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Fwd: CFP CSEDU 2012 - Int'l Conf. on Computer Supported Education
by Gustaf Neumann 21 Nov '11

21 Nov '11

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: CFP CSEDU 2012 - Int'l Conf. on Computer Supported Education Datum: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:39:10 -0500 Von: CSEDU Secretariat <postmaster13(a)303media.net> Antwort an: csedu.secretariat(a)insticc.org <csedu.secretariat(a)insticc.org> An: neumann(a)wu-wien.ac.at CALL FOR PAPERS 4th International Conference on Computer Supported Education CSEDU website: http://www.csedu.org/ April 16 - 18, 2012 Porto, Portugal Technically Co-sponsored by SPEE, IFIP and ROLE Sponsored by INSTICC INSTICC is Member of WfMC, OMG, SEFI, EATEL and IGIP IMPORTANT DATES: Regular Paper Submission: December 9, 2011 (deadline extended) Authors Notification (regular papers): January 25, 2012 Final Regular Paper Submission and Registration: February 14, 2012 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dear Gustaf Neumann, Let me kindly inform you that, due to several requests, the paper submission deadline for the 4th International Conference on Computer Supported Education (CSEDU 2012) has been extended to next December 9, 2011. Submitted papers will be subject to a double-blind review process. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings, under an ISBN reference, on paper and CD-ROM support. HZYE The proceedings will be submitted for indexation by Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index (ISI), INSPEC, DBLP and EI (Elsevier Index). Best paper awards will be distributed during the conference closing session. Please check the website for further information (http://www.csedu.org/BestPaperAward.aspx). All papers presented at the conference venue will be available at the SciTePress Digital Library (http://www.scitepress.org/DigitalLibrary/). SciTePress is member of CrossRef (http://www.crossref.org/). We would like to highlight the presence of the following keynote speakers: Joseph Trimmer, Ball State University, United States, David Kaufman, Simon Fraser University, Canada and Hugh Davis, University of Southampton, United Kingdom. More names will be announced soon at the CSEDU 2012 conference website (http://www.csedu.org/KeynoteSpeakers.aspx). There is still another opportunity of publication, in the following special sessions (with different deadlines, see the conference website for details): - Enhancing Student Engagement in e-Learning - ESEeL (http://www.csedu.org/ESEeL.aspx) - Serious Games on Computer Science Learning - SGoCSL (http://www.csedu.org/SGoCSL.aspx) CSEDU will be hosting the following tutorial: - e-Learning 3.0: Making the Leap to the Next Level (http://www.csedu.org/tutorials.aspx) Workshops, Special sessions, Tutorials as well as Demonstrations dedicated to other technical/scientific topics are also envisaged: companies interested in presenting their products/methodologies or researchers interested in holding a tutorial are invited to contact the conference secretariat. Workshop chairs and Special Session chairs will benefit from logistics support and other types of support, including secretariat and financial support, to facilitate the development of a valid idea. Please check further details at the CSEDU 2012 conference web site (http://www.csedu.org). There you will find detailed information about the conference structure and its main topic areas. This conference is co-located with WEBIST 2012 (8th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - http://www.webist.org/), CLOSER 2012 (2nd International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science - http://closer.scitevents.org/) and SMARTGREENS 2012 (1st International Conference on Smart Grids and Green IT Systems - http://www.smartgreens.org). Registration to CSEDU will enable free attendance to any sessions of WEBIST, CLOSER and SMARTGREENS 2012 as a non-speaker. Should you have any question or suggestions please don't hesitate to contact me. Kind regards, Joao Teixeira CSEDU Secretariat Av. D. Manuel I, 27A 2.Esq. 2910-595 Setubal, Portugal Tel.: +351 265 520 184 Fax: +44 203 014 8596 Email: csedu.secretariat(a)insticc.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - CONFERENCE CHAIR Jose Cordeiro, Polytechnic Institute of Setubal / INSTICC, Portugal PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS Markus Helfert, Dublin City University, Ireland Maria Joao Martins, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Portugal TOPIC AREAS: AREA 1: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES SUPPORTING LEARNING - Intelligent Tutoring Systems - e-Learning Hardware and Software - Digital Libraries for e-Learning - Web-based Learning, Wikis and Blogs - e-Learning Platforms, Portals - Authoring Tools and Content Development - Groupware Tools - Synchronous and Asynchronous Learning - Security Aspects - AV-Communication and Multimedia - Ontologies and Meta-Data Standards AREA 2: LEARNING/TEACHING METHODOLOGIES AND ASSESSMENT - Simulated Communities and Online Mentoring - e-Testing and new Test Theories - Supervising and Managing Student Projects - Pedagogy Enhancement with e-Learning - Educating the Educators - Immersive Learning - Blended Learning - Computer-Aided Assessment - Metrics and Performance Measurement - Assessment Software Tools - Assessment Methods in Blended Learning Environments AREA 3: SOCIAL CONTEXT AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS - Learning Organizations - Teacher Evaluation - Assessment and Accreditation of Courses and Institutions - Course Design and e-Learning Curriculae - Collaborative Learning - Community Building - Lifelong Learning: Continuing Professional Training and Development - Theoretical Bases of e-Learning Environments - International Partnerships in Teaching - Distance and e-Learning in a Global Context - Cooperation with Industry in Teaching - Higher Education vs. Vocational Training AREA 4: DOMAIN APPLICATIONS AND CASE STUDIES - e-Learning Success Cases - Errors in e-Learning - Critical Success Factors in Distance Learning - e-learning in Electrical, Mechanical, Civil and Information Engineering - Medical Applications - Interdisciplinary Programs for Distance Education - Impact and Achievements of International Initiatives - Joint Degrees AREA 5: UBIQUITOUS LEARNING - Mobile Learning (M-learning) - Technology Enhanced Learning - Technology Support for Pervasive Learning - Accessibility to Disabled Users - Virtual Labs and Virtual Classrooms - Distance Education - Context Dependent Learning - Standards and Interoperability ----------------------------------------------------------------- To SUBSCRIBE: http://internetmailmanager.com/s/reg.Asp?a=48HGJPKBJSRQBLK7MJB8L2HE&b=A9MMK… ----------------------------------------------------------------- To FORWARD: http://internetmailmanager.com/s/fwd.asp?a=48HGJPKBJSRQBLK7MJB8L2HE&b=A9MMK… ----------------------------------------------------------------- To UNSUBSCRIBE: http://internetmailmanager.com/s/us.asp?a=48HGJPKBJSRQBLK7MJB8L2HE&b=A9MMKK… ---------------------------------------------------

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Fwd: [AISWorld] TOC: IJISP 4(2)
by Gustaf Neumann 21 Nov '11

