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Fwd: [computational.science] FINAL CfIP, Conf. Reliable Software Technologies, Ada-Europe 2010
by Gustaf Neumann 03 Jan '10

03 Jan '10

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [computational.science] FINAL CfIP, Conf. Reliable Software Technologies, Ada-Europe 2010 Datum: Sun, 3 Jan 2010 19:32:12 +0100 (MET) Von: Dirk Craeynest <Dirk.Craeynest(a)cs.kuleuven.be> Organisation: "ICCSA" An: Computational Science Mailing List <computational.science(a)lists.iccsa.org> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- FINAL Call for Industrial Presentations 15th International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies - Ada-Europe 2010 14 - 18 June 2010, Valencia, Spain http://www.ada-europe.org/conference2010.html *** DEADLINE Monday 11 JANUARY 2010 *** ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The 15th International Conference on Reliable Software Technologies - Ada-Europe 2010 will take place in Valencia, Spain. Following its traditional style, the conference will span a full week, including a three-day technical program and vendor exhibition from Tuesday to Thursday, along with parallel tutorials and workshops on Monday and Friday. In addition to the usual Call for Papers, the conference also seeks industrial presentations which may deliver value and insight, but do not fit the selection process for regular papers. Authors of industrial presentations are invited to submit a short overview (at least 1 page in size) of the proposed presentation to the Conference Chair Jorge Real (jorge(a)disca.upv.es) by 11 January 2010. The Industrial Program Committee will review the proposals and make the selection. The authors of selected presentations shall prepare a final short abstract and submit it to the Conference Chair by 10 May 2010, aiming at a 20-minute talk. The authors of accepted presentations will be invited to submit corresponding articles for publication in the Ada User Journal, which will host the proceedings of the Industrial Program of the Conference. In addition to the award for best regular paper, Ada-Europe will also offer an honorary award for the best presentation, considering both regular and industrial presentations. Schedule -------- 11 January 2010: Submission of industrial presentation proposals 01 February 2010: Notification of acceptance to all authors 10 May 2010: Industrial presentations required 14-18 June 2010: Conference Industrial Committee -------------------- Guillem Bernat, Rapita Systems, UK Roderick Chapman, Praxis High Integrity Systems, UK Dirk Craeynest, Aubay Belgium& K.U.Leuven, Belgium Pierre Dissaux, Ellidiss Technologies, France Franco Gasperoni, AdaCore, France Hubert Keller, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH, Germany Ismael Lafoz, EADS CASA, Spain Ahlan Marriott, White-Elephant GmbH, Switzerland Erhard Plödereder, Universität Stuttgart, Germany José Simó, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain Alok Srivastava, Northrop Grumman, USA Rei Stråhle, Saab Systems, Sweden ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement. Please circulate widely. Dirk.Craeynest(a)cs.kuleuven.be, Ada-Europe'2010 Publicity Chair Disclaimer: http://www.kuleuven.be/cwis/email_disclaimer.htm --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: computational.science-unsubscribe(a)lists.iccsa.org For additional commands, e-mail: computational.science-help(a)lists.iccsa.org

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Fwd: [AISWorld] 3rd World Summit on the Knowledge Society, Corfu, Greece, September, 22-24, 2010
by Gustaf Neumann 03 Jan '10

03 Jan '10

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] 3rd World Summit on the Knowledge Society, Corfu, Greece, September, 22-24, 2010 Datum: Sun, 3 Jan 2010 15:32:52 +0200 (EET) Von: Miltiadis D. Lytras <lytras(a)ceid.upatras.gr> An: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org 3rd WORLD SUMMIT ON THE KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY - WSKS 2010 http://www.open-knowledge-society.org/summit.htm Corfu, Greece, September, 22-24, 2010 PAST PROCEEDINGS BY SPRINGER: http://tiny.cc/1HcZr WSKS Series on DBLP: http://dblp.mpi-inf.mpg.de/dblp-mirror/index.php#query=venue:wsks&qp=H1.20:… 14 INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS ARE SPONSORING THE EVENT, 8 ISI SPECIAL ISSUES AGREED. INVITATION - CALL FOR PAPERS The 3rd World Summit on the Knowledge Society (WSKS 2010), is an international attempt to promote the dialogue for the main aspects of the Knowledge Society towards a better world for all. This annual Summit brings together key stakeholders of the Knowledge Society development worldwide, from Academia, Industry, Government, Policy Makers, and active citizens to look at the impact and prospects of the Information Technology, and the knowledge-based era it is creating, on key facets of living, working, learning, innovating and collaborating in today’s hyper-complex world. The Summit provides a distinct, unique forum for cross-disciplinary fertilization of research, favouring the dissemination of research new scientific ideas relevant to international research agendas as the EU (FP7), OECD or UNESCO. Ten general pillars provide the constitutional elements of the Summit. We need a better world. We contribute with our sound voices to the agenda, policies and actions. We invite you to join your voice with ours and all together to shape a new deal for our world. Education, Sustainable Development, Health, Opportunities for well being, Culture, Collaboration, Peace, Democracy, Technology for all. Open Minds for a Better World. Dr. Miltiadis D. Lytras Professor American College of Greece General Chair of the Summit Important Dates Submission of papers for LNCS/CCIS Springer Proceedings: 10th February 2010 Notification to authors: 25th February 2010 Camera ready papers: 10th March 2010 Conference Days: 22-24 September 2010, Corfu Greece PAST PROCEEDINGS BY SPRINGER: http://tiny.cc/1HcZr WSKS Series on DBLP: http://dblp.mpi-inf.mpg.de/dblp-mirror/index.php#query=venue:wsks&qp=H1.20:… For more info: wsks2010(a)gmail.com Dr. Miltiadis D. Lytras American College of Greece 3rd World Summit on the Knowledge Society http://www.open-knowledge-society.org/summit.htm 1st International Conference on REFORMING EDUCATION: THE EDUCATION OF THE 21ST CENTURY – A BOLD RESPONSE TO THE MULTIDIMENSIONAL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CRISIS http://www.reform-education.org _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

