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[Fwd: [isworld] 2nd edBPM-Workshop at BPM09 - 2nd CfP]
by Gustaf Neumann 24 Apr '09

24 Apr '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] 2nd edBPM-Workshop at BPM09 - 2nd CfP Datum: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 08:01:26 -0400 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> ______________________________________________ Call for Papers edBPM 09 2nd International Workshop on Event-Driven Business Process Management 7 September 2009, Ulm, Germany http://icep-edbpm09.fzi.de +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ + Special issue in Journal of Software Process + Improvement and Practice for selected BPM 2009 + workshop papers +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ------------------------------- Information about the workshop ------------------------------- The recently coined term «Event-Driven Business Process Management» (EDBPM) is nowadays an enhancement of Business Process Management (BPM) by new concepts of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Event Driven Architecture (EDA), Software as a Service (SaaS), Business Activity Monitoring (BAM) and Complex Event Processing (CEP). In this context BPM means a software platform which provides companies the ability to model, manage, and optimize these processes for significant gain. As an independent system, CEP is a parallel running platform that analyses and processes events. The BPM- and the CEP-platform correspond via events which are produced by the BPM-workflow engine and by the � if distributed - IT services which are associated with the business process steps. Also events coming from different event sources in different forms can trigger a business process or influence the execution of the process or a service, which can result in another event. Even more, the correlation of these events in a particular context can be treated as a complex, business level event, relevant for the execution of other business processes or services. A business process � arbitrarily fine or coarse grained � can be seen as a service again and can be �choreographed� with other business processes or services, even between different enterprises and organisations. Loosely coupled event-driven architecture for BPM provides important benefits: - Responsiveness. Events can occur at any time from any source and Processes respond to them immediately, whenever they happen and wherever they happen. - Agility. New processes can be modeled, implemented, deployed, and optimized more quickly in response to changing business requirements. - Flexibility. Processes can span heterogeneous platforms and programming languages. Participating applications can be upgraded or changed without breaking the process model. Authors are invited to submit novel contributions in the above mentioned problem domain. Specifically, the relevant topics include, but are not limited to: - Event-driven BPM: Concepts e.g. Role of event processing in BPM, Business Events: types and representation, Event stream processing in business processes, Data- and event-driven business processes - Design-time CEP and BPM e.g. Modelling events in human-oriented tasks, Semantics/Ontologies for event-driven BPM, BPMN and event processing. - Run-time CEP and BPM e.g. Event pattern detection, BPEL and event processing, Reasoning about unknown/similar events - Applications/Use cases for event-driven BPM e.g. Event-driven monitoring/BAM , Event-driven SLA monitoring ------------------------------- Submission ------------------------------- The following types of submission are solicited: - Long paper submissions, describing substantial contributions of novel ongoing work. Long papers should be at most 12 pages long. - Short paper submissions, describing work in progress. These papers should be at most 6 pages long. 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 (Long Paper/ Short Paper). Papers can be uploaded via the workshop page on easychair, the address can be found on the workshop homepage (http://icep-edbpm09.fzi.de). Selected papers will be published in the Special issue in Journal of Software Process Improvement and Practice for selected BPM 2009 workshop papers. ------------------------------- Important Dates ------------------------------- Deadline paper submissions: 7 May 2009 Notification of acceptance: 2 June 2009 Camera-ready papers: 17 June 2009 Workshops: 7 September 2009 ------------------------------- Organizing Committee ------------------------------- Rainer von Ammon, CITT Regensburg, Germany Opher Etzion, IBM Research Haifa, Israel Heiko Ludwig, IBM TJ Watson Research Center, USA Adrian Paschke, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany Nenad Stojanovic, FZI Research Center for Information Technologies at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany ------------------------------- Program Committee ------------------------------- - Marco Aiello, Rijksuniversiteit of Groningen, Netherlands - Karim Baïna, ENSIAS, Morocco - Martin Bartonitz, Saperion AG, Germany - Luciano Baresi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy - Djamal Benslimane, Université Claude Bernard Lyon, France - Pedro Bizarro, University of Coimbra, Portugal - Christoph Bussler, Merced Systems, USA - Anis Charfi, SAP Research Darmstadt, Germany - Peter Dadam, University of Ulm, Germany - Ernesto Damiani, University of Milan, Italy. - Vincenzo D'Andrea, University Degli Studi di Trento, Italy - Jörg Desel, KU Eichstätt, Germany - Schahram Dustdar, TU Vienna, Austria - Christian Fillies, Semtation GmbH, Germany - Albert Fleischmann, jCOM1 AG, Germany - Peter Forbrig, University of Rostock, Germany - Torsten Greiner, Bausparkasse Schwäbisch Hall, Germany - Claude Godard, University Henri Poincaré Nancy, France - Guido Governatori, Queensland Research Laboratory, Australia - Helge Heß, IDS Scheer AG, Germany - Hans-Arno Jacobsen, University of Toronto, Canada - Dimitris Karagiannis, University of Vienna, Austria - Gerti Kappel, TU Vienna, Austria - Anton Kramm, Valial Solution, Germany - Akhil Kumar, Penn State University, USA - Shailendra Mishra, Oracle, USA - Massimo Mecella, SAPIENZA Università di Roma, Italy - Barbara Pernici, Politecnico di Milano, Italy - Boris Petkoff, AccordSystems, Germany - Manfred Reichert, University of Ulm, Germany - Wolfgang Reisig, HU Berlin, Germany - Guy Sharon, IBM Research Lab in Haifa, Israel - Harald Schoening, Software AG, Germany - Bernhard Seeger, University of Marburg, Germany - York Sure, SAP Research Karlsruhe, Germany - Azzelarabe Taleb-Bendiab, Liverpool John Moores Universtiy, UK - Farouk Toumani, Blaise Pascale University, France - Jan Vanthienen, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium - Christian Wolff, University of Regensburg, Germany - Andreas Wombacher, University of Twente, Netherlands ------------------------------- Additional Information ------------------------------- A complete overview about relevant topics, detailed workshop information And contact addresses can be found on the workshop website http://icep-edbpm09.fzi.de The AISWorld LISTSERV is a service of the Association for Information Systems (http://www.aisnet.org). 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[Fwd: [isworld] SWS09 call for paper]
by Gustaf Neumann 24 Apr '09

