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Fwd: [WI] 2nd Call for book proposals: Studies on the Semantic Web series (IOS Press)
by Gustaf Neumann 12 May '11

12 May '11

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [WI] 2nd Call for book proposals: Studies on the Semantic Web series (IOS Press) Datum: Wed, 11 May 2011 16:21:33 -0400 Von: Pascal Hitzler <pascal.hitzler(a)wright.edu> An: Pascal Hitzler <pascal(a)pascal-hitzler.de> Call for book proposals Book series "Studies on the Semantic Web" IOS Press/AKA Verlag http://www.semantic-web-studies.net/ Semantic Web has grown into a mature field of research. Its methods find innovative applications on and off the World Wide Web. Its underlying technologies have significant impact on adjacent fields of research and on industrial applications. This book series reports on the state of the art in foundations, methods, and applications of Semantic Web and its underlying technologies. It is a central forum for the communication of recent developments and comprises research monographs, textbooks and edited volumes on all topics related to the Semantic Web. Volumes in this series are co-published by IOS Press Amsterdam and AKA Verlag Heidelberg ensuring a short publication time and world-wide distribution. Proposals for publishing excellent PhD theses in this series are welcome. Publications in German language are possible. To indicate your interest in authoring or editing a book in the series, please contact the Editor in Chief under pascal(a)pascal-hitzler.de, and provide the following information. * tentative title * names and affiliations of all authors or editors of the book * the book type (textbook, research monograph, edited volume, PhD thesis) * estimated number of pages * tentative table of contents Proposals received by May 15, 2011 will receive primary attention, but proposals can be submitted at any time. Proposals will be evaluated by the Editorial Board. Pascal Hitzler, Editor in Chief Kno.e.sis Center, Wright State University, Dayton, OH http://www.pascal-hitzler.de/ Editorial Board: Diego Calvanese, Bolzano, Italy Vinay Chaudhri, Stanford, CA, USA Fabio Ciravegna, Sheffield, UK Michel Dumontier, Ottawa, Canada Dieter Fensel, Innsbruck, Austria Fausto Giunchiglia, Trento, Italy Carole Goble, Manchester, UK Asunción Gómez-Pérez, Madrid, Spain Frank van Harmelen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Manfred Hauswirth, Galway, Ireland Ian Horrocks, Oxford, UK Krzysztof Janowicz, Pennsylvania State, PA, USA Michael Kifer, Stony Brook, NY, USA Riichiro Mizoguchi, Osaka University, Japan Mark Musen, Stanford Biomedical, CA, USA Daniel Schwabe, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Barry Smith, Buffalo, NY, USA Steffen Staab, Koblenz, Germany Rudi Studer, Karlsruhe, Germany -- Prof. Dr. Pascal Hitzler Dept. of Computer Science, Wright State University, Dayton, OH pascal(a)pascal-hitzler.de http://www.knoesis.org/pascal/ Semantic Web Textbook: http://www.semantic-web-book.org Semantic Web Journal: http://www.semantic-web-journal.net -- Mailing-Liste: wi(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de Administrator: wi-admin(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de Konfiguration: https://www.lists.uni-karlsruhe.de/sympa/info/wi

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Fwd: [WI] Special Issue of JWS: Reasoning with Context in the Semantic Web (deadline: 15 June 2011)
by Gustaf Neumann 12 May '11

