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Fwd: [computational.science] IMSAA 2011 -- Call for Papers
by Gustaf Neumann 29 Jun '11

29 Jun '11

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [computational.science] IMSAA 2011 -- Call for Papers Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:35:08 -0400 From: IMSAA 2011 <imsaaconf(a)gmail.com> Organization: "ICCSA" To: Computational Science Mailing List <computational.science(a)lists.iccsa.org> [Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP.] CALL FOR PAPERS 5th International Conference on Internet Multimedia Systems Architecture and Application (IMSAA-11) December 12-14, 2011 Bangalore, India www.imsaa.org Mobile broadband, convergence of data and communication networks, and proliferation of smart end-user devices and terminals have sparked many new architectures enabling internet multimedia applications. However, "Any Information, Any Device, Any Location" networked systems still face significant technical challenges including issues related to performance, privacy, security, reliability, scalability, mobility, interoperability, and deployment. IMSAA-11 is intended to tackle these challenges and will bring together researchers, engineers and practitioners working on the latest issues in internet multimedia systems, architectures and applications. The conference will include a peer reviewed program of technical sessions, workshops, tutorials, and demonstration sessions. IMSAA is seeking original research work which is not yet published or not submitted in any other conferences, journals or magazines. Proposals for tutorials are also solicited. We welcome submissions for IMSAA's Technical Program under the following tracks and topics: Track I: Services - Mobile Applications and Application Stores - Crowdsourcing and New Business Models - Social Networking and Communication services - Context and Content Aware Services - Service Lifecycle Management - Service Delivery Platforms, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing - Service Composition and Feature Interaction Handling - P2P Communication and Gaming Services - Voice over IP (VoIP) Services - Benchmarking Services and Application Track II: Next Generation Communication System - M2M Communications and Internet of Things - P2P Communication Architectures - IMS Control and Application Network - Smart Handheld, Settop, and Home Networking Equipment - Traffic Optimization and Performance - IPv6 Migration - Testing, Simulation, and Validation Platforms - Policy Management and Charging Gateways and Systems - Green Systems and Smart Grids Track III: Multimedia Streaming and Communication - Multicast, Broadcast, and IPTV - Media Streaming - Cross-layer Optimization for Multimedia Service Support - Video Quality Assessment - QoS for Voice and Video Track IV: Security - Privacy and Information Sharing - User Data Security and Privacy - End-to-end Security - Security and Privacy in P2P Networks - Authentication, Authorization, and Access Control In addition to the technical tracks, IMSAA-11 will host a range of workshops, tutorials and demos. Please check the conference website at http://www.imsaa.org/ for details. All submissions are handled via EDAS (http://edas.info/8901). All papers submitted in scope to conference tracks and topics will receive at least 3 reviews. The proceedings will be published in the IEEE Xplore digital library. IMPORTANT DATES: Paper submission deadline: July 15, 2011 (EST, USA) Author notification: September 15, 2011 (EST, USA) Final camera ready: November 1, 2011 (EST, USA) Demo proposal submission: November 1, 2011 (EST, USA) ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: General Chair: John Buford, Avaya Labs Research, USA TPC Co-chairs: Ashish Jain, Telcordia, USA Mario Kolberg, University of Stirling, UK Mohan Kankanhalli, National University of Singapore, Singapore Publicity Co-chairs: Christian Makaya, Telcordia, USA David Llewellyn-Jones, Liverpool John Moores University, UK Sabu Thampi, IIITMK, India Workshop Chair: Xiaotao Wu, Avaya Labs Research, USA Publication Chairs: Shweta Jain, York College CUNY , USA David Llewellyn-Jones, Liverpool John Moores University, UK Tutorial Chair: R. (Mouli) Chandramouli, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA Registration Chair: Jayanta Mukherjee, HP, India Panel Chair: Seshadri Mohan, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, USA Finance Chair: A.N. Ramachandra, IIIT-Bangalore STEERING COMMITTEE: Ashutosh Dutta, Niksun, USA Subir Saha, IonIdea, India Debabrata Das, IIIT-Bangalore, India

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Fwd: [computational.science] CFP iCOST 2011 (Deadline Approaching - July 10, 2011)
by Gustaf Neumann 29 Jun '11