21 Nov '11

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] TOC: IJISP 4(2) Datum: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 10:13:18 -0400 Von: Hamid Nemati <hrnemati(a)uncg.edu> An: AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org The contents of the latest issue of: International Journal of Information Security and Privacy (IJISP) Official Publication of the Information Resources Management Association Volume 4, Issue 2, April-June 2007 Published: Quarterly in Print and Electronically ISSN: 1930-1650 EISSN: 1930-1669 Published by IGI Publishing, Hershey-New York, USA www.igi-global.com/ijisp Editor-in-Chief: Hamid Nemati, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA PAPER ONE Protecting User Privacy Better with Query l-Diversity Fuyu Liu, University of Central Florida, USA Kien Hua, University of Central Florida, USA This paper examines major privacy concerns in location-based services. Most user privacy techniques are based on cloaking, which achieves location k-anonymity. The key is to reduce location resolution by ensuring that each cloaking area reported to a service provider contains at least k mobile users. However, maintaining location k-anonymity alone is inadequate when the majority of the k mobile users are interested in the same query subject. In this paper, the authors address this problem by defining a novel concept called query l-diversity, which requires diversified queries submitted from the k users. The authors propose two techniques: Expand Cloak and Hilbert Cloak to achieve query l-diversity. To show the effectiveness of the proposed techniques, they compare the improved Interval Cloak technique through extensive simulation studies. The results show that these techniques better protect user privacy. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://igi-global.com/Bookstore/Article.aspx?TitleId=46100 PAPER TWO Globalization and Data Privacy: An Exploratory Study Robert Totterdale, Robert Morris University, USA Global organizations operate in multiple countries and are subject to both local and federal laws in each of the jurisdictions in which they conduct business. The collection, storage, processing, and transfer of data between countries or operating locations are often subject to a multitude of data privacy laws, regulations, and legal systems that are at times in conflict. Companies struggle to have the proper policies, processes, and technologies in place that will allow them to comply with a myriad of laws which are constantly changing. Using an established privacy management framework, this study provides a summary of major data privacy laws in the U.S., Europe, and India, and their implication for businesses. Additionally, in this paper, relationships between age, residence (country), attitudes and awareness of business rules and data privacy laws are explored for 331 business professionals located in the U.S and India. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://igi-global.com/Bookstore/Article.aspx?TitleId=46101 PAPER THREE Security Issues for Cloud Computing Kevin Hamlen, The University of Texas at Dallas, USA Murat Kantarcioglu, The University of Texas at Dallas, USA Latifur Khan, The University of Texas at Dallas, USA Bhavani Thuraisingham, The University of Texas at Dallas, USA In this paper, the authors discuss security issues for cloud computing and present a layered framework for secure clouds and then focus on two of the layers, i.e., the storage layer and the data layer. In particular, the authors discuss a scheme for secure third party publications of documents in a cloud. Next, the paper will converse secure federated query processing with map Reduce and Hadoop, and discuss the use of secure co-processors for cloud computing. Finally, the authors discuss XACML implementation for Hadoop and discuss their beliefs that building trusted applications from untrusted components will be a major aspect of secure cloud computing. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://igi-global.com/Bookstore/Article.aspx?TitleId=46102 PAPER FOUR Global Information Security Factors Garry White, Texas State University - San Marcos, USA Ju Long, Texas State University - San Marcos, USA The Internet has changed security and because the Internet is borderless, security threats are now on a global scale. In this paper, the authors explore the global nature of information security from the perspectives of corporate professionals. Through an empirical study with corporate professionals, who have first-hand information security knowledge, the authors confirm that the proposed knowledge topics are relevant toward a comprehensive understanding of information security issues. Analyzing the empirical data, the authors found two global security factors: business protection of data and government/social issues. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://igi-global.com/Bookstore/Article.aspx?TitleId=46103 ***************************************************** For full copies of the above articles, check for this issue of the International Journal of Information Security and Privacy (IJISP) in your institution's library. This journal is also included in the IGI Global aggregated "InfoSci-Journals" database: http://www.igi-global.com/EResources/InfoSciJournals.aspx. ***************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS Mission of IJISP: The overall mission of the International Journal of Information Security and Privacy (IJISP) is to create and foster a forum where research in the theory and practice of information security and privacy is advanced. The journal strives to serve a diverse readership by publishing articles in a range of topics in information security and privacy that would appeal to a broad cross-sectional and multi disciplinary readership ranging from the academic and professional research communities to industry practitioners. The journal seeks to publish a balanced mix of high quality theoretical or empirical research articles, case studies, book reviews, tutorials, editorials as well as pedagogical and curricular issues surrounding information security and privacy. Coverage of IJISP: The International Journal of Information Security and Privacy (IJISP) publishes a full spectrum of high quality papers dealing with a wide range of issues, ranging from technical, regulatory, organizational, managerial, cultural, ethical, and human aspects of information security and privacy. This journal encourages submission of manuscripts that present research frameworks, methods, methodologies, theory development and validation, case studies, simulation results and analysis, technological architectures, and infrastructure issues in design, and implementation and maintenance of secure and privacy preserving initiatives. In addition to the topics mentioned above, other topics of interest to the journal include (but are not limited to) the following: Agents and mobile communication systems Authentication and authorization of users, systems, and applications Businesses models and systems with security and privacy requirements and management Case studies in security and privacy Civil rights and liberties Computer worms and viruses Consumer and business practices and trends Cryptographic techniques and protocols Database issues in privacy protection Developing enterprise management of security and privacy policies and infrastructures Development of formal models and definitions Distributed, forward, and proactive policies and procedures Distributed marketplaces, auctions, and gaming Economic impact analysis Electronic commerce, banking, and payment protocols Encryption, authentication, and access control Enhancements for Storage Area Networks E-services, e-voting, and e-government File and file system security and privacy Firewall technologies, policies, and trends Global issues Hacking and corruptions Hacking, cyber-terrorism, and intrusion detection Heterogeneous and large-scale environments Identity and privacy confidentiality Legal, regulatory, and compliance issues Malicious codes and attacks against networks Multiparty communications, co-operations, and computations Networks and security protocols Peer-to-Peer computing Preserving and enhancing technologies and initiatives Relationships and trade-offs between security and privacy Security and privacy techniques, management, and protocols Tools, techniques, methods, and frameworks Trends and new developments Trust architectures and underlying infrastructures World Wide Web authentication and authorization Interested authors should consult the journal's manuscript submission guidelines at www.igi-global.com/ijisp All inquiries and submissions should be sent to: Editor-in-Chief: Hamid Nemati at Nemati(a)uncg.edu _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

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Fwd: [WI] CALL FOR PAPERS: Qualitätsmanagement und Vorgehensmodelle - 19. Workshop der Fachgruppe Vorgehensmodelle im Fachgebiet Wirtschaftsinformatik
by Gustaf Neumann 19 Nov '11

