Cfp February 2011

cfp@alice.wu.ac.at

2 participants
131 discussions

Fwd: [AISWorld] Electronic Voting Workshop in Trento, Italy!
by Gustaf Neumann 26 Feb '11

26 Feb '11

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] Electronic Voting Workshop in Trento, Italy! Datum: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 14:36:07 +0100 Von: Rüdiger Grimm <grimm(a)uni-koblenz.de> An: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org Call for Papers 2nd RE Workshop on Requirements Engineering for Electronic Voting Systems (REVOTE'11) August 29, 2011 Trento, Italy URL: http://ed.fbk.eu/revote/ ------------------------------------------------------------------ On behalf of the 2nd RE Workshop on Requirements Engineering for Electronic Voting Systems (REVOTE'11) program committee, we invite you to submit papers covering all aspects of e-voting systems including , but not limited to, requirements, system development, and experimentation. The focus of REVOTE'11 is the identification of best-practices for the engineering of e-voting system requirements and business process models, and to improve the current specification and development of the e-voting system standards and accreditation (certification) processes. The Program Committee strongly encourages cross-disciplinary interactions between fields, including, but not limited to, requirements engineering, business process reengineering, formal analysis, and policy. Convincing results based on well-established techniques (e.g., an integrated analysis of the voting scenarios and clear allocation of the requirements for the different components of an election system) will be strongly favored. We will also select position papers that show potential to stimulate or catalyze further research and explorations of new directions in e-voting, including preliminary results. Papers are solicited on topics in all areas relating to e-voting, specifically: - The role of business process (re)engineering techniques for e-voting system development. - Usability requirements for complexity (huge, complex ballots sheets) and for verifiability mechanisms and tradeoffs between different other requirements. - New requirements like unconditional election secrecy, complaints management, transparency. - Empirical analysis concerning the impact of poorly specified requirements on current e-voting technology. - The role of formal methods in specification and verification of system properties, with particular interest in security, verifiability and anonymity. - Evaluation of systems according to security and usability requirements. - Requirements maintenance, domain engineering and (software) product lines. - Usability requirements for verifiability mechanisms and tradeoffs between different other requirements. - Legal requirements, deducing technical requirements from legal ones. -Analysis of voting requirements documents and requirements capture processes, including those that predate e-voting. - Procedural Security modeling and Analysis. - New protocol ideas to support specific requirements (such as verifiability). -Realistic threat models. Submissions are due May 25, 2011, at 11:59:59pm Apia, Samoa time). For submission guidelines and more information, please see the complete Call for Papers at http://ed.fbk.eu/revote/index.php?p=call REVOTE '11 will be co-located with the 19th IEEE Requirement Engineering Conference (RE'11), which will take place August 29 - September 2nd, 2011. We look forward to receiving your submissions. Ruediger Grimm, University of Koblenz (DE) Melanie Volkamer, CASED (DE) Steve Schneider, Surrey University (UK) Komminist Weldemariam, FBK (IT) REVOTE'11 Organizers revote11(a)easychair.org _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

1 0

Fwd: [AISWorld] Final CFP: EMMSAD'2011 -- March 1 Deadline
by Gustaf Neumann 26 Feb '11

26 Feb '11

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] Final CFP: EMMSAD'2011 -- March 1 Deadline Datum: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 19:56:38 -0600 Von: Keng Siau <ksiau(a)unlnotes.unl.edu> An: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org *EMMSAD’2011* * Extended deadline for paper submissions*: *March 1* Owing to numerous requests, the submission deadline is extended to March 1. This deadline is firm. Sixteenth International Conference on Exploring Modeling Methods in Systems Analysis and Design_ __http://www.emmsad.org_ <http://www.emmsad.org/> London, United Kingdom, 2011, 20-21 June (held in conjunction with CAiSE’2011)* * * Sponsors**: * · Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE). As of 2007, EMMSAD is officially linked on an ongoing basis to the CAiSE conference series (_http://www.caise2011.com_ <http://www.caise2011.com/>). · International Federation for Information Processing Working Group 8.1 (IFIP WG 8.1). _https://research.idi.ntnu.no/ifip-wg81/_. Sponsor since 1997. · European Virtual Laboratory for Enterprise Interoperability (INTEROP-VLab) North Pole (_http://www.interop-vlab.eu/_). Sponsor since 2005. · Association for Information Systems Special Interest Group on Systems Analysis and Design (AIS-SIGSAND). _http://nfp.cba.utulsa.edu/bajaja/Sigsand/_. Sponsor since 2005 · Enterprise Engineering Network (_http://www.enterpriseengineeringnetwork.org/_). Sponsor since 2009. · The ORM Foundation (_http://www.ormfoundation.org/_). * Background*: The field of information systems analysis and design includes numerous information modeling methods and notations (e.g. ER, ORM, UML, ArchiMate, EPC, BPMN, DEMO) that are typically evolving. Even with some attempts to standardize (e.g. UML for object-oriented software design), new modeling methods are constantly being introduced, many of which differ only marginally from previous approaches. These ongoing changes significantly impact the way information systems, enterprises, and business processes are being analyzed and designed in practice. The EMMSAD conference focuses on exploring, evaluating, and enhancing modeling methods and methodologies for the analysis and design of information systems, enterprises, and business processes. Though the need for such studies is well recognized, there is a paucity of such research in the literature. The objective of the EMMSAD conference series is to provide a forum for researchers and practitioners interested in modeling methods for systems analysis and design to meet, and exchange research ideas and results. It also provides the participants an opportunity to present their research papers and experience reports, and to take part in open discussions. EMMSAD’2011 is the sixteenth in a very successful series of EMMSAD events, previously held in Heraklion, Barcelona, Pisa, Heidelberg, Stockholm, Interlaken, Toronto, Velden, Riga, Porto, Luxembourg, Trondheim, Montpellier, Amsterdam and Hammamet. * Topics of Interest*: Relevant topics include (but are not limited to) theoretical and/or empirical or case-based exploration of modeling methods and methodologies in a systems analysis and design context. The topics of interest include general modeling issues such as: · Modeling languages · The process of modeling · Quality of models & modeling · Experiences in modeling · Theoretical/philosophical foundations of modeling and/or specific modeling strategies or aspects, including (but not limited to): · Agile Modeling · Business Process Modeling and Improvement · Business Rule Modeling · Database Modeling · Enterprise Modeling, Architecture, and Governance · Goal and Value Modeling · Information Modeling (ER, ORM etc.) · Meta-modeling · Method Engineering · Mobile and Ubiquitous Information Systems · Model-Driven Engineering · Object Oriented Methods and Methodologies · Ontologies and the Semantic Web · Requirements modeling · Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) · Unified Modeling Language (UML) and Unified Process (UP) · Workflow Modeling · Web information systems* Important dates***(2011): Paper submissions: March 1 Notification of acceptance: March 22 Camera-ready copies: April 10 Conference: June 20-21* Submission guidelines**:* The conference accepts two types of submissions—/Completed Research/ and /Research-In-Progress/. Completed research papers should include analysis of data and discussion on research findings. Research-in-progress papers report on research that is well under way with preliminary results available at the time of the conference. Please use the following format for your submissions: · For Completed Research submissions, the paper should not exceed 15 pages (including references and appendices). The paper may refer to a theoretical analysis of a scientific challenge, as well as the presentation of a solution to an identified scientific challenge. · For Research-In-Progress submissions, the paper should not exceed 10 pages (including references and appendices). · The first page should begin with the title of the paper, author names (contact author underlined), affiliations, and e-mail addresses, followed by an abstract of no more than 150 words. · Use 10 point font for the bulk of the body text. Only electronic submissions in Adobe PDF format are accepted. E-mail your abstract as an attachment to _terry.halpin(a)logicblox.com_ <mailto:terry.halpin@logicblox.com>. Submit the full paper using the conference management system available at _ __http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=emmsad2011_. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings, which will be available at the workshop, and should use the Springer LNBIP style (for details, see _http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html_). Top papers in the completed research category may also be considered (after extension and enhancement) either for chapters in a book to be edited by the conference co-chairs, or for journal publications in the International Journal of Information System Modeling and Design (_http://www.igi-global.com/Bookstore/TitleDetails.aspx?TitleId=1157&Details… <http://www.igi-global.com/Bookstore/TitleDetails.aspx?TitleId=1157&DetailsT…>).* * * EMMSAD Steering Committee* Dr Keng Siau University of Nebraska-LincolnUSA Dr Terry Halpin LogicBlox, Australia, and INTI International University, Malaysia Dr John Krogstie Norwegian Institute of Science and Technology,Norway * EMMSAD’2011 Co-chairs*: Dr Terry Halpin LogicBlox, Australia, and INTI International University, Malaysia Dr Erik Proper Public Research Centre Henri Tudor, Luxembourg, and Radboud University Nijmegen,The Netherlands Dr John Krogstie Norwegian Institute of Science and Technology,Norway * Program committee*: Stephan Aier University of St. Gallen, Switzerland Antonia Albani Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Herman Balsters University of Groningen, The Netherlands Annie Becker Florida Institute of Technology, USA Giuseppe Berio University of Torino, Italy Linda Bird National E-Health Transition Authority, Australia Peter Bollen Maastricht University, The Netherlands Nacer Boudjlida Loria, France Sjaak Brinkkemper Utrecht University, The Netherlands Andy Carver INTI International University, Malaysia Olga De Troyer Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium David Embley Brigham Young University, USA Mathias Ekstedt KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden John Erickson University of Nebraska-Omaha, USA Gordon Everest University of Minnesota, USA Peter Fettke Institute for Information Systems (IWi) at the DFKI, Germany Ulrich Frank University of Duisberg-Essen, Germany Andrew Gemino Simon Fraser University, Canada Reimingijus Gustas Karlstad University, Sweden Wolfgang Hesse University of Marburg, Germany Stijn Hoppenbrouwers Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands Mike Jackson Birmingham City University, United Kingdom Paul Johannesson Stockholm University, Sweden Pontus Johnson KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden Pericles Loucopoulos Loughborough University, UK Kalle Lyytinen Case Western Reserve University, USA Florian Matthes Technical University München, Germany Raimundas Matulevičius University of Tartu, Estonia Graham McLeod University of Cape Town, South Africa Jan Mendling Wolfgang Molnar Humboldt University, Berlin Public Research Centre Henri Tudor, Luxembourg Tony Morgan INTI International University, Malaysia Andreas L. Opdahl University of Bergen, Norway Hervé Panetto University Henri Poincaré Nancy I, France Barbara Pernici Politecnico di Milano, Italy Anne Persson University of Skövde, Sweden Michaël Petit University of Namur, Belgium Jolita Ralyté University of Geneva, Switzerland Sudha Ram University of Arizona, USA Colette Rolland University of Paris 1, France Kurt Sandkuhl Jönköping University, Sweden Peretz Shoval Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel Guttorm Sindre University of Trondheim, Norway Il Yeol Song Drexel University, USA Carson Woo University of British Columbia, USA Martin Zelm CIMOSA, Germany *For more information on the workshop, please contact*: Dr Terry Halpin E-mail: terry.halpin(a)logicblox.com For general information about the CAiSE’2011 conference, see _http://www.caise2011.com_ <http://www.caise2011.com/>