24 Apr '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] SWS09 call for paper Datum: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 12:28:31 -0400 Von: Claudio Agostino Ardagna <claudio.ardagna(a)unimi.it> Antwort an: Claudio Agostino Ardagna <claudio.ardagna(a)unimi.it> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> 2009 ACM Workshop on Secure Web Services (SWS) http://sesar.dti.unimi.it/SWS09/ November 13, 2009 Hyatt Regency, Chicago, USA. Held in conjunction with the 16th ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS 2009) Call for Papers Basic security protocols for Web Services, such as XML Security, the WS-* series of proposals, SAML, and XACML are the basic set of building blocks enabling Web Services and the nodes of GRID architectures to interoperate securely. While these building blocks are now firmly in place, a number of challenges are still to be met for Web services and GRID nodes to be fully secured and trusted, providing for secure communications between cross-platform and cross-language Web services. Also, the current trend toward representing Web services orchestration and choreography via advanced business process metadata is fostering a further evolution of current security models and languages, whose key issues include setting and managing security policies, inter-organizational (trusted partner) security issues and the implementation of high level business policies in a Web services environment. The SWS workshop explores these challenges, ranging from the advancement and best practices of building block technologies such as XML and Web services security protocols to higher level issues such as advanced metadata, general security policies, trust establishment, risk management, and service assurance. The workshop provides a forum for presenting research results, practical experiences, and innovative ideas in web services security. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: * Web services and GRID computing security * Authentication and authorization * Frameworks for managing, establishing and assessing inter-organizational trust relationships * Web services exploitation of Trusted Computing * Semantics-aware Web service security and Semantic Web Secure orchestration of Web services * Privacy and digital identities support Important Dates * Paper submissions due: June 12th, 2009. * Acceptance notifications: August 16th, 2009. * Camera-ready papers due: August 25th, 2009. Submitted papers must not substantially overlap papers that have been published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference with proceedings. Submissions must be at most ten pages in double-column ACM format (note: pages must be numbered), excluding the bibliography and well-marked appendices and at most 12 pages overall. Committee members are not required to read appendices, so the paper should be intelligible without them. All submissions must be anonymized (an author's name should only occur in references to that author's related work, which should be referenced in the third person and not overtly distinguishable from the referenced work of others). Submissions should be made electronically in PDF or portable Postscript format using the SWS09 Submission System at https://www.easychair.org/login.cgi?conf=sws09 *CCS General Chair Ehab Al-Shaer, DePaul University, USA. *SWS Program co-Chairs Ernesto Damiani, Information Technology Department, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy. Seth Proctor, Sun Microsystems Labs, USA. Anoop Singhal, NIST, USA. *SWS Program Committee Rafael Accorsi, University of Freiburg, Germany Claudio A. Ardagna, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy Antonia Azzini, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy Jose M. Alcaraz Calero, University of Murcia, Spain Youakim Badr, INSA Lyon, Villeurbanne, Rhone-Alpes, France Emmanuel Bruno, Université du Sud Toulon-Var, France. Richard Chbeir, Université de Bourgogne, France Frédéric Cuppens, ENST-Bretagne, France. Eduardo Fernandez-Medina Patòn, Universidad Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. Christian Geuer-Pollmann, Microsoft, Germany Sebastian Gajek, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany Nils Gruschka, NEC Laboratories Europe, Germany Meiko Jensen, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany Luigi Lo Iacono, NEC Laboratories Europe, Germany Gabriel Lopez Millan, University of Murcia, Spain Alban Gabillon, Universitè de la Polynesie Francaise Martin Gilje Jaatun, SINTEF, Norway Holger Junker, Federal Office for Information Security, Germany Stefania Marrara, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy Eric Martin, Amazon, USA Gregorio Martinez Perez, University of Murcia, Spain Michael Munzert, Siemens, DE Guenther Pernul, University of Regensburg, Germany. Jörg Schwenk, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany Denis Trcek, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia Duminda Wijesekera, George Mason University, USA. The AISWorld LISTSERV is a service of the Association for Information Systems (http://www.aisnet.org). 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[Fwd: [isworld] Contents: Latest issue of the International Journal of Virtual Communities and Social Networking]
by Gustaf Neumann 24 Apr '09

24 Apr '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] Contents: Latest issue of the International Journal of Virtual Communities and Social Networking Datum: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:41:32 -0400 Von: Subhasish Dasgupta <dasgupta(a)gwu.edu> Antwort an: Subhasish Dasgupta <dasgupta(a)gwu.edu> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> Here are the contents of the latest issue of: International Journal of Virtual Communities and Social Networking (IJVCSN) Official Publication of the Information Resources Management Association Volume 1, Issue 2, April-June 2009 Published: Quarterly in Print and Electronically ISSN: 1942-9010 EISSN: 1942-9029 Published by IGI Publishing, Hershey-New York, USA http://www.igi-global.com/ijvscn Editor-in-Chief: Subhasish Dasgupta, George Washington University, USA PAPER ONE Enabling Organizational Learning to Contribute toward a Learning Organization: An Exploratory Case Study of Knowledge Management Practices in Taiwan's Electronics Industry Pei-Di Shen, Ming Chuan University, Taiwan Tsang-Hsiung Lee, National Chengchi University, Taiwan Chia-Wen Tsai, Yuanpei University, Taiwan Yi-Fen Chen, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan How can practices of knowledge management (KM) enable organizational learning to occur and then lead toward a learning organization? In this article, the authors seek the answer to this question by exploring three cases: Winbond, Worldpeace, and TSMC, chosen respectively from upstream, midstream, and downstream firms in the IC industry in Taiwan. The authors study KM practices focusing on aspects of knowledge creation, storage/retrieval, transfer, and application. In this study, the authors discuss the findings among IC designers. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://www.infosci-on-demand.com/content/details.asp?ID=30901 PAPER TWO Motif Analysis and the Periodic Structural Changes in an Organizational Email-Based Social Network Krzysztof Juszczyszyn, Wrocław University of Technology, Poland Katarzyna Musiał, Wrocław University of Technology, Poland Network motifs are small subgraphs that reflect local network topology and are shown to be useful for creating profiles that reveal several properties of a network. In this paper, the motif analysis of the e-mail network of the Wroclaw University of Technology, consisting of over 4000 nodes was conducted. Temporal changes in the network structure during the period of twenty months were analyzed and the correlations between global structural parameters of the network and motif distribution were found. The authors use the results in the development of methods dedicated for fast estimating of the properties of complex Internet-based social networks. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://www.infosci-on-demand.com/content/details.asp?ID=30902 PAPER THREE C2C Business Models: Beyond Online Marketplaces Bhavik Pathak, Indiana University South Bend, USA Compared to the research on B2B and B2C models, research on C2C models has been less extensive and narrowly focused on the electronic marketplaces. This undermines the analysis of potential implications of C2C models in online retailing. In this paper, the author redefines C2C to extend its scope, study and categorize various C2C models that facilitate trading or sharing of products and information, and provide comprehensive analysis of the implications of these models for online retailing. This research provides a framework for various consumer-centric business models, such as virtual communities, electronic marketplaces, and peer-to-peer networking applications. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://www.infosci-on-demand.com/content/details.asp?ID=30903 PAPER FOUR Internet Diffusion and Social Inequalities in Greater China Region via Six Key Socioeconomic Indicators Shaoyi He, Cal State University San Marcos, USA This article investigates social inequalities associated with Internet diffusion in various territories in the Greater China region, focusing on the six key socioeconomic indicators that reflect different aspects of social inequalities. First, the statistics of the Internet diffusion in Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao are compared and contrasted. A correlation is found among the key socioeconomic indicators in various territories in the Greater China region. Patterns of social inequalities associated with socioeconomic indicators are found in different territories in the Greater China region. Based on the findings of this study, future research directions are outlined in the conclusion. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://www.infosci-on-demand.com/content/details.asp?ID=30904 PAPER FIVE Politeness as a Social Software Requirement Brian Whitworth, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand If politeness makes society a nicer place to be, by lubricating the interaction of its human parts, then the same is important for online society. As the Internet becomes more social, software can mediate social interactions, serve as a social agent, or act as a personal assistant; but to succeed in these roles, it must learn a new skill - politeness. This article proposes politeness as the distinguishing mark of a new generation of community software based on the benefits of social synergy rather than technical efficiency. Conversely, selfish software is currently a widespread problem as politeness is a software design "blind spot". For the Internet to realize its social, as well as technical potential, software must be not only useful and usable but also polite. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://www.infosci-on-demand.com/content/details.asp?ID=30905 --- For full copies of the above articles, check for this issue of the International Journal of the International Journal of Virtual Communities and Social Networking in your institution's library. This journal is also included in the IGI Global aggregated "InfoSci-Journals" database: http://www.infosci-journals.com <http://www.infosci-journals.com/> . --- CALL FOR PAPERS Mission of IJVCSN: The primary objective of the International Journal of Virtual Communities and Social Networking (IJVCSN) is to provide comprehensive coverage and understanding of the social, cultural, organizational, human, and cognitive issues related to the virtual communities and social networking. These issues include design, implementation, participation, and use of virtual communities and social networks. The secondary objective of this journal is to broaden the overall body of knowledge regarding participation of individuals, groups, and organizations in these communities and networks by providing an outlet for scholarly research in the area. Coverage of IJVCSN: IJVCSN covers research in all areas of virtual communities and social networking. Research on the technical, social, legal, and cross-cultural issues are appropriate for the journal. Among topics to be included (but not limited to) are the following: Cross-cultural issues in virtual communities and social networks: Cross-cultural studies Culture in virtual communities and social networks Design issues Multi-cultural environments Human computer interfaces, virtual communities, and social networks: Design of peer-to-peer networks Design of virtual communities Mobile technologies and HCI User friendly interfaces Models for virtual communities: Business models E-learning models Knowledge management models Social models Technology-based models Privacy and security: Business implications Copyright issues Privacy issues Trust issues Social issues in virtual communities: Economic impact of virtual communities Individual behavior and group dynamics in virtual communities Political impact of virtual communities Social impact of virtual communities Trust in communities Social networking: Culture in social networks Social network analysis Social relationships Social structures Success of virtual environments and social networks: Collaborative work in virtual environments Effectiveness of virtual environments and social networks ROI in business-oriented virtual communities Service quality of virtual community and social networking sites Technology in virtual environments and social networks: Hardware and software Peer-to-peer networks Platforms Web services, SOA, and Web 2.0 Wiki's and blogs Virtual communities for gaming: Cultural issues Game design Social issues Virtual worlds Computer-based simulated environments: Social and cultural issues Technological issues Interested authors should consult the journal's manuscript submission guidelines at http://www.igi-global.com/ijvcsn. All inquiries and submissions should be sent to: Editor-in-Chief: Subhasish Dasgupta at dasgupta(a)gwu.edu --- Subhasish Dasgupta, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Information Systems Director, MS Program in Information Systems Technology George Washington University Phone: (202) 994-7408 http://home.gwu.edu/~dasgupta 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] ISECON/CONISAR - Call for Papers, Panels and Workshops]
by Gustaf Neumann 23 Apr '09

23 Apr '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] ISECON/CONISAR - Call for Papers, Panels and Workshops Datum: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:43:48 -0400 Von: Judith Gebauer <udidge(a)gmail.com> Antwort an: Judith Gebauer <udidge(a)gmail.com> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> CALL FOR PAPERS ISECON and CONISAR November 5-8, 2009 Washington DC http://isecon.org/ We invite you to submit a paper, panel, workshop or IS/IT teaching case(new) for consideration at this year's conference to be held in Washington DC on November 5 to 8, 2009. ISECON is THE conference to attend to learn about and contribute to the latest trends and issues in the IS field, such as model curricula, program accreditation, and emerging technologies. Held annually since 1982, ISECON is the largest continuously-running conference for IS Educators. Potential topics for your manuscripts and presentations include: - Capstone / Service Learning - Distance Education Challenges - Enrollment Trends - IS Integration with other Disciplines - Original Classroom Cases - Outcomes Assessment Techniques and Results - Pedagogy - Security and Assurance - Technology Changes on IS Education Submission deadlines: June 30 - consideration for: proceedings publication, potential publication in ISEDJ (Information Systems Educators Journal) and BEST PAPERS Awards. July 31 - consideration for: proceedings publication and potential publication in ISEDJ (Information Systems Educators Journal). August 31 - consideration for the conference proceedings. Full details of the call, submission and presentation guidelines are at http://isecon.org/. Held in conjunction with ISECON is CONISAR. CONISAR is a conference dedicated to IS Applied Research. Details on submissions to CONISAR may be found on the ISECON web site. Consider submitting a manuscript to both conferences. (Registration for the second conference is only $25.00 additional) New this year will be a PhD Symposium for soon to be IS educators as well as the solicitation of PhD papers and works in progress. ISECON is managed by the Education Special Interest Group, and sponsored by the Foundation for Information Technology Education and the Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP). Paul Leidig ISECON Conference Chair Tom Janicki ISECON Papers Chair Scott Hunsinger ISECON Assistant Paper Chair 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] CATS2009 - Deadline extended to May 8]
by Gustaf Neumann 23 Apr '09