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Fwd: [AISWorld] Final CFP: Special Issue on E-Health: Accessing Knowledge for Global Health
by Gustaf Neumann 03 Jan '10

03 Jan '10

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] Final CFP: Special Issue on E-Health: Accessing Knowledge for Global Health Datum: Sun, 3 Jan 2010 18:58:21 +0800 Von: maggie wang <maggiemhwang(a)gmail.com> An: aisworld-bounces(a)lists.aisnet.org CC: AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org Final Call for Papers Knowledge Management & E-Learning: An International Journal (KM&EL) http://www.kmel-journal.org/ojs/index.php/online-publication KM&EL Lab http://kmel-lab.org/website Special Issue on "E-Health: Accessing Knowledge for Global Health" Guest Editor Patricia A. Abbott, PhD, RN Director, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center for Knowledge Management; Johns Hopkins Schools of Medicine and Nursing Baltimore, MD USA This special issue of the KM&EL international journal is dedicated to coverage of knowledge management and information dissemination for health in underserved areas. Numerous studies have demonstrated the high cost, in both financial and humanistic terms, of a lack of access to current healthcare knowledge. Many international settings are using textbooks that are seriously outdated, and practicing in ways that have been proven to be ineffective and/or dangerous. At the same time, we are seeing an explosion of information and communication technologies (ICT) that are reaching even the most remote corners of the globe. As these two trends collide, we are seeing tremendous innovation and application of KM techniques and ICT utilization to "reach and teach" in remote communities around the world. Indeed, Deaton(2004) states that "The health and life expectancy of the vast majority of mankind, whether they live in rich or poor countries, depends on ideas, techniques, and therapies developed elsewhere, so that it is the spread of knowledge that is the fundamental determinant of population health." This issue is designed to elicit both theoretical and applied papers that describe efforts to reduce international asymmetries of health information by increasing access to health knowledge bases via ICT. We are interested in theoretical papers that posit the promise and possibilities global e-health, and applied research papers that provide results of knowledge access, knowledge management, and knowledge dissemination for international health. We are particularly interested in papers in this space that focus upon application in low resource areas and/or with the medically underserved. Our goal is to stimulate interest in the issues across academia, practice, industry, research and policy. We welcome focused papers from all sectors. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Knowledge management in ICT-enabled, yet low resourced areas * Practical usage/application of ICT for evidence based practice in global e-health * E-health via ICT -Lessons Learned * M-health via cellular telephony and other mechanisms -New innovations for distributing health knowledge and best practices via mobile technologies * Managing and developing knowledge from underserved areas; what can communities teach us? * Producing culturally sensitive, feasible, and distributable best practices for ICT-enabled delivery * Socio-cultural aspects of ICT enabled e-health * Infrastructure challenges in global e-health in the e-health/m-health domain * New developments, trends and approaches. IMPORTANT DATES Submission due: 15th January, 2010 Notification of acceptance: 15th March, 2010 Publication schedule: Jun 2010 (Vol.2, No.2) SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Papers must not have been published, accepted for publication, or presently be under consideration for publication elsewhere. A standard double-blind review process will be used for selecting papers to be published in this special issue. Authors should follow the instructions outlined in the KM&EL Website (see URLhttp://www.kmel-journal.org/ojs/index.php/online-publication/about/submi… <http://www.kmel-journal.org/ojs/index.php/online-publication/about/submissi…>) Electronic submission by email to Guest Editor is required. Patricia A. Abbott, PhD (pabbott2(a)son.jhmi.edu <mailto:pabbott2@son.jhmi.edu>) For more information about the KM&EL, please visit the web site: http://www.kmel-journal.org/ojs/index.php/online-publication Footnote: Deaton, A. (2004). Health in an Age of Globalization. Available online at: https://muse.jhu.edu/journals/brookings_trade_forum/v2004/2004.1deaton.pdf ******************************************** Forthcoming Issue 2009 Vol. 1, No. 4 Special Issue on "E-learning and Knowledge Management in the Early Years" ******************************************** Contents ========================== Editorial: E-learning and Knowledge Management in the Early Years: Where Are We and Where Should We Go (by Hui Li and Jennifer Masters) The Willy Wagtail Tale: Knowledge Management and E-Learning Enriching Multiliteracies in the Early Years (by Sandra Hesterman) Multiple Literacies: Beliefs and Related Practices among Chinese Kindergarten Teachers (by Hui Li and Nirmala Rao) Using Digital Resources for the ECE Curriculum in China: Current Needs and Future Development (by Jing Zhou, Si Chen, and Lixian Jin) Young Children Online: E-Learning in a Social Networking Context (by Jennifer Masters and Suzanne Barr) *********************************************

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Fwd: [AISWorld] Call for Paper MMAP 2010
by Gustaf Neumann 03 Jan '10