12 May '11

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [WI] Special Issue of JWS: Reasoning with Context in the Semantic Web (deadline: 15 June 2011) Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 23:20:39 -0300 From: ARCOE <organization(a)arcoe.org> To: organization(a)arcoe.org Sincere apologies for multiple postings. Call for Papers: ================================================ Special Issue of the Journal of Web Semantics on "Reasoning with context in the Semantic Web" ================================================ Mechanisms for reasoning with context have become increasingly important factors in the Semantic Web. There is a growing need for general and robust reasoning techniques that make it possible to integrate heterogeneous knowledge or to use homogeneous knowledge across different domains. Research on this topic has so far, and not surprisingly, concentrated on formal ontologies, i.e., on the logical structures that encode the semantics of a software's domain of application. Work on the Semantic Web as well as on information integration, distributed knowledge management, multi-agent and distributed reasoning has focussed on the relationship between an ontology and its context. This has aimed at clarifying how to relate knowledge that is distributed over many resources. Recent Semantic Web specific developments suggest that aspects of this relation can be captured by means of named graphs (to express meta-information), the use of provenance (to track the context where data/axioms came from) and querying (to facilitate reasoning). Other neighbouring research areas, though, have also investigated topics that shed light on how to reason with context in the Semantic Web. Ontology Engineering and Maintenance, for instance, has tackled the problems faced by ontology engineers when developing and maintaining an ontology. The yielded automation of the process of ontology development and of its phases (e.g. knowledge elicitation, revision cycles, alignment with pre-existing ontologies etc.) has improved efficiency, reduced the introduction of unintended meanings into ontologies and in general made explicit the relationship between an ontology and its development context. Finally, research on Problem Solving and Agent Communication has explored how an agent's ontology needs to change at run-time because of interactions with its context – for instance with other agents whose ontologies are not known or with new non-classifiable world situations. This type of research has delivered a deeper understanding of the evolution of an ontology and is often based on non-monotonic reasoning, belief revision or changes of signature, i.e., of the grammar of the ontology's language, with a minimal disruption to the original theory. * Topics of interest: This special issue aims at bringing together work on reasoning with context in the Semantic Web from the integration, development and evolutionary perspectives described above. Submitted articles, which may describe either theoretical results or applications, must clearly pertain to the Semantic Web and/or to semantic technologies. They should present either Semantic Web specific approaches to reasoning with context, or approaches that have characteristics that are interesting for the Semantic Web (e.g., scalability, bounded reasoning), or approaches that are of value to a larger community containing a non-trivial Semantic Web sub-community (e.g. revision/update techniques and error pin-pointing). Submissions are welcome on topics relevant to reasoning with context in the Semantic Web and that include but are not limited to: - Named graphs - Provenance - Knowledge representation languages for semantic technologies - Planning and reasoning about action and change in the Semantic Web - Ontology fault diagnosis and repair - Pinpointing of logical errors in contexts and ontologies - Explanation and justifications in DL ontologies - Ontology and context evolution, debugging, update and merging - Inconsistency handling in contexts and ontologies - Uncertainty handling, defeasible reasoning and argumentation in ontologies - Non-classical belief revision - Context revision and theory change in DL ontologies - Ontology and context versioning - Semantic difference in ontologies and in contexts - Information and knowledge integration - The role of context and ontology in distributed reasoning and knowledge management - Heuristic and approximate reasoning - Bounded reasoning and bounded rationality in the Semantic Web - Adaptive systems and reconfiguration - Ontology-based data access - Querying - Multi-Agent systems in the Semantic Web - Temporal and spatial reasoning - Normative reasoning in the Semantic Web - General problem solving for semantic technologies - Machine learning for the Semantic Web - Philosophical foundations of reasoning about context and ontology evolution - Comparison of uses of contexts and ontologies * How to submit Maximal length of submissions is 25 pages. Authors should upload submissions on Elsevier's Electronic Submission System at http://ees.elsevier.com/jws Choose "Reasoning with context in SW" as article type. See the link "Guide Authors" on the above url for instructions. * Important dates: - Submission deadline: 15 June 2011 - First-round reviews: 5 September 2011 - Revised papers submitted: 30 September 2011 - Final acceptance decisions: 31 October 2011 - Tentative publication date: April 2012 * Guest editors: Alan Bundy (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom) Jos Lehmann (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom) Ivan Varzinczak (CSIR Meraka Institute, South Africa)

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Fwd: [AISWorld] Call for papers: Social Theories in Enterprise Systems Research - CONFENIS 2011, Denmark
by Gustaf Neumann 11 May '11

11 May '11

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] Call for papers: Social Theories in Enterprise Systems Research - CONFENIS 2011, Denmark Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 22:14:05 +0200 From: Tina Blegind Jensen <tbj.inf(a)cbs.dk> To: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org <aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org> The Fifth International Conference on Research and Practical Issues of Enterprise Information Systems (CONFENIS 2011) to be held in Aalborg, Denmark, October 16-18, 2011 Track: Social Theories in Enterprise Systems Research Call for Papers Developing enterprise systems <http://www.confenis2011.aau.dk/digitalAssets/19/19999_cfp-stesr.pdf>is a rather multifaceted challenge that is partly about the design of new technologies, but also involves the development of supportive social frameworks and institutional structures as well as normative conventions that complement and reinforce the adoption and diffusion of these technologies at large. Therefore, investigating the technological nature of enterprise systems alone without examining their prevalent social aspects yields an incomplete and somewhat shortsighted understanding of the underlying issues. Thus far, the prevailing discourse on enterprise systems has had techno-centered orientation in spite of the far-reaching social ramifications of these systems. Subsequently, we seek submissions that explore social and organizational aspects of enterprise systems using theories such as actor-network theory, institutional theory, structuration theory, sensemaking, sociotechnical theory, information infrastructure theory or other theories used in organization studies. In particular, we wish to attract papers from researchers who apply, build on, or compare social theories within the domain of enterprise systems. Submissions may relate to any social aspect of enterprise systems, for example: - Enterprise system implementation - Organizational issues related to enterprise system adoption - Social impacts of enterprise systems in or across organizational settings - How users make sense of enterprise systems - Enterprise systems as information infrastructures - The role of social and historical structures in enterprise system adaptation - Institutional logics behind enterprise system implementation - Balancing between emergent innovative capabilities and mature economies of scale All research genres are equally welcome, including qualitative or quantitative research, case studies, survey research, and conceptual frameworks. We particularly encourage submissions that challenge or reframe our taken-for-granted assumptions, perceptions and practices. Important Dates Submission deadline: 1 June 2011 Submission of camera-ready paper: 1 September 2011 Conference: 16-18 October 2011 Track Chairs Tina Blegind Jensen, Copenhagen Business School, blegind(a)cbs.dk <mailto:blegind@cbs.dk> Michel Avital, University of Amsterdam, avital(a)uva.nl <mailto:avital@uva.nl> Website: http://www.confenis2011.aau.dk/ The Fifth International Conference on Research and Practical Issues of Enterprise Information Systems (CONFENIS 2011) will be held in Aalborg, Denmark, October 16-18, 2011 *Tina Blegind Jensen -- Assistant Professor, PhD* Department of IT Management * --* Copenhagen Business School Howitzvej 60 *--* DK 2000 Frederiksberg Phone: +45 38 15 24 55 *--* email: blegind(a)cbs.dk <mailto:blegind@cbs.dk>*--* www.cbs.dk/staff/blegind <http://cbs.dk/forskning/institutter_centre/institutter/inf/menu/medarbejder…>