1 0

Fwd: [AISWorld] [ExaCt 2011] Explanation-aware Computing, IJCAI-11 workshop, 2nd Call for papers
by Gustaf Neumann 25 Feb '11

25 Feb '11

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] [ExaCt 2011] Explanation-aware Computing, IJCAI-11 workshop, 2nd Call for papers Datum: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:22:11 +0100 Von: Thomas Roth-Berghofer <Thomas(a)Roth-Berghofer.de> An: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org ** Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement ** ** Please forward to anyone who might be interested ** SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS for the 6th International and IJCAI 2011 Workshop on EXPLANATION-AWARE COMPUTING (ExaCt 2011) 16-17 July 2011, Barcelona, Spain http://exact2011.workshop.hm ** Paper submission deadline: March 14, 2011 ** Both within AI systems and in interactive systems, the ability to explain reasoning processes and results can substantially affect system usability. Good explanations may help to inspire user trust and loyalty, increase satisfaction, improve domain understanding, or make it quicker and easier for users to find what they want. Current interest in mixed-initiative systems provides a new context in which explanation issues may play a crucial role. When knowledge-based systems are partners in an interactive socio-technical process, with incomplete and changing problem descriptions, communication between human and software systems is a central part. Explanations exchanged between human agents and software agents may play an important role in mixed-initiative problem solving. Other disciplines such as cognitive science, linguistics, philosophy of science, psychology, and education have investigated explanation as well. They consider varying aspects, making it clear that there are many different views of the nature of explanation and facets of explanation to explore. The workshop series aims to draw on multiple perspectives on explanation, to increase understanding of the nature and uses of explanation, to examine how explanation can be applied to further the development of robust and dependable systems and to illuminate system processes to increase user acceptance and feeling of control. If you would like to participate in discussions on this topic or like to receive further information about this workshop you might consider joining the Yahoo!-group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/explanation-research. Information on explanation research is also collected here: http://on-explanation.net. GOALS AND AUDIENCE We invite original contributions to the research on explanations from a variety of areas and communities such as computer science, cognitive science, linguistics, philosophy of science, psychology, and education. In addition to presentations and discussions of invited contributions and invited talks, this workshop will offer organised and open sessions for targeted discussions and creating an interdisciplinary community. Demonstration sessions will provide the opportunity to showcase explanation-enabled/-aware applications. TOPICS OF INTEREST Suggested topics for contributions (not restricted to IT views): * Models and knowledge representations for explanations * Quality of explanations; understandability * Integrating application and explanation knowledge * Explanation-awareness in (designing) applications * Methodologies for developing explanation-aware systems * Explanations and learning * Context-aware explanation vs. explanation-aware context * Confidence and explanations * Privacy, trust, and explanation * Empirical studies of explanations * Requirements and needs for explanations to support human understanding * Explanation of complex, autonomous systems * Co-operative explanation * Visualising explanations * Dialogue management and natural language generation * Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and explanation Submissions on additional topics are very welcome. SUBMISSIONS AND STYLE Workshop submissions will be electronic, in pdf format only, using the EasyChair submission system linked from the workshop website. Papers must be written in English and not exceed 10 pages in the Springer LNCS format. At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the workshop and the IJCAI conference and present the contribution in order to be published in the workshop proceedings. The organising committee is considering editing a special issue of an appropriate international journal (e.g., to submit a proposal to Kluwer's Knowledge-based Systems, Elsevier's Expert Systems with Applications, or Springer's Information System Frontiers) depending on the number and quality of the submissions. Those wishing to participate without a paper submission should submit a brief synopsis of their relevant work or a brief statement of interest. The workshop proceedings will be published online and on CD by IJCAI. If you have questions please contact the chairs using the following email address: chairs(a)exact2011.workhop.hm. IMPORTANT DATES Submission deadline: March 14, 2011 Notification of acceptance: April 25, 2011 Camera-ready versions of papers: May 16, 2011 ExaCt Workshop: July 16-17, 2011 WORKSHOP SCHEDULE The schedule will be made available on the workshop website. See the workshop website for an agenda overview and links to past workshops. INVITED TALKS Talks by two invited speakers, each representing a different community addressing explanation issues, are planned. CHAIRS Thomas Roth-Berghofer, Institute of Computer Science, University of Hildesheim, Germany thomas.roth-berghofer at uni-hildesheim de David B. Leake, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University, USA leake at cs indiana edu Nava Tintarev, Natural Language Generation Group, University of Aberdeen, UK n.tintarev at abdn ac uk PROGRAMME COMMITTEE Agnar Aamodt, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) David W. Aha, Navy Center for Applied Research in AI, Washington DC, USA Martin Atzmüller, University of Kassel, Germany Patrick Brézillon, LIP6, France Jörg Cassens, University of Lübeck, Germany Giuseppe Carenini, University of British Columbia, Canada Ashok Goel, Georgia Tech University, Atlanta, GA, USA Pierre Grenon, KMI, The Open University, UK Anders Kofod-Petersen, SINTEF, Norway David McSherry, University of Ulster, UK Hector Muñoz-Avila, Lehigh University, USA Paulo Pinheiro da Silva, University of Texas, El Paso, USA Enric Plaza, IIIA-CSIC, Spain Christophe Roche, University of Savoie, France Olga Santos, Spanish National University for Distance Education Sven Schwarz, DFKI, Germany Gheorghe Tecuci, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA Douglas Walton, University of Windsor, Canada -- ========================================================================== ... 6th Workshop on Explanation-aware Computing @ IJCAI 2011 ... ... http://exact2011.workshop.hm ... ... see also http://on-explanation.net ... ... Open source Case-Based Reasoner: http://mycbr-project.net ... ========================================================================== -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Thomas Roth-Berghofer Visiting Professor / Vertretungsprofessur -------------------------------------------------------------------------- thomas.roth-berghofer(a)uni-hildesheim.de http://thomas.roth-berghofer.de Phone: +49 5121 883-691 Room C136 Spl Fax: +49 5121 883-755 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- University of Hildesheim Stiftung Universität Hildesheim Explanation-aware Computing Systems AG Erklärungsfähige Softwaresysteme http://www.uni-hildesheim.de/index.php?id=907 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

