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[Fwd: [isworld] Call for Chapters - Teaching through Multi-User Virtual Environments]
by Gustaf Neumann 18 Mar '09

18 Mar '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] Call for Chapters - Teaching through Multi-User Virtual Environments Datum: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:14:26 -0500 Von: Giovanni Vincenti <teaching.through.muves(a)gmail.com> Antwort an: Giovanni Vincenti <teaching.through.muves(a)gmail.com> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> Call for Chapters Proposals Submission: April 15, 2009 Full Chapters Submission: June 30, 2009 Teaching through Multi-User Virtual Environments: Applying Dynamic Elements to the Modern Classroom A book edited by: Giovanni Vincenti, Gruppo Vincenti, S.r.l., Rome, Italy James Braman, Towson University, Towson, MD, USA To be published by IGI Global: http://www.igi-global.com/requests/details.asp?ID=609 Introduction In today�s world of education information is delivered through several strategies. There is the classic �lecture� approach, which has been the foundation for many schools and institutions. Then there is �debate� as a form of learning, inherited from the great Greek and Latin philosophers. In the last few years educators have also become familiar with the concept of online education through the use of tools such as �Blackboard�, �WebCT� and other online course delivery systems. An increasing number of institutions are utilizing online education as a means of instruction. At the very least online media functions as a support mechanism to be used in a parallel manner to the material discussed in class. Given the type of interaction with the students, this type of medium can be defined as an online static learning environment. The identification of �static� comes from the idea of the low interaction between the instructor and the students, or among the students themselves. Some tools offer chat rooms, which is a small step toward direct interaction. Virtual environments, such as Twinity, Second Life, WOW and Active Worlds, to name a few, have prompted the interest of many in the education arena. The idea of finding new and improved ways to deliver information to students is constantly on the minds of teachers. Educators are interested in teaching students with more interaction, more realism, and perhaps even immersive technologies that make the students realize how life looked and felt at the times of Imperial Rome. Virtual environments offer just that, and they add an incredible dynamic element to teaching online. Objective and Target Audience This book has several aims, listed here: * Affirming Multi-User Virtual Environments (MUVEs) as teaching tools * Distinguishing static and dynamic virtual environments * Advertising research being done on MUVEs as teaching tools * Advertising teaching practices revolving around MUVEs * Reporting teachers� and students� experiences with MUVEs utilized in the classroom * Discussing novel and experimental approaches to using virtual spaces * Discussing the benefits of 3D immersive learning This book would be of interest to all educators and practitioners (of any subject, at any level of primary, secondary and higher education) who wish to incorporate a dynamic online element to their classroom, and also to researchers of education, computer science, and instructional technologies. This book will be a one-stop resource for practices as well as research activities within the domain on Multi-User Virtual Environments. Topics Topics for discussion in this book include, but are not limited to the following five areas: * Static vs. dynamic online learning environments * Applying Multi-User Virtual Environments to education * Designing classroom activities for MUVEs * Classroom experiences * Education-oriented research activities conducted in MUVEs Each chapter will be of 8,000 to 10,000 words in length written by experts and leading innovators of their respective fields. Submission Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before April 15, 2009, a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by April 30, 2009 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by June 30, 2009. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project. Further information on this book can be found at http://www.teachingthroughmuves.info/. Publisher This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the �Information Science Reference� (formerly Idea Group Reference), �Medical Information Science Reference� and �IGI Publishing� imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in the second half of 2010. Important Dates April 15, 2009: Proposal Submission Deadline April 30, 2009: Notification of Acceptance June 30, 2009: Full Chapter Submission August 15, 2009: Review Results Returned October 15, 2009: Final Chapter Submission Proposals in WORD format can be submitted electronically to teaching.through.muves(a)gmail.com or mailed directly to the authors at the addresses shown below. Giovanni Vincenti Gruppo Vincenti, S.r.l. Via dei Gracchi 123 Rome, Italy 00192 giovanni.vincenti(a)gmail.com http://sites.google.com/site/giovannivincenti James Braman Dept. of Computer and Information Sciences Towson University 8000 York Rd. Towson, MD 21252 United States of America James.Braman(a)gmail.com Apologies for cross-posting The AISWorld LISTSERV is a service of the Association for Information Systems (http://www.aisnet.org). To unsubscribe, redirect, or change subscription options please go to http://lyris.isworld.org/. You are subscribed to AISworld as: neumann(a)wu-wien.ac.at. Each Sender assumes responsibility that his or her message conforms to the AISWorld LISTSERV policy and conditions of use available at http://lyris.isworld.org/isworldlist.htm.

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[Fwd: [computational.science] CFP: First Int. Workshop on Distributed XML Processing: Theory and Practice with JCSS Spec Issue]
by Gustaf Neumann 18 Mar '09