03 Jan '10

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] Call for Paper MMAP 2010 Datum: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 07:38:56 -0800 (PST) Von: Dumitru Dan Burdescu <dburdescu(a)yahoo.com> An: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org Dear colleagues, Please post my call for paper for MMAP 2010. Best regards, Dumitru Dan Burdescu Professor, Eng. Math. Ph.D. Head of Software Engineering Department Director of "Multimedia Applications Development" Research Center Tel/fax +40 - 251- 438198 University of Craiova Str. Decebal, no. 107, 200440, Craiova Romania Please send to interested colleagues and Ph.D. students *-- CALL FOR PAPERS --* * * *The Third International Symposium on* *Multimedia –* *Applications and Processing, MMAP 2010,* www.mmap.imcsit.org <http://www.mmap.imcsit.org/> Organized by: Software Engineering Department, Faculty of Automation, Computers and Electronics,University of Craiova,Romania "Multimedia Applications Development" Research Centre _ _Contact:_ _burdescu_dumitru(a)software.ucv.ro <mailto:burdescu_dumitru@software.ucv.ro>_ _ within the framework *International Multiconference on Computer Science and Information Technology in**/Wisla/**/,Poland/**/, October 18-20, 2010/* ** CONFERENCE BACKGROUND AND GOALS* Multimedia information has become ubiquitous on the web, creating new challenges for indexing, access, search and retrieval. Recent advances in pervasive computers, networks, telecommunications, and information technology, along with the proliferation of multimedia mobile devices - such as laptops, iPods, personal digital assistants (PDA), and cellular telephones - have stimulated the development of intelligent pervasive multimedia applications. These key technologies are creating a multimedia revolution that will have significant impact across a wide spectrum of consumer, business, healthcare, and governmental domains. Yet many challenges remain, especially when it comes to efficiently indexing, mining, querying, searching, and retrieving multimedia data. The Multimedia - Processing and Applications 2010 (MMAP 2010) Symposium addresses several themes related to theory and practice within multimedia domain. The enormous interest in multimedia from many activity areas (medicine, entertainment, education) led researchers and industry to make a continuous effort to create new, innovative multimedia algorithms and application. As a result the conference goal is to bring together researchers, engineers and practitioners in order to communicate their newest and original contributions on topics that have been identified (see below). We are also interested in looking at service architectures, protocols, and standards for multimedia communications - including middleware - along with the related security issues, such as secure multimedia information sharing. Finally, we encourage submissions describing work on novel applications that exploit the unique set of advantages offered by multimedia computing techniques, including home-networked entertainment and games. However, innovative contributions that don't exactly fit into these areas will also be considered because they might be of benefit to conference attendees. ** CALL FOR PAPERS * MMAP 2010 is a major forum for researchers and practitioners from academia, industry, and government to present, discuss, and exchange ideas that address real-world problems with real-world solutions. The MMAP 2010 Symposium welcomes submissions of original papers concerning all aspects of multimedia domain ranging from concepts and theoretical developments to advanced technologies and innovative applications. MMAP 2010 invites original previously unpublished contributions that are not submitted concurrently to a journal or another conference. Papers acceptance and publication will be judged based on their relevance to the symposium theme, clarity of presentation, originality and accuracy of results and proposed solutions. **TOPICS OF INTEREST* Topics of interest are related to Multimedia Processing and Applications including, but are not limited to the following areas: Image and Video Processing Speech, Audio and Music Processing 3D and Stereo Imaging Distributed Multimedia Systems Multimedia Databases, Indexing, Recognition and Retrieval Data Mining Multimedia in E-Learning, E-Commerce and E-Society Applications Multimedia in Medical Applications Multimedia Authentication and Watermarking Entertainment and games Multimedia Interfaces * * ** PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION* · Papers will be refereed and accepted on the basis of their scientific merit and relevance to the symposium. All submissions are subject to a blind refereeing process. · Accepted and presented papers will be published as paper in the Conference Proceedings and included in the IEEE Xplore® database. · Extended versions of selected best papers will be published in a special issue of JDIM: Journal of Digital Information Management ISSN 0972-7272. · Authors should submit draft papers (as Postscript, PDF of MSWord file). · The total length of a paper should not exceed 10 pages (LNCS style). LNCS style templates are available. ** IMPORTANT DATES* *31**.05.2010*– Submission deadline *12.07.2010* – Notification of acceptance *23.08.2010* – Camera-ready version of the accepted papers *18.10-20.10.2010* – Symposium ** GENERAL MMAP 2010 CHAIR* Dumitru Dan Burdescu,University of Craiova,Romania ** Steering Committee* Ioannis Pitas,University of Thessaloniki, Greece Costin Badica,University of Craiova,Romania Harald Kosch,University of Passau,Germany Vladimir Uskov, BradleyUniversity,USA Thomas M. Deserno,Aachen University,Germany Mohammad S. Obaidat,Monmouth University,USA ** Organizing Committee * Dumitru Dan Burdescu, University of Craiova, Romania Costin Badica, University of Craiova, Romania Liana Stanescu, University of Craiova, Romania Marius Brezovan, University of Craiova, Romania ** Publicity Chairs* Amelia Badica,University of Craiova,Romania ** Program Committee * José Luis Sevillano Ramos,University of Sevilla,Spain Michael Lang, NationalUniversity of Ireland,Ireland David Bustard,University of Ulster,UK Janis Grundspenkis,Riga Technical University,Latvia Rynson Lau,Shanghai University, P.R. China Gregory Wojtkowski,Boise State University,USA Che-Chern Lin,National Kaohsiung Normal University,Taiwan Bogdan Logofatu, University of Bucuresti, Romania Toshio Okamoto, University of Electro-Communications, Japan Wita Wojtkowski,Boise State University,USA Reda Alhajj,University of Calgary,Canada Qi Chun,Xi'an Jiaotong University, P.R.China Enn Õunapuu,University ofTechnology,Tallinn,Estonia George Tsihrintzis,University of Piraeus,Greece Stefan Trzcielinski,Poznan University of Technology,Poland Wilfried Philips, Universiteit Gent, Belgium Vladimir Cretu, Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania Igor Kotenko, St. Petersburg Institute for Informatics and Automation of the Russian Academy of Science, Russian Federation Kazuo Ohzeki, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan Valery Korzhik, State University of Telecommunications, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation Boris Shishkov, IICREST / Delft University of Technology, Netherlands Daniel Grosu, Wayne State University, USA Laszlo Böszörmenyi , Klagenfurt University, Austria Vladimir Fomichov, State University Moscow, Russian Federation Miguel Angel Vega-Rodríguez, University of Extremadura, Spain Dan Popescu, CSIRO, Sydney, Australia. Marek Ogiela, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland Giuseppe Mangioni, University of Catania, Italy Stefan Trausan-Matu, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania Reggie Kwan, Caritas Francis Hsu College, Hong Kong Rami Finkler, Afeka College of Engineering, Tel Aviv, Israel Alexander Verbraeck, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Richard Chbeir, Bourgogne University, France Christopher Barry, National University of Ireland, Ireland Romulus Grigoras, IRIT - University of Toulouse, France Mihai Mocanu,University of Craiova,Romania Franz Wotawa, Technische Universitaet Graz, Austria Christos Douligeris, University of Piraeus, Greece Jacek Zurada, University of Louisville, USA Ryszard Choras, Institute of Telecommunications, Poland Shiguo Lian,France Telecom R&D Beijing, P.R. China Rajkumar Kannan, Bishop Heber College, India Abdel-Badeeh M. Salem, Ain Shams University, Egypt Yoshimi Teshigawara, Soka University, Japan