1 0

Fwd: [AISWorld] New Deadline: IEEE Intl. Conf. on Information Reuse and Integration
by Gustaf Neumann 24 Feb '11

24 Feb '11

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] New Deadline: IEEE Intl. Conf. on Information Reuse and Integration Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 09:07:18 -0600 (CST) From: Chengcui Zhang <zhang(a)cis.uab.edu> To: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org --- Apologies for cross-posting --- << Due to many requests, the paper submission deadline has been extended to Apr. 5th. Interested authors are highly recommended to submit their abstracts by Mar. 28th.>> The 12th IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration (IEEE IRI-2011) Tuscany Suites& Casino, Las Vegas, USA August 3-5, 2011 http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~iri2011/ Given the emerging global Information-centric IT landscape that has tremendous social and economic implications, effectively processing and integrating humongous volumes of information from diverse sources to enable effective decision making and knowledge generation have become one of the most significant challenges of current times. Information Reuse and Integration (IRI) seeks to maximize the reuse of information by creating simple, rich, and reusable knowledge representations and consequently explores strategies for integrating this knowledge into systems and applications. IRI plays a pivotal role in the capture, representation, maintenance, integration, validation, and extrapolation of information; and applies both information and knowledge for enhancing decision-making in various application domains. This conference explores three major tracks: information reuse, information integration, and reusable systems. Information explores theory and practice of optimizing representation; information integration focuses on innovative strategies and algorithms for applying integration approaches in novel domains; and reusable systems focus on developing and deploying models and corresponding processes that enable Information Reuse and Integration to play a pivotal role in enhancing decision-making processes in various application domains. The IEEE IRI conference serves as a forum for researchers and practitioners from academia, industry, and government to present, discuss, and exchange ideas that address real-world problems with real-world solutions. Theoretical and applied papers are both included. The conference program will include special sessions, open forum workshops, panels and keynote speeches. The conference includes, but is not limited to, the areas listed below: - Large Scale Data and System Integration - Component-Based Design and Reuse - Unifying Data Models (UML, XML, etc.) and Ontologies - Database Integration - Structured/Semi-structured Data - Middleware& Web Services - Reuse in Software Engineering - Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery - Sensory and Information Fusion - Reuse in Modeling& Simulation - Automation, Integration and Reuse across Various Applications - Information Security& Privacy - Survivable Systems& Infrastructures - AI& Decision Support Systems - Heuristic Optimization and Search - Knowledge Acquisition and Management - Fuzzy and Neural Systems - Soft Computing - Evolutionary Computing - Case-Based Reasoning - Natural Language Understanding - Knowledge Management and E-Government - Command& Control Systems (C4ISR) - Human-Machine Information Systems - Space and Robotic Systems - Biomedical& Healthcare Systems - Homeland Security& Critical Infrastructure Protection - Manufacturing Systems& Business Process Engineering - Multimedia Systems - Service-Oriented Architecture - Autonomous Agents in Web-based Systems - Information Integration in Grid Computing Environments - Information Integration in Mobile Computing Environments - Information Integration in Ubiquitous Computing Environments - Systems of Systems - Semantic Web and Emerging Applications - Information Reuse, Integration and Sharing in Collaborative Environments Best Paper Award: Starting this year, IEEE IRI will be presenting a Best Paper award. The best paper will be selected by separate committee and will be the one that reports the most novel and promising research work that has a high potential impact in the real world. Instructions for Authors: Papers reporting original and unpublished research results pertaining to the above and related topics are solicited. Full paper manuscripts must be in English of length 4 to 6 pages (using the IEEE two-column template). Submissions should include the title, author(s), affiliation(s), e-mail address(es), tel/fax numbers, abstract, and postal address(es) on the first page. The online submission site is: https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=ieeeiri2011. If web submission is not possible, please contact the program co-chairs for alternate arrangements. Papers will be selected based on their originality, timeliness, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation. Paper submission implies the intent of at least one of the authors to register and present the paper, if accepted. Best Paper Award: Starting this year, IEEE IRI will be presenting a Best Paper award. The best paper will be selected by separate committee and will be the one that reports the most novel and promising research work that has a high potential impact in the real world. Important Dates: March 28, 2011 Submission of abstract (Recommended) April 5, 2011 Paper submission deadline May 14, 2011 Notification of acceptance May 28, 2011 Camera-ready paper due May 28, 2011 Presenting author registration due June 30, 2011 Advance (discount) registration for general public and other co-author July 15, 2011 Hotel reservation (special discount rate) closing date August 3-5, 2011 Conference events Keynote Speakers Prof. Lotfi A. Zadeh, University of California Berkeley Prof. Elisa Bertino, Purdue Unviersity Organizing Committee * Honorary General Chair Lotfi Zadeh, University of California, Berkeley, USA * General Chairs Stuart Rubin, SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific (SSC-Pacific), USA Shu-Ching Chen, Florida International University, USA * Program Chairs Reda Alhajj, University of Calgary, Canada James Joshi, University of Pittsburgh, USA Mei-Ling Shyu, University of Miami, USA * Workshop Chairs Barbara Carminati, University of Insubria, Italy Surya Nepal, CSIRO, Australia * Industry/Government/Application Track Chairs Marion Ceruti, SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific (SSC-Pacific), USA James J. Marshall, INNOVIM / NASA, USA Tanvir Ahmed, Oracle, USA * Special Session Chairs Gordon K. Lee, San Diego State University, USA Tao Li, Florida International University, USA * Best Paper Award Chairs Du Zhang, California State University, USA Taghi M. Khoshgoftaar, Florida Atlantic University, USA Eric Gregoire, Universite d'Artois, France Hui Xiong, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. USA * Publicity Chairs Chengcui Zhang, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA Louellen McCoy, SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific (SSC-Pacific), USA Nan Niu, Mississippi State University, USA * Finance& Registration Chair Suresh Vadhva, California State University, USA * Publications Chairs Min-Yuh Day, NTU, Taiwan, R.O.C. Seung-Yun Kim, Shepherd University, USA * Local Arrangements Chairs Ju-Yeon Jo, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA * Asian Liaison Wen-Lian Hsu, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, R.O.C. * Asia-Pacific Liaison Xingquan (Hill) Zhu, Florida Atlantic University, USA * Africa Liaison Thouraya Bouabana-Tebibel, National School of Computer Science, Algeria * Canadian Liasion and Ethics Chair June R. Massoud Genesis Consulting Inc., Canada * Webmaster Nathalie Baracaldo. University of Pittsburgh, USA -- Chengcui Zhang Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Computer and Information Sciences University of Alabama at Birmingham _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

