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Fwd: [computational.science] CFP: IEEE Systems Journal - Special Issue on Security and Privacy in Complex Systems
by Gustaf Neumann 09 Aug '11

09 Aug '11

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [computational.science] CFP: IEEE Systems Journal - Special Issue on Security and Privacy in Complex Systems Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2011 22:43:43 -0400 From: Giovanni Livraga <giovanni.livraga(a)unimi.it> Organization: "ICCSA" To: Computational Science Mailing List <computational.science(a)lists.iccsa.org> [Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message] CALL FOR PAPERS IEEE SYSTEMS JOURNAL Special Issue on Security and Privacy in Complex Systems Today's information society relies on a globally interconnected infrastructure composed of diverse and widely distributed systems. It is of utmost importance to ensure proper protection to such complex systems, or systems-of-systems, to ensure security, privacy, and availability of the infrastructure as well as of resources and information it provides and manages. The problem is far from trivial, due to the criticality and the social impact of the applications and services relying on this global infrastructure, as well as the complexity given by the co-existence and co-operation of, possibly heterogeneous, component systems. The goal of this special issue is to collect high-quality contributions on security and privacy in complex systems and systems-of-systems. We solicit submissions from academia, industry, and government presenting novel and original research on all theoretical and practical aspects of security and privacy in complex systems. The focus of the special issue spans security and privacy theory, technology, methodology, and applications in complex systems. Submitted papers should therefore explicitly address issues in the complex system scenario. Topics of interest include, but are not limited, to the ones listed below provided that they are treated with specific focus on the complex system scenario. - access control - anonymity - applied cryptography - authentication - biometric security and privacy - cyber warfare and security - complex systems security - computer forensics - critical infrastructure protection - data and application security - data protection - data/system integrity - dependability, reliability, and availability - formal methods for security and privacy - human factors in security and privacy - identity management - insider threats - intrusion detection and prevention - knowledge extraction/representation for security - legal and ethical issues - middleware security - network security - operating systems security and privacy - protection from cyberhacking - security engineering - secure environments and applications - secure interoperability - security and privacy metrics - security and privacy policies - security and privacy in cloud computing - security and privacy in ad hoc networks - security and privacy in e-services - security and privacy in grid computing - security and privacy in mobile systems - security and privacy in monitoring systems - security and privacy in industrial systems - security and privacy in pervasive/ubiquitous computing - security and privacy in sensor networks - security and privacy in smart grid and distributed generation systems - security and privacy in social applications and networks - security and privacy in wireless sensor networks - security architectures - security management in complex scenarios - social implications of security and privacy - surveillance systems - threats, vulnerabilities, and risk management - transportation systems - trust management - usable security for complex systems - verification and validation of complex systems - web service security Submitted papers must not be simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference with proceedings. Extended versions of prior work should provide sufficient novel and original technical content; prior publications should be explicitly referenced in the bibliography, and comparison and added value with respect to prior publications should be discussed in the text. All manuscripts for this special issue should be uploaded via the IEEE Systems Journal Web site (http://www.systemsjournal.org), in the section dedicated to the special issue, by the deadline of October 1, 2011, and should follow formatting and submission instructions available at the Web site. For any questions on the special issue, send email to pierangela.samarati(a)unimi.it. GUEST EDITORS Sushil Jajodia George Mason University, USA jajodia(a)gmu.edu Pierangela Samarati Universita` degli Studi di Milano, Italy pierangela.samarati(a)unimi.it IMPORTANT DATES Paper submission due: October 1, 2011 First notification to authors: January 15, 2012 Revised paper submission due: March 15, 2012 Second notification to authors: April 30, 2012 Publication date: 2012

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Fwd: [WI] Call for Papers MKWI 2012 - Track Intelligent Information Systems
by Gustaf Neumann 08 Aug '11