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Fwd: [AISWorld] Reminder CFP: IT Success Factors and Models in Developing and Emerging Economies
by Gustaf Neumann 03 Jan '10

03 Jan '10

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] Reminder CFP: IT Success Factors and Models in Developing and Emerging Economies Datum: Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:56:32 -0500 Von: narcyz roztocki <roztockn(a)newpaltz.edu> An: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org Call for Papers Special Issue of the Journal of INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR DEVELOPMENT Information Technology Success Factors and Models in Developing and Emerging Economies Tentative Publication Date: December 2010 Deadline for Full Paper Submission: February 1, 2010 Additional information about the special issue may be available at the special issue website at: http://www2.newpaltz.edu/~roztockn/itd2010.htm Information technology (IT) projects continue to suffer from frequent cost and time overruns and failure to fully deliver on the expected benefits to the users or the organization. Furthermore, what determines the success or failure of information technology implementations and use in developing and emerging economies may differ substantially from generally accepted success factors in highly developed countries. Developing economies are defined by low gross national income per capita, and are generally characterized by low standards of living, a weak industrial and commercial base, and a poor infrastructure. Still developing economies that exhibit robust, continual economic expansion, resulting in fast growing per capita income, and which have administrations that are dedicated towards developing the commercial base and improving the infrastructure are termed emerging economies. IT is generally considered to be a prime factor in the economic and national development of these regions. The aim of this special issue is to provide a forum for research and practice specifically directed at the factors and models that contribute to the success (or failure) of IT implementation and use for economic and national development in developing and emerging economies. Submitted papers, while focusing on specific success factors or exemplary models, must explain how the work makes a contribution to better understanding the role of IT in economic or national development, affecting people's lives and their communities, Submitted work will be evaluated for methodological soundness, empirical completeness, and academic rigor, as well as originality and interestingness. Possible contributions may include, but are not limited to the following: - Organizational culture and IT success factors in developing or emerging economies - Factors and models that contribute to (or may inhibit) technology bringing about economic development - Case studies looking at successful (or failed) models of IT use in developing or emerging economies - Critical success factors in Web service adoption in developing or emerging economies - Differences in success perception of IT between developing/emerging and developed countries - Cultural factors and models in successful IT adoption and use in developing countries - Factors and models that may make IT a successful tool for achieving global competitiveness Special Issue Editorial Board: Niv Ahituv, Tel Aviv University, Israel Mito Akiyoshi, Senshu University, Japan Francis Kofi Andoh-Baidoo, University of Texas-Pan American, USA Anton Arapetyan, Ukrainian Catholic University, Ukraine Elizabeth Baker, Virginia Military Institute, USA Eszter Ágnes Bartis, Corvinus University, Hungary Sergey Butakov, Woosong University, Korea Paulo Rupino da Cunha, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal Dorota Dobija, Kozminski University, Poland Anca Draghici, Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania Biswadip Ghosh, Metropolitan State College of Denver, USA G. Harindranath, University of London, UK Kalinka Kaloyanova, University of Sofia, Bulgaria Mehruz Kamal, State University of New York at Brockport, USA Ranjan Kini, Indiana University Northwest, USA Ilsang Ko, Chonnam National University, Korea Niki Kunene, University of Louisville, USA Abdulrahman A. Mirza, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia Valter Moreno, Ibmec-RJ, Brasil Solomon Negash, Kennesaw State University, USA Nicolau Reinhard, Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil Tomá? Sabol,Technical University of Ko?ice, Slovakia Sergey Samoilenko, Virginia Union University, USA Piotr Soja, Cracow University of Economics, Poland Margaret Tan, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Kuldar Taveter, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia Marinos Themistocleous, University of Piraeus, Greece Tibor Vörös, Central European University, Hungary Contact Information for Special Issue Editors: Narcyz Roztocki State University of New York at New Paltz School of Business, 75 S. Manheim Blvd. New Paltz, NY 12561-2443 Phone: (845) 257-2935 Fax: (845) 257-2947 roztockn(a)newpaltz.edu H. Roland Weistroffer Virginia Commonwealth University School of Business, Snead Hall, 301 West Main Street Richmond, VA 23284-4000 Phone: (804) 828-7118 Fax: (804) 828-3199 hrweistr(a)vcu.edu Important Dates: Deadline for submissions of papers: February 1, 2010 Notification of initial acceptances: March 31, 2010 Deadline for revised papers: May 15, 2010 Notification of final acceptances: July 15, 2010 Deadline for final versions: September 1, 2010 Tentative Publication Date: December 2010 Submission Guidelines: Manuscripts should be prepared according to ITD's instructions to authors, available at http://itd.ist.unomaha.edu/submissionguide.htm, and submitted via email to both special issue editors simultaneously. _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

