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Fwd: [computational.science] First Call for Workshops -- ER 2012
by Gustaf Neumann 08 Oct '11

08 Oct '11

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [computational.science] First Call for Workshops -- ER 2012 Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2011 17:56:20 +0300 From: Panos Vassiliadis <pvassil(a)cs.uoi.gr> Organization: "ICCSA" To: Computational Science Mailing List <computational.science(a)lists.iccsa.org> [Apologies for multiple postings] Call for Workshops 31th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling (ER 2012) Florence, Italy - 15 - 18 October, 2012 Call for Workshops The International Conference on Conceptual Modeling is a leading international forum for presenting and discussing current research and applications in which the major emphasis is on conceptual modeling. Topics of interest span the entire spectrum of conceptual modeling including research and practice in areas such as theories of concepts and ontologies underlying conceptual modeling, methods and tools for developing and communicating conceptual models, and techniques for transforming conceptual models into effective implementations. ER 2012 will host a number of workshops addressing different areas related to conceptual modeling that complement the main ER 2012 conference. Workshops are intended to serve as an intensive collaborative forum for exchanging late breaking ideas and theories in an evolutionary stage. We encourage prospective workshop organizers to submit proposals for highly interactive workshops focusing on either in-depth analysis or broad-ranging approaches to areas related to conceptual modeling. Important Dates * Workshop proposal submission: December 1st, 2011 * Notification of acceptance: December 23, 2011 * Full paper submission: will depend upon the workshop * Camera-ready paper submission: June 6th, 2012 Submission Guidelines A workshop proposal should be about 3-5 pages long and contain the following information: * Title; * Topics; * Format and duration; * Type (academic and/or industrial); * Significance in relation to topics of the main conference; * Organizers (attach short CVs, limit of 2 pages each and pointing out their experiences in organizing events); * Proposed program committee; * Expected submission volume and number of expected participants; * Any available information of any previous organization of the workshop, with an emphasis to submission and registration volumes. Workshop proposals are reviewed based on the quality of the proposal, its relation to the main ER topics, and the likelihood to attract enough participants as well as the hosting capacity of the venue. Exact workshop paper submission and author notification due dates are at the discretion of workshop organizers but must fit within the time-line indicated. Proceedings of all ER workshops are to be published as a single volume of Springer LNCS to be distributed at the ER 2012 conference. All the workshop papers should be limited to no more than 10 pages in LNCS format. It is expected that the organizers of ER workshops conform to the rules imposed by the ER steering committee such as the acceptance rate for all workshops will not exceed 40% and organizers are not allowed to submit their own papers to their workshop. Workshop proposals should be submitted by email to either of the workshop chairs listed below. Workshop Co-Chairs * Silvana Castano (University of Milano) - silvana.castano(a)unimi.it * Panos Vassiliadis (University of Ioannina) - pvassil(a)cs.uoi.gr -- Panos Vassiliadis ====================================== Assistant Professor University of Ioannina Dept. of Computer Science Ioannina, 45110, Hellas mail: pvassil(a)cs.uoi.gr web: www.cs.uoi.gr/~pvassil tel: +30-265100-8814 fax: +30-265100-8890

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Fwd: [WI] CfP: Joint EDBT/ICDT Ph.D. Workshop 2012
by Gustaf Neumann 08 Oct '11

