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[Fwd: [isworld] JSS Special Issue]
by Gustaf Neumann 26 Feb '09

26 Feb '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] JSS Special Issue Datum: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:52:31 +0100 Von: Silvia Abrahão <sabrahao(a)dsic.upv.es> Antwort an: Silvia Abrahão <sabrahao(a)dsic.upv.es> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> C A L L F O R A R T I C L E S Journal of Systems and Software Special Issue on Interplay between Usability Evaluation and Software Development ************************************************************************ * Submission deadline: June 15, 2009 * ************************************************************************ Software development is highly challenging. Despite many significant successes, several software development projects fail completely or produce software with serious limitations, including (1) lack of usefulness, i.e., the system does not adequately support the core tasks of the user, (2) unsuitable designs of user interactions and interfaces, (3) lack of productivity gains or even reduced productivity despite heavy investments in information technology. Broadly speaking, two approaches have been taken to address these limitations. The first approach is to employ evaluation activities in a software development project in order to determine and improve the usability of the software, i.e., the effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction with which users achieve their goals. To help software developers’ work with usability within this approach, more than 20 years of research in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) has created and compared techniques for evaluating usability. The second approach is based on the significant advances in techniques and methodologies for user interface design that have been achieved in the last decades (e.g., participatory design and user-centered design). However, the Software Engineering (SE) community has recognized that usability does not only affect the design of user interfaces but the software system development as a whole. In particular, efforts are focused on explaining the implications of usability for requirements gathering, software architecture design, and the selection of software components. The interplay between these two fields, and between the activities they advocate to be undertaken in software development, have been limited. Integrating usability evaluation at relevant points in software development with successful and to-the-point results has proved difficult. Research inSE and HCI has been done mainly independently of each other with no in substantial exchange of results and sparse efforts to combine the techniques of the two approaches. As a result, the state of industry practice is unfortunately still quite immature and even in some cases the basic principles and currently available usability evaluation methods are not understood. On the other hand, some major advances, including new methods and strategies, have recently been made in the SE & HCI fields that might be of interest to practitioners. Our aim as guest editors of this special issue is to offer Journal of Systems and Software readers information that helps them integrating usability evaluation at relevant points in software development. For that reason, on one hand, papers that cover in a practical way basic evaluation principles that help organizations with possibly weak evaluation approaches to incorporate some of the well known usability evaluation methods and/or strategies will be welcomed, as well as papers that provide some light about the new trends on the interplay between usability evaluation and software development, so more sophisticated organizations could take some advantage of them. According to that aim, some issues that might be of interest to readers are: - Lessons learned and recommendations on the interplay between usability evaluation and software development - Empirical studies of usability evaluation methods applied to software development activities - Comparisons of usability evaluation methods - Effectiveness of usability evaluation methods on providing feedback to design activities - Usefulness of software development artifacts as the basis for usability evaluations - Practical issues about new trends of usability evaluation in software development - Influence of specific artifacts obtained during software development on usability evaluation techniques selection - Effectiveness of usability evaluation methods in emerging techniques for User Interface design - Best practices for particular domains (web-based systems, agile projects, model-driven development, small/fast track projects, etc.) SUBMISSIONS OF PAPERS All manuscripts and any supplementary material should be submitted via the online submission and peer review systems at: http://ees.elsevier.com/jss. Follow the submission instructions given on this site. Please select the article type as “Special Issue: Usability in SD”. All manuscripts should comply with the journal’s Guide for Authors. Please refer to the following site: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/505732/authori…. The manuscripts submitted for the Special Issue of the Journal of Systems and Software should be significant extensions of the papers presented at the First International Workshop on the Interplay between usability Evaluation and Software Development (I-USED 2008); as far as size is concerned, all workshop papers need to be extended by at least 30 percent. In addition, authors that have not participated in this workshop are also encouraged to submit their papers. The Journal of Systems and Software seeks to bridge theory and practice. Thus, both theoretical and practical articles are welcome. However, theoretical articles must include some empirical evaluation, practical demonstration, or substantive discussion of the practical application of the proposed idea. All articles selected for publication will be reviewed by at least three reviewers knowledgeable in the topic. For acceptance, at least two reviewers must recommend eventual publication. IMPORTANT DATES June 15, 2009: Submission deadline September 25, 2009: Notification of decisions in the first round of reviews November 6, 2009: Revision due in the first round of reviews December 4, 2009: Revision due in the second round of reviews December 11, 2009: Final notification of decisions March of 2010: Expected publication date (subject to JSS editorial calendar) GUEST EDITORS Silvia Abrahão Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain sabrahao(a)dsic.upv.es Kasper Hornbæk University of Copenhagen, Denmark kash(a)diku.dk Natalia Juristo Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain natalia(a)fi.upm.es Effie L-C Law ETH Zürich, Switzerland and University of Leicester, UK law(a)tik.ee.ethz.ch Jan Stage Aalborg University, Denmark jans(a)cs.aau.dk -- ___________________________________________________________ Silvia Abrahão Departamento de Sistemas Informáticos y Computación (DSIC) Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (UPV) Camino de Vera s/n - 46022 Valencia, España Phone : + 34 96 387 7000 ext. 83510 Fax : + 34 96 387 7359 Web : http://www.dsic.upv.es/~sabrahao Despacho: D-305 (Tercer Piso, Edif. DSIC) ____________________________________________________________ The AISWorld LISTSERV is a service of the Association for Information Systems (http://www.aisnet.org). To unsubscribe, redirect, or change subscription options please go to http://lyris.isworld.org/. You are subscribed to AISworld as: neumann(a)wu-wien.ac.at. Each Sender assumes responsibility that his or her message conforms to the AISWorld LISTSERV policy and conditions of use available at http://lyris.isworld.org/isworldlist.htm.

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[Fwd: [computational.science] Final CfP, Submission open: HYCAS 2009 @ IJCAI-09]
by Gustaf Neumann 26 Feb '09