29 Jun '11

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [computational.science] CFP iCOST 2011 (Deadline Approaching - July 10, 2011) Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:08:36 -0400 From: iCOST 2011 <imsaaconf(a)gmail.com> Organization: "ICCSA" To: Computational Science Mailing List <computational.science(a)lists.iccsa.org> Due to many requests, paper submission deadline is extended to July 10, 2011 (Firm). [Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP.] CALL FOR PAPERS International Conference on Selected Topics (iCOST’2011) in Mobile& Wireless Networking October 10-12, 2011 Shanghai, China http://www.icost.info iCOST’2011 will be collocated with IEEE WiMOB 2011. The ever increasing market penetration of smart-phones, tables, and netbooks, along with the ubiquitous availability of wireless networks are deeply influencing the way people live, work, interact, and socialize. However, the broad popularity and diffusion of innovative services and applications tailored at mobile users is also raising challenging research issues that require us to rethink available mobile technology solutions to meet the emerging needs of a broader and ever growing user base. The goal of iCOST’2011 is to bring together researchers and scientists to present and discuss advances on selected topics in Mobile& Wireless Networking. The conference aims to address recent research results and to present their methodologies, models, technologies, systems, tools, applications, work in progress and experiences. Shanghai is the largest city in China, which is located in the eastern coast at the south bank. The city is an emerging tourist destination and is renowned for both its historical landmarks, such as Xintiandi and Bund, and for the modern Pudong skyline. The iCOST’2011 technical program will deliver high quality technical papers that will be reviewed and selected by an international program committee. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Cloud computing support for mobile services and applications - Data center architectures and protocols - Green communications models, architectures, and networking solutions - Self-* networks, services and applications - Content distribution networks - Social networking solutions for pervasive and mobile environments - Vehicular communications and vehicular ad-hoc networks - Wireless-enabled Peer to Peer services and applications - Internet of Things - Machine type communications - Context-aware middleware design, services and applications - Long Term Evolution Engineering - Emerging topics in wireless and mobile computing and communications Authors are required to submit anonymous, fully formatted, original papers (PDF), with graphs, images, and other special areas arranged as intended for the final publication. Papers should be written in English conforming to the IEEE standard conference format (8.5" x 11" - US letter, Two-Column). The initial submission for review will be limited to 7 pages. The final manuscript for publication will be limited to 6 pages (IEEE format). Additional charges may apply for additional pages. Each accepted paper must be presented at the conference by one of the co-authors or a third party. Only timely submissions through EDAS at http://edas.infowill be accepted. For more details, please visit the iCOST’2011 official website ( www.icost.info). IMPORTANT DATES: Paper Submission Deadline: July 10, 2011 (EST, USA, FIRM) Review Notification: July 30, 2011 (EST, USA) Camera Ready: August 15, 2011 (EST, USA) ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: General Co-chairs: Prof. Abderrrahim Benslimane, University of Avignon, France TPC Co-chairs: Dr. Dario Bottazzi, Laboratori Guglielmo Marconi, Italy Dr. Zhu Yanmin, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China Dr. Tarik Taleb, NEC Europe Labs, Germany Publicity Co-chairs: Dr. Christian Makaya, Telcordia, USA Dr. Cedric Teyssie, Paul Sabatier University, France Local Arrangements Co-Chairs: Dr. Lili Wei, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China Dr. Zhu Yanmin, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China STEERING COMMITTEE: Prof. Abderrrahim Benslimane, University of Avignon, France (Chair) Prof. Ian F. Akyildiz, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Prof. Mario Gerla, University of California, Los Angeles, USA Prof. Hsiao-Hwa Chen, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

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Fwd: [WI] CFP: Challenges in Evaluating Educative Experiences of Flexible and Personal Learning Environments (E3FPLE)
by Gustaf Neumann 28 Jun '11

28 Jun '11

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [WI] CFP: Challenges in Evaluating Educative Experiences of Flexible and Personal Learning Environments (E3FPLE) Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 23:50:12 +0200 (CEST) From: mifav(a)roma2.infn.it To: wi(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de Apologize for cross-posting ============================================================================ Title: Challenges in Evaluating Educative Experiences of Flexible and Personal Learning Environments (E3FPLE) in conjunction with ECTEL 2011 ((http://www.ec-tel.eu/) Date: 20th or 21st September 2011 (day to be confirmed by ECTEL organizers) Place: Palermo, Italy Website: http://www.mifav.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/E3FPLE/index.php?s=138 Deadline for Paper Submission: 15th July 2011 ============================================================================ GOALS& RESEARCH QUESTIONS E3FPLE aims to offer an interdisciplinary arena to investigate the complexity that will characterize more and more the evaluation of future educative experiences (see lso workshop background). The major challenges are to identify and operationalize relevant qualities of such experiences, and to model and monitor their trajectories. The overarching goal is to inform the development of effective supports to enhance educative experiences of the stakeholders involved. Accordingly the workshops intends to explore the following research questions: · Whether and how the existing evaluation methods from the field of Technology-enhanced Learning (TEL) and Human-computer Interaction (HCI) should be extended to address specific requirements of FPLEs? · Whether and how compartmentalize the respective impact of software quality (i.e. interoperability), interaction quality (i.e. usability and user experience with individual widgets and their orchestration), information quality (i.e. contents delivered by widgets and their integration), and personal quality (i.e. individual goals, value and expertise) on educative experiences? · Which experiential qualities are relevant to successful educative processes in FPLEs? Are hedonic qualities such as identification, stimulation and evocation particularly relevant? Should the learner experience certain negative emotional responses (e.g. challenge, tension, bewildered) or, in contrast,positive ones to achieve a stronger learning effect? · How should the interplay between experiential evaluation feedback and redesign of the learning environments be enhanced? In which ways should the evaluation feedback be collected and presented (qualitative vs. quantitative; level of granularity; monomodal vs. multimodal) to the design and development team to improve the uptake of evaluation results? In the Workshop, these and other questions arising from the workshop submissions and discussions will be addressed. Submissions addressing the above listed and other related questions/ideas are invited. More on the workshop background can be found here: http://www.mifav.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/E3FPLE/index.php WORKSHOP CO-CHAIRS: * Effie Lai-Chong Law, University of Leicester, UK (elaw(a)mcs.le.ac.uk) * Carlo Giovannella, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy (mifav(a)roma2.infn.it) PROGRAM COMMITTEE: * Carmelo Ardito, University of Bari, Italy * Nikolas Avouris, University of Patras, Greece * Marcel Berthold, TU Graz, Austria * Antonella Carbonaro, University of Bologna, Italy * Denis Gillet, EPFL, Switzerland * Alke Martens, Universitaet Rostock, Germany * Felix Mödritscher, Vienna University of Economics& Businesses, Austria * Tessy C. Pargman, KHT, Sweden * Elvira Popescu, University of Craiova, Romania * Marcus Specht, Open University of the Netherlands * Carsten Ulrich, Shanghai Jiao Tung University, China * Katrien Verbert, KUL, Belgium * Martin Wolpers, Fraunhofer FIT, Germany REGISTRATION: See the ECTEL 2011 Conference website: http://www.ec-tel.eu/registration IMPORTANT DATES: · Deadline for submission: 15th July 2011 (Wed) · Notification of acceptance: 8th August, 2011 (Monday) · Camera ready submission: 5th September, 2011 SUBMISSION TYPES: Submissions addressing the workshop's Goal and Research Questions and other related questions/ideas are invited. Two types of submissions are solicited: full papers with up to 12 pages describing substantial, completed work, and position papers with 4 pages describing either results that can be concisely reported or work in progress. All papers should be written according to IxD&A Journal's Guidelines. All papers will be peer reviewed by members of the program committee with regard to the relevance and originality of the work and their ability to generate discussions among the participants of the workshop. PAPER SUBMISSION AND PROCEEDINGS: Papers should be submitted to the EasyChair system: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=u2x4ple The workshop proceedings will be published in a special issue of the IxD&A Journal (ISSN 1826-9745): http://www.scuolaiad.it/IxDEA/ -- 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] CFP: 7th International Workshop on Semantic Web Enabled Software Engineering
by Gustaf Neumann 27 Jun '11

