwort an: <W.Venters(a)lse.ac.uk> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> Referenzen: <7F5635B37409754ABAFBD26B06A29A2B01E3952B(a)EXCHF3.lse.ac.uk> =========================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS =========================================================== Issue Title: Knowledge Management and e-Research Technologies: to Codify or to Collaborate? =========================================================== Special Issue of "Knowledge Management Research & Practice" http://www.palgrave-journals.com/kmrp/index.html =========================================================== Guest Editors: Will Venters, London School of Economics Elaine Ferneley, Salford Business School =========================================================== Key dates: Deadline for submission 30th August 2008 Publication August 2009 =========================================================== This special issue of KMRP, to appear in 2009, will focus on the role of technology within wider debates on knowledge management. Information and Communication technologies lend themselves to the capture, transfer and storage of data, and hence have, until recently, been strongly aligned with either objectivist view of knowledge management as codification of knowledge in databases, or a limited behaviourist view as communication and collaboration tools in support of social practices. The aim of this special issue is to explore in depth the relationship between social practice and Knowledge Management technologies (broadly defined) in particular questioning the traditional dichotomy between codification and collaboration through knowledge management technology. . Our aim is to bring together research on the KM technology artefact, and research on social KM practices in order to enrich our understanding of social knowledge management technology. In particular we wish to explore and extend the traditional view that technology can only deal with explicit, codifiable knowledge. Instead we argue that, if knowledge is socially constructed, then the technologies that now shape our world must also be given due consideration within any debate on knowledge management. We would be interested in research which considers, for example, how technologies such as mobile phones, Personal Digital Assistants and Geographical Positioning Systems have fundamentally reshaped the milieu of our lives, and hence their implications for Knowledge Management. Expanding our focus we include debates concerning the use of technology in research (so called e-science or e-research) in which new computer systems are drawn upon in the discovery (or construction) of knowledge in the sciences and social sciences. We are interested in the emergence of Web 2.0 and social networking sites which are poised to fundamentally change the interactions between individuals, groups and organisations. Finally, as agreement on standards and data interchange formats are emerging so the vision of the semantic web is becoming a reality allowing disparate, heterogeneous data sources to be interrogated and leveraged from using and supporting ontologies and taxonomies - so technology is ceasing to be an externality and the possibility of a semantically rich, globally networked environment to support knowledge management initiatives is becoming a reality. This special issue therefore aims to attract theoretical and empirical papers that consider the embedding of technology (in various forms) within the social practices and interactions of individuals, and the resultant effects on, and opportunities for, knowledge management theories and practice. =========================================================== Potential Topics: ----------------- We welcome papers from a range of perspectives, potential topics include . * Relationships between knowledge management and web2.0. * The use of the semantic web in knowledge management initiatives. * The growth of global information in society and its impact on organizational knowledge management practice. * The use of technology as a medium of social networking, differing social networking models, social networking models that enable or inhibit