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[Fwd: [isworld] CFP: The ADFSL 2009 Digital Forensics Conference - Deadline for submissions is February 20, 2009]
by Gustaf Neumann 09 Feb '09

09 Feb '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] CFP: The ADFSL 2009 Digital Forensics Conference - Deadline for submissions is February 20, 2009 Datum: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 01:40:26 -0500 Von: Glenn Dardick <gdardick(a)dardick.net> Antwort an: Glenn Dardick <gdardick(a)dardick.net> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> ======================================================================= ADFSL 2009 Conference on Digital Forensics, Security and Law Venue: Burlington, Vermont, USA Dates: 20-22 May 2009 NOTE: The deadline for submissions is midnight EST, 20 February 2009. Conference Website: http://www.digitalforensics-conference.org ======================================================================= Dear colleagues: The ADFSL 2009 Conference on Digital Forensics, Security and Law will be hosted by Champlain College in Burlington, VT USA on 20-22 May 2009. The conference committee is calling for papers and proposals in, or related to, the following areas: CURRICULUM 1) Digital forensics curriculum 2) Cyber law curriculum 3) Information assurance curriculum 4) Accounting digital forensics curriculum TEACHING METHODS 5) Digital forensics teaching methods 6) Cyber law teaching methods 7) Information assurance teaching methods 8) Accounting digital forensics teaching methods CASES 9) Digital forensics case studies 10) Cyber law case studies 11) Information assurance case studies 12) Accounting digital forensics case studies INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 13) Digital forensics and information technology 14) Cyber law and information technology 15) Information assurance and information technology 16) Accounting digital forensics information technology NETWORKS AND THE INTERNET 17) Digital forensics and the Internet 18) Cyber law and the Internet 19) Information assurance and Internet 20) Digital forensics accounting and the Internet ANTI-FORENSICS AND COUNTER ANTI-FORENSICS 21) Stegonography 22) Stylometrics and Author Attribution 23) Anonymity and Proxies 24) Encryption and Decryption INTERNATIONAL ISSUES 25) International issues in digital forensics 26) International issues in cyber law 27) International issues in information assurance 28) International issues in accounting digital forensics THEORY 29) Theory development in digital forensics 30) Theory development in information security 31) Methodologies for digital forensic research 32) Analysis techniques for digital forensic and security research The deadline for submissions is midnight EST, 20 February 2009. Submission Types Short briefing/working papers: Such papers need not be extensive. A technology or a management briefing on an aspect of digital forensics, information assurance, and/or cyber law would be enough. Such papers will be presented by the author in a round table discussion format at the conference. Typical length would be around 1500-2000 words. Research papers: Such papers need to be extensive. Usually a research question or an argument is posed and subsequently conducted. Empirical work (quantitative or qualitative) would be necessary. Research papers will be presented by the authors in a regular conference session. Typical length would be around 5000-6000 words. All research papers will be considered for publication in the Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law (JDFSL). Case Studies: Case studies are typically descriptions of a given digital forensics situation. Names of organizations/actors can be kept anonymous to maintain confidentiality. Case studies will be presented by the authors at the conference. Typical length would be around 5000-6000 words. All case studies will be considered for publication in the Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law (JDFSL). Panels: Panel proposals are welcome. These would typically be around 1000 words long and cover a current technology or a controversial issue. Tutorials/Workshops: Tutorial and workshop proposals are welcome. These would typically be around 1000 words long and cover a current technology or a controversial issue. The primary audience will include individuals who are interested in developing curriculum and teaching methods as well as conducting research related to the areas of digital forensics, security and law. This conference will be of value to both academic and practitioner audiences. All submissions are double blind peer reviewed. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR THE CONFERENCE CAN BE FOUND AT: http://www.digitalforensics-conference.org REGISTRATION INFORMATION WILL BE POSTED AT: http://www.digitalforensics-conference.org/registration.htm The Program Committee Chair is Dr. Linda Volonino (volonino(a)canisius.edu). The Chair of the conference is Gary C. Kessler (gary.kessler(a)champlain.edu). Association for Digital Forensics, Security and Law Website: http://www.adfsl.org Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law Website: http://www.jdfsl.org ======================================================================== == Gary C. Kessler, Ed.S., CCE, CISSP Associate Professor, Computer & Digital Forensics Coordinator, Information Assurance Education & Research Director, Champlain College Center for Digital Investigation Champlain College gary.kessler(a)champlain.edu West Hall, Room 107 +1 802-865-6460 (office) 163 South Willard Street +1 802-238-8913 (mobile) Burlington, VT 05401 gary.c.kessler (Skype) http://c3di.champlain.edu http://digitalforensics.champlain.edu PGP Public Key: http://digitalforensics.champlain.edu/gck/GaryKessler.asc Information Security Project Director, Vermont Information Technology Center Adjunct Associate Professor, Edith Cowan University, Australia ======================================================================== == 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: [isworld] AMCIS 2009 minitrack "Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing in Healthcare"]
by Gustaf Neumann 09 Feb '09

09 Feb '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] AMCIS 2009 minitrack "Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing in Healthcare" Datum: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 22:55:20 -0500 Von: Virginia ILIE <vilie(a)ku.edu> Antwort an: Virginia ILIE <vilie(a)ku.edu> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> Dear colleagues, You are invited to submit your papers to the AMCIS 2009 minitrack �Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing in Healthcare� [Part of the Ubiquitous Computing Track] The minitrack is described below: There are myriad challenges associated with realizing the vision of ubiquitous and pervasive healthcare. The objective of the mini-track is to solicit work-in-progress and completed research papers covering technical, organizational, behavioral, economical, and managerial perspectives on ubiquitous and pervasive computing in healthcare that: (1) study the development of ubiquitous computing, ubiquitous communication, and, intelligent interfaces and infrastructure supporting ubiquitous healthcare, (2) propose and/or evaluate the design, development, and implementation of ubiquitous healthcare applications, (3) assess the impact of ubiquitous healthcare applications on patients, doctors, healthcare organization, and society in general, and (4) develop theories to better understand the emerging phenomenon of ubiquitous healthcare. Ubiquitous healthcare is a concept that stemmed from the vision of Mark Weiser, who is considered to be the father of ubiquitous computing. The following quote produced by Mark Weiser almost a decade ago describes his vision of ubiquitous computing �The most profound technologies are those that disappear. They weave themselves into the fabric of everyday life until they are indistinguishable from it�. Healthcare seems to be the most apt domain for the application of ubiquitous technologies since there is no other domain where the importance of obtaining the right information at the right time irrespective of time and location dependency is more critical than the healthcare sector. The essence of �Ubiquitous Healthcare� lies in the creation of an environment where healthcare is available to everyone, everywhere without any dependence on time and location and where technologies enabling ubiquitous healthcare would not only be pervasive but also be assimilated flawlessly in the daily lives. The definition of ubiquitous healthcare involves two perspectives, one being the domain of application of the technologies enabling ubiquitous computing and the other being the concept that integrates healthcare more seamlessly to our everyday life. In the wake of the 21st century healthcares systems around the globe are faced with the aggravating challenge of providing quality healthcare to an aging populace, exponential rise in healthcare costs (approximately 17% of GDP in US), and, limited financial as well as human resources. Ubiquitous healthcare involves a paradigm shift in healthcare, practices, delivery, and view. It holds the promise of maintaining wellness, disease management, support for independent living, prevention and prompt treatment, along with emergency intervention anytime and anywhere as and when needed. Ubiquitous technologies enabling this paradigm shift will lead to personalizing and consumerizing healthcare and flawlessly assimilating the technologies into the patient�s home such that concurrent prevention, diagnosis, and treatment can occur. This transformation implies technical applications of consumer operated interoperable standard technologies for maintaining health and wellness by leveraging technologies supporting ubiquitous communication, computing, and intelligent user-friendly interfaces such as: PDAs, mobile phones, etc. At the level of the healthcare organization, ubiquitous healthcare will lead to a change from physician centric systems to patient centric operational models. Possible topics could include but are not limited to the following: § Business models and strategic applications of ubiquitous healthcare § Definition and conceptual models/framework of ubiquitous and pervasive healthcare § Design, development, implementation, and/or evaluation of novel ubiquitous healthcare applications § Design and development of emerging technologies supporting ubiquitous healthcare § Factors impacting usability, user-acceptance, adoption, and diffusion of ubiquitous healthcare applications § Impact of usage of ubiquitous healthcare applications on patients, doctors, healthcare organization, and society in general § Privacy, security, and trust issues with adoption and usage of ubiquitous healthcare applications § Theory and model development focusing on the role of ubiquitous computing in healthcare Minitrack Chairs: Sweta Sneha, Kennesaw State University, USA, ssneha(a)kennesaw.edu Virginia Ilie, University of Kansas, USA, vilie(a)ku.edu Important Dates: January 2, 2009: Manuscript Central will start accepting paper submissions February 20, 2009 (11:59 PM Pacific time zone): Deadline for paper submissions April 2, 2009: Authors will be notified of acceptances on or about this date April 20, 2009 (11:59 PM Pacific time zone): For accepted papers, camera ready copy due Further information about the conference and minitrack proposals is available in AMCIS2009 Web site at: http://www.amcis2009.org Virginia ILIE, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Information Systems Department of Accounting and Information Systems School of Business, University of Kansas Summerfield Hall 1300 Sunnyside Ave. Lawrence, KS 66045-7585 (785) 864-7594 vilie(a)ku.edu http://www.business.ku.edu/facultyProfiles-7NEEX The AISWorld LISTSERV is a service of the Association for Information Systems (http://www.aisnet.org). 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[Fwd: [isworld] CFP: Special Issue of IEEE TKDE on "Mining Large Uncertain and Probabilistic Databases"]