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Fwd: [AISWorld] Call for Abstracts/Short papers/Virtual Presentations: 16th IBIMA Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 29-30 June 2011
by Gustaf Neumann 11 May '11

11 May '11

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] Call for Abstracts/Short papers/Virtual Presentations: 16th IBIMA Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 29-30 June 2011 Datum: Wed, 11 May 2011 13:16:40 -0400 Von: Dr. Khalid S. Soliman <ksoliman(a)ibima.org> An: <aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org> Regular presentation paper submissions to the 16th IBIMA Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 29-30 June 2011 is NOW CLOSED. Conference website: http://www.ibima.org However, we are still accepting submissions for Abstracts, Short papers, and Virtual Presentation papers until May 23, 2011. To those who submitted papers for the 1st and 2nd phases, a full scale double blind review process is underway. Updated list of accepted papers is available on the conference website: http://www.ibima.org/MY2011/papers.html The list is by all means not complete (many papers are still under review) and it is updated regularly. --- Call for Abstracts, Short papers, and Virtual Presentations Submission deadline: 23 May 2011 The 16th IBIMA Conference http://www.ibima.org - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 29-30 June 2011 Multiple themes under: Innovation and Knowledge Management: A Global Competitive Advantage The conference will be held in Kuala Lumpur, one of the world's great cities that combines the old with the present in a charming way. June is one of the best months to visit Malaysia due to excellent weather conditions. Website: http://www.ibima.org (OR just type IBIMA is any search engine) Submission deadline: 23 May 2011 IBIMA conference proceedings are indexed by ISI Thomson Index Major Tracks : Session en Français High quality papers will be fast tracked to one of IBIMA Publishing 30+ journals (conditions apply). http://www.ibimapublishing.com IBIMA Publishing, publisher of open access journals to promote widest possible distribution of research work worldwide. All journals are now index by EBSCO and each article will receive DOI to ensure lifetime preservation. IMPORTANT: Four types of Conference submissions: 1- Full Research papers 2- Short papers or abstracts 3- Organized sessions 4- Virtual presentation Conference proceedings will be published as an e-book on a CD with an ISBN (978-0-9821489-5-2) Visit the general conference website for complete details: http://www.ibima.org We look forward to meeting you in Kuala Lumpur. Sincerely, Khalid S. Soliman 16th IBIMA Conference Chair -------------- Dr. Khalid S. Soliman IBIMA Publishing, USA http://www.ibimapublishing.com International Business Information Management Association, USA http://www.ibima.org Associate Professor of MIS Hempstead, New York 11549 USA http://www.ksoliman.com facebook: http://www.clicky.me/ksoliman _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

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Fwd: International Conference on Integrated Information
by Gustaf Neumann 11 May '11

11 May '11

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: International Conference on Integrated Information Datum: Wed, 11 May 2011 18:14:50 +0300 (EEST) Von: IC-ININFO 2011 Secretariat <secretariat(a)icininfo.net> An: Gustaf.Neumann(a)wu-wien.ac.at Dear Colleague, We are delighted to announce you the launch of International Conference on Integrated Information which will be held from September 29 to October 3, 2011 at Kos Island, Greece. ICININFO-2011 is an international interdisciplinary conference covering research and development in the field of information management and integration. We welcome competent researchers and academics to participate in IC-ININFO 2011 Conference, hoping to promote discussions and share knowledge, experiences and expertise in order to enhance research and teaching in the area of Integrated Information. Topics of interest for submission include, but are not limited to: Library Science Archives Science Museum and Gallery Studies Information Science Documentation Digital Libraries Electronic Archives Information Management Records / Document Management Knowledge Management Data Management Copyright Electronic Publications Cultural Heritage Management Conservation Management Management of Nonprofit Organizations History of Information History of Collections Health Information ================= Paper Submission ================= The papers for Proceedings should be 3 - 4 pages. The paper must be submitted in its final form according to the IC-ININFOÂ Paper Template. All abstracts and papers accepted for presentation will peer reviewed in a single blind review process. Once the paper is accepted at least one of the authors must register for the conference via the online system. Proceedings papers will be included in theÂ Advances on Information Processing and Management (AIPM), which is an international, peer-reviewed book series. ================= Publications ================= All authors are encouraged to submit their full papers one month after the completion of IC-ININFO 2011 Conference to one of the Conference Syndicated Journals: 1. Electronic library and information systems (Emerald) 2. Aslib Proceedings (Emerald) 3. Library Management (Emerald) 4. International Journal on Integrated Information Management (SCEV) 5. Journal of Regional Socio-Economic and Business 6. Regional Science Inquiry 7. International Journal of Management, Marketing and Technology ================= Sessions ================= We welcome competent researchers to organize a session on a topic of interest to you. Sessions include a chair and six or more paper presenters. ================= Venue ================= The Conference will be held in Kos Island, at the Kos International Conference Center (http://www.kipriotis.gr/conferences.php) from September 29 to October 3, 2011. ================= Registration and submission ================= All the actions related to the IC-ININFO 2011 (paper submission, registration etc) may be completed via the Conference website at http://www.icininfo.net. ================= Accommodation ================= Submission of reservations and payments to the Conference Hotel can be made online at the Conference website at http://www.icininfo.net. ================= Transportation ================= Details and a list of all international flights to Kos island can be found at the Conference website at http://www.icininfo.net. A detailed description is available at the Conferenceâ??s website: http://www.icininfo.net/ For further information, please do not hesitate to contact us The IC-ININFO Chairmen Georgios Giannakopoulos, Technological Educational Institute of Athens Damianos Sakas, University of Peloponnese ================= Unsubscribe ================= Please accept our apologies if you receive this e-mail more than once This message complies to 2002/31/CE EE directive. To unsubscribe from the IC-ININFO mailing list, reply to this message using as subject the word UNSUBSCRIBE.