knowledge sharing. * The application of ontologies, or taxonomies and the emergence of folksonomies as collaboratively constructed taxonomies (e.g. http://del.icio.us/ <http://del.icio.us/> ) for supporting knowledge management. * The weaving of technology with narrative and storytelling. * Social construction of knowing through technology. * Social construction of knowledge management technologies. * e-Science, e-Research and Grid technologies and their potential impact on collaboration and knowledge management within research practice. * The role of e-science and cyber-infrastructure in scientific and social science knowledge. * Issues of demographics, age, gender, sexuality and technologies role as shield or mediator within the design of knowledge management technologies. * How technology supports communities. * The use of technology to share knowledge around difficult and sensitive topics - to break down social barriers, engender trust and enable wider learning * Philosophical perspectives on knowledge management technologies e.g. the role of knowing in artificial intelligence; the tacit dimension of knowing mediated through technology; =========================================================== Associate Editors: ------------------ * Peter Baloh, Ljubljana, Slovenia * Laurence Brooks, Brunel, UK. * Mike Cushman, LSE, UK. * Magda Hercheui, LSE, UK. * Annemette Kjaergaard, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. * Giovan-Francesco Lanzara, Università di Bologna, Italy. * Aurelio Ravarini, Cattaneo, Italy. * Steve Sawyer, Penn State, USA. * Duane Truex III, Georgia State, USA * Bob Wood, Manchester University, UK. =========================================================== Submission ---------- Papers should be submitted online at http://www.theorsociety.com <http://www.theorsociety.com/> <http://www.theorsociety.com/> and must comply with the KMRP Instructions to Authors at: http://www.palgrave-journals.com/kmrp/author_instructions.html <http://www.palgrave-journals.com/kmrp/author_instructions.html> - especially the requirement that author names should not appear anywhere in the manuscript file that is submitted. Normal KMRP reviewing procedures and standards will apply. =========================================================== The Guest Editors will be happy to answer any queries from potential authors. =========================================================== Dr Will Venters, w.venters(a)lse.ac.uk <mailto:w.venters@lse.ac.uk> Tel: +44 2078523619 =========================================================== Prof. Elaine Ferneley, e.ferneley(a)salford.ac.uk <mailto:e.ferneley@salford.ac.uk> Tel. +44 161 295 5507, Fax. +44 161 745 819 =========================================================== Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/secretariat/legal/disclaimer.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/. 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[Fwd: [WI] EINLADUNG ZUR TEILNAHME - Software-Management 2008 - Industrialisierung des Software-Managements]
by Gustaf Neumann 06 Aug '08

06 Aug '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [WI] EINLADUNG ZUR TEILNAHME - Software-Management 2008 - Industrialisierung des Software-Managements Datum: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 09:51:51 +0200 Von: Martin Mikusz <mikusz(a)wi.uni-stuttgart.de> An: wi(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de <wi(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de> ========================================================================================================= EINLADUNG ZUR TEILNAHME Software-Management 2008 - Industrialisierung des Software-Managements Fachtagung des Fachausschusses Management der Anwendungsentwicklung und -wartung im Fachbereich WI der GI 12.