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[Fwd: [isworld] CFP: AIS SIGITProjMgmt: 4th International Research Workshop on IT Project Management (IRWITPM) December 14th, 2009 in Phoenix, Arizona (In conjunction with ICIS 2009)]
by Gustaf Neumann 30 May '09

30 May '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] CFP: AIS SIGITProjMgmt: 4th International Research Workshop on IT Project Management (IRWITPM) December 14th, 2009 in Phoenix, Arizona (In conjunction with ICIS 2009) Datum: Fri, 29 May 2009 14:17:36 -0400 Von: Deepak Khazanchi <khazanchi(a)unomaha.edu> Antwort an: Deepak Khazanchi <khazanchi(a)unomaha.edu> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> Association for Information Systems (AIS) Special Interest Group for IT Project Management (SIGITProjMgmt) http://www.SIGITProjMgmt.org 4th International Research Workshop on IT Project Management (IRWITPM) December 14th, 2009 in Phoenix, Arizona (In conjunction with ICIS 2009) CALL FOR PAPERS The Special Interest Group for IT Project Management (SIGITPROJMGMT) is proud to sponsor its 4th International Research Workshop on Information Technology Project Management (IRWITPM 2009). The workshop will feature research papers and one or more panels that focus on problems that cut across many traditional IS/T Project Management areas, including, but not limited to, the following topics: virtual project management, agile project management, knowledge networks, project management methodologies, distributed project management, project leadership, project quality metrics, project management standards, best practices in project management, project success, and pedagogical issues. The workshop will be held as an all-day meeting on Monday, December 14th, in Phoenix, Arizona, prior to the start of ICIS 2009. Participants should plan on arriving the night before for an early start to the meeting. There will be a single track to maximize interaction and participation. Workshop participants will be charged a registration fee that will include lunch and coffee breaks (details will be announced as the conference program is finalized). Submissions may be of three types: � Completed research papers (< 5000 words) � Research-in-progress papers (< 3500 words) � Panel proposals Important Dates: Submission Deadline: September 15th, 2009 Notification of Decision: October 15th, 2009 Revised Manuscripts Deadline: November 1st, 2009 Registration Deadline: November 15th, 2009 All submissions to IRWITPM 2009 must represent original work that has not already been published in a journal or conference proceedings. If the work has been presented at another conference or is currently under consideration for publication or presentation elsewhere, the authors must disclose this fact. At least one author for every accepted paper and all members of every accepted panel must register for the workshop and be prepared to present their ideas in person. Authors of accepted submissions must address the suggestions (if any) of the reviewers and submit an electronic copy of the final version of their work by the specified deadline. Failure to do so will result in withdrawal of this work from further consideration and it will not be included on the final program. All final papers will be published in the form of e-proceedings available via the AIS eLibrary. Please visit our web site and download a template for formatting your submission. We are extremely pleased to provide IRWITPM 2009 authors presenting completed research papers at this workshop the opportunity to publish their work in the International Journal of IT Project Management (http://www.igi-global.com/journals/details.asp?id=7716). Selected completed research papers presented at the workshop will be considered for fast track publication in a special section of the IJITPM, guest edited by Deepak Khazanchi (khazanchi(a)unomaha.edu) and Stacie Petter (spetter(a)mail.unomaha.edu). For more information, visit the SIG website (www.sigitprojmgmt.org) or please contact one of the following individuals: SIGITProjMgmt Conference Chair and Founder, Dr. Deepak Khazanchi (irwitpm(a)mail.unomaha.edu), Workshop Program Chair, Dr. Stacie Petter (spetter(a)mail.unomaha.edu), Program Arrangements Chair and Proceedings Editor, Dr. Alanah Davis (alanahdavis(a)mail.unomaha.edu), or Local Arrangements Chair, Dr. Jane Carey (Jane.Carey(a)asu.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] TOC Alert: IJCINI 1(2)-Int. J. of Software Science and Computational Intelligence]
by Gustaf Neumann 30 May '09

30 May '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] TOC Alert: IJCINI 1(2)-Int. J. of Software Science and Computational Intelligence Datum: Fri, 29 May 2009 21:59:24 -0600 (MDT) Von: yingxu(a)ucalgary.ca Antwort an: yingxu(a)ucalgary.ca An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The contents of the latest issue of: International Journal of Software Science and Computational Intelligence (IJSSCI) Official Publication of the Information Resources Management Association Volume 1, Issue 2, April-July 2009 Published: Quarterly in Print and Electronically ISSN: 1942-9045 EISSN: 1942-9037 Published by IGI Publishing, Hershey-New York, USA www.igi-global.com/ijssci Editor-in-Chief: Yingxu Wang, University of Calgary, Canada ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EDITORIAL PREFACE Yingxu Wang, University of Calgary, Canada This issue of IJSSCI presents a special issue on Cognitive Foundations of Software Engineering co-edited by Prof. Shushma Patel and Dr. Yusheng Tian, which covers the latest developments in software science and software engineering. The cognitive foundations of software engineering are an important area of basic research in software engineering in order to explain the nature, fundamental properties, and laws that constrain software and software engineering technologies. Readers will benefit from the papers presented in this issue in order to aware the latest advances and progresses in software science and computational intelligence. To read the preface, please consult this issue of IJSSCI in your library. GUEST EDITORIAL PREFACE Cognitive Foundations of Software Engineering Shushma Patel, London South Bank University, UK Yousheng Tian, University of Calgary, Canada This special issue on the cognitive foundations of software engineering is long overdue and takes a philosophical view of software science and engineering in that software is not constrained by physical laws. Therefore, the cognitive exploration of the foundations of software and software engineering is crucially important. This special issue focuses on current trends and the latest research that explores the cognitive and informatics nature of software, the properties of software in the aspects of cognitive complexity, instructive information, and intelligent behaviors. This issue attracted papers from leading researchers in the field of software engineering and cognitive informatics. To read the guest editorial preface, please consult this issue of IJSSCI in your library. PAPER ONE: Exploring the Cognitive Foundations of Software Engineering Yingxu Wang, University of Calgary, Canada Shushma Patel, London South Bank University, UK It is recognized that software is a unique abstract artifact that does not obey any known physical laws. For software engineering to become a matured engineering discipline like others, it must establish its own theoretical framework and laws. This paper analyzes the basic properties of software and seeks the cognitive informatics foundations of software engineering. The nature of software is characterized by its informatics, behavioral, mathematical, and cognitive properties. This article explores the cognitive informatics foundations of software engineering on the basis of the informatics laws of software and software engineering psychology. A set of fundamental cognitive constraints of software engineering, such as intangibility, complexity, indeterminacy, diversity, polymorphism, inexpressiveness, inexplicit embodiment, and unquantifiable quality measures, is identified. The conservative productivity of software is revealed based on the constraints of human cognitive capacity. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://www.infosci-on-demand.com/content/details.asp?ID=30867 PAPER TWO: Positive and Negative Innovations in Software Engineering Capers Jones, Software Productivity Research LLC, USA The software engineering field has been a fountain of innovation. Ideas and inventions from the software domain have literally changed the world as we know it. For software development, we have a few proven innovations. The way software is built remains surprisingly primitive. Even in 2008 major software applications are cancelled, overrun their budgets and schedules, and often have hazardously bad quality levels when released. There have been many attempts to improve software development, but progress has resembled a drunkards walk. Some attempts have been beneficial, but others have been either ineffective or harmful. This article puts forth the hypothesis that the main reason for the shortage of positive innovation in software development methods is due to a lack of understanding of the underlying problems of the software development domain. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://www.infosci-on-demand.com/content/details.asp?ID=30868 PAPER THREE: On the Cognitive Complexity of Software and its Quantification and Formal Measurement Yingxu Wang, University of Calgary, Canada The quantification and measurement of functional complexity of software are a persistent problem in software engineering. Measurement models of software complexities have been studied in two facets in computing and software engineering, where the former is machine-oriented in the small; while the latter is human oriented in the large. The cognitive complexity of software presented in this paper is a new measurement for cross-platform analysis of complexities, functional sizes, and cognition efforts of software code and specifications in the phases of design, implementation, and maintenance in software engineering. This paper reveals that the cognitive complexity of software is a product of its architectural and operational complexities on the basis of deductive semantics. A set of ten basic control structures (BCSs) are elicited from software architectural and behavioral modeling and specifications. The cognitive weights of the BCSs are derived and calibrated via a series of psychological experiments. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://www.infosci-on-demand.com/content/details.asp?ID=30869 PAPER FOUR: A Theory of Program Comprehension: Joining Vision Science and Program Comprehension Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc, École Polytechnique de Montréal and Université de Montréal, Canada There exists an extensive literature on vision science and on program comprehension; however, the two domains of research have been so far rather disjoint. Indeed, several cognitive theories have been proposed to explain program comprehension. These theories explain the processes taking place in the software engineers minds when they understand programs. They explain how software engineers process available information to perform their tasks but not how software engineers acquire this information. Vision science provides explanations on the processes used by people to acquire visual information from their environment. Joining vision science and program comprehension provides a more comprehensive theoretical framework to explain facts on program comprehension, to predict new facts, and to frame experiments. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://www.infosci-on-demand.com/content/details.asp?ID=30870 PAPER FIVE: Requirements Elicitation by Defect Elimination: An Indian Logic Perspective G. S. Mahalakshmi, Anna University, Chennai, India T. V. Geetha, Anna University, Chennai, India This paper develops an Indian-logic based approach for automatic generation of software requirements from a domain-specific ontology. The structure of domain ontology is adapted from Indian logic. The interactive approach proposed in this paper parses the problem statement, and identifies the section of domain ontology. The software generates questions to stakeholders based on the identified concepts and analyzes the presence of flaws and inconsistencies. Subsequent questions are recursively generated to repair the flaw in the previous answer. The answers are populated into requirements ontology. The information gathered is stored in a database, which is later segregated into functional and non-functional requirements. The requirements are classified, validated, and prioritized based on combined approach of AHP and stakeholders defined priority. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://www.infosci-on-demand.com/content/details.asp?ID=30871 PAPER SIX: Measurement of Cognitive Functional Sizes of Software Sanjay Misra, Atilim University, Turkey One of the major issues in software engineering is the measurement. Since traditional measurement theories have problems in defining empirical observations on software entities in terms of their measured quantities, Morasca tried to solve this problem by proposing weak measurement theory. Further, in calculating complexity of software, the emphasis is mostly given to the computational complexity, algorithm complexity, functional complexity, which basically estimates the time, efforts, computability and efficiency. On the other hand, understandability, and compressibility of the software which involves the human interaction are neglected in existing complexity measures. Recently, cognitive complexity (CC) to calculate the architectural and operational complexity of software was proposed to fill this gap. In this paper, the authors evaluate CC against the principle of weak measurement theory. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://www.infosci-on-demand.com/content/details.asp?ID=30872 PAPER SEVEN: Motivational Gratification: An Integrated Work Motivation Model with Information System Design Perspective Sugumar Mariappanadar, Australian Catholic University, Australia Researchers in the field of information system (IS) endorse the view that there is always a discrepancy between the expressions of clients automation requirements and IS designers understanding of such requirement because of difference in the field of expertise. In this article, the authors develops a motivational gratification model (MGM) from the cognitive informatics perspective for the automation of employee motivation measurement, instead of developing a motivation theory from a management perspective and expecting the IS designers to develop a system based on the understanding of the theory that is alien to his/her field of expertise. Motivational gratification is an integrated work motivation model which theoretically explains how employees self-regulate their effort intensity for production or reduction of motivational force towards future high performance, and it is developed using taxonomies of system approach from psychology and management. The practical implications of MGM in management and IS analysis and design are discussed. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://www.infosci-on-demand.com/content/details.asp?ID=30873 **************************************************** For full copies of the above articles, check for this issue of the International Journal of Software Science and Computational Intelligence (IJSSCI) in your institution's library. This journal is also included in the IGI Global aggregated InfoSci-Journals database: www.infosci-journals.com. ***************************************************** All inquiries and submissions should be sent to: Editor-in-Chief: Yingxu Wang at yingxu(a)ucalgary.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. 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[Fwd: [isworld] Second Call for Book Chapter Proposal]
by Gustaf Neumann 29 May '09

