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Fwd: [WI] 2nd CFP: Doctoral Consortium at the International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT 2012)
by Gustaf Neumann 06 Jan '12

06 Jan '12

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [WI] 2nd CFP: Doctoral Consortium at the International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT 2012) Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2012 14:59:37 -0700 From: Sabine Graf <sabine.graf(a)ieee.org> To: <wi(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de> CALL FOR PAPERS DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM at the 12th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies http://www.mifav.uniroma2.it/inevent/events/icalt2012/index.php?s=114&a=135 Rome, Italy July 4-6, 2012 ***Deadline for submissions: February 1, 2012*** What is the Doctoral Consortium? ************************** The Doctoral Consortium is a workshop for Ph.D. students from all over the world who are in the early phases of their dissertation work (i.e., in their first or second year). The goal of the Doctoral Consortium is to help students with their thesis and research plans by providing feedback and general advice on using the research environment in a constructive and international atmosphere. The Doctoral Consortium provides PhD students with the opportunity to meet and discuss with experts in their area. Students will present and discuss their thesis in the context of a well-known and established international conference outside of their usual university environment. Up to 10 Ph.D. students will have the opportunity to participate. Students will be required to pay the registration fees of the ICALT Conference (student rates). The Doctoral Consortium will consist of 3 sessions. The first session aims at giving students the chance to present their work to others and get familiar with the work of other PhD students in their area. Each PhD student will give a very brief presentation (about 3 minutes) about his/her work with focus on motivation and research problem. These presentations are followed by a poster exhibition where individual discussion about each student?s work will take place. The third session aims at giving students feedback from an expert in their area and letting them discuss their work with him/her as well as with few other PhD students doing research in the respective area. After the notification of acceptance/rejection, each PhD student with an accepted paper will be assigned to a small group consisting of 3-4 PhD students and one expert in their area. Each group will start to communicate and exchange their papers so that all members of the group are familiar with the papers of each group member. During the third session, each small group will meet individually and further discussions of the works will take place with the expert in the respective research field and other PhD students. Call for Papers and Topics ******************** Submissions relating to any aspect of Advanced Learning Technologies research, development, and evaluation are welcomed, focusing on the main themes of ICALT2012. To apply for participation at the Doctoral Consortium, please submit a 2-page paper about your doctoral work using the ASK-Conference System at: http://www.ask4research.info/conference/upload.php. The paper should: * Provide the title of the PhD Research, the name of the PhD Student and the PhD Advisor and the Affiliated Organisation * Provide a motivation for the research, explaining what the problem in the respective field is and why it is a problem, * Clearly formulate the research question, * Sketch the research methodology that is to be applied, * Describe the expected contributions of the applicant to the research area, and describes how the research is innovative, novel or extends existing approaches to a problem. * Appropriately acknowledge the possible contribution of non-student advisors or collaborators Submissions will be judged on originality, significance, correctness, and clarity. Additionally, at the same time as the paper is submitted via the conference system, an email from the main supervisor must be sent to sabineg(a)athabascau.ca, karagian(a)uth.gr, and antonella.carbonaro(a)unibo.it to confirm that the student is in his/her first or second year of PhD studies. Eligibility ******* The Doctoral Consortium is only for PhD students in their first or second PhD year. Furthermore, the topic of the PhD thesis must be in the area of Advanced Learning Technologies. Proceedings ********** Accepted papers will be publication in the IEEE proceedings of ICALT2012, following the Author Guidelines. Co-Organization ************* The Doctoral Consortium is co-organized by the IEEE Technical Committee on Learning Technology. Important Dates ************* February 1, 2012 Deadline for submission of 2-page paper and confirmation from PhD supervisor March 1, 2012 Notification of acceptance March 15, 2012 Authors' Registration Deadline April 1, 2012 Camera-Ready 2-page paper for Conference Proceedings July 4-6, 2012 ICALT2012 Doctoral Consortium Contact Address ************* Requests for information should be e-mailed to sabineg(a)athabascau.ca, karagian(a)uth.gr, and antonella.carbonaro(a)unibo.it. -- 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: [wkwi] Re: Call for Papers: AOSE 2012 - 13th Int. Workshop on Agent-OrientedSoftware Engineering
by Gustaf Neumann 05 Jan '12