19 Nov '11

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [WI] CALL FOR PAPERS: Qualitätsmanagement und Vorgehensmodelle - 19. Workshop der Fachgruppe Vorgehensmodelle im Fachgebiet Wirtschaftsinformatik Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:10:44 +0100 From: Oliver Linssen <oliver.linssen(a)liantis.com> Organization: Liantis GmbH&Co.KG To: wi(a)lists.uni-karlsruhe.de ----------------------------------------------- 19. Workshop der Fachgruppe Vorgehensmodelle im Fachgebiet Wirtschaftsinformatik der Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. ----------------------------------------------- =============== CALL FOR PAPERS =============== (Aufruf zur Einreichung von Beiträgen) Thema: Qualitätsmanagement und Vorgehensmodelle ----------------------------------------------- Workshoptermin: 27./28.03.2012 Ort: Information und Technik NRW (IT.NRW), Düsseldorf Webseite: http://www.vorgehensmodelle.de Inhaltliche Ausrichtung ----------------------- In einer nunmehr 19-jährigen Tradition haben sich die Workshops der Fachgruppe Vorgehensmodelle als wichtigste Veranstaltung zu diesem Thema im deutschsprachigen Raum etabliert. Die Workshops verfolgen das Ziel, Methoden und Ansätze im Bereich der Vorgehensmodelle sowie deren Umsetzung in der Praxis einem Fachpublikum aus Wissenschaftlern und Praktikern vorzustellen. Der intensiven Diskussion der vorgestellten Ansätze sowie dem Erfahrungsaustausch wird im Workshop traditionell eine besonders hohe Bedeutung zugemessen. Der Workshop des Jahres 2012 hat den Themenschwerpunkt "Qualitätsmanagement und Vorgehensmodelle". Trotz aller präzisen Definitionen wird Qualität häufig völlig unterschiedlich interpretiert. Umso dringender stellt sich die Frage, inwiefern sich das Thema Qualität im Rahmen von Vorgehensmodellen systematisieren lässt. Im Bereich der Softwareentwicklung bzw. des Software Engineerings kommt erschwerend hinzu, dass eine klare Definition des Begriffs Qualität noch nicht verfügbar ist und viele verschiedene Techniken und Methoden um die Gunst der Anwender buhlen. Zwar sind Techniken wie das Unit Testing oder Reviews weit verbreitet und akzeptiert - doch sind diese Techniken bereits ein Qualitätsmanagement? Ungeklärt ist dazu auch die Frage, wie sich solche Techniken in Vorgehensmodellen wiederfinden. Wie werden Vorgehensmodelle aus der Sicht des Qualitätsmanagements eingeordnet? Werden sie als Werkzeug des Qualitätsmanagements betrachtet? Werden im Qualitätsmanagement andere Konzepte verwendet, um Projektprozesse zu modellieren? Wann sind bestimmte Techniken vorteilhaft und wann nicht? Bieten Vorgehensmodelle einen adäquaten Rahmen, insbesondere zur Einplanung solcher Maßnahmen/Techniken? Bieten Vorgehensmodelle geeignete Modellierungstechniken hierfür an, und wie lassen sich belastbare Aussagen bezüglich des Qualitätsmanagements in Softwareprojekten treffen? Das Thema Qualitätsmanagement in Organisationen und Projekten und seine Beziehung zu Vorgehensmodellen kann aus vielen verschiedenen Perspektiven diskutiert werden. Erbeten werden daher Beiträge, welche die Abhängigkeiten zwischen Qualitätsmanagement und Vorgehensmodellen beleuchten und aufzeigen, wie sich Qualitätsmanagement und Vorgehensmodelle positionieren und integrieren. Themenvorschläge ---------------- - Bewertung von Entwicklungsprozessen ("guter" vs. "schlechter" Prozess) - Modellierung von Entwicklungsprozessen/Vorgehensmodellen unter Berücksichtigung des Qualitätsmanagements - Bewertung der Güte von Beschreibungstechniken für Vorgehensmodelle - Positionierung von Qualitätsmanagement auf der Organisations- und der Projektebene unter Berücksichtigung von Vorgehensmodellen - Qualitätsgetriebene Auswahl von projektspezifischen Vorgehensmodellen - Qualitätsmessung und Bewertung von Vorgehensmodellen - Grundsätzliche Auswahlkriterien für Methoden und Prozesse - Dynamische Anpassung von Prozessen zur Erreichung von Qualitätszielen - Empirische Untersuchungen von Projekten unter Berücksichtigung von Qualitätsaspekten - Empirische Untersuchungen von Vorgehensmodellen unter Berücksichtigung von Qualitätsaspekten - Innovative Verfahren für Qualitätsmanagement, -planung, -durchführung, -messung und -verbesserung - Integrationsoptionen von Qualitätsmaßnahmen in Vorgehensmodellen - Automatisierung von Qualitätsmanagement, -sicherung und Vorgehensmodellen Workshop-Beiträge und Tagungsband --------------------------------- Jeder Workshop-Beitrag besteht aus einem Vortrag von 20 bzw. 30 Minuten, der die Kernthesen des Beitrags vorstellen sollte, sowie einer anschließenden Diskussion im Plenum. Ergänzend dazu wird der eingereichte Beitrag im Tagungsband veröffentlicht. Es werden zwei Arten von Beiträgen akzeptiert: Kurzbeiträge umfassen max. 5 und Langbeiträge max. 10 Seiten der Formatvorlage. Sie sollen Grafiken, Tabellen und Referenzen enthalten und müssen Veröffentlichungsqualität haben. Für die Annahme des Beitrags zum Abdruck ist die Verwendung einer Dokumentenvorlage zwingend, die unter www.vorgehensmodelle.de zu finden ist. Die Einreichung umfasst neben dem Beitrag einen Abstract mit max. 3000 Anschlägen und einen Kurz-CV mit 1000 Anschlägen. Der Abstract und der Kurz-CV werden auf der Webseite der Fachgruppe veröffentlicht. Nach Abschluss der Veranstaltung werden die Folien des Vortrags auf der Webseite veröffentlicht. Wird der Beitrag angenommen, erhält je ein Referent pro Beitrag eine Vergünstigung von 50% auf den Tagungspreis. Beiträge werden nur über das Konferenzsystem https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=giwivm19 entgegengenommen. Bei den Einreichungen kann es sich handeln um: - Übersichtsbeiträge, die ein oder mehrere der Themen aufarbeiten und einführend darstellen - Beschreibungen laufender oder abgeschlossener Forschungsarbeiten sowie wissenschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge - Erfahrungsberichte aus der Praxis Wir bitten, von der Einsendung von sog. "Success Stories" mit starkem Marketing-Einschlag abzusehen. Programmkomitee (angefragt) --------------------------- Marco Kuhrmann, Technische Universität München (Leiter Programmkomitee) Oliver Linssen, Liantis GmbH& Co. KG (Leiter Organisationskomitee) Volker Arendt, Bergische Universität Wuppertal Hubert Biskup, IBM Stefan Bock, Bergische Universität Wuppertal Jens Calamé Christian Dinnus, IT.NRW Guido Dischinger, Liantis GmbH& Co. KG Martin Engstler, Hochschule der Medien Stuttgart Ulrich Frank, Universität Duisburg-Essen Detlev Frick, Hochschule Niederrhein Jan Friedrich, 4Soft GmbH Andreas Gadatsch, Hochschule Bonn-Rhein Sieg Thomas Greb, Thomas Greb Consulting Eckhart Hanser, Duale Hochschule BW Loerrach Reinhard Höhn, X-PER.NET Consulting Stephan Höppner, Atos Consulting& Technology Services Patrick Keil, Keil KTM GmbH Ralf Kneuper, Beratung fuer Softwarequalitaetsmanagement und Prozessverbesserung Bodo Kraft, Fachhochschule Aachen Christian Lange, Bundesverwaltungsamt, BIT 7 Michael Leuschel, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf Frank Marschall, T-Systems International GmbH Sven Mertens, Fachhochschule der Wirtschaft (FHDW) Alexander Miskiw, GPM e.V. Region Düsseldorf Günther Müller-Luschnat, Pharmatechnik GmbH Jan Mütter, IT-NRW Roland Petrasch, Technische Fachhochschule Berlin Markus Pütz, Wissenschaftliche Hochschule Lahr (WHL) Andreas Rausch, TU Clausthal Steffen Rietz, Sprecher d. Fachgruppe Projekt- und Prozessmanagement der GPM André Schnackeburg, Bundesverwaltungsamt, BIT 2 Klaus Stephan, PMI Köln Chapter e.V. Manuel Then, Technische Universität München Reinhard Wagner, GPM Deutsche Gesellschaft für Projektmanagement e.V. Harald Wehnes, kubus IT c/o AOK Bayer Christa Weßel, Organisationsentwicklung& Informationstechnologie Herbert Wetzel, S&T Deutschland GmbH Wichtige Termine ---------------- - 09.01.2012: Abgabefrist für die Beiträge - 23.01.2012: Information über Annahme an die Autoren - 07.02.2012: Einreichung der druckfertigen Beiträge durch die Autoren - 27./28.03.2012: Workshop Kontaktadresse und weitere Informationen ---------------------------------------- Für die Teilnahme am Workshop ist eine Anmeldung erforderlich. Die Anmeldung erfolgt über die Webseite der Fachgruppe http://www.vorgehensmodelle.de. Dort werden auch weitere, aktualisierte Informationen bezüglich des Workshops bereitgestellt. Für Rückfragen wenden Sie sich bitte an VM-Workshop(a)gi-ev.de. gez. • Dr. Oliver Linssen, Liantis GmbH& Co. KG, Krefeld (Sprecher der Fachgruppe) • Reinhard Höhn, Knowledge Management Associates GmbH, Wien (stellv. Sprecher der Fachgruppe) • Das Leitungsgremium der Fachgruppe Vorgehensmodelle für die betriebliche Anwendungsentwicklung im Fachbereich Wirtschaftsinformatik (WI-VM) Webseite der Fachgruppe: http://www.vorgehensmodelle.de Die Fachgruppe auf XING: https://www.xing.com/net/pri9f199bx/vorgehensmodelle/ Verteiler der Fachgruppe: https://mail.gi-ev.de/mailman/listinfo/wi-vm -- -------- Dr. Oliver Linssen Sprecher der Fachgruppe Vorgehensmodelle für die betriebliche Anwendungsentwicklung (WI-VM) der Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. http://www.wi-vm.gi-ev.de/organisation/ansprech0/oliver-linssen.html ===================================== Anschrift: Dr. Oliver Linssen c/o Liantis GmbH& Co. KG St.-Anton-Str. 69-71 47798 Krefeld Tel. 02151/9318660 www.liantis.com ===================================== -- 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: Fwd: [WI] CfP 6th International Symposium on Intelligent Distributed Computing - IDC 2012September 24-26, 2012, Calabria, Italy
by Gustaf Neumann 18 Nov '11