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Fwd: [AISWorld] CFC – Book on ePolitics and the Internet: Power and Social Change
by Gustaf Neumann 03 Jan '10

03 Jan '10

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] CFC – Book on ePolitics and the Internet: Power and Social Change Datum: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 19:43:03 -0500 Von: Celia Livermore <ak1667(a)wayne.edu> An: AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org Proposal Submission Deadline: January 15, 2010 * * *E-Politics and Organizational Implications of the Internet: Power, Influence and Social Change* A book edited by Dr. Celia Romm Livermore Wayne State University, USA To be published by IGI Global: http://www.igi-global.com/requests/details.asp?ID=776 * * *Introduction* When President Obama introduced social networking, e-mail, blogging and text messaging as the major means of communicating with his supporters, it was hailed as the first time that electronic media was utilized in American politics. The truth is, however, that ePolitics, which is defined here as “political activities that are undertaken via electronic media,” has been around for decades. The roots of ePolitics can be traced to the 1960s when the advent of the PC heralded a major shift in the power of the IT function within organizations relative to their role in previous decades. This resulted in the IT function in organizations becoming less powerful than it was before. A similar shift in power, but in the opposite direction, took place when the Internet and Internet related technologies (e.g., eCommerce, e-mail, social-networking services, etc.) became prominent. The new technologies heralded a new shift of power, with the IT department playing a central role again through the control of organizations’ intranets, extranets, centralized ERP systems, CRM systems, etc. Another area where ePolitics has manifests in the past two decades is electronically enabled organizational politics. Indeed, recent years have seen a proliferation of research activity on the political dynamics of virtual communities, including the utilization of electronic media to support community development (community informatics), the social dynamics of commercially supported communities of customers, the interactions within communities of gamers, learning communities, eDating communities, support group communities, and social networking communities, etc. Finally, a recent new area of manifestation for ePolitics involves the utilization of electronic media to support organized Party Politics. This area of research involves studies of the utilization of blogging, e-mail, social networking and text messaging by community activists and political parties. This new area of growth for ePolitics, as a research area, includes the study of technologies like e-voting to support political activities, eGovernment, etc. The utilization of electronic media in the 2008 Presidential campaign, particularly by the winning party, is one more example of this growing trend. To conclude, ePolitics is an emerging research area consisting of four major sub-areas: * The politics of the IT function and its role in organizations * Organizational politics that is enabled by electronic media * The electronically supported political activities of virtual communities, including geographically based communities (e.g., cities), professional communities, learning communities, communities of customers, social networking communities, etc. * Party politics that is enabled by electronic media * * *Objective of the Book* This book is intended to chart the boundaries and establish the foundations of ePolitics as an emerging interdisciplinary area of research and practice. For the very first time, researchers from all over the world will be invited to submit articles on the many interdisciplinary aspects of this exciting area of research. In addition, the book will offer a venue for new theoretical models on ePolitics and for empirical research on the manifestations of ePolitics in different contexts and different cultures. Given ePolitics interdisciplinary nature, the book will encompass aspects of ePolitics such as strategy, eCommerce, decision sciences, marketing, economics, psychology, sociology, anthropology, media studies, communication studies, women’s studies, black studies, political science, philosophy, law, criminology, and ethics. Theoretical aspects associated with technology diffusion, trust, community, information asymmetry, power, decision-making, privacy, supply and demand, culture and web design may also be relevant. * * *Target Audience* The target audience of this book will be professionals and researchers working in areas such as information technology, communication, social studies and political science. The book will provide insights and support students, researchers, and members of the general public who are interested in the impact that technology has on politics and the many manifestations that the interplay between the two has at this point in history. * * *Recommended topics include, but are not limited to the following:* * * *The politics of the IT function and its role in organizations* * The political activities of members of the IT function vis-à-vis the rest of the organization * Changes in the power of the IT unit as a function of the diffusion of new technologies * The strategies used by members of the IT unit to influence others * The impact of global issues such as outsourcing, downsizing, political upheavals, etc. on the political role played by the IT unit within organizations. * * *The politics of virtual communities * * The use of electronic media for industrial relations and negotiations with employers * The use of electronic media for surveillance manipulation and harassment in commercial and non-commercial environments * The impact of status and authority on electronically enabled political maneuvering by management and the effects of culture, race, and gender on political activities within and between organizations. * The political dynamics of geographically based communities (community informatics) * The political dynamics of virtual communities of practice, including learning communities, customers’ communities, eDating communities, gaming communities, support group communities, social networking communities, etc. * * *Party politics and social activism* * eVoting and electronically enabled eGovernment * The role electronic media in political campaigns. Including their impact on political debate, information sharing, political decision making, fund raising, etc. * As electronically enabled party politicking is becoming a global phenomenon, the utilization of ePolitics at all levels of governance, including the city, the state, the country and the global arenas. * * *Submission Procedure* Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before January 15, 2010, 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 January 22, 2010 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by April 1, 2010. 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, Business Science Reference, and Engineering Science Reference imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com <http://www.igi-global.com/>. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2011. * * *Important Dates* January 15, 2010: Proposal Submission Deadline January 22, 2010: Notification of Acceptance April 1, 2010: Full Chapter Submission June 15, 2010: Review Results Returned September 15, 2010: Final Chapter Submission November 1, 2010: Submission of All Materials to Publisher Inquiries and submissions should be forwarded electronically (Word document) to: Celia Romm Livermore (PhD) School of Business Administration Wayne State University Detroit, MI, 48202, USA E-mail address: ak1667(a)wayne.edu <mailto:ak1667@wayne.edu>