05 Jan '12

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [wkwi] Re: Call for Papers: AOSE 2012 - 13th Int. Workshop on Agent-OrientedSoftware Engineering Datum: Thu, 5 Jan 2012 20:40:44 +0100 (CET) Von: "Jörg P. Müller"<joerg.mueller(a)tu-clausthal.de> Antwort an: postmaster(a)idefix.buva.sowi.uni-bamberg.de ******************************************************************** Call For Papers 13th International Workshop on Agent-Oriented Software Engineering AOSE 2012 Held with AAMAS 2012, Valencia, Spain, June 4, 2012 http://winf.in.tu-clausthal.de/events/aose12 MOTIVATION Since the early 1990s, multi-agent system researchers have developed a large body of knowledge on the foundations and engineering principles for designing and developing agent-based systems. The 12 past editions of the agent-oriented software engineering workshop (AOSE) had a key role in this endeavor. For 2012, the workshop organizers and the steering committee propose to organize an edition of AOSE workshop aimed at exploring the new emerging role of agent-oriented software engineering as a bridge from the now consolidated agent oriented programming languages and platforms, to recent systems modelling paradigms like self-*, autonomic systems, and systems of systems (SoS). Thus, it is our hope to explore from an agent-based perspective, foundations, models, methods, architectures, and tools for engineering future software-intensive IT eco-systems. The workshop organizers plan to publish accepted papers on a USB stick as part of the AAMAS workshop registration package. Revised post-proceedings papers will later be published in a volume of the Lecture Notes for Computer Science series. GOALS and TOPICS The general goal of this year workshop is twofold: The first goal is to study the role of agent-oriented software engineering in the design phase of agents development. It is well known and accepted that agents - from the software engineering perspective - are of particular interest as an analysis abstraction. This has been true for several years but the most recent advancements in agent-oriented programming languages have proposed new challenges: software engineers may now design and code their solutions in terms of agents. The old need of moving to the object-oriented level of abstraction is overpassed and the new developing platforms allow for a more natural transformation of AO analysis models into AO design models. This reality has been soon perceived by researcher and practitioners. An example of this new trend may be found in the refreshed interest about testing of agents. The second goal concerns the other side of the proposed ideal bridge: the needs of new design approaches specifically suited for facing the needs of self-organizing systems, autonomic systems and systems of systems. In the last years we have seen considerable research efforts on these topics; however, only few of them have their scope and foundations in the software engineering field. Novel efforts are necessary to cope with these new challenges in order to find specific solutions that could bring such systems from research to industrialization. In this context, a means for bridging the above mentioned research (and application) streams may come from the advances on organizations, norms, and institutions. Are they mature enough for being applied to stable agent-oriented languages and for contributing to the engineering of self-organizing and autonomic systems? The proposed aim is find an answer to this question or to propose further hints for future investigations on the application of organizations, norms and institutions to the design of agent-oriented systems. Topics of regular papers include but are not restricted to: * Agent-based concepts for systems of systems engineering * Agent-based solutions for managing complexity in software engineering * Agents and model-driven approaches * Agents and services * Agents for self-adaptive systems * Alignment of agents with service-oriented software development * Autonomy vs. dependability and robustness * CASE tools to support agent-oriented software development in practice * Coordination infrastructures for multi-agent systems * Engineering multi-agent organizations * Engineering self-organizing systems * Goal-oriented design * Implications of introducing agent-based solutions on the development organization * Integration of agents with legacy systems * Middleware integration of agent-based software * Multi-agent based simulation * Programming agents and multi-agent systems * Qualities and tradeoffs of agent-based architectures * Reusable design knowledge: patterns and reference architectures * Social engineering * Software architectures for multi-agent systems * Standardization efforts for multi-agent systems * Testing of agent-based software * Validation of agent technology in practice * Verification of agent-based software AUTHOR GUIDELINES AOSE welcomes the submission of theoretical, experimental, methodological as well as application papers with a clear research focus on the topics outlined above. Each paper will be evaluated by three members of the PC. Papers that present a valuable idea that needs further development can be accepted as a short paper. SUBMISSIONS Papers should be between 10 and 12 pages, including the text, figures, and references. The submissions must be formatted according to the Springer Verlag LNCS style. PDF format is required. Papers can be submitted via EasyChair 'AOSE2012', https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aose2012 The good receipt of your submission will be confirmed by email. PUBLICATIONS Pre-proceedings containing all accepted papers are provided electronically on a USB stick as part of the AAMAS workshop registration package. The plan is to publish revised versions of accepted papers in a Lecture Notes in Computer Science volume. For this purpose, authors will be given the opportunity to revise and re-submit their contributions after the conference. IMPORTANT DATES Paper submission deadline: 28th February 2012 Paper notifications: 27th March 2012 Camera ready paper (pre-proceedings): 10th April 2012 Workshop: 4th June 2012 COMMITTEES Organizing Committee * Massimo Cossentino, National Research Council of Italy, Palermo, Italy * Jörg P. Müller, Technische Universitat Clausthal, Institut für Informatik, Germany Preliminary Program Committee: Carole Bernon, Universite Paul Sabatier, France Lars Braubach, University of Hamburg, Germany Scott A. Deloach, Kansas State University, USA Amal El Fallah Seghrouchni, University Pierre and Marie Curie, France Giancarlo Fortino, Universita della Calabria, Italy Aditya Ghose, University of Wollongong, Australia Holger Giese, University of Potsdam, Germany Adriana Giret, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain Marie-Pierre Gleizes, Universite Paul Sabatier, France Jorge Gomez-Sanz, Universidad Complutense Madrid, Spain Juan Carlos Gonzalez Moreno, Universidad de Vigo, Ourense, Spain Joao Leite, University of Lisbon, Portugal Philippe Mathieu, Universite Lille 1, France Frederic Migeon, Universite Paul Sabatier, France Ambra Molesini, University of Bologna, Italy Pavlos Moraitis, Universite Paul Descartes, France Andrea Omicini, University of Bologna, Italy Flavio Oquendo, Universite de Bretagne Sud, France Juan Pavon, Universidad Complutense Madrid, Spain Alexander Pokahr, University of Hamburg, Germany Alessandro Ricci, University of Bologna, Italy Fariba Sadri, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, England Valeria Seidita, University of Palermo, Italy Onn Shehory, IBM Haifa Research Lab, Israel Danny Weyns, Linnaeus University, Sweden ************************************************************************

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Fwd: [WI] PAKDD 2012 workshops - only a few days left till deadline
by Gustaf Neumann 05 Jan '12