08 Oct '11

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [WI] CfP: Joint EDBT/ICDT Ph.D. Workshop 2012 Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2011 10:59:31 +0200 From: Sascha Müller-Feuerstein <sascha.mueller(a)hs-ansbach.de> Organization: Ansbach University of Applied Sciences To: wi(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de Call for Papers Joint EDBT/ICDT Ph.D. Workshop 2012 Berlin, Germany, March 30, 2012 http://www.ai4.uni-bayreuth.de/en/events/edbt_icdt_phd_2012/index.html ******************************************************* *** Please forward this call to your Ph.D. Students *** ******************************************************* ---Introduction--- The joint EDBT/ICDT Ph.D. Workshop is intended to bring together Ph.D. students working on topics related to the EDBT and the ICDT conference series. The workshop will offer Ph.D. students the opportunity to present, discuss, and receive feedback on their research in a constructive and international atmosphere. The workshop will be accompanied by prominent professors and researchers in the field of database technology and theory. These accompanying professors will participate actively and contribute to the discussions. The workshop is co-located with and will take place immediately after the EDBT/ICDT 2012 joint conference in Berlin, Germany. The workshop language is English. ---Topics of Interest--- As for the EDBT/ICDT conferences series, all topics from the field of database technology and theory are of interest for the Ph.D. Workshop. These topics include (but are not limited to): o Active Databases o Information Integration Methods o Advanced Query Processing o IT-Infrastructure Management and and Optimization Enterprise Modeling o Ambient-aware Database Applications o Legacy Databases o Approximate Queries o Logic and Databases o Authorization and Security o Medical Databases and Data Management o Autonomic Databases o Mobile Computing and Databases o Biological Databases and o Multimedia Databases Bioinformatics o Object-Relational Database Systems o Component-based Information Systems o Parallel and Distributed Databases o Constraint and Rule Management o Peer-to-Peer and Networked Databases o Data Management in Computer Games o Privacy Techniques for Databases o Data Models and Database Design o Query Languages and User Interfaces o Data Warehousing and OLAP o Real-Time Database Systems o Data Mining and Knowledge o Replication, Caching, Materialized Discovery Views o Database Applications and o Scientific and Statistical Databases Experiences o Self-healing Databases o Database Performance and Benchmarks o Semantic Web Databases and Ontologies o E-Commerce, Workflow, and Databases o Semi-structured Data, Metadata and XML o Federated Databases, Middleware, o Spatial and Temporal Databases and Interoperability o Stream Processing, Continuous Queries, o Knowledge Management Systems and Sensor Databases o Geographic Information Systems o Text Storage and Retrieval o Imprecise and Uncertain Information o Transactions and Recovery o Indexing, Access Methods and o Trustworthy Databases Data Structures o World-Wide Web and Databases ---Submission--- Papers describing doctoral work should be submitted in PDF or PostScript format before 24.00 CET (Central European Time) on November 20, 2011. The paper length must not exceed 6 pages (including all parts!). The submission has to be formatted according to the EDBT Conference manuscript preparation guidelines (http://edbticdt2012.dima.tu-berlin.de/calls/edbt/). Workshop and paper language is English. In contrast to regular conference papers, submissions should address specifically doctoral work! Therefore, the following elements are recommended: - A clear formulation of the research question. - An identification of the significant problems in the field of research. - An outline of the current knowledge of the problem domain, as well as the state of existing solutions. - A presentation of any preliminary ideas, the proposed approach and the results achieved so far. - A sketch of the applied research methodology. - A description of the Ph.D. project's contribution to the problem solution. - A discussion of how the suggested solution is different, new, or better as compared to existing approaches to the problem. Please note, that similar to a Ph.D. thesis, only a single author is allowed per submission to the EDBT/ICDT Ph.D. workshop. If several Ph.D. students, usually working together as a team, want to submit, every team member has to submit individually. The Ph.D. advisor is not stated as co-author. The intention of this workshop is to support and inspire Ph.D. students during their ongoing research efforts. Therefore, it is necessary that authors will have neither achieved their Ph.D. degree nor officially submitted their thesis before the Ph.D workshop (March 30, 2012). To enforce this rule we require authors to disclose their expected graduation date and their advisor's name when submitting. Accepted submissions will be published in the workshop proceedings. Furthermore, we plan to publish post-workshop proceedings of selected and revised submissions in the ACM Digital Library, as we did in the last years. Once again, we plan to award a prize for the best submission. Participants should register for the EDBT/ICDT conference itself at student rate. ---Travel Grants--- Some travel awards funded by the National Science Foundation will be available for students, in particular student authors, to participate in EDBT/ICDT'2012. Details on the application process for students to apply for these funds will be made available on the EDBT/ICDT'2012 website. ---Program Committee--- To be announced soon. ---Contact Addresses--- Workshop Chair: Bernhard Volz (bernhard.volz.at.uni-bayreuth.de) Co-Chair: Sascha Mueller-Feuerstein (sascha.mueller.at.hs-ansbach.de) Local Organization: N.N. ---Important Dates--- Deadline for submission: November 20, 2011 Notification to authors: December 21, 2011 Camera ready version: February 02, 2012 Ph.D. Workshop: March 30, 2012 ---oo-oo--- -- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sascha Müller-Feuerstein Studiengang Wirtschaftsinformatik Hochschule Ansbach Residenzstraße 8, 91522 Ansbach Tel.: ++49 (0) 981 / 4877 377 http://www.hs-ansbach.de/index.php?id=samuelle -- 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: [computational.science] CFP : The Fifth International Symposium on Mining and Web (MAW12)
by Gustaf Neumann 08 Oct '11

08 Oct '11

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [computational.science] CFP : The Fifth International Symposium on Mining and Web (MAW12) Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2011 22:58:09 -0700 From: Kin Fun Li <kinli(a)uvic.ca> Organization: "ICCSA" To: Computational Science Mailing List <computational.science(a)lists.iccsa.org> ======== MAW12 Call for Papers ======== The Fifth International Symposium on Mining and Web (MAW12) Fukuoka, Japan --- March 26-29, 2012 Submission Deadline: November 1, 2011 <http://www.ece.uvic.ca/~kinli/MAW11>http://www.ece.uvic.ca/~kinli/MAW12 In conjunction with the 26th IEEE AINA Conference <http://www.aina-conference.org/2011>http://www.aina-conference.org/201<http://www.aina-conference.org/2012>2<http://www.aina-conference.org/2012> ================================================================= As the Web has become a major source of information, techniques and methodologies to extract quality information is of paramount importance for many Web applications and users. Data mining and knowledge discovery play key roles in many of today’s prominent Web applications such as e-commerce and computer security. Following the success of MAW08 in Okinawa Japan, MAW09 in Bradford UK, MAW10 in Perth Australia, and MAW11 in Singapore, this symposium aims to bring together scientists, engineers, and practitioners to discuss, exchange ideas, and present their research on mining the Web. Topics of interest that MAW12 covers include general mining techniques and methodologies, as well as their application to the Web (but are not limited to): * Text, Data, and Media Mining * Natural Language Processing * Information Retrieval and Knowledge Discovery * Social Networks and On-Line Communities * Information Categorisation, Clustering, and Fusion * Web Search, Ranking and Optimisation * Collaborative Filtering, Personalisation and Recommender Systems * Semantic Web and Ontology * Cyber Security, Privacy, and Trust * e-Technology, e-Government, and e-Learning * Wikis and Blogs Mining * Web and Business Intelligence * Web Evolution and Analytics Submission Deadline: Extended to November 1, 2011 (23:59 PST) Author Notification: December 1, 2011 Author Registration Deadline: December 23, 2011 Final Manuscript Due: January 6, 2012 Original full papers of at most 6 (six) pages including figures and references in PDF (Proceedings Style: two columns, single-spaced, 10 font) are solicited. Submission of a paper should be regarded as a commitment that, if the paper is accepted, at least one of the authors will register and present at the conference. Accepted papers will be published by the Conference Publishing Services (CSP) and archived in the Digital Library. Extended version of selected papers will be considered for publication in international journals.