18 Mar '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [computational.science] CFP: First Int. Workshop on Distributed XML Processing: Theory and Practice with JCSS Spec Issue Datum: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:10:55 +0100 Von: Alfredo Cuzzocrea <cuzzocrea(a)si.deis.unical.it> Organisation: "OptimaNumerics" An: Computational Science Mailing List <computational.science(a)lists.OptimaNumerics.com> **DUE TO A REQUEST FROM MAIN CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION TEAM, IMPORTANT DATES HAVE BEEN MOVED FORWARD** Call for Papers --------------- First International Workshop on Distributed XML Processing: Theory and Practice (DXP 2009) (http://si.deis.unical.it/cuzzocrea/DXP2009/) in conjunction with the 38th International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP 2009) (http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/~icpp2009/), September 22-25 2009, Vienna, Austria. Selected papers from the workshop will be invited for submission to a special issue of Journal of Computer and System Sciences (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jcss), Elsevier (http://www.elsevier.com) Workshop Co-Chairs ------------------ Alfredo Cuzzocrea (http://si.deis.unical.it/cuzzocrea/), ICAR-CNR and University of Calabria, Italy David Taniar (http://users.monash.edu.au/~dtaniar/), Monash University, Australia Aim and Scope ------------- XML is widely recognized as the standard de facto for coupling with the heterogeneity of data repositories and software platforms of distributed environments. In light of this, distributed XML processing play a key role in the context of a plethora of modern distributed data, information and knowledge management applications and systems. Distributed XML processing deals with both theoretical and practical aspects, ranging from sophisticated theoretical contributions and tools to efficient algorithms and frameworks. Topics of interest include a wide range of areas of meaningfully using XML in distributed environments. Detailed information can be found at http://si.deis.unical.it/cuzzocrea/DXP2009/ The First International Workshop on Distributed XML Processing: Theory and Practice will be held in Vienna, Austria, during September 22-25, in conjunction with the 38th International Conference on Parallel Processing (ICPP 2009), focuses but it is not limited to the listed research topics, by posing the emphasis on a theoretical as well as a practical point of view, and provides a forum for researchers and practitioners interested in distributed XML Processing to meet and exchange preliminary ideas and mature results. Workshop Location ----------------- The Vienna University of Technology (http://www.tuwien.ac.at/tu_vienna/), Austria Submission Guidelines and Instructions -------------------------------------- Contributions are invited from prospective authors with interests in the indicated workshop topics and related areas of application. All contributions should be high quality, original and not published elsewhere or submitted for publication during the review period. Authors are invited to submit research and application papers following the IEEE Computer Society Proceedings Manuscripts style: two columns, single-spaced, including figures and references, using 10 fonts, and numbering each page. Maximum submitted paper length allowed is 8 pages. IEEE Computer Society Proceedings Author Guidelines are available at the following web page: http://computer.org/cspress/instruct.htm Abstracts (deadline: April 13, 2009) should be submitted by e-mail (preferably in an enclosed MS Word file) to the Program Committee Co-Chairs Alfredo Cuzzocrea (http://si.deis.unical.it/~cuzzocrea/) at cuzzocrea(a)si.deis.unical.it and David Taniar (http://users.monash.edu.au/~dtaniar/) at David.Taniar(a)infotech.monash.edu.au. Abstracts must include paper title, abstract, list of keywords, and list of authors with full names and affiliations. One of the authors must be designated as the primary contact point to receive notification and reviews. Papers (deadline: April 20, 2009) should be submitted by email (preferably in an enclosed PDF file) to the Program Committee Co-Chairs Alfredo Cuzzocrea (http://si.deis.unical.it/~cuzzocrea/) at cuzzocrea(a)si.deis.unical.it and David Taniar (http://users.monash.edu.au/~dtaniar/) at David.Taniar(a)infotech.monash.edu.au. Submitted papers will be thoroughly reviewed by members of the Workshop Program Committee for quality, correctness, originality and relevance. Notification and reviews will be communicated via e-mail. All accepted papers must be presented by one of the authors, who must register. Paper Publication ----------------- Accepted papers will be published by IEEE Computer Society Press (http://www.computer.org/portal/site/ieeecs/index.jsp). Authors of selected papers from the workshop will be invited to submit an extended version of their paper to a special issue of Journal on Computer and System Sciences (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jcss), Elsevier (http://www.elsevier.com). Important Dates --------------- Abstract submission: April 13, 2009 Paper submission: April 20, 2009 Notification of acceptance: May 26, 2009 Camera-ready paper due: June 28, 2009 Workshop: September 22-25, 2009 Program Committee Co-Chairs --------------------------- Alfredo Cuzzocrea (http://si.deis.unical.it/cuzzocrea/), ICAR-CNR and University of Calabria, Italy David Taniar (http://users.monash.edu.au/~dtaniar/), Monash University, Australia Program Committee ----------------- Please, access the updated list at http://si.deis.unical.it/cuzzocrea/DXP2009/ For more information and any inquire, please contact Alfredo Cuzzocrea (http://si.deis.unical.it/~cuzzocrea/) at cuzzocrea(a)si.deis.unical.it

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[Fwd: [isworld] WEB3DW2009: deadline in 10 days]
by Gustaf Neumann 18 Mar '09