26 Feb '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [computational.science] Final CfP, Submission open: HYCAS 2009 @ IJCAI-09 Datum: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:25:47 +0100 Von: Nils T Siebel <nts(a)ks.informatik.uni-kiel.de> Organisation: "OptimaNumerics" An: Computational Science Mailing List <computational.science(a)lists.OptimaNumerics.com> [Apologies if you receive this more than once!] Final Call for Papers The submission is now open: http://www.hycas.org/2009/papers/ Submission deadline: March 6 2009 ************************************************************************ HYCAS 2009 INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON HYBRID CONTROL OF AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS Integrating Learning, Deliberation and Reactive Control Held in conjunction with IJCAI-09 in Pasadena, CA, on July 13 2009 http://www.hycas.org/ ************************************************************************ CALL FOR PAPERS OBJECTIVES High-level control for Autonomous Systems (e.g. robots) is concerned with selecting the next action the system should perform. Known paradigms for this action selection problem are learning, deliberation, reactive control schemes or combinations of these, i.e. hybrid approaches. These paradigms have been known for over two decades, and in today's applications often combinations of learning, deliberation, and reactive control are used. Usually these combinations are used in an ad-hoc or even unconscious fashion. Although there is a number of proposed architectures and huge body of literature, the issue of combining learning, reactive and deliberative control never has been intensively investigated. With this workshop we wish to bring together researchers from different areas who concentrate on combinations of learning, planning, and/or reactive schemes for decision making and the control of autonomous systems. The workshop is open to all members of the AI and Robotics community. We would specifically like to encourage students to participate. RELEVANT TOPICS The questions to be addressed in this workshop are: * How can learning, deliberation and/or reactive control be combined such that the methods can benefit from each other -- e.g. by using a common representation? * What are the challenging domains demanding for hybrid control? * What are its successful applications? Papers are invited on all aspects of hybrid methods for the control of autonomous systems, including, but not limited to: * Decision Making * Modelling of Domains, Capabilities/Affordances and Robot Behaviours * Agent Learning * Cognitive Robotics * Behaviour-based Robotics and Emergent Control * Developmental and Epigenetic Robotics * Architectures and Architectural Patterns IMPORTANT DATES * March 6 2009: Paper Submission * April 17 2009: Notification of paper acceptance * May 8 2009: Camera ready paper submission * May 15 2009: Early registration deadline * July 13 2009: Workshop Authors of selected articles will be invited to submit an extended version of their workshop paper to a special issue of an international journal on robotics and automation. WORKSHOP CHAIRS Nils T Siebel Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany Gerald Steinbauer Graz University of Technology, Austria Alexander Ferrein RWTH Aachen University, Germany Josef Pauli University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany PROGRAMME COMMITTEE Alexander Ferrein Alfredo Gabaldon Fredrik Heintz Christian Igel Yohannes Kassahun Tim Kovacs Gerhard K Kraetzschmar Gerhard Lakemeyer Ales Leonardis Pedro U Lima Daniele Nardi Josef Pauli Jan Peters Daniel Polani Martin Riedmiller Juergen Schmidhuber Nils T Siebel Gerald Steinbauer Ron Sun Marc Toussaint Hans Utz Markus Vincze ************************************************************************ More information on the workshop website: http://www.hycas.org/ ************************************************************************ =*=*=*=*= Nils T Siebel http://www.ks.informatik.uni-kiel.de/~nts/ =*=*=*=*= HYCAS - International Workshop on Hybrid Control of Autonomous Systems http://www.hycas.org/ =*=*=*=*= --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: computational.science-unsubscribe(a)lists.optimanumerics.com For additional commands, e-mail: computational.science-help(a)lists.optimanumerics.com Computational Science mailing list hosting is provided by OptimaNumerics (http://www.OptimaNumerics.com) ---------------------------------------------------------------------

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[Fwd: [isworld] Special Edition - Critical Infrastructure and Cyber Terrorism - Journal of Information Warfare]
by Gustaf Neumann 26 Feb '09

26 Feb '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] Special Edition - Critical Infrastructure and Cyber Terrorism - Journal of Information Warfare Datum: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:01:47 +1100 Von: Matthew Warren <matthew.warren(a)deakin.edu.au> Antwort an: Matthew Warren <matthew.warren(a)deakin.edu.au> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> Call for Papers Special Edition "Critical Infrastructure and Cyber Terrorism " Journal of Information Warfare It has been over ten years, since the concept of Cyber Terrorism was first put forward. But what has happened since then, have we seen an increase of cyber terrorism or is it more fiction than fact. This special issue of the Journal of Information Warfare will look at the impact of Cyber Terrorism and Critical Infrastructure and whether the threat is real or not. The special edition will explore the impact of Cyber Terrorism and how it has impacted society, media and government thinking in the twenty first century and the potential threat it poses for the Critical Infrastructure in developing an understanding of the impact of Critical Infrastructure and Cyber Terrorism, papers are sought for a special issue of Journal of Information Warfare. Such articles might include insights into the aims and roles of Cyber Terrorist groups in the twenty first century in relation to critical infrastructure, the reaction of society to cyber terrorism, whether cyber terrorism is truly a threat, case studies illustrating the impact of the Cyber Terrorism. Contributed papers may deal with but, are not limited to: - Critical Infrastructure protection and Cyber Terrorism; - Governments reaction to Cyber Terrorism; - Cyber Terrorism fact or fiction? - Case study examples; - Homeland Security and Cyber Terrorism; - The role of media and Cyber Terrorism. Research surveys and application papers in the above areas are also welcome. Manuscripts should not exceed 5000 words and figures and illustrations should be kept to a minimum. All contributions are subjected to a double-blind review process. There should be a separate title page giving the names and addresses of the authors and any other references that reveal the identity of the authors should be removed. A copy of manuscript, following the standard guidelines for the Journal of Information Warfare should be emailed to the guest editor by the 27th April, 2009. The editor for the special issue is: Professor Matthew Warren, Head of School, School of Information Systems, Faculty of Business and Law Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, 3125, Australia Email: infosys-hos(a)deakin.edu.au The AISWorld LISTSERV is a service of the Association for Information Systems (http://www.aisnet.org). To unsubscribe, redirect, or change subscription options please go to http://lyris.isworld.org/. You are subscribed to AISworld as: neumann(a)wu-wien.ac.at. Each Sender assumes responsibility that his or her message conforms to the AISWorld LISTSERV policy and conditions of use available at http://lyris.isworld.org/isworldlist.htm.

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[Fwd: [isworld] CALL FOR PAPERS: International Journal of Business Intelligence Research (IJBIR)]
by Gustaf Neumann 26 Feb '09