by Gustaf Neumann 09 Feb '09

09 Feb '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] CFP: Special Issue of IEEE TKDE on "Mining Large Uncertain and Probabilistic Databases" Datum: Mon, 09 Feb 2009 11:34:28 +0800 Von: Michael Chau <mchau(a)business.hku.hk> Antwort an: Michael Chau <mchau(a)business.hku.hk> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> Call for Papers Special Issue of IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering on "Mining Large Uncertain and Probabilistic Databases" Guest Editors: Reynold Cheng, Michael Chau, Minos Garofalakis, and Jeffrey Xu Yu Homepage: http://i.cs.hku.hk/~ckcheng/tkde-si/cfp.html pdf: http://www.computer.org/portal/cms_docs_transactions/transactions/tkde/CFP/… Introduction ------------ Recent years have witnessed the emergence of novel database applications in various non-traditional domains, including location-based services, sensor networks, RFID systems, and biological and biometric databases. Traditionally, data mining has been widely used to reveal interesting patterns in the vast amounts of data generated by such applications. However, for most of these emerging domains, data is often riddled with uncertainty, arising, for instance, from inherent measurement inaccuracies, sampling and curation errors, and network latencies, or even from intentional "blurring" of the data (to preserve anonymity). Such forms of data uncertainty have to be handled carefully, or else the results of long and tedious data analyses could be inaccurate or even incorrect. The goal of this special issue is to collect and distill the knowledge from experts in developing mining and data processing methods that are "uncertainty-aware." We welcome papers that develop appropriate uncertainty models for data-mining tools and/or investigate efficient complex data-analysis techniques for large probabilistic and uncertain databases. We also seek paper submissions that extend classical mining and data-analysis algorithms for uncertain and probabilistic data to provide statistical guarantees over the results. In general, topics of interest for this special issue include (but are not limited to) the following areas: - Models and structures for uncertain/probabilistic information in data mining and complex data analysis; - Clustering spatially- and temporally-uncertain data; - Association rule mining and classification of uncertain data; - Machine learning aspects in uncertain data processing; - Incorporating data uncertainty models into traditional data-analysis algorithms; - Mining moving-object trajectories and biological data with noise; - Optimization of data-analysis queries and mining applications over uncertain/probabilistic databases; - Identification and similarity matching of objects with uncertainty; and - Efficient mining and analysis of uncertain/probabilistic data streams. Submission ---------- Prospective authors should prepare manuscripts according to the Information for Authors as published in recent issues of the journal or at http://www.computer.org/tkde/. Note that mandatory over-length page charges and color charges will apply. Manuscripts should be submitted through the online IEEE manuscript submission system at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tkde-cs/. Timeline -------- Paper submission due: April 1, 2009 Completion of first round reviews: June 14, 2009 Revised manuscripts due: August 9, 2009 Final acceptance notification: November 1, 2009 Publication date (tentative): May 2010 Guest Editors ------------- Reynold Cheng Department of Computer Science The University of Hong Kong Email: ckcheng @ cs hku hk Michael Chau School of Business The University of Hong Kong Email: mchau @ business hku hk Minos Garofalakis Department of Electronic & Computer Engineering Technical University of Crete Email: minos @ softnet tuc gr Jeffrey Xu Yu Dept. of Systems Engineering & Engineering Management The Chinese University of Hong Kong Email: yu @ se cuhk edu hk The AISWorld LISTSERV is a service of the Association for Information Systems (http://www.aisnet.org). To unsubscribe, redirect, or change subscription options please go to http://lyris.isworld.org/. You are subscribed to AISworld as: neumann(a)wu-wien.ac.at. Each Sender assumes responsibility that his or her message conforms to the AISWorld LISTSERV policy and conditions of use available at http://lyris.isworld.org/isworldlist.htm.

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[Fwd: [WI] SEMSEARCH09 2nd Call for Papers]
by Gustaf Neumann 08 Feb '09

08 Feb '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [WI] SEMSEARCH09 2nd Call for Papers Datum: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 22:43:46 +0700 Von: Tran Thanh <dtr(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de> An: 'ACM' <events_calendar(a)acm.org>, 'Aisa Research News' <info(a)researchsea.com>, 'Clausthal University of Technology, Germany' <event(a)in.tu-clausthal.de>, 'Columbia University - New York' <acl(a)opus.cs.columbia.edu>, 'Deri - KWeb' <kweb-all(a)lists.deri.org>, 'Deri - Ontoweb' <ontoweb-list(a)lists.deri.org>, 'Deri - SemWeb' <seweb-list(a)lists.deri.org>, 'Description Logic' <dl(a)dl.kr.org>, 'Digital Culture' <digicult-forum(a)digicult.info>, 'Digital Research Libraries' <diglib(a)infoserv.inist.fr>, 'Eastern Michigan University - Linguist' <linguist(a)linguistlist.org>, 'EB XML Dev' <ebxml-dev(a)lists.ebxml.org>, 'EGroups' <semanticweb(a)egroups.com>, 'EGroups - Web Services' <web-services(a)egroups.com>, 'ELSNET' <elsnet-list(a)elsnet.org>, 'European Conference - OO Programming' <ecoop-info(a)ecoop.org>, 'EventSeer' <cfp(a)eventseer.net>, 'FIPA - Ontology' <ontology(a)fipa.org>, 'Googel Groups - Semantic Web' <semantic_web(a)googlegroups.com>, 'Google Groups - SIOC Dev' <sioc-dev(a)googlegroups.com>, 'Humanist Discussion Group' <humanist(a)princeton.edu>, 'IEEE - Conferences' <conferences(a)computer.org>, 'Imperial College London - CompLogic' <compulog(a)doc.imperial.ac.uk>, 'Infoloom - Topic Map' <topicmapmail(a)infoloom.com>, 'International Federation of Library Associations mailing list' <ifla-l(a)infoserv.inist.fr>, 'Italian Association for Logic Programming' <gulp(a)dimi.uniud.it>, 'Jena Dev Group' <jena-dev(a)yahoogroups.com>, 'Karlsruhe Univ. - AIFB' <wi(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de>, 'Karlsruhe Univ. - Onto' <onto(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de>, 'KIF Mailing List' <kif(a)philebus.tamu.edu>, 'Machine Learning Network' <community(a)mlnet.org>, 'MultiAgent' <announce(a)multiagent.com>, 'Network of Excellence in Computational Logic' <colognet(a)ucy.ac.cy>, 'Ontolog' <ontolog-forum(a)ontolog.cim3.net>, 'OntoQuery - Denmark' <ontoquery(a)ruc.dk>, 'Open Grid Forum' <sem-grd(a)ogf.org>, 'OpenRDF' <openrdf(a)philo.at>, 'OptimaNumerics, UK' <computational.science(a)lists.OptimaNumerics.com>, 'REWERSE - Reasoning on the Web with Rules and Semantics' <rewerse-all(a)rewerse.net>, 'Semantic Desktop' <people(a)semanticdesktop.org>, 'SemWeb List' <seweb-list(a)www2-c703.uibk.ac.at>, 'SIG5 Ontoweb' <ontoweb-lt-info(a)dfki.de>, 'SOA Yahoo Group' <service-orientated-architecture(a)yahoogroups.com>, 'Stanford - Protege Group' <protege-discussion(a)smi.stanford.edu>, 'Univ. 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Maryland - Baltimore: CS' <agents(a)cs.umbc.edu>, 'UU Net' <news-announce-conferences(a)uunet.uu.net>, 'Vijie university' <seweb-list(a)cs.vu.nl>, 'W3C - RDF' <www-rdf-interest(a)w3.org>, 'W3C - RDF Logic' <www-rdf-logic(a)w3.org>, 'W3C - RDF Rules' <www-rdf-rules(a)w3.org>, 'W3C - SemanticWeb' <semantic-web(a)w3.org>, 'W3C - SWS' <public-sws-ig(a)w3.org>, 'W3C - WebOnt' <www-webont-wg(a)w3.org>, 'W3C - WS' <www-ws(a)w3.org>, 'Yahoo Groups - Computer Book Authors' <computerbookauthors(a)yahoogroups.com>, 'Yahoo Groups - DOLCE' <dolce(a)yahoogroups.com> (Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message) =================================== 2nd Call for Papers SEMSEARCH'09 Semantic Search 2009 Workshop Located at the 18th Int. World Wide Web Conference WWW2009 April 21, 2009, Madrid, Spain http://km.aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de/ws/semsearch09 Submission deadline for full papers: March 1st, 2009 (12.00 AM, GMT) =================================== In recent years we have witnessed tremendous interest and substantial economic exploitation of search technologies, both at web and enterprise scale. However, the representation of user queries and resource content in existing search appliances is still almost exclusively achieved by simple syntax-based descriptions of the resource content and the information need such as in the predominant keyword-centric paradigm (i.e. keyword queries matched against bag of words document representation). On the other hand, recent advances in the field of semantic technologies have resulted in tools and standards that allow for the articulation of domain knowledge in a formal manner at a high level of expressivity. At the same time, semantic repositories and reasoning engines have only now advanced to a state where querying and processing of this knowledge can scale to realistic IR scenarios. In parallel to these developments, in the past years we have also seen the emergence of important results in adapting ideas from IR to the problem of search in RDF/OWL data, folksonomies, microformat collections or semantically tagged natural text. Common to these scenarios is that the search is focused not on a document collection, but on metadata (which may be possibly linked to or embedded in textual information). Search and ranking in metadata stores is another key topic addressed by the workshop. As such, semantic technologies are now in a state to provide significant contributions to IR problems. In this context, several challenges arise for Semantic Search systems. These include, among others: * How can semantic technologies be exploited to capture the information need of the user? * How can the information need of the user be translated to expressive formal queries without enforcing the user to be capable of handling the difficult query syntax? * How can expressive resource descriptions be extracted (acquired) from documents (users)? * How can expressive resource descriptions be stored and queried efficiently on a large scale? * How can vague information needs and incomplete resource descriptions be handled? * How can semantic search systems be evaluated and compared with standard IR systems? ----------------------------------- Topics of Interest ----------------------------------- Main topics of interest in the areas of Semantic Search include but are not limited to: Tasks and Interaction Paradigms for Semantic Search * Information Retrieval Tasks on the Semantic Web * Incentives and Interaction Paradigms for Resource Annotation * Interaction Paradigms for Semantic Search * Collaborative Aspects of Semantic Search (Wikis, Social Networks) Query Construction and Resource Modeling for Semantic Search * Semantic Technologies for Query Interpretation, Refinement and Routing * Natural Language Interfaces for Semantic Web Repositories * Modeling Expressive Resource Descriptions * Ontology and Metadata Standards for Expressive Resource Descriptions * Natural Language Processing and Information Extractions for the Acquisition of Resource Descriptions * Semantic Web Mining and Semantic Network Analysis Algorithms and Infrastructures for Semantic Search * Scalable Reasoners, Repositories and Infrastructures for Semantic Search * Crawling, Storing and Indexing of Expressive Resource Descriptions * Fusion of Semantic Search Results on the Semantic Web * Algorithms for Matching