29 May '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] Second Call for Book Chapter Proposal Datum: Fri, 29 May 2009 10:08:46 -0400 Von: A.V.Senthil Kumar <avsenthilkumar(a)gmail.com> Antwort an: A.V.Senthil Kumar <avsenthilkumar(a)gmail.com> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS Proposal Submission Deadline: June 15, 2009 Full Chapter Submission Deadline: July 31, 2009 Knowledge Discovery Practices and Emerging Applications of Data Mining: Trends and New Domains A book edited by A.V.Senthil Kumar Bharathiar University, India To be published by IGI Global: http://www.igi-global.com/requests/details.asp?ID=636 Introduction Recent advances in computer technology are fueling radical changes in the nature of information management. Increasing computational capacities coupled with the ubiquity of networking have resulted in widespread digitization of information, thereby creating fundamentally new possibilities for managing information. Recent progress in scientific and engineering applications has accumulated huge volumes of high-dimensional data, stream data and spatial and temporal data. Highly scalable and sophisticated data mining tools for such most active research frontiers in data mining. Data mining is a non-trivial process of identifying valid, novel, potentially useful and ultimately understandable patterns in data. In this book various trends and new domains will be considered through both theoretical and practical perspectives for knowledge discovery practices and emerging applications of data mining. Objective of the Book This book seeks to provide the latest research and the best practices in the field of data mining. The main objective of this book is to provide guidance to the professionals in the form of theoretical and pragmatic viewpoints on data mining who will use this book to inform their practices. A solid base of data mining and an expansive vision of this practice will combine to promote the understanding and the successful implementation of data mining techniques in emerging domains. Target Audience Broader audiences of this book will widely range from individuals, academics, researchers, engineers, scientists, professionals from government and non-governmental institutions working in the field of data mining, students, libraries, journalists and development practitioners etc. This book will generate tremendous impetus in terms of knowledge-based research initiations, and thus will have high scholarly value and contribute to this very specific sector of research. Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following: Stream data processing and mining Mining moving object data, RFID data and data from sensor networks Ubiquitous knowledge discovery Mining multi-agent data Mining and link analysis in networked settings: web, social and computer networks, and online communities Data mining in electronic commerce, such as recommendation, sponsored web search, advertising, and marketing tasks Data mining in biological data Ontologies: Discovery and Maintenance Mining, aggregation and integration of spatial and temporal data Classification, clustering and association analysis for biomedicine Social web mining Data mining in specialized Domain: � High Dimensional data � Temporal data � Biomedical domains � Dynamic data mining � Scientific databases � Semi-structured/Unstructured data � Multimedia � Reliability and Robustness Issues � Integrated Media � Security and Intrusion Detection � Web Data and the Internet � Mining Trends, Opportunities or Risks � OLAP and Data Mining � Integration of Data Warehousing � Graphic Model Discovery � Software Warehouse and Software Mining Submission Procedure Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before June 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 June 30, 2009, about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by August 31, 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. 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 2010. Important Dates: June 15, 2009: Proposal Submission Deadline June 30, 2009: Notification of Acceptance August 31, 2009: Full Chapter Submission October 30, 2009: Review Result Returned December 31, 2009: Final Chapter Submission Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document) or by mail to: A.V.Senthil Kumar CMS College of Science and Commerce Coimbatore � 641 006. Tamilnadu. INDIA Tel: +91 9843013009 Email: avsenthilkumar(a)gmail.com 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 Institute of Information Systems and New Media WU Vienna Augasse 2-6, A-1090 Vienna, AUSTRIA

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[Fwd: [isworld] CollaborateCom Conference 2009: call for papers]
by Gustaf Neumann 29 May '09