26 Feb '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] CALL FOR PAPERS: International Journal of Business Intelligence Research (IJBIR) Datum: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:23:54 -0500 Von: Richard Herschel <herschel(a)sju.edu> Antwort an: Richard Herschel <herschel(a)sju.edu> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> International Journal of Business Intelligence Research (IJBIR) Call for Papers: The Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Business Intelligence Research (IJBIR) would like to invite you to consider submitting a manuscript for inclusion in this scholarly journal. The following describes the mission, the coverage, and directions for submission to IJBIR. Mission The mission of the journal is to advance research in the field of business intelligence and analytics. The IJBIR is a peer-reviewed publication dedicated to the exchange of the latest academic research on all aspects of practicing and managing business intelligence in organizations. The journal will publish original research and case studies by academic, business, and government contributors on strategies, practices, techniques, and technologies that advance the understanding and practice of Business Intelligence. The focus of this journal is to identify innovative Business Intelligence strategies and to assess the application of theoretical concepts to real-world situations. IJBIR takes a multidisciplinary approach to the examination of business intelligence. Coverage The International Journal of Business Intelligence Research examines all aspects of the business intelligence discipline, including organizational issues, technological developments, educational issues, and analytical techniques that foster or inhibit evidence-based decision-making in organizations. The Journal seeks to provide a global forum for the investigation and reporting of diverse aspects and issues that affect business intelligence. IJBIR promotes submissions from all regions of the world that address the theories and practices that impact the field of business intelligence. High quality submissions are encouraged using qualitative or quantitative research methodologies. Submissions are especially encouraged covering the following topics: � Theories that enlighten business intelligence & decision-making � Examination of the use of analytics in support of business processes and decision-making � Issues pertaining to analyst/decision-maker interactions � Organizational culture and its impact on business intelligence � The relationship between knowledge management and business intelligence � Enablers and inhibitors for business intelligence � Group practices in business intelligence � Knowledge transfer and sharing behaviors in business intelligence � Business intelligence technology utilization in organizations � Development of business intelligence architectures � Business intelligence education � Case studies in business intelligence � Metrics and their effectiveness in business intelligence analyses � Business intelligence in small and medium enterprises � Methodologies and processes for managing business intelligence activities � Critical success factors in business intelligence adoption and practice � Global issues in business intelligence � Analyses of business intelligence applications & analytics � Data warehousing and data mining strategies for business intelligence � Business intelligence training issues � Critical assessments of business intelligence solutions � Best practices in business intelligence � Using business intelligence for security analysis and fraud detection � Business intelligence and CRM � Business intelligence and market basket analysis � Retail business intelligence and analytics � Trends in business intelligence research All submissions must follow the IGI Guidelines for Manuscript Submission: http://www.igi-global.com/development/author_info/guide.asp Submissions and inquiries should be directed to the attention of: Dr. Richard T. Herschel Editor-in-Chief Saint Joseph�s University Email: IJBIReditor(a)gmail.com Associate Editors Thomas Davenport, Babson College, USA Donald Farmer, Microsoft, USA Gareth Herschel, Gartner Group, USA Herbert Kirk, SAS, USA Ronald Klimberg, Saint Joseph�s University, USA Dorothy Miller, Six Sigma BI, USA Hamid Nemati, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA Michael Rappa, North Carolina State University, USA David Steiger, University of Maine, USA Barbara Wixon, University of Virginia, USA The AISWorld LISTSERV is a service of the Association for Information Systems (http://www.aisnet.org). To unsubscribe, redirect, or change subscription options please go to http://lyris.isworld.org/. You are subscribed to AISworld as: neumann(a)wu-wien.ac.at. Each Sender assumes responsibility that his or her message conforms to the AISWorld LISTSERV policy and conditions of use available at http://lyris.isworld.org/isworldlist.htm.

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[Fwd: [computational.science] Resilience 2009 submission deadine has been extended to March 4]
by Gustaf Neumann 26 Feb '09

26 Feb '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [computational.science] Resilience 2009 submission deadine has been extended to March 4 Datum: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:35:23 -0500 Von: Christian Engelmann <engelmannc(a)ornl.gov> Organisation: "OptimaNumerics" An: Computational Science Mailing List <computational.science(a)lists.OptimaNumerics.com> The paper submission deadline has been extended to March 4 (firm deadline). We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this CFP. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers 2nd International Workshop on Resiliency in High Performance Computing (Resilience 2009) http://xcr.cenit.latech.edu/resilience2009 in conjunction with the International Symposium on High Performance Distributed Computing (HPDC) June 9-13, 2009 Munich, Germany Recent trends in high-performance computing (HPC) systems have clearly indicated that future increases in performance, in excess of those resulting from improvements in single-processor performance, will be achieved through corresponding increases in system scale, i.e., using a significantly larger component count. As the raw computational performance of the world's fastest HPC systems increases from today's current tera-scale to next-generation peta-scale capability and beyond, their number of computational, networking, and storage components will grow from the ten-to-one-hundred thousand compute nodes of today's systems to several hundreds of thousands of compute nodes and more in the foreseeable future. This substantial growth in system scale, and the resulting component count, poses a challenge for HPC system and application software with respect to fault tolerance and resilience. Furthermore, recent experiences on extreme-scale HPC systems with non-recoverable soft errors, i.e., bit flips in memory, cache, registers, and logic added another major source of concern. The probability of such errors not only grows with system size, but also with increasing architectural vulnerability caused by employing accelerators, such as FPGAs and GPUs, and by shrinking nanometer technology. Reactive fault tolerance technologies, such as checkpoint/restart, are unable to handle high failure rates due to associated overheads, while proactive resiliency technologies, such as preemptive migration, simply fail as random soft errors can't be predicted. Moreover, soft errors may even remain undetected resulting in silent data corruption. The goal of this Workshop is to bring together experts in the area of fault tolerance and resiliency for HPC to present the latest achievements and to discuss the challenges ahead. Accepted papers will be included with the HPDC conference proceedings published by ACM. Resilience 2009 is the follow-on to the successful Resilience 2008 workshop <http://xcr.cenit.latech.edu/resilience2008> held in conjunction with CCGrid in Lyon, France. Important Dates: - Paper Submission Deadline : March 4, 2009 (firm) - Notification Deadline : March 18, 2009 - Camera Ready Deadline : April 2, 2008 Submission Guidelines: Original, unpublished work is required. Submissions shall be a maximum of 10 ACM SIG style pages (<http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates>), including tables and illustrations. All submitted manuscripts will be reviewed by a distinguished international program committee. Accepted contributions will be published with the HPDC conference proceedings through ACM. Papers should be submitted electronically via <https://ssl.linklings.net/conferences/hpdc>. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Reports on current HPC system and application resiliency - HPC resiliency metrics and standards - HPC system and application resiliency analysis - HPC system and application-level fault handling and anticipation - HPC system and application health monitoring - Resiliency for HPC file and storage systems - System-level checkpoint/restart for HPC - System-level preemptive migration for HPC - Algorithm-based resiliency for HPC - Fault tolerant MPI concepts and solutions - Soft error detection and recovery in HPC systems - HPC system and application log analysis - Statistical methods to identify failure root causes - Fault injection studies in HPC environments - High availability solutions for HPC systems - Reliability and availability analysis - Hardware for fault detection and recovery General Co-Chairs: - Stephen L. Scott Computer Science and Mathematics Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory scottsl(a)ornl.gov - Chokchai (Box) Leangsuksun SWEPCO Endowed Associate Professor of Computer Science, Louisiana Tech University, USA box(a)latech.edu Program Chair: - Christian Engelmann Computer Science and Mathematics Division Oak Ridge National Laboratory engelmannc(a)ornl.gov Program Committee: - Ann Gentile, Sandia National Laboratory, USA - Aurelien Bouteiller, University of Tennessee, USA - Chokchai (Box) Leangsuksun, Louisiana Tech University, USA - Christian Engelmann, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA - Daniel S. Katz, Louisiana State University, USA - Dan Stanzione, Arizona State University, USA - Franck Cappello, INRIA, France - Geoffroy Vallee, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA - George Bosilca, University of Tennessee, USA - George Ostrouchov, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA - Greg Bronevetsky, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA - Gregory M. Thorson, SGI, USA - Hong Ong, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA - Jim Brandt, Sandia National Laboratory, USA - John T. Daly, Center for Exceptional Computing, USA - Jon Stearley, Sandia National Laboratory, USA - Li Ou, Dell, USA - Mihaela Paun, Louisiana Tech University, USA - Nathan DeBardeleben, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA - Paul Hargrove, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA - Stephen Poole, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA - Stephen L. Scott, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA - Sudharshan Vazhkudai, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA - Thomas Naughton, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA - Tong Liu, Mellanox, USA - Xian-He Sun, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA - Xubin (Ben) He, Tennessee Tech University, USA - Yung-Chin Fang, Dell, USA - Zhiling Lan, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Christian Engelmann Phone: +1 (865) 574-3132 Research and Development Staff Member Fax: +1 (865) 576-5491 Oak Ridge National Laboratory One Bethel Valley Road mailto:engelmannc@ornl.gov P.O. Box 2008, MS-6173 http://www.csm.ornl.gov/~engelman Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: computational.science-unsubscribe(a)lists.optimanumerics.com For additional commands, e-mail: computational.science-help(a)lists.optimanumerics.com Computational Science mailing list hosting is provided by OptimaNumerics (http://www.OptimaNumerics.com) ---------------------------------------------------------------------