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Fwd: [computational.science] Final CFP for IEEE HPCC-2011, UIC-2011 and ATC-2011 and workshops
by Gustaf Neumann 11 May '11

11 May '11

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [computational.science] Final CFP for IEEE HPCC-2011, UIC-2011 and ATC-2011 and workshops Datum: Wed, 11 May 2011 10:18:46 -0300 Von: Laurence T. Yang <ltyang(a)gmail.com> Organisation: "ICCSA" An: Computational Science Mailing List <computational.science(a)lists.iccsa.org> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS: IEEE HPCC-2011, UIC-2011 and ATC-2011 and Workshops -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The 13th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC-2011) http://cse.stfx.ca/~hpcc2011/ Banff, Alberta, Canada, September 02- 04, 2011 Sponsored by IEEE, IEEE CS, IEEE TCSC Special issues at International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications (SAGE,IF=1.274), and The Journal of Supercomputing (Springer). Workshop: The 2011 International Workshop on Extreme Scale Computing APplication Enablement - Modeling and Tools (ESCAPE 2011) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The 8th International Conference on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing (UIC-2011) http://cse.stfx.ca/~uic2011/ The 8th International Conference on Autonomic and Trusted Computing (ATC-2011) http://cse.stfx.ca/~atc2011/ Banff, Alberta, Canada, September 02- 04, 2011 Technically Sponsored by IEEE, IEEE CS, IEEE TCSC Special issues at Journal of Information Science (Elsevier, IF=3.29), International Journal of Communication Systems (Wiley) and IEEE System Journal Workshops: The 2011 International Workshop on Embedded Multi-Core Computing and Applications (EMCA 2011) The 2011 International Workshop on Ubiquitous Service Systems and Technologies (USST 2011) The 2011 International Workshop on Ubiquitous Services, Wireless Applications and Networking (USWAN 2011) The 4th International Workshop on Mobile Entity Localization and Tracking (MELT 2011) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES: Submission deadline: May 01, 2011 ---> May 16, 2011 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Fwd: [AISWorld] Special issue on Business Intelligence and the Web - Information Systems Frontiers journal
by Gustaf Neumann 11 May '11

11 May '11

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] Special issue on Business Intelligence and the Web - Information Systems Frontiers journal Datum: Wed, 11 May 2011 10:22:54 +0200 Von: Jose-Norberto Mazon <jnmazon(a)gmail.com> Antwort an: jnmazon(a)dlsi.ua.es An: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org --------------- Call for Papers --------------- ------------------------------------------------------ - Information Systems Frontiers - - Special issue on Business Intelligence and the Web - - JCR impact factor: 1.309 - ------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------ - Deadline for submission of papers: June 30th, 2011 - ------------------------------------------------------ Rationale and aim ----------------- Over the last decade we have been witnessing an increasing use of Business Intelligence (BI) solutions, which allow business people to query, understand, and analyze their business data to make better decisions. Traditionally, BI applications allow business people to acquire useful knowledge from the data of their organization by means of a variety of technologies, such as data warehousing, data mining, business performance management, OLAP, periodical business reports, and the like. Yet, in the very recent years, a new trend emerged: BI applications no longer limit their analysis to the data inside a company. Increasingly, they also source their data from the outside, specifically, from the Web, and complement company-internal data with value-adding information from the Web (e.g., retail prices of products sold by competitors), with the purpose of providing richer insights into the dynamics of today’s business. In parallel to the move of data from the Web into BI applications, we are also witnessing a move of BI applications from company-internal information systems to the Web: BI as a service (e.g., hosted BI platforms for small- and medium-size companies) is the target of huge investments and the focus of large research efforts by industry. The idea is that of outsourcing the processing and analysis of large bodies of data and consuming BI from the cloud: the so-called Cloud Intelligence. We associate the above dynamics in the BI landscape with the following research challenges: 1. Data from the Web is feeding BI applications In the last decade, the amount and complexity of data available on the Web has been growing rapidly. As a consequence, designers of BI applications making use of data from the Web have to deal with several issues. Among the most interesting challenges we find, for instance, the extraction and integration of heterogeneous data sources. But there are many other interesting research challenges that arise when the Web is seen as a data repository: how to develop Web warehousing solutions, how to handle data quality issues, how to leverage semantic Web technologies, how to employ Web mining, how to do BI with unstructured data (e.g., text) or semi-structured data (e.g., XML), and so on. Also, a recently emerged research challenge is Web Intelligence, which explores the use of Artificial Intelligence in combination with Web technologies, including novel statistical methodologies. Other interesting topics arise when Web usage data (e.g., logs, data streams, click streams, etc.) are analyzed and used in BI applications, since these data can give support to the development of Web applications, for example to achieve advanced levels of adaptivity in websites. 2. BI applications are moving to the Web The move of BI applications from company-internal information systems to applications that are accessible over the Web implies the need for web-specific design competencies. In this context, we strongly believe that (existing and future) Web engineering methodologies and technologies represent a large body of knowledge and expertise that could be very useful in the design of applications that allow decision makers to access BI data and functionalities over the Web. Good Web engineering is also the foundation of the design of real-time BI and business performance management applications, as through the Web applications access to data is provided from anywhere, at anytime, and via any media. Furthermore, BI on the Web also implies a plethora of new research challenges that are specific to the BI context, e.g., using Web mashups and RIA for BI development, usability and accessibility for BI applications, security issues in BI, and so on. Finally, another research challenge is related to extracting knowledge from diverse Web sources in order to support, validate or analyze business models. Topics of interest ------------------ The scope of this special issue includes but is not limited to: - Web warehousing - Extraction, transformation, and load of Web data - Web integration - Web data quality - Semantic Web technologies - Web Mining - Web Intelligence - Novel statistical methodologies for BI - The role of Web 2.0/3.0 in BI - Social networks and BI - BI with unstructured data (e.g., text) and semi-structured data (e.g., XML) - BI for designing adaptive websites - Web engineering techniques for BI applications (Web mashups, RIA, etc.) - Real time BI - Business performance management - Usability and accessibility for BI applications - Security issues in BI - BI as a service - Cloud Intelligence: cloud computing& BI. - Revenue and risk management in Web-enabled BI applications. Special issue guest editors --------------------------- Jose-Norberto Mazón (primary contact person) Dept. of Software and Computing Systems University of Alicante, Spain Email: jnmazon(a)dlsi.ua.es Irene Garrigós Dept. of Software and Computing Systems University of Alicante, Spain Email: igarrigos(a)dlsi.ua.es Florian Daniel Information Engineering and Computer Science Department University of Trento, Italy Email: daniel(a)disi.unitn.it Malu Castellanos Intelligent Enterprise Technologies Lab HP Laboratories, Palo Alto Email: malu.castellanos(a)hp.com Important dates --------------- Deadline for submission of papers: June 30th, 2011 Authors to receive a 1st decision by: September 30th, 2011 Final notification of acceptance: November 30th, 2011 Publication: subject to ISF schedule Submission instructions ----------------------- Manuscripts must be submitted in PDF format by email to Jose-Norberto Mazón: jnmazon(a)dlsi.ua.es Paper submissions must conform to the format guidelines of Information Systems Frontiers available at http://www.springer.com/business/business+information+systems/journal/10796 -- -------------------------------------------------- Jose-Norberto Mazón Lucentia Research Group http://www.lucentia.es University Institute for Computing Research (IUII) http://www.iuii.ua.es Dept. Software and Computing Systems http://www.dlsi.ua.es UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE PO BOX 99. E-03080 ALICANTE, Spain. Phone : +34-965903400 ext:2384 Fax : +34-965909326 E-mail: jnmazon(a)dlsi.ua.es -------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