1 0

Fwd: [AISWorld] CFP: 5th IEEE Intl. Conf. on Semantic Computing
by Gustaf Neumann 24 Feb '11

24 Feb '11

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] CFP: 5th IEEE Intl. Conf. on Semantic Computing Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 16:39:50 -0600 (CST) From: Chengcui Zhang <zhang(a)cis.uab.edu> To: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org Call for Papers The Fifth IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing (IEEE ICSC 2011) September 18-21, 2011, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA. www.ieee-icsc.org The field of Semantic Computing addresses the derivation of semantic information from content and the connection of semantics to knowledge, where "content" may be anything including video, audio, text, processes, services, hardware, networks, etc. The fifth IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing (ICSC 2011) continues to foster the growth of a new research community. The conference builds on the success of the past ICSC conferences as an international forum for researchers and practitioners to present research that advances the state of the art and practice of Semantic Computing, as well as identifying emerging research topics and defining the future of the field. The event is located in Palo Alto, CA on the campus of Stanford University. The technical program of ICSC 2011 includes workshops, invited keynotes, paper presentations, panel discussions, industrial 'show and tells', demonstrations, and more. Submissions of high-quality papers describing mature results or ongoing work are invited. Please refer to the conference website for further information: www.ieee-icsc.org/ SUBMISSIONS Authors are invited to submit Regular Papers (8-page technical paper), Short Papers (4-page technical paper), Demonstration Papers and Posters (2 page technical paper), and Workshop and Special Session Proposals. More information is available on the ICSC 2011 web page. The Conference Proceedings will be published by IEEE Computer Society Press. Distinguished quality papers presented at the conference will be selected for publication in internationally renowned journals. Only electronic submission will be accepted. Technical paper authors MUST submit their manuscripts through EasyChair. Please follow this link: https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=icsc2011 (please register if not an EasyChair user). Manuscripts may only be submitted in PDF format. A copyright form needs to be submitted upon acceptance of the paper and is not required at this stage. AREAS OF INTEREST INCLUDE (but are not limited to): Semantics based Analysis - Natural language processing - Image and video analysis - Audio and speech analysis - Data and web mining - Behavior of software, services and networks - Privacy - Security - Analysis of social networks Semantic Integration - Metadata and other description languages - Database schema integration - Ontology integration - Interoperability and service integration - Semantic programming languages and software engineering - Semantic system design and synthesis Applications using Semantics - Search engines and question answering - Semantic web services - Content-based multimedia retrieval and editing - Context-aware networks of sensors, devices and applications - Digital library applications - Machine translation - Music description - Medicine and Biology - GIS systems and architecture Semantic Interfaces - Natural language interfaces - Multimodal interfaces - Human centered computing IMPORTANT DATES * Feb 22nd, 2011: Special Session Proposals * Feb 22nd, 2011: Workshop Proposals * May 3rd, 2011: Regular& Short Paper Submission * May 3rd, 2011: Demo Descriptions& Posters * June 28th, 2011: Notification Date * July 15th, 2011: Camera-Ready& Registration -- Chengcui Zhang Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Computer and Information Sciences University of Alabama at Birmingham _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

1 0

Fwd: [AISWorld] 2nd Call for Papers WikiSym 2011
by Gustaf Neumann 24 Feb '11

24 Feb '11

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] 2nd Call for Papers WikiSym 2011 Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 17:35:15 +0800 From: Robert Biuk-Aghai <Robert.Biuk-Aghai(a)acm.org> Organization: University of Macau To: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org CALL FOR PAPERS - WikiSym 2011 - 7th International Symposium on Wikis and Open Collaboration October 3-5, 2011 | Mountain View, California http://www.wikisym.org/ws2011 The International Symposium on Wikis and Open Collaboration (WikiSym) is the premier conference on open collaboration and related technologies. In 2011, WikiSym celebrates its 7th year of scholarly, technical and community innovation in Mountain View, California at the Microsoft Research Campus in Silicon Valley. Submissions are invited for the following categories, further details are available on the conference website: http://www.wikisym.org/ws2011/submitting:start * Research Papers, Panels, Workshop: April 1 * Posters, Demos: May 13 * Notification of Acceptance: June 17 The conference program will include a peer-reviewed research track, as well as workshops, a doctoral consortium, invited keynotes and panel speakers. Evening social events will follow, because wiki folks know the value of a good party for sparking conversation and collaboration. As always, Open Space, a participant-organized track will also run throughout the conference. Many of the most innovative technology companies in the world have a presence in Mountain View, which makes it an ideal venue for hatching new ideas and thoughtful debate about collaborative computing among technologists, researchers, educators, and activists. Topics appropriate for research submissions include all aspects of the people, tools, contexts, and content that comprise open collaboration systems. For example: * Collaboration tools and processes * Social and cultural aspects of collaboration * Collaboration beyond text: images, video, sound, etc. * Communities and workgroups * Knowledge and information production * New media literacies * Uses and impact of wikis and open resources in specific fields, such as - Education/Open Educational Resources - Law/Intellectual Property - Journalism - Art - Science - Publishing - Business - Entertainment In addition to research and development topics, WikiSym also invites innovative proposals for wiki-style art and performance. Felipe Ortega, Conference Chair University Rey Juan Carlos http://felipeortega.net/ Andrea Forte, Program Chair Drexel University http://www.andreaforte.net/ _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