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[Fwd: [computational.science] CFP: The 2nd International Workshop on E-Commerce, Business, and Services (conjuct with WI-IAT09)]
by Gustaf Neumann 26 Feb '09

26 Feb '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [computational.science] CFP: The 2nd International Workshop on E-Commerce, Business, and Services (conjuct with WI-IAT09) Datum: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:34:02 +1100 (EST) Von: <quan(a)uow.edu.au> Organisation: "OptimaNumerics" An: Computational Science Mailing List <computational.science(a)lists.OptimaNumerics.com> CALL FOR PAPERS ******************* The 2nd International Workshop on Electronic Commerce, Business, and Services (ECBS 2009) in conjunction with IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence/Intelligent Agent Technology 2009 ( WI-IAT 2009). ******************* Milan, Italy September 15, 2009 http://www.uow.edu.au/~quan/ECBS09/index.html ********* Overview: ********* IEEE/WIC/ACM WI-IAT Workshop on ECBS 2009 is the international workshop on advances in theory, systems, and applications for electronic commerce. The workshop is in conjunction with the 2009 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence/Intelligent Agent Technology (WI/IAT 2009). The increase of Electronic Commerce and Business research activities can be observed in a variety of the fields. Though there have been several workshops on Electronic Commerce, Business and Services based on intelligent agents, there is little interaction so far among researchers. The aim of this workshop is to encourage activities in this field, and to bring together world-wide researchers with an interest in Electronic Commerce and Business. Unlike conventional conferences, this workshop will mainly discuss and explore scientific and practical problems as raised by the participants. The focus of the workshop will be on computer science, game theory, auction theory, artificial intellig! en! ce, multi-agent systems, WWW, semantic web, etc. In particular, the workshop will bring together researchers from Computer Science and Economics. The workshop is interdisciplinary in nature, and will address the following topics with intelligent agent and multi-agent technology: E-Commerce Software Architecture Cloud Computing E-Catalog Security and Trust WWW and Semantic Web Intelligent e-commerce system & agents E-Business Practical Softwares Efficient mechanisms for trading E-Procurement and Auctions Coordination Mechanisms Negotiation Mechanisms E-Service Service Science Service Softwares Web services in e-commerce Service Matching Theoretical Perspectives Economic and game theoretic design & analysis P2P & its application on e-commerce Scheduling protocols in e-commerce Computational mechanism design Practical Perspectives Business Models Business Softwares Software Developments Practical Surveys These issues are being explored by researchers from different communities in Electronic Commerce. This workshop will bring together researchers from these communities to learn about each other's approaches, form long-term collaborations, and cross-fertilize the different areas to accelerate progress towards scaling up to larger and more realistic applications. ************* Submissions and Formatting Guidelines: ************* We encourage submission in IEEE-CS format. The length of papers should be 4 pages. We require on-line submission through IEEE/WIC/ACM IAT Conference Paper Management System: http://www.wi-iat09.disco.unimib.it/IAT09/submission.htm The workshop is soliciting full papers on all aspects of electronic commerce, business and services. Submitted papers will be evaluated on significance, originality, technical quality, and exposition. They should clearly establish the research contribution, its relevance to electronic commerce, and its relation to prior research. All accepted papers will be provided an oral presentation at the conference. Each paper needs to be reviewed by at least three PC members or experts in the field. Multiple submission policy for papers: Papers that are being submitted to other conferences, whether verbatim or in essence, must reflect this fact on the title page. Papers that do not meet this requirement are subject to rejection without review. ********** Publication: ********** All papers accepted for workshops will be included in the Workshop Proceedings, which are expected to be published by IEEE Computer Society Press and will be indexed by EI. ********** Registration: ********** WI/IAT 2009 will NOT have a separate workshop registration fee this year (i.e., only one conference registration covers everything). Please register the workshop via IEEE/WIC/ACM WI-IAT 2009 web page. ********** Organization: ********** General Chairs Takayuki Ito, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan. Minjie Zhang, Wollongong University, Australia. Program Chairs Quan Bai, CSIRO, Australia. Tokuro Matsuo, Yamagata University, Japan. Program Committee Jen-Yao Chung, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, USA Vivian Ding, IBM Research, China Shaheen Fatima, Loughborough University, England Naoki Fukuta, Shizuoka University, Japan Hiromitsu Hattori, Kyoto University, Japan Miniar Hemaissia, THALES Research & Technology France, France Martin Hepp, Bundeswehr University Munich, Germany Werner Kiessling, Institute of Computer Science, Germany Hyun Soo Kim, Dong-A University, Korea Juhnyoung Lee, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, USA Sang-goo Lee, Seoul National University, Korea Wei Li, Central Queensland University, Australia Kwei-Jay Lin, University of California, Irvine, USA Euripidis N. Loukis, University of the Aegean, Greece Malek Mouhoub, University of Regina, Canada Valentin Robu, National Center for Mathematics and Computer Science, the Netherlands Mehmet Sayal, Hewlett-Packard Labs, USA Junho Shim, Sookmyung University, Korea Pedro Soto-Acosta, Universidad de Murcia, Spain Chun-Hua Tian, IBM Research, China Vassilios Verykios, University of Thessaly, Greece Guandong Xu, Victoria University, Australia Zili Zhang, Deakin University, Australia --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: computational.science-unsubscribe(a)lists.optimanumerics.com For additional commands, e-mail: computational.science-help(a)lists.optimanumerics.com Computational Science mailing list hosting is provided by OptimaNumerics (http://www.OptimaNumerics.com) ---------------------------------------------------------------------

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[Fwd: [isworld] ETheCoM 2009: First Call for Papers]
by Gustaf Neumann 26 Feb '09