Expressive Queries and Resource Descriptions * Algorithms and Reasoning Procedure to Deal With Vagueness, Incompleteness and Inconsistencies in Semantic Search Evaluation of Semantic Search * Evaluation Methodologies for Semantic Search * Standard Datasets and Benchmarks for Semantic Search ----------------------------------- Organizers ----------------------------------- * Marko Grobelnik, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia * Peter Mika, Yahoo! Research, Barcelona, Spain * Thanh Tran Duc, Institute AIFB, University of Karlsruhe (TH), Germany * Haofen Wang, Apex Data & Knowledge Management Lab, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China ----------------------------------- Program Committee ----------------------------------- * Wray Buntine, NICTA Canberra, Australia * Pablo Castells, Universidad Autónonoma de Madrid, Spain * Alistair Duke, British Telecom, UK * Blaz Fortuna, Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia * Norbert Fuhr, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany * Lise Getoor, University Maryland, USA * Rayid Ghani, Accenture Labs, USA * Peter Haase, Institute AIFB, University of Karlsruhe, Germany * Andreas Harth, DERI, Galway, Ireland * Andreas Hotho, University of Kassel, Germany * Yiannis Kompatsiaris, Informatics and Telematics Institute, Greece * Li Ma, IBM Research, Beijing, China * Eduarda Mendes Rodrigues, Microsoft Research, Cambridge, UK * Yuzhong Qu, Southeast University, Nanjing, China * Sergej Sizov, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany * Nenad Stojanovic, FZI Karlsruhe, Germany * Rudi Studer, Institute AIFB, University of Karlsruhe, Germany * Cao Hoang Tru, HCMC University of Technology, HCMC, Vietnam * Michael Witbrock, Cycorp, USA and Cycorp Europe, Slovenia * Yong Yu, Apex Lab, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China * Ilya Zaihrayeu, University of Trento, Italy * Hugo Zaragoza, Yahoo! Research Barcelona, Spain ----------------------------------- Submission and Proceedings ----------------------------------- Proceedings will be published for the workshop as part of the CEUR Workshop Proceedings (CEUR-WS.org, ISSN 1613-0073). We will pursue a journal special issue with the topics of the workshop if we receive an appropriate number of high-quality submissions. Details on the proceedings and camera-ready formatting will be announced upon notification of the authors. For submissions, the following rules apply: * Papers should be formatted according to the guidelines of the WWW2009 conference, i.e. according to the ACM Proceedings Style. More information is available at http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html. * Regular research papers are limited to 10 pages. * Additionally, we invite discussion papers, experimental contributions, system and demo descriptions which are limited to 2 pages. In this case, please indicate the type of the contribution as subtitle. * Please use the following link to the submission system to submit your paper: Easychair Submission System for SemSearch2009 at http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=semse2009. ----------------------------------- Important Dates ----------------------------------- Deadline for submissions: March 1st, 2009 (12.00 AM, GMT) Notification of acceptance: April 1st, 2009 Camera-ready versions: April 10th, 2009 WWW'09 Conference: April 20th-24th, 2009 Workshop Day: April 21st, 2009 ----------------------------------- Contact ----------------------------------- The organization committee can be reached via <mailto:semsearch09@aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de> semsearch09(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de. For questions on submission, please contact Tran Duc Thanh via <mailto:dtr@aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de> dtr(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de. Workshop website at http://km.aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de/ws/semsearch09. -- Mailing-Liste: WI(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de Administrator: WI-admin(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de Konfiguration: http://www.aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de/mailman/listinfo/wi

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[Fwd: [WI] CfP: ICGSE Workshop on Management of Globally Distributed Software Projects]
by Gustaf Neumann 08 Feb '09

08 Feb '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [WI] CfP: ICGSE Workshop on Management of Globally Distributed Software Projects Datum: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 17:11:22 +0100 Von: Stefanie Betz <stefanie.betz(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de> An: <wi(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de> Apologies for cross-postings ________________________________________________________ Workshop: Empirical Experiences, Metrics and Tools for Project Management in Globally Distributed Software Development Projects July 13, 2009 - Limerick, Ireland http://www.outshore.org/ICGSE/ICGSE09/tabid/56/Default.aspx The workshop is co-located with ICGSE 2009 in Limerick, Ireland on July 13, 2009. For more information, visit http://www.lero.ie/icgse2009 CALL FOR PAPERS Important dates April 15, 2009 - Deadline for paper submission to the workshop organizers May 1, 2009 - Decision of acceptance to paper authors May 5, 2009 - Final version of accepted papers due, according to IEEE standards May 5, 2009 - Deadline for early registration July 13, 2009 - Workshop Organizers Alberto Avritzer, Siemens Corporate Research Juho Maekioe, Research Centre for Information Technologies Stefanie Betz, University of Karlsruhe Rafael Prikladnicki, PUCRS, Brazil Description The challenging issues arising in the field of global software engineering projects require novel approaches in risk analysis, project planning, and methods in order to handle the bounded financial and technical risks. The goal of this workshop is to provide a forum for researchers and professionals interested in global software development to discuss and exchange ideas. In particular, this workshop takes the perspective of the practitioner and focuses on the techniques that will help software professionals to meet the unique challenges in a global development environment. Thus, the major goal of this workshop is to discuss novel methodologies for project management in global software development. Additionally, we want to provide a platform bringing together researches and practitioners in order to share their knowledge and requirements in the field of global software development. The challenges that are coupled with the management of distributed software development projects call for new process models, techniques, methodologies and tools. This workshop focuses on multiple aspects of management of distributed software development. Topics of interest to the conference include the following aspects of global software engineering projects (but are not restricted to): - requirement engineering for globally distributed software development projects - requirement description in globally distributed software development projects - multi-sourcing in global software development - quality metrics form globally distributed projects - risk management / risk modeling / risk analysis of offshore projects - process for planning and execution - organizational models and strategies - project portfolio management - communication models for distributed software development teams - causalities between critical success factors - metrics for critical success factors - problem handling during project work - outsourcing / offshoring contracts - decision support systems - strategic planning - project planning and preparations - simulation Target Audience - requirement engineers - software engineers - computer scientists - business process engineers - project managers Paper submission Papers must be submitted electronically by email to Dr. Juho Maekioe (maekioe(a)fzi.de). Your paper must conform to the IEEE proceedings publication format (8.5" x 11", Two-Column Format) described at IEEE/CPS. You paper should not be longer than 6 pages including all text, references, appendices, and figures. Your submissions should be in PDF format. Submissions that exceed the page limit (6) or do not comply with the proceedings format will be desk rejected without review. The results described must not be under consideration for publication elsewhere. Program committee - Dr. Andre Bondi, Siemens Corporate Research - Prof. Dr. M. Esser, St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University - PhD. Robert Feld, Blekinge Inst. of Technology - Prof. Dr. Eila Jarvenpaa, Helsinki University of Technology - Dr. Andreas Kotulla, Telisys GmbH - Dr. Steve Masticola, Siemens Corporate Research - Prof. Dr. Andreas Oberweis, University of Karlsruhe - Dr. Maria Paasivaara, Helsinki University of Technology - Dr. Darja Smite, Riga Information Technology Institute - Prof. Dr. Riitta Smeds, Helsinki University of Technology Related Workshops This workshop is the third in a series of Risk Management ICGSE workshops. This year we are expanding the focus to project management and requirements engineering as well. Links to previous ICGSE workshops are: ICGSE 2007 - http://www.outshore.org/ICGSE/ICGSE07/tabid/58/Default.aspx ICGSE 2008 - http://www.outshore.org/ICGSE/ICGSE08/tabid/57/Default.aspx -- 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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IS WC is the major international forum where the latest research results and technical innovations on all aspects of the Semantic Web are presented. As the Semantic Web is rapidly entering the mainstream, IS WC 2009 will pay particular attention to showcasing scalable and usable solutions, which bring semantic technologies to web users in authentic application settings. The tracks for ISWC 2009 include Research, Semantic Web in Use, Posters & Demonstrations, Industry, Doctorial Consortium, Tutorials, and Workshops. Calls for each of these tracks is below. The International Semantic Web Conference (IS WC) series is organized and managed by the Semantic Web Science Association (SWSA ). See http://iswc2009.semanticweb.org/ for full details. Research Track - Call for Papers The web continues to grow and increasing amounts of data are available for human and machine consumption, processing, and re-dissemination. As Semantic Web technologies (including linked data approaches) mature and become usable by end-users we can expect to encounter new technologies, modes of interactions, and applications that enable us to "surf" this web of data. These new approaches give rise to new challenges - both from a technical and human-computer interaction perspective. The goal of the research track at ISWC is to bring together researchers, practitioners, and users from the areas of artificial intelligence, databases, social networks, distributed computing, web engineering, information systems, natural language processing, soft computing, and human-computer interaction to discuss the biggest challenges and proposed solutions. It solicits the submission of original, principled research papers dealing with both analytical theoretical, empirical, and practical aspects of all areas of Semantic Web research. Papers to the research track are expected to clearly present their contribution and provide some well-principled means of evaluation. We especially encourage papers that ensure the repeatability of their experiments and share with the community their data and test harnesses. General Information ISWC 2009 calls for papers for its research track. The research track solicits the submission of original, principled research papers dealing with both analytical theoretical, empirical, and practical aspects of all areas of Semantic Web research. Papers to the research track are expected to clearly present their contribution and provide some well-principled means of evaluation. We especially encourage papers that ensure the repeatability of their experiments, and share with the community their data and test harnesses. Topics Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: · User Interfaces · Interacting with Semantic Web data 1 Semantic Web content creation and annotation 2 Mashing up Semantic Web data and processes 3 Novel interaction paradigms aimed at linked data 4 Semantic web applications to Web-2.0 sites · Data Semantics and Ontologies · Beyond Description Logic: New formalisms for semantics (such as probabilistic approaches) 1 Lightweight semantics (linked data, microformats, etc). 