-14. November 2008 an der Universitaet Stuttgart www.bwi.uni-stuttgart.de/swm2008 ========================================================================================================= TAGUNGSZIEL Seit geraumer Zeit traegt Software nicht nur zur Industrialisierung anderer Wirtschaftszweige bei, sondern unterliegt selbst, v. a. bei der Entwicklung und Wartung betrieblicher Anwendungssysteme sowie deren Management, zunehmend einem Industrialisierungsprozess. Dies schafft neue Aufgaben, Herausforderungen, Verbesserungspotentiale und Anforderungen an das Software-Management in Praxis und Wissenschaft. Ihnen widmet sich die diesjaehrige 7. Fachtagung Software-Management 2008. Die Teilnahme an der Tagung bietet Ihnen die Gelegenheit, sich im Austausch mit erfahrenen Praktikern und Forschern ueber den Stand des Wissens zu dieser und zu anderen aktuellen Problemstellungen des Software-Managements zu informieren. ========================================================================================================= TAGUNGSPROGRAMM IM UEBERBLICK Die Fachtagung beginnt mit halbtaegigen Tutorien am 12. November 2008. Sie sind als kompakte Weiterbildungsmoeglichkeit zu aktuellen Themen aus dem Umfeld der Industrialisierung des Software-Managements angelegt und werden in einem interaktiven Stil durch ausgewiesene Dozenten aus der Praxis gehalten. Das Vortragsprogramm wird an beiden Veranstaltungstagen, dem 13. und 14. November 2008, durch eine Keynote eroeffnet und umfasst darueberhinaus 12 ausgewaehlte Beitraege aus Praxis und Wissenschaft, die einen Review-Prozess durchlaufen haben und im Tagungsband veroeffentlicht werden (GI-Edition LNI). Die Beitraege beleuchten Grundsatzfragen sowie technische, produktbezogene, oekonomische und organisatorische Aspekte der Industrialisierung der Softwareentwicklung aus Sicht des Software-Managements. ========================================================================================================= TUTORIEN Die Fachtagung beginnt mit halbtaegigen Tutorien am 12. November 2008: - Effektives Testmanagement: Vom notwendigen UEbel zum Erfolgsfaktor fuer IT und Geschaeftserfolg (Dr. A. Birk, Gruender & Principal Consultant, Software.Process.Management) - Wie Veraenderungsprojekte wirklich funktionieren – eine praktische Anleitung (D. Croome, Senior Executive Consultant, wibas IT Maturity Service GmbH) - Requirements Engineering und Zertifizierung zum Certified Professional Requirements Engineering (S. Jesse, Nathan-Expertise / Univ. Stuttgart) - Software-Produktmanagement (H.-B. Kittlaus, InnoTivum Unternehmensberatung) - Mit Fehlerkennzahlen Softwareentwicklungsprojekte erfolgreich steuern (Dr. O. Avci, Leiter Innovation Group Business Performance Measurement, SQS AG) Eine ausfuehrliche Beschreibung der Tutorien finden Sie unter www.bwi.uni-stuttgart.de/swm2008 ========================================================================================================= KEYNOTES Das Vortragsprogramm wird an beiden Veranstaltungstagen, dem 13. und 14. November 2008, durch eine Keynote eroeffnet: - Prof. Dr. Peter Liggesmeyer, Leiter des Fraunhofer Instituts fuer Experimentelles Software Engineering: Software-Qualitaetssicherung gestern und heute - Theorie und Erfahrung, Standards und Common Sense Wer heute Software-Qualitaetssicherung verantwortet, diese konzipieren und steuern muss, ist "eingeklemmt" zwischen einem Mangel an Theorie, der hohen Bedeutung der Pruefung und der unvermeidlichen Ressourcenknappheit der Praxis. Standards und empirisch abgesicherte Erkenntnisse zu Themen, die sich rein theoretisch nur schwierig erschliessen lassen, koennen Hilfestellungen bieten. Der Vortrag beleuchtet die unterschiedlichen Kriterien, nach denen die Software-Qualitaetssicherung heute beurteilt werden muss, und zeigt Wege zum Ziel auf. - Dirk Wittkopp, Director of Portal and Workflow Development, IBM Deutschland Research & Development: IT-Macro Trends Geschaeftserfolg erfordert neben der kontinuierlichen Weiterentwicklung des Produktes auch eine innovative und flexible IT Infrastruktur um die zunehmenden Herausforderungen des Marktes zu nutzen und fruehzeitig auf globale Veraenderungen zu reagieren. Der Vortrag beleuchtet neue IT-Trends um vorausschauend die noetigen Schritte fuer eine nachhaltige Veraenderung der IT Infrastruktur zu erkennen. ========================================================================================================= VORTRAGSPROGRAMM - Grundlagen der IT-Industrialisierung (S. Walter, Deloitte Consulting; Dr. T. Boehmann, Prof. Dr. H. Krcmar, TU