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Fwd: 3rd CfP: ICCGI 2012 || June 24-29, 2012 - Venice, Italy
by Gustaf Neumann 05 Feb '12

05 Feb '12

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: 3rd CfP: ICCGI 2012 || June 24-29, 2012 - Venice, Italy Datum: Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:15:56 -0500 Von: ICCGI 2012 <invitation(a)iariaschedule.org> An: gustaf.neumann(a)wu-wien.ac.at INVITATION: ================= Note that the submission deadline is February 16, 2012. Please consider to contribute to and/or forward to the appropriate groups the following opportunity to submit and publish original scientific results to ICCGI 2012. In addition, authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended article versions to one of the IARIA Journals: http://www.iariajournals.org ================= ============== ICCGI 2012 | Call for Papers =============== CALL FOR PAPERS, TUTORIALS, PANELS ICCGI 2012, The Seventh International Multi-Conference on Computing in the Global Information Technology June 24-29, 2012 - Venice, Italy General page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/ICCGI12.html Call for Papers: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/CfPICCGI12.html - regular papers - short papers (work in progress) - posters Submission page: http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/SubmitICCGI12.html Submission deadline: February 16, 2012 Sponsored by IARIA, www.iaria.org Extended versions of selected papers will be published in IARIA Journals: http://www.iariajournals.org Please note the Poster and Work in Progress options. The topics suggested by the conference can be discussed in term of concepts, state of the art, research, standards, implementations, running experiments, applications, and industrial case studies. Authors are invited to submit complete unpublished papers, which are not under review in any other conference or journal in the following, but not limited to, topic areas. All tracks are open to both research and industry contributions, in terms of Regular papers, Posters, Work in progress, Technical/marketing/business presentations, Demos, Tutorials, and Panels. Before submission, please check and conform with the Editorial rules: http://www.iaria.org/editorialrules.html ICCGI 2012 Topics (topics and submission details: see CfP on the site) Industrial systems Control theory and systems; Fault-tolerance and reliability; Data engineering; Enterprise computing and evaluation; Electrical and electronics engineering; Economic decisions and information systems; Advanced robotics; Virtual reality systems; Industrial systems and applications; Industrial and financial systems; Industrial control electronics; Industrial IT solutions Evolutionary computation Algorithms, procedures, mechanisms and applications; Computer architecture and systems; Computational sciences; Computation in complex systems; Computer and communication systems; Computer networks; Computer science theory; Computation and computer security; Computer simulation; Digital telecommunications; Distributed and parallel computing; Computation in embedded and real-time systems; Soft computing; User-centric computation Autonomic and autonomous systems Automation and autonomous systems; Theory of Computing; Autonomic computing; Autonomic networking; Network computing; Protecting computing; Theories of agency and autonomy; Multi-agent evolution, adaptation and learning; Adjustable and self-adjustable autonomy; Pervasive systems and computation; Computing with locality principles; GRID networking and services; Pervasive computing; Cluster computing and performance; Artificial intelligence Computational linguistics; Cognitive technologies; Decision making; Evolutionary computation; Expert systems; Computational biology Bio-technologies Models and techniques for biometric technologies; Bioinformatics; Biometric security; Computer graphics and visualization; Computer vision and image processing; Computational biochemistry; Finger, facial, iris, voice, and skin biometrics; Signature recognition; Multimodal biometrics; Verification and identification techniques; Accuracy of biometric technologies; Authentication smart cards and biometric metrics; Performance and assurance testing; Limitations of biometric technologies; Biometric card technologies; Biometric wireless technologies; Biometric software and hardware; Biometric standards Knowledge data systems Data mining and Web mining; Knowledge databases and systems; Data warehouse and applications; Data warehousing and information systems; Database performance evaluation; Semantic and temporal databases; Database systems Databases and information retrieval; Digital library design; Meta-data modeling Mobile and distance education Human computer interaction; Educational technologies; Computer in education; Distance learning; E-learning; Mobile learning Cognitive support for learning; Internet-based education; Impact of ICT on education and society; Group decision making and software; Habitual domain and information technology; Computer-mediated communications; Immersing authoring; Contextual and cultural challenges in user