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Fwd: [AISWorld] Last CfP: Information Systems Special Issue on "Management and Engineering of Process Aware Information Systems" - deadline 15 January
by Gustaf Neumann 02 Jan '10

02 Jan '10

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] Last CfP: Information Systems Special Issue on "Management and Engineering of Process Aware Information Systems" - deadline 15 January Datum: Sun, 3 Jan 2010 08:20:14 +1000 Von: Jan Recker <j.recker(a)qut.edu.au> An: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org <aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org> Special Issue of the Journal "Information Systems" Management and Engineering of Process Aware Information Systems Process-aware information systems are at the heart of an ongoing trend that has seen the attention of information systems engineers and managers shift from data and objects to the processes that the information system is intended to support, enable or enact. This trend has resulted in a myriad of approaches to support the analysis, design, implementation, execution and maintenance of information systems, ranging from those supported by groupware to those supported by workflow management systems and more recently business process management systems. We subsume such different information systems with a "process focus" under the umbrella of Process-Aware Information Systems (PAIS). A PAIS is a work system that supports the delivery of products and/or services to customers by processing information on the basis of explicit process models. Process awareness has emerged as a guiding principle not only in the design and analysis of information systems, but also as a management discipline in its own right. As a result, PAIS are complex systems in which managerial and organizational aspects are often entangled with system analysis, design and implementation aspects. An integrated understanding of these complementary aspects is essential to reap the potential benefits of PAIS. However, management and engineering aspects of PAIS have to date mostly been studied separately. On the one hand, the information systems engineering community has concentrated on PAIS analysis, design and implementation, using for example case handling systems, workflow technology, business process management systems or service-oriented architectures. On the other hand, the information systems management community has focused on the impact of information systems technology to support process-oriented organizations, or the management of cultu! ral and organizational change to enable process improvement. Overall these research streams have remained isolated from one another, and no studies exist that fully embrace the holistic and boundary-spanning nature of PAIS. Scope and Aims The aim of this special issue is to provide a forum to bridge the viewpoints of the information systems engineering community and the information systems management community, as it pertains to PAIS. The special issue explicitly advocates multi-disciplinary approaches that expand and integrate isolated research efforts in engineering and management of PAIS, or that bridge design-oriented with behavioral IS research efforts. Of particular interest to the special issue are studies showing how management and organizational aspects have an impact on the design and implementation of business processes, or how emerging technology frameworks and paradigms (such as service-oriented architectures, Web 2.0 and cloud computing) affect the management and organization of PAIS. Accordingly, the special issue encourages studies that use a mixed or multiple-method approach spanning empirical research and design science. To facilitate this integrated perspective into PAIS, the editorial board of this special issue brings together researchers from the management and engineering communities of PAIS research and who have a commitment to fostering open dialogue and knowledge sharing between these communities. About the Journal Information Systems is an international, peer-reviewed journal published by Elsevier that publishes articles concerning the design and implementation of languages, data models, algorithms, software and hardware for information systems. Its current impact factor is 1.660 and its five-year impact factor is 2.261. http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/236/description Topics The special issue will solicit submissions that address any phenomenon or problem that can be ascribed to PAIS. Potential topics include but are not limited to: - success, failure and contingency models for PAIS - usability, effectiveness and efficiency studies of PAIS - PAIS-related standards, their development, adoption, and use - PAIS modeling and design methods - management of process model repositories - collaborative process modeling and PAIS-enabled process collaboration - open-source software for PAIS - service-oriented and cloud-based architectures for PAIS - PAIS monitoring and performance measurement - decision support in the context of PAIS - impact of emerging technology on PAIS management - flexibility and change management in PAIS - philosophical and methodological issues in research on PAIS - industry-specific requirements towards PAIS - learning and education in PAIS - PAIS lifecycle management - strategic alignment of PAIS - governance of PAIS Review Process All submissions will be peer-reviewed in accordance with the reviewing standards of the journal of Information Systems. This special issue follows a developmental review process. The objective is to apply very high standards of acceptance while ensuring fair, timely and efficient review cycles. The submissions will be reviewed by the editors, with the assistance of a group of invited domain experts. The editors will provide their recommendations and feedback to the authors for revision and development of the submitted papers. The objectives are to: (1) provide a timely turnaround so that authors get a clear indication of the reactions to their work, (2) enable promising works to develop into solid publishable material, (3) improve the success rates of high quality work by providing feedback at each developmental milestone and (4) ensure the high quality standards of IS in an efficient manner. The papers that successfully complete this stage will be invited to submit a revised version to the final peer review phase. Final acceptance decisions will be made after authors received the chance to respond to the second-round review, if required. Schedule Full initial paper submission deadline: 15 January 2010 1st round feedback: 15 April 2010 Revised paper submission deadline: 1 October 2010 2nd round feedback: 1 January 2011 Final paper submission deadline: 15 April 2011 Acceptance decision deadline: 15 May 2011 Camera-ready paper submission deadline: 15 June 2011 Publication of special issue: 4th quarter 2011 Submission Full manuscripts must be submitted via the online submission system for Information Systems (http://ees.elsevier.com/is/). Please indicate that this is a submission to the Special Issue on Engineering and Management of PAIS. Authors should follow the guidelines for submissions to Information Systems, available from the Elsevier homepage: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/236/authorinst… Manuscripts typically do not exceed 30 pages in length. Guest Editors: Marlon Dumas, University of Tartu, Estonia Jan Recker, Queensland University of Technology. Australia. Mathias Weske, HPI, University of Potsdam, Germany. Editor Bios Dr Marlon Dumas is Professor of Software Engineering at University of Tartu, Estonia. From 2000 to 2007, he held various academic appointments at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia. He has also been visiting professor at University of Grenoble (France) and visiting researcher at SAP Research, Australia. His research interests include Business Process Management, Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Technology. His research findings have been published in journals such as ACM Transactions on Software Engineering Methodology, IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering and IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering. He was program co-chair of the 6th International Conference on Business Process Management (BPM 2008). He holds two patents in the field of BPM, and several other pending patent applications. He is co-editor of a textbook on Process-Aware Information Systems (John Wiley and Sons, 2005). Dr Jan Recker is Senior Lecturer in the Information Systems Discipline and leader of the Process Design research program at Queensland University of Technology. His main areas of research include methods and extensions for business process design and the usage of process design in organizational practice. He has been the author of more than 75 journal articles and conference papers on these topics, including publications in the Journal of the Association for Information Systems, Information Systems, the European Journal of Information Systems, the Communications of the Association for Information Systems, the Australasian Journal of Information Systems, the Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems, and others. Jan is a member of the editorial board of two international journals and serves on the program committee of various IS conferences. Dr Mathias Weske is Professor of Computer Science and chair of the business process technology research group at Hasso Plattner Institute at University of Potsdam, Germany. His research interests include business process modelling and analysis, process choreographies, modelling methodologies, and service computing. He leads Oryx, an open source project on business process management. Dr. Weske has published over 80 scientific papers and twelve books, including a textbook on business process management. He is on the steering committee of the BPM conference series. He is a member of ACM, IEEE, and GI, and he is the chairperson of EMISA, the German Computer Science Society Special Interest Group on Development Methods for Information Systems and their Application. _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