08 Aug '11

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [WI] Call for Papers MKWI 2012 - Track Intelligent Information Systems Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2011 11:24:47 +0200 From: <rothlauf(a)uni-mainz.de> To: wi(a)lists.uni-karlsruhe.de Aufruf zur Einreichung von Beiträgen (Call for Papers) "Intelligent Information Systems" http://mkwi2012.de/themen/intelligent‐information‐systems/ Track bei der MKWI 2012 - Multikonferenz Wirtschaftsinformatik 2012 29.02. bis 02.03.2012 an der TU Braunschweig Durch die zunehmende Informatisierung der Lebens‐ und Arbeitswelt ist die entscheidungsorientierte Sammlung, Verarbeitung und Nutzbarmachung von Informationen zur (teil‐)automatischen Lenkung des betrieblichen Geschehens von weiterhin wachsender Relevanz. Dies bedingt eine zielgerichtete Gestaltung, Koordination und Steuerung von Wertschöpfungsprozessen durch maschinelle Teilsysteme des zugrundeliegenden soziotechnischen Informationssystems mit der Fähigkeit für eine planmäßige (und damit in diesem Sinne intelligente) Entscheidungsfindung. Der Track betrachtet die Weiterentwicklung von Theorien, Konzepten, Methoden und Werkzeugen zur Behandlung vielfältiger komplexer Planungsaufgaben, die grundsätzlich einer formal‐quantitativen Modellierung und einer (teil‐)automatischen Lösung zugänglich sind (sowohl auf der operativen Ebene als auch im Rahmen von Planungs‐ und Kontrollsystemen). Zur Umsetzung und Aufgabenerfüllung bedienen sich derartige Informationssysteme mit Komponenten für eine eigenständige Entscheidungsfindung einer Vielzahl von Verfahren und Konzepten des Operations Research, der Künstlichen Intelligenz, dem maschinellen Lernen und weiterer Felder der Informatik. Beispiele sind mathematische Optimierungsverfahren, Heuristiken und Metaheuristiken, dezentrale und agentenbasierte Ansätze, simulationsbasierte Ansätze, neuronale Netze, regelbasierte Systeme, Klassifikationssysteme und Prognoseverfahren. Komplementär hierzu stellen sich Fragen zur effektiven Implementierung solcher Ansätze im Rahmen betrieblicher und überbetrieblicher Anwendungssysteme (unter Betrachtung aktueller Entwicklungen zur Architektur von Anwendungssystemen wie etwa Cloud Computing). Anwendungsfelder sind beispielsweise die (teil‐)automatische Ressourcenallokation und Lenkung von Geschäftsprozessen in den Bereichen Vertrieb, Produktion und Logistik, die Koordination unternehmensübergreifender Prozesse (Supply Chain Management, elektronische Marktplätze, Telekommunikationsnetzwerke) sowie die Analyse und Aufbereitung von Informationen für Aufgabenträger im Unternehmen und Kunden (Business Intelligence, Recommender Systems). Wir laden ein zur Einreichung theoretischer, konzeptioneller und praktischer Forschungsarbeiten, die zur gestaltungsorientierten Konstruktion von Informationssystemen in den angesprochenen Themenfeldern beitragen. Leitung: Prof. Dr. Andreas Fink, Helmut-Schmidt-Universität Hamburg <andreas.fink(a)hsu-hamburg.de> Prof. Dr. Franz Rothlauf, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz <rothlauf(a)uni-mainz.de> Programmkomitee: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Branke, Warwick Business School Dr. Lars Braubach, Universität Hamburg Prof. Dr. Thorsten Eymann, Universität Bayreuth Prof. Dr. Kai Gutenschwager, Hochschule Ulm Prof. Dr. Jörg Homberger, Hochschule für Technik Stuttgart Dr. Andreas D. Lattner, Goethe Universität Frankfurt Prof. Dr. Jörg P. Müller, Technische Universität Clausthal Prof. Dr. Lars Mönch, FernUniversität in Hagen Prof. Dr. Volker Nissen, Technische Universität Ilmenau Dr. Giselher Pankratz, FernUniversität in Hagen Dr. Alexander Pokahr, Universität Hamburg Apl. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Sauer, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg Dr. Dirk Werth, Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz Berlin Termine: Einreichung bis 15.09.2011 Begutachtung bis 15.11.2011 Finale Papers bis 15.12.2011 Konferenz: 29.02. – 02.03.2012 -- Mailing-Liste: wi(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de Administrator: wi-admin(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de Konfiguration: https://www.lists.uni-karlsruhe.de/sympa/info/wi

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Fwd: [AISWorld] M4D2012
by Gustaf Neumann 08 Aug '11

08 Aug '11

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] M4D2012 Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 13:28:27 +0530 From: rasika dayarathna <dayarathna(a)gmail.com> To: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org Institute of Management Studies (Ghaziabad, India) in cooperation with HumanIT (Karlstad University, Sweden) invite you to the 3rd International Conference on Mobile Communication for Development (M4D2012), following the inaugural conference in Karlstad, Sweden in 2008 (http://m4d.humanit.org/2008/) and 2nd conference in Kampala, Uganda (http://m4d.humanit.org/). M4D2012 aims to provide a forum for researchers, practitioners and all those with interests in Mobile Communication for Development. M4D2012 will combine two days of workshops, discussions, demos, plenary, paper and panel sessions. The conference activities will take place at a reputed hotel in the National Capital Region of Delhi and the campus of Institute of Management Studies, Ghaziabad. More information in subsequent call for papers and on the website: http://www.m4d2012.com. ***Call for papers, panels and workshops*** We strive to create an inclusive event where all types of actors and formats are included. If you wish to present a paper, demo or poster you submit either to the practitioner or the research track. The research track has a traditional academic conference design while in the practitioner’s track industry, NGOs, and public bodies can discuss experiences, ideas and disseminate knowledge. However this conference is not only for paper presenters but also for all who have an interest in areas of mobility, communication, social change and their intersections. It is our explicit aim to make room for extensive discussions and interaction between all participants throughout the conference. We therefore also invite you who have ideas of different kinds workshops, panels, demos and discussion formats to contact the conference organization (m4d2012(a)gmail.com). All topics that relate to mobile communication and development are welcome. The suggested topics (but not limited to) include: • Social implications of mobile communication • Mobile health • Mobile communication and political participation/ change • Agriculture, rural development and mobile communication • Economic development and mobile communication such as mobile banking and mobile money • Mobile learning • Mobile communication and community awareness/ development • Mobile communication and disaster management • Mobile communication and fighting corruption • Mobile communication and election/ government monitoring • Mobile communication and community awareness/ development • Mobile communication and disaster management • Mobile communication and climate control • Challenges to the proliferation of mobile technology • Mobile communication and women empowerment • Mobile communication and surveillance • Innovative applications for mobile communication ***Important Dates*** Workshop/panel proposals : August 15,2011 Paper/poster/demo submission :August 31,2011 Acceptance/review note : Sept 30, 2011 Travel grant application : Oct 15, 2011 Final paper submission : Nov 15, 2011 Early bird registration : Nov 15, 2011 Regular registration : Dec 31, 2011 ***Submission*** All paper presenters will have to apply directly with a more or less finished version upon deadline (August 31), no abstracts should be sent in advance. Paper presenters can choose whether to submit a full paper (maximum of 10 pages) or a short paper (4 pages) to the practitioners or the research track. Poster and demo presenters as well as workshop and panel organizers are requested to submit a 1 page abstract for conference proceedings upon deadline (see above). Poster size is 80 cm maximum width and 120cm maximum height. Submitting your papers and abstracts, you must use the M4D template found here: http://m4d.humanit.org/m4d_template.doc. All Submissions to the M4D 2012 should be done using the EasyChair Conference Management system. Please click the following link for the Paper submission: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=m4d2012 ***Travel Grants*** HumanIT will sponsor travel costs and conference fees for a few participants from the developing countries with accepted full papers. Upon acceptance notification, send your paper, together with the reviews of the paper and a motivation letter (1 page maximum) to jakob.svensson(a)kau.se (deadline for application October 15th). The decision on who will get their fees covered will be made by the board of HumanIT. -- Disclaimer notice: The information contained in this email message and any attached files may be confidential information, and may also be the subject of legal professional privilege. If you are not the intended recipient any use, disclosure or copying of this email is unauthorized. You are not allowed forward this message without explicit permission from the sender. If you received this email in error, please notify the sender and delete all copies of this transmission together with any attachments. _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