29 May '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] CollaborateCom Conference 2009: call for papers Datum: Fri, 29 May 2009 10:24:34 -0400 Von: anna c squicciarini <acs20(a)psu.edu> Antwort an: anna c squicciarini <acs20(a)psu.edu> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> CollaborateCom 2009 The 5th International Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications and Worksharing Sponsored by, Create-Net and the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering (Pending Sponsorships: IEEE CS and ACM SIGCHI) Crystal City, Washington D.C., USA, November 11-14, 2009 Over the last two decades, many organizations and individuals have relied on electronic collaboration between distributed teams of humans, computer applications, and/or autonomous robots to achieve higher productivity and produce joint products that would have been impossible to develop without the contributions of multiple collaborators. Technology has evolved from standalone tools, to open systems supporting collaboration in multi-organizational settings, and from general purpose tools to specialized collaboration grids. Future collaboration solutions that fully realize the promises of electronic collaboration require advancements in networking, technology and systems, user interfaces and interaction paradigms, and interoperation with application-specific components and tools. The Fifth International Conference on Collaborative Computing (CollaborateCom 2009) will continue to serve as a premier international forum for discussion among academic and industrial researchers, practitioners, and students interested in collaborative networking, technology and systems, and applications. TOPICS OF INTEREST INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: - Architectures, protocols, and enabling technologies for collaborative computing networks and systems - Autonomic computing and quality of services in collaborative networks, systems, and applications - Collaboration in pervasive computing applications - Collaborative e-education, e-learning, and collaborative computing in large scale digital libraries - Collaborative mobile networks and infrastructures - Collaborative technologies for fast creation and deployment of new mobile services - Collaborative, location-aware mobile systems/applications - Collaboration techniques in data-intensive computing and cloud computing - Collaborative sensor networks, unmanned air and ground vehicle networks & applications - Collaborative, context-aware infrastructure - Collaborative social networks & web-based collaboration - Computer supported collaborative work with distributed systems - Distributed collaborative workflows - Data management and middleware support for collaborative information systems - Distributed technologies and architectures to support group collaboration, activity, and awareness - Energy management for collaborative networks - Group-driven composition of systems from components - Human/robot collaboration - Human-centric ubiquitous collaboration - Methodologies and tools for design and analysis of collaborative user applications - Modelling for collaboration - Models & mechanisms for real-time collaboration - Multi-agent technology and software technologies for collaborative networking and applications - Peer-to-peer and overlay networks, systems, & applications - P2P platforms for supporting collaboration - Security, privacy and trust management in collaborative networks, systems, and applications - Simulation, performance evaluation, experiments, and case studies of collaborative networks and applications - Software design, testing, and experimentation technology for collaborative networking and applications - Theoretical aspects of distributed collaboration - Theoretical foundations and algorithms for collaborative networks, applications, and worksharing - Tools for collaborative decision making processes - Trustworthy collaborative business processing in virtual organizations - Visualization techniques, interaction devices and visual languages for collaborative networks and applications - Web services technologies and service-oriented architectures for collaborative networking and applications - Workflow management for collaborative networks/systems PAPERS: We invite original research papers that have not been previously published and are not currently under review for publication elsewhere. Contributions addressing all areas related to collaborative networking, technology and systems, and applications are solicited. The submitted manuscript should closely reflect the final paper as it will appear in the Proceedings. Submitted papers should be 10 pages in two-column IEEE proceeding format. POSTERS: The conference will include a poster session that highlights recent and on-going research, experiments, and provocative ideas that have not been published elsewhere. Poster submissions will be reviewed and one page summaries of accepted posters will appear in the conference proceedings. WORKSHOPS: Proposals for half-day or full day workshops that focus on CollaborateCom09 related themes are solicited. Workshop proposals should be at most five pages, including a biographical sketch of each instructor, and submitted to the Workshop Chairs. Proposals will be evaluated based on the expertise and experience of the organizers and the relevance and importance of the subject matter. Please refer to call for workshop proposals for details. PANELS: Proposals for panel discussions that focus on future visions for collaborative networking, applications, and worksharing are preferred. Potential panel organizers should submit a panel proposal of at most five pages, including biographical sketches of the proposed panellists to the Panel Chairs. TUTORIALS: Proposals for full and half-day tutorials are solicited. Tutorials are intended to enhance the technical program, and as such they should be relevant to collaborative computing, networking, worksharing, and applications. Potential tutorial presenters should submit a tutorial proposal of at most three pages, including: description of potential audience and background knowledge expected from the audience, if any; tutorial description; biographical sketch of presenter(s). INDUSTRY PROGRAM: We are soliciting industry papers describing innovative applications, case studies and best practices with a goal of fostering collaboration between the research community and the private sector. Industrial submissions may be either full-length papers or extended abstracts up to 4 pages, and should be submitted to the Industrial Program Chairs. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: All paper, poster, panel, and workshop submissions will be handled electronically. Please visit the conference website www.CollaborateCom.org for detailed submission requirements and procedures. PUBLICATION: All submitted papers and posters will be rigorously reviewed by technical program committee members and the reviewers they invite. All accepted papers will be published as IEEE proceedings (pending approval of technical sponsorship from IEEE CS) and made available in IEEE Xplore. Best Papers will be invited for publication in an international journal (TBD). IMPORTANT DATES: Workshop proposals due May 10, 2009 Paper submission deadline July 10, 2009 Posters and panel proposals due July 10, 2009 Notification of acceptance August 20, 2009 Camera ready versions due September 5, 2009 CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION: STEERING COMMITTEE Imrich Chlamtac (Chair), Create-Net, Italy Tao Zhang (Vice Chair), Telcordia Technologies, USA Ken Birman, Cornell University, USA Nim Cheung, Telcordia Technologies, USA Arun Iyengar, IBM T.J. Watson, USA Pradeep Khosla, Carnegie Mellon Univ., USA Ling Liu, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA GENERAL CHAIRS James Joshi, University of Pittsburgh, USA Tao Zhang, Telcordia Technologies, USA TECHNICAL PROGRAM CHAIRS Juan Quemada, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain EK Park, NSF/University of Missouri, USA Weisong Shi, Wayne State University, USA PANEL CHAIRS Isabel Cruz, UIC, USA Ling Liu, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Wolfgang Prinz, Frauenhofer-FIT, Germany WORKSHOP CHAIRS Gail-Joon Ahn, Arizona State University, USA Heri Ramampiaro, NTNU, Norway INDUSTRIAL PROGRAM CHAIRS Dimitrios Georgakopoulos, CSIRO, Australia TUTORIAL CHAIRS Barbara Carminati, University of Insubria, Italy Keke Chen, Wright State University, USA PUBLICATION CHAIR Heri Ramampiaro, NTNU, Norway James Caverlee, Texas A&M, USA LOCAL ARRANGEMENT CHAIR Songqing Chen, George Mason University, USA PUBLICITY CHAIR Heri Ramampiaro, NTNU, Norway Anna Squicciarini, Penn State, USA FINANCE CHAIR Karen Decker, ICST USA The AISWorld LISTSERV is a service of the Association for Information Systems (http://www.aisnet.org). To unsubscribe, redirect, or change subscription options please go to http://lyris.isworld.org/. You are subscribed to AISworld as: neumann(a)wu-wien.ac.at. Each Sender assumes responsibility that his or her message conforms to the AISWorld LISTSERV policy and conditions of use available at http://lyris.isworld.org/isworldlist.htm. -- Univ.Prof. Dr. Gustaf Neumann Institute of Information Systems and New Media WU Vienna Augasse 2-6, A-1090 Vienna, AUSTRIA

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[Fwd: [Call for Papers] Coordination Models, Languages, and Applications (CM) Special Track at SAC 2010 (Sierre, Switzerland)]
by Gustaf Neumann 29 May '09