2 Ontology modeling, reuse, extraction, and evolution 3 Ontology mapping, merging, and alignment 4 Searching and ranking ontologies 5 Ontology evaluation · Applications of the Semantic Web · Applications with clear lessons learned or evaluations 1 Semantic Web for large scale applications, desktops or personal information management 2 Semantic Web technologies for multimedia, sensors, and situational awareness 3 Semantic Web technologies for P2P, services, agents, grids and middleware · Management of Semantic Web Data · Languages, tools and methodologies for representing and managing Semantic Web data 1 Database, IR and AI technologies for the Semantic Web 2 Search, query, integration, and analysis on the Semantic Web 3 Robust and scalable knowledge management and reasoning on the Web 4 Machine learning and information extraction for the Semantic Web 5 Cleaning, assurance, trust, provenance of Semantic Web data, services and processes · Social Semantic Web · Social networks and processes on the Semantic Web 1 Semantic Web technologies for collaboration and cooperation 2 Representing and reasoning about trust, privacy, and security General questions can be sent to iswc2009 <you know what symbol> semanticweb.org Evaluation of Submitted Research Papers ISWC is a highly attractive and competitive conference series. From all previous ISWC conferences, we have seen researchers and practitioners making best use of the methods and technologies reported at the event for their own research and practice. We are very eager to maintain this high level of impact achieved by ISWC papers in the future. For this purpose, all papers will be critically reviewed by 3 reviewers and one vice chair. To assess papers, reviewers will judge originality of papers, significance for further research and/or practice related to the Semantic Web, technical soundness of the proposed approaches and readability of the submitted papers. Specific weight will be given to the evaluation of the approaches described in the papers. We strongly encourage evaluations that are repeatable. Depending on the type of the paper and the proposed approach indications for repeatability may vary. For instance, theoretical papers may want to upload full proofs of theorems (as supplementary data), empirical work may want to upload training/test data, experimental results, or supporting movies (as supplementary data), case study work may link to case study journals for deeper insights, system papers may provide download of the software or a Web client together with full assessments in user studies, approaches that describe algorithms may want to provide the algorithm in source code and in an easy-to-install manner. Submission of Abstracts and Papers Submissions and reviewing will be handled using the EasyChair reviewing system. Pre-submission of abstracts will be a strict requirement. Final papers can be submitted until 21 June 2009, 23:59 hrs, Hawaiian time. The submission platform will be opened from the beginning of May. Note the we made a special effort to cut all slack from the reviewing schedule in order to assure that we will have the newest results presented at the conference. We will, therefore, be unable to make any extensions to this submission deadline! Please note that metadata about all successful submissions will be included in the conference metadata corpus and made publicly available at http://data.semanticweb.org. Detailed information will be provided with the acceptance notification. Format Paper submissions must be formatted in the style of the Springer Publications format for Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS). For complete details, see Springer's Author Instructions (http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-2-72376-0 <http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-2-72376-0> ). Formatted papers must be no longer than 16 pages. Papers that exceed this limit will be rejected without review. ISWC 2009 will not accept research papers that, at the time of submission, are under review for or have already been published in or accepted for publication in a journal or another conference. Authors of accepted papers will be required to provide semantic annotations for the abstract of their submission for the Semantic Web (help will be provided for this task) and submit a version of their paper to a special conference discussion system. Details will be provided on the conference Web page at the time of acceptance. At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the conference. Important Dates - Research Track * Abstracts due: Monday, June 8, 2009, 23:59 Hawaii Time (GMT-10) * Submissions due: Monday, June 15 2009 23:59 Hawaii Time (GMT-10) * Rebuttal phase: July 15 - July 20, 2009 * Notification: August 4, 2009 * Camera ready: August 14, 2009 Program Committee · Chairs · Abraham Bernstein, University of Zurich, Switzerland 1 David Karger, MIT, USA * Vice Chairs To Be Announced Semantic Web In Use - Call for Papers Semantic Web technologies continue to make the transition from research labs into mainstream adoption. The Semantic Web In Use track at ISWC 2009 provides a forum for the community to explore the benefits and challenges of applying Semantic Web technology in real-life applications and contexts, such as industry, science, society, government or entertainment. Submissions to the Semantic Web In Use track may employ scientific methods (qualitative and/or quantitative) to understand in greater detail the application of Semantic Web technologies, or present novel practical approaches that are relevant to the deployment of Semantic Web technologies but may not otherwise gain an outlet in the ISWC series. We therefore invite the submission of original, principled papers organized around some of or all of the following aspects: * Description of concrete problems in specific application domains, for which Semantic Web technologies can provide a solution. * Description of an implemented application of Semantic Web technologies in a specific domain. * Assessment of the pros and cons of using Semantic Web technologies to solve a particular business problem or other practical problems in a specific domain. * Comparison with alternative or competing approaches using conventional or competing technologies. * Learned best practices for deploying an application based on Semantic Web technologies. * Assessment of the costs and benefits of the application of Semantic Web Technologies, e.g. time and cost of implementation and deployment, integration with legacy IT systems, user acceptance, returns on investment. * Assessment/evaluation of usage and uptake of a deployed Semantic Web application. The Semantic Web In Use track is open to submissions based on a wide-range of hypotheses, methodologies and conclusions. However priority will be given to submissions that demonstrate rigor in the methodology and analysis on which conclusions are based. Submissions/Format Submissions and reviewing will be handled using the EasyChair reviewing system. Pre-submission of abstracts is preferred but not required. Final papers can be submitted until 15 June 2009, 23:59 hrs, Hawaiian time. The submission platform will be opened from the beginning of May. Paper submissions must be formatted in the style of the Springer Publications format for Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS). For complete details, see Springer's Author Instructions (http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-2-72376-0). Formatted papers must be no longer than 16 pages. Papers that exceed this limit will be rejected without review. ISWC 2009 will not accept papers to the Semantic Web In Use track that, at the time of submission, are under review for or have already been published in or accepted for publication in a journal or another conference. Authors of accepted papers will be required to provide semantic annotations for the abstract of their submission for the Semantic Web (help will be provided for this task) and submit a version of their paper to a special conference discussion system. Details will be provided on the conference Web page at the time of acceptance. At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the conference. Authors of papers submitted to the Semantic Web In Use track (whether accepted or not) are encouraged to also consider submitting their work to the ISWC2009 Poster and Demo track, where appropriate. Please note that such submissions must be made separately to In Use track submissions and must adhere strictly to the submission requirements for Posters and Demos. Please note that metadata about all successful submissions will be included in the conference metadata corpus and made publicly available at http://data.semanticweb.org. Detailed information will be provided with the acceptance notification. Important Dates - Semantic Web in Use * Submission Deadline: Monday, June 15, 2009 (23:59 Hawaii Time) * Notification of Acceptance: August 4, 2009 * Camera-Ready Paper Deadline: August 14, 2009 Program Committee · Chairs · Lee Feigenbaum, Cambridge Semantics, USA 1 Tom Heath, Talis, UK Posters and Demonstrations - Call for Proposals ISWC 2009 will hold combined poster and demonstration sessions. The Poster/Demo Session is an opportunity for presenting late-breaking results, ongoing research projects, and speculative or innovative work in progress. Posters and demos are intended to provide authors and participants with the ability to connect with each other and to engage in discussions about the work. Technical posters, reports on Semantic Web software systems, descriptions of completed work, and work in progress are all welcome. Demonstrations are intended to showcase innovative Semantic Web related implementations and technologies. Submissions/Format Authors must submit a two-page paper with a short abstract for evaluation. The abstract must clearly demonstrate relevance to the Semantic Web. Submissions will be reviewed by members of the program committee. Decisions about acceptance will be based on relevance to the Semantic Web, originality, potential significance, topicality and clarity. A detailed list of suggested topics can be found in the calls for papers both for the Research Track and for the Semantic Web In Use track. Posters and demos are intended to convey a scientific result or work in progress and are not intended as advertisements for software packages. Authors submitting a full paper to another track in ISWC 2009 may also submit the same work for consideration in the Demo/Poster track, either before or after result notification for the full paper. For example, a demo can be provided for an accepted paper, or a poster can be used to present work that was insufficiently mature for the other track. For demo submissions, authors are strongly encouraged to include in their submission a link to where the demo (live or recorded video) can be found. At least one of the Poster/Demo authors must be a registered participant at the conference, and attend the Poster/Demo Session to present the work. The abstracts for all accepted posters and demos will be given to all conference attendees