18 Mar '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] WEB3DW2009: deadline in 10 days Datum: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 13:39:22 -0500 Von: Natalia Teixeira <nat(a)iadis.org> Antwort an: Natalia Teixeira <nat(a)iadis.org> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> -- CALL FOR PAPERS - Deadline for submissions (extension): 27 March 2009 -- IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WEB VIRTUAL REALITY AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL WORLDS (WEB3DW) 2009 Algarve, Portugal, 19 to 21 June 2009 (http://www.Web3dw-conf.org) * Conference background and goals To make site architects aware of 3D communication. To allow scientists to undertake experimental and predictive theorems on 3D ambiance. An IADIS meeting for those who want to push the web3D forward and benefit from this! This IADIS conference is meant both for web-site developers, advertisers, usability evaluators and communication architects; you are all actors in the critical stage of adopting 3D �Immersion� or lose your competitive edge. This conference addresses important topics of today like education, health, corporate image and make customers feel at home at your internet site. Virtual reality already proved its superiority in involving the user. Indeed, medical, defense, architecture and even the car industry managed to increase learning effects and sensation. If it comes to addressing a larger WWW-public, still critical mass needs to be reached. You will not miss the next step in VR web integration. Keynote speeches, invited lecturers and workshop leaders will bring you to the best technologies nowadays. The phase of risk and pioneering is left behind. t is just a matter of understanding the problem and its opportunities; many cutting edge companies are now able to provide compact solutions. The only thing you have to decide is: What spatial experience your user needs to have. The important topics of today like education, health and energy all benefit from web3D if present in their content. We want to discuss in Algarve, Portugal how to make the web3D one of the central topics of the web content in the near future. This is clearly inevitable to happen, we just want to push it forward and benefit from that. The conference will help you to avoid obstacles from the past: - Standards to be obeyed - Bridging users� imagination with your product reality - Avoid lengthy navigations in VR - Build upon existing 3D models - Capture both the gaming generation and who still believe in 2D documents - And more to say from your experience The summer conference in Algarve offers you a relaxed period, full of inspiration and innovative plans; All the goodies that might get lost during hectic life. Let us help you to build upon success stories in the recent past. - You are the expert in knowing why new media might not work. - We take the lead to convince yourself why it should work the coming years. There is no way back; the web experiences will change visitors� expectations soon. So let�s find together the break-through web3D recipes on the Algarve conference, Portugal 19-21 June 2009! Please look to the total spectrum of thematic strands that you are entitled to join; indeed it is a rich context for all who see the next step. * Format of the Conference The conference will comprise of invited talks and oral presentations. The proceedings of the conference will be published in the form of a book and CD-ROM with ISBN, and will be available also in the IADIS Digital Library (accessible on-line). * Best Papers Selected authors of best papers will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers to selected journals (i.e. IADIS International Journal on Computer Science and Information Systems - ISSN: 1646-3692) including journals from INDERSCIENCE Publishers. * Types of submissions Full and Short Papers, Reflection Papers, Posters/Demonstrations, Tutorials, Panels and Doctoral Consortium. All submissions are subject to a blind refereeing process. * Themes related to educational or edutainment web3D, are of interest. These include, but are not limited to the following areas: - Web3D in education, health and energy - Innovative 3D graphics applications for Web/Multimedia in industry, science, medicine, and education - Geometric Modeling - Methods for modeling and rendering complex geometry, structure and behaviors - Virtual Reality - Graphical User Interface - Human-Computer Interaction - Computer (Educational) Games - User-interface paradigms and interaction methods for real-time 3D graphics and virtual environments - Computer-Aided Design - Computational Geometry - Natural Phenomena Modeling - GPU and Graphics Systems - Data Representation - Data Transformation - Data Modeling - Scientific Visualization - Information Visualization - Visualization Algorithms - Software Visualization - Terrain Visualization - Flow Visualization - Interactive 3D graphics and immersive systems - High-performance 3D graphics - Animated humanoids (avatars) * Important Dates: - Submission Deadline (extension): 27 March 2009 - Notification to Authors (extension): 24 April 2009 - Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration (extension): Until 15 May 2009 - Late Registration (extension): After 15 May 2009 - Conference: Algarve, Portugal, 19 to 21 June 2009 * Conference Location The conference will be held in Algarve, Portugal. * Secretariat IADIS Secretariat - IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE WEB VIRTUAL REALITY AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL WORLDS (WEB3DW) 2009 Rua Sao Sebastiao da Pedreira, 100, 3 1050-209 Lisbon, Portugal E-mail: secretariat(a)web3dw-conf.org Web site: http://www.web3dw-conf.org/ * Program Committee WEB VIRTUAL REALITY AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL WORLDS (WEB3DW) 2009 Program Chair Tomaz Amon, Amnim, Center for Scientific Visualization, Ljubljana, Slovenia General MCCSIS Conference Co-Chairs: Piet Kommers, University of Twente, The Netherlands Pedro Isaías, Universidade Aberta (Portuguese Open University), Portugal Nian-Shing Chen, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan Committee Members: * * for committee list please refer to http://www.web3dw-conf.org/committees.asp The AISWorld LISTSERV is a service of the Association for Information Systems (http://www.aisnet.org). 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[Fwd: [isworld] CFP: International Journal of Information Systems and Change Management]
by Gustaf Neumann 18 Mar '09

18 Mar '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] CFP: International Journal of Information Systems and Change Management Datum: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:46:57 -0500 Von: David C. Chou <david.chou(a)emich.edu> Antwort an: David C. Chou <david.chou(a)emich.edu> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> The IJISCM (http://www.inderscience.com/ijiscm/) is a fully refereed journal covering the general field of information systems and change management theories, methodologies, modelling, processes and tools, with emphasis on the management, problem-solving and strategies for dealing with business changes. Topics covered will include, but are not limited to: � Information systems change management � Organisational change management � Leadership in change management � Education and training in change management � Individual development in change management � Information system project management � Software version control and management � Innovation in information systems and change management � Information systems and change management methodologies � Information systems and change management strategies � Information systems integration process and management � Tools for change management � Managing risk in change management � Measuring change management � Cost analysis and economics of change management � Total quality management, six sigma for performance improvement � Business process reengineering � Information systems consulting and outsourcing � Security issues in information systems and change management � Quality issues in information systems and change management � Social issues in information systems and change management � Legal and ethical issues in information systems and change management � Cultural issues in information systems and change management � Human resource management and change management � Global dimension in information systems and change management � Information technology management � Supply chain management (SCM) � Enterprise resource planning (ERP) � Enterprise application integration (EAI) � E-business and m-commerce � Internet and organisational change � Knowledge management � Business intelligence � Business process management � Best practices in change management � Standards in information and change management Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. (N.B. Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper was not originally copyrighted and if it has been completely re-written). All papers are refereed through a double blind process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Submission of Papers web-page: http://www.inderscience.com/mapper.php?id=35&jid=79 If you experience any problems submitting your paper online, please contact submissions(a)inderscience.com, describing the exact problem you experience. Please include in your email the title of the Journal. Editor-in-chief: Prof. David C. Chou Eastern Michigan University Department of Computer Information Systems College of Business Ypsilanti MI 48197 USA david.chou(a)emich.edu The AISWorld LISTSERV is a service of the Association for Information Systems (http://www.aisnet.org). To unsubscribe, redirect, or change subscription options please go to http://lyris.isworld.org/. You are subscribed to AISworld as: neumann(a)wu-wien.ac.at. Each Sender assumes responsibility that his or her message conforms to the AISWorld LISTSERV policy and conditions of use available at http://lyris.isworld.org/isworldlist.htm.

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[Fwd: [isworld] [1st CFP] 3rd International Symposium on Rules, Applications and Interoperability (RuleML-2009)]
by Gustaf Neumann 18 Mar '09