29 May '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [Call for Papers] Coordination Models, Languages, and Applications (CM) Special Track at SAC 2010 (Sierre, Switzerland) Datum: Fri, 29 May 2009 16:18:45 +0200 Von: Matteo Casadei <m.casadei(a)unibo.it> An: cm.at.sac(a)gmail.com *** Apologies for cross-posting *** ===================================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS Coordination Models, Languages, and Applications (CM) Special Track at the 25th Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC 2010) Sierre, Switzerland March 22 - 26, 2010 (http://sac2010.apice.unibo.it/) ===================================================================== IMPORTANT DATES Sep. 08, 2009: Paper submissions Oct. 19, 2009: Author notification Nov. 2, 2009: Camera-Ready Copy ===================================================================== For the past twenty-four years, the ACM Symposium on Applied Computing has been a primary gathering forum for applied computer scientists, computer engineers, software engineers, and application developers from around the world. COORDINATION MODELS, LANGUAGES, AND APPLICATIONS TRACK (http://sac2010.apice.unibo.it/) Building on the success of the eleventh previous editions (1998-2009), a special track on coordination models, languages and applications will be held at SAC 2010. Over the last decade, we have witnessed the emergence of models, formalisms and mechanisms to describe concurrent and distributed computations and systems based on the concept of coordination. The purpose of a coordination model is to enable the integration of a number of, possibly heterogeneous, components (processes, objects, agents) in such a way that the resulting ensemble can execute as a whole, forming a software system with desired characteristics and functionalities which possibly takes advantage of parallel and distributed systems. The coordination paradigm is closely related to other contemporary software engineering approaches such as multi-agent systems, service-oriented architectures, component-based systems and related middleware platforms. Furthermore, the concept of coordination exists in many other Computer Science areas such as workflow systems, cooperative information systems, distributed artificial intelligence, and internet technologies. After more than a decade of research, the coordination paradigm is gaining increased momentum in state-of-the-art engineering paradigms such as multi-agent systems and service-oriented architectures: in the first case, coordination abstractions are perceived as essential to design and support the working activities of agent societies; in the latter case, service coordination, orchestration, and choreography are going to be essential aspects of the next generations of systems based on Web services. The Special Track on Coordination Models, Languages and Applications takes a deliberately broad view of what constitutes coordination. Accordingly, major topics of interest this year will include: - Novel models, languages, programming and implementation techniques - Applications of coordination technologies - Industrial points of view: experiences, applications, open issues - Internet- and Web-based coordinated systems - Coordination of multi-agent systems, including mobile agents, intelligent agents, and agent-based simulations - Coordination in Service-oriented architectures and Web Services - Languages for service description and composition - Models, frameworks and tools for Group Decision Making - Modern Workflow Management Systems and Case-Handling - Coordination in Computer Supported Cooperative Work - Software architectures and software engineering techniques - Configuration and Architecture Description Languages - Coordination Middleware and Infrastructures - Coordination in GRID systems - Self-Organization-Based Approaches to Coordination such as Those Based on Swarm and Stigmergy - Coordination technologies, systems and infrastructures - Relationship with other computational models such as object oriented, declarative (functional, logic, constraint), programming or their extensions with coordination capabilities - Formal aspects (semantics, reasoning, verification) ===================================================================== PROCEEDINGS Papers accepted for the Special Track on Coordination Models, Languages and Applications will be published by ACM both in the SAC 2010 proceedings and in the Digital Library. ===================================================================== PAPER SUBMISSION AND FORMAT All papers should represent original and previously unpublished works that currently are not under review in any conference or journal. The author(s) name(s) and address(es) must NOT appear in the body of the paper, and self-reference should be in the third person. This is to facilitate blind review. Only the title should be shown at the first page without the author's information Submitted papers should be no longer than 5 pages, and should be in the ACM two-column page format (doc template, pdf template, latex template). It will be possible to have up to 3 extra pages in the proceeding at a charge of $80 per page (total 8 pages maximum). Submission is entirely automated by an eCMS paper management tool, which is available from the main SAC Web Site:http://www.acm.org/conferences/sac/sac2010/ . Authors must first register their own account by obtaining a password, and then follow the instructions. ===================================================================== TRACK CO-CHAIRS Matteo Casadei, Alma Mater Studiorum - Universita' di Bologna, Italy Alan Wood, University of York, UK Michael Ignaz Schumacher, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland Email contact : cm.at.sac(a)gmail.com ===================================================================== -- Univ.Prof. Dr. Gustaf Neumann Institute of Information Systems and New Media WU Vienna Augasse 2-6, A-1090 Vienna, AUSTRIA

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[Fwd: [isworld] Get pragmatic at ICIS - SIGPrag CFP]
by Gustaf Neumann 29 May '09

29 May '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] Get pragmatic at ICIS - SIGPrag CFP Datum: Fri, 29 May 2009 07:54:16 +0200 Von: Par Agerfalk <par.agerfalk(a)dis.uu.se> Antwort an: Par Agerfalk <par.agerfalk(a)dis.uu.se> Organisation: Uppsala University An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> CALL FOR PAPERS SIGPrag 2009 at ICIS in Phoenix, Arizona “So you want to DO IT, then get pragmatic… join SIGPrag 2009” A scientific event organized by the AIS Special Interest Group on Pragmatist IS research (www.sigprag.org) In the IS field there is a growing recognition of the importance of theorizing the IT artifact and its organizational and societal context from a pragmatic and action-oriented perspective. Over the years, a number of events and journal special issues have been devoted to this topic (e.g. the Language/Action Perspective workshops 1996–2005 and special issues of CACM and Data and Knowledge Engineering, the Understanding Sociotechnical Action workshops and special issue of IJTHI, the Action in Language, Organizations and Information Systems conferences and EJIS special issue, the Pragmatic Web conference, and the Organizational Semiotics conferences and books). The aim of SIGPrag is to provide a much-needed centre of gravity and to facilitate exchange of ideas and further development of this area of IS scholarship. The first SIGPrag scientific event was held in Paris 2008 at ICIS 2008 (see www.sigprag.org). The AIS Special Interest Group on Pragmatist IS Research (SIGPrag, www.sigprag.org) now invites researchers to contribute papers advancing SIGPrag's central theme: theorizing the IT artifact and its organizational and societal context from a pragmatic, design and action-oriented perspective. SIGPrag addresses pragmatic issues across the full spectrum of information systems research, including areas such as systems development, social software, social media, social responsibility, business in society, business modeling, sustainable development, digital innovation, and IT in the supply chain. Diverse aspects of pragmatic theory, pragmatic research, and pragmatic methods are of special interest and especially their relation to other research streams such as design science research. How can pragmatic IS research make a difference in practice and theory? Submission will undergo peer-review and accepted papers will be presented at the SIGPrag meeting in conjunction with ICIS 2009 in Phoenix, AZ, USA. The program committee, consisting of selected members from the SIGPrag advisory board and members of SIGPrag, will perform the reviews. Those interested should submit their paper by September 4, 2009 as an email attachment to sigprag2009(a)gmail.com. Proceedings will be published through the AIS eLibrary. Submissions should follow the format of the ICIS template (see http://www.icis09.org/). Important dates: * September 4, 2009: Paper Submission * October 23, 2009: Notification of acceptance * November 20, 2009: Final Papers due * December, 2009: SIGPrag meeting at ICIS 2009 in Phoenix, AZ SIGPrag 2009 Co-chairs, Dr. Mark Aakhus, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA Prof. Pär J. Agerfalk, Uppsala University, Sweden Dr. Mikael Lind, University of Boras & Viktoria Institute, Sweden The AISWorld LISTSERV is a service of the Association for Information Systems (http://www.aisnet.org). To unsubscribe, redirect, or change subscription options please go to http://lyris.isworld.org/. You are subscribed to AISworld as: neumann(a)wu-wien.ac.at. Each Sender assumes responsibility that his or her message conforms to the AISWorld LISTSERV policy and conditions of use available at http://lyris.isworld.org/isworldlist.htm.