05 Jan '12

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [WI] PAKDD 2012 workshops - only a few days left till deadline Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:52:32 +0100 From: Myra Spiliopoulou <myra(a)iti.cs.uni-magdeburg.de> To: wi(a)lists.uni-karlsruhe.de Call for Workshop Papers The 16th Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (PAKDD-2012), 29 May - 1 June, 2012, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia http://pakdd2012.pakdd.org/ The following exciting workshops will be held in conjunction with the PAKDD 2012 conference. Authors of selected outstanding papers from the workshops will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers in a LNCS/LNAI workshop post-proceedings to be published by Springer. 1. Data Mining for Healthcare Management (Full-Day) URL: http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~desikan/pakdd2012/dmhm.html 2. Pacific Asia Workshop on Intelligence and Security Informatics (Full-Day) URL: http://www.business.hku.hk/paisi/2012 3. Multi-view data, High-dimensionality, External Knowledge: Striving for a Unified Approach to Clustering (Full-Day) URL: http://sites.google.com/site/3clust/ 4. Geospatial Information and Documents (Half-Day) URL: http://www.lirmm.fr/~mroche/GeoDoc2012 The deadlines for paper submission and author's notification are available at the respective workshop web sites. PAKDD 2012 will be held in Kuala Lumpur, which is the capital and the largest city of Malaysia. The city proper, making up an area of 243 sq km (94 sq mi), has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million. It is the fastest growing metropolitan region in the country, in terms of population and economy. Rated as an alpha world city, Kuala Lumpur is the cultural, financial and economic centre of Malaysia. Since the 1990s, the city has played host to many international sporting, political and cultural events including the 1998 Commonwealth Games and the Formula One World Championship. In addition, Kuala Lumpur is home to the tallest twin buildings in the world, the Petronas Twin Towers, which have become an iconic symbol of Malaysia's futuristic developments. -- 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] FGCS Special Issue, Supmit until January 15th
by Gustaf Neumann 04 Jan '12

04 Jan '12

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [computational.science] FGCS Special Issue, Supmit until January 15th Datum: Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:30:52 +0100 Von: Laura Ricci <ricci(a)di.unipi.it> Organisation: "ICCSA" An: Computational Science Mailing List <computational.science(a)lists.iccsa.org> CALL FOR PAPERS Future Generation Computer Systems The International Journal of Grid Computing and eScience Special Issue on “Resource Discovery Mechanisms for P2P Systems” http://www.elsevier.com/locate/fgcs Scope In the last years Peer-to-Peer (P2P) computing has emerged as a milestone in distributed computing. It enables large-scale aggregation of resources (e.g. files, applications, services, storage, processing cycles and services) geographically distributed and belonging to unrelated administrative domains. Despite the results obtained by many researchers, advancing in ICT poses many challenges in terms of protocols, infrastructures, secure and efficient access and allocation of resources, fault tolerance, scalability and performance. Particular interest has been expressed on resource discovery, in which important aspects are expressiveness and effectiveness of the resource selection criteria. Being able to select in efficient way a set of resources that meets specific criteria is a requirement of many systems and applications such as Cloud systems and online-gaming applications. This special issue will focus on new methods and algorithms to efficiently and effectively access data distributed over large-scale P2P overlay networks. Papers in the following topics (non-exhaustively) are welcomed: P2P solutions for Clouds, Datacenters and Grids Publishing, Searching and Query Processing in P2P networks Routing and fault-tolerance in P2P systems P2P Overlays P2P economics Epidemic protocols and algorithms for P2P Networks P2P applications and systems in mobile environments Performance, robustness, and scalability Guest Editors: Dr. Laura Ricci Department of Computer Science University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy Email: ricci(a)di.unipi.it Dr. Ranieri Baraglia Italian National Research Council Information Science and Technology Institute Pisa, Italy Email: ranieri.baraglia(a)isti.cnr.it Important Dates: Paper submission: January, 15, 2012 Acceptance notification: April, 15, 2012 Final papers: May, 30, 2012 Publication: Late 2012 Submission Guidelines: All manuscripts and any supplementary material should be submitted through the Elsevier Editorial System (EES). The authors must select “P2P‐RDM” when they reach the “Article Type” step in the submission process. The EES website is located at http://ees.elsevier.com/fgcs/ Submission Format: The submitted papers must be written in English and describe original research which is not published nor currently under review by other journals or conferences. Author guidelines for preparation of manuscript can be found at http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/505611/authori…. -- @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Dott. Laura Ricci Phone: +39 050 2212768 Dipartimento di Informatica Fax: +39 050 2212726 Universita' di Pisa Email: ricci(a)di.unipi.it Largo Bruno Pontecorvo, 3 I-56127 Pisa, Italy http://www.di.unipi.it/~ricci @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

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Fwd: Mobile Learning 2012 in Berlin, Germany (last call): submit until 27 January
by Gustaf Neumann 04 Jan '12