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Fwd: [AISWorld] Call for Proposals for Workshops Petri nets 2012 (Hamburg, Germany)
by Gustaf Neumann 11 May '11

11 May '11

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] Call for Proposals for Workshops Petri nets 2012 (Hamburg, Germany) Datum: Wed, 11 May 2011 10:03:45 +0200 Von: Aalst, W.M.P. van der <W.M.P.v.d.Aalst(a)tm.tue.nl> An: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org <aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org> ********************************************************** ************ Call for Proposals for Workshops ************ *********** Petri nets 2012 ************* ********************************************************** The 33rd International Conference on Application and Theory of Petri Nets and Concurrency (Petri nets 2012) will take place in Hamburg, Germany (as usual in the last full week of June). For this major event, we are now inviting people to submit proposals for workshops. The purpose of the workshops is to provide an informal setting for workshop participants to discuss technical issues, exchange research ideas, and to discuss and or demonstrate applications. These workshops may be driven by fundamental academic interests or by needs from specific application domains. We encourage a diversity of workshops relating to Petri nets or other models of concurrency. All workshop proposals must be written in English. Proposals for workshops should be no more than 3 pages in length and submitted to the W&T chairs before June 7, 2011 (see below). A workshop proposal should include a draft call-for-papers containing at least the following information: - Title and brief technical description of the workshop, specifying the goals and the technical issues that will be its focus. - A brief description of why and to whom the workshop is of interest. - The names and contact information (web page, email address) of the Program Committee (PC) chairs, i.e., the workshop organizers. Moreover, a tentative list of workshop PC members should be given. We suggest one or two PC chairs and at least 10 PC members coming from different countries. Moreover, the following additional information is requested: - A list of related workshops or similar events to be held in the same year or within the previous two years. - If the workshop has taken place before: -- How often has the workshop taken place so far? -- Which conference(s) has the workshop been collocated with so far? -- Number of participants in the last installment. - A discussion of the proposed format and agenda. - The proposed duration (half, one or two days). - Procedures for selecting participants and papers. - Potential invited speakers. - Expected number of participants. - A description of the qualifications of the workshop organizers with respect to organizing this workshop (e.g., papers published in the proposed topic area, previous workshop organization, other relevant information). Each workshop program committee (in particular the chairs) will be responsible for the following: - Producing a web page and a "Call for Papers/Participation" for their workshop. - Providing a brief description of the workshop for the Petri Nets conference web page and program and providing a workshop web page the Petri Nets conference can refer to for details. - Selecting the papers for the workshop proceedings and providing the camera ready copies ready for publication. - All advertising of the workshop beyond web page advertising. - Appointing session chairs, etc. The local organization of the Petri net conference will take care of the production of informal/electronic workshop proceedings (CEUR), assuming that the proceedings a camera ready. After the conference we will invite a number of the best workshop papers to contribute to a Joint Post-proceedings, to be published in the new subseries of Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) entitled "Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency" (ToPNoC), i.e., a selection of papers from all workshops will be combined into a single volume. The revised papers will go through an additional round of reviewing. Note that the W&T chairs will be responsible for liaison with the publisher, organizing the additional round of reviewing and the final selection. The workshop chairs will play an important role in suggesting papers and the final selection. See www.springer.com/lncs/topnoc for more information about ToPNoC. Submission of Workshop Proposals Proposals may be submitted in any one of the following formats: ASCII text, PostScript, PDF or Microsoft Word. Please send your proposals and any inquiries by electronic mail to both chairs of the Workshop& Tutorial Committee: - Wil van der Aalst E-mail: w.m.p.v.d.aalst(a)tue.nl - Alex Yakovlev E-mail: alex.yakovlev(a)newcastle.ac.uk Dates: - Deadline for workshop proposals: before June 7, 2011 - Notification of decision on workshops: August 1,2011 - Workshops dates: Monday and/or Tuesday - June 25/26, 2012 _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