23 Apr '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] CATS2009 - Deadline extended to May 8 Datum: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 04:20:36 -0400 (EDT) Von: Emmanuel G. Blanchard, Dr <blanchae(a)iro.umontreal.ca> Antwort an: Emmanuel G. Blanchard, Dr <blanchae(a)iro.umontreal.ca> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> Apologies for cross-posting. ******************************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS CATS2009: 2nd workshop on Culturally-Aware Tutoring Systems Socio-Cultural Issues in Artificial Intelligence in Education DEADLINE FOR PAPER SUBMISSION HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO MAY 8 To be held in conjunction with AIED2009 Brighton, UK, 6-7 July 2009 http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~blanchae/CATS2009 Contact Email: cats.workshop(a)gmail.com ******************************************************************** PRESENTATION Learners with various cultural profiles and backgrounds are benefiting from diverse applications and initiatives of the AIED community. That said, research in education has shown that teaching methodologies and instructional design cannot always be universally applied as their impact can greatly vary from one culture to another. In other words, pedagogical strategies that are effective for one cultural group may not be effective with a different one. As a result, researchers are increasingly focusing on cultural factors in the conception of AIED systems, be it from the point of view of learners’ varying cultural backgrounds or the influence that these backgrounds have on the choice of underlying teaching methodologies. Developing AIED systems with cultural discernment capabilities can therefore -- among other possibilities -- contribute to lessening the potential for misunderstanding learner behaviour as well as allow for customized learning according to cultural needs. A greater cultural focus can also increase the flexibility of the systems we build and promote their acceptance and wider spread use. Furthermore, in a world in which interactions between culturally diverse people and groups are becoming usual, developing models of cultural representation is a valuable undertaking. Not only is there an increasing need in the teaching process for the ability to address individuals and groups with respect to culture, there is a need to learn about culture itself in view of its rich and multi-faceted variability. AIED systems, enhanced with a capacity for simulating complex cultural situations, could have a profound impact on the format, design and quality of teaching they wish to impart. A first edition of the proposed workshop took place in 2008 in conjunction with ITS 2008. Proceedings can be accessed at: http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~blanchae/CATS2008/CATS2008.pdf The current workshop consequently aims to continue this trend on the way culture can be represented within the overarching goal of imparting knowledge via AIED. It also aims to stimulate discussion on the impact of culture on AIED systems and reflect on those emerging technologies that need to be developed to more fully integrate cultural considerations. Finally, it aims at sharing and expanding the very knowledge we have about culture. CALL FOR PAPERS Papers concerned with issues of representing culture as well as its impact and influence in the domain of AIED will be encouraged, whether from computer science, psychology, intercultural studies or other related fields. Research at varying levels of development as well as position papers will be considered. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Computer modelling of individual cultural traits - Computer modelling of cultural contexts and environments - Computer modelling and definition of cultural groups - Computer modelling of dynamics between varying cultural entities - Cultural perception of AIED systems - Computer-assisted learning of culture - Computer-assisted learning of cultural history - Computer-assisted intercultural communication for learning purpose - Collaborative learning and cultural diversity - Identification of cultural variations in computer-assisted education - Impact of culture on teaching strategies and methodologies to be used in AIED systems - Impact of culture on emotional and motivational management in AIED systems - Relationship between culture and cognition and its impact within AIED systems - Cultural adaptation methodologies and their application in AIED systems - Interface variations according to users’ cultural background - AIED for teaching cultural heritage - Internationalization of AIED systems Solutions related to these topics can be framed in terms of: - System architecture - Machine learning techniques - Case-based reasoning - Data mining - Speech and dialogue systems - Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL) - Computer-supported collaborative learning - Intelligent agents - Learning companions - Planning - Serious games - Virtual learning environments - Simulations - Ontology engineering - Semantic web techniques - Learning objects - Adaptive hypermedia - Pervasive computing - Authoring tools for AIED systems - Cross-cultural evaluation of AIED systems - Etc. SUBMISSION PROCEDURE Articles must be submitted by May 8 2009 through Easychair (See CATS2009 website: http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~blanchae/CATS2009). Submissions must be in ortable Document Format (.pdf), Papers must comply with the IOSPRESS formatting instructions (See CATS2009 website). Submissions must be in English and should not exceed 10 pages. Short papers - no more than 5 pages - can also be considered. Articles will be evaluated according to a double blind review process by two or more members of the program committee. Hence the submitted document will not display authors' information. Furthermore, it is strongly recommended that information allowing authors to be identified be avoided within the core of the article (this information can however be included once the article has been accepted). COMMITTEES Organizing Committee Emmanuel G. Blanchard, McGill University, Canada H. Chad Lane, University of Southern California, USA Danièle Allard, Dalhousie University, Canada Program Committee Lora Aroyo, Free University Amsterdam, The Netherlands Jacqueline Bourdeau, TELUQ (UQAM), Canada Benedict DuBoulay, University of Sussex, UK Elisabeth Delozanne, University of Paris VI, France Claude Frasson, University of Montréal, Canada Guy Gouardères, University of Pau, France Monique Grandbastien, University of Nancy I, France W. Lewis Johnson, Alelo Inc, USA Judy Kay, University of Sydney, Australia Susanne P. Lajoie, McGill University, Canada Riichiro Mizoguchi, Osaka University, Japan Roger Nkambou, University of Québec at Montréal (UQAM), Canada Amy Ogan, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Elaine Raybourn, University of New Mexico, USA Matthias Rehm, University of Augsburg, Germany Katharina Reinecke, University of Zurich, Switzerland Isabelle Savard, TELUQ (UQAM), Canada Robert E. Wray, Soar Technology, USA ---------------------------------------------------- Dr. Emmanuel G. Blanchard, ATLAS Laboratory, McGill Faculty of Education, 3700 McTavish Street, Montréal, H3A 1Y2, CANADA (QC) Tel: (1) 514-398-4256 Fax: (1) 514-398-6968 Email: emmanuel.blanchard(a)mcgill.ca ---------------------------------------------------- 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] Last CFP: IWWUA 2009]
by Gustaf Neumann 23 Apr '09

23 Apr '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] Last CFP: IWWUA 2009 Datum: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:05:55 +0200 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> **************************************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS 3rd International Workshop on Web Usability and Accessibility (IWWUA 2009) October 5-7, 2009, Poznan, Poland http://gplsi.dlsi.ua.es/congresos/iwwua09 Co-located with the 10th International Conference on Web Information Systems Engineering (WISE 2009) http://wise2009.ue.poznan.pl/ ***************************************************************************** Following up the tradition established in the last two years, IWWUA 2009 aims at bringing together researchers and professionals interested in discussing recent trends and perspectives in Web usability and accessibility. One of the goals of this year's edition will be to deepen the issues related to the usability and accessibility of modern Web 2.0 applications. Contributions focusing on Web 2.0 applications are especially encouraged. However, papers addressing more traditional Web domains are also welcome. IWWUA will discuss and classify the existing research works, to identify gaps in the existing development and evaluation practices that can lead to topics or further research. An issue of particular importance is when and how usability should be integrated into a well-organized Web development process. We therefore look for contributions that discuss not only technical and theoretical aspects, but also methodological and practical issues. More information on the Workshop can be found at the Workshop Web site: gplsi.dlsi.ua.es/congresos/iwwua09/. TOPICS OF INTEREST The topics of the Workshop will include, but will not be limited to: - Usability