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Fwd: [computational.science] CFP PDP 2012 - Special Session on "Cloud Computing" - Deadline 15th August 2011
by Gustaf Neumann 08 Aug '11

08 Aug '11

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [computational.science] CFP PDP 2012 - Special Session on "Cloud Computing" - Deadline 15th August 2011 Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2011 07:37:50 +0000 From: Thierry Delaitre <T.Delaitre(a)westminster.ac.uk> Organization: "ICCSA" To: Computational Science Mailing List <computational.science(a)lists.iccsa.org> PDP 2012 - Special Session on "Cloud Computing" - in Garching/Munich http://www.cpc.wmin.ac.uk/pdp2012/ 20th EUROMICRO Conference on Parallel, Distributed and Network-based Processing Leipniz Supercomputing Centre, Garching February 15-17th, 2012 Special Session on "Cloud Computing" Cloud computing technologies are raising significant interests. Cloud Computing and Infrastructure as a Service especially has emerged out of the development and widespread adoption of virtualization and Grid computing. The emergence of a large amount of web services at all major internet companies has also triggered great interest in new business processes and workflows being done in the cloud. The Cloud provides a high level of abstraction to the end user, one that provides on-demand services, a pay as you go model combined with elasticity. Cloud Computing covers a broad rage of distributed computing principles from infrastructure (e.g distributed storage, reconfigurable networks) to new programming platforms (e.g MS Azure, Google Appe Engine), and internet based applications. The special session on Cloud Computing is intended to be a forum for the exchange of ideas and experiences on the use of Cloud Computing technologies and applications with compute and data intensive workloads, the challenges and opportunities offered by the development of Cloud Computing solutions themselves, as well as case studies in applications of Cloud Computing and Grid Computing. The general venue will be a good occasion to share, learn, and discuss the latest results in this field of research. The workshop program will include presentations of peer-reviewed papers. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Cloud Computing and Grid architectures Cloud Computing platforms and applications Cloud Computing for scientific applications Cloud bridging Cloud bursting Virtualization technologies Performance evaluation, modelling and prediction Programming models and tools Cloud computing for compute and/or data intensive applications Workflows on the Cloud CPU and GPU Clouds, Desktop Grids Cloud Computing resource management Cloud Computing deployment models Cloud storage and I/O Important dates Deadline for paper submission: 15th August 2011 Acceptance notification: 17th October 2011 Camera ready paper due: 11st November 2011 Conference: February 15-17th, 2012 Submission guidelines Prospective authors should submit a full paper not exceeding 5000 words in length and including a 150-200 word abstract. To facilitate an anonymous reviewing process, the first page of the paper should contain only the title and abstract. Proceedings will be published by IEEE CS. Authors of accepted papers are expected to register and present the paper at the Conference. Papers submitted for the workshops or special sessions must be submitted through the conference submission system with an indication of the name of the workshop/special session. Papers must adhere to the formatting rules of the conference and will undergo the same review process as other papers submitted to the conference. Organization Program Committee Thierry Delaitre, University of Westminster, UK Sebastien Goasguen, Clemson University, USA Goeffrey Vallee, ORNL, USA Stephen Winter, University of Westminster, UK Gabor Terstiansky, University of Westminster, UK Tamas Kiss, University of Westminster, UK Christopher Reynolds, University of Westminster, UK Mark Baker, University of Reading, UK Gabor Kecskemeti, University of Miskolc, SZTAKI, HU Attila Csaba Marosi, MTA-SZTAKI, HU Matthias Schmidt, University of Marburg, DE Predrag Buncic, CERN, CH Adrien Lebre, Ecole des Mines de Nantes, FR Ruben Montero, Universidad Compultense de Madrid, ESP Nabil Abdhennader, Ecole d'Ingenieur de Geneve, CH Session Chair Session Chair: Thierry Delaitre, University of Westminster, UK. Co-Session Chair: Sebastien Goasguen, Clemson University, USA. Contact Dr Thierry Delaitre School of Electronics and Computer Science University of Westminster 115 New Cavendish Street London W1W 6UW UK Email: T.Delaitre(a)wmin.ac.uk<mailto:T.Delaitre@wmin.ac.uk> http://www.cpc.wmin.ac.uk/pdp2012/ -- The University of Westminster is a charity and a company limited by guarantee. Registration number: 977818 England. Registered Office: 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2UW, UK.