and published on the conference web site. They will not be included in the formal proceedings. Poster and demo papers must be submitted in ACM format. For complete details, see ACM SIG Proceedings Templates. Please remove the ACM copyright box from the first page of your submission. Poster/Demo papers must be submitted in PDF format, and no other format will be accepted. Poster/Demo papers that exceed the page limit could be rejected without review. Please note that metadata about all successful submissions will be included in the conference metadata corpus and made publicly available at http://data.semanticweb.org. Detailed information will be provided with the acceptance notification. Please submit papers at the ISWC 2009 submission page. Important Dates - Posters & Demonstrations * August 7, 2009: Deadline for submissions * August 24 , 2009: Notification of acceptance * September 8, 2009: Camera ready abstracts due Time for all deadlines above will be 23:59 pm Hawaiian time (GMT-10). Further Information For further information and for any questions regarding the event or submissions, please contact the Posters and Demonstration co-chairs Tania Tudorache and Harith Alani. Organizing Chairs · Tania Tudorache, Stanford University, USA 1 Harith Alani, University of Southampton, UK Program Committee * To be announced Industry Track - Call for Proposals ISWC 2009 is hosting an Industry Track to enable the business community to present products that utilize or enrich the Semantic Web. We invite industry vendors to submit brief presentations for this track. No formal accompanying paper is required. We encourage product and service vendors who may or may not be exhibiting at ISWC 2009 to give a presentation about their products or services. While such presentations can explicitly focus on vendor-branded products and services, we seek to allow vendors to (1) give more in-depth discussion about the specific aspects of Semantic Web technologies in their products and services; (2) explain how their products and services are helping transition clients into the Semantic Web; and (3) describe the innovative plans for their products and services that lead to greater adoption of Semantic Web standards and interoperability. The key dates for the Call for Presentations are close to the conference date to encourage vendors to include last-minute updates and innovations of general interest to ISWC attendees. We want to provide a venue for companies who might otherwise not submit a formal paper to ISWC, but nevertheless have valuable insights and engineering acumen regarding various Semantic Web technologies and their applicability. Submissions/Format Authors must submit a presentation for consideration. It is recommended that each submission also include an abstract of a maximum of 200 words. Submissions will be reviewed by members of the program committee. Decisions for acceptance will be based on relevance to the Semantic Web, technical depth and business applicability. Marketing and sales material will not be considered. Submissions should be in one of the following formats: * HTML * PowerPoint (PPT) slides * PDF slides * MPEG2 or MPEG4 (Screencasts) No formal paper is required. While it is difficult to handle the entire range of presentation technologies, we are willing to negotiate accommodations if one of the above formats is not suitable. If your technology is not listed and is critical to your presentation, please contact the Industry Track co-chairs. Presentations may be fully automated (e.g. screencasts) or narrated live during the conference. Submissions should also include presentation needs (e.g. projector, Internet connectivity). You may submit hyperlinks to your presentation (including the final presentation), but if you require Internet access for your presentation, please submit a backup final presentation in the unlikely event of connection problems. Presentations are expected to be either 20 or 50 minutes with 10 minutes for questions. A presentation may be mixed media (any of the above formats) and include demonstrations, but must adhere to the 20 or 50 minute limit. Please note that metadata about all successful submissions will be included in the conference metadata corpus and made publicly available at http://data.semanticweb.org. Detailed information will be provided with the acceptance notification. Please submit presentations at the ISWC 2009 submission page. Topics Potential topics are listed below but are not inclusive. See the Research Track for additional topic areas. * Ontology Management * Reasoning Engines * Collaboration and the Semantic Web * Open Data on the Semantic Web * Open Source Strategies for Semantic Web Businesses Important Dates - Industry Track * August 1, 2009: Draft presentations due * August 31, 2009: Notification of acceptance * September 10, 2009: Final presentations due Further Information For further information and for any questions regarding the event or submissions, please contact the Industry Track co-chairs Matthew Fisher and John Callahan. Program Committee · Chairs · Matthew Fisher, Progeny Systems, USA 1 John Callahan, JHUAPL, USA Doctoral Consortium - Call for Papers Introduction The ISWC 2009 Doctoral Consortium will take place as part of the 8th International Semantic Web Conference at the Westfields Conference Center <http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/iadwf-westfields-marriott-washington-…> near Washington, DC. Alongside the plenary sessions which afford opportunity for the scientific exchange and presentation of high quality research in all aspects of the Semantic Web, this forum will allow doctoral students to present their work and obtain guidance from mentors as well as to meet other postgraduate students in the field. The goal of the Doctoral Consortium is to create an opportunity for PhD students to test their research ideas, present their current progress and future plans, and receive constructive criticism and insights related to their future work and career perspectives. A mentor (peer researcher and expert in the field) will be assigned to each student of an accepted paper, to provide individual feedback and advice on the paper, the focus of the work and further developments. Students who are submitting papers on specific portions of their work to the main conference are also invited to apply to the Doctoral Consortium. In this case, the short paper for the Doctoral Consortium should give an overview of the student's dissertation research, and the paper for the main conference should focus on a specific piece of this work. All papers submitted to the Doctoral Consortium stream will undergo a thorough reviewing process with a view to providing detailed and constructive feedback. The best submissions will be selected for presentation at the ISWC 2009 Doctoral Consortium sessions. Full papers will be published in the main ISWC proceedings. Some papers will be accepted as posters rather than full papers, depending on the nature of the submission. The poster session will take place as part of the Doctoral Consortium. Topics The Doctoral Consortium track of ISWC 2009 solicits submission of PhD research papers dealing with foundational and core issues, application domains and practical aspects of Semantic Web research. Topics include, but are not limited to: · Applications of the Semantic Web · Applications with clear lessons learned 1 Evaluations of Semantic Web technologies 2 Semantic Web for e-business, e-science, e-government, and other application domains 3 Semantic Web technologies for multimedia content 4 Personal Information Management · Management of Semantic Web Data · Languages, tools and methodologies for representing and managing Semantic Web data 1 Database technologies for the Semantic Web 2 Search, query, and visualization of the Semantic Web 3 Robust and scalable knowledge management and reasoning on the Web 4 Machine learning and human language technologies for the Semantic Web 5 Semantic Web content creation, annotation, and extraction · Ontologies · Ontology creation, extraction, and evolution 1 Ontology mapping, merging, and alignment 2 Evaluation and tanking of ontologies 3 Ontology search · Semantic Web Architecture · Semantic Web middleware 1 Semantic Web services 2 Agents on the Semantic Web 3 Semantics in peer-to-peer systems and grids · Social Semantic Web · Social networks and processes on the Semantic Web 1 Semantic web technology for collaboration and cooperation · Representing and reasoning about trust, privacy, and security Submissions/Format Doctoral Consortium papers should include a clear presentation of the PhD research direction, sound situation of the PhD research in the context of Semantic Web and related fields, a report on the work done so far and a plan of further research. They should indicate at what stage of the PhD the author is at. All submissions should be no longer than 8 pages, in the same format as is used for the main conference papers. Paper submissions must be formatted in the style of the Springer Publications format for Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS). For complete details, see Springer's Author Instructions. <http://www.springer.com/east/home/computer/lncs?SGWID=5-164-7-72376-0> Papers must be submitted electronically through the conference submission site. Papers must be submitted in PDF format. Papers will not be accepted in any other format. ISWC 2009 will not accept research papers that, at the time of submission, are under review for or have already been published in or accepted for publication in a journal or another conference. Authors of accepted papers will be required to provide semantic annotations for the abstract of their submission for the Semantic Web (help will be provided for this task). Details will be provided on the conference Web page at the time of acceptance. Please note that metadata about all successful submissions will be included in the conference metadata corpus and made publicly available at http://data.semanticweb.org <http://data.semanticweb.org/> . Detailed information will be provided with the acceptance notification. Important Dates - Doctorial Consortium * June 15, 2009 (11:59pm Hawaii time, GMT-10): Doctoral consortium paper submissions due * July 21, 2009: Doctoral consortium paper acceptance notification * August 7, 2009: Doctoral consortium camera-ready papers due * October 24, 2009: Doctoral consortium * October 25-29, 2009: ISWC conference Further Information For further information and for any questions regarding the event or submissions, please contact the Doctoral Consortium Chair Diana Maynard <mailto:d.maynard@dcs.shef.ac.uk> . For more information about ISWC 2009, please contact the ISWC General Chair. Program Committee * Chair Diana Maynard, University of Sheffield, UK Tutorials - Call for Proposals The Web continues to grow and new technologies, modes of interactions, and applications are being developed. Building on this growth, Semantic Web technologies aim at providing a shared semantic information space, qualitatively changing our experiences on the Web. As Semantic Web technologies mature and permeate more and more application areas, new research challenges are becoming apparent and some unsolved ones are becoming more acute. To foster the exchange of ideas and collaboration, ISWC brings together researchers in relevant disciplines such as artificial intelligence, databases, social networks, distributed computing, web engineering, information systems, natural language processing, and human-computer interaction. In addition to the regular research and workshop program, ISWC'09 aims to feature a tutorial program that would address the interests of its varied audience: novices to the Semantic Web, representatives of government and funding agencies, Semantic Web practitioners that wish to learn new technologies. We welcome submissions of tutorial