Muenchen) - Professionalisierung der Softwareentwicklung - ein Praxisbericht (B. Schienmann, U. Schmedt, Postbank Systems AG) - Ein Metamodell zur integrierten Darstellung von aktuellen Konzepten zur Industrialisierung der Softwareentwicklung (Dr. O. Hoess, J. Drawehn, PD Dr. A. Weisbecker, Fraunhofer IAO) - Testmanagement unter dem Einfluss der Software-Industrialisierung (Dr. A. Birk, Software.Process.Management) - Software Industrialization and Architecture Certification (C. Rathfelder, H. Groenda, Prof. Dr. R. Reussner, FZI - Forschungszentrum Informatik) - Spezialisierung als Auspraegungsform einer Industrialisierung der Software-Branche - Eine Analyse am Beispiel der ERP-Software von SAP (C. Wolf, K. Geiger, Dr. A. Benlian, Prof. Dr. T. Hess, LMU Muenchen; Prof. Dr. P. Buxmann, TU Darmstadt) - Industrialisierung der Softwarewartung und -weiterentwicklung (H. Sneed, ANECON) - Der IT-Produktkompass: Ein Instrument fuer die Analyse von Geschaeftsmodellen und die strategiekonforme Positionierung von IT-Produkten (Prof. Dr. W. Pietsch, FH Aachen) - Warum entstehen in der Anforderungsanalyse Fehler? Eine Synthese empirischer Befunde der letzten 15 Jahre (Dr. O. Avci, SQS AG) - Adaption, Umsetzung, Grenzen und Nutzen von Six Sigma in der Softwareentwicklung (M. Mikusz, Prof. Dr. G. Herzwurm, Univ. Stuttgart) - Nutzeradaequate Prozessbeschreibungen in der Automotive E/E Entwicklung (F. Rothermel, C. Koenig, Daimler AG) - Rollenveraenderung in der Agilen Software-Entwicklung: Das „Projektmanagementlabor der BA Loerrach“ (Prof. Dr. E. Hanser, BA Loerrach) Zusammenfassungen der Vortraege finden Sie unter www.bwi.uni-stuttgart.de/swm2008 ========================================================================================================= ANMELDUNG ZUR TAGUNG UND ZU DEN TUTORIEN Die Anmeldung zur Tagung und zu den Tutorien ist nur ueber das Konferenzsystem moeglich. Die Tagungsgebuehren betragen: Bei Anmeldung bis 07.10.08 ab 08.10.08 Tutorien: 190€ 215€ Konferenz: Normalbeitrag 225€ 250€ GI-Mitglieder 175€ 200€ Hochschulangehoerige 200€ 225€ Mitgl. anderer wissen- schaftlicher Gesellsch. 175€ 200€ Studierende 40€ 50€ Studierende GI-Mitgl. 25€ 35€ Zugang zum Konferenzsystem sowie weitere Hinweise in Zusammenhang mit der Anmeldung und Teilnahme finden Sie unter www.bwi.uni-stuttgart.de/swm2008 ========================================================================================================= ANFAHRT, UEBERNACHTUNG, RAHMENPROGRAMM Die Veranstaltung findet in den Tagungsraeumen des Internationalen Begegnungszentrums der Universitaet Stuttgart statt: Internationales Begegnungszentrum der Universitaet Stuttgart „Eulenhof“ Robert-Leicht-Str. 161 70569 Stuttgart Anfahrtsbeschreibung und Hotelliste (verguenstigte Zimmerkontingente) sowie das Rahmenprogramm finden Sie unter www.bwi.uni-stuttgart.de/swm2008 ========================================================================================================= TERMINE 08.10.2008 Ende Fruehbucherrabatt 12.11.2008 Tutorien 13.11.2008 Vortragsprogramm 14.11.2008 Vortragsprogramm INFORMATIONEN ZUR TAGUNG Prof. Dr. Georg Herzwurm, Lehrstuhl fuer ABWL und Wirtschaftsinformatik II (Unternehmenssoftware), Universitaet Stuttgart, Breitscheidstr. 2c, 70174 Stuttgart, Tel.: +49 (0)711/685-82385, Fax: +49 (0)711/685-82388, E-Mail: swm2008(a)wi.uni-stuttgart.de Web: www.bwi.uni-stuttgart.de/swm2008 ORGANISATION DER TAGUNG Vorsitz Programmkomitee: Prof. Dr. Georg Herzwurm, Univ. Stuttgart Organisatorische Leitung: Martin Mikusz, Univ. Stuttgart Dr. Thomas Deelmann, Deutsche Telekom -- 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] 1st CFP WEBIST-2009 (Lisboa - Portugal) - 5th Int'l Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies]
by Gustaf Neumann 06 Aug '08