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Fwd: [WI] CfP Teilkonferenz "Betriebliches Umwelt- und Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement" MKWI 2012
by Gustaf Neumann 05 Aug '11

05 Aug '11

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [WI] CfP Teilkonferenz "Betriebliches Umwelt- und Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement" MKWI 2012 Datum: Thu, 4 Aug 2011 16:57:34 +0200 Von: jorge.marx.gomez(a)uni-oldenburg.de An: wi(a)lists.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: [AISWorld] Call for Papers: Special Issue of International Journal of E-Services and Mobile Applications (IJESMA) on Agile Business and Open Innovation Challenges for Information Systems Design
by Gustaf Neumann 05 Aug '11

05 Aug '11

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] Call for Papers: Special Issue of International Journal of E-Services and Mobile Applications (IJESMA) on Agile Business and Open Innovation Challenges for Information Systems Design Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2011 10:01:48 +0200 From: Aurelio Ravarini <aravarini(a)liuc.it> To: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org Call for Papers International Journal of E-Services and Mobile Applications (IJESMA) http://www.igi-global.com/bookstore/titledetails.aspx?titleid=1114&detailst… <http://www.igi-global.com/bookstore/titledetails.aspx?titleid=1114&detailst…> Special Issue On: Agile Business and Open Innovation Challenges for Information Systems Design Guest Editors: Aurelio Ravarini (aravarini(a)liuc.it <mailto:aravarini@liuc.it>) and Gianluigi Viscusi (viscusi(a)disco.unimib.it <mailto:viscusi@disco.unimib.it>) The growing relevance of networks in the information society is progressively matching the business impact of open business models, giving life at an emergent organizational form often referred to as agile business. Within an agile business, new ways of providing services to businesses, such as crowdsourcing and people services, are enabled by technologies available at a low cost and low impact on the existing IT infrastructures. These phenomena addressed with different terms (collective intelligence, social computing, servitization, etc.) contribute and are enacted by the information growth related to the diffusion of Internet, social networks, new media, and Free/Libre Open Source Software. These factors challenge the information systems research because of the multiple dimensions involved at conceptual and disciplinary level (spanning among others from sociology, economics and organizational science, to computer science and engineering). Objective of the Special Issue: This special issue encompasses all aspects of business agility and open innovation and promotes the exchange of ideas from academics and researchers on the impact of open and service oriented business models on organizations and information systems management and design. Original research papers, as well as expository and survey papers, are sought. Papers submitted to this special issue should relate in some way to the work of Ralf Koetter. Sample topics include, but are not limited to, the following. Recommended Topics: Topics to be discussed in this special issue include (but are not limited to) the following: - Business requirements modeling - Collective intelligence - Free/Libre Open Source Software - IT service management and governance - Open innovation in private and public sector - Open knowledge and organizational boundaries - Quality, trust and security of services - Service compliance with laws and regulations - Service design methodologies and patterns - Service innovation and strategy - Service science applications and information systems design - Value models in service science Submission Procedure: Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit papers for this special theme issue on Agile Business and Open Innovation Challenges for Information Systems Design on or before December 15, 2011. All submissions must be original and may not be under review by another publication. INTERESTED AUTHORS SHOULD CONSULT THE JOURNAL?S GUIDELINES FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS at http://www.igi-global.com/Files/AuthorEditor/guidelinessubmission.pdf. All submitted papers will be reviewed on a double-blind, peer review basis. Papers must follow APA style for reference citations. All submissions and inquiries should be directed to the attention of: Aurelio Ravarini and Gianluigi Viscusi Guest Editors E-mail: aravarini(a)liuc.it <mailto:aravarini@liuc.it>; viscusi(a)disco.unimib.it <mailto:viscusi@disco.unimib.it> Aurelio Ravarini CETIC Research Center - http://cetic.liuc.it Università Carlo Cattaneo - LIUC

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Fwd: [WI] CfP MKWI 2012 - Teilkonferenz "Modellierung betrieblicher Informationssysteme"
by Gustaf Neumann 03 Aug '11