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Fwd: [AISWorld] 2012 Conf-IRM at WU (Vienna): Call for Papers
by Gustaf Neumann 07 Oct '11

07 Oct '11

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] 2012 Conf-IRM at WU (Vienna): Call for Papers Datum: Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:28:04 +0200 Von: Edward Bernroider <edward.bernroider(a)wu.ac.at> Antwort an: edward.bernroider(a)wu.ac.at An: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org 2012 International Conference on Information Resources Management ** Conf-IRM is an AIS Affiliated Conference ** WU, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna, Austria May 21-23, 2012 Conference Website: http://conf-irm2012.wu.ac.at ------------- Call for Papers ------------- Theme: Information Systems and Accountability in a Digital World Important Dates Submission deadline: December 6, 2011 Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: February 1, 2012 Final Submission and Early Registration due date: March 1, 2012 The organizing committee invites you to submit your research work, teaching cases, and proposals for panels and tutorials to Conf-IRM. All conference submissions will be double-blind and peer reviewed. The review process will be handled by the track chairs and co-chairs. Conference Tracks& Track Chairs: 1 IT Evaluation, Decision Making and Compliance Alessio Ishizaka, University of Portsmouth, UK, Alessio.Ishizaka(a)port.ac.uk Volker Stix, WU Wien, Austria, Volker.Stix(a)wu.ac.at 2 IT Service Management, Service Computing and Engineering Rob Benyon, Rhodes University, South Africa, r.v.benyon(a)ru.ac.za Sue Conger, University of Dallas, USA, sconger(a)gsm.udallas.edu Alan Pilkington, RHUL, UK, a.pilkington(a)rhul.ac.uk 3 Green IS/IT Strategies and Technologies Roya Gholami, Aston Business School, UK, r.gholami(a)aston.ac.uk Petra Staufer-Steinocher, WU Wien, Austria, petra.staufer-steinnocher(a)wu.ac.at 4 Knowledge Management Pramila Gupta, CQU, Australia, p.gupta(a)mel.cqu.edu.au Alexander Kaiser, WU Wien, Austria, Alexander.Kaiser(a)wu.ac.at Annette Mills, UC, New Zealand, annette.mills(a)canterbury.ac.nz 5 ICT for Development Antonio Díaz Andrade, AUT University, New Zealand, antonio.diaz(a)aut.ac.nz Luiz Antonio Joia, Brazilian School of Publ.& Bus. Admin. at Getulio Vargas Found., lajoia(a)w3e.com.br 6 ICT in Latin America and the Caribbean (including submissions in Spanish and Portuguese) Renata Lebre La-Rovere, UFRJ, Brazil, renataieufrj(a)gmail.com Cesar Alexandre de Souza, FEA-USP, Brazil, calesou(a)usp.br 7 Information Security, Privacy, and Risk Management Brian Cusack, AUT University, New Zealand, brian.cusack(a)aut.ac.nz Matthew Nicolas Kreeger, University of London& Thales IT Security, UK, matthew.kreeger(a)thales-esecurity.com Shaobo Ji, Carleton University, Canada, shaobo_ji(a)carleton.ca 8 ICT in Government, Education, and Healthcare Jose-Rodrigo Cordoba-Pachon, RHUL, UK, J.R.Cordoba-Pachon(a)rhul.ac.uk Andy Igonor, Northern Alberta Institute of Technology, Canada, andyi(a)nait.ca 9 E-Commerce, M-Commerce and Social Networking Zhang Cheng, Fudan University, China, zhangche(a)fudean.edu.cn George Ditsa, Tshwane Univ. of Techn., So. Africa, DitsaGE(a)tut.ac.za Maria Madlberger, Webster Univ., Austria, madlberger(a)webster.ac.at 10 Cloud Computing and Virtualization Daniel Beimborn, University of Bamberg, Germany, daniel.beimborn(a)uni-bamberg.de Konradin Maier, WU Wien, konradin.maier(a)wu.ac.at 11 Impacts of ICT on People, Organizations, and Society Jyoti Choudrie, University of Hertfordshire, UK, jyoti.choudrie(a)btopenworld.com Peijian Song, Nanjing University China, songpeijian(a)nju.edu.cn 12 Strategic IT Management and Governance Romano Dyerson, RHUL, UK, r.dyerson(a)rhul.ac.uk Tim McLaren, Ryerson University, Canada, tmclaren(a)ryerson.ca Geoffery Seaver, NDU, USA, Seaverg(a)ndu.edu 13 Design Thinking in Information Systems Development Marko Forsell, Central Ostrobothnia University of Applied Sciences, Finland, marko.forsell(a)cou.fi 14 IS Research Methods Johann Mitlöhner, WU Wien, Austria, mitloehn(a)wu-wien.ac.at Frantisek Sudzina, Aarhus University, Denmark, fransu(a)asb.dk PT Panels and Tutorials Roman Brandtweiner, WU Wien, Austria, roman.brandtweiner(a)wu.ac.at Lech Janczewski, University of Auckland, New Zealand, l.janczewski(a)auckland.ac.nz We also welcome papers in Spanish and Portuguese in track 6 (ICT in Latin America and the Carribean). All other submissions are only accepted in English. Submission Types and Guidelines: (i) Full Length Submissions Submissions must be no more than 5000 words, including references, appendices and title page, with a maximum of 5 figures/tables. Submissions must be original, and previously unpublished, conceptual or empirical research manuscript for review. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings in their entirety upon payment of registration fees. Papers accepted and presented at the conference will also be placed in the AIS e-Library. Papers not presented at the conference, for any reason, will not be included in the AIS e-Library. Highly rated papers by the reviewers will be considered for publications in selected Journals. Moreover, the paper that best represents, in terms of quality and suitability to the theme and ideals of the conference will be awarded the "Best Paper Award" during the conference. (ii) Research-in-Progress Submissions Submissions of no more than 2000 words with a maximum of 3 figures/tables. All research-in-progress submissions will be published in the proceedings as short papers. (iii) Teaching Cases We welcome submissions of teaching cases. The cases should be based on real situations and targeted at specific learning objectives. Cases should be no more than 5000 words and must be accompanied by instructor teaching notes (not included in the 5000 words). The teaching notes will not be published. (iv) Panel and Tutorial Submissions Submissions of not more than 1000 words. Proposals should include the objectives, issues to be covered and full details of all presenters. Method of presentation is at the submitter's discretion; however, the submitter has the responsibility for providing his/her own panel members. All accepted proposals will appear in the conference proceedings (Please note that all panelists and tutorial presenters must register for the conference). Further Announcements - The number of submissions by an author (including joint authorship) is strictly limited to a maximum of two submissions. - Authors of accepted papers (at least one person per submission) and all panel members MUST register and attend the conference. - Submissions of ALL TYPES must be received by December 6, 2011. - Details of track descriptions and how to submit will be announced soon. Send all your inquiries to the Conference Secretariat (conf-irm(a)wu.ac.at) or directly to: Conference Co-Chairs Edward Bernroider, WU Wien, Austria, edward.bernroider(a)wu.ac.at G. Harindranath, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK, g.harindranath(a)rhul.ac.uk Program Co-Chairs Roman Brandtweiner, WU Wien, Austria, roman.brandtweiner(a)wu.ac.at Lech Janczewski,University of Auckland, New Zealand, l.janczewski(a)auckland.ac.nz Publications and Proceedings Chair Lech Janczewski, University of Auckland, New Zealand, l.janczewski(a)auckland.ac.nz International Co-Chairs Gerald Grant, Carleton University, Canada, gerald_grant(a)carleton.ca Sherif Kamel, American University in Cairo, Egypt, skamel(a)aucegypt.edu Felix B Tan, AUT University, New Zealand, felix.tan(a)aut.ac.nz Administrative Co-Chairs Stefan Bauer, WU Wien, Austria, stefan.bauer(a)wu.ac.at Nikolaus Obwegeser, WU Wien, Austria, nikolaus.obwegeser(a)wu.ac.at Advisory Board Felix Hampe, University of Koblenz-Landau, Koblenz& Landau, Germany, hampe(a)uni-koblenz.de Markus Helfert, Dublin City University, Ireland, markus.helfert(a)computing.dcu.ie Stefan Koch, Bogazici University, Turkey, stefan.koch(a)boun.edu.tr We look forward to seeing you in Vienna in May 2012. Edward Bernroider and G. Harindranath _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