06 Aug '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] 1st CFP WEBIST-2009 (Lisboa - Portugal) - 5th Int'l Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies Datum: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 10:29:27 +0100 Von: Jose Cordeiro <jcordeiro(a)iceis.org> Antwort an: Jose Cordeiro <jcordeiro(a)iceis.org> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> WEBIST 2009 5th Int'l Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies 23 - 26 March, 2009 Lisboa, Portugal Dear Colleague, WEBIST 2009 (the 5th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies) is a prestigious conference and a top reference in its area. WEBIST has become the yearly meeting place of top researchers and practitioners. Every year, the WEBIST program includes a number of distinguished keynote speakers who contribute to reinforce the high quality standards of the conference as can be seen at the conference website. WEBIST is sponsored by INSTICC, the Institute for Systems and Technologies for Information, Control and Communications, and usually held in cooperation with top international associations. In 2009 WEBIST is technically co-sponsored by WfMC and in cooperation with ACM - SIGMIS. Submitted papers will be subject to a double-blind review process. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings, under an ISBN reference, in paper and in CD-ROM support. The proceedings will be indexed by several major international indexers, including INSPEC, DBLP and ISI Proceedings*SM. Additionally, a selection of the best papers of the conference may be published in a book, by Springer. Best paper awards will also be given during the conference. Please check further details at the WEBIST conference web site (http://www.webist.org). There you will find detailed information about the conference structure and its main topic areas. This conference is co-located with CSEDU 2009 (the International Conference on Computer Supported Education). Workshops and special sessions are also invited. If you wish to propose a workshop or a special session, for example based on the results of a specific research project, please contact the secretariat. Should you have any question please feel free to contact me. Kind regards, Bruno Encarnação WEBIST Secretariat Av. D.Manuel I, 27A 2ºesq. 2910-595 Setúbal, Portugal Tel.: +351 265 520 184 Fax: + 44 203 014 5434 Email: secretariat(a)webist.org Web: http://www.webist.org ********************************************************************** IMPORTANT DATES: Regular Paper Submission: October 29, 2008 Authors Notification: January 7, 2009 Final Paper Submission and Registration: January 21, 2009 Conference date: 23 - 26 March, 2009 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- AREA 1 - INTERNET TECHNOLOGY - XML and data management - Web Security and Privacy - Intrusion Detection and Response - Authentication and Access Control - Web Services and Web Engineering - System Integration - Databases and Datawarehouses - Wireless Applications - Distributed and Parallel Applications - Protocols and Standards - Network systems, proxies and servers - Agents AREA 2 - WEB INTERFACES AND APPLICATIONS - Multimedia and User interfaces - Accessibility issues and Technology - User Modeling - Web Personalization - Usability and Ergonomics - Personalized Web Sites and Services - Portal strategies - Searching and Browsing - Ontology and the Semantic Web - Metadata and Metamodeling - Digital Libraries - Web Geographical Information Systems AREA 3 - SOCIETY, e-BUSINESS and e-GOVERNMENT - e-Business and e-Commerce - e-Payment - B2B, B2C and C2C - Knowledge Management - Social Networks and Organizational Culture - Social Information Systems - Communities of practice - Communities of interest - Social & Legal Issues - Tele-Work and Collaboration - e-Government AREA 4 - WEB INTELLIGENCE - Web Content Mining - e-Mail Classification - Web Site Classification - Learning User Profiles - Web-Based Direct Marketing and CRM - Web Farming and Warehousing - Web Information Filtering and Retrieval - Web Site Navigation Support Systems - Grid Intelligence - Meta-Knowledge Discovery and Representation The AISWorld LISTSERV is a service of the Association for Information Systems (http://www.aisnet.org). To unsubscribe, redirect, or change subscription options please go to http://lyris.isworld.org/. You are subscribed to AISworld as: neumann(a)wu-wien.ac.at. Each Sender assumes responsibility that his or her message conforms to the AISWorld LISTSERV policy and conditions of use available at http://lyris.isworld.org/isworldlist.htm.