1 0

Fwd: [WI] IAT 2011 - Call for Papers
by Gustaf Neumann 24 Feb '11

24 Feb '11

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [WI] IAT 2011 - Call for Papers Date: 24 Feb 2011 09:56:27 +0900 From: wic-office(a)wi-consortium.org To: wi(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de [Apologies if you receive this more than once] ##################################################################### IEEE/WIC/ACM Intelligent Agent Technology 2011 CALL FOR PAPERS ##################################################################### 2011 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT-11) August 22 - 27, 2011, Lyon, France http://wi-iat-2011.org Sponsored By IEEE Computer Society Web Intelligence Consortium (WIC) Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) ############################################################### Workshop proposals submission: December 17, 2010 (Notification of acceptance: January 7, 2011) Full Papers submission (WI and IAT): - Electronic abstracts submission (WI and IAT): March 4, 2011 - Electronic submission of full papers (WI and IAT): March 11, 2011 Notification of paper acceptance (WI-IAT): May 23, 2011 Workshop paper submissions: March 21, 2011 Notification of Workshop paper acceptance: June 1, 2011 Demo paper submissions: April 4, 2011 Notifications of Demo paper acceptance: May 23, 2011 Industry Track paper submissions: March 21, 2011 Notification of Industry Track paper acceptance: June 1, 2011 Camera-ready copies of accepted papers: June 10, 2011 Workshops and Industry track: August 22, 2011 Conference: August 23-25, 2011 Summer School: August 26-27, 2011 ############################################################### The 10th edition of the IAT/WI conferences will be organized in memoriam of Herbert A. Simon, and to give a special award to WI/IAT most significant papers of the ten editions. IAT 2011 provides a leading international forum to bring together researchers and practitioners from diverse fields, such as computer science, information technology, business, education, systems engineering, and robotics, to (1) examine the design principles and performance characteristics of various approaches in intelligent agent technology, and (2) increase the cross-fertilization of ideas on the development of autonomous agents and multi-agent systems among different domains. By encouraging idea-sharing and discussions on the underlying logical, cognitive, physical, and sociological foundations as well as the enabling technologies of intelligent agents, IAT 2011 will foster the development of novel paradigms and advanced solutions in agent and multi-agent based computing. IAT 2011 will be jointly held with the 2011 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence (WI 2011). The two conferences will have a joint opening, keynotes, reception, and banquet. WI-IAT 2011 will include a summer school providing in-depth background on subjects that are of broad interest to Web intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology communities. It will also include workshops and an industry day. The workshop and the industry day programs will focus on new research challenges, initiatives and applications. All papers accepted for workshops and industry day will be included in the Workshop and industry day Proceedings published by the IEEE Computer Society Press and will be available on site. +++++++++++++++++++ Topics of Interest +++++++++++++++++++ We invite submissions in all IAT related areas. Papers exploring new directions or areas will receive a careful and supportive review. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to: * Autonomy-Oriented Computing (AOC) - Autonomy-Oriented Modeling and Computing Methods - Complex Behavior Characterization - Complex Systems Modeling and Simulation - Emergent Behavior - Hard Computational Problem Solving - Large-Scale Systems Applications (e.g., Social, Policy, Sustainability, Brain Informatics (BI), and Web Intelligence (WI) Applications) - Nature-Inspired Computing - Regularities and Models of AOC - Self-Organization in Multi-Agent Systems - Self-Organized Complex Networks - Swarm or Collective Intelligence - Unconventional, Self-Organized Computing Paradigms * Agent and Multi-Agent Systems Modeling - Cognitive Architectures - Cognitive Modeling of Agents - Emotional Modeling - Neuroeconomics - Peer-to-Peer Models for Multi-Agent Systems * Agent and Multi-Agent Systems Engineering - Agent Oriented Sofware Engineering - Multi-Agent Oriented Software Engineering - Multi-Agent Programming Languages - Formal Framework for Multi-Agent Systems - Testing, Debugging of Multi-Agent Systems - Evaluation of Multi-Agent Systems - Efficiency and Complexity Issues - Scalability - Tools and Standards - Fault-Tolerance in Multi-Agent Systems - Mobile Agent Languages and Protocols - Multi-Agent Autonomic Architectures * Coordination - Multi-Agent Planning - Social Interactions in Multi-Agent Systems - Information Exchanges in Multi-Agent Systems - Learning and Self-Adaptation in Multi-Agent Systems - Agent Interaction Protocols - Social and organisational structures, institutions - Norms and normative behaviour - Trust, reputation - Privacy, safety, security * Autonomous Auctions and Negotiation - Agent-Based Marketplaces - Auction Markets - Combinatorial Auctions - Hybrid Negotiation - Integrative Negotiation - Mediating Agents - Pricing Agents * Autonomous Knowledge and Information Agents - Agent-Based Knowledge Discovery and Sharing - Autonomous Information Services - Distributed Data Mining - Distributed Knowledge Systems - Evolution of Topics, Trends, Knowledge Networks and Communities - Human-Agent Interaction - Information Filtering Agents - Agent-Based Knowledge Aggregation - Ontology-Based Services - Recommender Agent-Based Systems * Distributed Problem Solving - Agent Networks in Distributed Problem Solving - Collective Group Behavior - Coordination and Cooperation - Distributed Intelligence - Distributed Search - Dynamics of Agent Groups and Populations - Market-Based Computing - Problem-Solving in Dynamic Environments * Applications - Agent-Based Cloud Computing - Agent-Based Assistants - Agent-Based Virtual Enterprise - Software and Pervasive Agents - Perceptive Animated Interfaces - Embodied Agents - Interface Agents - Virtual Humans - Games - Knowledge and Data Intensive Systems - Social Simulation (e.g., Social Behavior, Social Inference, Social Networks, and Social Norms) - Ubiquitous Systems and e-Technology Agents ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ On-Line Submissions and Publication ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ High-quality papers in all IAT related areas are solicited. Paper submissions should be limited to a maximum of 8 pages in the IEEE 2-column format. The same format will be used for final camera-ready papers (see the Author Guidelines at http://www.computer.org/portal/web/cscps/formatting) All submitted papers will be reviewed by the Program Committee on the basis of technical quality, relevance, significance, and clarity. Note that IAT 2011 will accept ONLY on-line submissions in PDF format. Please use the Submission Form on the WI-IAT 2011 website to submit your paper. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings by the IEEE Computer Society Press that is indexed by EI. Submissions accepted as regular papers will be allocated 8 pages in the proceedings and accorded oral presentation times in the main conference. Submissions accepted as short papers will be allocated 4 pages in the proceedings and will have a shorter presentation time at the conference than regular papers. All co-authors will be notified at all time, for the submission, notification, and confirmation on the attendance. Submitting a paper to the conference and workshops means that, if the paper is accepted, at least one author should attend the conference to present the paper. The acceptance list and no-show list will be openly published on-line. For no-show authors, their affiliations will receive a notification. Authors of a selected number of IAT 2011 accepted papers will be invited to submit extended and revised versions of their papers for condideration for inclusion in Web Intelligence and Agent Systems: An International Journal (http://wi-consortium.org/journal.html) and other related journals. The best paper awards will be conferred at the conference on the authors of (1) the best research paper and (2) the best application paper. Application-oriented submissions will be considered for the best application paper award. More detailed instructions and the On-Line Submission Form will be found on the IAT 2011 homepage: http://wi-iat-2011.org ++++++++++ Workshops ++++++++++ An important part of the conference is the workshop program which will focus on new research challenges and initiatives. All papers accepted for workshops will be included in the Workshop Proceedings published by the IEEE Computer Society Press that are indexed by EI, and will be available at the workshops. Detailed information is available at the conference homepage. ++++++++++ Summer school ++++++++++ IAT 2011 also welcomes Tutorial proposals for the summer school taking place after the main conference. IAT 2011 will include tutorials providing in-depth background on subjects that are of broad interest to the Web intelligence and Intelligent agent technology community. Both short (2 hours) and long (half day) tutorials will be considered. Detailed information is available at the conference homepage. ++++++++++++++++++++ Demo-Track ++++++++++++++++++++ We solicit Demo-Track papers. More detailed instructions available at the conference homepage. ++++++++++++++++ Important Dates ++++++++++++++++ Workshop proposals submission: December 17, 2010 (Notification of acceptance: January 7, 2011) Electronic abstract submission: March 4, 2011 Electronic submission of full papers: March 11, 2011 Notification of paper acceptance: May 23, 2011 Workshop paper submissions: March 21, 2011 Demo paper submissions: April 4, 2011 Notifications of Demo paper acceptance: May 23, 2011 Industry Track paper submissions: March 21, 2011 Notification of Industry Track paper acceptance: June 1, 2011 Notification of Workshop paper acceptance: June 1, 2011 Camera-ready copies of accepted papers: June 10, 2011 Workshops and Industry track: August 22, 2011 Conference: August 23-25, 2011 Summer School: August 26-27, 2011 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Conference Organization ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Conference General Chair: * Mohand-Said Hacid, University Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France Program Chair: * Olivier Boissier, ENS Mines Saint-Etienne, France IAT Program Co-Chairs: * Jeffrey Bradshaw, UWF/Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, USA * Longbin Cao,, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia * Klaus Fischer, DFKI GmBH, Saarbruecken, Germany WI Program Co-Chairs: * Boualem Benatallah, University New South Wales, Sydney, Australia * Mike Papazoglou, University of Tilburg, Netherlands * Zbigniew Ras, University North Carolina at Charlotte, USA Organizing Co-Chairs: * Jerome Gensel, University Mendes-France, Grenoble, France * Robert Laurini, INSA Lyon, France * Pierre Maret, University Jean Monnet, Saint-Etienne, France Workshop Co-Chairs: * Jomi F. Hubner, UFRSC, Florianopolis, Brazil * Jean Marc Petit, INSA Lyon, France * Einoshin Suzuki, Kyushu University, Japan Panel Co-Chairs: * Valentina Tamma, University of Liverpool, UK * Laurent Vercouter, ENS Mines Saint-Etienne, France Demos Co-Chairs: * Daniel Florian, University of Trento, Italy * Gauthier Picard, ENS Mines Saint-Etienne, France Industry Day Co-Chairs: * Catherine Garbay, LIG-CNRS, France * Hamid Motahari, HP Labs, Palo Alto, USA * Michel Occello, Pierre Mendes France University, France Summer School Co-Chairs: * Cecile Favre, ERIC, University Lyon 2, France * Jose-Norberto Mazon, University of Alicante, Spain Ten Years Most Influencial Paper Award * Gabriella Pasi, Universita degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, Milano, Italy Publicity Co-Chairs: * Adnene Guabtni, UNSW, Sydney, Australia * Christine Largeron, University Jean Monnet, Saint-Etienne, France * Ansaf Salleb-Aouissi, Columbia University, New York, USA IEEE-CS-TCII Chair: * Jiming Liu, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong ACM-SIGART Chair * Maria Gini, University of Minnesota, USA WIC Co-Chairs/Directors: * Ning Zhong, Maebashi Institute of Technology, Japan * Jiming Liu, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong WIC Advisory Board: * Edward A. Feigenbaum, Stanford University, USA * Setsuo Ohsuga, University of Tokyo, Japan * Benjamin Wah, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong * Philip Yu, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA * L.A. Zadeh, University of California, Berkeley, USA WIC Tech. Committee& WI/IAT Steering Committee: * Jeffrey Bradshaw, UWF/Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, USA * Nick Cercone, York University, Canada * Dieter Fensel, University of Innsbruck, Austria * Georg Gottlob, Oxford University, UK * Lakhmi Jain, University of South Australia, Australia * Jianchang Mao, Yahoo! Inc., USA * Pierre Morizet-Mahoudeaux, Compiegne University of Technology, France * Hiroshi Motoda, Osaka University, Japan * Toyoaki Nishida, Kyoto University, Japan * Andrzej Skowron, Warsaw University, Poland * Jinglong Wu, Okayama University, Japan * Xindong Wu, University of Vermont, USA * Yiyu Yao, University of Regina, Canada Webmaster: * Jean-Paul Jamont, Pierre Mendes France University, Valence, France *** Contact Information *** Email: wi-iat11(a)liris.cnrs.fr -- 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