proposals on all major topics related to Semantic Web research, including, but not limited to those of relevance for ISWC'09 (http://iswc2009.semanticweb.org/). We expect proposals of the following types of tutorials: * Tutorials providing an introduction to the Semantic Web; * Tutorials describing the application of Semantic Web technology in specific domains (e.g., business intelligence, life-sciences, health care). Applications to government and e-government are especially encouraged; * Tutorials presenting concrete Semantic Web technologies and trends. We encourage proposals describing both established technologies that are increasingly used by the community and novel, ground-breaking technologies. * Tutorials presenting techniques from other research fields that are of relevance for Semantic Web research. (e.g., machine learning, NLP). Important Organizers' Responsibilities Organizers of accepted tutorials are responsible for preparing and maintaining a Web site that describes the tutorial and includes other relevant information. The URL of the tutorial site should be submitted to the tutorial chair by 14 August 2009. The description should make it clear that the tutorial is open to all members of the ISWC community. It should also mention that all tutorial participants must pay the ISWC'09 conference registration fee, as well as the tutorial fee. The tutorial organizers will also be asked to provide some metadata about their tutorial, conforming to the Semantic Web Conference ontology (detailed instructions will be provided). Organizers are also responsible for the production and distribution of all technical material to be used for teaching the tutorial (slides, notes, technical papers, etc.) except for the reproduction of hard copies of printed materials, which will be handled by ISWC. In the case of a hands-on tutorial requiring software, it is strongly recommended that the organizers provide CDs from which the participants can install the software needed on their computers. (It is not realistic to expect tutorial attendees to download the software at the beginning of the tutorial!) Tutorial presenters will need to submit the material for printed hand-outs to the tutorial organizers for pre-printing. (The deadline for this is given below.) The ISWC 2009 Organizing Committee will be responsible for the following: * Providing publicity for the tutorial as a whole on the conference's web page. The ISWC 2009 page will include the tutorial abstract and provide a link to the tutorial's local page. * Providing logistic support and a meeting place for the tutorial. * In conjunction with the organizers, determining the tutorial date and time. * Production of sufficient copies of printed tutorial materials provided by the tutorial organizers. Submissions/Format ISWC'09 tutorials may be either for a full day or for a half day. Although tutorials may focus entirely on theoretical aspects, we encourage organisers to incorporate hands-on sessions where appropriate. Tutorial proposals should not exceed 5 pages in Springer LNCS format and should contain the following information: * An abstract (200 words maximum; to be published on the ISWC'09 website); * A justification of the tutorial, including its relevance to this conference and its relation to similar tutorials presented at other events; * A brief description of tutorial, including aims, overview of content, presentation style, target audience, and prerequisite knowledge; * An indication of full- or half-day, and a draft outline of the tutorial content and schedule * Audio-visual or technical requirements and any special room requirements; * For a hands-on tutorial, please briefly describe the software that will be used for the hands-on activities, the planned procedure to allow the participants to install the software on their computers, and any special technical requirements related to these activities. Please note that any software needed for hands-on activities, and download sites for the software, must be provided by the tutorial presenters. * Information on presenters (name, affiliation, contact info, expertise, experiences in teaching and in tutorial presentation). Please indicate which presenter is the primary contact. Please note that metadata about all successful submissions will be included in the conference metadata corpus and made publicly available at http://data.semanticweb.org. Detailed information will be provided with the acceptance notification. Please submit tutorial proposals by email to Jennifer Golbeck at jgolbeck(a)umd.edu. Important Dates - Tutorials * June 19, 2009: Tutorial proposals due * July 10, 2009: Notification of proposal acceptance * August 14, 2009: Deadline for receipt of URL for tutorial web page * September 25, 2009: Deadline for sending the tutorial notes (handouts) to the tutorial chair for reproduction (PDF preferred) * October 25-26, 2009: Presentation of Tutorial Program Program Committee · Chairs · Jennifer Golbeck, University of Maryland, College Park, USA, jgolbeck(a)umd.edu · Marta Sabou, The Open University, UK, r.m.sabou(a)open.ac.uk Workshops - Call for Proposals ISWC 2009, the Eighth International Semantic Web Conference, will be held on October 25-29 2009 at the Westfields Conference Center near Washington DC. Co-located workshops at previous ISWC conferences have become an important meeting point for researchers to discuss and exchange ideas concerning focused Semantic Web topics. ISWC 2009 plans to continue with this tradition and invites proposals for the Workshop Track. General Information * Co-located workshops must be on topics that are of interest to ISWC attendees. * Workshop duration can be half a day or a full day. * We strongly advise having more than one organizer, preferably from different institutions, bringing different perspectives to the workshop topic. * Workshops are intended to be genuine interactive events. We welcome workshops with creative structures and organizations that attract various types of contributions and ensure rich interactions. * The decision on acceptance/rejection of workshop proposals will be made on the basis of the overall quality of the proposal as well as how it fits in with the conference. * The organizers of successful workshops will be responsible for their own reviewing process, publicity (e.g., website), and proceedings. They will be required to closely cooperate with the Workshops Chairs and the ISWC 2009 local organizers to finalize all details mentioned above. * The workshop organizers will also be asked to provide some metadata about their workshop, conforming to the Semantic Web Conference ontology (detailed instructions will be provided). * Workshop attendees must pay the ISWC 2009 workshop registration fee, as well as the conference registration fee. * Accepted workshops will receive one free registration to the main conference. Submissions/Format Workshop proposals should be no more than 3 pages in length, should be in text or PDF format and should contain the following information: * A title. * A 200 words abstract. * A brief discussion of why the topic is of particular interest at this time. * A brief description of why and to whom the workshop is of interest, the workshop audience, as well as the expected number of participants. * A brief description of the proposed workshop format, discussing the mix of events such as paper presentations, invited talks, panels, and general discussion. * A list of (potential) members of the program committee (at least 50% have to be known and confirmed at the time of the proposal). * An indication of whether the workshop should be considered for a half-day or full-day meeting. * A description of past versions of the workshop, including URLs as well as submission and acceptance counts. * The names and contact information (web page, email address) of the proposed organizing committee and short description of their relevant experience. Please note that metadata about all successful submissions will be included in the conference metadata corpus and made publicly available at http://data.semanticweb.org. Detailed information will be provided with the acceptance notification. Please send your proposals by *May 1*, 2009 to iswc09workshops(a)lists.csail.mit.edu. Important Dates - Workshops · *May 1*, 2009 - Workshop proposals are due. · Proposals should be submitted to iswc09workshops(a)lists.csail.mit.edu . · May 22, 2009 - Notification of acceptance/rejection. · The important dates for accepted workshops will be: · June 8, 2009 - Workshop Call for Papers out (suggested). 1 July 31, 2009 - Submissions to workshops (suggested) 2 August 30, 2009 - Acceptance of papers for workshops (suggested) 3 October 2, 2009 - Camera ready papers 4 October 9, 2009 - Camera ready proceedings 5 October 25 - 26, 2009 - Workshops days Program Committee · Chairs · Philippe Cudre-Mauroux, MIT, USA 1 Jeff Heflin, Lehigh University, USA -- Mailing-Liste: WI(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de Administrator: WI-admin(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de Konfiguration: http://www.aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de/mailman/listinfo/wi

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[Fwd: [isworld] CFP Model-Driven Web Engineering MDWE 2009]
by Gustaf Neumann 07 Feb '09

07 Feb '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] CFP Model-Driven Web Engineering MDWE 2009 Datum: Sat, 7 Feb 2009 08:43:34 -0500 Von: Geert-Jan Houben <g.j.p.m.houben(a)tudelft.nl> Antwort an: Geert-Jan Houben <g.j.p.m.houben(a)tudelft.nl> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> *********************************************************** * 1st Call for Papers * * 5th Model-Driven Web Engineering (MDWE�2009) * * http://mdwe2009.pst.ifi.lmu.de * * Workshop at ICWE 2009 * * *********************************************************** Web Engineering is a specific domain in which Model-Driven Software Development (MDSD) can be successfully applied. Existing model-based Web engineering approaches already provide excellent methods and tools for the design and development of most kinds of Web applications. They address different concerns using separate models (navigation, presentation, workflows, etc.) and come with model compilers that produce most of the application�s Web pages and logic based on these models. However, most of these Web Engineering proposals do not fully exploit all the potential benefits of MDSD, such as complete platform independence, metamodeling, and model transformations. Recently, the MDA initiative has introduced a new approach for organizing the design of an application into different models so portability, interoperability, and reusability can be obtained through architectural separation of concerns. MDA covers a wide spectrum of topics and issues (MOF-based metamodels, UML profiles, model transformations, modelling languages and tools, etc.). In another field, Software Factories provide concepts and resources for the model-based design of complex applications. At the same time, we see a trend towards the incorporation of emerging technologies like the Semantic Web and (Semantic) Web Rule Languages, which aim at fostering application interoperability, especially with the advent of the Web 2.0 and its related technologies and richer applications. However, the effective integration of all these new techniques with the already existing model-based Web Engineering approaches is still unresolved. The main goal of the workshop is to provide a discussion forum where researchers and practitioners on model-driven development of Web applications can meet, disseminate and exchange ideas and problems, identify some of the key issues related to these topics, and explore together possible solutions and future works. WORKSHOP TOPICS Both academia and industry are invited to submit papers about any of the following topics