04 Jan '12

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Mobile Learning 2012 in Berlin, Germany (last call): submit until 27 January Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 17:48:04 -0500 (EST) From: Ana Sofia <ana.sofia(a)mlearning-conf.org> To: neumann(a)wu-wien.ac.at Apologies for cross-postings. Please send to interested colleagues and students -- CALL FOR PAPERS - Deadline for submissions (last call): 27 January 2012-- *IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE MOBILE LEARNING 2012* Berlin, Germany, 11 to 13 March 2012 (http://www.mlearning-conf.org/ <http://a.ss14.gmsend.com/sendlink.asp?HitID=1325630766622&StID=1351&SID=0&N…>) ** Keynote Speaker (confirmed):* Professor Agnes Kukulska Hulme, Institute of Educational Technology, The Open University, UK ** Conference background and goals* Mobile Learning where to next? Accelerometers and motion sensors will tell Since the advent of mobile learning, developments in its practice and research have been triggered by technological innovation and advancement. For instance the arrival of laptops, afforded new models of technology integration and accessibility within the classroom and freed technology from the ‘imprisonment’ of computer rooms. The appearance of handheld devices offered potential for the exploitation of contextual outdoor learning and freed learners and technologies from the confinement of classrooms. The emergence of mobile phones democratized access to technology, revolutionized the concept of user generated content and freed learners and technologies to experiment with technologies outside classrooms and schools. The incursion of multi-touch tablets in the mobile learning scene is the latest technological ‘wave’. Though in early stages, sensationalist reporting of the ipads /for /Learning (http://www.ipadsforeducation.vic.edu.au/ <http://a.ss14.gmsend.com/sendlink.asp?HitID=1325630766622&StID=1351&SID=0&N…>) initiatives already advocate ipads will displace playdough and finger painting in Kindergartens and the Horizon report 2011 states ‘/electronic books are beginning to demonstrate capabilities that challenge the very definition of reading’ /(http://wp.nmc.org/horizon2011/sections/electronic-books/ <http://a.ss14.gmsend.com/sendlink.asp?HitID=1325630766622&StID=1351&SID=0&N…>). Against this background the relevance and need for mobile learning research and practice founded upon learning theories, focused on pedagogically meaningful approaches to mobile learning and systematically evaluated with appropriate data collection and analysis tools, remains paramount. The IADIS Mobile Learning 2012 International Conference seeks to provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of mobile learning research which illustrate developments in the field. ** Format of the Conference* The conference will comprise of invited talks and oral presentations. The proceedings of the conference will be published in the form of a book and CD-ROM with ISBN, and will be available also in the IADIS Digital Library (accessible on-line). Authors of the best published papers in the Mobile Learning 2012 proceedings will be invited to publish extended versions of their papers in the "International Journal of Mobile and Blended Learning (ISSN: 1941-8647). The conference proceedings will be submitted for indexing to INSPEC, EI Compendex, Thomson ISI, ISTP and other indexing services. ** Types of submissions *Full and Short Papers, Reflection Papers, Posters/Demonstrations, Tutorials, Panels and Doctoral Consortium. All submissions are subject to a blind refereeing process. ** Topics* We invite researchers, practitioners, developers and all those working in the mobile learning arena to submit work under the following topics: •Pedagogical approaches, models and theories for mLearning •mLearning in and across formal and informal settings •Strategies and challenges for integrating mLearning in broader educational scenarios •User Studies in mLearning •Learner mobility and transitions afforded by mlearning ·Socio-cultural context and implications of mLearning ·Mobile social media and user generated content •Enabling mLearning technologies, applications and uses •Evaluation and assessment of mLearning •Research methods, ethics and implementation of mLearning •Innovative mLearning approaches •Tools, technologies and platforms for mLearning •mlearning: where to next and how? ** Important Dates:* - Submission Deadline (last call): 27 January 2012 - Notification to Authors (last call): 15 February 2012 - Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration (last call): Until 24 February 2012 - Late Registration (last call): After 24 February 2012 - Conference: Berlin, Germany, 11 to 13 March 2012 ** Conference Location *The conference will be held in Berlin, Germany. ** Secretariat* IADIS Secretariat - IADIS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE MOBILE LEARNING 2012 Rua Sao Sebastiao da Pedreira, 100, 3 1050-209 Lisbon, Portugal E-mail: secretariat(a)mlearning-conf.org <mailto:secretariat@mlearning-conf.org> Web site: http://www.mlearning-conf.org/ ** Program Committee *Mobile Learning 2012 Program Chair Inmaculada Arnedillo Sánchez, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland Mobile Learning 2012 Conference Chair Pedro Isaías, Universidade Aberta (Portuguese Open University), Portugal Committee Members: * * for committee list please refer to http://www.mlearning-conf.org/committees.asp * Co-located events Please also check the co-located events: e-Society 2012 (http://www.esociety-conf.org/) - 10-13 March 2012 Information Systems 2012 (http://www.is-conf.org/) - 10-12 March 2012 * Registered participants in the Mobile Learning’ conference may attend e-Society and Information Systems conferences’ sessions free of charge. powered by <http://a.ss14.gmsend.com//home/r.asp?SID=0&G=2> subscribe <http://a.ss14.gmsend.com/RWCode/subscribe.asp?SiteID=1351&SID=0&HitID=13256…> forward <http://a.ss14.gmsend.com/forward.asp?SiteID=1351&SID=0&EmailID=1033291&HitI…> unsubscribe <http://a.ss14.gmsend.com/RWCode/subscribe.asp?SiteID=1351&SID=0&Email=neuma…> This mailing system may only be used for sending permission based email. 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Fwd: [AISWorld] AMCIS 2012: Information Technology in Transition Economies
by Gustaf Neumann 03 Jan '12