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[Fwd: [computational.science] CFP - Special Issue on Adaptive and Learning Systems, IEEE TSMC-B]
by Gustaf Neumann 06 Aug '08

06 Aug '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [computational.science] CFP - Special Issue on Adaptive and Learning Systems, IEEE TSMC-B Datum: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 21:42:50 -0700 (PDT) Von: Sudip Misra <sudip_misra(a)yahoo.com> Antwort an: sudip_misra(a)yahoo.com Organisation: "OptimaNumerics" An: Computational Science Mailing List <computational.science(a)lists.optimanumerics.com> Special Issue on Adaptive and Learning Systems (ALS) IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics – Part B. Adaptive and learning systems have drawn considerable attention in the last few decades due to their inherent strength in suitably modeling many real world complex systems, which are, otherwise, difficult to model using the traditional existing tools and systems. Although it is only relatively recently that Learning Automata (LA) and their applications in solving complex problems have become popular, their history dates back to the 1950s and 1960s with reference to the works of Mathematicians and Mathematical Psychologists such as Bush and Mosteller, and Atkinson et al., Tsetlin and Varshavskii and Vorontsova, among others. Some of the popular current generation researchers on LA include K. Narendra, M. A. L. Thathachar, B. J. Oommen, S. Lakshmivarahan, M. S. Obaidat, K. Najim, A. S. Poznyak, N. Baba, L. G. Mason, P. S. Sastry, A. S. Pomportsis, G. Papadimitriou, M. R. Meybodi and H. Beigy. In typical LA systems, a self-operating machine or a mechanism, termed as an Automaton, responds to a sequence of instructions in a certain way, so as to achieve a certain goal. The Automaton either responds to a pre-determined set of rules, or adapts to the environmental dynamics in which it operates. The term learning has its root in Psychology, and is used to refer to the act of acquiring knowledge and modifying one’s behavior based on the experience gained. Thus, in LA, the adaptive automaton adapts to the responses from the environment through a series of interactions with it. It then attempts to learn the best action from a set of possible actions that are offered to it by the random stationary or non-stationary environment in which it operates. The Automaton, thus, acts as a decision maker to arrive at the best action. Some of the attractive features of LA such as their ability to rapidly and accurately converge and their low computational complexity have made them useful for solving problems involving network call admission control, distributed scheduling, training hidden Markov models, neural network adaptation, graph partitioning, intelligent vehicle control, dynamic shortest path and pattern classification. Their advantages appear prominent in optimizing problems in which an optimal action needs to be determined from a set of actions. Typically, learning is of best help only when there are high levels of uncertainty in the system in which the automaton operates. The proposed Special Issue is intended to attract papers from the focused group of researchers worldwide that are currently working on stochastic learning systems, so that their research results can be disseminated widely for use in solving complex scientific and engineering problems faced by researchers working in different application domains. It is envisaged that the cross-pollination of ideas amongst LA researchers and the researchers working in different application domains will make this Special Issue, indeed "special", in the years to follow. The published papers are expected to include high quality state-of-the-art research papers having both theoretical and application flavours. Stochastic learning and LA will be of particular interest to us in this Special Issue. However, as AL is not solely concerned about automata learning, we propose to keep our horizons broad enough to attract very good quality papers in all areas of AL. There are different forms of adaptive learning mechanisms that have also gained attention in the last several years. For example, researchers have become fascinated on how naturally occurring organisms such as ants, bees and birds interact with the environment, gain experience from the past actions, and optimize their actions. Although there are sporadic occurrences of papers in the literature relating to the theory and applications of LA and AL, the proposed Special Issue will help to provide a common firm platform for researchers working in these areas to exhibit their research findings. Some of the topics of interest include, but are not limited to, both theoretical and application-oriented results in the following: * Deterministic, Fixed Structure and Variable Structure LA. * Continuous and Discretized LA. * Novel learning schemes. * Estimator and Pursuit class of algorithms. * Networks of LA and Stochastic Games. * Novel Linear and