1 0

Fwd: [WI] CFC: Interaction Design and Architecture(s) Journal - IxD&A
by Gustaf Neumann 23 Feb '11

23 Feb '11

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [WI] CFC: Interaction Design and Architecture(s) Journal - IxD&A Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 13:11:57 +0100 (CET) From: mifav(a)roma2.infn.it To: wi(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de Apologize for cross-posting =========================================== CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS: Interaction Design and Architecture(s) Journal - IxD&A (ISSN 1826-9745) new electronic version and format: http://www.scuolaiad.it/IxDEA/ now open for submission =========================================== IxD&A aims to offer an interdisciplinary arena where everybody can present top level researches and discuss ideas on the future of technology mediated experiences in the field of communication, learning, working, entertainment, healthcare, etc...) a future that can be made possible by a joint effort in research and education. IxD&A, indeed, offers the ideal forum for meeting between frontier research, education, cutting edge technology development and application. IxD&A is expected to cover future and state-of-the-art technologies, theoretical concepts, field trials, ongoing research projects, cultural media studies and innovative applications. We encourage cross-disciplinary contributions from interaction designers, technology developers, computer scientists, cognitive scientists, anthropologists, designers and architects, educators, researchers and practitioners to address new trends and challenges in interactive system design, nomadism& ubiquity, personalization and contextualization, identities and glocalities, mixed/enhanced environments, design for experiences, experience styles and monitoring, aesthetic interaction, etc. Editorial policy ---------------- IxD&A is an open access journal, peer-reviewed, that implements the Gold Open Access (OA) road to its contents with no charge to the authors (see also Copyright policy). IxD&A adopts a continuous submission process. The articles will be published immediately after their acceptance. In the following months, then, they become part of a volume, at the end of each quarter: March, June, October and December. Next issue: June 2010. Besides the research (long and short) and position papers, all regularly peer-reviewed, IxD&A will also accept interviews and reviews (books, events, etc.) of particular value that will be only light reviewed by the editorial board. For authors' guidelines, please, refer to the IxD&A website. Main Topics of Interest ------------------------ * Computer mediated experiences * Cooperative/collaborative/social environments for learning, working, entertainment, etc ... * Design for the experience * Experience's dimensions (physical, cognitive, social, emotional, etc...) * Experience styles, qualities and their monitoring * From Media literacy toward Design literacy: strategies, process, methodologies and tools * Future visions, concepts and practical realizations anticipating them * Interaction design and human computer interaction * Aesthetics of interaction * Balancing and supporting local culture, communities and personal identities * New design processes, methodologies and technologies for collaborative learning and working * Perceptive, reactive and co-evolving virtual environments and architectures * Perceptive, reactive and co-evolving physical environments and architectures * System design, distributed environments and complexity * Sustainability of the design Expected length of contributions -------------------------------- long papers: 15-30 pages short papers: 5-8 pages position papers: 5-12 pages All papers will be blindly peer-reviewed by at least two (2) reviewers. Interviews: max 5 pages Reviews: max 5 pages Before to submit an interview we advice the proponents to contact by email the editors. Essays: more than 60 pages Essays' authors, if prefer, can submit a preliminary proposal containing at least: front-page, preface or introduction, TOC and a representative chapter; all essays' proposals will be blindly peer-reviewed by at least two (2) reviewers. Editors ------- * Scientific editor Carlo Giovannella (Scuola IaD - University of Rome Tor Vergata) * Associate scientific editors Patrizia Marti (University of Siena) Sabine Graf (Athabasca University) Advisory board (preliminary) ---------------------------- Giovanni Anceschi (IUAV - Venice) Elisabeth André (Augsburg University) Sebastiano Bagnara (University of Sassari) Simone DJ Barbosa (PUC - Rio) Thomas Binder (The Danish Design School) Rosa Maria Bottino (ITD - CNR) Rafael Calvo (University of Sidney) Antonio Camurri (University of Genova) John M. Carroll (Penn State University) Cristiano Castelfranchi (ISTC - CNR) Augusto Celentano University Ca' Foscari - Venice Luigina Ciolfi (University of Limerick) Antonella de Angeli (University of Trento) Monica Divitini (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) Anna Esposito (University of Salerno) Geraldine Fitzpatrick (Technische Universität Wien) Vlado Glavinic (University of Zagreb) Kinshuk (Athabasca University) Effie Law (University of Leicester/ETH Zurich) Alke Martens (University of Rostock) Jörn Messeter (Malmö University) Marcelo Milrad (Linnaeus University) Felix Mödritscher (Vienna University of Economics and Business) Anton Nijholt (University of Twente) Lars Oestreicher (Uppsala University) Tessy C. Pargman (Stockholm University) Oronzo Parlangeli (University of Siena) Elvira Popescu (University of Craiova) Janet C. Read (University of Central Lancaster) Demetrios Sampson (University of Piraeus) Marcus Specht (Open University The Netherlands) Martin Wolpers (Fraunhofer FIT) Massimo Zancanaro (FBK - Trento) Imran Zualkernan (American University of Sharjah) --------------------------------------------------- IxDEA is also on Linkedin, visit and join the group: http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Interaction-Design-Architecture-s-Journal-37… -- 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