03 Jan '12

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] AMCIS 2012: Information Technology in Transition Economies Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 16:02:03 +0000 From: Paulo Rupino Cunha <rupino(a)dei.uc.pt> To: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org AMCIS 2012 Call for Papers Minitrack: Information Technology in Transition Economies Track: ICTs in Global Development (sponsored by SIGGlobDev) August 9-12, 2012, Seattle, Washington http://amcis2012.aisnet.org/ A considerable body of literature exists regarding the adoption of ICT in developed economies. However, different challenges exist for emerging and transition economies that warrant a dedicated line of research. Emerging economies are those of countries with low to middle per capita income that are actively dedicated to economic development and substantial reforms in order to advance from the developing to the developed status. Transition economies are the particular case of the countries of the former eastern bloc and the countries that resulted from the breakup of the Soviet Bloc, which within the last two decades have abandoned communist style central planning systems for free markets [1]. The fast growing transition economies play an increasingly important role in the global economy, with information technology (IT) being a crucial driving force in this process. The objective of this mini-track is to encourage more research in this topic by providing a forum for intereste d authors to disseminate their research, compare results, and exchange ideas. Possible topics of interest include but are not limited to: - IT management issues that are unique in some ways to transition economies, such as national computerization policies and the role of transnational corporations, regional and international cooperation and self-sufficiency in IT - Cultural, economical and social contexts/factors influencing IT management in transition economies - Social awareness of computers and computer literacy, including culturally adapted IT in transition economies - IT investment evaluation in transition economies - Cost/Benefit analysis of IT in transition economies - IT productivity studies at the country, industry or firm level, with specific reference to the social and business conditions prevalent in transition economies - Assessment of IT success in transition economies - Comparative cross-country research, comparing IT in transition (or emerging) and developed economies - Country specific case studies, with specific reference to the social and business conditions prevalent in transition economies - Global supply chain management and its contribution to transition economies - IT off-shoring/outsourcing into transition economies - International IT project management, with specific reference to the social and business conditions in transition economies - E-commerce effect on transition economies - E-government and e-democracy in transition economies - Digital divide in transition economies - Studies on IT/IS adoption and use at the country, industry or firm level in transition economies - Motivations and justifications for IT adoption in transition economies - Risk factors, barriers and impediments to IT adoption in transition economies - Critical success/failure factors for IT adoption in transition economies - IT governance in transition economies - IT Service Management (ITSM) in transition economies [1] N. Roztocki and H.R. Weistroffer, Information Technology in Transition Economies, Journal of Global Information Technology Management, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 2-9, 2008. **** Important Dates **** First week of January, 2012: Manuscript Central will start accepting paper submissions (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/amcis2012) March 1, 2012: (11:59 PM Pacific time zone): Deadline for paper submissions April 2, 20012: Authors will be notified of acceptances on or about this date April 20, 2012: (11:59 PM Pacific time zone): For accepted papers, camera ready copy due **** Mini-track Chairs **** Piotr Soja Cracow University of Economics, Department of Computer Science Phone: +48 122935769 eisoja(a)cyf-kr.edu.pl Paulo Rupino da Cunha University of Coimbra, Department of Informatics Engineering Phone: +351 239790050 rupino(a)dei.uc.pt _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

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Fwd: CENTERIS 2012 | Conference on ENTERprise Information Systems | Call for Papers
by Gustaf Neumann 03 Jan '12

03 Jan '12

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: CENTERIS 2012 | Conference on ENTERprise Information Systems | Call for Papers Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 15:11:22 +0000 From: Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha <secretariat(a)centeris.eiswatch.org> Reply-To: secretariat(a)centeris.eiswatch.org To: Gustaf.Neumann(a)wu-wien.ac.at ---------- ---------- CENTERIS 2012 | Call for Papers ---------- Conference on ENTERprise Information Systems ---------- Algarve, Portugal, 2012, 3-5 October ---------- http://centeris.eiswatch.org submission deadline: March 31, 2012 ---------- Dear Prof./Dr./Mrs./Mr. , It is our great pleasure to invite you to the CENTERIS?2012 - Conference on ENTERprise Information Systems ? aligning technology, organizations and people. Already in its fourth edition, CENTERIS will be held in Algarve, Portugal, from 3 to 5 October. During this 3-day conference, under the leitmotiv of Enterprise Information Systems, academics, scientists, IT/IS professionals, managers and solution providers from all over the world will have the opportunity to share experiences, bring new ideas, debate issues, and introduce the latest developments in the largely multidisciplinary field embraced by the Enterprise Information Systems (EIS), from the social, organizational and technological perspectives. All accepted full papers will be published in the conference proceedings (with ISBN). Papers can also be accepted as posters, and an extended abstract of it will be published in a book of abstracts (with ISBN) or in a CD-ROM (with ISBN). Authors of selected papers will be invited to extend the paper for publication in international journals and in edited books. ---------- ---------- Submission Procedure Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit their manuscript electronically at the Conference webpage (http://centeris.eiswatch.org) until March 31, 2012. Submitted papers will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. ---------- ---------- Important dates Deadline for paper submission: March 31, 2012 Notification of acceptance/rejection: May 21, 2012 Revised version: June 15, 2012 ---------- For more detailed information, please visit http://centeris.eiswatch.org We hope to see you in Portugal. With our best wishes of Season's Greetings and a Happy 2012. João Eduardo Varajão Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha ---------- Conference Co-chairs --- João Eduardo Varajão (jvarajao(a)utad.pt) University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal --- Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha (mcunha(a)ipca.pt) Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave, Portugal ---------- Program Chair --- Philip Yetton The University of New South Wales, Australia ---------- Organization Chair --- Rui Rijo (rui.rijo(a)ipleiria.pt) Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal ---------- Secretariat secretariat(a)centeris.eiswatch.org ---------- You are receiving this email because of your research activities on the conference topic. To unsubscribe please send an email to secretariat(a)centeris.eiswatch.org with the subject "Unsubscribe" ----------