Non-linear Learning Approaches for both Stationary and Non-Stationary Environments. * Optimality, expediency, ergodicity, absorbing and non-absorbing properties. * Martingales. * Renewal Theory. * Invariance and Regularization in Learning. * Non-Linear Dimension Reduction. * Event-Based Optimization. * Fast Algorithms. * Perturbation Analysis. * Queuing Systems Applications. * Stochastic Approximation. * Dynamical Systems. * Bayesian Inference and Chaos. * Continuous-time Nonlinear State-space Models. * Weight Space Probability Densities in Stochastic Learning. * Stochastic Co-Operative Multi-Agent Learning Systems. * Artificial Immune Systems. * Cooperation in Social Dilemmas. * Swarm Intelligence-based adaptive learning mechanisms. * Biological and nature-inspired adaptive learning. * Other Adaptive Learning mechanisms. * Autonomous Robot Learning. * Adaptive and Learning Techniques for Communication Networks * Adaptive Systems based on Clustering Algorithms * Adaptive Web Sites * Learning Mechanisms for Intelligent Tutoring Systems. * Adaptive Speech Recognition, Pattern Recognition and Image Processing using Learning. * Adaptive Communication Protocols and Architectures * Adaptive Clustering * Adaptive push systems * Application of learning automata to routing and control in computer networks * Carrier-sense-assisted adaptive learning MAC protocol for wireless LANs * Using learning automata for fast graph partitioning * Control of manufacturing plants using learning automata * Applications of adaptive learning to active vehicle suspension * Path planning for manipulators using learning automata * Applications and Case Studies of Adaptive Learning Mechanisms. Schedule: Manuscript submission deadline: December 31, 2008. First notification to authors: May 15, 2009. Revised submission: June 30, 2009. Final notification: September 20, 2009. Publication date: Fourth Quarter, 2009 (tentative). Protocol for Paper Acceptance: * The reports from at least three reviewers will be carefully assessed and papers of high quality will be accepted. The quality criteria that will be considered to judge the papers include: originality, technical depth, significance of results, adequacy of prior works referenced, overall organization, clarity and readability, satisfactory standard of English, clear illustrations, sufficient support for assertions and conclusion, appropriate title, and abstract. * Both the comments to the Authors and the (confidential) comments to the Editors by the Reviewers will be taken into account when making an acceptance decision. * The papers that will be accepted will be assessed to see if they align well with the goals of this Special Issue and also with the interests of the audience of the Journal. * All electronic submissions must be made through the Manuscript Central web site: http://smcb-ieee.manuscriptcentral.com/. Manuscripts should conform to the standard format of the IEEE Transactions on System, Man, Cybernetic - Part B as indicated in the Information for Authors * Please also include a note that the paper is intended for the special issue by either entering author comments to the editor during the submission process or putting the information on the first page of your submission. This is crucial to ensuring that your paper is routed correctly. * All enquiries on this special issue should be sent to any one of the Guest Editors. Guest Editors: Dr. Mohammad S. Obaidat IEEE Fellow and SCS Fellow Department of Computer Science Monmouth University, W. Long Branch, NJ07764, USA Email: obaidat(a)monmouth.edu http://www.monmouth.edu/mobaidat Dr. Sudip Misra School of Information Technology Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur – 721302. West Bengal, India. Email: sudip_misra(a)yahoo.com http://sudipm.iitkgp.googlepages.com/index.html Dr. Georgios I. Papadimitriou Senior Member, IEEE Department of Informatics Aristotle University 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece Email: gp(a)csd.auth.gr http://caclab.csd.auth.gr/en/~papadimitriou/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: computational.science-unsubscribe(a)lists.optimanumerics.com For additional commands, e-mail: computational.science-help(a)lists.optimanumerics.com Computational Science mailing list hosting is provided by OptimaNumerics (http://www.OptimaNumerics.com) ---------------------------------------------------------------------

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[Fwd: [isworld] VEWAeL at ICIW 2009 || Venice-Italy, May 24-28, 2009]
by Gustaf Neumann 06 Aug '08

06 Aug '08