mobility Intelligent techniques, logics, and systems Intelligent agent technologies; Intelligent and fuzzy information processing; Intelligent computing and knowledge management; Intelligent systems and robotics; Fault-tolerance and reliability; Fuzzy logic& systems; Genetic algorithms; Haptic phenomena; Graphic recognition; Neural networks; Symbolic and algebraic computation; Modeling, simulation and analysis of business processes and systems Knowledge processing Knowledge representation models; Knowledge languages; Cognitive science; Knowledge acquisition; Knowledge engineering; Knowledge processing under uncertainty; Machine intelligence; Machine learning; Making decision through Internet; Networking knowledge plan Information technologies Information technology and organizational behavior; Agents, data mining and ontologies; Information retrieval systems; Information and network security; Information ethics and legal evaluations; Optimization and information technology; Organizational information systems; Information fusion; Information management systems; Information overload; Information policy making; Information security; Information systems; Information discovery Internet and web technologies Internet and WWW-based computing; Web and Grid computing; Internet service and training; IT and society; IT in education and health; Management information systems; Visualization and group decision making; Web based language development; Web search and decision making; Web service ontologies; Scientific web intelligence; Online business and decision making; Business rule language; E-Business; E-Commerce; Online and collaborative work; Social eco-systems and social networking; Social decisions on Internet; Computer ethics Digital information processing Mechatronics; Natural language processing; Medical imaging; Image processing; Signal processing; Speech processing; Video processing; Pattern recognition; Pattern recognition models; Graphics& computer vision; Medical systems and computing Cognitive science and knowledge agent-based systems Cognitive support for e-learning and mobile learning; Agents and cognitive models; Agents& complex systems; computational ecosystems; Agent architectures, perception, action& planning in agents; Agent communication: languages, semantics, pragmatics& protocols; Agent-based electronic commerce and trading systems Multi-agent constraint satisfaction; Agent programming languages, development environments and testbeds; Computational complexity in autonomous agents; Multi-agent planning and cooperation; Logics and formal models of for agency verification; Nomadic agents; Negotiation, auctions, persuasion; Privacy and security issues in multi-agent systems Mobility and multimedia systems Mobile communications; Multimedia and visual programming; Multimedia and decision making; Multimedia systems; Mobile multimedia systems; User-centered mobile applications; Designing for the mobile devices; Contextual user mobility; Mobile strategies for global market; Interactive television and mobile commerce Systems performance Performance evaluation; Performance modeling; Performance of parallel computing; Reasoning under uncertainty; Reliability and fault-tolerance; Performance instrumentation; Performance monitoring and corrections; Performance in entity-dependable systems; Real-time performance and near-real time performance evaluation; Performance in software systems; Performance and hybrid systems; Measuring performance in embedded systems Networking and telecommunications Telecommunication and Networking; Telecommunication Systems and Evaluation; Multiple Criteria Decision Making in Information Technology; Network and Decision Making; Networks and Security; Communications protocols (SIP/H323/MPLS/IP); Specialized networks (GRID/P2P/Overlay/Ad hoc/Sensor); Advanced services (VoIP/IPTV/Video-on-Demand; Network and system monitoring and management; Feature interaction detection and resolution; Policy-based monitoring and managements systems; Traffic modeling and monitoring; Traffic engineering and management; Self-monitoring, self-healing and self-management systems; Man-in-the-loop management paradigm Software development and deployment Software requirements engineering; Software design, frameworks, and architectures; Software interactive design; Formal methods for software development, verification and validation; Neural networks and performance; Patterns/Anti-patterns/Artifacts/Frameworks; Agile/Generic/Agent-oriented programming; Empirical software evaluation metrics; Software vulnerabilities; Reverse engineering; Software reuse; Software security, reliability and safety; Software economics; Software testing and debugging; Tracking defects in the OO design; Distributed and parallel software; Programming languages; Declarative programming; Real-time and embedded software; Open source software development methodologies; Software tools and deployment environments; Software Intelligence; Software Performance and Evaluation Knowledge virtualization Modeling techniques, tools, methodologies, languages; Model-driven architectures (MDA); Service-oriented architectures (SOA); Utility computing frameworks