03 Aug '11

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [WI] CfP MKWI 2012 - Teilkonferenz "Modellierung betrieblicher Informationssysteme" Datum: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 07:51:44 +0000 Von: Strecker, Stefan, Dr. <stefan.strecker(a)uni-due.de> An: wi(a)lists.uni-karlsruhe.de <wi(a)lists.uni-karlsruhe.de> Aufruf zur Einreichung von Manuskripten (Call for Papers) "Modellierung betrieblicher Informationssysteme" Teilkonferenz der MKWI 2012 - Multikonferenz Wirtschaftsinformatik 2012 29.02. bis 02.03.2012 an der TU Braunschweig http://mkwi2012.de/themen/minikonferenzen-und-calls-for-papers/ Die Teilkonferenz wird von der Fachgruppe MobIS (Modellierung betrieblicher Informationssysteme) der Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. getragen (http://www.wi-inf.uni-duisburg-essen.de/MobisPortal/). Die Teilkonferenz "Modellierung betrieblicher Informationssysteme" beschäftigt sich mit Themen der konzeptuellen Modellierung. Die konzeptuelle Modellierung gehört zu den Kernforschungsgebieten der Wirtschaftsinformatik. Sie zielt darauf ab, rechnergestützte Informationssysteme gemeinsam mit den organisatorischen Handlungssystemen, in die diese eingebettet sind, zu analysieren und zu gestalten. Die konzeptuelle Modellierung fördert Integration und Wiederverwendung und stellt damit eine wesentliche Voraussetzung für leistungsfähige und wirtschaftliche Informationssysteme dar. Dabei umfasst die Modellierung betrieblicher Informationssysteme verschiedene Perspektiven, wie etwa die Betrachtung von Geschäftsprozessen, die statische Beschreibung von Informationsstrukturen (in Form von Daten- oder Objektmodellen), die Darstellung relevanter Aspekte der Unternehmensstrategie oder die Beschreibung der Architektur von Informationssystemen. Die Modellierungsforschung in der Wirtschaftsinformatik zielt darauf, Sprachen und Methoden zur Modellierung betrieblicher Informationssysteme zu entwickeln und kritisch zu evaluieren. Weitere Themen der Modellierungsforschung in der Wirtschaftsinformatik betreffen u. a. die Gestaltung von Referenzmodellen für ausgewählte Domänen, den Entwurf generischer Architekturmodelle oder auch die Entwicklung von Modellierungswerkzeugen. Das Programmkomitee lädt zur Einreichung von Originalbeiträgen zu Themen der konzeptuellen Modellierung ein. Die Einreichungen dürfen zuvor nicht anderweitig veröffentlicht sein oder sich anderweitig in Begutachtung befinden. Die Teilkonferenz ist für alle forschungsmethodischen Herangehensweisen offen. Die Einreichungsfrist endet am 15.09.2011. Einreichungen könnten Manuskripte zu folgenden Themen umfassen (nicht abschließende Themenliste): Geschäftsprozessmodellierung Unternehmensmodellierung Referenzmodelle Unternehmensarchitekturen und Informationssystemarchitekturen Modellierungsmethoden Method Engineering Modellierungssprachen domänenspezifische Modellierungssprachen (DSML) Metamodelierung Modellierungs- und Analysewerkzeuge Kollaborative Modellierung, Open Models Modellgetriebene Informationssystementwicklung, Model-Driven Software Development (MDSD) Models(a)run.time selbstreferenzielle Informationssysteme Workflow Management Prozessorientierte Informationssysteme Konzeptuelle Modellierung in der Praxis Organisation: Prof. Dr. Ulrich Frank, Universität Duisburg-Essen PD Dr. Stefan Strecker, Universität Duisburg-Essen Prof. Dr. Klaus Turowski, Universität Augsburg Programmkomitee: Prof. Dr. Stefan Aier, Universität St. Gallen Prof. Dr. Jörg Becker, Universität Münster PD Dr. Patrick Delfmann, Universität Münster Prof. Dr. Werner Esswein, TU Dresden Fernand Feltz, Centre de Recherche Public Gabriel Lippmann Dr. Hans-Georg Fill, Universität Wien Dr. Jürgen Jung, DHL Global Forwarding Dr. Martin Juhrisch, TU Dresden Prof. Dr. Reinhard Jung, Universität St. Gallen Prof. Dr. Dimitris Karagiannis, Universität Wien Dr. Lutz Kirchner, BOC GmbH Dr. Agnes Koschmider, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie Prof. Dr. Susanne Leist, Universität Regensburg Prof. Dr. Peter Loos, Universität des Saarlandes Prof. Dr. Jan Mendling, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin Prof. Dr. Gustaf Neumann, Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien Prof. Dr. Markus Nüttgens, Universität Hamburg Prof. Dr. Andreas Oberweis, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie Dr. Sven Overhage, Universität Augsburg Prof. Dr. Michael Rebstock, Hochschule Darmstadt Prof. Dr. Elmar J. Sinz, Universität Bamberg Prof. Dr. Oliver Thomas, Universität Osnabrück Prof. Dr. Robert Winter, Universität St. Gallen Prof. Dr. Mathias Weske, HPI Potsdam --- PD Dr. Stefan Strecker Lehrstuhl für Wirtschaftsinformatik und Unternehmensmodellierung (Prof. Dr. U. Frank), Institut für Informatik und Wirtschaftsinformatik, Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Universität Duisburg-Essen Universitätsstr. 9, 45141 Essen Tel. +49 (201) 183-4563 -- Mailing-Liste: wi(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de Administrator: wi-admin(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de Konfiguration: https://www.lists.uni-karlsruhe.de/sympa/info/wi

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Fwd: [computational.science] iiWAS2011 (05-07 December 2011, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)
by Gustaf Neumann 03 Aug '11