18 Nov '11

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [WI] CfP 6th International Symposium on Intelligent Distributed Computing - IDC 2012September 24-26, 2012, Calabria, Italy Datum: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:56:41 +0100 Von: Rainer Unland <rainer.unland(a)icb.uni-due.de> Organisation: University Duisburg-Essen An: undisclosed-recipients:; *Call for Papers * 6th International Symposium on Intelligent Distributed Computing - IDC 2012 September 24-26, 2012, Calabria, Italy http://idc2012.deis.unical.it/dates.html *Important dates* Full paper submission: April 10, 2012 Notification of acceptance: May 10, 2012 Final (camera ready) paper due: June 1, 2012 Symposium: September 24-26, 2012 Intelligent computing covers a hybrid palette of methods and techniques derived from classical artificial intelligence, computational intelligence, multi-agent systems a.o. Distributed computing studies systems that contain loosely-coupled components running on different networked computers and that communicate and coordinate their actions by message transfer. The emergent field of intelligent distributed computing is expected to pose special challenges of adaptation and fruitful combination of results of both areas with a great impact on the development of new generation intelligent distributed information systems. The aim of this symposium is to bring together researchers involved in intelligent distributed computing to allow cross-fertilization and synergy of ideas and to enable advancement of researches in the field. The symposium welcomes submissions of original papers concerning all aspects of intelligent distributed computing ranging from concepts and theoretical developments to advanced technologies and innovative applications. Papers acceptance and publication will be judged based on their relevance to the symposium theme, clarity of presentation, originality and accuracy of results and proposed solutions. *Topics include, but are not limited to: * Intelligent service composition and orchestration E-service and Web intelligence Multi-agent systems Information extraction and retrieval in distributed environments Data mining and knowledge discovery in distributed environments Semantic and knowledge grids Agent-oriented Cloud Computing Distributed problem solving and decision making Ontologies and meta-data for describing heterogeneous resources and services Autonomic and adaptive distributed computing Intelligence in mobile and ubiquitous computing Intelligence in cooperative information systems, groupware and workflows, virtual enterprises, social networks Intelligent applications in e-business/e-commerce, e-learning, e-health, e-science, e-government, crisis management Self-organising and adaptive distributed systems Intelligence in Peer-to-Peer systems Emergent behaviours in complex distributed systems Distributed frameworks and middleware for Wireless Sensor Networks and Internet of Things Distributed nature-inspired and bio-inspired computing Knowledge integration and fusion from distributedSteering Committee Janusz Kacprzyk Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland Costin Badica University of Craiova, Romania Michele Malgeri University of Catania, Italy George A. Papadopoulos University of Cyprus, Cyprus Marcin Paprzycki Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland Frances Brazier Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Kees Nieuwenhuis D-CIS Lab / Thales Research & Technology, The Netherlands Giancarlo Fortino University of Calabria, Italy Mohammad Essaaidi Abdelmalek Essaadi University in Tetuan, Morocco *General Chair* Giancarlo Fortino University of Calabria, Italy *Program Committee Chairs* Giancarlo Fortino University of Calabria, Italy Michele Malgeri University of Catania, Italy Rainer Unland University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany *Program Committee* Salvador Abreu, Razvan Andonie, Costin Badica, Mert Bal, Amar Balla, Nick Bassiliades, Doina Bein, Nik Bessis, Lars Braubach, Dumitru Dan Burdescu, David Camacho, Vincenza Carchiolo, Jen-Yao Chung, Phan Cong-Vinh, Massimo Cossentino, Alfredo Cuzzocrea, Paul Davidsson, Beniamino Di Martino, Giuseppe Difatta, Luminita Dumitriu, Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni, George Eleftherakis, Vadim Ermolayev, Mohammad Essaaidi, Mostafa Ezziyyani, Giancarlo Fortino, Stefano Galzarano, Maria Ganzha, Raffaele Gravina, Nathan Griffiths, Antonio Guerrieri, Michael Hartung, Tom Holvoet, Barna Laszlo Iantovics, Mirjana Ivanovic, Jason Jung, Igor Kotenko, Dariusz Krol, Florin Leon, Wen-Feng Li, Alessandro Longheu, Heitor Silverio Lopes, Jose' Machado, Michele Malgeri, Giuseppe Mangioni, Yannis Manolopoulos, Gleizes Marie-Pierre, Viviana Mascardi, Amnon Meisels, Grzegorz J. Nalepa, Viorel Negru, Peter Noerr, Eugenio Oliveira, Andrea Omicini, Mihaela Oprea, Marcin Paprzycki, Juan Pavon, Dana Petcu, Florin Pop, Radu-Emil Precup, Shahram Rahimi, Wilma Russo, Ioan Salomie, Murat Sensoy, Weiming Shen, Safeeullah Soomro, Giandomenico Spezzano, Rainer Unland, Salvatore Venticinque, Laurent Vercouter, Lucian Vintan, Martijn Warnier, Niek Wijngaards, Filip Zavoral -- "Experience is this valuable asset which allows us to identify the mistake immediately when we are doing it again and again!" "Erfahrung ist jener kostbare Besitz, der uns befähigt, einen Fehler sofort zu erkennen, wenn wir ihn immer wieder machen." ************************************************************************** Prof. Dr. Rainer Unland University of Duisburg-Essen Institute for Computer Science and Business Information Systems (ICB) Practical Computer Science, especially Data Management Systems and Knowledge Representation Schuetzenbahn 70 45117 Essen, Germany Tel.: (+49) 201-183 3421 IP-Tel. Skype: unlandr Fax: (+49) 201-183 4460 Email: Rainer.Unland at icb.uni-due.de WWW:http://www.dawis.wiwi.uni-due.de/ ***************************************************************************