18 Mar '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] [1st CFP] 3rd International Symposium on Rules, Applications and Interoperability (RuleML-2009) Datum: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 15:10:13 -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 ] Call for Papers RuleML 2009 3rd International Symposium on Rules, Applications and Interoperability November 5-7 2009, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA http://2009.ruleml.org/ co-located with 12th International Business Rules Forum Sponsored by ============================================================================== NICTA (National ICT Australia) BMBF InnoProfile Corporate Semantic Web Logic Programming Associated Ltd ============================================================================== Overview and Aim ============================================================================== The International Symposium on Rules, Applications and Interoperability has evolved from an annual series of international workshops since 2002, international conferences in 2005 and 2006, and international symposia since 2007. This year, the 3rd International Symposium on Rules, Applications and Interoperability (RuleML-2009) takes place in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, collocated with the 12th Business Rules Forum, the world's largest Business Rules event. RuleML-2009 is devoted to practical distributed rule technologies and rule-based applications which need language standards for rules (inter)operating in, e.g., the Semantic Web, Intelligent Multi-Agent Systems, Event-Driven Architectures, and Service-Oriented Applications. Especially, this year's focus will be on the practical adoption and application of standards such as W3C RIF, OMG SBVR, OMG PRR, RuleML, ISO Common Logic, OASIS BPEL++Rules, OMG BPMN++Rules, and industry standards in relation with rules such as XBRL, MISMO, FIXatdl, FIX, FpML, HL7, Acord, etc. The main goal of RuleML-2009 is to stimulate the cooperation and interoperability between business and research, by bringing together rule system providers, participants in rule standardization efforts, open source communities, practitioners, and researchers. The concept of the symposium has also advanced continuously in the face of extremely rapid progress in practical rule and event processing technologies. As a result, RuleML-2009 will feature hands-on demonstrations and challenges alongside a wide range of thematic tracks, thus and will be an exciting venue to exchange new ideas and experiences on all issues related to the engineering, management, integration, interoperation and interchange of rules in open distributed environments such as the Web. Conference Theme ============================================================================== This year, we particularly welcome submissions that address applications of Web rule technologies for business and information systems. We invite you to share your ideas, results, and experiences: as an industry practitioner, rule system provider, technical expert and developer, rule user or researcher, exploring foundations, developing systems and applications, or using rule-based systems. We invite high-quality submissions related to (but not limited to) one or more of the following topics: Track Topics ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rule Transformation and Extraction - Transformation and extraction with rule standards, such as SBVR, RIF and OCL - Extraction of rules from code - Transformation and extraction in the context of frameworks such as KDM (Knowledge Discovery meta-model) - Extraction of rules from natural language - Transformation or rules from one dialect into another Rules and Uncertainty - Languages for the formalization of uncertainty rules - Probabilistic, fuzzy and other rule frameworks for reasoning with uncertain or incomplete information - Handling inconsistent or disparate rules using uncertainty - Uncertainty extensions of event processing rules, business rules, reactive rules, causal rules, derivation rules, association rules, or transformation rules Rules and Norms - Methodologies for modeling regulations using both ontologies and rules - Defeasibility: modeling rule exceptions and priority relations among rule - The relationship between rules and legal argumentation schemes - Rule language requirements for the "isomorphic" modeling of legislation - Rule based inference mechanism for legal reasoning - E-contracting and automated negotiations with rule-based declarative strategies Rule-based Game AI - Rule-based movement, decision making, strategies, behavior design - Rule-based environmental programming, virtual reality - Rules for multi-agent/character games - Rules for serious games - Rule-based agent design Rule-based Event Processing and Reaction Rules - Reaction rule languages and engines (production rules, ECA rules, logic event action formalisms, vocabularies/ontologies) - State management approaches and frameworks - Concurrency control and scalability - Event and action definition, detection, consumption, termination, lifecycle management - Dynamic rule-based workflows and intelligent event processing (rule-based CEP) - Non-functional requirements, use of annotations, metadata to capture those - Design time and execution time aspects of rule-based (Semantic) Business Processes Modeling and Management - Practical and business aspects of rule-based (Semantic) Business Process Management (business scenarios, case studies, use cases etc.) Rules and Cross Industry Standards - Rules in Current Industry Standards, including: - XBRL: Extensible Business Reporting Language - MISMO: Mortgage Industry Standards Maintenance Org - FIXatdl: FIX Algorithmic Trading Definition Language - FpML: Financial products Markup Language - HL7: Health Level 7 - Acord: Association for Cooperative Operations Research and Development (Insurance Industry) - Rules for Governance, Risk, & Compliance (GRC), e.g., rules for internal audit, SOX compliance, enterprise risk management (ERM), operational risk, etc - Rules and Corporate Actions General Rule Topics - Rules and ontologies - Execution models, rule engines, and environments - From rules to FOL to modal logics - Rule-based reasoning with non-monotonic negation, modalities, deontic, temporal, priority, scoped or other rule qualification - Rule-based default reasoning with default logic, defeasible logic, and answer set programming - Graphical processing, modelling and rendering of rules - Rules in Semantic Web Technologies - Miscellaneous rule topics Case studies, experience reports, and industrial problem statements are particularly encouraged. RuleML-2009 Challenge ============================================================================== **** MAKE RULEML-2009 YOUR WEB RULES SHOWCASE! **** The RuleML-2009 Challenge is one of the highlights of RuleML-2009. Rules are used in interesting and practically relevant ways to, e.g., derive useful information, transform knowledge, provide decision support and provide automated rule-based monitoring, enforcement, validation or management of the behavioural logic of the application. The Challenge offers participants the chance to demonstrate their commercial and open source tools, use cases, and applications. The recommended categories for the Challenge submissions are: - derivation rules and constructive views over data, - production rules and (complex) event processing reaction rules, - benchmark for evaluation of rule engines, and - use cases / case studies (possibly using rule standards). We strongly suggest participants declare their submissions related to at least one of the above categories. Prizes will be awarded to the two best applications from each category. All accepted demos will be presented in a special Challenge Session. A submission to the RuleML Challenge has to meet the requirement that declarative rules explicitly play a central role in the application. Basically this means that: Rules are explicitly represented in a declarative format and they are decoupled from the application (rather than being compiled or hard-coded into the application logic). The demo should preferably (but not necessarily) be embedded into a web-based or distributed environment so that there will be a need for features related to the RuleML conference topics, as listed in the call for papers. For more details please consult the RuleML-2009 Challenge website: http://ruleml-challenge.cs.nccu.edu.tw Conference Language ============================================================================== The official language of the conference will be English. Submission ============================================================================== Authors are invited to submit original contributions of practical relevance and technical rigor in the field, experience reports and show case/use case demonstrations of effective, practical, deployable rule-based technologies or applications in distributed environments. Papers must be in English and may be submitted at http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ruleml2009 as: Full Papers (15 pages in the proceedings) Short Papers (8 pages in the proceedings) RuleML-2009 Challenge Demo Paper + Show Cases (3-5 pages in the proceedings) Please upload all submissions as PDF files in LNCS format (http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html). To ensure high quality, submitted papers will be carefully peer-reviewed by 3 PC members based on originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of exposition. Authors are requested to upload the abstracts of their papers before June 9, 2008 and to upload their complete papers by June 16, 2008. The selected papers will be published in book form in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series along with a CD with demo software and documents. The best paper from all submissions will be determined by the PC and a Best Paper Award will be handed over at the Symposium by a Sponsor. All submissions must be done electronically. A selection of revised papers will be resubmitted to a special issue of a journal. Submissions to the RuleML Challenge 2009 consist of a demo paper of 3-5 pages, describing the demo show case, and a link to more information about the demo/show case, e.g. a project site, an online demonstration, a presentation about the demonstration, or a download site for the demonstration. In case of product demos, the link can be password-protected: please submit a password for anonymous login from any Web browser, giving us the permission to pass the password on to 3 PC members. The submissions should satisfy the minimal requirements defined in the topics of interest and preferably exhibit some of the additional desiderata. The more desiderata are met by an application, the higher the score will be. The demos will be evaluated by the RuleML-2009 Program Committee and prizes will be awarded to the two best applications, sponsored by the RuleML Inc. non-profit organization. Review Process ============================================================================== The submitted papers will pass the blind review process. At least three members of the Program Committee will review each submission. Important Dates: ============================================================================== Abstract submission deadline: June 9, 2009 Paper Ssbmission deadline: June 16, 2009 Notification of acceptance: July 18, 2009 Camera ready due: August 9, 2009 Symposium dates: November 5-7, 2009 RuleML Challenge: November 5, 2009 Conference Venue ============================================================================== RuleML-2009 will take place at the Bellagio in Las Vegas collocated with the Business Rules Forum. Programme Committee ============================================================================== General Chair -------------------- Adrian Paschke, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany Program Chairs -------------------- Guido Governatori, NICTA, Australia John Hall, Model System, UK Liaison Chair -------------------- Hai Zhuge, Chinese Academy of Sciences Track Chairs Rule Transformation and Extraction -------------------- Erik Putrycz, Canada Mark Linehan, IBM, USA Rules and Uncertainty -------------------- Matthias Nickles, Univ. of Bath, UK Davide Sottara, University Bologna, Italy Rules and Norms -------------------- Thomas Gordon, Fraunhofer FOKUS, Germany Antonino Rotolo, CIRSFID, University of Bologna, Italy Rule-based Game AI -------------------- Benjamin Craig, National Research Council, Canada Weichang Du, University of New Brunswick, Canada Rule-based Event Processing and Reaction Rule -------------------- Alex Kozlenkov, Betfair Ltd., UK Adrian Paschke, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany Rules and Cross Industry Standards -------------------- Tracy Bost, Valocity, USA Robert Golan, DBMind, USA RuleML Challenge -------------------- Yuh-Jong Hu, National Chengchi University, Taiwan Ching-Long Yeh, Tatung University, Taiwan Wolfgang Laun, Thales Rail Signalling Solutions GmbH, Austria RuleML 2009 Sponsors ============================================================================== NICTA (National ICT Australia) BMBF InnoProfile Corporate Semantic Web Logic Programming Associated Ltd (sponsoring opportunities - http://2009.ruleml.org/sponsors) RuleML 2009 Partners ============================================================================== Belgian Business Rules Forum MIT Sloan CIO Symposium SKG2009 5th International Conference on Semantic, Knowledge and Grid RR-2009 3rd International Conference on Web Reasoning and Rule Systems The AISWorld LISTSERV is a service of the Association for Information Systems (http://www.aisnet.org). 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[Fwd: [WI] Workshop "Informatik und Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement" auf der Informatik 2009]
by Gustaf Neumann 18 Mar '09