03 Aug '11

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [computational.science] iiWAS2011 (05-07 December 2011, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 01:03:03 +0800 From: Ismail Khalil <ismail.khalil(a)jku.at> Organization: "ICCSA" To: Computational Science Mailing List <computational.science(a)lists.iccsa.org> ********* Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message ********* *** Venue Change& Deadline Extension *** We have extended the submission deadline to August 15, 2011 (SHARP DEADLINE). Please notice that the venue of iiWAS2011 has changed from Hue City to Ho Chi Minh City. As one of the largest cities in Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City will provide better access to participants coming from overseas. However, if you are still interested in visiting Hue City, we will post some information about tours to visit Hue City. ****************************************************************************** C A L L F O R P A P E R S The 13th International Conference on Information Integration and Web-based Applications& Services (iiWAS2011) in Conjunction with The 9th International Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing and Multimedia (MoMM2011) in cooperation with ACM SIGAPP 5 - 7 December 2011 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam http://www.iiwas.org/conferences/iiwas2011/ email: iiwas2011(a)iiwas.org **** Important Dates ***** 15 August 2011 (EXTENDED): Full Papers (8 pages), Short papers, Demos and work in progress (4 pages) 15 September 2011: Acceptance Notification 15 October 2011: Camera-Ready Papers and Authors Registration 05-07 December 2011: Conference Dates ***** Publication ***** ALL accepted iiWAS2011 papers will be published by ACM International Conference Proceedings Series and the supplemental proceedings and indexed appropriately in all major indexes. Selected high-quality papers will be invited to be published, after revision and extension, in special issues of international journals and in a book in the Book Series: Atlantis Ambient and Pervasive Intelligence published by Springer. **** Scope ***** WWW has been driving global information integration. In spite of the many applications in all domains of our societies: e-business, e-commerce, e-learning, e-science, and e-government, for instance, as well as the tremendous advances by engineers and scientists, the seamless integration of information and services remains a major challenge. The current shared vision for the future is one of semantically rich information and service oriented architectures for global information systems. This vision is at the convergence of progress in technologies such as XML, Web services, RDF, OWL, of multimedia, multimodal, and multilingual information retrieval, and of distributed, mobile and ubiquitous computing. iiWAS2011 is the 13th in the series of the highly successful International Conference on Information Integration and Web-based Applications& Systems. Recently, iiWAS has been held in Paris (2010), Kuala Lumpur (2009), and Linz (2008). This year Vietnam will host iiWAS2011. The ! iiWAS conference series have provided opportunities to researchers, graduate students, and industry practitioners to address recent research results and current industry practices in the area of information integration and web-based applications. We invite two types of submissions: Full Technical Papers and Short Position Papers. A Full Paper should provide solid conceptual and theoretical foundation and substantial support for its results and conclusions as a significant contribution to the field. A Position Paper could be "demo" or â€˜work in progress, i.e., it reports the latest emerged ideas, approaches, methodologies, systems and application scenarios but have not yet been fully implemented and/or undergone extensive evaluation. ***** Topics ***** iiWAS2011 conference themes, grouped in four tracks, are the following (but are not limited to): 1. Web Engineering and Web Services Track: - Web Data Integration, Monitoring and Management - Web Data Models, Metrics, Tools, Languages and Performance - Web Agents, Intelligence and Mining - Web Security and Trust Management - Web Visualisation, Rich Web UI and Deep/Hidden Web - Web-based Enterprise Systems and Business Processes - Web-based Auction and Negotiation - Federated and cross-organisational Web engineering - Web Services Architectural styles - Web Services performance - Dependability, security and privacy of web services (blogs, RSS, wikis, etc.) - Orchestration, choreography and composition of web services - Tools and technologies for Web Services development, deployment and management - The impact of Web Services on enterprise systems - Impact of formal methods on Web Services 2. E-applications Track (e-Business, e-Commerce, e-Payment, e-Government, e-Learning, e-science, e-communities): - E-application design models and methods - E-application development processes, standards and methodologies - E-application usability, accessibility, reuse and integration - E-application localisation and internalization - E-applications case studies and best practices - E-applications social and legal issues - E-applications service architectures - E-applications competition and collaborations - E-applications data analytics and visualisation - Digital libraries - Innovative E-Frameworks& E-Applications - Innovative E-applications in Web 2.0, AJAX, E4X and other new developments - Model-driven E-application development - Workflow and E-services 3. Web Data and Semantic Web Track: - XML data and schema integration - XML data models, query processing and data management - XML data privacy and security - Web databases and warehousing - Web data mining, exploration, and visualisation - Document Engineering and Integration - Web Data Markup Languages, tools and methodologies for representing and managing Semantic Web data - Web Semantics content creation, annotation, and extraction - Web Semantics brokering, integration and interoperability - Web Semantics search, query, and visualisation - Web Semantics middleware and services - Web Semantics provenance, trust& security - Ontology creation, searching, extraction, and evolution - Ontology mapping, merging, and alignment 4. Information Integration in Ubiquitous Computing Track: - Mobile and Ubiquitous Information and Service Integration - Tools and techniques for designing, implementing,& evaluating Ubiquitous Computing Systems - Grid and P2P architectures for service and information integration - Agent-based ubiquitous applications - Location and context-aware applications and services - Infrastructure support for mobility and pervasive Web - Web proxies and content adaptation - Service creation and management environments for pervasive web - Low-cost web access devices and networking for emerging regions - Privacy-enhancing technologies in pervasive web - Social search and the use of "human computing" in web search - Experience report on ubiquitous computing implementation - Visionary scenario on ubiquitous computing **** Submission Guidelines **** Papers must be submitted electronically in PDF through the conference website. Submitted papers must not substantially overlap with papers that have been published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference with proceedings. Submitted papers will subject to stringent peer review by at least three members of the international program committee and carefully evaluated based on originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of exposition. Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings to be published by ACM. Format requirements for submissions of papers are: - Maximum 8 pages, including the abstract (no more than 150 words), all figures and references for Full Technical papers. - Maximum 4 pages, including the abstract (no more than 150 words), all figures and references for Short Position Papers. - All submissions should be formatted according to ACM guidelines (http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates) - Submissions must be entered into the Submission System (https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=iiwas2011) **** Awards **** iiWAS2011 best paper awards and student paper awards will be conferred on the authors at the conference. **** Past Conferences **** http://www.iiwas.org/conferences.htm ACM Digital library: http://portal.acm.org/event.cfm?id=RE544 DBLP: http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/conf/iiwas/ **** PC Members ***** http://www.iiwas.org/conferences/iiwas2011/ *** Contact ***** David Taniar iiWAS2011 PC Chair Monash University Australia Email: david(a)iiwas.org ****************************************************************************

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Fwd: IEEE APSCC 2011 Submission Deadline - August 10, 2011 (Jeju, Korea, December 12 - 15, 2011)
by Gustaf Neumann 03 Aug '11

