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Fwd: [AISWorld] AMCIS CFP
by Gustaf Neumann 10 Dec '10

10 Dec '10

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] AMCIS CFP Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 08:39:30 -0500 From: Stuart D. Galup <sgalup(a)fau.edu> Reply-To: sgalup(a)fau.edu Organization: Florida Atlantic University To: <aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org> CC: FAU-Stuart Galup <sgalup(a)fau.edu> *Mini-track:*Managing IT services for Efficiency and Effectiveness *Track:**Information Technology Services and Sourcing* *Min-track Chair(s):* John Beachboard College of Business Idaho State University (208) 282-3583 beach(a)isu.edu <mailto:beach@isu.edu> Stuart Galup College of Business Florida Atlantic University (954) 762-5616 sgalup(a)fau.edu *Description:* The goal of this track is to solicit rigorous research advancing knowledge regarding the development and evaluation of IT service management life-cycle services and processes that directly contribute to the efficiency and effectiveness of critical business services and/or processes.IT and business alignment remains a top management concern identified by senior IT executives (Luftman, et al. 2009).The inclusion of IT service strategy development in the most recently published version of the IT Infrastructure Library v.3(ITIL^® )service management framework implicitly recognizes the importance of IT and business alignment.ITIL and the many vendor published IT service management (ITSM) frameworks describe a comprehensive set of processes and practices intended to ensure such strategic IT alignment the efficient and effective delivery of IT services. With the adoption of ITSM frameworks, industry and government are seeking high quality research that can be used to evaluate and improve ITSM practice.The IT Service Management Forum (itSMF), the U.S. body of an international industry consortium dedicated to promoting ITSM practices, is interested in encouraging ITSM-related research and is working in conjunction with the AIS-SIGSVC to include papers submitted to this track in a research paper competition.Authors of winning papers will be invited to present their research at the 2011 itSMF Fusion Conference to be held in National Harbor, MD. Both finished research and research in process are solicited; please clearly mark which type the submission is.Possible topics of applied, field and empirical research include, but are not limited to: ·Theories, challenges and impacts of business adoption of a services orientation ·Business process integration and management (BPM) of services ·Service level management theory and practice ·Theories, challenges and impacts of servitizing IT organizations ·Service Oriented Information architecture, systems and management ·Service systems, components, platforms, technologies, architectures ·Customer Integration in service design, delivery and operation ·Services innovation & management ·Service business models ; issues of excellence and productivity ·Services governance and risk management or legal aspects of services ·Rich empirical cases suitable for pedagogical use exploring specific ITSM practices and challenges in the areas of service strategy development, service design and service operations ·Other services related topics · *Important Dates:* *12/30/2010 * AIS Review System will begin accepting submissions for AMCIS 2011 *02/17/2011* Submission deadline *03/24/2011* Authors notified of paper acceptance decision *04/21/2011* Camera-Ready Papers due Best wishes, Dr. Stuart D. Galup Certified Computing Professional Certified ITIL Expert (certified in all Intermediate Lifecycle and Compatibility Streams) Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT Consultant/Manager Competence Certificate in ITSM according to ISO/IEC 20000 Information Technology & Operations Management College of Business Florida Atlantic University Office Telephone: 954-762-5616 Website: http://itom.fau.edu/sgalup/

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Fwd: [AISWorld] JAIS Special Issue: Expanding the Frontiers of IS Research
by Gustaf Neumann 10 Dec '10

10 Dec '10

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] JAIS Special Issue: Expanding the Frontiers of IS Research Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 13:31:06 +0000 From: Nicholas Berente <berente(a)uga.edu> To: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org <aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org> Special issue: “Expanding the Frontiers of Information Systems Research.” JAIS Reseach Perspectives. We invite you to contribute to this special issue, where we encourage expansive, ambitious “Research Perspectives” articles that highlight the potential for our discipline to contribute broadly. See the call for papers on the JAIS website: http://aisel.aisnet.org/jais/JAIS_Expanding_Frontiers_Call3.pdf From the call: "The goal of this special issue is to inspire, to provoke, and to challenge. We encourage submissions with radical goals, ambitious thinking, and a positive, proactive view of the IS discipline’s potential to improve relevant scholarship, and by doing so perhaps the world." Deadline for submissions: March 28, 2011 Please contact us if you have questions. We encourage authors to contact one of the special issue editors with an outline or extended abstract before the submission deadline for feedback. Best Regards, Special Issue Editors: Cynthia Beath, University of Texas at Austin, Cynthia.Beath(a)mccombs.utexas.edu Nicholas Berente, University of Georgia, berente(a)uga.edu Kalle Lyytinen, Case Western Reserve Unviersity, kalle(a)case.edu Special Issue Editorial Team: J.P. Allen, University of San Francisco Soon Ang, Nanyang Technological University Corey Angst, University of Notre Dame Michel Avital, University of Amsterdam Genevieve Bassellier, McGill University Marie-Claude Boudreau, University of Georgia Andrew Burton-Jones, University of British Columbia Brian Butler, University of Pittsburgh Dubravka Cecez-Kecmanovic, University of New South Wales Jan Damsgaard, Copenhagen Business School Uri Gal, University of Sydney Mike Gallivan, Georgia State University Sean Hansen, Rochester Institute of Technology Ole Hanseth, University of Oslo Ola Henfridsson, The Viktoria Institute Rudy Hirschheim, Louisiana State University Jonny Holmstroem, Umeå University Dirk Hovorka, Bond University Blake Ives, University of Houston Sirkka Jarvenpaa, University of Texas at Austin Jannis Kallinikos, London School of Economics Giovan Francesco Lanzara, University of Bologna Lars Mathiassen, Georgia State University Harrison McKnight, Michigan State University Nigel Melville, University of Michigan Solomon Negash, Kennesaw State Univeristy Jeffrey Parsons, Memorial University of Newfoundland Paul Pavlou, Temple University Jacqueline Pike, Duquesne University Neil Ramiller, Portland State University Yuqing Ren, University of Minnesota Michael Rosemann, Queensland University of Technology Matti Rossi, Helsinki School of Economics Frantz Rowe, Université de Nantes Carol Saunders, University of Central Florida Leiser Silva, University of Houston Sandra Slaughter, Georgia Institute of Technology Bernard Tam, National University of Singapore Robin Teigland, Stockholm School of Economics Joe Valacich, Washington State University Jan vom Brocke, Hochschule Liechtenstein Molly Wasko, University of Alabama at Birmingham -- Nick Berente Terry College of Business University of Georgia www.berente.com (440) 725-6150 berente(a)uga.edu