18 Mar '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [WI] Workshop "Informatik und Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement" auf der Informatik 2009 Datum: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:54:36 +0100 Von: Frank Teuteberg <frank.teuteberg(a)uni-osnabrueck.de> An: <wi(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de> **Call for Paper** Informatik 2009, 39. Jahrestagung der GI, 28.09. bis 2.10.2009 an der Universität zu Lübeck Informatik und Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement http://informatik2009.uni-lueneburg.de/ Das betriebliche Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement berücksichtigt die ökonomische, soziale und ökologische Dimension unternehmerischen Handelns. Der Wirtschaftsinformatik und allgemein der angewandten Informatik kommt dabei eine Schlüsselrolle zu. Sie unterstützt einerseits die informatorische Absicherung unternehmerischer Entscheidungen (z.B. betriebliche Umweltinformationssysteme) und ermöglicht andererseits erst die Realisierung von Optimierungspotentialen im Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement. Dies schließt beispielsweise die aktuell in der Diskussion befindliche Green IT im Sinne der Bestrebungen nach erhöhter Energieeffizienz und damit einhergehend der Reduzierung der CO2-Emissionen ein, geht aber im zuvor beschriebenen Sinne weit darüber hinaus. Der Workshop konzentriert sich auf die IT-Unterstützung der ökonomischen und ökologischen Dimensionen des Nachhaltigkeitsmanagements und erörtert Forschungsfragen, Perspektiven und Anwendungen in diesem Feld. Einreichungen von Beiträgen sind insb. aber nicht ausschließlich zu den folgenden Themen erwünscht: Betriebliche Umweltinformationssysteme (BUIS) Integration von BUIS und ERP-Systemen Geo-Informationssysteme Nachhaltigkeitsreporting und -kommunikation IT-gestütztes Risikomanagement Green IT Modellierung und Simulation umweltrelevanter Prozesse Sustainable Supply Chain Management Compliance Management Active Environmental Data Warehouses Der Workshop richtet sich an Anwender, Softwarehersteller (insb. BUIS und ERP) sowie Wissenschaftler aus den Bereichen der Umwelt- und Wirtschaftsinformatik. Termine Die Termine sind: Einreichung von Workshop-Beiträgen: 26.04.2009 Mitteilung über Annahme/Ablehnung: 25.05.2009 Abgabe der fertigen Druckvorlagen: 01.07.2009 Prof. Dr. Frank Teuteberg University of Osnabrück Institute of Information Management and Corporate Governance Chair in Accounting and Information Systems Katharinenstr. 1 49069 Osnabrück phone: +49 (0)541 969 4961 fax: +49 (0)541 969 14961 email: frank.teuteberg(a)uos.de web site: http://www.uwi.uos.de -- Mailing-Liste: WI(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de Administrator: WI-admin(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de Konfiguration: http://www.aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de/mailman/listinfo/wi