03 Aug '11

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: IEEE APSCC 2011 Submission Deadline - August 10, 2011 (Jeju, Korea, December 12 - 15, 2011) Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 14:51:36 +0800 From: cfp(a)grid.chu.edu.tw To: neumann(a)wu-wien.ac.at IEEE APSCC 2011 CFP ======================= ********************************************************************************* 2011 IEEE Asia-Pacific Services Computing Conference (APSCC 2011) http://www.ftrai.org/apscc2011 December 12 - 15, 2011, Jeju, Korea ********************************************************************************* The services computing is a new cross-discipline that covers the science and technology needed to bridge the gap between business services and IT/telecommunication services. The goal of services computing is to develop new computing technology and thereby enable more advanced IT/telecommunication services to support business services more efficiently and effectively. IEEE APSCC 2011 is an important forum for researchers and industry practitioners to exchange information regarding advancements in the state of art and practice of IT/telecommunication-driven business services and application services, as well as to identify emerging research topics and define the future directions of Services Computing. Previous IEEE APSCC conferences were held in APSCC 2011, China (2006), Tsukuba Science City, Japan (2007), Yilan, Taiwan China (2008), Biopolis Singapore (2009), Hangzhou China (2010). As the 5th event in the increasingly popular series, APSCC 2011 expects to attract outstanding researchers from all over the world to Hangzhou - the world famous beautiful city in China, and continues to establish the status of IEEE APSCC as one of the major conferences on the services computing. And IEEE APSCC 2011 will be supported by FTRA (http://www.ftrai.org) and KITCS (http://www.kitcs.or.kr). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ==Research Tracks and Topics of Interest== Topics of interest for each of the main research tracks of the 2011 conference edition include, but are not limited to: 1. Business Process Integration and Management -Application integration services (e.g., Enterprise Service Bus); -Business performance management; -E-business solutions; -Enterprise modeling; -Industry solution patterns; -Linkage between IT services and business services; -Mathematical foundation of business process modeling,integration and management; -Security, privacy and trust in business process management; -Service computing process modeling, transformation and integration; -Service level automation and orchestration; -Software architecture design, development and deployment (e.g., Software as a Service). 2.Cloud/Utility/Web Computing -Cloud computing; -Resource acquisition models in cloud/utility computing; -Security management, analysis for cloud/utility services; -System performance evaluation, analysis and management; -Utility business services; -Utility computing; -Web computing; -Web service discovery and negotiation; -Web service management and collaboration; -Web service security and privacy 3.Foundations of Services Computing -Formal methods for services computing; -Service-oriented business consulting methodologies and utilities; -Services composition; -Services delivery; -Services discovery; -Services modeling; -Services science; -Services value chain and innovation lifecycle 4.Mobile/Ubiquitous/Pervasive Computing -Human interface for mobile/ubiquitous/pervasive environments; -Mobile ad hoc networks; -Mobile wireless Internet; -Mobile/ubiquitous security; -Mobile/ubiquitous/pervasive quality of service (QoS) adaptation; -Personal area networks, body wireless networks, Bluetooth; -Software-defined radio, reconfigurable radio network; -Wireless sensor networks 5. Service-centric Computing Models -Business strategy and design; -Service-oriented architecture (SOA); -SOA industry solutions; -SOA industry standards; -SOA solution stack -Telecommunication Services -Fixed-mobile convergence; 6. Integration of telecommunication SOA and Web services; -Service orchestration; -Internet Protocol Television (IPTV); -Service-oriented Telco architectures and business processes; -IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS); -Next generation networks; -Quality of service (QoS) and billing -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ==Steering Committee Chairs== Liang-Jie Zhang, IBM Research, USA Hai Jin, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China ==General Conference Chairs== James J.(Jong Hyuk) Park, SeoulTech, Korea Christos Nikolaou, University of Crete, Greece Jiannong Cao, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong ==General Vice-chairs== Sang-Soo Yeo, Mokwon University, Korea Bong Gyou Lee, Yonsei University, Korea ==Program Committee Chairs== Changhoon Lee, Hanshin University, Korea Robert C. H. Hsu, Chung Hua University, Taiwan Jia Zhang, Northern Illinois University, USA ==Workshop Co-chairs== Seungmin Rho, Korea University, Korea Lek Heng Ngoh, Institute for Infocomm Research, A*STAR, Singapore ==International Advisory Committee== Chen Khong Tham, Institute for Infocomm Research, A*STAR, Singapore Sew Bun Foong, IBM Singapore and IBM ASEAN Software Group, Singapore Tanaka Jiro, University of Tsukuba, Japan Chung-Jen (CJ) Tan, University of Hong Kong, HK Marek Rusinkiewicz, Telcordia Technologies, USA Franck Cappello, INRIA, France Latif Al-Hakim, University of Southern Queenssland, Australia Minglu Li, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China Qun Jin, Waseda University, Japan ==Publicity Chairs == *Antonio Coronato, ICAR, Italy *Weisong Shi, Wayne State University, USA *Lee Chulung, Korea University, Korea Xu Shao, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore Chien-Min Wang, Academia Sinica, Taiwan Amy Yuexuan Wang, Tsinghua University, China ==Financial Chair== Changhoon Lee, Hanshin University, Korea ==Local Organization Chairs== Sang Yep Nam, Kookje College, Korea Hangbae Chang, Daejin University, Korea ==Web system chair== Yang Sun Lee, Chosun University, Korea ==Program Committee == http://www.ftrai.org/apscc2011/committe.html ============================= Call for Workshop Proposal =============================== In conjuction with APSCC 2011, we will organize some international workshops. The workshop proposals should be submitted to the Workshops Chairs Seungmin Rho(smrho(a)korea.ac.kr) and Lek Heng Ngoh (ASLHNGOH(a)ntu.edu.sg) by May. 1, 2011. You can find the details from http://www.ftrai.org/apscc2011/workshop.html. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ==Submission Guidelines== Manuscripts should be prepared according to the IEEE Computer Society Press - Proceedings Author Guidelines (IEEE Latex Style or IEEE Proceedings Word template). Please visit the latest Services Computing Taxonomy to identify your innovation areas when you prepare your papers. Submissions must be in English and provided as PDF file! The length of manuscripts is limited to 8 pages. Submissions, which deviate from these guidelines, may be rejected without review. Each manuscript will be judged on its originality, significance, technical quality, relevance, and presentation. Authors are required to certify that their paper represents original work and is previously unpublished. Simultaneous submission to any other conference, workshop or journal is strictly excluded. In case a double submission is discovered, the corresponding paper will be rejected immediately. Submitting a paper to IEEE APSCC 2011 means that if the paper is accepted, at least one author will attend the conference to present the paper. Electronic Submission Submission to IEEE APSCC 2011 will be electronically only. Authors are asked to create a submission system account first. Subsequently, this account can be used to submit one or more abstracts and upload corresponding papers. submission system: http://www.editorialsystem.net/apscc2011 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ==Publications== In line with previous APSCC editions, IEEE APSCC 2011 conference proceedings will be published in IEEE Xplore and indexed by EI. Post-conference Journal Publications A special section or theme will be organized for the IEEE Transactions on Services Computing based on the enhanced versions of the high quality papers presented at IEEE APSCC 2011 (Pending). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ==Important Dates== Research Paper Submission: August 10, 2011 (Firm) Author Notification: September 10, 2011 Author Registration: September 20, 2011 Camera-ready Paper Submission: September 20, 2011 IEEE APSCC 2011 Events: December 12 - 15, 2011 - The End- To subscribe other emails or see information of this mailing list, please go to http://grid.chu.edu.tw/mailling_list/subscribe.php To unsubscribe, please click http://grid.chu.edu.tw/unsubscribe.php?mail=neumann@wu-wien.ac.at For other questions, please send email to cfp-admin(a)grid.chu.edu.tw