27 Jun '11

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [WI] CFP: 7th International Workshop on Semantic Web Enabled Software Engineering Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 06:30:38 +0100 From: Jeff Pan <jeffpan.sw(a)googlemail.com> To: wi(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de Apologies for cross-posting! ************************************************************************ * * CALL FOR PAPERS * 7th International Workshop on Semantic Web Enabled Software Engineering * (SWESE2011) * * http://www.abdn.ac.uk/~csc363/swese2011/ <http://www.abdn.ac.uk/%7Ecsc363/swese2011/> * * (for previous workshops, see http://www.csd.abdn.ac.uk/~jpan/ <http://www.csd.abdn.ac.uk/%7Ejpan/>) * *******Deadline: 12 Aug, 2011****** * * * located at 2011 International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC2011) * 23/24 Oct 2011 * Bonn, Germany * ************************************************************************ Workshop Description There has been more and more evidence that the usage of Semantic Web technologies leads to improvements in both the process and product of software development activities. The goal of the SWESE workshop is to advance research on this important area. We believe that the informal nature of the workshop, located at one of the major events of Semantic Web, will lead to further exchange between practitioners and researchers working on issues related to Semantic Web Enabled Software Engineering by providing a forum for discussing the major challenges of the area and the different approaches being taken to resolve them. Intended Audience While the intended audience for this workshop includes those with experience or interest in Semantic Web languages, tools and linked data aware software development, it is also crucial to have participation by those with expertise in other areas such as software engineering, automatic software engineering (ASE), knowledge based software engineering (KBSE), UML/MDA and software/legacy modernisation. Topics Topics of interest to the workshop include (but are not restricted to): • Visions for Semantic Web driven software engineering • Tools developed or being developed for software engineering using SW languages • Integration or application development projects combining Software Engineering techniques and Semantic Web tools or languages • Shortcomings with the Semantic Web with respect to Software Engineering • Uses, extensions and/or issues with ODM • Visions for SW driven software modernisation • Integration of UML, OO programming languages and Semantic Web languages • Integration of formal methods and Semantic Web languages • Software specification and Semantic Web languages • Software versioning control and Semantic Web • Software debugging and Semantic Web • Ontologies for software engineering • Ontologies for requirement engineering • Ontologies for software guidance, traceability and maintenance • Component discovery and ontologies • Feature modelling and ontologies • Metamodel engineering • Ontology reasoning for software engineering • Semantic annotations in software engineering • Transitioning legacy applications to ontologies • Semantic-based intelligent assistance tools for software developers • Lessons learnt and outstanding challenges for the usage of semantic technologies in software engineering • Ontology-Driven Architecture: How to introduce Semantic Web technology into mainstream development processes • Ontologies for supporting collaboration/coordination between developers • Semantic-based information push for software development process • Methods and tools for semantic-based event-driven interaction in software development Workshop Format and Attendance: This will be a half day workshop, including a keynote presentation and technical talks discussing competing and complementary visions and state of the art for Semantic Web enabled software engineering. This workshop is open to all members of the ISWC community, as well as other communities identified in Intended Audience above, such as the Software Engineering community. Submission of a paper is not required for attendance at the workshop. However, in the event that the workshop cannot accommodate all who would like to participate, those who have submitted a paper will be given priority for registration. We encourage those who plan to attend this workshop, to register early in order to help conference organisers with their planning as well as insure that the workshop is not cancelled do to projected poor attendance. Organising Committee Elisa F. Kendall, Sandpiper Software, Inc., USA Jeff Z. Pan, University of Aberdeen, UK (contact) Ljiljana Stojanovic, FZI, Germany Kalina Bontcheva, University of Sheffield, UK Yuting Zhao, University of Aberdeen, UK Program Committee * Uwe Assman (DE), Technical University of Dresden * Ioannis N. Athanasiadis (GR), Democritus University of Thrace * Colin Atkinson (DE), University of Mannheim * Ken Baclawski (US), Northeastern University * Paola Di Maio (UK), University of Strathclyde * Jin Song Dong (SG), National University of Singapore * Jürgen Ebert (DE), University of Koblenz * Andreas Friesen (DE), SAP Research * Dragan Gasevic, (CA) Simon Fraser University Surrey * Michael Goedicke (DE), University of Essen * Jakob Henriksson (US), Intelligent Automation, Inc. * Mitch Kokar (US), Northeastern University * Harald Kühn (AT), BOC * David Martin (US), SRI International * Krzysztof Miksa (PL), Comarch * Jishnu Mukerji (US), Hewlett-Packard * Daniel Oberle (DE), SAP Research * Fernando Silva Parreiras (DE), University of Koblenz * Yuan Ren (UK), University of Aberdeen * Dave Reynolds (UK), Epimorphics Ltd * Michael K. Smith (US), Hewlett-Packard * Hai Wang (UK), Aston University * Andrea Zisman (UK), City University, London Submissions Authors are invited to submit original contributions of practical relevance and technical rigor, experience reports, and show case / use case demonstrations of effective, practical technologies or applications combining software engineering with semantic technologies. Papers must be in English and may be submitted at http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=swese2011 as: - Full Papers (15 pages) - Short Papers (5-8 pages) Please upload all submissions as PDF files in LNCS format (http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html). Submissions will be peer-reviewed by at least 3 PC members based on originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of exposition. Authors are requested to upload their complete papers by September 14, 2011. Publication details will be posted to the workshop web site, http://www.abdn.ac.uk/~csc363/swese2011/ <http://www.abdn.ac.uk/%7Ecsc363/swese2011/>, as they become available. Important Dates * Submission due: August 12, 2011 * Notification: September 5, 2011 * Camera ready version: September 14, 2011 Sponsorship The workshop is being held in cooperation with a prominent network of excellence and is meant to act as a focal point for joint interests and future collaborations. Interested sponsors are welcome to contact the Organising Committee.