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Fwd: 2nd CFP: 4th Special Track on Computer-based Knowledge & Skill Assessment and Feedback in Learning Settings (CAF 2011)
by Gustaf Neumann 10 May '11

10 May '11

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: 2nd CFP: 4th Special Track on Computer-based Knowledge & Skill Assessment and Feedback in Learning Settings (CAF 2011) Datum: Tue, 10 May 2011 11:24:20 +0200 Von: Mohammad Smadi <msmadi(a)iicm.tu-graz.ac.at> An: Mohammad Smadi <msmadi(a)iicm.tu-graz.ac.at> * ** Apologies for Cross Postings *** *-------------------------------------------------------------------------------* * 2^nd CALL FOR PAPERS * * 4^th Special Track on ** Computer-based Knowledge & Skill Assessment* * and Feedback in Learning Settings (CAF 2011)* ***Piešťany, Slovakia, September 21 - 23, 2011** http://www.iicm.edu/CAF2011* ***In conjunction with ** 14th International Conference on Interactive Computer aided Learning (ICL 2011)* *-------------------------------------------------------------------------------* *Fourth Special Track on * */Computer-based Knowledge & Skill Assessment and Feedback in Learning Settings (CAF)/* http://www.iicm.edu/CAF2011 This special track will take place during ICL 2011 in in Piešťany, Slovakia (21 - 23 September 2011) as a special programme item. /The Special Track CAF 2011/provides an interdisciplinary forum for international scientists and practitioners to discuss various aspects of computer-based knowledge & skill assessment in learning settings and based on that feedback provision for students and teachers. This year CAF is organized in cooperation with the European funded project ALICE (Adaptive Learning via Intuitive/Interactive, Collaborative and Emotional System), http://www.aliceproject.eu. The /International Conference on Interactive Computer aided Learning (ICL)/ is an interdisciplinary conference which aims to focus on the exchange of relevant trends and research results as well as the presentation of practical experiences in interactive computer aided learning. *Background* Our modern life at the beginning of the 21st century is strongly influenced by effects such as rapidly changing and developing information, technology-enhanced communication and information access, and new forms of production and services in a globalized world. This situation requires individuals to adapt their skills and competencies. Consequently, educational objectives and societal expectations have changed significantly in recent years. Modern learning settings must consider learning community aspects as well as learner-centered, knowledge-centered and assessment-centered aspects. By focusing on the assessment, this concept can be further distinguished in (1) summative assessment, performed at the end of a set of learning activities, and (2) formative assessment, which is intended to give continuous feedback to students and teachers. The latter mentioned formative assessment gives information about the current state of knowledge and/or the degree of knowledge acquisition within learning activities. Assessment is an important component of modern teaching and learning processes in face-to-face courses as well as in e-learning environments; it provides valuable feedback to teachers and students which allows the revision and adaptation of teaching and learning activities. Furthermore, assessment activities and results can also be utilized for building and strengthening metacognitive skills. However, continuous and frequent assessment in learning processes may cause excessive efforts and costs. Therefore, computer-assisted assessment systems (CaAS) and computer-based assessment systems (CbAS) have become of increasing interest over the years. Assessment systems may support parts or the entire chain of the assessment lifecycle. This lifecycle includes authoring and management of assessment items, compilation of specific tests, performance of assessments, and compilation and management results. Additionally, emerging interest in the sharing and re-use of assessment items or compiled assessment tests and the exchangeability of assessment outcomes has resulted in standardization efforts, such as the IMS Question & Test Interoperability Specification (IMS QTI). The special track will bring together international researchers as well as practitioners from different organisations who will have plenty of time for networking and real-world knowledge sharing. CAF is interested in novel scientific research, findings from experiments and results form real-life applications. We invite submissions that deal with issues including, but not limited to: * Aspects of formative and summative assessment * History and challenges of e-assessment * Computer-supported assessment rubric * Computer-based knowledge & skill assessment for individuals and groups * Computer-supported peer assessment for individuals and groups * Computer-supported self-assessment and group assessment * Computer-based student and teacher feedback about knowledge state and acquisition * Computer-based assessment in adaptive e-learning * Web 2.0 and assessment & feedback for individual and group learning * Automated essay grading * Natural short answer assessment * Assessment and feedback in computer-based simulations * Assessment and feedback in game-based learning settings * Test & training data and evaluation procedures * Reuse, Interoperability and Standardization * Security and Privacy *Important Dates* * 15 June 2011: Submission of full papers (8 pages) * 1 Aug. 2011: Notification of acceptance * 31 Aug. 2011: Camera ready version (8 pages) * 21.-23. Sept. 2011: ICL 2011 Conference *Submission Procedure* File Types: Word for Windows Language: English (British or US) Style Guides & Template: http://www.icl-conference.org/template.doc Paper Submission System: Please use the Electronic Submission Page http://www.conftool.com/icl-conference/ In case of problems or questions concerning the submission of papers, please contact the track chairs at CAF2011(a)iicm.edu <mailto:CAF2008@iicm.edu>. * Notification of Acceptance and Publishing* Accepted papers will be published within the ICL conference proceedings. At least one author has to register within 2 weeks after the notification of acceptance to be included into the conference programme (15. Aug. 2011). Authors fee is applicable only once per paper! Some authors will be invited to submit extended versions of their paper for publication in the "European Journal of Open and Distance Learning" (EURODL) or the "International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning" (iJET). *CAF 2011 Chair* Christian Gütl, Graz University of Technology, Austria *CAF 2011 Organization team* Alexander Nussbaumer, University of Graz, Austria Mohammad AL-Smadi, Graz University of Technology, Austria *CAF 2011 Program Committee (tentative)* . Dietrich Albert, University of Graz, Austria . Ezendu Ariwa, London Metropolitan University, UK . Manuel Castro, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Spain . Carlos Delgado Kloos, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain . Heinz Dreher, Curtin University, Australia . Baltasar Fernández-Manjón, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain . Michael Granitzer, Know-Center Graz, Austria . Margit Höfler, Graz University of Technology, Austria . Ralf Klamma, RWTH Aachen University, Germany . Narayanan Kulathuramaiyer, University Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia . Stephanie Linek, Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, Germany . Sven Meyer zu Eissen, Bayer Business Services, Germany . Jochen Musch, Universität Düsseldorf, Germany . Peter Reimann, University of Sydney, Australia . Diane Salter, University of Hong Kong, China . Sandra Schaffert, Salzburg Research Forschungsgesellschaft, Austria . Marcus Specht, Open University of the Netherlands, Netherlands . Benno Stein, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany . Daniela Tuparov, South Western University, Bulgarian . Sandra Helen Williams, Open University UK, UK . SylviaWong, Aston University, UK *Further Information:* * Information about ICL 2011: http://www.icl-conference.org/ * Travel Information: http://virtuni.eas.sk/rocnik/2011/accomodation.htm * Tourist Informaton:www.pic.piestany.sk <http://www.pic.piestany.sk/en/announcements/> =========================================================== *Mohammad Smadi* Project Assistant - PhD Candidate tug_logo_06 Institute for Information Systems and Computer Media (IICM) Faculty of Computer Science Graz University of Technology Inffeldgasse 16c , A-8010 Graz, Austria Tel: +43 (316) 873 5662 Fax: +43 (316) 873 5699 for more information please visit my Homepage <http://129.27.200.58/msmadi/home/> =========================================================== " Strife and Struggle come before Success even in dictionary "