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[Fwd: [WI] 2nd CfP: 1st International Workshop on Empirical Research in Business Process Management (ER-BPM '09)]
by Gustaf Neumann 18 Mar '09

18 Mar '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [WI] 2nd CfP: 1st International Workshop on Empirical Research in Business Process Management (ER-BPM '09) Datum: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 07:49:48 +1000 Von: Jan Recker <j.recker(a)qut.edu.au> An: wi(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de <wi(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de> CC: R.J.Wieringa(a)ewi.utwente.nl <R.J.Wieringa(a)ewi.utwente.nl>, Bela Mutschler <bela.mutschler(a)hs-weingarten.de> Second Call for Papers ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1st International Workshop on Empirical Research in Business Process Management (ER-BPM 09) Workshop Website: www.mutschler.info/erbpm <http://www.mutschler.info/erbpm> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ at 7th Int'l Conf. on Business Process Management (BPM 2009), Ulm, Germany Workshop Theme: --------------- Providing effective IT support for business processes has become crucial for enterprises to stay competitive in their market. In response to this need numerous process support paradigms (e.g., workflow management, service flow management, case handling), process specification standards (e.g., WS-BPEL, BPML, BPMN), process tools (e.g., ARIS Toolset, Tibco Staffware, FLOWer) and supporting methods have emerged in recent years. Summarized under the term Business Process Management (BPM), these paradigms, standards, tools, and methods have become a success-critical instrument for improving process performance. Research in the area of BPM has traditionally focused on the development and extension of associated tools, methods, standards and technologies. However, when evaluating the suitability of existing BPM technology for a particular project, it is important for practitioners and academics alike to have an informed opinion about their qualities and deficiencies. In particular, the demand for insights or evaluations of BPM technology based on empirical research has largely been neglected so far. This is surprising as the benefits of empirical research have been demonstrated in areas like software engineering (e.g., in the context of software development processes or code reviews), information systems, or, indeed, business for a long time. In fact, from the introduction of empirical research methods such as experimental or case study methods into BPM (as well as into the development of process-aware information systems), we expect more valid, quantitative or qualitative data on the various aspects and effects of BPM technology. This becomes important, not only for IT professionals, but also for researchers dealing with analytical, theoretical or technical challenges in the field of BPM. The ER-BPM09 workshop picks up this demand and seeks to stimulate empirical research that, in turn, can contribute to a better understanding of the problems, challenges and existing solutions in the BPM field. In particular, the proposed workshop shall provide an interdisciplinary forum for both researchers and practitioners to improve the understanding of BPM-specific requirements, methods and theories, tools and techniques. Therefore, the ER-BPM09 workshop will deal with different facets of applying and using BPM methods and technologies; and it will give new insights into the challenges, applications, and perspectives emerging for BPM technology. With varied contents (empirical frameworks, case studies, surveys, experiment results, case study research, experience reports, practitioner reports, etc.) we are convinced that we can present a lively and inspiring program for participants from academia and industry. We invite papers both outlining research in progress and completed research. Relevant topics include but are not limited to: ----------------------------------------------- - Empirical research on BPM methods, BPM technologies, BPM tools - Empirical research on process-aware information systems - BPM-related (software) experiments - BPM-related action research - BPM-related surveys - BPM-related case studies - BPM-related experience reports - Critical success factor analyses of BPM methods, BPM technologies, BPM tools - Evaluations and comparisons of BPM tools, platforms and standards - Frameworks for quantitatively analyzing BPM methods, BPM technologies, BPM tools - Frameworks for qualitatively evaluating BPM methods, BPM technologies, BPM tools - Requirements on empirical and experimental BPM research - Usability and ease-of-use of BPM technologies and BPM tools - User acceptance of BPM projects - BPM success, failure and contingency models - Studies on the role of standards in practical BPM projects - Comparative studies of BPM technology - Empirical studies of cross-organizational BPM coordination and settings - Costs, benefits, and risks of applying BPM methods, BPM technologies, and BPM tools - Evaluation approaches for BPM methods, BPM technologies, and BPM tools - Practice-driven challenges for future BPM research Format of the Workshop: ----------------------- The workshop will comprise presentations of accepted papers and tool reports. Submitted papers will be reviewed by at least three members of the program committee, and will be evaluated on the basis of significance, originality, technical quality, and exposition. Papers should clearly establish their research contribution and shall particularly address the relation to transferring BPM methods and technologies into practice. All accepted papers will appear in the workshop proceedings published by Springer-Verlag in the Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing (LNBIP) series. There will be a single LNBIP volume dedicated to the proceedings of all BPM workshops. As this volume will appear after the conference, there will be informal proceedings during the workshop. At least one author for each accepted paper must register for the workshop and present the paper. Prospective authors are invited to submit papers for presentation in any of the areas listed above. Only papers in English will be accepted. Different paper types are distinguished. Length of full papers must not exceed 12 pages (there is no possibility to buy additional pages). Position papers and tool reports should be no longer than 6 pages. Papers should be submitted in the new LNBIP format (http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-7-487211-0). Papers have to present original research contributions not concurrently submitted elsewhere. The title page must contain a short abstract, a classification of the topics covered, preferably using the list of topics above, and an indication of the submission category (full paper | position paper | tool report). Papers should be submitted in PDF format electronically via the EasyChair submission system http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=erbpm2009. The best paper of the workshop (selected by the workshop organizers) will be invited to submit an extended version of the paper for a Special Issue of the "Journal of Software Process Improvement and Practice" for (selected) BPM 2009 workshop papers. Workshop Website: ----------------- Details can be also found on the workshop website: www.mutschler.info/erbpm <http://www.mutschler.info/erbpm> Important Dates: ---------------- Deadline for workshop paper submissions: 7 May 2009 Notification of Acceptance: 2 June 2009 Camera-ready papers deadline: 17 June 2009 Workshop: 7 September 2009 Workshop Chairs & Organizers: ----------------------------- Bela Mutschler Business Informatics Group University of Applied Sciences Ravensburg-Weingarten Email: bela.mutschler(a)hs-weingarten.de <mailto:bela.mutschler@hs-weingarten.de> Roel Wieringa Information Systems Group University of Twente Email: roelw(a)cs.utwente.nl <mailto:roelw@cs.utwente.nl> Jan Recker Business Process Management Group Queensland University of Technology Email: j.recker(a)qut.edu.au <mailto:j.recker@qut.edu.au> Program Committee: ------------------ Markus Aleksy, Germany Ralph Bobrik, Switzerland Islay Davies, Australia Maya Daneva, The Netherlands Peter Fettke, Germany Jaap Gordijn, The Netherlands Wolfram Höpken, Germany Marta Indulska, Australia Jan Mendling, Germany Michael zur Muehlen, USA Bela Mutschler, Germany (Co-chair) Markus Nüttgens, Germany Jan Recker, Australia (Co-chair) Manfred Reichert, Germany Hajo Reijers, The Netherlands Ralf Schimkat, Germany Reiner Siebert, Germany Ramin Tavakoli, Sweden Roel Wieringa, The Netherlands (Co-chair) Barbara Weber, Austria Norbert Weber, Germany -- 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 18 Mar '09