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Fwd: [WI] ZEUS 2012 - Call for papers
by Gustaf Neumann 06 Oct '11

06 Oct '11

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [WI] ZEUS 2012 - Call for papers Datum: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 11:50:47 +0200 Von: <andreas.schoenberger(a)uni-bamberg.de> An: wi(a)lists.uni-karlsruhe.de ZEUS 2012: CALL FOR PAPERS [Apologies for cross-postings] ============================================================================= 4th Central-European Workshop on Services and their Composition (ZEUS) February 23-24, 2012 * Bamberg, Germany * http://zeus2012.pi.uni-bamberg.de/ ============================================================================= The 4th Central-European Workshop on Services and their Composition (ZEUS) will take place at Otto-Friedrich-University of Bamberg, Germany, on February 23rd and 24th, 2012. ZEUS is a free, but high-quality opportunity to discuss research work. ================================ Participation is free of charge! ================================ Objectives ========== 1. Discuss fresh ideas ZEUS is a classical scientific workshop. We are seeking creative ideas and ongoing scientific work with some preliminary results. ZEUS offers you an open-minded community of services researchers who are willing to discuss your ideas and help you improve your contents for highly ranked conferences. Your submission will be peer-reviewed by at least three independent reviewers and may be rejected, accepted as position statement or as full workshop paper. Innovation and creativity are the most important factors for ZEUS. Of course, the rules of technical correctness and scientific method must be adhered to as well. 2. Establish young researchers’ network We aim at bringing together young researchers who work in the same geographic and the same scientific region. We would like to provide an opportunity for young researchers to establish a scientific network that can be intensely used, including mutual visits at affordable costs. The workshop will serve as platform to present current research ideas and research directions. Although grounded in the German-speaking services community, ZEUS is open to the European services community as a whole. Submissions and talks are expected to be provided in English. Topics ====== The topics of the ZEUS workshop are centered around choreography and orchestration technology which includes a rich set of facets. Formal aspects of choreography or orchestration languages for the purpose of analysis, synthesis or simulation of service compositions are as welcome as practical evaluations, use case-driven feasibility studies or technology adoption models. In particular, the use of choreography and orchestration models by different types of stakeholders, say software engineers and domain experts, and the application of choreography and orchestration in cloud-based computing models are of major interest. Topics include, but are not limited to: Integration of choreography and orchestration models Conformance notions Analysis, simulation and verification Modelling and specification Execution and monitoring Testing, deployment and practical issues Adoption models for choreography and orchestration technology Value and maturity assessment Multi-view and multi-perspective engineering Advanced communication qualities in choreography and orchestration scenarios Patterns Choreographies and orchestrations in Cloud environments Interoperability of language formats as well as models Submission ========== Results can be presented in talks or tool demonstrations. Submissions will be reviewed by at least three reviewers each in order to assure general fitness regarding content, readability and scope and to give first feedback to the authors. Depending on innovation, technical soundness and presentation clarity, papers may be rejected or accepted as position statement or full paper. Papers and tool demonstrations can be submitted until January 20, 2012 via Easychair (https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=zeus2012). Submitted papers shall not exceed 6 pages in Springer LNCS style. Important Dates =============== Submission deadline: January 20, 2012 Notification: February 3, 2012 Camera Ready Version: February 15, 2011 Registration: February 15, 2012 Workshop: February 23-24, 2012 Post-Workshop Proceedings Version: March 16, 2012 Organization ============ 1 Steering Committee Oliver Kopp, University of Stuttgart Niels Lohmann, University of Rostock Karsten Wolf, University of Rostock 2 Program Chairs Oliver Kopp, University of Stuttgart Niels Lohmann, University of Rostock Andreas Schönberger, University of Bamberg 3 Program Committee Rafael Accorsi, University of Freiburg Daniel Beimborn, University of Bamberg Gero Decker, signavio Daniel Eichhorn, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Dirk Fahland, TU Eindhoven Christian Gierds, Humboldt-University of Berlin Christian Huemer, TU Vienna Meiko Jensen, Ruhr-University Bochum Nils Joachim, University of Bamberg Oliver Kopp, University of Stuttgart Agnes Koschmider, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Philipp Leitner, TU Vienna Niels Lohmann, University of Rostock Christoph M. Pflügler, University of Augsburg Stephan Reiff-Marganiec, University of Leicester Andreas Schönberger, University of Bamberg Christian Stahl, Eindhoven University of Technology Jan Sürmeli, Humboldt-University of Berlin Robert Warschofsky, Hasso Plattner Institiute Potsdam Matthias Weidlich, Hasso Plattner Institiute Potsdam Andreas Wombacher, University of Twente Marco Zapletal, TU Vienna Contact ======= Andreas Schoenberger Distributed and Mobile Systems Group Faculty Information Systems and Applied Computer Science Otto-Friedrich-University of Bamberg Feldkirchenstr. 21 D-96052 Bamberg, Germany Mail: andreas.schoenberger(at)uni-bamberg.de; zeus2012(a)easychair.org More information ================ ZEUS 2012 Homepage: http://zeus2012.pi.uni-bamberg.de/ ZEUS WS Series: http://zeus-workshop.eu/ -- 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: [WI] Call for Papers Special Issue International Journal for e-Collaboration: Collaborative Usage and Development of Models and Visualizations
by Gustaf Neumann 06 Oct '11