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] VEWAeL at ICIW 2009 || Venice-Italy, May 24-28, 2009 Datum: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 23:15:58 -0400 (EDT) Von: Vicky Star <vicky(a)confpromo.com> Antwort an: Vicky Star <vicky(a)confpromo.com> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> CC: pdini(a)cisco.com INVITATION ========= Call for Papers, VEWAeL 2009 ========== The second event on "Virtual Environments and Web Applications for eLearning", VEWAeL 2009, will be held within the The Fourth International Conference on Internet and Web Applications and Services, ICIW 2009, in Venice, Italy, on May 24-28. General site: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2009/ICIW09.html Submission details: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2009/ICIW09.html VEWAeL 2009 Proceedings will be published by IEEE Computer Society Press and on-line via IEEE XPlore Digital Library together with ICIW 2009. IEEE will index the papers with major indexes. Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended versions to one of the IARIA Journals. Submissions ------------------- Submission deadline: December 20, 2008 We welcome technical papers presenting research, practical results and case studies, position papers addressing the pros and cons of specific proposals, such as those being discussed in the standard fora or in industry consortia, survey papers addressing the key problems and solutions on any of the topics of interest, short papers on work in progress, and panel proposals. The topics suggested by the workshop can be discussed in term of concepts, state of the art, standards, implementations, running experiments and applications. Authors are invited to submit complete unpublished papers, which are not under review in any other conference or journal in the following, but not limited topic areas. Industrial presentations and legal case studies are not subject to these constraints. We expect short and long presentations that express industrial/legal position and status. Topics ---------- During the last years, different web applications based on the use of Internet environments have been introduced to help teachers and students in the learning-teaching process. These web applications, mainly supported by Internet systems and services, are changing the traditional educational process not only in Higher Education (HE) qualifications, but also in open learning for any type of course. Nowadays, there exist different public and commercial Virtual Learning Environments (VLE) aimed at helping teachers to manage courses and contents, as well as to support the students' learning process. In this sense, VLE are an important factor contributing towards the change from traditional educational methodologies to new paradigms including active teaching. This implies not only a shift in the way of tackling learning and teaching, but also new challenges for software engineers and developers. Virtual Learning Environments have to be built bearing in mind their mandatory use through the Internet, thus requiring important characteristics and capabilities such as security, good latency, several tools for interoperability, storage management, etc. Topics include (but are not limited to): E-Learning Web Technologies and Tools for Educational Purposes Services for E-Learning Platforms Virtual Learning Environments (VLE) Course Management Systems Web applications for Teaching Social Implications of E-Learning Lifelong E-learning Teaching-Learning Experiences using the Internet for Educational Purposes E-learning in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) and other HE contexts Web protocols for VLE Security for VLE QoS for VLE Storage management in VLE Committee ---------------- VEWAeL Chairs Chairs Matthias Ehmann, University of Bayreuth, Germany Thomas Y Kwok, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA Guadalupe Ortiz Bellot, University of Extremadura, Spain Committee members Grigore Albeanu, Spiru Haret University - Bucharest, Romania / Danish Technical University, The Netherlands Angelos Amditis, ICCS- NTUA - Athens, Greece Matthias Ehmann, University of Bayreuth, Germany Mihaela Brut, "A.I.Cuza" University, Romania Gregorio Díaz Descalzo, University of Castilla - La Mancha, Spain Ioan Dzitac, Agora University, Oradea, Romania Jacques Fayolle, ISTASE / TELECOM Saint Etienne, Saint Etienne University Jean-Pierre Gerval ISEN - Brest, France Feliz Gouveia, University Fernando Pessoa-Porto, Portugal Christophe Gravier, University Jean Monnet - Saint-Etienne, France Thomas Y Kwok, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA Huiye Ma, Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica - Amsterdam, The Netherlands Francisco Montero, University of Castilla - La Mancha, Spain Guadalupe Ortiz Bellot, University of Extremadura Spain Dorin-Mircea Popovici, Universitatea OVIDIUS Constanta, Romania Andre Santos, CEFET-MA, Brazil Eduardo Vendrell Vidal, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain Jim Vallino, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA Looking for your contributions, VEWAeL Chairs Matthias Ehmann, University of Bayreuth, Germany Thomas Y Kwok, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA Guadalupe Ortiz Bellot, University of Extremadura, Spain ======================== 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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