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Fwd: [AISWorld] DADS Track at ACM SAC 2012 Call for papers
by Gustaf Neumann 25 Jun '11

25 Jun '11

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] DADS Track at ACM SAC 2012 Call for papers Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 19:25:09 +0200 From: Karl M. Goeschka <Karl.Goeschka(a)tuwien.ac.at> To: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org CALL FOR PAPERS =============== +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ | 7th Track on Dependable and Adaptive Distributed Systems (DADS) | | of the 27th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC'12) | +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ March 25 - 29, 2012 Riva del Garda (Trento), Italy http://www.dedisys.org/sac12/ http://www.acm.org/conferences/sac/sac2012/ Accepted papers will be published in the ACM conference proceedings and will be included in the ACM digital library. Important Dates: Paper submission: August 31, 2011 Author notification: October 12, 2011 Camera-ready copies: November 2, 2011 Authors are invited to submit original work not previously published, nor currently submitted elsewhere. Authors submit full papers in pdf format using the link to the submission site at http://www.dedisys.org/sac12/. Authors are allowed up to 8 pages, but with more than 6 pages in the final camera ready, there will be a charge of 80USD per extra page. Call details ============ While computing is provided by the cloud and services increasingly pervade our daily lives, dependability is no longer restricted to mission or safety critical applications, but rather becomes a cornerstone of the information society. Unfortunately, heterogeneous, large-scale, and dynamic software systems that typically run continuously, often tend to become inert, brittle, and vulnerable after a while. The key problem is that the most innovative systems and applications are the ones that also suffer most from a significant decrease in dependability when compared to traditional critical systems, where dependability and security are fairly well understood as complementary concepts and a variety of proven methods and techniques is available today. In accordance with Laprie we call this effect the dependability gap, which is widened in front of us between demand and supply of dependability, and we can see this trend further fueled by the demand for resource awareness (including green computing) and increasing cost pressure. Among technical factors of dependability, software development methods, tools, and techniques contribute to dependability, as defects in software products and services may lead to failure and also provide typical access for malicious attacks. In addition, there is a wide variety of fault tolerance techniques available, including persistence provided by databases, replication, group communication, transaction monitors, reliable middleware, cloud infrastructures, and trustworthy service-oriented architectures with explicit control of quality of service properties. Furthermore, adaptiveness is envisaged in order to react to observed, or act upon expected changes of the system itself, the context/environment (e.g., resource variability or failure/threat scenarios) or users' needs and expectations. Provided without explicit user intervention, this is also termed autonomous behavior or self-properties, and often involves monitoring, diagnosis (analysis, interpretation), and reconfiguration (repair). In particular, adaptation is also a means to achieve dependability in a computing infrastructure with dynamically varying structure and properties. Topics of interest ================== * Dependable, Adaptive, and trustworthy Distributed Systems (DADS) * Architectures, architectural styles, and middleware for DADS * Protocols for DADS * Modeling, design, and engineering of DADS * Foundations and formal methods for DADS * Applications of DADS * Evaluations, testing, benchmarking, and case studies of DADS * Holistic aspects of DADS Track program co-chairs =============== Karl M. Goeschka (chair), dads(a)dedisys.org Svein O. Hallsteinsen Rui Oliveira Alexander Romanovsky Program committee ================= Enrique Armendariz, Universidad Publica de Navarra (Spain) Alberto Bartoli, University of Trieste (Italy) Stefan Beyer, ITI Valencia (Spain) Andrea Bondavalli, University of Florence (Italy) Michael Butler, University of Southampton (UK) Antonio Casimiro, Universidade de Lisboa (Portugal) Rogerio De Lemos, University of Kent (UK) Felicita Di Giandomenico, ISTI-CNR, Pisa (Italy) Frank Eliassen, University of Oslo (Norway) Jean-Charles Fabre, LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse (France) Pascal Felber, Université de Neuchâtel (Switzerland) Lorenz Froihofer, A1 Telekom Austria (Austria) Christina Gacek, City University (UK) Kurt Geihs, Universität Kassel (Germany) Holger Giese, Hasso Plattner Institut (Germany) Matti Hiltunen, AT&T Labs (USA) Geir Horn, SINTEF (Norway) Ricardo Jimenez-Peris, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (Spain) Jörg Kienzle, McGill University, Montréal (Canada) Marc-Ollivier Killijian, LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse (France) Mikel Larrea, Euskal Herriko Unibersitatea (Spain) István Majzik, Budapest UTE. (Hungary) Hausi A. Müller, University of Victoria (Canada) Francesc Daniel Muñoz-Escoí, UP Valencia (Spain) Marta Patino-Martinez, UP Madrid (Spain) Fernando Pedone, Università della Svizzera Italiana (Switzerland) Jose Pereira, Universidade do Minho (Portugal) Calton Pu, Georgia Institute of Technology (USA) Roland Reichle, Universität Kassel (Germany) Luís Rodrigues, INESC-ID/IST (Portugal) Luigi Romano, University of Naples (Italy) Romain Rouvoy, INRIA (France) Giovanni Russello, Create-Net (Italy) André Schiper, EPFL (Switzerland) Bradley Schmerl, Carnegie Mellon University (USA) Dietmar Schreiner, Vienna University of Technology (Austria) Francois Taiani, Lancaster University (UK) Richard N. Taylor, University of California, Irvine (USA) Elena Troubitsyna, Åbo Akademi University (Finland) Sara Tucci Piergiovanni, Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza (Italy) Roman Vitenberg, University of Oslo (Norway) Mario Zenha Rela, U. of Coimbra (Portugal) Uwe Zdun, Vienna University (Austria) _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