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Fwd: CFP ICINCO 2011 Special Sessions
by Gustaf Neumann 09 May '11

09 May '11

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: CFP ICINCO 2011 Special Sessions Datum: Mon, 09 May 2011 10:54:18 -0500 Von: ICINCO Secretariat <postmaster13(a)303media.net> Antwort an: icinco.secretariat(a)insticc.org <icinco.secretariat(a)insticc.org> An: gustaf.neumann(a)wu-wien.ac.at CALL FOR PAPERS website: http://www.icinco.org/special_sessions.asp July 28 - 31, 2011 Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands Dear Gustaf Neumann, We would like to draw your attention to the: - Special Session on Human-Robot Cooperation - HRC 2011 http://www.icinco.org/HRC.asp - Special Session on Manufacturing Simulation and Industrial Engineering - MSIE 2011 http://www.icinco.org/MSIE.asp - Special Session on Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation - ABMS 2011 http://www.icinco.org/ABMS.asp - Special Session on Mobile Robots and Autonomous Systems - MORAS 2011 http://www.icinco.org/MORAS.asp - Special Session on Intelligent Control and Mechatronics - ICM 2011 http://www.icinco.org/ICM.asp HRC, MSIE, ABMS, MORAS and ICM have an open call for papers with deadline set for next May 17, and we invite you to participate by submitting a paper reflecting your current work. The special sessions' main details can be found below. These special sessions are part of the 8th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO 2011 - http://www.icinco.org/), which is sponsored by INSTICC, organized in cooperation with the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), Euromicro and the ACM Special Interest Group on Artificial Intelligence (ACM SIGART) and technically co-sponsored by IEEE Robotics& Automation Society (IEEE RAS). INSTICC is member of the Workflow Management Coalition (WfMC). DVET ICINCO will be held next summer in Noordwijkerhout, The Netherlands, on July 28 - 31. 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 on CD-ROM support. The proceedings will be submitted for indexation by Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index, INSPEC, DBLP and EI. All papers presented at the conference venue will be available at the SciTe Press Digital Library (http://www.scitepress.org/DigitalLibrary/). Please don't hesitate to contact me with any questions you may have. Kind regards, Marina Carvalho ICINCO Secretariat Av. D. Manuel I, 27A 2.Esq. 2910-595 Setubal, Portugal Tel.: +351 265 520 185 Fax: +44 203 014 5435 Email: icinco.secretariat(a)insticc.org ICINCO Special Sessions website: http://www.icinco.org/special_sessions.asp IMPORTANT DATES Regular Paper Submission: May 17, 2011 Authors Notification: June 1, 2011 Final Paper Submission and Registration: June 13, 2011 Special Session on Human-Robot Cooperation - HRC 2011 In the Human-Robot Cooperation scenario, the traditional idea of a robot performing "pre-programmed action" will change drastically, in that the robot co-worker interacts with the human worker towards achieving a common goal. Here, the environment is much less structured than in the classical setting, and the human worker is supposed to "program" the robot interactively and intuitively as the work unfolds. This means that the robotic systems require some basic autonomy: they must be able to handle the information about the environment and the human user, and they must be programmable "on-the-job" through a natural and very intuitive user interface. Such an interface should be based on the robot's recognition of user instructions. This implies the use of speech and natural language interfaces, vision systems for object or user detection/recognition, gesture and gaze identification, and the utilization of several physical interaction devices (force, touch). HRC Chair: Bruno Siciliano, University of Naples Federico II, Italy Special Session on Manufacturing Simulation and Industrial Engineering - MSIE 2011 Industrial engineering is a branch of engineering dealing with the optimization of complex processes or systems, well related to business-oriented disciplines such as Operations Management. Industrial engineers use computer simulation (especially discrete event simulation), along with extensive mathematical tools and modeling and computational methods for system analysis, evaluation, and optimization. Industrial simulation can help to identify inefficiencies and examine how these may be addressed. With the integration of artificial intelligence, agents and other modeling techniques, simulation has become an effective and appropriate decision support tool in industry. The MSIE special session focuses on simulation applications