18 Mar '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [WI] ICST - BODYNETS 2009: Call for Participation Datum: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:44:08 +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 ****** 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 Technically sponsored by CREATE-NET Technical support from ACM Call for Participation ***NEW STUDENT REGISTRATION DISCOUNT*** Generous contributions from Microsoft and Qualcomm have enabled a reduced student registration fee of $50 for the first 30 students who register. 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. Keynote Speaker Noam Ziv, Qualcomm 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. 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) 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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[Fwd: [isworld] CFP: International Journal of Secure Software Engineering]
by Gustaf Neumann 17 Mar '09

17 Mar '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] CFP: International Journal of Secure Software Engineering Datum: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:16:39 -0500 Von: Khaled Khan <k.khan(a)qu.edu.qa> Antwort an: Khaled Khan <k.khan(a)qu.edu.qa> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> Sincere APOLOGY for my previous email which was sent accidentally! ** INAUGURAL ISSUE *** International Journal of Secure Software Engineering Submission due date: March 31, 2009 The inaugural issue is scheduled to be published in January 2010. www.igi-global.com/IJSSE Published: Quarterly (both in Print and Electronic form ) MISSION: The mission of the International Journal of Secure Software Engineering (IJSSE) is to provide a forum for software engineers and security experts to exchange innovative ideas in security-aware software systems and address security concerns in software development practices. This journal discusses methods and applications of systematic, quantifiable approaches to the development, operation, and maintenance of secure software systems. IJSSE addresses the problem of development duality between constructing a functional software system and constructing a secure system at the same time. Emphasizing security issues of software from a software engineering perspective, this journal promotes the idea that security issues must be an integral part in every phase of software development and advocates the development of security-aware software systems from the ground up. This journal facilitates promotion and understanding of the technical as well as managerial issues related to secure software systems and their development practices. Targeting researchers, academicians, software engineers, and field experts, this journal presents cutting-edge industry solutions in software engineering and security research. COVERAGE: Topics to be discussed in this journal include (but are not limited to) the following: # Aspect-oriented software development for secure software # Build security in (BSI) # Dependable systems # Experience related to secure software systems # Global security systems # Maintenance and evolution of security properties # Metrics and measurement of security properties # Process of building secure software # Programming security # Relationships between security and other quality concerns # Secure deployment of software applications # Security artifacts, evolution, and documentations # Security assurances, standards, and policies # Security audit and control # Security composition in component and service based software # Security in software architecture and design # Security literacy and education # Security patterns # Security requirement engineering # Security testing and validation # Static and dynamic analysis for security SUBMITTING TO IJSSE: Prospective authors should note that only original and previously unpublished articles will be considered. PRIOR TO SUBMISSION, INTERESTED AUTHORS MUST CONSULT THE JOURNAL�S GUIDELINES FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS at: http://www.igi-global.com/development/author_info/guidelines submission.pdf All article submissions will be forwarded to at least 3 members of the Editorial Review Board of the journal for double-blind, peer review. Final decision regarding acceptance/revision/rejection will be based on the reviews received from the reviewers. All submissions must be forwarded electronically to: k.khan(a)qu.edu.qa by NO LATER THAN March 31, 2009 PUBLISHER: The IJSSE is published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the �Information Science Reference� (formerly Idea Group Reference) and �Medical Information Science Reference� imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. EDITORIAL REVIEW BOARD: Associate Editors: Yun Bai, University of Western Sydney, Australia Konstantin Beznosov, University of British Columbia, Canada Kendra Cooper, University of Texas at Dallas, USA Frédéric Cuppens, ENST-Bretagne, France Jun Han, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia Jan Ju''rjens, Open University, UK Fabio Martinelli, National Research Council, Italy Raimundas Matulevicius, University of Namur, Belgium Per Håkon Meland, SINTEF, Norway Florian Kerschbaum, SAP Research, Germany Frank Piessens, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium Riccardo Scandariato, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium George Yee, National Research Council Canada, Canada Yan Zhang, University of Western Sydney, Australia Editorial Review Board: Rafael Accorsi, University of Freiburg, Germany Joseph Barjis, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Ana Cavalli, Institute Telecom and Management SudParis, France Jean-Noël Colin, University of Namur, Belgium Herve Debar, France Telecom R & D, France Narendra Gangavarapu, RailCorp, Australia Paolo Giorgini, University of Trento, Italy Munawar Hafiz, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA Dimitris Karagiannis, University of Vienna, Austria Vitus Lam, University of Hong Kong, China Denivaldo Lopes, Federal University of Maranhão, Brazil Qutaibah Malluhi, Qatar University, Qatar Amel Mammar, Institute Telecom and Management SudParis, France Wes (Wassim) Masri, American University of Beirut, Lebanon Sjouke Mauw, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg Nancy Mead, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Bashar Nuseibeh, Open University, UK Jong Hyuk Park, Kyungnam University, Korea Muthu Ramachandran, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK Mohammed Rashid, Massey University, New Zealand Samuel Redwine, James Madison University, USA Lillian Røstad, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway Nahid Shahmehri, Linkoping University, Sweden Dongwan Shin, New Mexico Tech, USA Torbjorn Skramstad, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway Randy Smith, University of Albama, USA Panagiotis Trimintzios, European Network and Information Security Agency, Greece Edgar Weippl, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Lei Wu, University of Houston, USA Ty Mey Yap, Simon Fraser University, Canada Mohammad Zulkernine, Queens University, Canada ALL INQUIRIES AND SUBMISSIONS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO: Khaled M. Khan Ph.D. Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Secure Software Engineering http://www.igi-global.com/ijsse E-mail: k.khan(a)qu.edu.qa http://www.scm.uws.edu.au/~khaled 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. -- Univ.Prof. Dr. Gustaf Neumann Institut of Information Systems and New Media WU Vienna Augasse 2-6, A-1090 Vienna, AUSTRIA