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Fwd: [AISWorld] Journal of Organizational and End User Computing. 23, 3, 2011 Abstracts
by Gustaf Neumann 25 Jun '11

25 Jun '11

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] Journal of Organizational and End User Computing. 23, 3, 2011 Abstracts Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:37:24 -0600 From: Mahmood, M. Adam <mmahmood(a)utep.edu> To: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org <aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org> The contents of the latest issue of: Journal of Organizational and End User Computing (JOEUC) Official Publication of the Information Resources Management Association Volume 23, Issue 3, July-September 2011 Published: Quarterly in Print and Electronically ISSN: 1546-2234 EISSN: 1546-5012 Published by IGI Publishing, Hershey-New York, USA www.igi-global.com/joeuc Editor-in-Chief: M. Adam Mahmood, University of Texas at El Paso, USA EDITORIAL NOTE An extended version of the abstracts for the following JOEUC issue is provided below for your information and perusal. If you would like to submit a manuscript to the journal for publication consideration, please consult the manuscript submission guidelines provided at http://www.igi-pub.com/. After reviewing the guidelines, please send an electronic version of your manuscript to us. PAPER ONE Understanding User Dissatisfaction: Exploring the Role of Fairness in IT-Enabled Change Tim Klaus (Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi, USA) This paper examines the role of fairness and how it shapes a user's view in IT-enabled change. Drawing from several fairness theories, components of fairness are identified and examined in two studies. The first study examines the role of fairness through user interviews and finds that all five components of fairness are considered by users in enterprise system implementations. The second study operationalizes and analyzes the components of fairness through a questionnaire distributed to users. This second study finds that fairness is comprised of all five components that were proposed and a significant relationship exists with user dissatisfaction. The two studies lead to a new theoretical perspective and provide practical implications regarding the role of fairness in IT-enabled change and their strategic implications. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://www.igi-global.com/bookstore/article.aspx?titleid=55072 PAPER TWO Antecedents of Improvisation in IT-Enabled Engineering Work William J. Doll (The University of Toledo, USA), and Xiaodong Deng (Oakland University, USA) The success of engineering work depends on the ability of individuals to improvise in response to emerging challenges and opportunities (Kappel& Rubenstein, 1999). Building on experiential learning theory (Eisenhardt& Tabrizi 1995; Kolb, 1984) and improvisation theory (Miner, Bassoff,& Moorman, 2001), this authors argue that information systems facilitate the generation of new product and process design ideas by providing richer feedback, creating shorter learning cycles, and enabling engineers to try a variety of new ideas more easily. An empirical research model of the antecedents of improvisation in IT-enabled engineering work is proposed. This model is examined using a sample of 208 individuals engaged in computer-intensive engineering design work. The multiple regression results suggest that software capability, autonomy, problem solving/decision support usage, system use for work planning, and length of use explain the extent of new product and process ideas that ar! e generated. The practical and theoretical implications of these findings are discussed. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://www.igi-global.com/bookstore/article.aspx?titleid=55073 PAPER THREE Exploring the Dimensions and Effects of Computer Software Similarities in Computer Skills Transfer Yuan Li (Columbia College, USA), and Kuo-Chung Chang (Yuan Ze University, Taiwan) Computer software similarities play important roles in users' skills transfer from one application to another. Despite common software attributes recognized in extant literature, a systematic understanding of the components and structure of software similarities has not been fully developed. To address the issue, a Delphi study was conducted to explore the underlying dimensions of software similarities. Inputs gathered from 20 experienced Information Systems instructors show that Computer Software Similarity is a multi-dimensional construct made up of interface similarity, function similarity, and syntax similarity. Each dimension consists of software attributes that users perceive to be transferable in learning new applications. A field study was carried out to test the impact of the construct. Results from a survey on students' learning two software applications confirm the expectation that Computer Software Similarity facilitates the students' skills transfer between the ! applications. These studies provide a basis to better design training programs for improved training performance. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://www.igi-global.com/bookstore/article.aspx?titleid=55074 PAPER FOUR Preparing IS Students for Real-World Interaction with End Users Through Service Learning: A Proposed Organizational Model Laura L. Hall (University of Texas at El Paso, USA), and Roy D. Johnson (University of Pretoria, South Africa) Although teaching the technical skills required of Information Systems (IS) graduates is a straightforward process, it is far more difficult to prepare students in the classroom environment for the challenges they will face interacting with end users in the real world. The ability to establish a successful relationship with end users is a critical success factor for any IS project. One way to prepare students for interaction with end users is through the implementation of service learning projects. Service learning projects provide a rich environment for students to experience real world interactions with users. This paper presents an organizational model to guide the implementation of service learning projects in IS curriculums. Service learning projects better prepare students to assume important management positions by giving them experience in applying the system development life cycle to an IS project and working with people. This organizational model uses the system de! velopment life cycle approach to integrate typical curriculum and service learning models. The organizational model is grounded in anecdotal evidence from prior experiences with IS students in service learning environments. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://www.igi-global.com/bookstore/article.aspx?titleid=55075 PAPER FIVE The Role of Computer Attitudes in Enhancing Computer Competence in Training James P. Downey (University of Central Arkansas, USA), and Lloyd A. Smith (Missouri State University, USA) Computer competence is poorly conceptualized and inconsistently measured. This study clarifies computer competence and examines its relationship with anxiety, affect, and pessimism, along with self-efficacy and previous experience. Using a survey of 610 end users, the strengths of anxiety, affect (positive), pessimism, self-efficacy, and previous experience were compared for nine different competency measures in seven different domains, including word processing, email applications, spreadsheets, graphic programs, databases, web design, and overall computing. Results suggest that for most domains, affect and anxiety are significant predictors, as are self-efficacy and previous experience, but pessimism is not. In addition, competence in a domain was found to mediate the relationship between competence and its antecedents. These results suggest that organizations focus not only on skills training, but on ways to enhance computing attitudes during the training process. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://www.igi-global.com/bookstore/article.aspx?titleid=55076 Sincerely, M. Adam Mahmood _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