for the factory of the future (e.g. transformable factories, networked factories, learning factories, digital factories) in application areas such as Automotive Industries, Aerospace, CAD/CAM/CAE, Defense Electronics, Simulation in Industrial Design, In! dustrial and Process Simulation, Supply Chain, Power Plants, etc. The MSIE special session invites quality papers describing original work including research ideas, case-studies and new findings on methodological and technological aspects related to Manufacturing Simulation and Industrial Engineering, in particular papers describing methods, techniques, recent advances, applications and tools. MSIE Chair: Oleg Gusikhin, Ford Research& Adv. Engineering, U.S.A. Special Session on Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation - ABMS 2011 Agent-based modeling and simulation involves computational models for simulating the actions and interactions of autonomous agents (both individual or collective entities such as organizations or groups) in order to understand complex phenomena. It may combine elements of decision theory, distributed systems, computational sociology, multi-agent systems, robotics, and evolutionary programming. There are many approaches to intelligent software agent development, ranging from reactive agents to deliberative agents, with different levels of efficiency and effectiveness. Agent-based models have been used since the mid-1990s to solve a variety of business and technology problems. Examples of applications include supply chain optimization and logistics, modeling of consumer behavior, social network effects, portfolio management or traffic congestion. The ABMS special session invites quality papers describing original work including research ideas, case-studies and new findings on methodological and technological aspects related to agent-based modeling and simulation, in particular papers describing methods, techniques, recent advances, applications and tools. ABMS Chair: Joaquim Filipe, Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal\INSTICC, Portugal Special Session on Mobile Robots and Autonomous Systems - MORAS 2011 The area of Mobile Robotics is a highly dynamic and inspiring field, in the crossroads of several research areas, including: - Autonomous Navigation and Locomotion - Learning and Optimization of Motion Control - Dynamic Sensing and Perception for Autonomous Robots - Design and Control of Novel Mechanisms - Underwater Robotics - Field Robotics - Rehabilitation and Medical Robotics The MORAS special session invites quality papers describing original work including research ideas, case-studies and new findings on methodological and technological aspects related to mobile robots and autonomous systems, in particular papers describing methods, techniques, recent advances, applications and tools. MORAS Chair: Fumiya Iida, Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Special Session on Intelligent Control and Mechatronics - ICM 2011 Mechatronic systems engineering refers usually to the synergistic integration of mechanical, electrical and electronics components. Many topics usually found in control theory and practice may arise as research topics in the area of Intelligent Control and Mechatronics, including: - computational intelligence approaches, including neuro-fuzzy control of nonlinear electromechanical systems; - industrial applications of control engineering, in general, and robotic systems in particular; - Position, kinematical and dynamic force analysis of robot manipulators; - Stability, robustness and other issues in dynamic systems; - adaptive control, self-tuning regulators, direct and indirect control; - intelligent control of vehicle systems. The ICM special session invites quality papers describing original work including research ideas, case-studies and new findings on methodological and technological aspects related to intelligent control and mechatronics, in particular papers describing methods, techniques, recent advances, applications and tools. ICM Chair: Okyay Kaynak, UNESCO Chair on Mechatronics\Bogazici University, Turkey ----------------------------------------------------------------- To SUBSCRIBE: http://internetmailmanager.com/s/reg.Asp?a=47NEMBPNG3V2K9L9JJPMQ68&b=VB9M9P… ----------------------------------------------------------------- To FORWARD: http://internetmailmanager.com/s/fwd.asp?a=47NEMBPNG3V2K9L9JJPMQ68&b=VB9M9P… ----------------------------------------------------------------- To UNSUBSCRIBE: http://internetmailmanager.com/s/us.asp?a=47NEMBPNG3V2K9L9JJPMQ68&b=VB9M9PL… ---------------------------------------------------

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