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[Fwd: [isworld] Call for Papers for the IEEE 2009 International Conference on Cloud Computing (CLOUD-II 2009)]
by Gustaf Neumann 29 May '09

29 May '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] Call for Papers for the IEEE 2009 International Conference on Cloud Computing (CLOUD-II 2009) Datum: Fri, 29 May 2009 00:30:19 -0400 Von: Althea Liang <althealiang(a)smu.edu.sg> Antwort an: Althea Liang <althealiang(a)smu.edu.sg> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> IEEE 2009 International Conference on Cloud Computing (CLOUD-II 2009) September 21-25, 2009, Bangalore, India http://www.thecloudcomputing.org/2009/2 Sponsored by the Technical Committee on Services Computing (TC-SVC), IEEE Computer Society 2009 International Conference on Cloud Computing is the identified hot-topic conference of the IEEE 2009 World Congress on Services (SERVICES 2009). CLOUD-II 2009 will be co-located with the 6th IEEE International Conference on Services Computing (SCC 2009). The theme of the 2009 International Conference on Cloud Computing (CLOUD-II 2009) is �Change We Can Lead�. Cloud Computing has become a scalable services delivery platform in the field of Services Computing. The technical foundations of Cloud Computing include Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Virtualizations of hardware and software. The goal of Cloud Computing is to share resources among the cloud service consumers, cloud partners, and cloud vendors in the cloud value chain. The resource sharing at various levels results in various cloud offerings such as infrastructure cloud (e.g. hardware, IT infrastructure management), software cloud (e.g. SaaS focusing on middleware as a service, or traditional CRM as a service), application cloud (e.g. Application as a Service, UML modeling tools as a service, social network as a service), and business cloud (e.g. business process as a service). In the fast growing Services Computing community, we have launched a series of events to promote and grow Cloud Computing in the past years. In 2002, we promoted Business Grid to share business processes and applications. In early 2008, The IEEE Transactions on Services Computing (TSC) has adopted Cloud Computing to be included in the taxonomy as a body of knowledge area of Services Computing. In July 2008, the IEEE International Conference on Services Computing (SCC 2008) has delivered a keynote panel �Business Cloud: Bridging The Power of SOA and Cloud Computing� and a keynote �Cloud Computing�. In September 2008, the 2008 IEEE International Conference on Web Services (ICWS 2008) has delivered a keynote �Web Services: Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Communication, and Beyond� and a panel "Cloud Computing and IT as a Service: Opportunities and Challenges" to further motivate the community members to define Cloud Computing in various areas. Based on the technology foundations and industry driving forces, the 2009 International Conference on Cloud Computing (CLOUD 2009) is created to provide a prime international forum for both researchers and industry practitioners to exchange the latest fundamental advances in the state of the art and practice of Cloud Computing, identify emerging research topics, and define the future of Cloud Computing. CLOUD 2009 is the HOT-TOPIC conference highlighted in the 2009 World Congress on Services (SERVICES 2009), which is jointly sponsored by IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Services Computing (TC-SVC) and Services Society. CLOUD-II 2009 will be co-located with the 6th IEEE International Conference on Services Computing (SCC 2009). To discuss this emerging enabling technology of the modern services industry, CLOUD-II 2009 invites you to join the seventh year�s gathering that explores "Services" Science and Technology in the field of Services Computing, which was formally promoted by IEEE Computer Society since 2003. From technology foundation perspective, Services Computing has become the default discipline in the modern services industry. CLOUD-II 2009 tries to attract researchers, practitioners, and industry business leaders in all the following areas to help define and shape cloud computing, and its related modernization strategy and directions of the services industry. You are invited to submit research, engineering, and business innovation papers to the following areas: * Infrastructure Cloud * Software Cloud * Application Cloud * Business Cloud * Service-Oriented Architecture in Cloud Computing * Vituralization of Hardware Resources * Virtualization of Software Resources * Cloud Computing Consulting Methods * Design Tool for Cloud Computing * Maintenance and Management of Cloud Computing * Cloud Computing Architecture * Cloud Applications in Vertical Industries In addition, CLOUD-II 2009 organizes cloud computing related keynote sessions, panel discussions, paper presentations, paper posters, innovation show cases, Services University (Fall School), workshops, and tutorials. CLOUD-II 2009 also invites you to submit papers to participate the following key events: Tutorial Proposal Submission for CLOUD-II 2009 and SERVICES 2009 (Part II) Final Proposal Submission Deadline: June 1, 2009 Maximum Length: 2 pages - abstract and speaker short bio(s) in one PDF file. Panel, Innovation Show Case, Job Fair Booth Reservation or Event Proposal CLOUD-II 2009 Innovation Show Case complement the technical program and feature industry leaders. This Innovation Show Case is one you will not want to miss! Final Proposal Submission Deadline: June 1, 2009 Maximum Length: 2 pages Paper Submission and Review Process Please use the submission page (http://www.thecloudcomputing.org/2009/2/submission.html) to find the right tracks and events to submit your papers. All submitted manuscripts will be peer-reviewed by at least 2 to 3 program committee members. Please note that the same paper should NOT be submitted to other conferences or events simultaneously. Such duplicate submissions will be rejected from all conferences without review. Accepted papers will be organized into a dedicated section for the IEEE 2009 International Conference on Cloud Computing (CLOUD-II 2009) and appear in the CD-ROM version and online version of the proceedings of the 2009 IEEE Congress on Services (SERVICES-II 2009) , which will be published by the IEEE Computer Society Press. Extended versions of selected best papers published in the SERVICES-II 2009 will be invited for potential publication in the International Journal of Web Services Research (JWSR), the International Journal of Business Process Integration and Management (IJBPIM), and IEEE Transactions on Services Computing (TSC). Both the SERVICES Proceedings and JWSR are included in EI Compendex. JWSR is also indexed in SCI-E. Submitted manuscripts will be limited to 8 (IEEE Proceedings style) pages and required to be formatted using the IEEE Proceedings template. Electronic submission of manuscripts (in PDF or Word format) is required. Detailed instructions for electronic paper preparation and submission, panel proposals, tutorial proposals, and review process can be found from this web site. At least one author of each accepted paper is required to register to the conference and present the paper. Paper Review Policy CLOUD-II 2009's Policy and professional ethics require that referees treat the contents of papers under review as privileged information not to be disclosed to others before publication. It is expected that no one with access to a paper under review will make any inappropriate use of the special knowledge, which that access providers. Contents of abstracts submitted to conference program committees should be regarded as privileged as well, and handled in the same manner. The Conference Publications Chair shall ensure that referees adhere to this practice. Important Dates: Abstract Submission Deadline: June 1, 2009 Paper Submission Due Date: June 1, 2009 Decision Notification (Electronic): July 1, 2009 Camera-Ready Copy Due Date & Pre-registration Due: July 17, 2009 Program Committee Chair Liang-Jie Zhang (L J), IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA Program Committee Members Toyotaro Suzumura IBM Research, Tokyo Research Laboratory Sandip Agarwala IBM Almaden Research Center Sheikh Iqbal Ahamed Marquette University, USA Masoom Alam SERG, IMSciences Pakistan Janaka L. Balasooriya Arizona State University, USA Matteo Baldoni University of Torino, Italy Shih Bellur IIT Bombay, India Boualem Benatallah University of New South Wales, Australia Kumar Bhaskaran IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Martin Bichler Technical University of Vienna Athman Bouguettaya CSIRO ICT Center, Canberra, ACT, Australia Mario Bravetti University if Bologna, Italy Paul Buhler College of Charleston, USA Christoph Bussler Merced Systems, Inc., USA Jiannong Cao Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Claris Castillo IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Ying Chen IBM China Research Lab, China Zhixiong Chen Mercy College, USA Ludmila Cherkasova HP Laboratories, USA Dickson K.W. Chiu Dickson Computer Systems, Hong Kong, China Wu Chou Avaya Labs Research, Avaya, USA Ernesto Damiani University of Milan, Italy Nirmit Desai IBM India Research Lab Tharam Dillon Curtin University, Australia Thomas E. Potok Oak Ridge National Lab (ORNL), USA Phillip Ein-Dor Tel-Aviv University, Israel Atilla Elci Eatern Mediterranean University, Turkey Khalil El-Khatib University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada Vadim Ermolayev Zaporozhye National University, Ukraine Onyeka Ezenwoye South Dakota State University Elena Ferrari Politiche e dell'Informazione, University of Insubria at Como, Italy Liana L. Fong IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Marcus Fontoura Yahoo Research Vladimir Getov University of Westminster, UK Vijay K. Gurbani Bell Laboratories, Alcatel-Lucent, USA Satoshi Hada IBM Tokyo Research Lab, Japan Yanbo Han Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Patrick C. K. Hung Faculty of Business and IT, University of Ontario Institute of Technology Luigi Lo Iacono NEC Lab Toru Ishida Kyoto University, Japan Kazuo Iwano IBM Japan Niranjan Iyengar Varadharajan Infosys Technologies Limited, India Dawn Jutla Saint Mary's University, Canada Daniel S. Katz University of Chicago, USA Rania Khalaf IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA Soo Dong Kim Soongsil University, Korea Roger (Buzz) King University of Colorado at Boulder Axel Kupper Institute for Informatics, DE Yong Woo Lee The University of Seoul, Korea Haifei Li Union University, USA Jianxin Li Beihang University, China Ying Li IBM China Research Lab, China Althea Liang Singapore management university, Singapore Ramiro Liscano University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada Leslie Liu IBM T.J Watson Research Center Xiaoqing (Frank) Liu Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA Heiko Ludwig IBM Research, USA Min Luo IBM Software Group, USA Zaki Malik Wayne State University, USA J.P. Martin-Flatin NetExpert, Switzerland Carolyn McGregor University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada Xiannong Meng Bucknell University, USA Dejan S. Milojicic HP Laboratories, USA Louise Moser UC Santa Barbara Vijay Naik IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Surya Nepal CSIRO, Australia Wilfred Ng The University of Hong Kong of Science and Technology, China SeogChan Oh GM Research, USA Krzysztof Ostrowski Cornell University, USA Srinivas Padmanabhuni Infosys India Massimo Paolucci Docomo Euro-Labs, Germany Dunlu Peng Fudan University, China Sandeep Purao Pennsylvania State University, USA Anand Ranganathan IBM TJ Watson Research Center Manfred Reichert University of Ulm, Germany Berthold Reinwald IBM Almaden Research Center, USA Norbert Ritter University of Hamburg, Germany Atul Sajjanhar School of Information Technology, Australia Josef Schiefer Vienna University of Technology, Austria Jun Shen University of Wollongong, Australia George Spanoudakis City University, UK Pradip K Srimani Department of Computer Science, Clemson University Azzel Taleb-Bendiab Liverpool John Moores University, UK Michiaki Tatsubori IBM Tokyo Research Laboratory, Japan Kerry Taylor CSIRO, Australia Jeffrey J.-P. Tsai University of Illinois at Chicago, USA Naohiko Uramoto IBM Tokyo Research Laboratory, Japan Hongbing Wang SouthEast University, China Andy Ju An Wang Southern Polytechnic State University, USA Xiaoling Wang Fudan University, China Raymond Wong Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China Huaigu Wu SAP Labs, Canada Hongji Yang Montfort University, UK Stephen J.H. Yang National Central University, Taiwan Jian Yang Macquaire University, Australia Yuan-Chwen You National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan Gianluigi Zavattaro University if Bologna, Italy Jia Zhang Northern Illinois University, USA Weimin Zheng Tsinghua University, China Ben Zheng The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China Nianjun (Joe) Zhou IBM Research, USA Haibin Zhu Nipissing University, Canada Hong Zhu Oxford Brookes University, UK Elisa Bertino Purdue University, USA Danilo Ardagna Politecnico di Milano, Italy Ken Hopkinson Air Force Institute of Technology, USA Ignacio Martin Llorente Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain Tony Shan IBM Global Technology Services, USA Yuqing Sun Shandong University, China Giri K Tayi SUNY at Albany, USA William Cheng-Chung Chu Tunghai University, Taiwan Nils Gruschka NEC Research Europe Geng Lin Cisco, USA Tiziana Margaria University of Potsdam, Germany Hoh Peter In Korea University, Seoul, Korea Marco Aiello University of Groningen, Netherlands Mikio Aoyama Nanzan University, Japan Ofer Biran IBM Haifa Research Lab Rong Chang IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA Shiping Chen CSIRO ICT Centre Australia Malolan Chetlur IBM India Research Lab Yuqing Gao IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Claude Godart Nancy University and INRIA, France Nikolai Joukov IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Minglu Li Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China Xinlian Liu Hood College, USA Michael Maximilien IBM Almaden Research Center, USA Liuba Shrira Brandeis University, USA Aameek Singh IBM Almaden Research Center Savitha Srinivasan IBM Almaden Research Center Kunal Verma Accenture Technology Labs, USA Cho-Li Wang University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Feiyue Wang University of Arizona Mathias Weske University of Potsdam, Germany Qi Yu Rochester Institute of Technology Robert van Engelen Florida State University, USA Dennis McLeod Univeristy of Southern California, USA Sujoy Basu HP Labs - Palo Alto, USA M. Brian Blake George Town University David Cheung HongKong University, Hong Kong Jeff Kephart IBM T.J. Watson Research Center Konstantin Läufer Loyola University Chicago, USA Shiyong Lu Wayne State University, USA Wolf Zimmermann Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany Jeffrey T.Kreulen IBM Almaden Research Center, USA Hong Cai IBM China Software Development Lab, China Dimitrios Georgakopoulos CSIRO ICT Center, Canberra, ACT, Australia Antonia Albani Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands ======================================================== Please join us at: IEEE Services Computing Community (https://www.ieeecommunities.org/services) Next, press the "JOIN" button to apply for a membership. As a member, you will be permitted to login and participate in the community. This invitation allows you to join a community designed to facilitate collaboration among a group while minimizing e-mails to your inbox. As a registered member of the Services Computing Community, you can also access IEEE Body of Knowledge on Services Computing (http://www.servicescomputing.tv). *** For any enquiries, please e-mail to the Services Computing Community leader Dr. Liang-Jie (LJ) Zhang: zhanglj AT ieee.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] SOPOSE'09 Call for Papers]
by Gustaf Neumann 29 May '09