06 Oct '11

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [WI] Call for Papers Special Issue International Journal for e-Collaboration: Collaborative Usage and Development of Models and Visualizations Datum: Thu, 06 Oct 2011 17:18:42 +0200 Von: Michael Prilla <michael.prilla(a)rub.de> An: wi(a)lists.uni-karlsruhe.de ****Apologies for cross-posting**** ****************************************** International Journal of e-Collaboration ****************************************** Call for Papers: Special Issue on Collaborative Usage and Development of Models and other Visualizations (CollabViz) ********************************************************************************** Guest Editors: ************** * Michael Prilla, Ruhr University of Bochum, Germany * Alexander Nolte, Ruhr University of Bochum, Germany * Thomas Herrmann, Ruhr University of Bochum, Germany * Stephan Lukosch, TU Delft, Netherlands * Gwendolyn Kolfschoten, TU Delft, Netherlands IJeC editor: ************ Ned Kock, Texas A&M International University, USA Important Dates: **************** * Submissions due on January 6, 2012 * Special Issue out in Winter/Spring 2012/2013 Links: ****** * IJeC: http://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-collaboration-ijec/… * Topic of Special Issue: http://www.imtm-iaw.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/events/ecscw/index.html.en Theme and Topics: ***************** Graphical representations are commonly used tools in many organizations, ranging form process models to conceptual models and mind maps. They are used to support multiple tasks such as software development, design and engineering, process optimization and reengineering, knowledge explication and transfer as well as marketing, strategic development and cooperation planning. These representations should not only be used by single users for special purposes, but rather to support a wide range of users and organizational issues such as shared understanding of work practices. This accounts for their development and their usage for everyday tasks. However, in practice they are hardly used by or available for non-experts – even if they are created collaboratively they still have little impact on actual work in these processes. Today, we only know little about the interaction of non-expert users with models, that is, how people can make use of them in practice and interact with them. Supporting such interaction needs insights on means for increasing the usage and availability of models after their creation and on suitable tools and modes of interaction with models for people who are not modeling professionals. Also, there is a lack of knowledge on collaborative development of graphical representations, including processes of cooperation and settings for such development. Fostering the collaborative development of models and including non-expert users into this process needs ways to enable users to contribute actively to creation and maintenance, whether they are co-located or dislocated, synchronous or asynchronous in time or possess different levels of expertise in modeling. This special issue intends to shed light on the collaborative usage and development of graphical representations such as models. For this, we welcome submissions dealing with theoretical frameworks, empirical and case study research as well as applications in the context of this area. Examples of topics for submissions include, but are not limited to the following: * Designing means and functionality for user interaction with models and visualizations, e.g. contributing to models (formally and informally) and using them in daily work. * Supporting work and collaboration with models and visualizations, e.g. communicating about models, using them for learning, reflection, documentation or knowledge transfer as well as collaborative design and engineering. * Supporting collaborative development of models and visualizations, e.g. tools supporting collaborative modeling in collocated and remote settings, typical settings and roles in collaborative modeling. * The influence of users on models (e.g. collaborative modeling participants’ influence on model outcomes) and the influence of models on users (e.g. users discussing a model and behavior changes) Additional information: ******************** Additional information, news, updates and the extended Call for Papers on the Special Issue can be found on the CollabViz website: http://www.imtm-iaw.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/events/ecscw/index.html.en Submission: *********** All submissions must be in English, and should represent the original work of the authors. Improved versions of papers previously published in conference proceedings are welcome, provided that no copyright limitations exist. Submissions must be made electronically via e-mail to the guest editors (collabviz(a)iaw.rub.de). The manuscript should be included as an attachment in MS Word format. Further information on submission format etc. can be found in the extended Call for Papers available from the CollabViz website. Contact ******* The editors of the Special Issue can be contacted via collabviz(a)iaw.rub.de -- 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] CALL FOR PAPERS - Journal of Strategic Information Systems - Special Issue: Information Systems Strategy as Practice: Micro Strategy and Strategizing for IS
by Gustaf Neumann 06 Oct '11