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Fwd: [AISWorld] CFP: CAiSE Workshop on Ontology-Driven IS Engineering
by Gustaf Neumann 10 Dec '10

10 Dec '10

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] CFP: CAiSE Workshop on Ontology-Driven IS Engineering Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 15:36:26 +0000 From: Sergio de Cesare <sergio.decesare(a)gmail.com> To: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org *** Call for Papers *** 3rd International Workshop on Ontology-Driven Information Systems Engineering co-located with CAiSE 2011 (London, 20-24 June 2011) http://people.brunel.ac.uk/~cssrssc/events/odise2011 THEME Information systems (IS) Engineering has progressed considerably over the decades. Numerous advances, such as improved development methodologies, languages that enforce recognised software engineering principles and sophisticated CASE tools, have helped to increase the quality of IS. Regardless of such progress many IS Engineering projects remain unsuccessful (e.g., fail to meet stakeholder requirements, run excessively over budget and far beyond the deadlines initially scheduled). As the literature points out, most of these problems are due to (1) the difficulties of capturing and knowing the business requirements of a living organisational system, (2) realising such requirements in software designs and implementations and (3) maintaining an effective level of synchronicity between the needs of the living system and its information system. The causes underlying such problems are diverse and difficult to identify. Nonetheless it is plausible to assume that at the heart of such IS Engineering problems is the difficulty to conceptualise an organisational system and its real-world problem domains. Ontologies are rapidly becoming mainstream within IS engineering as a means to create conceptual models of the real world that are both formalised and semantically accurate. Whilst ontologies have been in recent times widely researched by the Semantic Web and Artificial Intelligence communities, limited research has been conducted on how ontologies can help to shape and improve IS Engineering in terms of both the development process and the conceptual/physical artefacts produced. Ontologies have the potential to positively drive all phases of the IS lifecycle, from business modelling to implementation, and contribute to shape Information Systems Engineering so as to more effectively evolve software solutions that align with organisational requirements and address the issues emerging from large complex families of IT systems. This workshop is aimed at promoting, investigating and discussing Ontology-Driven Information Systems Engineering (ODISE, pronounced odyssey) by bringing together researchers and industrial practitioners interested is ways in which ontologies can impact IS Engineering. The scope of ODISE includes broad areas such as: (1) Foundational ontological principles and paradigms that can influence novel or existing modelling/programming languages; (2) Improved traceability between phases and modelled artefacts via ontologies; and (3) Ways in which ontologies drive or refine typical development phases and the lifecycle as a whole. More specifically topics include, but are not limited to: - Ontology as a means to inform the process of gathering requirements. - Ontology as a means to inform architecture development directly from requirements specifications. - Ontology as a means to inform the software design directly from the architecture specification. - Ontology as a means to model the software development process and the software product itself. - Ontologies as run-time artefacts or to inform the design of run-time artefacts. - The role of ontology reasoning in the software engineering process. - The role of ontologies in model-driven development. - Philosophical ontologies (3D vs. 4D) and their role in IS development - Comparison of different ODISE mechanisms (e.g. domain-specific modelling, profiling, etc.). - Comparison of the role of foundational ontologies vs. domain ontologies in ODISE. - Ontology driven development of service software. - Methodological issues for ODISE. - Problems of semantic mismatch between traditional IS modelling paradigms, approaches, techniques, etc. and ontological modelling. - Ontology-based development/modelling/programming languages. The ODISE workshop is aimed at promoting discussion among the workshop participants, identifying key research areas of Ontology-Driven Information Systems Engineering and fostering future research collaborations in the form of joint research projects and/or papers. IMPORTANT DATES Paper abstracts: 14 February 2011 Paper submissions: 21 February 2011 Notification of acceptance: 7 March 2011 Camera-ready copies: 28 March 2011 Workshop: 20 or 21 June 2011 SUBMISSION Authors are invited to submit papers by e-mail to Sergio de Cesare (sergio.decesare(a)brunel.ac.uk), the workshop's primary contact. Submissions can be in the form of full research papers or experience reports (up to 10 pages) or short position papers (up to 6 pages). Accepted research papers will be published in the CAiSE 2011 workshop proceedings with Springer's Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing (LNBIP). Please note that experience reports and position papers will only be published on the workshop Web site only. ORGANISERS Sergio de Cesare (Brunel University, U.K.) Frederik Gailly (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium) Grant Holland (NuTech Solutions, USA) Mark Lycett (Brunel University, U.K.) Chris Partridge (BORO Solutions, U.K.) _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