29 May '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] SOPOSE'09 Call for Papers Datum: Fri, 29 May 2009 00:25:29 -0400 Von: Sudeep Mallick <sudeepm(a)infosys.com> Antwort an: Sudeep Mallick <sudeepm(a)infosys.com> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> SOPOSE'09 Call for Papers 4th International Workshop on Service- and Process-Oriented Software Engineering (SOPOSE-09) Workshop webpage: http://www.dsl.uow.edu.au/sopose/index.php SOPOSE'09 is held in conjunction with the 2009 IEEE International Conference on Services Computing (SCC 2009), September 21-25, 2009, Bangalore, India ( http://conferences.computer.org/scc/2009/) Theme of the Workshop: It is now widely recognized that service-oriented computing will be the dominant computing paradigm for at least the next decade. Businesses are also increasingly committing to a process-oriented approach in Business Process Management (BPM), which requires careful modelling, documentation and management, as well as continual improvement of, business processes. The software engineering questions relating to service-oriented systems, as well as those relating to process-oriented systems have not been adequately explored. Of prime interest is the interplay between the service-oriented way of delivering software, and BPM way of looking at business processes, as a result of which we are witnessing a confluence of the service-oriented and process-oriented approaches, as key elements of business processes get executed by external (and often remote) services. The software engineering questions relating to such integrated process- and service-oriented need to fulfil the promise of making the software development process flexible, agile, and understandable for business people. There are a plethora of research issues on how such systems might be modelled, designed, implemented and how their lifecycles might be managed. This workshop seeks to systematize our understanding of these issues, and build a community of like-minded researchers and practitioners willing to collaborate on these issues. Innovations in SOPOSE-09: We propose to adopt a model (common in social science conferences) where each paper has a nominated "discussant" who critiques the paper for approximately 5 minutes at the end of the presentation of the paper. Each paper would thus have 20 minutes for presentation, 5 minutes for critique by the discussant and 5 minutes of general questions from the audience. We offer a collection of case studies (available at http://www.dsl.uow.edu.au/sopose/index.php?l1=casestudies) that submissions will be asked to address (if relevant). Papers making conceptual, technical or methodological contributions to process lifecycle management will be encouraged to use these case studies to motivate and explain their work. Distinct from these case studies, the workshop will actively encourage case study-style papers, particularly from industry participants. SOPOSE'09 will involve a special session on creating a community repository of case studies on service and process lifecycle management. Workshop Topics: Topics to be addressed in the workshop include (but are not limited to) the following. Process/Service: Modelling Description (including Standards) Identification Design Methodologies (Granularity) Composition Semantics Publication Discovery Dynamic Service Binding Evolution and Versioning Realization from Legacy Relation to Middleware and EAI Compliance Management Project Management Cost Estimation Testing Lifecycle Management Portfolio Management Software Reuse Relation to Component Models Software Engineering Topics for Interplay of SOA and BPM Service Interfaces for BPM models Composite Applications Service Orchestration Adaptation in Business Processes Adaptive Services Process and Service Level QoS BPM/SOA in Relation to Enterprise Architecture Role of Rules in BPM/SOA Adoption of SOA/BPM Approaches in Legacy Environments Relation to Existing Software Engineering Approaches SOA and MDA SOA and CORBA SOA, BPM and Agile methodologies BPM and Requirements Gathering The Implications of Current and Future Standardization Efforts Tool Support Other Service/Process Governance Issues Implication of SOA/BPM on Cloud Workshop Outcomes: A preliminary attempt at systematizing and collating the body of knowledge in this area. Improving alignment between industry concerns and academic research agendas in this area. The development of a research community consisting of academics and practitioners willing to collaborate on these questions. Workshop Chairs: Aditya Ghose School of Computer Science and Software Engineering University of Wollongong NSW 2522 Australia Srinivas Padmanabhuni Web Services Centre of Excellence Infosys SETLabs Bangalore, India Workshop Organization and Publicity Co-Chairs: Sudeep Mallick Web Services Centre of Excellence Infosys SETLabs Bangalore, India Evan Morrison Decision Systems Lab School of Computer Science and Software Engineering University of Wollongong NSW 2522 Australia Kerry Hinge Decision Systems Lab School of Computer Science and Software Engineering University of Wollongong NSW 2522 Australia Workshop Committee: Mikio Aoyama, Nanzan University, Japan Schahram Dustdar, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Aditya Ghose, University of Wollongong, Australia (Workshop Co-chair) Guido Governatori, University of Queensland, Australia Tim Hibberd, CRC for Smart Services, Australia Narendra Nanjangud, IBM Research, India Srinivas Padmanabhuni, SOA Centre of Excellence, SETLabs, Infosys Technologies Ltd, India (Workshop Co-Chair) Jayakrishna Rao, Head CoE, Emerging Technologies, Wipro Technologies, India Michael Rosemann, Queensland Univ. of Technology, Australia Jian Yang, Macquarie University, Australia Submission Process: Authors are invited to submit papers of not more than 8 page (full papers), 4 page (short papers), and 2 page (position papers) of double column text using single spaced 10 point size on 8.5 x 11 inch pages, as per IEEE 8.5 x 11 manuscript guidelines (http://www.computer.org/cspress/instruct.htm). You can download the paper template in word format or IEEE Latex Style. Please Note: Industry case studies in the form of two and four page papers are encouraged. Authors should submit a Word or PDF files using the online submission and review system (available at http://confhub.com/conf.php?id=129). The accepted papers will be published in the proceedings of the 2009 IEEE Congress on Services (SERVICES 2009) by the IEEE Computer Society Press and will be made available online through the IEEE Digital Library. Dates: Last date for submission of research, short, and position papers: June 15, 2009 Notification for acceptance: July 1, 2009 The AISWorld LISTSERV is a service of the Association for Information Systems (http://www.aisnet.org). To unsubscribe, redirect, or change subscription options please go to http://lyris.isworld.org/. You are subscribed to AISworld as: neumann(a)wu-wien.ac.at. 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[Fwd: 2. CALL FOR PAPERS CAF2009]
by Gustaf Neumann 28 May '09