06 Oct '11

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] CALL FOR PAPERS - Journal of Strategic Information Systems - Special Issue: Information Systems Strategy as Practice: Micro Strategy and Strategizing for IS Datum: Thu, 6 Oct 2011 15:32:37 -0400 Von: Galliers, Robert <rgalliers(a)bentley.edu> An: 'aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org' <aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org> CALL FOR PAPERS Journal of Strategic Information Systems Special Issue: Information Systems Strategy as Practice: Micro Strategy and Strategizing for IS The "rigor versus relevance" debate and the practical relevance of much contemporary research are recurring themes not just in the information systems discipline (Straub and Ang, 2011; Klein and Rowe, 2008; Roseman and Vessey, 2008) but in the wider field of management (c.f. Nicolai and Seidl, 2010; Moisander and Stenfors, 2009; Mohrman et al., 2001; Shrivastava, 1987). In the IS discipline in particular, this has led to some scholars questioning the practical value of much of the published research (cf. Desouza, 2006; Keen, 1991; Senn 1998; Benbasat and Zmud, 1999; Lyytinen, 1999). A central premise of the arguments presented by these protagonists is that much research draws on methods that are inappropriate to the applied nature of the discipline. The foundation of this argument reflects the social sciences 'practice turn' that sees all knowledge as existing within the fields of practice (Schatzki et al., 2001). In philosophy, the turn to pragmatism similarly values knowledge through practitioners' eyes and places the practitioner at the centre of theory development (Putnam, 1995; Rorty, 1998). This movement toward practical relevance prefers concrete micro actions rather than an abstract or macro analysis. People and knowledge that makes a difference in practice are central to research endeavors. In line with these arguments, the strategic management discipline has seen the emergence of a body of research that focuses on strategizing or the 'doing of strategy' (Jarzabkowski and Spee, 2009; Jarzabkowski et al., 2007; Johnson et al., 2003, 2007; Whittington, 1996). Often referred to as the "Strategy as Practice" school, it emphasises the actual day-to-day activities, contexts, processes and content that relate to strategic outcomes. This momentum towards a more micro perspective is in response to growing frustrations with the contemporary strategy literature of its relevance to practitioners. Part of the problem is that there has been a dominant macro focus in strategic management research that is remote from practice, particularly the normative models resulting from it. Research in the Strategy as Practice genre emphasizes how people engage in the 'real work' of developing a strategy and strategizing. In addressing strategy as practice, the focus of research is on strategy praxis, strategy practitioners and strategy practices, i.e. the work, workers and tools of strategy (Jarzabkowski et al., 2007; Whittington, 2002). Drawing on this Strategy as Practice perspective, this Special Issue seeks to explore information systems strategy and strategizing from a practice perspective. Reflecting the arguments for research relevance, this call echoes Lee's (2010) recent comment that "the starting point of IS research need not be the existing theory (primarily epistêmê) located in the IS discipline's own (or any other) research literature; rather, the starting point could be the technê and phronêsis of IS professionals, managers, executives, and consultants ('natives') themselves..." (p. 346). Submitted manuscripts may report on research that explores the patterns of how people interact and are involved in strategic activity related to IS (and possibly alignment or co-evolution with business strategies). Additionally, they may elicit and present the detailed processes and practices that constitute the day-to-day activities in developing an IS strategy and IS strategizing in practice. While theoretical contributions are welcome (cf. Zundel and Kokkalis, 2010), the focus of empirical data collection will normally be on the people engaged in the real work of IS strategizing (cf. Levina and Vaast 2006 for strategic IS sourcing). Crucially, any reported research will examine IS strategy not as something a firm has but something its people do. A variety of research methods are also encouraged, including action research and design science, where the objective is to contribute to the knowing how, practical knowledge, and knowhow of IS strategy. References Benbasat I. and Zmud R.W. (1999) "Empirical research in information systems: the practice of relevance," MIS Quarterly (23:1), pp. 3-16. Desouza, K.C., El Sawy, O.A., Galliers, R.D., Loebbecke, C., and Watson, R.T. (2006) "Beyond rigor and relevance towards responsibility and reverberation: information systems research that really matters," Communications of AIS (17), pp 2-26. Hirschheim, R.A. (1992) "Information systems epistemology: an historical perspective." In Information Systems Research: Issues, Methods and Practical Guidelines (Galliers R.D., Ed), pp. 28-60, Blackwell, Oxford. Jarzabkowski, P and Spee, A.P. (2009) "Strategy-as-practice: a review and future direction for the field," International Journal of Management Reviews, (11:1), pp. 69-95. Jarzabkowski, P. "Strategy as practice: Recursiveness, adaptation, and practices-in-use," Organization Studies (25:4), May 2004, pp 529-560. Keen P (1991) "Keynote address: relevance and rigor in information systems research." In Information Systems Research: Contemporary Approaches and Emergent Traditions (Nissen H.E., Klein H.K. and Hirschheim R., Eds), pp. 27-49, Elsevier Publishers, Amsterdam. King, J.L. and Applegate, L.M. (1997) "Crisis in the case study crisis: marginal diminishing returns to scale in the quantitative-qualitative research debate," In Information Systems and Qualitative Research (Lee A., Liebenau J. and DeGross J., Eds), pp. 28-30, Chapman and Hall Publishing, London. Klein, H. and Rowe, F. (2008) "Marshaling the professional experience of doctoral students: a contribution to the practical relevance debate," MIS Quarterly (32:4), pp. 675-686. Lee, A.S. (2010) "Retropective and prospects: information systems research in the last and next 25 years," Journal of Information Technology, (25), pp. 336-348. Levina, N., and Vaast, E. (2008) "Innovating or doing as told? Status differences and overlapping boundaries in offshore collaboration," MIS Quarterly (32:2), pp 307-332. Lyytinen K (1999) "Empirical research in information systems: on the relevance of practice in thinking of IS research," MIS Quarterly (23:1), pp. 25-28. Nicolai, A. and Seidl, D. (2010) "That's relevant! Different forms of practical relevance in management science," Organization Studies, (31:9/10), pp. 1257-1285. Mohrman, S.A., Gibson, C.B. and Mohrman, A.M. (2001) "Doing research that is useful to practice: a model and empirical exploration," Academy of Management Journal, (44:2), pp. 357-375. Moisander, J. and Stenfors, S. (2009) "Exploring the edges of theory-practice gap: epistemic cultures in strategy-tool development and use," Organization, (16:2), pp. 227-247. Putnam, H. (1995) Pragmatism: An Open Question, Blackwell, Oxford, UK Cambridge, Mass., USA, pp. xii, 106. Rorty, R. (1998) Truth and Progress, Cambridge University Press, New York. Roseman, M. and Vessey, I. (2008) "Towards improving the relevance of information systems research to practice: the role of applicability checks," MIS Quarterly (32:1), pp. 1-22. Schatzki, T.R., Knorr-Cetina, K., and Savigny, E.v. (2001) The Practice Turn in Contemporary Theory, Routledge, London. Senn J (1998) "The challenge of relating IS research to practice," Information Resources Management Journal, (11:1), pp. 23-28. Shrivastava, P. (1987) "Rigor and practical usefulness of relevance in strategic management," Strategic Management Journal (8:1), pp. 77-92. Straub, D., and Ang, S. "Editors's Comments," MIS Quarterly (35:1) 2011, pp III-XI. Jarzabkowski, P., Balogun, J. and Seidl, D. (2007) "Strategizing: the challenges of a practice perspective," Human Relations, Vol. 60, No 1, pp. 5-27. Johnson, G., Langley, A., Melin, L. and Whittington, R. (2007) Strategy as Practice: Research Directions and Resources, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Johnson, G., Melin, L. and Whittington, R. (2003) "Micro strategy and strategizing: towards an activity-based view", Journal of Management Studies, Vol. 40, No. 1, pp. 3-22. Whittington, R. (2006) "Competing the practice turn in strategy research", Organization Studies, Vol. 27, No. 5, pp. 613-634. Whittington, R. (2002) "Practice perspectives on strategy: unifying and developing a field", Best Paper Proceedings, Academy of Management, Denver. Whittington, R. (1996) "Strategy as practice", Long Range Planning, (29:5), pp. 731-735. Zundel, M. and Kokkalis, P. (2010) "Theorizing as engaged practice," Organization Studies, (31:9/10), pp. 1209-1227. Important Dates Submission deadline: June 25, 2012 (definite) First reviews back: August 20, 2012 (indicative) Second revisions due by: October 15, 2012 (indicative) Final acceptance: January 16, 2013 (indicative) Publication date: March 2013 (targeted) Editors Professor Bob Galliers Bentley University USA: rgalliers(a)bentley.edu <mailto:rgalliers@bentley.edu> Professor Joe Peppard Cranfield School of Management United Kingdom: j.peppard(a)cranfield.ac.uk <mailto:j.peppard@cranfield.ac.uk> Dr Alan Thorogood Australian School of Business University of New South Wales Australia: alant(a)unsw.edu.au <mailto:alant@unsw.edu.au>