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Fwd: [computational.science] [WISTP 2011] Submission deadline approaching (December 15, 2010)
by Gustaf Neumann 10 Dec '10

10 Dec '10

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [computational.science] [WISTP 2011] Submission deadline approaching (December 15, 2010) Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 12:44:33 +0200 From: sara.foresti(a)unimi.it Reply-To: sara.foresti(a)unimi.it Organization: "ICCSA" To: Computational Science Mailing List <computational.science(a)lists.iccsa.org> [Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message] Due to several requests the deadline is extended to December 15, 2010 ***************** CALL FOR PAPERS ***************** FIFTH WORKSHOP IN INFORMATION SECURITY THEORY AND PRACTICE (WISTP 2011) Security and Privacy of Mobile Devices in Wireless Communication June 1-3, 2011, Heraklion, Crete, Greece - http://www.wistp.org/ WISTP 2011 BACKGROUND AND GOALS Technical enhancements of mobile network infrastructures and the availability of powerful mobile devices are rapidly changing the way in which users interact and communicate in everyday life. These devices include but not limited to PDAs, mobile phones, smart cards, wireless sensors, and RFID tags. Among the main common features of these devices include constraint resources and wireless communications. WISTP 2011 aims to address the security and privacy issues that are increasingly exposed by mobile communications and related services, along with evaluating their impact on individuals, and the society at large. The workshop seeks submissions from academia and industry presenting novel research on all theoretical and practical aspects of security and privacy of mobile and smart devices, as well as experimental studies of fielded systems based on wireless communication, the application of security technology, the implementation of systems, and lessons learned. We encourage submissions from other communities such as law and business that present these communities' perspectives on technological issues. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Authentication and access control * Ad hoc networks security and privacy * Biometrics, national ID cards * Data security and privacy * Digital rights management * Embedded systems security * Human and psychological aspects of security * Identity management * Information assurance and trust management * Intrusion detection and information filtering * Lightweight cryptography * Mobile and ubiquitous network security * Mobile codes security * Mobile commerce security * Mobile devices security * Privacy enhancing technologies * RFID systems security * Secure self-organization and self-configuration * Security in location services * Security metrics * Security models and architectures * Security of GSM/GPRS/UMTS systems * Security and privacy policies * Security protocols * Smart card security * Vehicular network security and privacy * Wireless communication security and privacy * Wireless sensor network security and privacy IMPORTANT DATES Paper Submission due: December 15, 2010 (midnight Samoa time) *firm deadline* Notification to authors: February 5, 2011 Author registration: March 1, 2011 Camera-ready due: March 1, 2011 SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Submissions must not substantially overlap papers that have been published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or conference/workshop with proceedings. Each submission should be at most 16 pages in total in the Springer?s LNCS format (http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0). All submissions should be anonymous (i.e., no author names/affiliations and obvious citations). Submissions are to be made to the submission web site (http://www.wistp.org/submission-details/). Only pdf files will be accepted. Submissions not meeting these guidelines risk rejection without consideration of their merits. Accepted papers will be published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series (http://www.springeronline.com/lncs), and the proceedings will be available at the workshop. The camera-ready version of the accepted papers must follow Springer guidelines (a Latex source file will be required). If a submitted paper is mainly the work of a student author, this paper is eligible for the best student paper award. To participate in this selection process, please add the word "STUDENT" in the affiliation field in the submission form. Authors of accepted papers must guarantee that their papers will be presented at the workshop. At least one author of each accepted paper is required to register with the workshop and present the paper. For authors presenting multiple papers, one normal registration is valid for up to two papers. WISTP 2011 COMMITTEES AND CHAIRS General Chairs * Ioannis Askoxylakis, FORTH-ICS, Greece * Demosthenes Ikonomou, ENISA, Greece Program Chairs * Jianying Zhou, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore * Claudio Ardagna, Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Italy Workshop/Panel/Tutorial Chair * Damien Sauveron, University of Limoges, France Publicity Chairs * Cheng-Kang Chu, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore * Sara Foresti, Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Italy Local Organization * Theodosia Bitzou, FORTH-ICS, Greece * Alison Manganas, FORTH-ICS, Greece * Nikolaos Petroulakis, FORTH-ICS, Greece (Chair) Program Committee * Rafael Accorsi, University of Freiburg, Germany * Vijay Atluri, Rutgers University, USA * Angelos Bilas, FORTH-ICS& University of Crete, Greece * Carlo Blundo, University of Salerno, Italy * Marco Casassa Mont, HP Labs, UK * Cheng-Kang Chu, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore * Sabrina De Capitani di Vimercati, Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Italy * Xuhua Ding, Singapore Management University, Singapore * Josep Lluis Ferrer-Gomila, Universidad de las Islas Baleares, Spain * Sara Foresti, Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Italy * Bok-Min Goi, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia * Stefanos Gritzalis, University of the Aegean, Greece * Guofei Gu, Texas A&M University, USA * Jaap-Henk Hoepman, TNO and Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands * Yih-Chun Hu, University of Illinois, USA * Michael Huth, Imperial College London, UK * Hongxia Jin, IBM Almaden Research Center, USA * Sokratis Katsikas, University of Piraeus, Greece * Miroslaw Kutylowski, Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland * Jin Kwak, Soonchunhyang University, Korea * Costas Lambrinoudakis, University of the Aegean, Greece * Peng Liu, Pennsylvania State University, USA * Javier Lopez, University of Malaga, Spain * Wenjing Lou, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA * Mark Manulis, Technische Universitat Darmstadt, Germany * Fabio Martinelli, IIT-CNR, Italy * Carlos Maziero, Pontifical Catholic University, Brazil * Chris Mitchell, Royal Holloway University of London, UK * Katerina Mitrokotsa, EPFL, Switzerland * Jose Onieva, University of Malaga, Spain * Ferruh Ozbudak, Middle East Technical University, Turkey * Stefano Paraboschi, University of Bergamo, Italy * Gerardo Pelosi, University of Bergamo, Italy * Raphael Phan, Loughborough University, UK * Joachim Posegga, University of Passau, Germany * Jean-Jacques Quisquater, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium * Jason Reid, Queensland University of Technology, Australia * Kui Ren, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA * Reihaneh Safavi-Naini, University of Calgary, Canada * Kouichi Sakurai, Kyushu University, Japan * Gokay Saldamli, Bogazici University, Turkey * Pierangela Samarati, Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Italy * Jose Maria Sierra, Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain * Miguel Soriano, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain * Willy Susilo, University of Wollongong, Australia * Tsuyoshi Takagi, Kyushu University, Japan * Michael Tunstall, University of Bristol, UK * Wen-Guey Tzeng, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan * Jian Weng, Jinan University, China * Chunxiang Xu, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China * Chan Yeob Yeun, Khalifa University of Science, Technology& Research, UAE * Heung-Youl Youm, Soonchunhyang University, Korea WISTP Steering Committee * Angelos Bilas, FORTH-ICS& University of Crete, Greece * Konstantinos Markantonakis, Royal Holloway University of London, UK * Jean-Jacques Quisquater, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium * Pierangela Samarati, Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Italy * Damien Sauveron, University of Limoges, France * Michael Tunstall, University of Bristol, UK SPONSOR * IFIP WG 11.2 Pervasive Systems Security For further inquiries, please contact Damien Sauveron at damien.sauveron(a)unilim.fr This call for papers and additional information about the conference can be found at http://www.wistp.org/ Program chairs can be contacted at wistp2011(a)unimi.it --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] CFP - International Workshop on Software and Services for IT Convergence, May 23-25, 2011
by Gustaf Neumann 10 Dec '10