and accessibility guidelines, factors, criteria, metrics, patterns, and recommendations - Management of usability and accessibility requirements - Evaluation methods - Early usability evaluation (e.g., model-based evaluation) - Integration of usability and accessibility evaluation in the development processes - Automatic tools - Theoretical/empirical validation of metrics - Empirical studies - User experience - Industrial experience PAPER SUBMISSION Authors are invited to submit their papers by May 1, 2009. Papers must describe completed works (8 pages maximum). Submissions will be evaluated according to the relevance and originality of the work, as well as with respect to their ability to generate discussions between the Workshop participants. Submissions must follow the Springer-Verlag LNCS standard paper format (http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-7-72376-0) and be submitted electronically in PDF format through the WISE Review System (https://www.easychair.org/login.cgi?conf=wise2009). Please, make sure you select the *Web Usability and Accessibility track* of the WISE conference for your submission. IMPORTANT DATES Submission of papers: May 1, 2009 Notification of acceptance: June 15, 2009 Camera-ready papers: June 28, 2009 Author registration: June 28, 2009 Conference & Workshops: October 5-7, 2009 PUBLICATION All the accepted papers will be published by Springer-Verlag in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series, as a separate volume for the WISE Workshops. Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an improved and extended version of their papers to a special issue in a relevant journal. WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS Maristella Matera, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Silvia Abrahão, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain Cristina Cachero, Universidad de Alicante, Spain PROGRAM COMMITTEE Shadi Abou-Zahra, World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Nigel Bevan, Professional Usability Services, United Kingdom Giorgio Brajnik, University of Udine, Italy Coral Calero, University of Castilla-la-Mancha, Spain Tiziana Catarci, Universit‡ degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Italy Vicente Luque Centeno, University Carlos III, Spain Sven Casteleyn, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Jair Cavalcanti Leite, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil Florian Daniel, University of Trento, Italy Gerry Gaffney, Information & Design, Australia Geert-Jan Houben, Delft University of Technology, The Nederlands Emilio Insfran, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain Franca Garzotto, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Emilia Mendes, University of Auckland, New Zealand Luis Olsina, Universidad Nacional de La Pampa, Argentina Geert Poels, University of Ghent, Belgium Gustavo Rossi, LIFIA, UNLP, Argentina Carmen Santoro, ISTI-CNR, Italy Marco Winckler, University Paul Sabatier, France CONTACT The Workshop co-chairs can be contacted by email at the address admin_iwwua09(a)dlsi.ua.es -- ___________________________________________________________ Silvia Abrahão Departamento de Sistemas Informáticos y Computación (DSIC) Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (UPV) Camino de Vera s/n - 46022 Valencia, Spain Phone : + 34 96 387 7000 ext. 83510 Fax : + 34 96 387 7359 Web : http://www.dsic.upv.es/~sabrahao Office: D-305 (Tercer Piso, Edif. 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[Fwd: [isworld] Second Call for Papers - E-Government Track HICSS-43]
by Gustaf Neumann 23 Apr '09

23 Apr '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] Second Call for Papers - E-Government Track HICSS-43 Datum: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:30:43 -0700 Von: Hans J. Scholl <jscholl(a)u.washington.edu> Antwort an: Hans J. Scholl <jscholl(a)u.washington.edu> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> Dear Colleague, Only 54 days left until the deadline of June 15, 2009! Time to prepare your contribution! This is an invitation to submit a research paper to one of the minitracks of the E-Government Track at the 43rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-43). HICSS-43 (2010) will be held from January 5-8, 2010 at the Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort & Spa, Koloa, Kauai, HI/USA. The e-Government Track will host eight minitracks: * Development Methods for Electronic Government * Emerging Topics * E-Participation, e-Citizenship, and Digital Democracy * E-Policy, e-Governance, Ethics, and Law * E-Services and Information * Information Security * Infrastructure and Interoperability * Organization and Management Submission deadline: June 15, 2009 For details please see http://faculty.washington.edu/jscholl/hicss43/ Among e-Government scholars the HICSS e-Government Track has an excellent reputation. Several times it has been ranked the academically most rigorous research conference on e-Government in the world. Having a paper accepted at the e-Gov Track at HICSS means something. Best wishes, Jochen Scholl HICSS-43 E-Government Track 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] ToC and CFP Vol 1 Issue 2 International Journal of Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management]
by Gustaf Neumann 23 Apr '09

23 Apr '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] ToC and CFP Vol 1 Issue 2 International Journal of Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management Datum: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:26:39 -0400 Von: Murray E. Jennex <murphjen(a)aol.com> Antwort an: Murray E. Jennex <murphjen(a)aol.com> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> The contents of the latest issue of: International Journal of Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (IJISCRAM) Official Publication of the Information Resources Management Association Volume 1, Issue 2, April-June 2009 Published: Quarterly in Print and Electronically ISSN: 1937-9390 EISSN: 1937-9420 Published by IGI Publishing, Hershey-New York, USA www.igi-global.com/ijiscram Editors-in-Chief: Murray E. Jennex, San Diego State University, USA; Bartel Van de Walle, Tilburg University, The Netherlands EDITORIAL PREFACE IJISCRAM 1(2) Bartel Van de Walle, Co-Editor in Chief The remarkable thing, in this day and age, is that most of these people remain invisible to each other. Admittedly, in the older days, that was unavoidable. A most remarkable evolution on the Web in the last few years is the rise and growth of social websites. While the initial user/subscriber/member age demographics were well below the average age of the more experienced emergency manager or researcher, this is not longer the case today. At an ever increasing rate, new �Web 2.0� applications are being developed that introduce social networking into all aspects of society � including science. To read the preface, please consult this issue of IJISCRAM in your library. PAPER ONE When and How (Not) to Trust It? Supporting Virtual Emergency Teamwork Monika Büscher, Lancaster University, Denmark Preben Holst Mogensen, University of Aarhus, Denmark Margit Kristensen, The Alexandra Institute Ltd., Denmark In this article we use the formative evaluation of a prototype �assembly� of pervasive computing technologies to specify design implications for emergency virtual teamwork tools. The prototype assembly, called �Overview�, is implemented in collaboration with police, fire and medical emergency services as part of the real life event management during the Tall Ships� Races 2007 in Denmark. The authors describe how the emergency teams use technologies for the collaboration between distributed colleagues to produce shared situation awareness, to manage efforts and resources and to respond to minor emergencies. The authors show how practices of working up trust are supported by the PalCom open architecture and delineate design guidelines to enable the productive integration of pervasive computing. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://infosci-on-demand.com/content/details.asp?ID=32067 PAPER TWO Adaptive Ontology Use for Crisis Knowledge Representation Aviv Segev, National Chengchi University, Taiwan In a crisis the problem of the lack of a shared platform or similar communication methods among the collaborators usually arise within a few hours. While a crisis requires rapid response of emergency management factors, ontology is generally represented in a static manner. Therefore, an adaptive ontology for crisis knowledge representation is needed to assist in coordinating relief efforts in different crisis situations. The article describes a method of ontology modeling that modifies the ontology in real time during a crisis according to the crisis surroundings. The method is based on modeling a basic predefined multilingual. This article presents an example of ontology usage based on a sample Katrina crisis. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://infosci-on-demand.com/content/details.asp?ID=32068 PAPER THREE Open Infrastructure for a Nationwide Emergency Services Network Mark Gaynor, Boston University, USA Scott Brander, Harvard University, USA Alan Pearce, Information Age Economics, USA Ken Post, Alert Systems Inc., USA This article suggests and supports a public policy in which the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should seize a unique opportunity to resolve some of the nation�s critical communications problems in times of crises with the allocation of a portion of the spectrum at 700 MHz for the deployment of a nationwide interoperable emergency broadband wireless network built by a public-private partnership. The authors present a convincing theoretical model that advocates an open and/or neutral network that advances public safety along with the deployment of new and valuable technologies, applications, and services. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://infosci-on-demand.com/content/details.asp?ID=32069 PAPER FOUR Collaborative Command and Control Practice: Adaptation, Self-Regulation and Supporting Behavior Jiri Trnka, Linköpings Universitet, Sweden Björn Johansson, Saab Security, Sweden This article describes a study, which aims to document the work practice of a team of commanders responding to an emergency and to identify areas and activities that may be enhanced by the use of command and control tools. This study was based on a �human-in-the-loop� simulation with emergency management commanders as participants. The authors use several communication analyses to assess coordination among the commanders. This article examines the most important enabler of coordination. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://infosci-on-demand.com/content/details.asp?ID=32070 PAPER FIVE ISCRAM-CHINA 2008 Meeting Report Song Yan, Harbin Engineering University, China Bartel Van de Walle, Tilburg University, The Netherlands For the third time since 2006, the ISCRAMCHINA conference took place in Harbin, one of the ten largest cities in China and capital of China�s Northeast province of Heilongjiang. The annual conference has found a home at the Harbin Engineering University and the School of Economics and Management. The key target audience of the ISCRAM- CHINA conferences is the Chinese research community involved in crisis management and information systems, although the conference experiences a growing international attendance from the wider South-East Asian region and beyond. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://infosci-on-demand.com/content/details.asp?ID=32071 EVENT REPORT Golden Phoenix 2008 Andrew Westfall, San Diego State University, USA Murray E. Jennex, San Diego State University, USA Sondra Dickinson, San Diego State University Foundation, USA Eric Frost, San Diego State University, USA The International Journal of Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, IJISCRAM, has a goal of promoting quality research into information systems, IS, for crisis response and management. Unfortunately, this research doesn�t lend itself well to the traditional positivist quantitative research methodologies considered quality research by main stream IS researchers. Instead, our methodologies focus on qualitative and action research methods. This event report, on the Golden Phoenix exercise, is action and experimental research. Action research as all the authors were participants in the exercise. Experimental research as the exercise itself was a live world laboratory for testing various IS, sensor, and other technologies supporting crisis response. To read the event report, please consult this issue of IJISCRAM in your library. **************************************************** For full copies of the above articles, check for this issue of the International Journal of Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (IJISCRAM) in your institution's library. This journal is also included in the IGI Global aggregated "InfoSci-Journals" database: www.infosci-journals.com. ***************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS Mission of IJISCRAM: The mission of the International Journal of Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management is to provide an outlet for innovative research in the area of information systems for crisis response and management. Research is expected to be rigorous but can utilize any accepted methodology and may be qualitative or quantitative in nature. The journal will provide a comprehensive cross disciplinary forum for advancing the understanding of the organizational, technical, human, and cognitive issues associated with the use of information systems in responding and managing crises of all kinds. Coverage of IJISCRAM: The journal will strive to cover all aspects of the crisis management information systems discipline, from organizational issues to technology support to decision support and knowledge representation. High quality submissions are encouraged using any qualitative or quantitative research methodology, focusing on the design, development, implementation, use and evaluation of such systems. Submissions are especially encouraged covering the following topics in this discipline: Decision making and judgment Command and control Virtual teams and organizations Collaborative and intelligent systems Human-Computer interaction Healthcare and health information systems Case studies, research methods, and modeling approaches Disaster risk reduction and risk management ad-hoc and sensor networks Geographical information systems Early warning systems Knowledge management and systems Emergency response systems Data fusion, representation, and visualization Systems interoperability information systems infrastructures Communication technologies Crisis planning, training, exercising, and gaming Globalization and development issues Information systems strategy Humanitarian operations Interested authors should consult the journal's manuscript submission guidelines at www.igi-global.com/ijiscram. All inquiries and submissions should be sent to: Co-Editor-in-Chief: Murray E. Jennex at murphjen(a)aol.com Co-Editor-in-Chief: Bartel Van de Walle at bartel(a)uvt.nl or both at: journal(a)iscram.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/. 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] IJMCMC]
by Gustaf Neumann 23 Apr '09

23 Apr '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] IJMCMC Datum: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:04:15 +0200 Von: Ismail Khalil <ismail(a)iiwas.org> Antwort an: Ismail Khalil <ismail(a)iiwas.org> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> As Editors-in-Chief of IJMCMC, we are very pleased to announce the release of the inaugural issue. Please see below for a detailed description of the contents of this issue, as well as information on how to obtain copies of the journal or individual journal articles and on how to submit a paper to the journal. A FREE sample copy of this inaugural issue can be downloaded at http://www.igi-global.com/journals/details.asp?ID=7684&mode=freeSample . The contents of the latest issue of: International Journal of Mobile Computing and Multimedia Communications (IJMCMC) Official Publication of the Information Resources Management Association Volume 1, Issue 1, January-March 2009 Published: Quarterly in Print and Electronically ISSN: 1937-9412 EISSN: 1937-9404 Published by IGI Publishing, Hershey-New York, USA www.igi-global.com/ijmcmc Editors-in-Chief: Ismail Khalil, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria Edgar Weippl, Secure Business Austria - Security Research, Austria EDITORIAL PREFACE IJMCMC 1(1) Ismail Khalil, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria Edgar Weippl, Secure Business Austria - Security Research, Austria