26 Feb '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] ETheCoM 2009: First Call for Papers Datum: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:22:57 -0500 Von: Markus Kirchberg <MKirchberg(a)i2r.a-star.edu.sg> Antwort an: Markus Kirchberg <MKirchberg(a)i2r.a-star.edu.sg> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> ------------------------------------------- F I R S T C A L L F O R P A P E R S ------------------------------------------- First International Workshop on Evolving Theories of Conceptual Modelling (ETheCoM 2009) November 9-12, 2009 -- Gramado, Brazil http://ethecom2009.mucoms.org/ The ETheCoM workshop tries to bring together researchers with an interest in theoretical foundations of conceptual modelling. The emphasis is on evolving theories that address mathematical and logical underpinnings of new developments in conceptual modelling, e.g. addressing service-oriented software systems, personalisation of Information Systems and services, network-centric and web-based applications, biomedical applications, games and entertainment, etc. We are interested in precisely worked-out semantics, in particular with respect to constraints, and in the usage of such semantics for the reasoning and inferencing about model properties. TOPICS OF INTEREST ------------------ Typical topics of research papers can be (but are not limited to) the following: * Theories of concepts; * Mathematical semantics of service-oriented systems; * Integrity constraints maintenance and dependency theory; * Theoretical foundations of personalisation of information systems and services; * Formal semantics of network-centric and web-based applications; * Formal methods for data and knowledge base design; * Reasoning about data and knowledge base dynamics; * Logical and mathematical models for novel application areas; * Adaptivity for personalised data and knowledge bases; * Formal information integration in data and knowledge bases; * Knowledge discovery in data and knowledge bases; * Formal linguistics for data and knowledge bases; and * Formal ontologies for data and knowledge bases. PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION -------------------------------- Formatting Guidelines --------------------- ETheCoM 2009 proceedings will be part of the ER 2009 Workshop volume published by Springer-Verlag in the LNCS series. Thus, authors must submit manuscripts using the Springer-Verlag LNCS style for Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Refer to http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html for style files and details. Papers in the final proceedings are strictly limited to 10 pages. Therefore, submitted papers should also not exceed 10 pages, but technical appendices, e.g. containing proofs, can be added to a submission. Papers must be in English, formatted in LNCS style and submitted as PDF-files. Submitted papers must be original and not submitted or accepted for publication in any other workshop, conference, or journal. Submission Guidelines --------------------- Submission to ETheCoM 2009 will be electronically only. Authors are asked to create a submission system account first. Subsequently, this account can be used to submit one or more abstracts and upload corresponding papers. The online submission system can be accessed via http://ethecom2009.mucoms.org/ IMPORTANT DATES --------------- Abstract Submission: Apr 10, 2009 Full Paper Submission: Apr 17, 2009 Author Notification: May 25, 2009 Camera-ready Paper Submission: Jun 22, 2009 Workshop: Nov 9-12, 2009 WORKSHOP ORGANISERS ------------------- Program Committee Co-chairs --------------------------- Markus Kirchberg (Institute for Infocomm Research, A*STAR, Singapore) Klaus-Dieter Schewe (Information Science Research Centre, New Zealand) Program Committee Members ------------------------- Sabah S. Al-Fedaghi, Kuwait Stefan Brass, Germany Andrea Cali, UK Gill Dobbie, New Zealand David W. Embley, USA Flavio A. Ferrarotti, Chile Aditya K. Ghose, Australia Guido Governatori, Australia Sven Hartmann, Germany Roland Hausser, Germany Edward Hermann Haeusler, Brazil Stephen Hegner, Sweden Markus Kirchberg, Singapore (co-chair) Henning Koehler, Australia Leandro Krug Wives, Brazil Sebastian Link, New Zealand Chengfei Liu, Australia Hui Ma, New Zealand Wilfred Ng, Hong Kong Jaroslav Pokorny, Czech Republic Klaus-Dieter Schewe, New Zealand (co-chair) Letizia Tanca, Italy James F. Terwilliger, USA Bernhard Thalheim, Germany Alex Thomo, Canada Thu Trinh, Germany Millist Vincent, Australia Junhu Wang, Australia Qing Wang, New Zealand Jeffrey Xu Yu, Hong Kong FURTHER INFORMATION ------------------- For further information refer to the ETheCoM 2009 Web-site at http://ethecom2009.mucoms.org/ 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] CFP: 4th AIS SigPrag Int. Conf. Track on the PragmaticWeb at i-Semantics 2009 (ICPW 2009)]
by Gustaf Neumann 25 Feb '09