10 Dec '10

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] CFP - International Workshop on Software and Services for IT Convergence, May 23-25, 2011 Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 04:03:38 -0500 From: Vijay Sugumaran <sugumara(a)oakland.edu> To: <aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org> *International Workshop on Software and Services for IT Convergence (SSIC 2011)* May 23 -- 25, 2011 Ramada Plaza Hotel, Jeju Island, Korea *(*To be held in conjunction with CNSI 2011) Best papers will be selected and recommended for possible publication in IJIIT (/International Journal of Intelligent Information Technologies/ -- http://www.idea-group.com/ijiit) ** With globalization and heavy competition, companies are increasingly using information technology to improve their efficiency, deliver high quality products quicker and cheaper to the market place, innovate and gain competitive advantage. With the advent of Web and other enabling technologies such as Bio and Nano technologies, there is a growing trend in the convergence of information and communication technologies in a number of sectors. For example, in the traditional manufacturing industry, IT convergence is used to reduce risks and production costs as well as improve new product design. In the agriculture sector, IT convergence is revolutionizing farming and cultivation. Agricultural products, grown under automated systems (plant factories) and eco-friendly plant management information systems are in demand. Fisheries use IT convergence applications to create eco-friendly aquacultures. Software and Services have always been associated with IT convergence. However, currently they take on added importance since the newer computing environments help design better software and services that accelerate IT convergence. The case in point is IT convergence in the telecommunications industry. As the telecom and IT industries converge, there is a great need for the convergence of software across the two domains. One issue is the underlying software engineering methodology for creating ICT convergence applications. Telecom engineers and software engineers traditionally use different approaches when developing services and applications. Should there be a unified modeling and design approach? The purpose of this workshop is to provide a forum for academics and practitioners to identify and explore the issues, opportunities, and solutions that promote IT convergence, particularly from the view point of software engineering and service science. Increasing number of IT convergence solutions are being developed in different application domains employing a variety of techniques. This workshop is intended to increase cross-fertilization of ideas from these domains, and share the lessons learned. It is expected to serve as the spring-board for gathering and disseminating experiences gained in implementing and integrating IT convergence systems and services in an industrial setting. Topics of interest to the workshop include, but are not limited to: ·Software engineering and IT Convergence ·Analysis and design of IT Convergence solutions ·Requirements analysis for IT Convergence systems ·Service modeling and design for IT Convergence ·Architecture and design issues for IT Convergence ·Service oriented architecture for IT Convergence ·Service Life Cycle and IT Convergence ·Business models for IT Convergence solutions ·Business Agility and IT Convergence ·Innovation management for IT Convergence ·Open source software and IT Convergence ·New product and service development ·Evolution of IT Convergence systems ·Role of Internet in IT Convergence process ·Impact of regulatory and pricing policies on IT Convergence ·IT Convergence in Shipping, Automotive, Construction and Robotics ·IT Convergence and Green IT ·Telecommunication and IT Convergence ·IT Convergence in Healthcare and Wellness ·Agriculture and IT Convergence ·Security, Privacy and Trust issues in IT Convergence applications ·Intelligent Systems and Knowledge Management Systems for IT Convergence ·IT Convergence solutions in other domains *Workshop Co-Chairs* Sooyong Park, Sogang University (sypark(a)sogang.ac.kr <mailto:sypark@sogang.ac.kr>) Vijayan Sugumaran, Oakland University and Sogang University (sugumara(a)oakland.edu <mailto:sugumara@oakland.edu>) *Important Dates* Full Paper Submission: Jan 25, 2011 Acceptance Notification: Feb 25, 2011 Camera-Ready Papers & Registration: March 15, 2011 Conference Dates: May 23 - May 25, 2011 ======================================== Vijayan Sugumaran, Ph.D Professor of Management Information Systems Decision and Information Sciences Department School of Business Administration Oakland University Rochester, MI 48309 Phone: 248.370.2831 Fax: 248.370.4275 ========================================