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Fwd: [EDEN-News] EDEN Annual Conference, Porto 2012 - First Announcement and Call for Papers
by Gustaf Neumann 18 Nov '11

18 Nov '11

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [EDEN-News] EDEN Annual Conference, Porto 2012 - First Announcement and Call for Papers Datum: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:22:33 +0100 Von: EDEN Secretariat <secretariat(a)eden-online.org> An: EDEN News <Eden-News(a)eden-online.org> EDEN *First Announcement and Call for Papers* Invitation In times of great challenges for Europe, all generations are called to act together, thus also to learn, to produce, share and preserve knowledge. The 2012 European Year of Active Ageing and the Solidarity Between Generations serves as framework for raising awareness, generating innovative approaches and disseminating good practice. The EDEN Annual Conference will approach the key questions of learning methodology and technology focusing on the â??Open learning generationsâ??, the contexts of socially significant target groups: junior and senior e-learners. We will explore their learning cultures, technology use patterns and discuss new approaches in pedagogy and andragogy that respond to them. Open learning for and amongst diverse generations Innovative pedagogical models have been significant in empowering learners and their communities as co-producers in networked lifelong learning. Helping to spread educational resources as digitised content which accommodate different learning pathways, widening participation and promoting shared learning experiences between generations contributes to closing the technology gap. Online and Social The 2012 Annual Conference will be supported and accompanied intensively by social networking, sharing, online and virtual presence and involvement possibilities. This will be strengthened by and implemented through the EDEN Members Portal: the NAP area on the web and its services. Call for Contributions We invite all interested professionals to take part and discover the conference themes by submitting their experience. There will be opportunities for submitting and presenting *papers, workshops, posters* and *demonstrations*. At the Porto conference, *virtual presentations*, as a new form will be introduced. The conference allows openness in choosing the topics and in applying interactive formats and ways of presentations. To learn more about the scope of the event <http://www.eden-online.org/2012_porto.html> and consult the themes <http://www.eden-online.org/2012_porto/conference-themes.html>, please visit the respective conference pages. For details visit the Conference web-site <http://www.eden-online.org/2012_porto.html> and the Call for Contributions <http://www.eden-online.org/2012_porto/call-for-contributions.html> links. Schedule and Deadlines Paper Submissions - 10 February, 2012 Registration Open - Mid February Notification of Authors - 31 March Conference Venue, Porto The second largest city in Portugal is Porto, or Oporto, considered as the economic and cultural heart of the entire region. Porto, is a city with soul, populated with a supportive community, an unhurried pace of life. The cityâ??s historic center was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1996, and it was also the European cultural capital in 2001. The Conference will be hosted at the AlfÃ¢ndega do Porto Congress Center <http://www.amtc.pt/portal/alias__amtc/lang__pt-PT/tabID__622/FirstChild__-1…>, in downtown Porto, by the Douro River. This historical building was the former customs house which after recovering by Portuguese contemporary architects is now an outstanding facility.

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Fwd: [CECIIS] 1st Announcement - Central European Conference on Information and Intelligent Systems CECIIS 2012
by Gustaf Neumann 18 Nov '11

18 Nov '11

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [CECIIS] 1st Announcement - Central European Conference on Information and Intelligent Systems CECIIS 2012 Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 10:16:26 +0100 From: CECIIS <ceciis(a)foi.hr> Organization: FOI To: ceciis-foi(a)foi.hr ceciis_logo We kindly ask you to accept our apologies if you receive this call more than once. Please forward this information to your colleagues who might be interested in *23rd Central European Conference on Information and Intelligent Systems* (http://ceciis.foi.hr) organized by University of Zagreb, Faculty of Organization and Informatics, Varazdin (http://www.foi.unizg.hr). *IN COOPERATION WITH* Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Institut für Informatik und Gesellschaft, Germany Karl-Franzens Universität Graz, Institut für Informationswissenschaft und Wirtschaftsinformatik, Austria University of Maribor, Faculty of Economics and Business, Slovenia University of Maribor, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Slovenia University of Zagreb, Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, Croatia *The aim of the Conference* is to promote the interface of researchers involved in the development and application of methods and techniques in the field of information and intelligent systems. *The Conference program* includes invited lectures by eminent international experts, contributed papers, poster sessions, special symposiums, workshops, roundtable discussions, hardware and software presentations and book exhibitions. *TOPICS OF INTEREST* * Data and Knowledge Bases * Education for Information Society * Information and Communication Technologies * Information Systems Security * Intelligent Information Systems * Intelligent Transport Systems * Software Engineering *SPECIAL TOPIC* * Security and Privacy in the Networked World *KEYNOTE SPEAKER* Bruce Schneier - an internationally renowned security technologist and author of "Applied Cryptography", "Secrets and Lies", "Beyond Fear", "Schneier on Security", "Cryptography Engineering", ... *IMPORTANT DATES* * *Registration* forms and abstracts (not obligatory) due by: March 5th, 2012 * *Full papers* (camera-ready) due by: April 2nd, 2012 * Notification of acceptance due by: May 28th, 2012 * *Final version* due by: June 11th, 2012 * Proposals for other Conference events (poster sessions, symposiums, workshops, roundtable discussions, hardware and software presentations,book exhibitions): April 30th, 2012. * Registration fee payment due by: September 5th, 2012 * *Conference*: September 19th - 21st, 2012 *SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS AND PAPERS* Abstracts can be submitted via http://ceciis.foi.hr. A camera-ready electronic version of a full paper, maximally 8 pages or approximately 20000 characters (extra pages: 10 EUR / page), including appendices and literature, should be prepared and submitted according to the* Instructions for Authors using the provided LaTeX, Word or OpenOffice templates* via http://ceciis.foi.hr/. Authors must also submit a *pdf version* of a paper. The official Conference language is English. All papers will be subjected to double-blind review process. Only papers that are submitted on time, formatted according to the provided templates and reviewed positively, for which the registration fee is paid, can be presented and published. The Conference Proceedings will be distributed at the Conference. Selected presented papers will be sent to review for publishing in a special issue of the *international journal "Journal of Information and Organizational Sciences"*, published by the Faculty of Organization and Informatics, Varazdin (list of databases in which JIOS is indexed can be found at http://jios.foi.hr). *BEST PAPER AWARD* One best presented paper will be awarded. *VENUE* Varazdin is a charming and hospitable baroque town on the right bank of the Drava River in the north-west of Croatia, 79 km north-east of Zagreb. It has a population of over 40,000. You can visit the town's official website at http://www.varazdin.hr. The Faculty building, adjacent to the town Cathedral, used to be a monastery. The building overlooks the picturesque central square with the Town Hall, one of the historical buildings gathered around the square. The Town Hall, reconstructed in the 16th century, contains typical elements of both Gothic and Baroque architecture. A Faculty web camera enables a real-time view of Central Square (http://www.foi.unizg.hr/cro/(webcam)/ok). old_city *CONTACT* Conference Secretariat - CECIIS 2012 Faculty of Organization and Informatics, University of Zagreb, Pavlinska 2, 42000 Varazdin, Croatia *Tel*: +385 42 390 869 +385 42 390 851 *Fax*: +385 42 213 413 *e-mail*: ceciis(a)foi.hr *URL*: http://ceciis.foi.hr/ *Facebook page*: http://www.facebook.com/ceciis.foi qr PLEASE CHECK OUR WEB SITE FOR ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE CECIIS CONFERENCE. Best regards, Sandra Lovrencic Chair of the Organizing Committee