and fundamentals; Enabled applications through virtualization; Small-scale virtualization methodologies and techniques; Resource containers, physical resource multiplexing, and segmentation; Large-scale virtualization methodologies and techniques; Management of virtualized systems; Platforms, tools, environments, and case studies; Making virtualization real; On-demand utilities Adaptive enterprise; Managing utility-based systems; Development environments, tools, prototypes Systems and networks on the chip Microtechnology and nanotechnology; Real-time embedded systems; Programming embedded systems; Controlling embedded systems; High speed embedded systems; Designing methodologies for embedded systems; Performance on embedded systems; Updating embedded systems; Wireless/wired design of systems-on-the-chip; Testing embedded systems; Technologies for systems processors; Migration to single-chip systems Context-aware systems Context-aware autonomous entities; Context-aware fundamental concepts, mechanisms, and applications; Modeling context-aware systems; Specification and implementation of awareness behavioral contexts; Development and deployment of large-scale context-aware systems and subsystems; User awareness requirements Design techniques for interfaces and systems; Methodologies, metrics, tools, and experiments for specifying context-aware systems; Tools evaluations, Experiment evaluations Networking technologies Next generation networking; Network, control and service architectures; Network signalling, pricing and billing; Network middleware; Telecommunication networks architectures; On-demand networks, utility computing architectures; Next generation networks [NGN] principles; Storage area networks [SAN]; Access and home networks; High-speed networks; Optical networks; Peer-to-peer and overlay networking; Mobile networking and systems; MPLS-VPN, IPSec-VPN networks; GRID networks; Broadband networks Security in network, systems, and applications IT in national and global security; Formal aspects of security; Systems and network security; Security and cryptography; Applied cryptography; Cryptographic protocols; Key management; Access control; Anonymity and pseudonymity management; Security management; Trust management; Protection management; Certification and accreditation; Virii, worms, attacks, spam; Intrusion prevention and detection; Information hiding; Legal and regulatory issues Knowledge for global defense Business continuity and availability; Risk assessment; Aerospace computing technologies; Systems and networks vulnerabilities; Developing trust in Internet commerce; Performance in networks, systems, and applications; Disaster prevention and recovery; IT for anti-terrorist technology innovations (ATTI); Networks and applications emergency services; Privacy and trust in pervasive communications; Digital rights management; User safety and protection Information Systems [IS] Management Information Systems; Decision Support Systems; Innovation and IS; Enterprise Application Integration; Enterprise Resource Planning; Business Process Change; Design and Development Methodologies and Frameworks; Iterative and Incremental Methodologies; Agile Methodologies; IS Standards and Compliance Issues; Risk Management in IS Design and Development; Research Core Theories; Conceptualisations and Paradigms in IS; Research Ontological Assumptions in IS Research; IS Research Constraints, Limitations and Opportunities; IS vs Computer Science Research; IS vs Business Studies IPv6 Today - Technology and deployment IP Upgrade - An Engineering Exercise or a Necessity?; Worldwide IPv6 Adoption - Trends and Policies; IPv6 Programs, from Research to Knowledge Dissemination; IPv6 Technology - Practical Information; Advanced Topics and Latest Developments in IPv6; IPv6 Deployment Experiences and Case Studies; IPv6 Enabled Applications and Devices Modeling Continuous and Discrete Models; Optimal Models; Complex System Modeling; Individual-Based Models; Modeling Uncertainty; Compact Fuzzy Models; Modeling Languages; Real-time modeling; Peformance modeling Optimization Multicriteria Optimization; Multilervel Optimization; Goal Programming; Optimization and Efficiency; Optimization-based decisions; Evolutionary Optimization; Self-Optimization; Extreme Optimization; Combinatorial Optimization; Disccrete Optimization; Fuzzy Optimization; Lipschitzian Optimization; Non-Convex Optimization; Convexity; Continuous Optimization; Interior point methods; Semidefinite and Conic Programming Complexity Complexity Analysis; Computational Complexity; Complexity Reduction; Optimizing Model Complexity; Communication Complexity; Managing Complexity; Modeling Complexity in Social Systems; Low-complexity Global Optimization; Software Development for Modeling and Optimization; Industrial applications Committee:http://www.iaria.org/conferences2012/ComICCGI12.html ==================== To stop receiving notices about ICCGI, please reply with "DROP ICCGI gustaf.neumann(a)wu-wien.ac.at" in the subject field. 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Fwd: [WI] CFP - The 2012 World Intelligence Congress (WIC 2012)
by Gustaf Neumann 04 Feb '12