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[Fwd: [isworld] CFP:EJIS: Special Issue on Cross-Organizational and Cross-Border IS/IT Collaboration]
by Gustaf Neumann 17 Mar '09

17 Mar '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] CFP:EJIS: Special Issue on Cross-Organizational and Cross-Border IS/IT Collaboration Datum: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:31:20 -0400 Von: narcyz roztocki <roztockn(a)newpaltz.edu> Antwort an: narcyz roztocki <roztockn(a)newpaltz.edu> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> CALL FOR PAPERS European Journal of Information Systems (EJIS) http://www.palgrave-journals.com/ejis/ Special Issue on Cross-Organizational and Cross-Border IS/IT Collaboration Guest editors: Nicholas C. Romano, Jr. (Oklahoma State University) James B. Pick (University of Redlands) Narcyz Roztocki (SUNY at New Paltz) Complete Papers Due: April 1, 2009 As globalization moves forward, many IS/IT investments are being deployed across organizations located in different countries and world regions. Cross-system and inter-system integration and collaboration technologies play essential roles and often determine investment success or failure. However, economic, social and other factors outside the system must also be taken into consideration for global IS/IT projects to be successful and productive. Academic literature has extensively focused on trying to explain IS/IT productivity, but has rarely examined the links between international and multi-national collaboration processes and the payoffs from IS/IT investments. Despite the intensive research for more than two decades of different aspects on IS/IT collaboration, many findings are based on the cultural environment of North America or Western Europe. In addition, most of the investigation has been conducted in the context of a single country. As corporate reality demands that firms cooperate across national, economic and social boundaries, collaboration models need to be constructed, validated, and further refined in terms of the global economy. IS/IT collaboration in the global economy differs substantially from collaboration in any single country or region for several reasons. First, IS/IT infrastructures differ significantly in terms of stage of development and maturity. Second, regulatory, legal, social, and cultural environments may also vary substantially. Third, various stakeholders in global IS/IT projects often have different or even conflicting goals and ascribe to their own definitions of project success. In addition, managing globally distributed teams requires a high level of coordination and collaboration that exceeds that needed for more typical virtual teams within one economy or region. For IS/IT projects to be successful and productive in the global economy researchers and practitioners need to address the aforementioned and other issues. This special issue of the European Journal of Information Systems seeks to make a contribution to the literature in this area. The main objective of the special issue is to examine the linkages between global collaboration and the business value of IS/IT investment and the challenges posed by global collaboration processes, projects and challenges. Studies offering a wider focus from a human, organizational or technical perspective are encouraged, and a variety of methodological approaches including exploratory approaches, theory building, case analysis, testing through interviews, or surveys are welcome. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to the following: -Processes of international/global IS/IT collaboration -Effects of collaboration on IS/IT productivity -Success factors of collaboration technologies -Inter-organizational collaboration and IS/IT productivity -Conceptual frameworks of IS/IT collaboration in the global economy -Comparative cross-country research on IS/IT collaboration -Country-specific case studies on IS/IT collaboration -Collaboration during the IS/IT off shoring /outsourcing projects -Cross-border and cross-organizational IS/IT project management -Multinational teams and IS/IT productivity -IS/IT productivity instrument development and validation -Cross-border and cross-organizational value-chains and value-networks Guest editors for special issue: Nicholas C. Romano, Jr. Oklahoma State University Spears School of Business 344 North Hall 700 N. Greenwood Ave. Tulsa, Oklahoma 74106-0700 Phone: (918) 594-8506 Fax: (918) 594-8281 (fax) nicholas.romano(a)okstate.edu James B. Pick University of Redlands School of Business 1200 East Colton Avenue Redlands, CA 92373-0999 Phone: (909) 748-6261 Fax: (909) 335-5125 (fax) james_pick(a)redlands.edu Narcyz Roztocki State University of New York at New Paltz School of Business 75 South Manheim Boulevard New Paltz, NY 12561 Phone: (845) 257-2935 Fax: (845) 257-2947 (fax) roztockn(a)newpaltz.edu Important dates: April 1, 2009 Full Paper Submissions due via online system May 1, 2009 Initial editorial screening results sent to authors May 1, 2009 Requests for reviews sent out for papers editorially accepted June 20, 2009 Reviews due back to guest editors via online system July 1, 2009 Initial decisions and Review results sent to corresponding authors August 1, 2009 Resubmissions due with required revisions in camera ready format Sept 15, 2009 Final decisions sent to corresponding authors Oct 15, 2009 Final Paper versions due End 2009/early 2010 Target publication date of special issue Submission Instructions: Submit original manuscripts via the EJIS Online Review System http://ejis.msubmit.net IMPORTANT: When you fill out the details for your submission On the "Manuscript Information" Tab in the section "Special Issue" Title of Special Issue" you must select from the pull down list: "Cross-Organizational and Cross-Border IS/IT Collaboration" Please read ALL of the instructions carefully before submitting your manuscript and ensure the main article files do not contain any author identifiable information. Although PDF is acceptable for initial submission original source (ie MS Word) files will be required for typesetting etc. All manuscripts must follow the EJIS published style preferences: http://www.palgrave-journals.com/ejis/author_instructions.html. Papers should not normally exceed 12 Journal pages (about 8000 words). 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. -- Univ.Prof. Dr. Gustaf Neumann Institut of Information Systems and New Media WU Vienna Augasse 2-6, A-1090 Vienna, AUSTRIA

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