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Fwd: [WI] WI-IAT 2011 -- Call for Workshop Proposals
by Gustaf Neumann 10 Dec '10

10 Dec '10

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [WI] WI-IAT 2011 -- Call for Workshop Proposals Date: 10 Dec 2010 15:34:23 +0900 From: wic-office(a)wi-consortium.org To: wi(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de * Apologies for cross-posting * Call for Workshop Proposals The 2011 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conferences on Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology August 22-27, 2011, Lyon, France http://wi-iat-2011.org The Program Committees of the 2011 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Joint Conference on Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology (WI-IAT'11) invite proposals for Workshops. The Workshops will be held within the Conference, August, 22, 2011 at Lyon, France. The main goal of the WI-IAT'11 workshops is to stimulate and facilitate active exchange, interaction and comparison of approaches, methods and ideas related to specific topics, both theoretical and applied, in the general areas related to Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology. The workshops will provide an informal setting where participants will have the opportunity to discuss specific technical topics in an atmosphere that fosters the active exchange of ideas. The workshop organizers will be responsible for advertising the workshop, forming the program committees, reviewing and selecting the papers, and guaranteeing a high quality worthy of the prestige and range of the Conference. All papers accepted for workshops will be included in the Workshop Proceedings published by IEEE Computer Society Press and will be available at the workshops. The workshop organizers will also have the discretion of editing selected papers (after their expansion and revision) into books or special journal issues. Workshops may be full-day or half-day. A full-day workshop should select 10-14 regular papers, while a half-day workshop should select 5-7 regular papers, from a large number of submissions. Submissions accepted as workshop papers will be allocated 4 pages in the proceedings. The workshop organizers should ensure the presence of authors of accepted papers at the workshops. Optionally, the workshop may be started or concluded by a panel focusing on interesting aspects, controversial issues, or unsolved problems to stimulate lively, thoughtful, and thought-provoking debate; we expect the workshop organizers to actively engage the audience and help them gain a deeper understanding of the issues. The goal of a panel is to debate and thus panels should always reflect more than one point of view. Workshop Proposals Submission: ----------------------------- Workshop organizers should submit their proposals (PDF) directly to the three Workshop Chairs via e-mail (see their email addresses below). Workshop proposals should include the following elements: - Title of the workshop - Names of workshop organizers, affiliation, mailing address and e-mail address - Short CV of organizers - A description of the topics of the workshop (not exceeding 200 words) - Type of the workshop (full-day or half-day) - A description of how the workshop will contribute to the field of Web Intelligence and/or Intelligent Agent Technology - A short description on how the workshop will be advertised so as to ensure a sufficiently wide range of authors and high quality papers - Information about previous offerings of the proposed workshop. Topics of Interest ------------------ Each workshop subject will focus on new research challenges and initiatives in Web Intelligence (WI) and Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT). The workshops should provide an informal and vibrant forum for researchers and industry practitioners to share their research results and practical development experiences in these two fields. Suggested, workshop topics include, but are not limited to: - Intelligent e-Technology (including e-Science, e-Business, e-Things and e-Activities, e-Learning, e-Finance, e-Medicine, e-Government, e-Community) - Intelligent Human-Web Interaction - Intelligent Distributed Robots - Distributed Intelligence - Knowledge Grids and Grid Intelligence - Semantics and Ontology Engineering - Sensing Web and Smart World - Social Networks and Ubiquitous Intelligence - Ubiquitous Computing - Web Agents - Web Information Filtering and Retrieval - Web Mining and Farming - Web Data Management - Web Scale Commonsense Knowledge Processing - Web Security, Integrity, Privacy and Trust - Web Services and Grid Services - Web Support Systems - World Wide Wisdom Web (W4) - Convergence of email, instant messaging and social-network tools - Agent Systems Modeling and Methodology - Autonomous Knowledge and Information Agents - Autonomous Auctions and Negotiation - Autonomy-Oriented Computing (AOC) - Learning and Self-Adapting Agents Important Dates --------------- Workshop proposal submission: December 17, 2010 Notification to workshop proposers: January 7, 2011 Workshop paper submissions: March 21, 2011 Notification of Workshop paper acceptance: June 1, 2011 Workshops and Industry day: August 22, 2011 Workshop Co-Chairs --------------- Jomi F. Hubner (Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brasil, jomi(a)das.ufsc.br) Jean-Marc Petit (INSA, France,jean-marc.petit(a)insa-lyon.fr) Einoshin Suzuki (Kyushu University, Japan,suzuki(a)inf.kyushu-u.ac.jp) -- Mailing-Liste: wi(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de Administrator: wi-admin(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de Konfiguration: https://www.lists.uni-karlsruhe.de/sympa/info/wi