of interest: * Model Driven Architecture (MDA) in the context of Web application development * Other model-driven approaches (e.g., Software Factories) for the development of Web systems * Advantages of the use of MDA and Software Factories in the Web domain * Potential problems or limitations of MDSD in the Web Engineering domain * Metamodels for model-driven approaches used for Web application development * Domain specific modelling languages for Web Engineering * UML profiles for Web applications * Patterns in the design and implementation of Web applications * Web systems software architecture modelling in MDSD approaches * Model-driven code generation for Web applications * Model-to-model and model-to-code transformations for Web application development * Model transformation languages * Interoperability models for Web applications and resources (Web pages, Web services, portlets, distributed components, etc.) * Tools and frameworks for supporting model-driven Web development * Model-driven quality analysis of Web applications * Maintenance, evolution and management of model-driven generated Web systems * Model-driven approaches to design distributions aspects in Web systems * Use of Semantic Web-based approaches in model-driven Web design * Metamodels and model transformations for the development of Semantic Web applications SUBMISSION FORMAT AND PROCEDURE Submissions should be not more than 15 pages long in LNCS format. They have to include the authors� name, affiliation and contact details. Submissions are due on April 8, 2009. Submission details can be found at the workshop website. Authors will be notified of acceptance by May 8 and camera-ready versions of the workshop papers are due on June 1, 2009. At least one author of accepted papers should register for the conference and participate in the workshop. The workshop proceedings will be made available online to the participants at least one week before the workshop. Similarly to previous editions of the MDWE workshop we will publish the proceedings in CEUR (free online publications with ISSN). In the tradition of the workshop, a journal publication of a selection of the best papers is planned. IMPORTANT DATES Paper submission April 8, 2009 Notification of acceptance May 8, 2009 Camera-ready version due June 1, 2009 Workshop date will be published soon, workshop will take place at ICWE 2009 (June 22 to 26) WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS * Nora Koch, Ludwig-Maximilian Universität München and Cirquent GmbH,Germany * Antonio Vallecillo, University of Málaga, Spain * Geert-Jan Houben, Technische Universiteit Delft, the Netherlands * Gustavo Rossi, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina PROGRAM COMMITTEE * Luciano Baresi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy * Olga De Troyer, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium * Schahram Dustdar, TU Vienna, Austria * Maria Jose Escalona, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain * Piero Fraternali, Politecnico di Milano, Italy * Martin Gaedke, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany * Heinrich Hussmann, LMU München, Germany * Alexander Knapp, Universitat Augsburg, Germany * David Lowe, University of Technology of Sydney, Australia * Santiago Meliá, Universidad de Alicante, Spain * Pierre-Alain Muller, University of Mulhouse, France * Vicente Pelechano, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain * Fernando Sánchez, Universidad de Extremadura, Spain * Eelco Visser, Technische Universiteit Delft, the Netherlands * Marco Winckler, Université Toulouse, France The AISWorld LISTSERV is a service of the Association for Information Systems (http://www.aisnet.org). 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[Fwd: [isworld] CfP: ICGSE Workshop on Management of Globally Distributed Software Projects]
by Gustaf Neumann 03 Feb '09

03 Feb '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] CfP: ICGSE Workshop on Management of Globally Distributed Software Projects Datum: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 17:32:53 +0100 Von: Stefanie Betz <stefanie.betz(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de> Antwort an: Stefanie Betz <stefanie.betz(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> Apologies for cross-postings ________________________________________________________ Workshop: Empirical Experiences, Metrics and Tools for Project Management in Globally Distributed Software Development Projects July 13, 2009 - Limerick, Ireland http://www.outshore.org/ICGSE/ICGSE09/tabid/56/Default.aspx The workshop is co-located with ICGSE 2009 in Limerick, Ireland on July 13, 2009. For more information, visit http://www.lero.ie/icgse2009 CALL FOR PAPERS Important dates April 15, 2009 - Deadline for paper submission to the workshop organizers May 1, 2009 Decision of acceptance to paper authors May 5, 2009 - Final version of accepted papers due, according to IEEE standards May 5, 2009 - Deadline for early registration July 13, 2009 - Workshop Organizers Alberto Avritzer, Siemens Corporate Research Juho Maekioe, Research Centre for Information Technologies Stefanie Betz, University of Karlsruhe Rafael Prikladnicki, PUCRS, Brazil Description The challenging issues arising in the field of global software engineering projects require novel approaches in risk analysis, project planning, and methods in order to handle the bounded financial and technical risks. The goal of this workshop is to provide a forum for researchers and professionals interested in global software development to discuss and exchange ideas. In particular, this workshop takes the perspective of the practitioner and focuses on the techniques that will help software professionals to meet the unique challenges in a global development environment. Thus, the major goal of this workshop is to discuss novel methodologies for project management in global software development. Additionally, we want to provide a platform bringing together researches and practitioners in order to share their knowledge and requirements in the field of global software development. The challenges that are coupled with the management of distributed software development projects call for new process models, techniques, methodologies and tools. This workshop focuses on multiple aspects of management of distributed software development. Topics of interest to the conference include the following aspects of global software engineering projects (but are not restricted to): - requirement engineering for globally distributed software development projects - requirement description in globally distributed software development projects - multi-sourcing in global software development - quality metrics form globally distributed projects - risk management / risk modeling / risk analysis of offshore projects - process for planning and execution - organizational models and strategies - project portfolio management - communication models for distributed software development teams - causalities between critical success factors - metrics for critical success factors - problem handling during project work - outsourcing / offshoring contracts - decision support systems - strategic planning - project planning and preparations - simulation Target Audience - requirement engineers - software engineers - computer scientists - business process engineers - project managers Paper submission Papers must be submitted electronically by email to Dr. Juho Maekioe (maekioe(a)fzi.de). Your paper must conform to the IEEE proceedings publication format (8.5" x 11", Two-Column Format) described at IEEE/CPS. You paper should not be longer than 6 pages including all text, references, appendices, and figures. Your submissions should be in PDF format. Submissions that exceed the page limit (6) or do not comply with the proceedings format will be desk rejected without review. The results described must not be under consideration for publication elsewhere. Program committee Dr. Andre Bondi, Siemens Corporate Research Prof. Dr. M. Esser, St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University PhD. Robert Feld, Blekinge Inst. of Technology Prof. Dr. Eila Jarvenpaa, Helsinki University of Technology Dr. Andreas Kotulla, Telisys GmbH Dr. Steve Masticola, Siemens Corporate Research Prof. Dr. Andreas Oberweis, University of Karlsruhe Dr. Maria Paasivaara, Helsinki University of Technology Dr. Darja Smite, Riga Information Technology Institute Prof. Dr. Riitta Smeds, Helsinki University of Technology Related Workshops This workshop is the third in a series of Risk Management ICGSE workshops. This year we are expanding the focus to project management and requirements engineering as well. Links to previous ICGSE workshops are: ICGSE 2007 - http://www.outshore.org/ICGSE/ICGSE07/tabid/58/Default.aspx ICGSE 2008 - http://www.outshore.org/ICGSE/ICGSE08/tabid/57/Default.aspx The AISWorld LISTSERV is a service of the Association for Information Systems (http://www.aisnet.org). To unsubscribe, redirect, or change subscription options please go to http://lyris.isworld.org/. 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[Fwd: [isworld] Final CFP: Fourteenth International Conference on Exploring Modeling Methods in Systems Analysis and Design (EMMSAD09)]
by Gustaf Neumann 03 Feb '09

03 Feb '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] Final CFP: Fourteenth International Conference on Exploring Modeling Methods in Systems Analysis and Design (EMMSAD09) Datum: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 14:23:51 -0500 Von: Keng Siau <ksiau(a)unlnotes.unl.edu> Antwort an: Keng Siau <ksiau(a)unlnotes.unl.edu> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> Fourteenth International Conference on Exploring Modeling Methods in Systems Analysis and Design (EMMSAD�09) http://www.emmsad.org Amsterdam, The Netherlands 8-9 June, 2009 (held in conjunction with CAiSE�09 ) Submissions due: 18 February 2009 Sponsors: Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE) International Federation for Information Processing Working Group 8.1 (IFIP WG 8.1) Association for Information Systems Special Interest Group on Systems Analysis and Design (AIS-SIGSAND) INTEROP Vlab North Pole IFIP WG8.1 (http://home.dei.polimi.it/pernici/ifip81/) has supported EMMSAD since 1997. The European INTEROP Network of Excellence (http://interop.aquitaine-valley.fr/) and the Association for Information Systems Special Interest Group on Systems Analysis and Design (http://nfp.cba.utulsa.edu/bajaja/Sigsand/ ) have been supporters since 2005. As of 2007, EMMSAD is officially linked to the CAiSE conference series on a regular basis. Background: The field of information systems analysis and design includes numerous evolving information modeling methods, notations and approaches (e.g. ER, ORM, UML, BPMN, DSM). Even with some attempts to standardize (e.g. UML for object-oriented design), new modeling methods are being introduced, many of which differ only marginally from existing approaches. These ongoing changes significantly impact the way information systems are being analyzed and designed in practice. The EMMSAD events focus on exploring, evaluating, and enhancing current information modeling methods and methodologies. Though the need for such studies is well recognized, there is a paucity of such research in the literature. The objective of EMMSAD�09 is to provide a forum for researchers and practitioners interested in modeling methods in systems analysis and design to meet, and exchange research ideas and results. It also provides the participants an opportunity to present their research papers and experience reports, and to take part in open discussions. EMMSAD�09 is the 14th in a very successful series of events, previously held in Heraklion, Barcelona, Pisa, Heidelberg, Stockholm, Interlaken, Toronto, Velden, Riga, Porto, Luxembourg, Trondheim