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Fwd: [WI] CfP ACM Student Research Competition Hypertext 2012
by Gustaf Neumann 18 Nov '11

18 Nov '11

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [WI] CfP ACM Student Research Competition Hypertext 2012 Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 09:43:55 +0100 From: Denis Helic <dhelic(a)tugraz.at> To: wi(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de CALL FOR PAPERS: ACM Student Research Competition Hypertext 2012 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Hypertext 2012 will be participating in the ACM Student Research Competition sponsored by Microsoft Research. The SRC, which is held at selected ACM conferences, will provide an opportunity for graduate and undergraduate students attending Hypertext 2012 to receive a $500 travel grant from Microsoft Research to present their research at Hypertext 2012. All invited students will compete in a conference competition for the best presentations, with the winners eligible for a spot in the SRC Grand Finals. The SRC is a valuable opportunity for students to participate in Hypertext 2012 and to receive recognition from ACM for the quality of their research. The Hypertext 2012 SRC consists of two rounds: a poster session and a presentation session. A panel of judges will select a number of finalists from the poster session, who will be invited to the presentation session. Winners are selected from the presentation session. The top three undergraduate and graduate winners will receive prizes of $500, $300, and $200, respectively. The Hypertext 2012 SRC winners will be invited to participate in the SRC Grand Finals, an online round of competitions among the winners of individual conference-hosted SRCs. The winners of the Grand Finals are invited to the ACM awards banquet together with their advisors, for an all-expenses-paid trip. Eligibility Requirements ------------------------- - Current ACM student membership - Current "student" status as of February 1, 2012, either graduate or undergraduate Submission Details ------------------- Students who wish to participate must submit the following information: - An abstract of up to 800 words explaining the content of the poster. - Presenter's email address, phone number and surface mail address. - Indicate whether you are an undergraduate or graduate student. - Name of department and school. - Name of academic advisor. - The abstract must describe the student's individual research and must be first-authored by the student. If the work is collaborative with others and/or part of a larger group project, the abstract should make clear what the student's role was and should focus on that portion of the work. Submissions of short or full technical papers are not eligible for consideration of the SRC. A submission to the Student Research Competition should describe recently completed or ongoing student research in any of the topic areas covered by HT2012. Important Dates ---------------- February 21, 2012 Deadline for submission March 21, 2012 Notification of acceptance All submissions should be formatted according to the official ACM SIG proceedings template and submitted via https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ht2012. Up to ten undergraduate and twenty graduate abstracts will be selected for competition at the conference. Further Information Any queries regarding the Hypertext 2012 SRC should be sent to Denis Helic, dhelic at tugraz dot at. -- 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] cfp: Symposium on a Framework for Responsible Research and Innovation in Artificial Intelligence
by Gustaf Neumann 18 Nov '11