The field of mobile computing and multimedia is expanding in an unprecedented pace. Indicators are the rapidly increasing penetration of the cellular phone market around the world, and the mobile computing market is growing nearly twice as fast as the desktop market. In addition, technological advancements have significantly enhanced the usability of mobile communication and computer devices. For these reasons and more, the editors believe that this is the right time to introduce a specialized journal in the area of mobile computing and multimedia communications. The editors hope readers will gain greater insight into mobile multimedia as they relate to applications, management, and opportunities within any given constructs. To read the preface, please consult this issue of IJMCMC in your library. PAPER ONE Scenario-Based Cluster Formation and Management in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks V. S. Anitha, National Institute of Technology - Calicut, India M. P. Sebastian, National Institute of Technology - Calicut, India This article proposes a scenario-based algorithm for cluster formation and management in mobile ad hoc networks. Depending on the application a centralized or distributed algorithm based on (k, r) –dominating set is used for the selection of clusterheads and gateway nodes. Here k is the minimum number of clusterheads per node in the network and r is the maximum number of hops between the node and the clusterhead. The quality of the clusterhead is a function of various metrics, which include connectivity, stability, and residual battery power. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://infosci-on-demand.com/content/details.asp?ID=32043 PAPER TWO Fast Vector Quantization Encoding Algorithms for Image Compression Ahmed Swilem, Minia University, Egypt Vector quantization (VQ) is a well-known compression method. In the encoding phase, searching the closest codeword in the codebook is a time-consuming task. In this article, two fast encoding algorithms for VQ are proposed. To reduce the search area and accelerate the search process, the first algorithm utilizes three significant features of a vector that are the norm and two projection angles to two projection axes. The second algorithm uses the first two features as in the first algorithm with the projection value of the vector to the second projection axe. The algorithms allow significant acceleration in the encoding process. The author presents experimental on image block data. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://infosci-on-demand.com/content/details.asp?ID=32044 PAPER THREE FCVW: Experiments in Groupware Ivan Tomek, Acadia University, Canada Elhadi Shakshuki, Acadia University, Canada Pervasiveness of the Internet and increasing geographical dispersal of work teams result in continuously growing importance of groupware - software that supports collaboration within groups. Numerous applications have been developed to address collaboration needs and many are widely used but don’t fully satisfy work team requirements and the Internet potential. This paper surveys several groupware products and describes FCVW (Federated Collaborative Virtual Workspace), an experimental project designed to explore certain groupware aspects that are not sufficiently addressed by existing products. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://infosci-on-demand.com/content/details.asp?ID=32045 PAPER FOUR A Cross-Layer Model for Video Multicast Based TCP-Adaptive FEC over Heterogeneous Networks Ghaida A. AL-Suhail, University of Basrah, Iraq Liansheng Tan, Central China Normal University, China Rodney A. Kennedy, The Australian National University, Australia In this article, the authors present a simple cross-layer model that leads to the optimal throughput of multiple users for multicasting MPEG-4 video over a heterogeneous network. For heterogeneous wired-to- wireless network, at the last wireless hop there are bit errors associated with the link-layer packets that are arising in the wireless channel, in addition of overflow packet dropping over wired links. The authors employ a heuristic TCP function to optimize the cross-layer model of data link and physical (radio-link) layer. An adaptive forward-error-correction (FEC) scheme is applied at the byte- level, as well as at the packet-level. The corresponding optimal video quality can be evaluated at each client end. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://infosci-on-demand.com/content/details.asp?ID=32046 PAPER FIVE A Model for Mobile Learning Service Quality in University Environment Nabeel Farouq Al-Mushasha, Jerash Private University, Jordan Shahizan Hassan, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia It is generally known that accessibility and mobility are the main barriers for effective implementation of electronic learning; however, the advent of mobile technology could be a potential solution to remove the barriers. Nevertheless, there is a lack of research that addresses the issue of mobile learning service quality in a university environment. This study aims to propose a service quality model for m- learning in a university environment. A questionnaire survey was conducted which measured ten dependent variables and three independent variables. The dependent variables were meant to measure service quality, information quality, and system quality. The dependent variables were meant to measure the causal relationship between overall learners’ perceived service quality, learner satisfaction, and learner behavioral intention to use the service in future. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://infosci-on-demand.com/content/details.asp?ID=32047 PAPER SIX Evaluating E-Communities of Wireless Networks Worldwide Theodoros I. Kavaliotis, University of Macedonia, Greece Anastasios A. Economides, University of Macedonia, Greece Many people communicate among themselves using wireless networks. They have developed e-communities in order to discuss issues about their network development, problems, opportunities, and wireless technology advances among others. The purpose of this article is to present an evaluation framework and analyze the current status of such electronic communities of wireless networks (ECWNs) in four continents: Africa, America, Europe and Oceania. The evaluation framework contains fifty criteria categorized into four categories, and then fifty-seen ECWNs were evaluated using the criteria. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://infosci-on-demand.com/content/details.asp?ID=32048 **************************************************** For full copies of the above articles, check for this issue of the International Journal of Mobile Computing and Multimedia Communications (IJMCMC) in your institution's library. This journal is also included in the IGI Global aggregated "InfoSci-Journals" database: www.infosci-journals.com. ***************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS Mission of IJMCMC: The primary goal of the International Journal of Mobile Computing and Multimedia Communications (IJMCMC) is to provide researchers and academic communities around the world with the highest quality articles while reporting the state-of-the-art research results and scientific findings allowing students, developers, engineers, innovators, research strategists, and IT-managers in this field to gain greater insight into mobile multimedia as they relate to applications, management, and opportunities within any given construct. This journal publishes original research papers, state of the art reviews, technical notes, case studies, innovative projects, and books reviews on topics leveraging all aspects of mobile computing and multimedia communications: from underlying technologies to applications, from theory to practices, and from servers to networks to devices. Coverage of IJMCMC: The coverage of this journal ranges from innovative topics to research findings to trends analysis on mobile multimedia and related theories, technologies, methods, applications, and services from all engineering, business and organizational perspectives. Contributing papers may deal with, but are not limited to the following topics: Active multimedia network Advances in MAN Augmented reality Billing and security for mobile multimedia services Coding, equalization, and modulation Consumer applications Content distribution