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Fwd: CFP ~ Society and Information Technology
by Gustaf Neumann 06 Oct '11

06 Oct '11

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: CFP ~ Society and Information Technology Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2011 21:40:21 -0400 From: ICSIT 2012 <icsit(a)mail.2012iiisconferences.org> To: <GUSTAF.NEUMANN(a)WU-WIEN.AC.AT> Dear G. Neumann: Please consider the possibility of accepting our invitation to contribute and/or encourage your colleagues to make submissions to The 3rd International Conference on Society and Information Technologies: ICSIT 2012 (www.2012iiisconferences.org/icsit), to be held on March 25th - 28th, 2012; in Orlando, Florida, USA, jointly with The 3rd International Multi-Conference on Complexity, Informatics and Cybernetics: IMCIC 2012 (www.2012iiisconferences.org/imcic), and The 3rd International Conference on Education, Training and Informatics: ICETI 2012 (www.2012iiisconferences.org/iceti). The submission deadline for the three collocated conferences is Oct. 26th, 2011. Submissions for *Face-to-Face* or for *Virtual* Participation are both accepted. Both kinds of submissions will have the same reviewing process and the accepted papers will be included in the same proceedings. Information about other collocated conferences on March 25th - 28th, 2012, as well as on July 17th - July 20th, 2012, can be found at http://www.iiis.org/iiis/current_submissions_deadlines.asp, as well information about: ? the three-tier reviewing, ? acceptance policy, ? best papers selection, ? publication of the proceedings in hard copy and CD, ? virtual session for each face-to-face session in the conference program, ? publication of the best 10%-20% in journals with no additional charge, ? waiving of registration fee effective invited session organizers, ? sessions? best papers awards, ? etc. We hope we can count with your contribution and support. ICSIT 2012 Organizing Committee If you wish to be removed from this mailing list, please send an email to remove(a)mail.2012iiisconferences.org with REMOVE MLCONFERENCES in the subject line. Address: Torre Profesional La California, Av. Francisco de Miranda, Caracas, Venezuela