18 Nov '11

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] cfp: Symposium on a Framework for Responsible Research and Innovation in Artificial Intelligence Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 10:00:02 -0000 From: Bernd Carsten Stahl <bstahl(a)dmu.ac.uk> To: <aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org> [apologies for multiple postings] Symposium on a Framework for Responsible Research and Innovation in Artificial Intelligence Call for Papers In recognition of the Turing Centenary, the society for the study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour (AISB) will be holding a joint meeting with the International Association of Computing and Philosophy (IACAP): 2-6 July 2012 in Birmingham, UK. http://www.aisb.org.uk/convention/aisb12/ organized by *** Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour (AISB) http://www.aisb.org.uk/ *** International Association for Computing and Philosophy (IACAP) http://www.ia-cap.org/ As part of this event, the UK EPSRC funded project on a Framework for Responsible Research and Innovation in ICT will host a symposium targeted at issues of responsibility specific to AI. This symposium is foreseen to take place on Wednesday 04 and Thursday 05 July 2012. For an updated version of the call for papers please check: www.responsible-innovation.org.uk Background Despite the plethora of ethical issues related to or arising from artificial intelligence, there is little guidance on what it would mean to undertake research in the area in a responsible way. Ethical issues that are currently being discussed include whether and under what conditions artificial agents are capable of being moral subjects, which rights or obligations they have or should have or how moral codes and ethical theories will have to change in the light of potentially autonomous artificial intelligence, to name but a few. In the light of these highly interesting and very complex questions, researchers interested in ethics and AI have tended to pay much less attention to the types of responsibility issues research on AI may raise and how they can be addressed. Important questions that need to be answered are: how ethical issues can be identified in the first place, who is responsible for addressing them, to whom they are responsible, what the consequences are of such responsibility and which roles the different stakeholders play in the ensuing network of responsibility. In addition, it is unclear to what degree recent attempts to promote responsible research and innovation in other disciplines (Kjolberg& Strand, 2011; Owen& Goldberg, 2010) are pertinent to ICT and AI. Similarly, it remains unclear whether generic attempts to provide guidance on ethics in ICT (Harris, Jennings, Pullinger, Rogerson,& Duquenoy, 2011; Wright, 2011) are appropriate for the types of problems to be discussed in AI. The principles of robotics published by the EPSRC[1] include guidance for designers, builders and users of robots. It is currently not clear how these principles have been applied in practice and in what way they can facilitate a responsible approach to AI. The proposed symposium will draw on work undertaken in two important research projects. The first is the European FP7 research project ETICA (Ethical Issues of Emerging ICT Applications, www.etica-project.eu), which has identified particular ethical issues that can be expected to arise from AI in the medium-term future. The second is the UK EPSRC project on a ?Framework of Responsible Research and Innovation in ICT? which aims to provide a community-owned account of responsibility within the ICT area. AI presents core research questions for both of these projects which motivates the proposal for this workshop specifically on responsible innovation in AI. A key incentive of this symposium is to foster discourse between philosophers& social scientists who are interested in computer ethics and AI researchers& practitioners who are fluent in the processes and practices of AI. Providing governance arrangements that give suitable attention to the ethics of AI will require an equal and overarching understanding of both of these aspects. The symposium will therefore aim to specifically attract case studies and comparable accounts of ethical issues of AI. It will solicit contributions on the identification of such issues, their resolution, their context and the way in which such experiences are of broader interest. It is envisaged that the symposium will be highly interactive to allow space for the discovery of so far underdeveloped areas in need of research aimed at understanding ethical issues in AI. A further outcome of the symposium will be the development of case studies to be shared among the community. The EPSRC project has set itself the task of developing an Observatory for Responsible Research and Innovation in ICT which will be a community-owned resource fostering increased understanding and discussion of pertinent issues. The project has a significant budget to be allocated to AI researchers interested in carrying out case studies that focus on ethical issues encountered in the design and development of such systems. The proposed symposium will contribute to identifying interested AI researchers who may want to participate in carrying out case studies. Keynote Speakers Plenary speakers are likely to include: (a final and confirmed list will be available on http://events.cs.bham.ac.uk/turing12/invited.php): ? Monday: Colin Allen ? Tuesday: Stephen Wolfram ? Wednesday: Luciano Floridi ? Thursday: (to be determined) ? Friday: Aaron Sloman Possible topics Submissions will be invited on topics such as: ? Responsibilities of the individual researcher / developer in AI ? Collective responsibility in AI; how is it defined and enforced? ? Unforeseen consequences and side effects in AI: how can they be addressed? ? Limitations of responsibility in AI ? Responsibility, liability and accountability: is the legal framework for AI sufficient? ? Responsibility and relativism: how can responsibilities be defined in a context of cultural and disciplinary pluralism? Submissions / Timeline Submission of extended abstracts (up to 1500 words) will be invited. Submissions should be sent by email to bstahl(a)dmu.ac.uk ? submissions should be in by 1 February 2012 ? acceptance/rejection decisions will be made by 1 March 2012 ? final versions of abstracts, papers, etc. (as appropriate for your symposium), for inclusion in proceedings, delivered by authors to the symposium chairs by 30 March 2012. Symposium chairs ? Marina Jirotka, University of Oxford, e-Research Centre ? Bernd Carsten Stahl, De Montfort University, Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility ? Grace Eden, University of Oxford, e-Research Centre Programme Committee (to be confirmed) ? Philippe Goujon, University of Namur ? Don Gotterbarn, East Tennessee State University ? Terry Bynum, Southern Connecticut State University ? Veikko Ikonen, VTT, Finland ? Michael Nagenborg, University of Tübingen, Germany ? Mathias Gutmann, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany Related Activities Authors interested in the ethics of doing AI research are encouraged to check the conference website for two other symposia as possible venues for submitting their research: (1) Moral Cognition and Theory of Mind, and (2) The Machine Question: AI, Ethics, and Moral Responsibility. Additional Information The Congress serves both as the year's AISB Convention and the year's IACAP conference. The Congress has been inspired by a desire to honour Alan Turing, and by the broad and deep significance of Turing's work to AI, to the philosophical ramifications of computing, and to philosophy and computing more generally. The Congress is one of the events forming the Alan Turing Year (http://www.mathcomp.leeds.ac.uk/turing2012/). The intent of the Congress is to stimulate a particularly rich interchange between AI and Philosophy on any areas of mutual interest, whether directly addressing Turing's own research output or not. The Congress will consist mainly of a number of collocated Symposia on specific research areas, interspersed with Congress-wide refreshment breaks, social events and invited Plenary Talks. All papers other than the invited Plenaries will be given within Symposia. References Harris, I., Jennings, R. C., Pullinger, D., Rogerson, S.,& Duquenoy, P. (2011). Ethical assessment of new technologies: a meta-methodology. Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society, 9(1), 49-64. doi:10.1108/14779961111123223 Kjolberg, K. L.,& Strand, R. (2011). Conversations About Responsible Nanoresearch. NanoEthics, 1?15. Owen, R.,& Goldberg, N. (2010). Responsible Innovation: A Pilot Study with the U.K. Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. Risk Analysis: An International Journal, 30(11), 1699-1707. doi:10.1111/j.1539-6924.2010.01517.x Wright, D. (2011). A framework for the ethical impact assessmentof information technology. Ethics and Information Technology, 14(online first). Retrieved from http://www.springerlink.com/content/1388-1957/preprint/?sort=p_OnlineDate&so rtorder=desc&o=10 ________________________________________ _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

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Fwd: [WI] CFP: Special Issue on "HCI@Large - Educate to the new frontiers of the Human-Machine Interaction"
by Gustaf Neumann 18 Nov '11

18 Nov '11

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [WI] CFP: Special Issue on "HCI@Large - Educate to the new frontiers of the Human-Machine Interaction" Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 08:44:24 +0100 From: mifav(a)roma2.infn.it To: wi(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de Special Issue on "HCI@Large - Educate to the new frontiers of the Human-Machine Interaction" to be published at the Interaction Design and Architecture(s) Journal (IxD&A) (ISSN 1826-9745) ========================================================================== Guest Editors: Carlo Giovannella - Scuola Iad - Tor Vergata University of Rome Lars Oestreicher - Uppsala University Patrizia Marti - University of Siena ========================================================================== *** Deadline: 30 January 2012 *** OTHER IMPORTANT DATES: - Notification to the authors: 28 February, 2012 - Deadline for submission of the final camera ready version of accepted papers: 15 March 2012 - Publication of the special issue: April 2012 ========================================================================== This special issue of the IxD&A journal intends to expand the discussion that took place during the workshop HCI@Large (http://www.architettura.uniss.it/chitaly2011/index.php/eng/Workshops/HCI-at…) HCI@Large was workshop promoted by the IFIP WG 13.1 and is part of CHItaly 2011. SPECIAL ISSUE BACKGROUND ------------------------ The design of services/artefacts/environments for the mediated communication has traditionally required the integration of cognitive science, computer science and engineering; with the time more and more relevance has also been given to sociology, anthropology, industrial design and, more recently, also to the design for the experience and to the architecture. This is due to the embodiment of the machine within spaces that are becoming increasingly sensitive and co-evolutionary, because of the miniaturization of the machine that allows us to dispose at any time of powerful mobile devices and, finally, it is because of the growing awareness of the experiential nature of any complex communication process. > From an educational point of view all this provokes effects of various kinds: it requires the development of new visions, paradigms and educational processes; it requires a modification, or rather an enlargement, of contents and focus of the educational processes; requires the development of new didactic methods. Unavoidably the educational contexts involved with the interaction between human and machine is more and more enlarged and now involve almost any kind of design courses, and even those on architecture. Technological progresses, in addition, had another effect, perhaps not so immediately obvious to those who are not 'Digital Native': the educational processes should no any longer take place within a physical space but can be delocalized/virtualized and develop within mixed environments; this, as well, requires a redefinition of educational paradigms and the development of new processes and methods. It is quite evident that we are experiencing a period of increasingly convergence and complexity, and that we urge to favor a debate on visions, processes and methods that should involve not only the areas traditionally interested in the study of human-machine interaction but also design, architecture, technology enhanced education, etc.. *** We are looking for top level contributions that could serve to compose a reference book for those (teachers, students, etc.) that in the future will be involved in education to the new frontiers of the Human-Machine Interaction*** TOPICS OF INTEREST ------------------ - New visions, paradigms and educational processes - Innovative and/or holistic educational approaches, methodologies and tools - Innovative curricula - Teaching design for computer mediated human experiences as a crossdisciplinary topic - Computer mediated human experiences in new or enlarged educational contexts - Teaching computer mediated human experiences in and among multicultural contexts/societies - Experential educative approaches - Technology enhanced generation of knowledge and social learning/practices - Integration of formal and informal learning - Innovative forms of monitoring, evaluating and assessing learning experiences - Mixed and technology enhanced environments supporting learning - Architectures for learning and coaching SUBMISSION PROCEDURE -------------------- The manuscripts should be submitted either in .doc or in .rtf format. All papers will be blindly peer-reviewed by two reviewers. The call for paper is open to everybody, although a section of the special issue will be reserved to extended versions of papers presented at the HCI@Large. The submitted papers should be no longer than 16 pages (including authors' information, abstract, all tables, figures, references, etc.) and should be written according to the IxD&A authors' guidelines -> http://www.scuolaiad.it/IxDEA/ -> AUTHORS -> Authors' guidelines Link to the paper submission page: http://www.mifav.uniroma2.it/idea2010/login.php (when submitting the paper please choose as first Domain Subject: "ixd&a special issue hci@large") More information can be found on the website of IxD&A Journal, where information on the copyright policy and responsibility of authors are published. For scientific advices and for any query please contact the guest-editors: giovannella(a)scuolaiad.it, marti(a)unisi.it, larsoe(a)it.uu.se, marking the subject as: "IxD&A, special issue on: hci@large" -- 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] Call for Papers - The 2nd International Workshop on Internet of Ubiquitous and Pervasive Things (IUPT'12)
by Gustaf Neumann 17 Nov '11