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Fwd: [computational.science] CFP: D-SPAN 2010 - IEEE International Workshop on Data Security and PrivAcy in wireless Networks
by Gustaf Neumann 02 Jan '10

02 Jan '10

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [computational.science] CFP: D-SPAN 2010 - IEEE International Workshop on Data Security and PrivAcy in wireless Networks Datum: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:19:29 -0500 Von: Nan Zhang <nzhang10(a)gwu.edu> Organisation: "ICCSA" An: Computational Science Mailing List <computational.science(a)lists.iccsa.org> [Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message.] D-SPAN 2010 1st International Workshop on Data Security and PrivAcy in wireless Networks (D-SPAN) In conjunction with WoWMoM 2010 Monday, June 14, 2010, Montreal, QC, Canada (Submissions due February 4, 2010) Workshop website: http://home.gwu.edu/~nzhang10/DSPAN2010/ Submission website: https://cmt.research.microsoft.com/DSPAN2010/ --- CALL FOR PAPERS --- D-SPAN 2010, the First International Workshop on Data Security and PrivAcy in wireless Networks (D-SPAN), is focused on defining new problems and developing novel techniques for data security and privacy issues in wireless and mobile networks. With the emergence of data-intensive wireless networks such as wireless sensor networks and data-centric mobile applications such as location-based services, the traditional boundaries between these three disciplines are blurring. This workshop solicits papers from two main categories: (1) papers that consider the security and privacy of data collection, transmission, storage, publishing, and sharing in wireless networks broadly defined, e.g., MANET, cellular, vehicular, ad hoc, cognitive, as well as sensor networks, and (2) papers that use data analytics techniques to address security and privacy problems in wireless networks. The workshop provides a venue for researchers to present new ideas with impact on three communities ‚Äì wireless networks, databases, and security. All accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings published by the IEEE Computer Society Press. --- TOPICS OF INTEREST --- The list of topics includes, but not limited to, * Fundamental theory of a security network science * Key exchange, distribution and management in wireless networks * Location privacy in wireless networks * Secure data collection and aggregation for wireless sensor networks * Secure data collection in body-area networks * Secure data processing in mobile ad-hoc networks (MANET) * Secure query processing over wireless sensor networks * Security and privacy of RFID systems * Security and privacy for data streaming * Security for cognitive radio networks * Tradeoffs between Security and Communication Performance --- Organization --- General Co-Chairs - Sajal K. Das, The University of Texas at Arlington and NSF - Peng Ning, North Carolina State University Program Co-Chairs - Wade Trappe, Rutgers University - Nan Zhang, George Washington University Keynote and Panel Chair - Xiuzhen (Susan) Cheng, George Washington University Program committee member list is available at http://home.gwu.edu/~nzhang10/DSPAN2010/ --- SUBMISSION GUIDELINES --- Submission website: https://cmt.research.microsoft.com/DSPAN2010/ We welcome original, unpublished manuscripts for 6-pages papers inclusive of all references and figures. Papers should report completed results. Vision papers and descriptions of work-in-progress are also welcomed as short paper submissions (4 pages). Papers must be written in English, and formatted according to the IEEE proceeding format. --- IMPORTANT DATES --- All deadlines are at 5:00pm, Pacific Standard Time. * Paper submission: Thursday, February 4, 2010 * Author notification: Monday, March 8, 2010 * Camera ready version: Thursday, March 25, 2010 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: computational.science-unsubscribe(a)lists.iccsa.org For additional commands, e-mail: computational.science-help(a)lists.iccsa.org