architectures Content distribution internetworking Cooperation in mobile multimedia Database for mobile systems Digital rights managements Economics of mobile multimedia Effect of mobility on computing Emerging access networks Enabling infrastructures for mobile computing and multimedia Ergonomics and health issues Home networking Industrial applications IP video, streaming, and interactive video services Location- & context-aware dependent computing Low power networking Marketing strategies Measurement and modeling of network operation Medical applications Middleware support for mobile multimedia Military applications Mobile and multimedia markets and business models Mobile aware applications Mobile CSCW (computer-supported cooperative work) Mobile multimedia interfaces Mobile multimedia network traffic engineering Mobile multimedia platforms Mobile multimedia software architectures Mobile operating systems Multimedia and integrated services Multimedia traffic management Multi-point, multicast services Network models and architectures Network programming for mobile multimedia services New mobile and multimedia applications and services People with disabilities Personal area networks Personalization, privacy, and security issues Portable computers with wireless access Portable devices and smart sensors Provisioning of multimedia networks and services QoS management Regulatory and legal frameworks Regulatory and societal issues of mobile computing and multimedia Security and authentication Social implications Source coding/compression Spread spectrum communications Standardization Streaming media protocols Training Ubiquitous and pervasive computing Value added chains for mobile multimedia VoIP services Wearable computers and PDAs Wireless and mobile multimedia network management Wireless data services Interested authors should consult the journal's manuscript submission guidelines at www.igi-global.com/ijmcmc. All inquiries and submissions should be sent to: Editor-in-Chief: Ismail Khalil at ismail(a)tk.uni-linz.ac.at 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] 3rd CFP: RecSys'09: Third ACM Conference on Recommender Systems | October 22-25, 2009 | New York City]
by Gustaf Neumann 23 Apr '09

23 Apr '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] 3rd CFP: RecSys'09: Third ACM Conference on Recommender Systems | October 22-25, 2009 | New York City Datum: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:13:14 -0400 Von: Zan Huang <zanhuang(a)psu.edu> Antwort an: Zan Huang <zanhuang(a)psu.edu> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> ************************************************************ CALL FOR PAPERS RecSys'09: Third ACM Conference on Recommender Systems http://recsys.acm.org/ October 22-25, 2009 New York City Paper Submission Deadline: May 8, 2008 ************************************************************ We are pleased to invite you once again to participate in the premier annual event on research and applications of recommendation technologies, the Third ACM Conference on Recommender Systems. The previous conferences in Minneapolis and Lausanne have been distinguished by a strong level of interaction between practitioners and researchers in the sharing of ideas, problems and solutions, and the 2009 conference will continue in this tradition. The fully-refereed proceedings will be published by the ACM and, like past RecSys proceedings, are expected to be widely read and cited. ************************************************************ PROGRAM Technical Program The technical program will celebrate the diversity of research in and applications of recommender systems with refereed and invited presentations, keynote talks and posters. Tutorials The first day of the conference will be devoted to tutorials in which top practitioners and researchers share their expertise and latest results. The tutorials at the 2008 conference were highly-attended. Look for the Call for Tutorials announcement on the website, or send email to tutorial2009(a)recsys.acm.org if you are interested in presenting a tutorial. Workshops To reflect the diversity of research in recommender systems and to give additional venues for the presentation of research, the conference will feature workshops for the first time. Look for the Call for Workshops announcement on the website, or send email to workshop2009(a)recsys.acm.org if you are interested in organizing a workshop. Doctoral Symposium The Doctoral Symposium provides an opportunity for doctoral students to explore and develop their research interests in an interdisciplinary workshop, under the guidance of a panel of distinguished research faculty. Look for the Call for Participation announcement on the website, or send email to doctoral2009(a)recsys.acm.org if you are interested in participating. Additional information on all aspects of the program can be found at: http://recsys.acm.org/ ************************************************************ IMPORTANT DATES * Tutorial Proposals: April 10, 2009 * Paper Submission: May 8, 2009 * Workshop Proposals: May 15, 2009 * Doctoral Symposium Applications: June 8, 2009 * Paper Acceptance Notifications: June 19, 2009 * Conference: October 22-25, 2009 * Doctoral Symposium: October 22 * Tutorials: October 22 * Technical Program: October 23-24 * Workshops: October 25 ************************************************************ TOPICS OF INTEREST We construe recommender systems broadly, including applications ranging from e-commerce to social networking, platforms from web to mobile and beyond, and a wide variety of technologies ranging from collaborative filtering to case-based reasoning. Therefore, topics of interest for RecSys'09 include (but are not limited to): * Case studies of recommender system implementations * Conversational recommender systems * Context-aware and multidimensional recommender systems * Evaluation of recommender systems * Group recommenders * The impact of recommenders in practice * Innovative recommender applications * Novel paradigms of recommender systems * Personalization * Recommendation algorithms * Recommendation in social networks * Recommender system interfaces * Scalability issues * Security and privacy * Semantic web technologies for recommender systems * Theoretical aspects of recommender systems * User modeling and recommender systems * User studies ************************************************************ AWARDS The conference will present a Best Paper and a Best Poster award, with the Best Poster award being judged on both the (short) paper itself and on the presentation of the work in poster form. ************************************************************ PAPER FORMAT & SUBMISSION All submissions and reviews will be handled electronically in PDF format. RecSys09 submissions should be prepared according to the standard ACM SIG proceedings format. For your convenience, we provide paper templates in Microsoft Word and LaTeX on the conference website. There are two paper categories: - LONG PAPER submissions should report on substantial contributions of lasting value. Each accepted long paper will be presented in a plenary session of the main conference program. The maximum length is 8 pages in the standard ACM SIG proceedings format. - SHORT PAPER submissions typically discuss exciting new work that is not yet mature enough for a long paper. Each accepted short paper will be presented in a poster/demo session. The presentation may include a system demonstration. The maximum length is 4 pages in the standard ACM SIG proceedings format. RecSys '09 will not use blind review, so please include authors' names and affiliations on your submission. See the conference website for further submission information including submission URL. ************************************************************ ORGANIZING COMMITTEE General Chairs (conference2009(a)recsys.acm.org) * Lawrence Bergman, IBM Research * Alex Tuzhilin, New York University Program Chairs (program2009(a)recsys.acm.org) * Robin Burke, DePaul University * Alexander Felfernig, University of Klagenfurt * Lars Schmidt-Thieme, University of Hildesheim Industry Chairs (industry2009(a)recsys.acm.org) * John Ciancutti, Netflix * Paul Lamere, Sun Microsystems Workshop Chairs (workshop2009(a)recsys.acm.org) * Joseph Konstan, University of Minnesota * Sean McNee, Attenex Corp. 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