17 Nov '11

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [computational.science] Call for Papers - The 2nd International Workshop on Internet of Ubiquitous and Pervasive Things (IUPT'12) Datum: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:55:58 +1030 Von: Lina Yao <lina.yao(a)adelaide.edu.au> Organisation: "ICCSA" An: Computational Science Mailing List <computational.science(a)lists.iccsa.org> ******************************************************************* The 2nd International Workshop on Internet of Ubiquitous and Pervasive Things (IUPT'12) In conjunction with ANT 2012 27-29 August, 2012 Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada Website: http://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/iupt-12/ ****************************************************************** IMPORTANT DATES --------------- Paper Submission: Feb. 10, 2012 Author Notification: April 10, 2012 Final Manuscript: May 10, 2012 The new developments in this area raise many research questions including interaction, security, collaboration, context, discovery, and privacy of physical things in the virtual world. Despite the tremendous progress in Internet technologies the research community continues to wrestle with some of these questions. This workshop focuses on disseminating novel ideas and research directions in this fast emerging area of the Internet of Things. This workshop also aims to bring together academics and practitioners in an effort to highlight the state-of-the-art and discuss the issues and opportunities to explore new research directions and develop new ideas for the Internet of Things. The workshop will be platform to provide opportunities for researchers from academia and industry to join hands, exchange ideas and focus on solutions that will enhance the life of the growing population on the Internet. It will lead to identifying new directions and setting the scope for developments in this area. The participants will be enlightened with intellectual discussions, highlighting the advances in technology that bridges the physical world and the digital world. This workshop aims at gathering researchers from the fields of wireless networking and Internet applications to discuss new opportunities and hurdles to leverage the possibilities of new applications and services for the Internet of Ubiquitous and Pervasive Things. The 2nd International Workshop on Internet of Ubiquitous and Pervasive Things will take place in conjunction with the 3rd International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies (ANT 2012), Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada in August 27-29, 2012. Specific topics of interest include (but not limited to): - Communication systems and architectures for the Internet of Things - Robustness of environmental management with the Internet of Things - Future technologies bridging the physical and virtual worlds - Business models and processes for the Internet of Things - Impacts on the security, privacy and risks on the physical world - Applications and interaction for social networking - Location and discovery of things on the Internet - Web of Things - Smart Objects - Case studies in areas of Healthcare, Agriculture, Logistics and Transport - Green Internet of Things - Mobile Internet of Things - Internet of Services - Sensor Webs - Semantic Web of Things PAPER SUBMISSION ---------------- All accepted papers will be published by Elsevier Science in the open-access Procedia Computer Science series (on-line and CD). All papers in Procedia will also be indexed by Scopus (http://www.scopus.com) and Engineering Village (Ei) (http://www.engineeringvillage.com). This includes EI Compendex (http://www.ei.org/compendex). The submitted paper must be formatted according to the guidelines of guidelines of Procedia Computer Science, MS Word Template, Latex, Elsevier. Authors should submit paper with no more than 6 pages length using the Easychair submission system, http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iupt12 Every submitted paper will be carefully reviewed by at least two members of the workshop Program Committee. The selective outstanding papers presented at the workshop, after further revision, will be considered for publication in journals special issues. ORGANIZATION ------------ General Chair Zakaria Maamar, Zayed University, UAE Program Chairs Michael Sheng, University of Adelaide, Australia Sujith Samuel Mathew, United Arab Emirates University, UAE Steering Committee Chair Elhadi Shakshuki, Acadia University, Canada Publicity Chair Lina Yao, University of Adelaide, Australia Program Committee * Philippe Thiran, Namur University, Belgium * Andrew C Smith, IoTEG - CSIR Meraka Institute, South Africa * Viorel Milea, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands * Rodrigo Roman, University of Malaga, Spain * M. Victoria Bueno-Delgado, Technical University of Cartagena, Spain * Rajit Gadh, UCLA, USA * Gerhard Hancke, Royal Holloway University of London, UK * Weifa Liang, The Australian National University, Australia * Konstantinos Markantonakis, Royal Holloway University of London, UK * Michele Ruta, Technical University of Bari, Italy * Dave Singelee, Katholieke U. Leuven, Belgium * Claire Vishik, Intel Corporation, UK * Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada * Yan Zhang, Simula Research Laboratory, Norway * Shibo He, Zhejiang university, China * Rodrigo Roman, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore * Yanbo Wu, The University of Adelaide, Australia * Weiwei Fang, Beijing Jiaotong University, China * Hong Liu, Beihang University, China * Lei Qian, Fisk Univeristy, USA * Yu Zhang, Orange Labs, Beijing, China * Lei Shu, Osaka University, Japan * Stephane Lavirotte, University of Nice, France * Alessio Vecchio, University of Pisa, Italy * Amir Qayyum, M. A. Jinnah University, Pakistan * Jean Carle, Université Lille 1, France * Farrukh Khan, NUCES, Pakistan * Federica Paganelli, University of Florence, Italy * Peter Graham, University of Manitoba, Canada * Kewei Sha, Oklahoma City University, USA

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