25 Feb '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] CFP: 4th AIS SigPrag Int. Conf. Track on the PragmaticWeb at i-Semantics 2009 (ICPW 2009) Datum: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 05:51:53 -0500 Von: Adrian Paschke <paschke(a)mi.fu-berlin.de> Antwort an: Adrian Paschke <paschke(a)mi.fu-berlin.de> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> [ our apologies should you receive this message more than one time ] 4th AIS SigPrag International Pragmatic Web Conference Track (ICPW 2009) at International Conference on Semantic Systems (i-Semantics 2009) 2 - 4 September 2009, Messecongress|Graz, Austria http://www.pragmaticweb.info/ http://i-semantics.tugraz.at/pragmatic_web_track ============================================================ Selected best papers will be invited to a forthcoming special issue of Elsevier Data & Knowledge Engineering (www.elsevier.com/locate/datak) on "Pragmatic Web". ============================================================ Call for Papers ----------------- The PRAGMATIC WEB track is a special track within the i-Semantics 2009. It is centered around the study of "pragmatics" in the Semantic Web. That is, it draws attention to how communicative actions with a pragmatic context are performed via Web media and illuminates how mutual understanding and commitments to actions can evolve in conversations. For further information about the Pragmatic Web track see http://www.pragmaticweb.info/ Topics of Interest ------------------ * Theories, Frameworks, Models and Methods ...inspired by Pragmatics and Pragmatism, or less formally, case study reflections on "pragmatic" uses of the Web that supported the negotiation of social/work relationships and common ground * Applied pragmatic theory * Communication, dialogue and argumentation models * Pragmatic Web media for communicative actions * Pragmatic collaboration and coordination tools * Pragmatic context models (e.g. within conversation-based collaborations) * Pragmatic design principles for Web contents where trust and commitment to action play a role * Vocabularies / ontologies for pragmatic primitives (e.g. speech acts, deontic primitives, etc.) * Linguistic metaphor: its value for framing the Syntactic, Semantic and Pragmatic Web * Pragmatic model of scientific inquiry in Semantic Web research * Negotiation, mediation, conflict resolution, and coordination combining existing ontologies and schemata, collaborative ontology sharing and matching techniques * Integrative frameworks: approaches to integrating insights from component disciplines (e.g. language-action perspectives, cognition, linguistics, semiotics, knowledge representation, philosophy, interaction design, negotiation, media studies) * Pragmatic reasoning supporting adaptive semantic collaboration and virtual collaborative teams * Sense making, analysis and decision-making in a cooperative or non- cooperative pragmatic model * Argumentation, dialogue and debate * Personalized / role-based Pragmatic Web Agents and intelligent conversation or action based web services * Pragmatic Web based human-human and human-computer interaction * Semiotically motivated approaches to information systems * Semiotic engineering and Semiotics in business computing * Semiotic theory, concepts, methods and techniques, and their practical applications Description ----------- TRUST AND COMMITMENT: Whether we look at our geo-political and environmental context, work within and between organizations, or our local communities, there has never been a greater need for understanding across cultural, intellectual, and other boundaries. Whether the context is international policy, distributed teamwork, e- business, or community mobilisation, fundamentally, people must build trust and commitment to common goals by talking and acting together. What role does the Web have to play in these complex processes? GET PRAGMATIC: The study of "pragmatics" is driven by an interest in action. It illuminates how it is that we manage to evolve mutual understanding and commitments in conversation. Central to this perspective is the understanding that the meaning of everything we say and do is contextual. When contexts change, meanings change in conversations, documents, and models of the world. This is something that we manage fluently in face-to-face conversation, but when working on the Web over space and time, tools must still support adaptation to new contexts. A focus on pragmatics draws attention to how communicative actions are performed via Web media. THE PRAGMATIC WEB CONFERENCE TRACK at i-Semantics 2009 is a unique forum to envision and debate how the emerging social, semantic, multimedia Web mediates the ways in which we construct shared meaning. While there is much research and development into topics relevant to this challenge such as collaboration, usability, knowledge representation, and social informatics, the Pragmatic Web conference provides common ground for dialogue at the nexus of these topics. WE INVITE YOU as a researcher or practitioner working on these challenges to join the special Pragmatic Web track at the i-Semantics 2009 in September to share your work, and to come and find out what others are doing. This is an emerging network of people exploring the intersection of established intellectual traditions and the fast changing Web: come and help shape the community! CHALLENGES include: ------------------- * How can we better understand the usefulness, and limitations, of a concept such as "Web Pragmatics" * What pragmatic design principles improve websites where trust and commitment to action are central? * What are the tradeoffs for users of more structured Web collaboration media? (e.g. in learnability, scaleability, intelligibility) * How can participatory work practices and collaboration tools be orchestrated in the design of the standards, data models and ontologies that underpin data-driven Web applications? * What role does pragmatics play in the design of personalised information and personalised actions channelled through the Web? * What impact (intended or unintended, productive or disruptive) do different levels of computational infrastructure have on Web pragmatics? * How can we clarify our understandings of increasingly important concepts on the Web such as "social ties", "metadata", "knowledge representation", and "transaction"? * If "context" is pivotal in making human interaction meaningful, how can we take context into account to improve Web applications? Submission Information ----------------------- All accepted papers of Pragmatic Web Conference Track at I-SEMANTICS 2009 will appear in the printed i-Semantics conference proceedings published by the Journal of Universal Computer Science (JUCS). Selected papers will also be invited for an extension to be published as journal publication in the forthcoming special issue of Elsevier Data & Knowledge Engineering (www.elsevier.com/locate/datak) on "Pragmatic Web". Submissions must be original and must not have been submitted for publication elsewhere. Articles should follow the JUCS guidelines for formatting (http://www.jucs.org/ujs/jucs/info/submissions/style_guide.html) and must be submitted via the online submission system available at the conference website as PDF documents (other formats will not be accepted). For the camera-ready version, we will also need the source files (Latex, OpenOffice, Word). Research/Application Papers Research/Application papers report on novel research and/or applications relevant to the topics of the conference. The number of pages of research papers is limited to 8 pages including references and an optional appendix. Posters, Demos & Tutorials The conference also particularly welcomes the submission of posters, demos, and tutorials. Submissions should consist of a 2-4 page description that allows us to judge the quality of your presentation. Descriptions will also be published as part of the i-Semantics proceedings. Important Dates --------------- - Paper Submission Deadline: 9 March 2009 - Acceptance of Notification: to be announced - Submission of Camera-Ready Paper: to be announced - Conference: 2 - 4 September 2009 Pragmatic Web Conference Track Chairs -------------------------------------- Adrian Paschke, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany Hans Weigand, Tilburg University, The Netherlands Programme Committee ------------------- Akerkar Rejandra, Technomathematics Research Foundation, Kolhapur / India Auer Sören Universität Leipzig Ayers Danny Talis Bergman Mike Structured Dynamics Boley Harold Faculty of Computer Science, University of New Brunswick Bürger Tobias STI Innsbruck Cyganiak Richard DERI Galway Damjanovic Violeta Salzburg Research Dietzold Sebastian Universität Leipzig DiMaio Paola Strathclyde University, UK Erling Orri OpenLink Software Hartig Olaf Humboldt Universität zu Berlin Heath Tom Talis Heese Ralf Freie Universität Berlin Hepp Martin Universität der Bundeswehr Jelinek Ivan Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague Jeremic Zoran Military Academy, Belgrade, Serbia Jovanovic Jelena University of Belgrade, Serbia Klusch M. DFKI Lange Christoph DERI/Jacobs Universität Bremen Langegger Andreas JKU Linz Liu Kecheng Informatics Research Center, University of Reading Lovrencic Sandra University of Zagreb, Croatia Milanovic Milan University of Belgrade, Serbia Mizoguchi R. Osaka University Mochol Malgorzata Freie Universität Berlin Nixon Lyndon STI International Norton Barry KMI Open University Obrst Leo MITRE Corporation Pellegrini Tassilo Semantic Web Company Peterson David BoaB Interactive Polleres Axel DERI Galway Reiser Peter SUN Microsystems Samwald Matthias DERI Galway Sauermann Leo DFKI Schandl Thomas Semantic web Company Sequeda Juan University of Texas at Austin Shakya Aman National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo Simperl Elena STI Innsbruck Staab Stephan Faculty of Computer Science, University of Koblenz-Landau Stamper Ronald University of Twente (Prof. emeritus) Stankovic Milan Université Paris-Sud XI Orsay, France Stenzhorn Holger Institut für Medizinische Biometrie und Medizinische Informatik, Universitätsklinikum Freiburg Tempich Christoph DETECON International Tolksdorf Robert FU Berlin Wieser Christoph Salzburg Research Zhdanova Anna FTW Vienna to be continued � The AISWorld LISTSERV is a service of the Association for Information Systems (http://www.aisnet.org). 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[Fwd: [WI] CfP: I-Semantics 2009: International Conference on Semantic Systems (Deadline March, 9th)]
by Gustaf Neumann 25 Feb '09