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Fwd: [AISWorld] CENTERIS 2012 - Conference on ENTERprise Information Systems - Call for papers
by Gustaf Neumann 03 Jan '12

03 Jan '12

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] CENTERIS 2012 - Conference on ENTERprise Information Systems - Call for papers Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2012 12:03:18 +0000 From: Maria Manuela C. Cunha <mcunha(a)ipca.pt> Reply-To: mcunha(a)ipca.pt Organization: Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave To: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org, ia-academic(a)asis.org, sigkm-l(a)asis.org, sigtis-l(a)asis.org, sighci-l(a)asis.org, chapter_mi-l(a)asis.org, asis-l(a)asis.org, irma-l(a)irma-international.org ---------- ---------- CENTERIS’2012 | Call for Papers ---------- Conference on ENTERprise Information Systems ---------- Algarve, Portugal, 2012, 3-5 October ---------- http://centeris.eiswatch.org submission deadline: March 31, 2012 ---------- Dear Prof./Dr./Mrs./Mr., It is our great pleasure to invite you to the CENTERIS’2012 - Conference on ENTERprise Information Systems – aligning technology, organizations and people. Already in its fourth edition, CENTERIS will be held in Algarve, Portugal, from 3 to 5 October. During this 3-day conference, under the leitmotiv of Enterprise Information Systems, academics, scientists, IT/IS professionals, managers and solution providers from all over the world will have the opportunity to share experiences, bring new ideas, debate issues, and introduce the latest developments in the largely multidisciplinary field embraced by the Enterprise Information Systems (EIS), from the social, organizational and technological perspectives. All accepted full papers will be published in the conference proceedings (with ISBN). Papers can also be accepted as posters, and an extended abstract of it will be published in a book of abstracts (with ISBN) or in a CD-ROM (with ISBN). Authors of selected papers will be invited to extend the paper for publication in international journals and in edited books. ---------- ---------- Submission Procedure Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit their manuscript electronically at the Conference webpage (http://centeris.eiswatch.org) until March 31, 2012. Submitted papers will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. ---------- ---------- Important dates Deadline for paper submission: March 31, 2012 Notification of acceptance/rejection: May 21, 2012 Revised version: June 15, 2012 ---------- For more detailed information, please visit http://centeris.eiswatch.org We hope to see you in Portugal. With our best wishes of Season's Greetings and a Happy 2012. João Eduardo Varajão Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha ---------- Conference Co-chairs --- João Eduardo Varajão (jvarajao(a)utad.pt) University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal --- Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha (mcunha(a)ipca.pt) Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave, Portugal ---------- Program Chair --- Philip Yetton The University of New South Wales, Australia ---------- Organization Chair --- Rui Rijo (rui.rijo(a)ipleiria.pt) Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal ---------- Secretariat secretariat(a)centeris.eiswatch.org ---------- _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

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Fwd: [AISWorld] First CFP: HWID2012 working conference on “Work Analysis and HCI”
by Gustaf Neumann 03 Jan '12