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Fwd: [AISWorld] CFC: AMCIS 2011 mini-track in Engineering and Management for IT-based Services Systems: a Systems Approach
by Gustaf Neumann 09 Dec '10

09 Dec '10

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] CFC: AMCIS 2011 mini-track in Engineering and Management for IT-based Services Systems: a Systems Approach Datum: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 12:40:17 -0600 (CST) Von: Manuel Mora T. <mmora(a)securenym.net> Antwort an: mmora(a)securenym.net An: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org CC: ogelman(a)servidor.unam.mx --------------------------------------------------------------------------- AMCIS 2011 / August 4-7, 2011 / Detroit, MI, USA Information Technology Services& Sourcing Track --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS: Engineering and Management for IT-based Services Systems: a Systems Approach Mini-Track. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- AIM This mini-track pursues to advance our scientific knowledge (and on the current limitations and conflicts) on the Foundations of Engineering and Management for Service Systems under a Systems Approach. CONTEXT Service systems can be defined as ?? a value coproduction configuration of people, technology, other internal and external service systems, and shared information (such as language, processes, metrics, prices, policies, and laws.? (Spohrer, 2008). Accordingly, a service can be defined ?in general- as ?? the application of resources (including competences, skills, and knowledge) to make changes that have value for another (system)? (idem, 2008). In particular, it has been identified the relevance of IT for engineering and management IT services systems (Demirkan,& Goul, 2006; Rai& Sambamurthy, 2006; Beachboard et al. 2007; Zhao et al. 2007). Additionally, because service systems are also systems, their essential and shared attributes for general systems (Ackoff, 1971; Gelman& Garcia, 1989; Mora et al. 2009) should be considered. A Systems Approach research approach (Ackoff et al., 1962; Checkland, 2000) can be defined as an answering and problem-solving system comprised of: (i) systemic philosophical paradigms (P?s: an ontological, epistemological and axiological stance on the world): (ii) systemic theoretical frameworks (F?s: ideas-constructs, theories, and models); (iii) systemic methodologies (M?s: methods, techniques, and instruments), and (iv) situational areas identified as systems (A?s: natural, artificial or social objects, artifacts and subjects under study). This mini-track calls for papers that contribute to improve our scientific knowledge on quasi-stable and emergent research the Engineering and Management of IT-based Service Systems (ITSS) (references are available upon request). COVERAGE ? Process international standards and models for ITSS ? Formal and semi-formal conceptualizations (ontologies in several formats) for ITSS ? Classification frameworks of ITSS by diverse discriminators ? Value models for ITSS ? Systems technical engineering methods for ITSS (a single methodology or several specific methodologies; phases, activities, tasks, artifacts, procedures, roles, metrics) ? Systems management engineering methods for ITSS (a single methodology or several specific methodologies; phases, activities, tasks, artifacts, procedures, roles, metrics) ? New IT required roles for ITSS ? Innovative applications of ITSS IMPORTANT DATES 12/30/2010 AIS Review System will begin accepting submissions for AMCIS 2/17/2011 Submission deadline 3/24/2011 Authors notified of paper acceptance decision 4/21/2011 Camera-Ready Papers due SUBMISSIONS WEBSITE http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/amcis2011 MINI-TRACK CHAIRS Manuel Mora, Autonomous University of Aguascalientes, México Ovsei Gelman, CCADET-UNAM, México TRACK CHAIRS Sunil Mithas, University of Maryland, USA Mani Subramani, University of Minnesota, USA --------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

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Fwd: [AISWorld] Fwd: [SEWORLD] CfP IEEE Software special issue - Climate Change: Software, Science and Society
by Gustaf Neumann 09 Dec '10