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Fwd: [WI] CfP: European Design Science Symposium 2011 (EDSS 2011) - Leixlip, Ireland
by Gustaf Neumann 24 Jun '11

24 Jun '11

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [WI] CfP: European Design Science Symposium 2011 (EDSS 2011) - Leixlip, Ireland Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:37:25 +0100 From: Markus Helfert <markus.helfert(a)computing.dcu.ie> To: wi(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de ********************************************************************* ** Call for Papers ** ** European Design Science Symposium 2011 (EDSS 2011) ** ** Intel Technology Campus, Leixlip, Ireland ** ** ** ** 13th of October 2011 ** ** www.dssymposium.org ** ********************************************************************* Important Dates =============== Submission Deadline: 31 July 2011 Notification to Authors: 1 September 2011 Symposium Date: 13 October 2011 Camera Ready Submission: 30 November 2011 Background ========== Design Science creates and evaluates IT artifacts intended to solve identified organizational problems. Such artifacts are represented in a structured form that may vary from software, formal logic, and rigorous mathematics to informal natural language descriptions. Design Science Research (DSR) has become an accepted approach for research in the Information Systems discipline with a dramatic growth in recent, related literature. In particular, DSR holds promise as a paradigm that can establish the relevance of academic information systems research for IS practice. The rich phenomena that emerge from the interaction of people, organizations, and technology needs to be qualitatively assessed to yield an understanding of the phenomena adequate for theory development or problem solving. We invite contributions that describe research results and address DSR issues related to IT management and information systems. In-line with the aim of this annual symposium we especially encourage contributions that highlight the challenges and benefits of collaboration between academia and practice. Contributions from industry, academia and collaborative research are welcome. We also encourage postgraduate researchers to submit their work. Topics of Interest ================== include but are not limited to: • What makes projects different when using a design science approach? • What are typical design science projects and results? • What are the challenges and principles in a design science project? • How can design science projects be evaluated? • What are the advantages and limitations of following a design science approach? • How can practitioners’ benefit from and participate in a design science approach? • What is the demand for design science projects? Symposium Venue =============== The symposium will be held at Intel Technology Campus, Intel Ireland, Leixlip, on 13th of October 2011. The Symposium will be held in conjunction with the Intel European Research and Innovation Conference (ERIC) 2011. Paper Submission ================ For paper submission please see details at www.dssymposium.org Publication =========== Springer CCIS Proceedings EDSS proceedings will appear as a volume of the renowned Springer CCIS series. Please refer to the official CCIS website for detailed author guidelines, and for respective word processor templates. Important Dates =============== Submission Deadline: 31 July 2011 Notification to Authors: 1 September 2011 Symposium Date: 13 October 2011 Camera Ready Submission: 30 November 2011 General Chairs ============== Prof. Alan Hevner (University of South Florida) Prof. Martin Curley (Intel/Innovation Value Institute) Programme Chairs ================ Prof. Brian Donnellan (National University of Ireland Maynooth) Dr. Markus Helfert (Dublin City University) Industry Chair ============== Jim Kenneally (Intel) Contact: info(a)dssymposium.org The European Design Science Symposium 2011 is organised by the Innovation Value Institute at the National University of Ireland Maynooth in conjunction with the Business Informatics Group at Dublin City University. -- ---------------------------------------------------- Dr. Markus Helfert School of Computing Dublin City University Glasnevin Dublin 9, Ireland Head of Business Informatics Research Group http://www.computing.dcu.ie/big/ IVI Research Fellow http://www.ivi.ie/ Programme Chair European MSc in Business Informatics Lecturer in Information Systems http://www.computing.dcu.ie/europeanmbi/ Phone: +353-1-700-8727 Fax: +353-1-700-5442 Office: L2.26 Email: markus.helfert(a)computing.dcu.ie http://www.computing.dcu.ie ---------------------------------------------------- -- 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] CfP Teilkonferenz "IKT-gestützte Unternehmenskommunikation" MKWI 2012
by Gustaf Neumann 23 Jun '11