03 Jan '12

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] First CFP: HWID2012 working conference on “Work Analysis and HCI” Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2012 14:53:54 +0100 From: Jacob Nørbjerg <jno.itm(a)cbs.dk> To: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org <aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org> First Call for Papers: HWID2012 working conference on ?Work Analysis and HCI? HWID Conference Website: <to come> Hosted by Copenhagen Business School Venue: Copenhagen Business School (CBS), Solbjerg Plads 3, DK-2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark Wednesday and Thursday, 5 ? 6 December 2012, in Copenhagen, Denmark Deadline for submissions: August 1st, 2012. ========================================================= Theme, Scope and Focus: The HUMAN WORK INTERACTION DESIGN 2012 (HWID 2012) working conference analyzes the combination of empirical Work Analysis and Human computer interaction (HCI). Human work analysis involves user goals, user requirements, tasks and procedures, human factors, cognitive and physical processes, contexts (organizational, social, cultural). In particular in the HCI and human factors tradition, work is analyzed as end-user tasks performed within a work domain. The focus is on the user?s experience of tasks (procedures) and the artefact environment (constraints in the work domain). Hierarchical Task Analysis (Annett & Duncan, 1967) and Work Domain Analysis (Salmon, Jenkins, Stanton, & Walker, 2010) are among the methods that can be used to analyse the goal-directed tasks, and map the work environmental constraints and opportunities for behavior. In addition, there is a strong tradition in HCI for studying work with ethnographic methods (Button & Sharrock, 2009) and from socio-technical perspectives (e.g., Nocera, Dunckley, & Sharp, 2007). These approaches focus on work as end-user actions performed together with other people in a field setting, that is, the user?s experience of using systems are social and organizational experiences. User experience, usability and interaction design are influenced by these approaches and techniques for analyzing and interpreting the human work, which eventually manifests in the design of technological products, systems and applications. The working conference will present current research of human work interaction design and industrial experiences in a wide spectrum of domains such as medical, safety critical systems, e-government, enterprise IT solutions, learning systems, information systems for rural populations, etc. The relevant domains not mentioned here could also be considered. The purpose of the working conference is to enable practitioners and researchers to analyze the relation between empirical work analysis and HCI/user experience. After the conference, a limited number of selected papers will be published in an IFIP Springer book. We expect the participants will be people from industry and academia with an interest on empirical work analysis, HCI, interaction design and usability and user experience in work situations and at the workplace. The working conference will be conducted in a good social atmosphere that invites to openness and provides time to reflection and discussion about each of the accepted papers and cases. We are interested in submissions that discuss the before mentioned aspects of work analysis and how the results of these manifests in the design of technological products, systems and applications. Also, today generic designs are applied to use-situations with very different purposes, as using the same social software or game for work and leisure situations. Thus, design shifts from design of a technology to design of various use-situations encompassing the same technological design, and we find that there is a need to discuss the relations between work analysis and design in both situations. The topics include, but are not limited to: * Techniques and methods for mapping the relations between work analysis and interaction design * Translating (Cognitive) Work Analysis to Interaction Design * How work analysis can feed HCI testing and evaluation * Work analysis and HCI in medical and safety critical ICT * Work analysis and HCI in business contexts * Work analysis and HCI in enterprise-level systems * Work analysis and HCI in e-government services * Work analysis and HCI in Mobile Devices * User experience in work situations and at the workplace * Design cases bridging the gap between work analysis and interaction design * Socio-technical theory and HCI combined * Work analysis and HCI in cultural contexts * The concept of Work Analysis (Enid Mumford, Tavistock, ?work style?, HCI work analysis, cognitive work analysis, more) * Theory for relating interaction design and work analysis * Synergies between work analysis and model-driven interface development * Evolution of interface models in accordance to evolving human activity systems * Impact of emerging interaction technologies in human work practice Submission guidelines: We invite two types of papers: * Full research papers (10 pages) * Industry ? case studies & work in progress (4 pages) For submissions to the working conference, the authors must use the LNCS templates and style files available from http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-7-72376- 0#anchor10. Download paper template with format specifications: typeinst.doc. All papers should be in the working conference publication format and sent as both pdf and MS Word files to tc.itm(a)cbs.dk <mailto:tc.itm@cbs.dk> anddinesh(a)cdac.in <mailto:dinesh@cdac.in> by August 1st 2012. An IFIP Springer copyright form must be filled in for each paper. They can be downloaded from http://www.springer.com/series/6102. Acceptance notification for conference papers: Notification of acceptance will be provided by 1st October 2012. All accepted papers will be published in the working conference proceedings in the form of an electronic copy with ISBN and made available to the participants. Selection of Papers for IFIP Springer Book: During the review process, the reviewers are asked to evaluate (also among papers from industry and students) whether the paper is suitable for an IFIP Springer book. We aim at most accepted full research papers to be included here, but also the possibility to have a very interesting perspective from industry or similar represented. This IFIP Springer book will be available after the conference. In addition, four to five papers will be selected for further development for a special issue in the International Journal of Socio-technology and Knowledge Development. Organizers: * Torkil Clemmensen, Associate Professor, Department of IT Management, CBS, Denmark, Denmark * Dinesh Katre, Associate Director & HOD, Human-Centred Design & Computing, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Pune, India * Rikke Orngreen, Associate Professor, The research programme of Media and ICT in a Learning Perspective, Danish School of Education, Aarhus University, Denmark * Pedro Campos, Assistant Professor, University of Madeira, Campus Universitario da Penteada, Funchal, Portugal * José Abdelnour Nocera, Postgraduate Computing Field Leader, Head of Centre for Internationalisation and Usability, University of West London, United Kingdom * Arminda Lopes, Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, Portugal Program committee: * Annelise Mark Pejtersen, Professor, Center of Cognitive Systems Engineering and the University of Washington, Denmark and USA. * Sergio España Cubillo, Investigador, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain * William Wong, Professor of Human-Computer Interaction and Head, Interaction Design Centre, Middlesex University, London * Anirudha Joshi, Associate Professor, Industrial Design Centre, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India * Anant Bhaskar Garg, Professor, Centre for behavioural and cognitive sciences(CBCS), University of Allahabad, India * Thomas Visby Snitker, CEO, SnitkerGroup, UXalliance, Denmark * Pradeep Yammiyavar, Professor, Department of Design, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India * Shailey Minocha, Associate Professor, The Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom * Morten Hertzum, Associate Professor, Computer Science, Roskilde University, Denmark <?more to come...> About the conference: The Human Work interaction Design (HWID) working conference is organized by IFIP TC 13.6 working group, see http://hwid.cbs.dk/. The 1st HWID conference was organized at Madeira, Portugal in 2006 (Clemmensen, Campos, Orngreen, Pejtersen, & Wong, 2006). The 2nd HWID conference took place at Pune, India in 2009 (Katre, Orngreen, Yammiyavar, & Clemmensen, 2010). In continuation with this series of the IFIP WG 13.6 on Human Work Interaction Design, the 3rd HWID conference will be held at Copenhagen, Denmark on 5-6 December 2012. Jacob Nørbjerg, Associate Professor Ph.D. Department of IT Management Copenhagen Business School Howitzvej 60 DK-2000 Frederiksberg Ph: +45 3815 2478 Cell: +45 2479 4350 E-mail: jno.itm(a)cbs.dk <mailto:jno.itm@cbs.dk> www.cbs.dk/staff/noerbjerg <http://www.cbs.dk/Forskning/Institutter-centre/Institutter/node_165685/Menu…> Skype: jnoerbjerg