09 Dec '10

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [SEWORLD] CfP IEEE Software special issue - Climate Change: Software, Science and Society Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2010 15:59:01 -0500 From: Steve Easterbrook <sme(a)cs.toronto.edu> To: seworld(a)sigsoft.org <seworld(a)sigsoft.org> IEEE Software Special Issue on Climate Change: Software, Science and Society Submission Deadline: 8 April 2011 Publication (tentative): Nov/Dec 2011 A vast software infrastructure underpins our ability to understand climate change, assess the implications, and form suitable policy responses. This software infrastructure allows large teams of scientists to construct very complex models out of many interlocking parts, and further allows scientists, activists and policymakers to share data, explore scenarios, and validate assumptions. The extent of this infrastructure is often invisible (as infrastructure often is, until it breaks down), both to those who rely on it, and to interested observers, such as politicians, journalists, and the general public. Yet weaknesses in this software (whether real or imaginary) will impede our ability to make progress on what may be the biggest challenge faced by humanity in the 21st Century. This special issue of IEEE Software will explore the challenges in developing the software infrastructure for understanding and responding to climate change. Our aim is to help bridge the gap between the software community and the climate science community, by soliciting a collection of articles that explain the nature and extent of this software infrastructure, the technical challenges it poses, and the current state-of-the-art. We invite papers covering any of the software challenges involved in creating this technical infrastructure, but please note that we are not soliciting papers that discuss the validity of the science itself, or which take sides in the policy debate on climate change. We especially welcome review papers, which explain the current state-of-the-art in some specific aspect of climate software in an accessible way, and roadmap papers, which describe the challenges in the construction and validation of this software. Suitable topics for the special issue include (but are not restricted to): - Construction, verification and validation of computational models and data analysis tools used in climate science; - Frameworks, coupling strategies and software integration issues for earth system modeling; - Challenges of scale and complexity in climate software, including high data volumes and throughputs, massive parallelization and performance issues, numerical complexity, and coupling complexity; - Challenges of longevity and evolution of climate models codes, including legacy code, backwards compatibility, and computational reproducibility; - Experiences with model ensembles and model inter-comparison projects, particularly as these relate to software verification and validation; - Meta-data standards and data management for earth system data, including the challenge of making models and data self-describing; - Coordination of cross-disciplinary teams in the development of integrated assessment and decision support systems; - The role of open science and usable simulation tools in increasing public accessibility of climate science and public participation in climate policy discussions; - Case studies and lessons learned from application of software engineering techniques within climate science. Manuscripts must not exceed 4,700 words including figures and tables, which count for 200 words each. Submissions in excess of these limits may be rejected without refereeing. The articles we deem within the theme's scope will be peer-reviewed and are subject to editing for magazine style, clarity, organization, and space. Be sure to include the name of the theme you are submitting for. Articles should have a practical orientation, and be written in a style accessible to software practitioners. Overly complex, purely research-oriented or theoretical treatments are not appropriate. Articles should be novel. IEEE Software does not republish material published previously in other venues, including other periodicals and formal conference/workshop proceedings, whether previous publication was in print or in electronic form. Questions? For more information about the special issue, contact the Guest Editors: Steve Easterbrook, University of Toronto, Canada (sme(a)cs.toronto.edu) Reinhard Budich, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Germany (reinhard.budich(a)zmaw.de) Paul N. Edwards, University of Michigan, USA (pne(a)umich.edu) V. Balaji, NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, USA. (balaji(a)princeton.edu) For general author guidelines:www.computer.org/software/author.htm For submission details:software@computer.org To submit an article:https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/sw-cs ============================================================ To contribute to SEWORLD, send your submission to mailto:seworld@sigsoft.org http://www.sigsoft.org/seworld provides more information on SEWORLD as well as a complete archive of messages posted to the list. ============================================================

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Fwd: [WI] CfP: European Workshop on Smart Objects
by Gustaf Neumann 09 Dec '10

09 Dec '10

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [WI] CfP: European Workshop on Smart Objects Datum: Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:10:45 +0100 Von: Jens Strueker <strueker(a)iig.uni-freiburg.de> An: wi(a)lists.uni-karlsruhe.de *Call for Papers* 7th European Workshop on Smart Objects: Systems, Technologies and Applications RFID-SysTech 2011 May 17th to May 18th, 2011 Dresden, Germany www.rfid-systech.eu Download Call for Papers: http://www.rfid-systech.eu/CfP_RFID_SysTech_2011.pdf ---------------------------------------------------------- Over the last years, the European Workshop on RFID Systems and Technologies has become a central platform in Europe for personal networking and information exchange in the field of RFID technologies and applications. While the networking of objects for the purpose of data collection and distributed control is no longer a recent phenomenon, the sheer number of things that are networked to information systems has dramatically risen. Today, the Internet is increasingly extended to all kinds of physical assets: product components, finished products, logistic units, equipment, documents, vehicles, buildings and electronic meters as well as embedded systems of all kind. Mature industries, like the energy or automotive are in euphoric mood and accordingly, we see enormous research and technological development activity: For instance, Auto-ID technologies such as RFID are being increasingly combined with data storage capacity and sensors or other communication devices that provide real-time data such as position, temperature, pressure, vibrations etc. These special-purpose computer systems are able to sense information from the real world or perform actions upon it and are also able to communicate with other networked computer systems. The resultant integration into existing business processes and IT infrastructures under the side condition of enabling an interaction between intelligent objects and business applications within and between enterprises in a generic, flexible and scalable manner is a considerable challenge. At the same time, the economic potential is promising and will also help enterprises to address completely new challenges such as sustainability: Interacting with smart devices will ensure that enterprises get correct, auditable trails for sustainability metrics. Such systems can help businesses track carbon and other environmental aspects. However, business-to-business integration solutions such as the EPCglobal network or other bilateral approaches have to be developed further in order to meet the supporting requirements. The specific profile of this workshop is to examine both the technology and business aspects: - the latest achievements in technologies and systems for smart objects - their integration into information systems and business processes - and their business value. Scientists and practitioners from the fields of electrical engineering, computer science and information systems will find an excellent opportunity to participate in interdisciplinary discussions, set up new networks and exchange information on a professional level. In addition to the workshop, an industrial exhibition presenting the latest innovations will be held. Don’t miss the chance to attend this workshop! ---------------------------------------------------------- *Key Topics* Technologies and Systems: - Active / Passive RFID - RF-Transceivers for RFID and Smart Technologies - Sensing and Actuating - Smart Objects, Smart Items - Transponder Technologies / Integrated Circuit Technologies - Antenna Design and Air Interface - NFC Technologies - Printed Electronic and new Materials - Processes for Tag Manufacturing - Sensor Networks - Positioning and Localisation - Protocols and Standardization - Middleware and Databases - System Modelling Applications and Business: - Logistics and Supply Chain Management - Maintenance - Tracking and Tracing - Manufacturing Control - Industrial Process Automation - Health Care, Pharmaceutical - RFID beyond the Point of Sales - Business Value and Performance Measurement - New Business Models - Security and Privacy - Sociological Aspects and Technology Acceptance ---------------------------------------------------------- *Guideline for Preparation and Submission of Contributions* All submissions (full papers) must follow the guidelines given under: http://rfid-systech.eu/html/call_for_papers.html and be at least 6 pages in length. The workshop language is English and the proceedings will be electronically published on a CD with ISBN-Number. ---------------------------------------------------------- *Important dates* Full paper submissions: February 28th 2011 Notification of Acceptance sent: April 4th 2011 Publication-ready versions uploaded: April 18th 2011 ---------------------------------------------------------- *Responsibilities* Uwe Wissendheit, Jens Strueker (Program Chair) Frank Deicke (Local Chair) Michael E. Wernle (Exhibition Chair) Thomas Hollstein, Uwe Wissendheit, Jens Strueker (General Chair) ---------------------------------------------------------- *Conference Fee* 250,00 EUR (225,- Speakers; 150,- Students) ---------------------------------------------------------- *Cooperation* - The workshop is organized in cooperation with the Organic Electronics Association (oe-a/VDMA) http://www.oe-a.org, - the Association for Automatic Identification and Mobile Data Capture (AIM) http://www.aim-d.de, - the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems http://www.ipms.fraunhofer.de, - and the Technical University of Dresden http://www.tu-dresden.de ---------------------------------------------------------- *Further Information at* http://www.rfid-systech.eu/ ---------------------------------------------------------- We look forward to meeting you at RFID SysTech in Dresden, Germany in May 2011! With kind regards, Jens Strueker -- Mailing-Liste: wi(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de Administrator: wi-admin(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de Konfiguration: https://www.lists.uni-karlsruhe.de/sympa/info/wi