28 May '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: 2. CALL FOR PAPERS CAF2009 Datum: Wed, 27 May 2009 11:27:33 +0200 Von: Mohammad Smadi <msmadi(a)iicm.tu-graz.ac.at> An: Mohammad Smadi <msmadi(a)iicm.tu-graz.ac.at> * ** Apologies for Cross Postings *** *-------------------------------------------------------------------------------* * 2. CALL FOR PAPERS * * 2nd Special Track on ** Computer-based Knowledge & Skill Assessment* * and Feedback in Learning Settings (CAF 2009)* * Villach, Austria**, **September 23 - 24, 2009** ** http://www.iicm.edu/CAF2009* * In conjunction with ** 12th International Conference on Interactive Computer aided Learning (ICL 2009)* *-------------------------------------------------------------------------------* *CAF 2009 - 23. - 24. September 2009 - Villach, Austria* *First Special Track on /Computer-based Knowledge & Skill Assessment and Feedback in Learning Settings (CAF)/* Online Information: http://www.iicm.edu/CAF2009 <http://www.iicm.edu/CAF2008> This CfP is also available as PDF: http://www.iicm.edu/CAF2009/CAF2009-CfP.pdf <http://www.iicm.edu/CAF2008/CAF2008-CfP.pdf> This special track will take place during ICL 2008 in Villach, Austria (23-25 September 2009) as a special program item. /The Special Track CAF 2009/ provides an interdisciplinary forum for international scientists and practitioners to discuss various aspects of computer-based knowledge & skill assessment in learning settings and based on that feedback provision for students and teachers. The /International Conference on Interactive Computer aided Learning (ICL)/ is an interdisciplinary conference which aims to focus on the exchange of relevant trends and research results as well as the presentation of practical experiences in interactive computer aided learning. *Background* Our modern life at the beginning of the 21st century is strongly influenced by effects such as rapidly changing and developing information, technology-enhanced communication and information access, and new forms of production and services in a globalized world. This situation requires individuals to adapt their skills and competencies. Consequently, educational objectives and societal expectations have changed significantly in recent years. Modern learning settings must consider learning community aspects as well as learner-centered, knowledge-centered and assessment-centered aspects. By focusing on the assessment, this concept can be further distinguished in (1) summative assessment, performed at the end of a set of learning activities, and (2) formative assessment, which is intended to give continuous feedback to students and teachers. The latter mentioned formative assessment gives information about the current state of knowledge and/or the degree of knowledge acquisition within learning activities. Assessment is an important component of modern teaching and learning processes in face-to-face courses as well as in e-learning environments; it provides valuable feedback to teachers and students which allows the revision and adaptation of teaching and learning activities. Furthermore, assessment activities and results can also be utilized for building and strengthening metacognitive skills. However, continuous and frequent assessment in learning processes may cause excessive efforts and costs. Therefore, computer-assisted assessment systems (CaAS) and computer-based assessment systems (CbAS) have become of increasing interest over the years. Assessment systems may support parts or the entire chain of the assessment lifecycle. This lifecycle includes authoring and management of assessment items, compilation of specific tests, performance of assessments, and compilation and management results. Additionally, emerging interest in the sharing and re-use of assessment items or compiled assessment tests and the exchangeability of assessment outcomes has resulted in standardization efforts, such as the IMS Question & Test Interoperability Specification (IMS QTI). The special track will bring together international researchers as well as practitioners from different organisations who will have plenty of time for networking and real-world knowledge sharing. We invite submissions that deal with issues including, but not limited to: * Aspects of formative and summative assessment * History and challenges of e-assessment * Computer-supported assessment rubric * Computer-based knowledge & skill assessment for individuals and groups * Computer-supported peer assessment for individuals and groups * Computer-supported self-assessment and group assessment * Computer-based student and teacher feedback about knowledge state and acquisition * Computer-based assessment in adaptive e-learning * Web 2.0 and assessment & feedback for individual and group learning * Automated essay grading * Natural short answer assessment * Assessment and feedback in computer-based simulations * Assessment and feedback in game-based learning settings * Test & training data and evaluation procedures * Reuse, Interoperability and Standardization * Security and Privacy *Important Dates* * 21 June 2009: Submission of the full papers (8 pages) * 31 July 2009: Notification of acceptance * 31 Aug. 2009: Camera ready version (8 pages) * 23.-25. Sept. 2009: ICL 2009 Conference * *Submission Procedure* File Types: Word for Windows Language: English (British or US) Style Guides & Template: http://www.icl-conference.org/template.doc Paper Submission System: Please use the Electronic Submission Page http://www.conftool.com/icl-conference/ In case of problems or questions concerning the submission of papers, please contact the track chairs at CAF2009(a)iicm.edu <mailto:CAF2008@iicm.edu>. *Notification of Acceptance and Publishing* Accepted papers will be published within the ICL conference proceedings. At least one author has to register within 2 weeks after the notification of acceptance to be included into the conference programme (15. Aug. 2009). Authors fee is applicable only once per paper! Some authors will be invited to submit extended versions of their paper for publication in the "European Journal of Open and Distance Learning" (EURODL) or the "International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning" (iJET). *CAF 2009 Chair* Christian Gütl, Graz University of Technology, Austria *CAF 2009 Organization team* Alexander Nussbaumer, University of Graz, Austria Mohammad Smadi, Graz University of Technology, Austria *CAF 2009 Program Committee (preliminary, to be extended)* * Dietrich Albert, University of Graz, Austria * Vanessa Chang, Curtin University of Technology, Australia * Peter Dolog, Aalborg University, Denmark * Heinz Dreher, Curtin University of Technology, Australia * Samir A. El-Seoud, Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Jordan * Baltasar Fernández-Manjón, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain * Catherine P. Fulford, University of Hawaii,USA * Michael Granitzer, Know-Center Graz, Austria * Ralf Klamma, RWTH Aachen University, Germany * Narayanan Kulathuramaiyer, University Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia * Stephanie Linek, Universität Graz, Austria * Bhaskar Mehta, Google, Switzerland * Sven Meyer zu Eissen, Bayer Business Services, Germany * Diane Salter, University of Hong Kong, China * Sandra Schaffert, Salzburg Research Forschungsgesellschaft, Austria * Benno Stein, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany * Daniela Tuparova, South Western University, Bulgarian * Sandra HelenWilliams, Open University UK, UK * SylviaWong, Aston University, UK * *Further Information:* * Information about ICL 2009: http://www.icl-conference.org/ * Travel Information: http://www.icl-conference.org/accom.htm Tourist Informaton: http://www.villach.at/inhalt/englisch/18271.htm ================================================== Mohammad Smadi PhD Student Institute for Information Systems and Computer Media (IICM) Faculty of Computer Science Graz University of Technology Brückenkopfgasse 1, 8020 Graz, Austria Tel: +43 (316) 873 5662 Fax: +43 (316) 873 5699 ================================================== -- Univ.Prof. Dr. Gustaf Neumann Institute of Information Systems and New Media WU Vienna Augasse 2-6, A-1090 Vienna, AUSTRIA