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Fwd: [AISWorld] AMCIS 2012 CFP: Minitrack on Intersectionality of Identities in Information Technology Usage, Participation, and Behavior
by Gustaf Neumann 03 Jan '12

03 Jan '12

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] AMCIS 2012 CFP: Minitrack on Intersectionality of Identities in Information Technology Usage, Participation, and Behavior Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2012 12:00:19 -0500 From: A.J. Morgan <ajmorgan.hu(a)gmail.com> To: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org Announcing a Call for Papers for AMCIS 2012 Minitrack on Intersectionality of Identities in Information Technology Usage, Participation, and Behavior Track: Social Issues and Social Inclusion Track Description: With the full integration of technology into many aspects of daily life- personal, professional, and social- it is of importance to evaluate the usefulness of this technology from a multitude of perspectives. Increased focus on factors such as globalization, innovation, and diversity are escalating the need for these valuable perspectives. Therefore, it is important to not only investigate how technology is being used, but to understand more deeply who the users of the technology are. In an effort to do so, studies of IT users, workers, and behaviors must expand their examination beyond single-category analyses. Rather than looking at human differences through a single lens (such as race or gender alone), utilizing an intersectional perspective of multiple identities may uncover meaningful realizations about those interacting with technology. Intersectionality, in this context, reflects the position that the experiences of an individual are influenced by a myriad of factors including race, gender, age, socio-economic status, sexuality, geographic location, and education level, among others. These factors may interact in ways which provide a person with added opportunities or obstacles in their interaction with technology. The notion of intersectionality of individuals with respect to IT is a developing research area which examines the complexity of how individual differences may interplay and interact. Studies on the topic have noted that the use of this perspective is critical understanding the ability to attract and retain minority talent in the IT workforce (Yakura, 2006; Kvasny, 2003); Kvasny et al., 2009; Trauth et al., 2008, Gurrier et al., 2009), the experiences of users of health-care IT systems (Warren, 2010; Morgan, 2009), and political participation (Lettis, 2006). In particular, the use of intersectional analyses will help to further the discourse around social inclusion and Information technology by developing an added breadth of knowledge around technology users. This track invites papers that focus on the intersection of identity characteristics and/or human differences with respect to the use of, participation in, or behavior with information technology. I am interested in including papers that are both conceptually and empirically based. Suggested Topics: The topics of interest include but are not limited to the following: ? The influence of the intersection of race, gender, and culture on adoption and use of information and communication technologies (ICT) ? Analysis of the digital divide from a multilayered demographic perspective ? Demographic analyses of Information Technology workers and/or the underrepresentation of minority groups in technical work ? The role of intersectionality in health?care IT use and behavior ? How human differences improve or affect the use of or participation with ICT among socially inclusive communities ? The role of multiple user characteristics in information searching, retrieval, or human information behavior ? The analysis of multiple identities in cyberspace or social networking communities ? Use of technology for health, education and economic development for greater social inclusion of individuals and/or organizations References: Guerrier, Y., Evans, C., Glover, J., Wilson, C. (2009). ?Technical, but not very?.?: constructing gendered identities in IT-related employment. Work, Employment and Society, 23(3), 494-511. Kvasny, L., Trauth, E.M., and Morgan, A. (2009). "Power relations in IT education and work: the intersectionality of gender, race, and class." Journal of Information, Communication & Ethics in Society, 7(2/3). 96-118. Kvasny, L. (2003). "Triple Jeopardy: Race, Gender and Class Politics of Women in Technology", Proceedings of the ACM SIGMIS CPR Conference, Philadelphia, PA, April 10-12. Lettis, N. (2006). Big 'p' politics, small 'p' advocacy": Political participation, intersectionality, and information technology in Northern Ireland. Proquest Dissertations and Theses Database, 68(2), (UMI No. AAT 3249591). Retrieved December 20, 2010, from Dissertations and Theses database. Morgan, A.J. (2008). An analysis of the influence of human individual differences on web searching behavior among Blacks and Whites: A case of health information searching. Proquest Dissertations and Theses Database, 70(2), (UMI No. AAT 3346351). Retrieved January 5, 2010, from Dissertations and Theses database. Trauth, E.M., Quesenberry, J.L., and Huang, H. (2008). "A Multicultural Analysis of Factors Influencing Career Choice for Women in the Information Technology Workforce." Journal of Global Information Management, 16(4), 1-23 Warren, J., Kvasny, L., Hecht, M., Okuyemi, K., and Ahluwalia, J. (2010). "Barriers, control and identity in health information seeking among African American women", Journal of Health Disparities and Research, 3(3), 68-90. Yakura, E. (2006). Race and the IT workforce" in The Gender & IT Encyclopedia, E. Trauth (Editor), Idea Group Press IMPORTANT DATES January 3, 2012: Manuscript Central will start accepting paper submissions March 1, 2012 (11:59 PM PST): Deadline for paper submissions April 6, 2012: Authors notified of acceptance decisions April 25, 2012: Camera-ready copy due for accepted papers LINK: http://amcis2012.aisnet.org/index.php/program/tracks-and-minitracks/177-sis… Please direct inquiries to Mini-Track Chair: Allison J. Morgan, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Information Systems and Decision Sciences School of Business Howard University 2600 Sixth Street, NW, Room 448 Washington, DC 20059 aj_morgan(a)howard.edu <mailto:aj_morgan@howard.edu> Phone (202) 806-1605 <tel:%28202%29%20806-1605>

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