23 Jun '11

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [WI] CfP Teilkonferenz "IKT-gestützte Unternehmenskommunikation" MKWI 2012 Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:48:37 +0200 From: jorge.marx.gomez(a)uni-oldenburg.de To: wi(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de Einladung zur Einreichung von Beiträgen Teilkonferenz "IKT-gestützte Unternehmenskommunikation" im Rahmen der Multikonferenz Wirtschaftsinformatik (MKWI) 2012 _ __http://mkwi2012.de/_ 29.02. - 02.03.2012 an der Technischen Universität Braunschweig Inhalt: Unternehmen stehen heute in einem vielschichtigen Wettbewerb um die Aufmerksamkeit ihrer Zielgruppen. Die traditionelle Konkurrenz auf den Märkten um Kapital, Arbeitskräfte und andere Produktionsfaktoren hat sich erweitert und wird überlagert von einem kommunikativen Spannungsfeld, in dem Unternehmen um die knappe Aufmerksamkeit ringen, z.B. von engagierten Mitarbeitern, aufgeschlossenen Kunden, zuverlässigen Lieferanten, finanzkräftigen Investoren sowie kooperativen Behörden, fairen Journalisten und unvoreingenommenen Rating-Agenturen. Im Wettbewerb um die Aufmerksamkeit ihrer Zielgruppen kommt der Unternehmenskommunikation eine Schlüsselrolle zu, sowohl aus einer Innenperspektive als auch im Zusammenspiel mit externen Zielgruppen. Die Unternehmenskommunikation bildet den Kitt, der die Organisation zusammen hält, sie aber auch zugleich vom Umfeld abgrenzt und zum Bild einer eigenständigen Einheit beiträgt. Bei der Unternehmenskommunikation vollzieht sich derzeit ein tiefgreifender Wandel, vorangetrieben durch die Gestaltungschancen moderner Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien (IKT). IKT-gestützte Unternehmenskommunikation prägt die Arbeits- und Berufswelt der Mitarbeiter sowie die Art und Weise der betrieblichen Leistungserstellung – und Verwertung. Insbesondere durchdringt sie Organisationsstrukturen und Geschäftsprozesse sowie die ökonomischen Aktivitäten in Wertschöpfungsketten auf den verschiedenen Märkten und in vielschichtigen sozio-politischen Beziehungen. Die Gestaltungschancen der Internettechnologien und der dadurch verfügbaren -dienste verändern insgesamt die organisatorische Landschaft. Im Zeitalter der Internet-Ökonomie und des E-Business erlangt die Gestaltungsaufgabe eines stimmigen Bildes des Unternehmens nach Innen und Außen unternehmenspolitische Relevanz sowie wettbewerbsstrategische Bedeutung und wird damit zur Führungsaufgabe. Informatisierung, Automatisierung und Personalisierung entwickeln sich zu Leitvorstellungen in der Unternehmenskommunikation, nicht nur aus Sicht der Wirtschaftsinformatik. Die aktuellen Entwicklungen in der Unternehmenskommunikation weisen neben anderen Tendenzen in Richtung maßgeschneiderte Unternehmenskommunikation für spezifische Zielgruppen, Einsatz ausgeklügelter IKT-Systeme und Software-Werkzeuge, Einsatz des Internet, mobile Endgeräte, cross-mediale Verfügbarkeit von Kommunikationsinstrumenten sowie dialogische und interaktive Formen der Online-Kommunikation. Mit dem Bedeutungszuwachs der Unternehmenskommunikation einerseits und den gestiegenen Gestaltungschancen moderner IKT andererseits ergeben sich neue Forschungsfragen für die Theoriebildung und veränderte Herausforderungen für die Unternehmenspraxis. Das Ziel des Tracks „Unternehmenskommunikation“ ist es, innovative Ansätze sowie Erfolg versprechende Vorgehensweisen und Best Practice vorzustellen und zu diskutieren. Die folgende Liste vermittelt einen beispielhaften Eindruck über mögliche Themen: Zielfelder der IKT-gestützten Unternehmenskommunikation (z.B. Organisations- und Marktkommunikation sowie Öffentlichkeitsarbeit/Public Relations) Trends in der inhaltlichen Ausrichtung der Unternehmenskommunikation (z.B. Innovations-, Geschäfts-, Umwelt- und Sozialkommunikation sowie integrative Ansätze als Corporate-Social-Responsibility- bzw. Nachhaltigkeitskommunikation) Einbindung von und Öffnung für externe Zielgruppen (z.B. Interaktivität, Partizipation und Stakeholder-Dialog) Managementansätze (z.B. Organisational Intelligence als Management von Information, Wissen und Meinung, Wissensmanagement, Organizational Memory) Einbindung in das M- bzw. E-Business und organisatorische Verankerung (z.B. Mobile Communications, Electronic Communications, E-Organisation) Einsatz von Web-2.0-Technologien zur Unternehmenskommunikation (z.B. RSS, Social Bookmarking, Wikis, Blogs) Theoretische Aspekte (z.B. Benutzermodellierung, Geschäftsprozessgestaltung, Document Engineering, Software Engineering) IKT-Systeme und Software-Werkzeuge zur Unterstützung der Unternehmenskommunikation Wirtschaftlichkeit und Kosten/Nutzen-Analysen der IKT-unterstützten Kommunikation weitere Themen Programmkommitee Prof. Dr. Jorge Marx Gómez, Universität Oldenburg (Track Chair) Prof. Dr. Müller-Christ, Universität Bremen PD Dr. Ralf Isenmann, Universität Bremen Prof. Dr. Michael von Hauff, Universität Kaiserslautern Prof. Dr. Bernd Siebenhüner, Universität Oldenburg Prof. Dr. Martin Müller, Universität Ulm Prof. Dr. Hans-Knud Arndt, Universität Magdeburg Beiträge Beiträge werden in deutscher Sprache verfasst. Es gelten die Formatvorschriften der MKWI 2012. Einreichungen können ab Ende April über das Konferenztool auf dieser Webseite hochgeladen werden. Der Begutachtungsprozess ist “double blind”. Termine Es gelten die MKWI-weiten Einreichungsdeadlines. ------------ Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Jorge Marx Gómez Universität Oldenburg Department für Informatik Abt. Wirtschaftsinformatik I Very Large Business Applications Ammerländer Heerstr. 114-118 26129 Oldenburg Tel. 0441/ 798-4470 Sekr. -4478 (Julia Franke) Fax -4472 E-Mail: jorge.marx.gomez(a)uni-oldenburg.de http://vlba.wi-ol.de/

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Fwd: [WI] CfP Teilkonferenz "Betriebliches Umwelt- und Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement" MKWI 2012
by Gustaf Neumann 23 Jun '11