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Fwd: [AISWorld] special issue in IET Software on Web and Requirements Engineering
by Gustaf Neumann 09 Dec '10

09 Dec '10

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] special issue in IET Software on Web and Requirements Engineering Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 10:19:43 +0100 From: Irene Garrigós <igarrigos(a)dlsi.ua.es> To: <aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org> ------------------------------------------------------------------- IET Software Call for Papers SPECIAL ISSUE ON: Web and Requirements Engineering IET Software's JCR Impact Factor increased by 20% to 0.620 in 2010. -------------------------------------------------------------------- In the last decade, the number and complexity of Web-based software systems and the amount of information they offer has been continuously growing. In the context of Software Engineering, design methods and methodologies were introduced to provide mechanisms to develop these complex Web applications and Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) in a systematic way. Most of these methodologies focus on implementation and neglect other tasks such as requirement analysis and quality management. Although the relevance of Requirements Engineering is well known these techniques should be studied more widely in the Web Engineering community due to the complexity of Web Engineering problems (such as the changing nature of the stakeholders or the diversity of Web-related requirements). On the other hand, Requirements Engineering is a complex activity whose success depends on stakeholder participation. Therefore, the techniques proposed in the Requirements Engineering field need a more participative environment to support effective collaboration among stakeholders. In this context, the Web (especially Web 2.0 applications), provide a convenient platform that supports active participation by stakeholders in the Requirements Engineering process. Topics of primary interest include, but are not limited to: -------------------------------------------------------------- * Web requirements elicitation and analysis * Web requirements validation and verification * Web engineering methods and tools supporting requirements * Traceability in Web requirements * Modeling of requirements, goals, and domains in Web * Prototyping and simulation in Web requirements engineering * Evolution of Web requirements * Alignment between business and Web requirements * Social, cultural, and cognitive factors in Web requirements engineering * User-centred analysis and design * Domain specific modelling languages addressing requirements for Web applications * Web 2.0 and requirements engineering * Requirements engineering for rich internet applications * Model-driven approaches based on requirements models for Web applications and rich internet applications All papers must be submitted through the journal's Manuscript Central system: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/iet-SEN There are two ways of submission: invitations to the authors of higher quality papers accepted at the WeRE workshop (http://gplsi.dlsi.ua.es/congresos/were10), and an open call for papers. Submitted papers have to be formatted according to the IET Software guidelines (http://www.ietdl.org/IET-SEN) Proposed publication schedule: ------------------------------- Deadline for submission of papers: 28 February 2011 Authors to receive a 1st decision by: 30 June 2011 Final notification of acceptance: 30 August 2011 On-line and print publication: Q4 2011 (subject to IET Schedule) Special issue guest editors: ------------------------------ Irene Garrigós (corresponding editor) University of Alicante E: igarrigos(a)dlsi.ua.es Jose-Norberto Mazón University of Alicante E: jnmazon(a)dlsi.ua.es Nora Koch Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München E: kochn(a)pst.ifi.lmu.de María José Escalona University of Seville E: mjescalona(a)us.es John Mylopoulos University of Trento E: jm(a)disi.unitn.it IET Publishing Dept. contact: Paul Rowley Editorial Assistant IET Software E: prowley(a)theiet.org

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