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Fwd: [AISWorld] JMIS Special Issue CfP: IT and Organizational Governance
by Gustaf Neumann 02 Aug '11

02 Aug '11

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] JMIS Special Issue CfP: IT and Organizational Governance Datum: Tue, 02 Aug 2011 10:40:38 -0400 Von: Vladimir Zwass <zwass(a)fdu.edu> An: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org * CALL FOR PAPERS * ** Special Issue of the /Journal of Management Information Systems/ ** ** Information Technology and Organizational Governance: Symbiosis and Dynamics ** SPECIAL ISSUE CO-EDITORS *Amrit Tiwana, University of Georgia* *Benn Konsynski, Emory University* *N. Venkatraman, Boston University* * Complete information available in printable PDF @ http://JMISgov.myweb.uga.edu Information technology (IT) has spawned previously unfeasible forms of organizational governance, and these new logics have simultaneously amplified the need for effective IT governance. For example, contemporary platform-centric ecosystems (such as Apple?s iOS community and Android?s developer network), open source development (e.g., Ubuntu Linux), knowledge creation platforms (e.g., Starbucks? idea-generation wiki), knowledge aggregation platforms (e.g., Wikipedia), self-organizing digital networks (e.g., peer-to-peer systems such as Folding @ Home and SETI that facilitate massively-distributed collaboration), and similar mass-collaboration-oriented organizational arrangements were previously unfeasible. These emergent governance arrangements have altered the conventional notions of organizational boundaries and have ushered in network-forms different from those found in traditional industry configurations. How organizations govern their IT activities has similarly evolved into an intricate mosaic of dispersed decision rights spanning organizations, entities, and institutions?often involving a multiplicity of stakeholders. Such IT governance arrangements defy the conventional characterization of centralization-- decentralization or insourcing?outsourcing of IT activities pervasive in the extant IT governance literature. The goal of this special issue is to foster groundbreaking theory development and empirical research at the interface of information technology and organizational governance. The scope of this call is intentionally broad, with an emphasis on the symbiotic and dynamic relationship between IT and organizational governance. We particularly encourage research on two broad themes: (a) IT-enabled governance of new organizing logics, forms, and configurations and (b) governance of IT activities and artifacts. SPECIAL ISSUE EDITORIAL BOARD ----------------------------- - Andrew Burton-Jones, University of British Columbia - Ashley Bush, Florida State University - Samer Faraj, McGill University - Eric van Heck, Erasmus University - JJ Hsieh, Hong Kong Polytechnic University - Jerry Luftman, Stevens Institute of Technology - Arvind Malhotra, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - T. Ravichandran, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Gautam Ray, University of Minnesota - Mani Subramani, University of Minnesota - Huseyin Tanriverdi, University of Texas at Austin TOPICS ------ Two broad illustrative sets of research problems that the special issue is particularly interested in?but not limited to?include the following. a. IT-enabled governance of innovative organizational forms and arrangements: - Realization and governance of massively-distributed IT-enabled organizational form - Platform-centric ecosystems (such as iOS, Android, Linux) where software ?cores? enable coordination and integration of the autonomous work of thousands of volunteer collaborators - IT-enabled repartitioning of decision rights, especially as the strategic assumption of information scarcity gets replaced by information abundance (e.g., via sense making based on massive amounts of real-time data using business analytics) - Configurations of control mechanisms in such massively-distributed organizational arrangements such as global expertise networks, mass-collaboration networks, and product co-creation communities - Dynamics of control evolution, particularly where control is observed in the absence of conventional principal-agent relationships - Evolutionary dynamics, survival, and mortality of such organizational arrangements - The role of IT architecture as a coordination device, especially in massively-distributed organizational arrangements where conventional coordination devices such as hierarchical authority do not readily scale. b. Governance of information technology activities and artifacts: - Co-evolution of organizational governance and IT governance - Nuanced conceptualizations of IT governance as partitioning of different classes of decision rights among multiple stakeholders within and across conventional firm boundaries - The dynamics of IT governance evolution, particularly its temporal oscillation between extremes of centralization and decentralization - Consequences of misfits between IT governance arrangements and environmental dynamics - The role of IT governance in creating ambidextrous, resilient, or self-organizing organizations - The interplay between IT governance and national borders - Alignment of IT governance and IT architecture at the firm, interfirm, or network level - The interplay of modularity in IT architecture, organizational configurations, and processes - Plural forms of IT governance that simultaneously exploit the advantages of vertical integration and outsourcing. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: Submitted papers must make a significant and novel contribution to theory, complemented by the appropriate evidence. All research methodologies are welcomed. Strong preference will be given to papers that contribute distinctive, non-trivial IS-centric insights to theoretical perspectives in IS or the reference disciplines, rather than to applications of existing theories to an IS context. Some potentially promising theoretical perspectives where an IS lens might contribute distinctive, original insights include Transaction Cost Economics, Evolutionary Selection, Real Options, Modular Systems Theory, and Agency Theory. Submissions to: JMISgov(a)uga.edu Deadline for required extended abstract submissions ? September 30, 2011

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