23 Jun '11

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [WI] CfP Teilkonferenz "Betriebliches Umwelt- und Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement" MKWI 2012 Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:47:44 +0200 From: jorge.marx.gomez(a)uni-oldenburg.de To: wi(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de Einladung zur Einreichung von Beiträgen Teilkonferenz "Betriebliches Umwelt- und Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement" im Rahmen der Multikonferenz Wirtschaftsinformatik (MKWI) 2012 http://mkwi2012.de/ 29.02. - 02.03.2012 an der Technischen Universität Braunschweig Inhalt: Das betriebliche Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement umfasst sowohl die ökonomische, soziale als auch die ökologische Dimension unternehmerischen Handelns. Der Einsatz von Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien (IKT) ist dabei notwendige Voraussetzung für die erfolgreiche Etablierung in Unternehmen. Dabei können grundsätzlich zwei Perspektiven unterschieden werden: Einerseits rückt die IKT selbst durch erhöhten Energie- bzw. Ressourcenbedarfs im Leistungserstellungsprozess in das Blickfeld interner und externer Stakeholder (nachhaltiges IT-Management). Das in der Praxis diskutierte “Green IT” liefert hierzu erste Ansätze. Andererseits kann die IKT durch die informatorische Absicherung unternehmerischer Entscheidungen (z. B. Betriebliche Umweltinformationssysteme) unterstützen und somit die Realisierung von Optimierungspotentialen im Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement ermöglichen (IT for Green). Eine zentrale Fragestellung ist, wie und welche Erkenntnisse und Konzepte der Wirtschaftsinformatik hierfür genutzt werden können. Der Track fokussiert sowohl Konzepte eines nachhaltigen IT-Managements als auch die IT-Unterstützung der ökonomischen und ökologischen Dimensionen des betrieblichen Nachhaltigkeitsmanagements und erörtert Forschungsfragen, Perspektiven und State-of-the-Art Anwendungen in diesem Feld. Aufgrund der interdisziplinären Natur des Themafeldes ist es das Ziel, dass Experten aus verschiedenen Fachrichtungen teilnehmen. Einreichungen von Beiträgen sind insb. aber nicht ausschließlich zu den folgenden Themen erwünscht: Konzepte und Methoden betrieblicher Umweltinformationssysteme (BUIS) zur Gestaltung nachhaltiger Produktions- und Zuliefernetzwerke (Sustainable Supply Chains) Integration von BUIS und ERP-Systemen Geo-Informationssysteme IT for Green und Green IT Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement für IT-Organisationen – Managementkonzepte und Frameworks (z. B. Vorgehens- und Reifegradmodelle) Green IT Kennzahlensysteme bzw. Performance-Measurement-Systeme (z. B. Green IT Scorecards) IT-Ressourcenmanagement Lebenszyklusanalysen von IT-Ressourcen Anwendung der Theorien der Wirtschaftsinformatik (Information Systems Research) auf Fragestellungen des nachhaltigen IT-Managements und des betrieblichen Nachhaltigkeitsmanagements (z. B. resource-based view) Sustainable Cloud Computing BUIS als Enabler für die Reduktion von CO2 -Emissionen Nachhaltigkeitsreporting und -kommunikation IT-gestütztes Management von Umweltrisiken Modellierung und Simulation umweltrelevanter Prozesse Sustainable Supply Chain Management Active Environmental Data Warehouses Umweltinformationsmanagement Anwendung weiterer und Ausweitung bestehender Methoden der angewandten Informatik auf dem Gebiet der Stoffstromanalyse (Material Flow Analysis) und innerhalb von BUIS Ausblick auf neue Konzepte und Technologien, die im Umfeld des Rahmenthemas angesiedelt sind Der Track richtet sich an Anwender, Softwarehersteller sowie Wissenschaftler aus den Bereichen der Betrieblichen Umwelt- und Wirtschaftsinformatik sowie den Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaften. Organisation Prof. Dr. Jorge Marx Gómez, Universität Oldenburg Programmkommitee Jorge Marx Gómez, Universität Oldenburg (Track Chair) Burkhardt Funk, Universität Lüneburg Andreas Möller, Universität Lüneburg Peter Niemeyer, Universität Lüneburg Frank Teuteberg Universität Osnabrück Lutz Kolbe, Universität Göttingen Rüdiger Zarnekow, TU Berlin Koray Erek, TU Berlin Beiträge Beiträge werden in deutscher Sprache verfasst. Es gelten die Formatvorschriften der MKWI 2012. Einreichungen können ab Ende April über das Konferenztool auf dieser Webseite hochgeladen werden. Der Begutachtungsprozess ist “double blind”. Termine Es gelten die MKWI-weiten Einreichungsdeadlines. ------------ Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Jorge Marx Gómez Universität Oldenburg Department für Informatik Abt. Wirtschaftsinformatik I Very Large Business Applications Ammerländer Heerstr. 114-118 26129 Oldenburg Tel. 0441/ 798-4470 Sekr. -4478 (Julia Franke) Fax -4472 E-Mail: jorge.marx.gomez(a)uni-oldenburg.de http://vlba.wi-ol.de/

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Fwd: [computational.science] CFP --- IEEE ICTAI 2011 Special Session on Feature Selection in Data Mining and Machine Learning (FSDMML)
by Gustaf Neumann 22 Jun '11

22 Jun '11

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [computational.science] CFP --- IEEE ICTAI 2011 Special Session on Feature Selection in Data Mining and Machine Learning (FSDMML) Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 18:46:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Taghi Khoshgoftaar <khoshgof(a)fau.edu> Organization: "ICCSA" To: Computational Science Mailing List <computational.science(a)lists.iccsa.org> Dear Colleague, Enclosed please see url for the Call For Papers for the IEEE ICTAI 2011 Special Session on Feature Selection in Data Mining and Machine Learning (FSDMML) which will be held in Boca Raton, Florida. We invite you to submit papers and/or participate in this international conference. If you have any questions please let us know. Thanks. Taghi M. Khoshgoftaar Xingquan (Hill) Zhu Program Chairs of IEEE ICTAI 2011 Conference --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS ICTAI 2011 Special Session on Feature Selection in Data Mining and Machine Learning (FSDMML) Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.A., November 7-9, 2011 http://www.cse.fau.edu/ictai2011/links/fsdmml.htm / We appreciate if you can please forward this CFP to colleagues who may be interested.

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