1 0

Fwd: [WI] IJSODIT - CALL FOR PAPERS 2011
by Gustaf Neumann 23 Feb '11

23 Feb '11

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [WI] IJSODIT - CALL FOR PAPERS 2011 Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 12:55:39 +0100 From: Nils.Urbach(a)ebs.edu To: wi(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de IJSODIT - CALL FOR PAPERS 2011 International Journal of Social and Organizational Dynamics in Information Technology Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Michael B. Knight Published: Quarterly (both in Print and Electronic form) www.igi-global.com/ijsodit <http://www.igi-global.com/ijsodit> FULL BLIND PEER REVIEW -- all reviewer comments returned to submitting authors NO FEES for review or publication MISSION OF IJSODIT: Social issues related to information technology represents one of the most often discussed underpinnings in information systems research throughout the tenure of the IS field. Social issues are those research topics most aligned with the human factor in terms of information systems planning, development and utilization. The International Journal of Social and Organizational Dynamics in Information Technology includes all aspects of social issues that are impacted by information technology affecting organizations and inter-organizational structures. This includes the conceptualization of specific social issues and their associated constructs, proposed designs and infrastructures, empirical validation of social models, and case studies illustrating socialization success and failures. Some key topics may include: (1) ethics, (2) culture, (3) relationships, (4) human interaction, (5) security, (6) design, (7) building relationships, and (8) diversity in the IT workforce. RECOMMENDED TOPICS: Topics to be discussed in this journal include (but are not limited to) the following: 1. Ethical issues * Codes of conduct and practice ○ Confidentiality agreements * Intellectual property rights ○ Electronic monitoring of employees * Impartiality of data utilization ○ Morality in information systems 2. Cultural issues * Politics ○Assimilation of emerging technologies * Developing trust ○Management structures * Power asymmetry ○Social barriers * Policy implementation ○Social environments * Cultural customs & digital divides ○Social capital 3. Relationship issues * Development partnerships ○Virtual teams * Group cohesiveness ○Networking & Collaboration * Group facilitation ○Buyer-supplier linkages 4. Human Interaction issues * Recruitment and retention ○Assessment and evaluation * Motivation ○Social presence * Asynchronous learning networks ○Leadership 5. Security issues * Models for IS security implementation ○Virus/worm creation * Misrepresentation in digital media ○Standards, laws, and regulations * IS Security design and management methods ○Fraud with systems use * Behavioral issues in IS security ○Security culture & awareness issues * Social, legal and ethical of IS Security ○Misuse of data * Strategic management issues in IS security ○Trust issues in IS Security 6. Design issues * Distributed projects ○Process changes * Soft-side development ○Modeling techniques * Social network knowledge 7. Building Relationships * Relationships between the information systems area and other academic disciplines * Development of information systems subspecialties * Contributions from information systems to the development of other academic disciplines * Reporting new developments in other reference disciplines * Research between the IS system areas and other established fields 8. Diversity in the IT Workforce * Diversity in virtual IT teams * Educational initiatives for increased diversity in the IT workforce * Gender, Race, Age, Education, and Socio-Economic Differences in IT * The Role of Community Technology Centers * Urban & Community Informatics * IT for Transformation and Wealth Creation * Information Technology as a Means for Increasing Social Capital TYPES OF SOCIAL CONSTRUCTS The types of constructs that will be considered for review and publication would include, but would not be limited to, the following: - Confidence - Commitment - Judgment - Flexibility - Certainty - Satisfaction - Utilization - Stability - Influence - Presence - Change - Support - Collaboration - Cohesiveness - Participation - Consent - Creativity - Understanding - Trust - Synergy - Perspective - Accountability - Excitement - Power INSTRUCTIONS FOR PAPER SUBMISSION SUBMITTING TO IJSODIT: Prospective authors should note that only original and previously unpublished articles will be considered. INTERESTED AUTHORS MUST CONSULT THE JOURNAL’S GUIDELINES FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS at http://www.igi-global.com/development/author_info/guidelines submission.pdf <http://www.igi-global.com/development/author_info/guidelines%20submission.p…>PRIOR TO SUBMISSION. All article submissions will be forwarded to at least 3 members of the Editorial Review Board of the journal for double-blind, peer review. Final decision regarding acceptance/revision/rejection will be based on the reviews received from the reviewers. All submissions must be forwarded electronically to knightm(a)uwgb.edu <mailto:knightm@uwgb.edu>. PUBLISHER: The International Journal of Social and Organizational Dynamics in Information Technology is published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the “Information Science Reference” (formerly Idea Group Reference), “Medical Information Science Reference”, “Business Science Reference”, and “Engineering Science Reference” imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com <http://www.igi-pub.com/>. All inquiries and submissions should be should be directed to the attention of: Dr. Michael B. Knight Editor-in-Chief International Journal of Social and Organizational Dynamics in Information Technology E-mail: knightm(a)uwgb.edu <mailto:knightm@uwgb.edu> www.igi-global.com/ijsodit ------------------------------------------------------------ EBS European Business School gemeinnuetzige GmbH Universita"t fu"r Wirtschaft und Recht i.Gr. Amtsgericht Wiesbaden HRB 19951 Umsatzsteuer-ID DE 113891213 Geschaeftsfuehrung: Professor Dr. Christopher Jahns, Praesident; Professor Dr. Rolf Tilmes, Dean EBS Business School; Professor Dr. Dr. Gerrick Frhr. v. Hoyningen-Huene, Dean EBS Law School; Sabine Fuchs, CMO; Georg Nikolaus Garlichs, Kanzler/CFO; Aufsichtsrat: Dr. Hellmut K. Albrecht, Vorsitzender ------------------------------------------------------------