25 Feb '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [WI] CfP: I-Semantics 2009: International Conference on Semantic Systems (Deadline March, 9th) Datum: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 10:44:51 +0100 Von: Adrian Paschke <paschke(a)inf.fu-berlin.de> An: <wi(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de> Call for Papers I-Semantics 2009: International Conference on Semantic Systems Graz, Austria, 2 - 4 September 2009 http://www.i-semantics.at Scope ===== I-SEMANTICS 2009 (www.i-semantics.at) is the 5th conference in the I-SEMANTICS series and provides a forum for academic and industrial research & development that focuses on semantic technologies and the Semantic Web. I-SEMANTICS 2009 will bring together both researchers and practitioners in the areas of Social Software and the Semantic Web in order to present and develop innovative ideas that help realising the “Social Semantic Web” and the “Corporate Semantic Web”. I-SEMANTICS 2009 will be the host of this year`s regional Pragmatic Web Conference as well as the second edition of the TRIPLIFICATION Challenge. Further on I-SEMANTICS will be complemented by I-KNOW (www.i-know.at), the International Conference on Knowledge Management. This setup is aiming to reflect the increasing importance and convergence of knowledge management and semantic systems. Topics ====== Social Software systems such as Blogs and Wikis have led to a dramatic increase of content available on the Web and within organisations. Professional content is nowadays to large extents created by independent individuals instead of large publishers, it is shared and made available free of charge, and often constantly improved by collaborative processes. A question that is yet unsolved, is how to find the relevant information in increasingly large and complex content bases, a problem where technologies developed in the course of the Semantic Web initiative can help. Likewise, it will be beneficial to harness social content production not only for traditional content but also for the creation and improvement of machine-understandable knowledge, such as meta-data, taxonomies and ontologies for purposes on the web as well as within organisations. The special focus of I-SEMANTICS 2009 is „Semantic Web & Semantic Social Software – Pragmatic Aspects for Corporations, Communities and Individuals”. As a conference aiming to bring together science and industry, I-SEMANTICS encourages both, scientific (research/application) and industrial contributions. The following table summarises the topics we are interested in: Semantic Social Software ------------------------ • Semantic / structured blogging • Semantic / structured tagging • Semantic wikis • Semantic content management systems • Semantic data web: browsers and end-points • Semantic desktop • Semantic mashups • Storage, inference and caching for scalable SSW applications Semantic Content Engineering ---------------------------- • Ontology Engineering & Ontology Merging • Ontology Design Patterns • Ontology Life Cycle Management • Ontology Learning • Ontology and semantic knowledge federation • Linguistic and statistic approaches (text-mining, NLP, etc.) for structuring and extracting content and entities • Automated annotation, extreme tagging and digital curation approaches Web of Data and Linked Data --------------------------- • Contributing to the linked data cloud • Triplification approaches • Vocabularies, taxonomies, schemas • Semantic interoperability • Upper level ontologies for open data • Linked Data Applications & Linked Data Browsing • Querying Linked Data • Using Linked Data in Enterprises Building Blocks for Semantic Web Applications --------------------------------------------- • Rules and ontologies as building blocks for Semantic Web Applications • Existing tools and applications • Application domains • Application stacks for the design of semantic applications • Design processes from requirements to maintenance • Design patterns, Best practices and Reference Models • Persistence of semantic data • Applications utilizing open data sets • Semantic media management and retrieval • Semantic web services • Semantifying legacy web applications and semantic heterogeneous information systems • Social semantic web and mobile services • User-interface components, template languages supporting semantic social content • Integration of distributed semantic repositories • Policy Awareness & Policy Aware Web Pragmatic Web ------------- For a detailed description of the topics of this year`s Pragmatic Web Conference please go to http://www.pragmaticweb.info/ • Theories, Frameworks, Models and Methods...inspired by Pragmatics and Pragmatism, or less formally, case study reflections on "pragmatic" uses of the Web that supported the negotiation of social/work relationships and common ground • Applied pragmatic theory • Communication, dialogue and argumentation models • Pragmatic Web media for communicative actions • Pragmatic collaboration and coordination tools • Pragmatic context models (e.g. within conversation-based collaborations) • Pragmatic design principles for Web contents where trust and commitment to action play a role • Vocabularies / ontologies for pragmatic primitives (e.g. speech acts, deontic primitives, etc.) • Linguistic metaphor: its value for framing the Syntactic, Semantic and Pragmatic Web • Pragmatic model of scientific inquiry in Semantic Web research • Negotiation, mediation, conflict resolution, and coordination combining existing ontologies and schemata, collaborative ontology sharing and matching techniques • Integrative frameworks: approaches to integrating insights from component disciplines (e.g. language-action perspectives,cognition, linguistics, semiotics, knowledge representation, philosophy, interaction design, negotiation, media studies) • Pragmatic reasoning supporting adaptive semantic collaboration and virtual collaborative teams • Sense making, analysis and decision-making in a cooperative or non-cooperative pragmatic model • Argumentation, dialogue and debate • Personalized / role-based Pragmatic Web Agents and intelligent conversation or action based web services • Pragmatic Web based human-human and human-computer interaction • Semiotically motivated approaches to information systems • Semiotic engineering and Semiotics in business computing • Semiotic theory, concepts, methods and techniques, and their practical applications Studies, Metrics & Benchmarks ----------------------------- • Case studies of semantic systems usage • Use cases for semantic web systems • Evaluation perspectives, methods and Semantic Web research methodologies • Technology assessment, acceptance/media choice theories • Usability and user interaction with semantic technologies • Analysis of emergent effects within social software • Ontology quality models • Quality analysis of socially generated semantic content Corporate Semantic Web ---------------------- • Semantics, Pragmatics and Semiotics in Organizations • Corporate Semantic Web business applications and deep semantic web • Social software in a corporate context • Semantic Business Information Management • Semantic Enterprise Application Integration • Corporate thesauri, corporate business vocabularies / ontologies and business rules • Semantic Computer Supported Cooperative Work • Semantic Business Process Management • Semantic Business Information Systems • Semantic technologies in enterprise governance, enterprise decision management and enterprise operations management • Economic and entrepreneurial aspects of semantic-enriched enterprise application systems and enterprise service networks • Economies of "attention" for semantic collaboration • Business models for social semantic web applications • Business use and use cases for corporate semantic web systems • Models measuring costs/benefits of semantic technologies in the sense of entrepreneurial activity • Implementation of gratification and reward systems • Authentication, authorization, pricing, and accounting - policies, charging and billing models for semantic (social) software • Methodologies for the introduction of enterprise wikis & semantically enhanced enterprise software Governance & Social Issues on the Semantic Web ---------------------------------------------- • Group management, presence, social interaction enablers in mobile service platforms • Strategies for implementing architectures of semantic participation • Trust and privacy issues in social software • Analysis of motivations and behavior of social software users Triplification Challenge ======================== I-SEMANTICS 2009 will also hold the 2nd TRIPLFICATION Challenge. We encourage submissions such as: • Applications of Linked Data tools and techniques such as for example Triplify, Virtuoso or D2RQ on custom Web applications and data sets exposing a large quantity and variety of content. • Implementations of exporters and mappers from existing content repository formats (such as mbox mailing list archives, BibTeX, XML-Schemes etc.) into RDF and Linked Data. • Adoptions / configurations of Triplify for standard Web applications, such as for example Wikis, Weblogs, Webshops, Forums, Web-Gallery, ERP/CRM systems and Web-calendar software. You can find popular Web applications for example at SourceForge. • Portings of the Triplify script into other Web application programming languages such as Python, Ruby, Perl, ASP. The Triplify script is very small (<300 lines of code) however, the port should be as compatible as possible with the current reference implementation but integrate well with the environment given by the programming language. • Applications showcasing the benefits of Linked Data to end-users such as for information syndication, specialized search, browsing or augmentation of content. The challenge is open to anyone interested in applying Semantic Web and Linked Data technologies. This might include students, developers, researchers, and people from industry. Individual or group submissions are both acceptable. Please find further information at http://i-semantics.tugraz.at/triplification_challenge. Submission Information ====================== All accepted papers of I-SEMANTICS 2009 will appear in the printed conference proceedings published by the Journal of Universal Computer Science (JUCS). Selected papers will also be invited for an extension to be published as journal publication in a special issue of Elsevier DKE (Data & Knowledge Engineering). Submissions must be original and must not have been submitted for publication elsewhere. Articles should follow the JUCS guidelines for formatting (http://www.jucs.org/ujs/jucs/info/submissions/style_guide.html) and must be submitted via the online submission system available at the conference website as PDF documents (other formats will not be accepted). For the camera-ready version, we will also need the source files (Latex, OpenOffice, Word). Research/Application Papers --------------------------- Research/Application papers report on novel research and/or applications relevant to the topics of the conference. The number of pages of research papers is limited to 8 pages including references and an optional appendix. Posters, Demos & Tutorials -------------------------- The conference also particularly welcomes the submission of posters, demos, and tutorials. Submissions should consist of a 2-4 page description that allows us to judge the quality of your presentation. Descriptions will also be published as part of the proceedings. Important Dates =============== • Paper Submission Deadline: 9 March 2009 • Acceptance of Notification: to be announced • Submission of Camera-Ready Paper: to be announced • Conference: 2 - 4 September 2009 Organising Committee ==================== (in alphabetical order) Programme Chairs ---------------- * Wernher Behrendt (Salzburg Research) * Andreas Blumauer (Semantic Web Company) * Michael Hausenblas (Joanneum Research / DERI Galway) * Adrian Paschke (Free University of Berlin) * Klaus Tochtermann (Know Center Graz) * Hans Weigand (University of Tilburg) Organisation Chairs ------------------- * Georg Güntner (Salzburg NewMediaLab) * Markus Luczak-Rösch (Free University of Berlin) * Tassilo Pellegrini (Semantic Web School) Program Committee ------------------- Akerkar Rejandra, Technomathematics Research Foundation, Kolhapur / India Auer Sören Universität Leipzig Ayers Danny Talis Bergman Mike Structured Dynamics Boley Harold Faculty of Computer Science, University of New Brunswick Bürger Tobias STI Innsbruck Cyganiak Richard DERI Galway Damjanovic Violeta Salzburg Research Dietzold Sebastian Universität Leipzig DiMaio Paola Strathclyde University, UK Erling Orri OpenLink Software Hartig Olaf Humboldt Universität zu Berlin Heath Tom Talis Heese Ralf Freie Universität Berlin Hepp Martin Universität der Bundeswehr Jelinek Ivan Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague Jeremic Zoran Military Academy, Belgrade, Serbia Jovanovic Jelena University of Belgrade, Serbia Klusch M. DFKI Lange Christoph DERI/Jacobs Universität Bremen Langegger Andreas JKU Linz Liu Kecheng Informatics Research Center, University of Reading Lovrencic Sandra University of Zagreb, Croatia Milanovic Milan University of Belgrade, Serbia Mizoguchi R. Osaka University Mochol Malgorzata Freie Universität Berlin Nixon Lyndon STI International Norton Barry KMI Open University Obrst Leo MITRE Corporation Pellegrini Tassilo Semantic Web Company Peterson David BoaB Interactive Polleres Axel DERI Galway Reiser Peter SUN Microsystems Samwald Matthias DERI Galway Sauermann Leo DFKI Schandl Thomas Semantic web Company Sequeda Juan University of Texas at Austin Shakya Aman National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo Simperl Elena STI Innsbruck Staab Stephan Faculty of Computer Science, University of Koblenz-Landau Stamper Ronald University of Twente (Prof. emeritus) Stankovic Milan Université Paris-Sud XI Orsay, France Stenzhorn Holger Institut für Medizinische Biometrie und Medizinische Informatik, Universitätsklinikum Freiburg Tempich Christoph DETECON International Tolksdorf Robert FU Berlin Wieser Christoph Salzburg Research Zhdanova Anna FTW Vienna to be continued … -- 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] ICST - BODYNETS 2009: Call for Participation]
by Gustaf Neumann 25 Feb '09