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[Fwd: [isworld] CFP: IESS 1.0 First International Conference on Exploring Services Science]
by Gustaf Neumann 28 May '09

28 May '09

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] CFP: IESS 1.0 First International Conference on Exploring Services Science Datum: Thu, 28 May 2009 04:25:55 -0400 Von: Jolita Ralyte <jolita.ralyte(a)cui.unige.ch> Antwort an: Jolita Ralyte <jolita.ralyte(a)cui.unige.ch> An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network <isworld(a)lyris.isworld.org> [Our apologies if you receive multiple postings of this message] FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS First International Conference on Exploring Services Science (IESS 1.0) Geneva, Switzerland, February 17-18-19, 2010 Additional details on the web site: http://iess.unige.ch/ OVERVIEW ======== Services Science is not a cosmetic change of existing things. Introduced by IBM in 2002, it has now emerged and matured in a true trans-disciplinary atmosphere. Encompassing disciplines not only in management and engineering, it also draws from disciplines such as social and cognitive sciences, law, ethics, economics etc. to address the theoretical and practical aspects of the challenging services industry and its economy. Services Science leverages methods, results and knowledge stemming from these disciplines towards the development of its own concepts, methods, techniques and approaches thus creating the basis for true trans-disciplinary gatherings and the production of trans-disciplinary results. Services Science is building a concrete framework for trans-disciplinary purposes. Thus �service� must be considered in this conference with its multiple facets: economic, organizational, social, collective, ontological, regulatory, secure, etc. and also, of course, implemented by means of informatics. Sometimes it is referred to as information services to distinguish its restricted meanings in various disciplines like Economy or Informatics. The goal of this first conference is to build upon this growing community to further study and understand this emerging discipline. Academics, researchers and practitioners of all disciplines are expected to contribute their results and approaches to Services Science in a trans-disciplinary setting. In order to achieve the best possible mix of disciplines and their representation, the conference is structured around Service research topics, which are trans-disciplinary and around Service contexts, which are more disciplinary oriented. The contributions should address one or several topics, be grounded in one or several contexts and be open to trans-disciplinary approaches. RESEARCH TOPICS =============== Research topics follow the Services lifecycle and include (not limited to) the following subtopics. Contributions addressing more than one topic are encouraged. 1. Service innovation: Value models, Innovation/Creation process, Business trends, Technological trends, People trends, Service innovation and strategy. 2. Service exploration: Consumer service needs modeling, Supplier service modeling, Business services requirements modeling, Service information & process modeling, Service exploration process. 3. Service design : Service design methodologies and patterns, Service and re-design of organization of activities, Service co-design environments, tools, Requirements oriented towards services, Design of complex services, Service compliance with laws and regulations, Service security and safety. 4. Service engineering: Ontologies and interoperability, Web-services, Service-oriented architectures, Ubiquitous & mobile computing, Service orchestration, choreography, composition, COTS, Enterprise architectures, Service security and safety engineering. 5. Service sustainability: - IT service management: IT governance, Compliance with laws and regulations; - IS service management: Project management for IS services, Service evolution, QoS management (e.g. performance, trust, security, utility, usability), Business intelligence; - Service management: Service operations & marketing, Services and strategy, Future trends in services. CONTEXTS OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS ============================= The contexts of the contributions reflect the trans-disciplinary atmosphere of Services Science and the particular role of information technology (IT) within them: they are organized along four main dimensions: - the first one addresses Services on a disciplinary/sector basis; - the second one covers IT; - the third one addresses the emergent foundations of the Science of Services; - the last one covers aspects of governance and management. Contributions addressing more that one of these themes are encouraged. 1. Sectors and services Contributions are sought from specialists to help uncover how, as specialists in their own sectors, they implicitly or explicitly use this notion of Services. The list of sectors include (not limited to) Services in: Public administration, Government and Citizen, Banking, Finance and Insurance Services, Food and Agriculture, Geo localization, Education, Entertainment, Healthcare, Environment and Sustainable Development, Legal, Engineering, Linguistics, Culture, Tourism and Hospitality. 2. IT and services Information Technology (IT) is traditionally structured around isolated or siloed services. Services Science has now opened a whole scientific domain where such technologies offer opportunities for emerging interoperable scientific knowledge patterns among them as well as with other disciplines. Contributions are sought from specialists to help uncover how to integrate IT into a trans-disciplinary process geared towards the development and management of Services. This includes (not limited to) IT in: Mobiles, ubiquitous and ambient technologies, Multimedia technologies, Grid and utility computing, SOA, Security, Collaborative systems, Social networking systems. 3. Foundations of Services Science Given the variety of contexts for Services, it is necessary to study, build and strengthen the scientific foundations of Services Science. Contributions are sought to discover what is the common knowledge, what are the common scientific frameworks and methodologies of Services Science. Topics may cover (not limited to): Service evolution and customization, Service for interoperating knowledge of various disciplines, Ontologies for services, Interoperable services, composition of services, Integration of services into information systems, Integration services into organizations, Collaborative and trans-disciplinary methods for developing services, Service methods, service life cycle, Service economics, Service governance, risk and compliance, Security, trust in services. 4. Governance and management Fully dematerialized organisations and societies require revisiting and adapting, through trans-disciplinary approaches, theories and practices, which have dominated product oriented economies in the past. Contributions are sought from specialists to set up the fundamentals of such dematerialized organizations at the global level and to analyze the transformation process of product-oriented economies towards service-oriented economies. How do we market and monetize services? What is supply chain in services? What is service risk management? Topics in governance and management of dematerialized organizations and societies include (not limited to) : Human Resources, Marketing, Finance, accounting and cost accounting, Planning and forecasting, Strategy and innovation, Logistics, Business administration, Management of Services. IMPORTANT DATES =============== Submission deadline October 1st, 2009 Review notification November 25th, 2009 Camera-ready papers and conference registration due December 15th, 2009 CONFERENCE CHAIRS ================= Eric Dubois, Centre Henri Tudor, Luxembourg Dimitri Konstantas, University of Geneva, Switzerland Michel Léonard, University of Geneva, Switzerland PROGRAM COMMITTEE, AUTHOR GUIDELINES AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE WEB SITE: http://iess.unige.ch/ The AISWorld LISTSERV is a service of the Association for Information Systems (http://www.aisnet.org). 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