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Fwd: The First CFP of IEEE ICEBE 2010 Conference
by Gustaf Neumann 02 Jan '10

02 Jan '10

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: The First CFP of IEEE ICEBE 2010 Conference Datum: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 15:34:57 +0800 Von: ICEBE2010 <icebe2010(a)gmail.com> An: icebe2010(a)gmail.com Dear Friends, Thanks for your contribution to previous ICEBEs. Next year, ICEBE will be held in Shanghai. Please continue to contribute to the 7th ICEBE. We would like to wish you a happy holidays and best wishes for 2010. See you in Shanghai on Oct. 2010. Best regards, Ci-Wei Lan On Behalf of Organizing Committee, IEEE ICEBE 2010 ----------- 2010 IEEE 7th International Conference on e-Business Engineering (ICEBE 2010) http://conferences.computer.org/icebe/ October 21-23, 2010, Shanghai, China *** Important Dates *** April 15, 2010: Paper Submission June 15, 2010: Notification of acceptance July 15, 2010: Final manuscripts due October 21, 2010: Conference starts *** Scope and Topics *** ICEBE is a high-quality international forum for researchers and practitioners from different areas of computer science and information systems to exchange their latest findings and experiences, as well as to help shape the future of IT-transformed consumers, enterprises, governments and markets. The conference scope spans the areas of Web, databases, service science, multimedia, information systems and electronic marketplaces. The main tracks include but not limited to: - Software Engineering for e-Business Track - Data and Knowledge Management for e-Business Track - Service Engineering Track - Integration and Collaboration Track - Security, Privacy and Open Source Track - Mobile and Pervasive Commerce Track - Industrial Experiences and Applications Track The conference will take place on 21-23 October, 2010 at Fudan University, Shanghai, China In addition to paper presentations from the delegates, the program includes keynote speeches, panel discussions, poster sessions, and several co-located Workshops or Symposiums. *** General Chairs *** - Jen-Yao Chung, IBM T J Watson Research *** Organized by *** - IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Electronic Commerce *** Hosted by *** - Fudan University

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Fwd: [AISWorld] AMCIS 2010 CFP - Knowledge Management in Information Systems Development minitrack
by Gustaf Neumann 01 Jan '10

01 Jan '10

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] AMCIS 2010 CFP - Knowledge Management in Information Systems Development minitrack Datum: Fri, 1 Jan 2010 13:59:20 +0200 Von: Meira Levy <meirale(a)bezeqint.net> An: <aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org> AMCIS 2010 - Call for Papers Mini-Track: Knowledge Management in Information Systems Development Co-Chairs: Irit Hadar, Department of Management Information Systems, University of Haifa, hadari(a)mis.haifa.ac.il Meira Levy, Department of Industrial Engineering& Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, lmeira(a)bgu.ac.il Knowledge management (KM) has been recognized as an essential component of knowledge-intensive processes, such as information systems development. Current software development processes suffer all too often from inappropriate projects cost and duration estimations, cancelation and failures. The developed software product is frequently found fragile and unreliable; having security defects; not fully complying with the requirements; difficult to upgrade, and more. These problems occur because software products are complex, hard to understand, and vulnerable, as a single mistake can cause at times an entire system failure. Moreover, communication between developers and end-users is an essential and challenging issue. Often occurring miscommunications lead to inadequate requirements' understanding resulting in bad system design and implementation. Knowledge management can facilitate information systems development by enabling reuse of development experience, processes and products. Current KM systems enable to organize the accumulated experience for better storage and retrieval and open internal communication channels within the development teams and external communication channels between the organization and the end-users, throughout the development and integration process. Thus, KM has the potential to increase information systems development efficiency, producing better software products and increasing the organization's success, from both financial and end-users' satisfaction perspectives. This mini-track will focus on research that examines real settings where KM was embedded in information systems development processes, evaluating its role and influence on the process and its outcomes. Suggested topics: - Tools and technologies for managing knowledge within IS development processes - Methodologies for embedding KM practices in IS development - Empirical evidence for implementing KM in IS development process - Key performance indicators (KPI's) for evaluating the influence of KM - Incentive programs for enhancing KM adoption - KM in world-wide distributed development teams - KM influence on end-users' satisfaction Important dates: February 26, 2010 Deadline for paper submissions April 12, 2010 Notification of acceptance April 26, 2010 Final copy due Instructions for authors: The entire paper should be no more than 5,000 words, including all materials and sections such as figures, tables, and references. All conference submissions will be double-blind, peer reviewed, and must be submitted using the online submission system at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/amcis2010. For complete instructions for authors and information about the conference, visit the AMCIS 2010 website at http://www.amcis2010.org _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

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