25 Feb '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [WI] ICST - BODYNETS 2009: Call for Participation Datum: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 00:36:20 +0100 Von: info(a)icst.org Antwort an: info(a)icst.org An: wi(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de ****** B O D Y N E T S 2 0 0 9 ****** Call for Participation 4th International Conference on Body Area Networks April 1-3, 2009 Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center Los Angeles, CA, USA http://www.bodynets.org Sponsored by ICST Technical support from ACM Scope Networks of sensing, computing, and communication devices are increasingly being deployed as wearable, and even implantable, systems to form Body Area Networks (BodyNets). BodyNets allow for unidirectional (monitoring) and even bidirectional (effecting) interactions with subjects. BodyNets are now appearing in diverse applications, including physiological monitoring for diagnosing, treating, tracking, and studying diseases and disorders; biokinetic monitoring for improving physical medicine and rehabilitation; human-computer interactions; and education and entertainment through interactive games. This conference will explore and explain the scope and challenges of designing, building, and deploying BodyNets. This will also include sessions devoted to presenting applications that are creating new business opportunities as well as compelling research challenges. In this regard, the BodyNets conference, now in its fourth year, aims to establish a forum for convening research pro fessionals from diverse fields, including computer science and electrical engineering, biomedical engineering, medicine, and other disciplines in both academia and industry to address the technical, social, and application opportunities being driven by BodyNets. Technical Sessions The detailed technical program is posted on the conference website. 21 papers will be presented in the following single-track sessions: -Applications of On Body Networking (2 sessions) -Sensing and Signal Processing (2 sessions) -Body-Area Networking -Energy and System Performance -Security in On Body Networking Panels -"The Wireless Health Industry" will include discussions on the current state of wireless technologies in health systems, as well as the potential of BodyNets in a variety of medical applications, including electronic medical records. -"BodyNets Hardware and Software Platforms" will explore some hardware and software BodyNets infrastructure currently available or in development, with a focus on systems that can be made available to the general BodyNets community for experimentation and application deployment. Location The conference will be held in the new Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center on the UCLA campus: http://www.uclahealth.org/homepage_med.cfm?id=264 Travel The conference website provides details about hotel accommodations, directions, and other travel related information. *** Important Dates *** Early Registration Deadline (discounted rates): March 1, 2009 General Chair: William Kaiser (UCLA) Publicity Chair: John Lach (University of Virginia) Web Chair: Michael Golamco (UCLA) Publication Chair: Chenyang Lu (Washington University in St. Louis) Industry Chair: Harinath Garudadri (Qualcomm Corporation) Conference Coordinator: Karen Decker (ICST) Technical Program Committee Co-Chairs: Majid Sarrafzadeh (UCLA), Mark Yarvis (Intel) Technical Program Committee: Alex Bui (UCLA Radiology), Roozbeh Jafari (UT Dallas), Steffen Leonhardt (RWTH Aachen, Germany), Tom Martin (Virginia Tech), Sal Mastroianni (Motorola), Alex Mihailidis (Univ Toronto), Joe Paradiso (MIT), Jack Stankovic (Univ Virginia), Eric Yeatman (Imperial College), Y. T. Zhang (CUKH, Hong Kong), Lin Zhong (Rice Univ) Steering Committee: Imrich Chlamtac, Sandeep Gupta, David Tacconi, William Kaiser, Majid Sarrafzadeh -------------------------------------------------- You are reading ICST conference newsletter. To report any kind of abuse, please contact admin at icst.org. To unsubscribe, please visit the following page: http://ipool.icstserver.org/unsubscribe.php?p=zowquckyso and enter your email address. -- 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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