1 0

Fwd: [AISWorld] Latest issue of the 'Int. J. on IT Standards & Standardisation Research'
by Gustaf Neumann 23 Feb '11

23 Feb '11

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] Latest issue of the 'Int. J. on IT Standards & Standardisation Research' Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 11:04:15 +0100 From: Kai Jakobs <kai.jakobs(a)comsys.rwth-aachen.de> Organization: RWTH Aachen University To: AISWorld <aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org> The contents of the latest issue of: International Journal of IT Standards and Standardization Research (IJITSR) Official Publication of the Information Resources Management Association Volume 9, Issue 1, January-June 2011 Published: Semi-Annually in Print and Electronically ISSN: 1539-3062 EISSN: 1539-3054 Published by IGI Publishing, Hershey-New York, USA www.igi-global.com/ijitsr Editor-in-Chief: Kai Jakobs, Aachen University, Germany GUEST EDITORIAL PREFACE Competing Views of Standards Competition: Response to Egyedi& Koppenhol Joel West, San José State University, USA Vladislav V. Fomin, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania To view the editorial preface, please click on the link below and then click on "Preface." http://www.igi-global.com/bookstore/titledetails.aspx?titleid=47692 PAPER ONE Interpreting and Enforcing the Voluntary FRAND Commitment Roger Brooks (Cravath, Swaine& Moore LLP, USA) Damien Geradin (Tilburg University, The Netherlands) Athough often debated as though it were public law, a FRAND undertaking is a private contract between a patent-holder and an SSO. Applying ordinary principles of contract interpretation to the case of ETSI IPR policy reveals that "interpretations" of FRAND advocated by some authors-- including cumulative royalty limits, royalties set by counting patents, or a prohibition on capture by the patent-holder of any gains created by standardization--cannot be correct. Rather, a FRAND obligation leaves wide latitude to private parties negotiating a license. However, this does not mean that a FRAND commitment has no substance to be enforced by courts. In this paper, the authors review how, consistent with both contract principles and established judicial method, courts can enforce a contractual obligation to offer licenses on FRAND terms, without becoming IPR price regulators. Similarly, ordinary principles of contract interpretation reveal that the "non-discriminatory" portion of FRAND cannot be interpreted to be coextensive with common "most favored nations" provisions, but instead contemplates substantial latitude for private parties to negotiate terms suited to their particular situations. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://www.igi-global.com/bookstore/article.aspx?titleid=50572 PAPER TWO An Exploratory Analysis of the Relationship Between Organizational and Institutional Factors Shaping the Assimilation of Vertical Standards Rubén Mendoza (Saint Joseph's University, USA) T. Ravichandran (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA) Vertical standards describe products and services, define data formats and structures, and formalize and encode business processes for specific industries. Vertical standards enable end-to-end computing, provide greater visibility of the organization's supply chain, and enable transactional efficiencies by automating routine tasks, reducing errors, and formally defining all parameters used to describe a product, service, or transaction. Research on standards diffusion has explored either firm-level and institutional variables, without integration of the two areas. This study develops scales for 11 constructs based on concepts culled from diffusion of innovations theory, organizational learning theories of technology adoption, institutional theory and network effects theory. The scales are validated with data collected from the membership of OASIS, a leading international standards- developing organization for electronic commerce technologies. Using data cluster analysis, relationship patterns between the 11 constructs are investigated. Results show that low fit between vertical standards and existing organizational business processes and data formats, low levels of anticipated benefits, and inadequate momentum with critical business partners contribute to slower vertical standards assimilation. However, organizational involvement with influential standards-development organizations, and the right set of technologies, skills, and structures to readily benefit from vertical standards spur their assimilation. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://www.igi-global.com/bookstore/article.aspx?titleid=50573 PAPER THREE The INTERNORM Project: Bridging Two Worlds of Expert- and Lay-Knowledge in Standardization Jean-Christophe Graz (Université de Lausanne, Switzerland) Christophe Hauert (Université de Lausanne, Switzerland) This paper presents a pilot project to reinforce participatory practices in standardization. The INTERNORM project creates an interactive knowledge center based on the sharing of academic skills and experiences accumulated by the civil society, especially consumer associations, environmental associations and trade unions to strengthen the participatory process of standardization. The first objective of the project is action-oriented: INTERNORM provides a common knowledge pool supporting the participation of civil society actors to international standard-setting activities by bringing them together with academic experts in working groups and providing logistic and financial support to their participation in meetings of national and international technical committees. The second objective is analytical: the standardization action provides a research field for a better understanding of the participatory dynamics underpinning international standardization. This paper presents three incentives that explain civil society (non-)involvement in standardization that overcome conventional resource-based hypotheses: an operational incentive related to the use of standards in the selective goods provided by associations to their membership; a thematic incentive provided by the setting of priorities by strategic committees created in some standardization organization; and a rhetorical incentive related to the discursive resource that civil society concerns offers to the different stakeholders. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://www.igi-global.com/bookstore/article.aspx?titleid=50574 PAPER FOUR Standardising the Internet of Things: What the Experts Think Kai Jakobs (Aachen University, Germany) Thomas Wagner (Aachen University, Germany) Kai Reimers (Aachen University, Germany) The paper reports findings of a project that aimed at making initial recommendations on how the standards setting processes for the Internet of Things can be adapted to provide for a level playing field for all stakeholders. To this end, the opinions of experts in the field were compiled through a survey and a 'study with Delphi elements'. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://www.igi-global.com/bookstore/article.aspx?titleid=50575 ***************************************************** For full copies of the above articles, check for this issue of the International Journal of IT Standards and Standardization Research (IJITSR) 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 IJITSR: The primary mission of the International Journal of IT Standards and Standardization Research (IJITSR) is to publish research findings to advance knowledge and research in all aspects of IT standards and standardization in modern organizations. IJITSR is considered an authoritative source and information outlet for the diverse community of IT standards researchers. JITSR is targeted towards researchers, scholars, policymakers, IT managers and IT standards associations and organizations. Coverage of IJITSR: Topics to be discussed in this journal include (but are not limite to) the following: Conformity assessment Economics of standardization Emerging roles of formal standards organizations and consortia Intellectual property rights National, regional, international, and corporate standards strategies Open source and standardization Standardization and economic development Standardization and regulation Standardization in public policy Standardization in the public sphere Standards for information infrastructures Technological innovation and standardization Tools and services related to standardization and all other topics related related to the areas of IT standards and standardization research. Interested authors should consult the journal's manuscript submission guidelines at www.igi-global.com/ijitsr All inquiries and submissions should be sent to: Editor-in-Chief: Kai Jakobs at kai.jakobs(a)cs.rwth-aachen.de ________________________________________________________________ Kai Jakobs RWTH Aachen University Computer Science Department Informatik 4 (Communication and Distributed Systems) Ahornstr. 55, D-52074 Aachen, Germany Tel.: +49-241-80-21405 Fax: +49-241-80-22220 Kai.Jakobs(a)comsys.rwth-aachen.de <http://www.nets.rwth-aachen.de/~jakobs/kai/kai_home.html> EURAS - The European Academy for Standardization. <http://www.euras.org> The International Journal of IT Standards and Standardization Research. <http://www.igi-global.com/ijitsr> The 'Advances in Information Technology Standards and Standardization Research' book series. <http://www.igi-global.com/Bookstore/TitleDetails.aspx?TitleId=37142> _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

1 0

Jump to page:

2025

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2009

2008

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

2002

2001

2000

1999

Cfp February 2011