and Montpellier. Topics of Interest: Relevant topics include (but are not limited to) theoretical and/or empirical or case-based exploration of modeling methods and methodologies in a systems analysis and design context. The topics of interest include general modeling issues such as: � Modeling languages � The process of modeling � Quality of models & modeling approaches � The reasons for modeling and their impact on the modeling languages and processes � Experiences in modeling � Theoretical/philosophical foundations of modeling and/or specific strategies for modeling, including (but not limited to): � Active Knowledge Modeling � Agile Modeling � Aspect-Oriented Modeling � Method Engineering � Model-Driven Development and Architecture (MDD-MDA) � Object Oriented Methods and Methodologies � Ontologies and the semantic web � Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) � Unified Modeling Language (UML) and Unified Process (UP) and/or modeling of specific aspects, including (but not limited to): � Business Process Modeling and Improvement � Business Rule Modeling � Database Modeling � Workflow Modeling � E-Business and M-Business Models and Architectures � Enterprise Modeling, Architecture, and Enterprise Governance � Information Modelling (ER, ORM etc.) � Interactive models � Meta-modeling � Requirements modeling � Knowledge Engineering and Management � Modeling of security and trust � User Interface modeling and/or modeling in the context of specific classes of systems, including (but not limited to): � Agent-oriented information systems � Enterprise Systems and Supply Chain Integration � Mobile and Ubiquitous Information Systems � Web information systems Important dates (2009): Abstract submission: February 15 Paper submissions: February 18 Notification of acceptance: March 13 Camera-ready copies: March 20 Conference: June 8-9 Submission guidelines: The conference accepts two types of submissions - Completed Research and Research-In-Progress. Completed research papers should include analysis of data and discussion on research findings. Research-in-progress papers report on research that is well under way with preliminary research results available at the time of the conference. - For both types of papers, the paper should not exceed 13 pages using the correct style (including references and appendices). The paper may refer to a theoretical analysis of a scientific challenge, as well as the presentation of a solution to an identified scientific challenge. - The first page should begin with the title of the paper, author names (contact author underlined), affiliations, and e-mail addresses, followed by an abstract of no more than 150 words. - The paper should be formatted according to the Springer LNBIP format Only electronic submissions in Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF format are accepted. E-mail your abstract (by February 15) to krogstie(a)idi.ntnu.no. Submit the full paper (by February 18) using the conference management system available at http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=emmsad09 or alternatively as an attachment to krogstie(a)idi.ntnu.no Accepted papers will be published in the EMMSAD conference proceedings, which will be provided in the LNBIP series by Springer Verlag, and should use the Springer LNBIP style, see http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-7-487211-0 . Top papers in the completed research category may also be considered (after extension and enhancement) either for chapters in a book to be edited by the workshop co-chairs, or for journal publications. EMMSAD Steering Committee Keng Siau University of Nebraska-Lincoln USA Terry Halpin LogicBlox USA John Krogstie Norwegian Institute of Science and Technology/SINTEF Norway EMMSAD�09 Conference co-chairs: John Krogstie Norwegian Institute of Science and Technology and SINTEF Norway Erik Proper Radboud University Nijmegen The Netherlands Terry Halpin LogicBlox USA International Program Committee : Will van der Aalst Eindhoven University, The Netherlands Antonia Albani Delft University of Technology, NL Annie Becker Florida Institute of Technology, USA Egon Berghout University of Groningen, The Netherlands Giuseppe Berio University of Torino, Italy Nacer Boudjlida Loria, France Sjaak Brinkkemper Utrecht University, The Netherlands Andy Carver Neumont University, USA Olga De Troyer Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Mathias Ekstedt KTH, Sweden John Erickson University of Nebraska-Omaha, USA Peter Fettke Institute for Inf. Systems, DFKI, Germany Ulrich Frank University of Duisberg-Essen, Germany Andrew Gemino Simon Fraser University, Canada Gøran Goldkuhl Linkøping University, Sweden Reimingijus Gustas Karlstad University, Sweden Frank Harmsen Capgemini and University of Maastricht, The Netherlands Wolfgang Hesse Philipps - University Marburg, Germany Stijn Hoppenbrouwers Radboud University Nijmegen, NL Jon Iden Norges Handelshøyskole, Bergen, Norway Paul Johanneson Stockholm University, Sweden Pericles Loucopoulos Loughborough University, UK Graham McLeod University of Cape Town, South Africa Jan Mendling Queensland University of Technology, AU Tony Morgan Neumont University, USA Michele Missikoff LEKS, IASI, Italy Sjir Nijssen PNA, The Netherlands Andreas L. Opdahl University of Bergen, Norway Hervé Panetto University Henri Poincaré Nancy I, France Barbara Pernici Politecnico di Milano, Italy Anne Persson University of Skövde, Sweden Michaël Petit University of Namur, Belgium Jolita Ralyté University of Geneva, Switzerland Sudha Ram University of Arizona, USA Jan Recker Queensland University of Technology, AU Colette Rolland University of Paris 1, France Michael Rosemann Queensland University of Technology, AU Matti Rossi Helsinki School of Economics, Finland Kurt Sandkuhl Jönköping University, Sweden Peretz Shoval Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel Il Yeol Song Drexel University, USA Janis Stirna KTH, Sweden Johan Versendaal University of Utrecht, The Netherlands Carson Woo University of British Columbia, USA Martin Zelm CIMOSA, Germany Pär Ågerfalk Uppsala University, Sweden For more information, contact John Krogstie IDI, NTNU krogstie(a)idi.ntnu.no Organizing chair EMMSAD�09 For general information about the CAiSE�09 conference, see http://caise09.thenetworkinstitute.eu/ The AISWorld LISTSERV is a service of the Association for Information Systems (http://www.aisnet.org). 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[Fwd: [isworld] CFP - International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research]
by Gustaf Neumann 03 Feb '09

03 Feb '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] CFP - International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research Datum: Tue, 3 Feb 2009 11:21:42 -0500 Von: Dr Neil doherty <n.f.doherty(a)lboro.ac.uk> Antwort an: Dr Neil doherty <n.f.doherty(a)lboro.ac.uk> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> Call for papers - Special Issue of the: International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research Evaluating the Role of Electronic Commerce in Transforming the Retail Sector Guest Editors: Prof. Neil F. Doherty (The Business School, Loughborough University, UK) Dr. Fiona Ellis-Chadwick (The Business School, Loughborough University, UK) The Internet has had a significant impact on most areas of economic activity, including defence, banking, manufacturing, healthcare and education. However, the sector that has perhaps experienced the most dramatic transformation as a result of this Internet revolution, has been retailing. Whilst the initial forays of most retailers into the world of web-based retailing could be classed as small scale, exploratory and tentative, the success of the Internet over the past ten years has placed electronic commerce at the centre of their strategic thinking. Moreover, as global competition intensifies, an organization�s effective operational performance, and competitive positioning have become more dependent upon its ability to successfully exploit information technologies. Against this background, the Internet, through its high levels of connectivity, reach and adoption, has probably become the most influential of the vast array of technologies available to businesses. Our goal for this special issue of the International Review of Retail Distribution and Consumer Research is to deliver a coherent collection of papers that provide significant new insights into how the retail sector has been transformed by the Internet, and how individual retail organisations have responded to the challenges posed by this new technology. Whilst empirical, theoretical and conceptual studies are equally welcome for submission to the special issue, the likely practical implications of the research for the effective management of retail organisations should be emphasised in all contributions. Topics of interest include - but are not limited to - studies of: � Changes to the structure of the retail sector: the impact on the high street; � The impact of e-commerce upon the design of the retail organization, in areas such as: organizational structures, cultures, business processes, working practices etc; � Changes to the organisation and management of supply chains; � The impact of the Internet upon retailers� corporate strategies and objectives, � The achievement of competitive advantage and improved competitive positioning, through the adoption of e-commerce; � The effect of e-commerce upon retailer � customer relationships; � The effect of e-commerce upon consumer behaviour; � Case studies of successful and / or unsuccessful strategic initiatives; � Gauging the effectiveness of strategies: performance measurement in e-retailing. Authors are advised to seek guidance from the �notes for contributors� for the International Review of Retail Distribution consumer research, prior to submitting a paper for this special edition (http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=t713735234~tab=submit…). Process of Submission / Review: Each submission will be double blind refereed by at least two referees and one of the guest editors. A two-phase review process is planned, to allow for the reconsideration, where appropriate, of revised papers by the initial reviewer. The timetable for the process will be as follows: Provisional Dates: Manuscript submission: Friday, 10th July, 2009 Feedback from first phase reviews issued: Friday, 30th October, 2009 Revised manuscripts due: Friday 22nd January, 2010 Feedback from second phase reviews issued: Friday, 26th March, 2010 Final manuscripts due: Friday, 7th May, 2010 Planned publication: late 2010 The final deadline for the submission of papers is 10th July, 2009, but the editors strongly encourage early submission, and the submission of an abstract, for guidance on focus and content, prior to the final submission. Manuscripts should be submitted electronically, as Word or PDF documents, to Professor Neil Doherty at : n.f.doherty(a)lboro.ac.uk by the deadline date. Associate editor contact details for informal enquiries, and early submission of abstracts for feedback: Professor Neil F. Doherty, The Business School, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, UK e-mail: n.f.doherty(a)lboro.ac.uk Dr Fiona Ellis-Chadwick, The Business School, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, UK e-mail: f.e.ellis-chadwick(a)lboro.ac.uk The AISWorld LISTSERV is a service of the Association for Information Systems (http://www.aisnet.org). To unsubscribe, redirect, or change subscription options please go to http://lyris.isworld.org/. You are subscribed to AISworld as: neumann(a)wu-wien.ac.at. Each Sender assumes responsibility that his or her message conforms to the AISWorld LISTSERV policy and conditions of use available at http://lyris.isworld.org/isworldlist.htm.

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