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Fwd: [WI] 2nd Call for Articles: Learning Technology Newsletter - Issue on Virtual Worlds for Academic, Organizational and Life-Long Learning
by Gustaf Neumann 06 Oct '11

06 Oct '11

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [WI] 2nd Call for Articles: Learning Technology Newsletter - Issue on Virtual Worlds for Academic, Organizational and Life-Long Learning Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2011 17:38:23 -0600 From: Sabine Graf <sabine.graf(a)ieee.org> To: <wi(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de> 2nd Call For Articles - LEARNING TECHNOLOGY NEWSLETTER (ISSN 1438-0625) publication of IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Learning Technology (TCLT) http://www.ieeetclt.org/content/newsletter * Deadline for submission: October 10, 2011. Learning Technology Newsletter aims at publishing and disseminating current research about new and emerging learning technologies as well as their design, usage, application, and evaluation in different contexts of technology enhanced learning. The special theme of this issue will focus on virtual worlds for academic, organizational and life-long learning, including (but not limited to) research on using virtual worlds for learning and teaching; concepts and strategies for learning in virtual worlds; developments and applications for enhancing learning in virtual worlds; case studies and exploratory studies on how learners learn in virtual worlds; and evaluations of concepts/developments for learning in virtual worlds. Please feel free to bring forward your ideas and views. Articles that are not in the area of the special theme are most welcome as well and will be published in the regular article section Learning Technology Newsletter invites short articles, case studies, and project reports for the October issue. This issue will be published in Volume 13, Issue 4 (October, 2011). ** The newsletter is of non-refereed nature though the articles will be selected and edited by the Editors. ** * Submission procedure: 1. The articles in the newsletter are limited to 1000 words. Over-length articles will not be published. 2. The manuscripts should be either in Word or RTF format. Any figures used in the contributions would be required separately in a graphic format (gif or jpeg). The figures should also be embedded in the text at appropriate places. 3. Please send the manuscripts by email as attachment to sabineg(a)athabascau.ca and karagian(a)uth.gr (Subject: Learning Technology Newsletter Submission). 4. In the email, please state clearly that the manuscript is original material that has not been published, and is not being considered for publication elsewhere. For further information please see http://www.ieeetclt.org/content/newsletter. Best regards, Sabine Graf Charalampos Karagiannidis (Editors of Learning Technology Newsletter) -- 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: [computational.science] 2nd CFP Special Issue on NLP and HCI - Computer Standards and Interface
by Gustaf Neumann 06 Oct '11

06 Oct '11

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [computational.science] 2nd CFP Special Issue on NLP and HCI - Computer Standards and Interface Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2011 09:43:26 +0200 From: Rafael Valencia García <valencia(a)um.es> Organization: "ICCSA" To: Computational Science Mailing List <computational.science(a)lists.iccsa.org> 2nd Call for Papers Special Issue on Natural Language Processing and Human-Computer Interaction Elsevier Computer Standards and Interfaces (JCR, IMPACT FACTOR 2010: 0,825) Guest Editors: Rafael Valencia-García, Universidad de Murcia, Spain Francisco García-Sánchez, Universitat de València, Spain INTRODUCTION Natural Language Processing (NLP) is gaining momentum due to the explosive increase of web data and the rapid advancement of computing technology. Over the past few years, NLP problems such as morphological, syntactic parsing, and information extraction have been successfully addressed. In recent years, the utilization of NLP technologies towards an effective human-computer interaction has received much attention. Several platforms have been developed to enable humans to interact with computers through natural language interfaces such as speech recognition systems, natural language query systems, semantic search engines and question answering systems. The purpose of this special issue is to collect innovative and high-quality research contributions regarding the role played by the NLP technologies in Human-Computer Interaction. This special issue aims to explore the synergies between these technologies and give insights on the recent advances in these topics by soliciting original scientific contributions in the form of theoretical and experimental research and case studies. SCOPE The topics of this special issue include but are not limited to: • Natural language interfaces • Controlled natural language interfaces • Speech synthesis and recognition systems • Question answering systems • Dialog systems • Semantic search engines • Monolingual and multilingual information extraction and retrieval • Sentiment analysis and opinion mining • Applications and case-studies Application domains of interest include finance, open innovation, healthcare, digital libraries, organisational learning, knowledge management, e-government, eLearning, decision support, and multimedia systems. IMPORTANT DATES Deadline for submission of papers: 31 October 2011 Authors to receive a 1st decision by: 15 January 2012 Final notification of acceptance: 31 March 2012 On-line and print publication: (subject to CIS Schedule) SUBMISSION PROCEDURE Papers submitted must have not been published previously or under consideration for publication, though they may represent significant extensions of prior work. Manuscripts should be submitted online at http://ees.elsevier.com/csi/ (see the EES User Guide for Authors). Authors have to select “Natural Language/Human Computer S.I.” as the manuscript type (“Article Type” step in the submission process). All submissions will be peer-reviewed following the double-blind review process. The objective is to apply very high standards of acceptance while ensuring fair, timely and efficient review cycles. Guest Editors Rafael Valencia-García, Universidad de Murcia, Spain http://webs.um.es/valencia/ email: valencia(a)um.es Francisco García-Sánchez, Universitat de Valencia, Spain http://www.uv.es/francis6/ email: Francisco.Garcia-Sanchez(a)uv.es

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