04 Feb '12

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [WI] CFP - The 2012 World Intelligence Congress (WIC 2012) Datum: 5 Feb 2012 03:10:54 +0900 Von: wic-office(a)wi-consortium.org Antwort an: wic-office(a)wi-consortium.org An: wi(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de [Apologies if you receive this more than once] #################################################################### The 2012 World Intelligence Congress (WIC 2012) December 4-7, 2012, Macau, China CALL FOR PAPERS #################################################################### Homepage: http://www.fst.umac.mo/wic2012 A Special Event of the Alan Turing Year (Centenary of Alan Turing's birth). The congress includes five intelligent informatics related conferences: - IEEE/WIC/ACM Web Intelligence 2012 (WI'12) - IEEE/WIC/ACM Intelligent Agent Technology 2012 (IAT'12) - Active Media Technology 2012 (AMT'12) - Brain Informatics 2012 (BI'12) - Methodologies for Intelligent Systems 2012 (ISMIS'12) co-located with the aim to facilitate interactions and idea exchange among researchers working on a variety of focused themes under a holistic vision for computing and intelligence in the post WWW era and to promote and expedite new innovations for areas under intelligent informatics. Important Dates: ################################################################## # Workshop proposal submission: April 10, 2012 # Electronic submission of full papers: June 1, 2012 # Tutorial proposal submission: July 10, 2012 # Workshop paper submission: July 25, 2012 # Notification of paper acceptance: August 1, 2012 # Camera-ready of accepted papers: August 31, 2012 # Workshops: December 4, 2012 # Conference: December 5-7, 2012 ################################################################## WIC 2012 is being organized/sponsored by: - Web Intelligence Consortium (WIC) - IEEE-CS Technical Committee on Intelligent Informatics (TCII) - IEEE-CIS Task Force on Brain Informatics (IEEE TF-BI) - ACM SIGART - University of Macau - Hong Kong Baptist University *** Contact Information *** Ryan Leang Hou U, University of Macau <ryanlhu(a)umac.mo> -- Mailing-Liste: wi(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de Administrator: wi-admin(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de Konfiguration: https://www.lists.uni-karlsruhe.de/sympa/info/wi

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Fwd: [WI] 2nd CFP: AMCIS 2012 Minitrack "Adoption, Diffusion, and Success of IT Project Management Methodologies"
by Gustaf Neumann 04 Feb '12

04 Feb '12

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [WI] 2nd CFP: AMCIS 2012 Minitrack "Adoption, Diffusion, and Success of IT Project Management Methodologies" Datum: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 18:11:08 +0100 Von: Nils.Urbach(a)ebs.edu Antwort an: Nils.Urbach(a)ebs.edu An: wi(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de ### Apologies for cross-postings ### ************************************************* CALL FOR PAPERS 18th Americas Conference on Information Systems Seattle, Washington, August 9-12, 2012 (http://amcis2012.aisnet.org/) Track: IT Project Management Mini-Track Title: Adoption, Diffusion, and Success of IT Project Management Methodologies ************************************************* DESCRIPTION Despite the overwhelming advantages of using IT Project Management methodologies (ITPM), organizations often struggle to realize the expected benefits. One of the reasons of this is the lack of acceptance of such methodologies from their actual users. For example, only 50% of organizations are actually able to make their staff use such methodologies [1]. In the context of software development, a project survey conducted by Russo et al. [2] showed that only 6% of organizations claim that their methodologies are always used as specified. Cicmil et al. [3] also found that resistance towards the acceptance of project management methodologies is high because the users do not have faith in the concept, fear power loss, or lack adequate training and support from upper management. Organizational theorists have long recognised that behavioural resistance of individuals against the use of new methodologies is because they might not share the goals of the organizations in which they work, and that exerts pressure on them to use the new methodologies [4]. As such, the roots of lacking methodology acceptance, lies – among other factors – in the failure to understand the attitudes of individuals towards using a methodology. Researchers and practitioners alike face challenges regarding the design, adoption, and success of ITPM methodologies. This lack of understanding ultimately leads to the development and implementation of methodologies that might be considered unsuitable, and are as a result rejected by individuals. The objective of this mini-track is to foster research on ITPM methodologies by providing deeper insights into factors that affect their successful design, adoption, diffusion, and application. Researchers and practitioners interested in submitting papers for this mini-track are encouraged to explore ITPM methodologies, and related methods and tools – for example from a design or behavioral perspective. Papers may consider different units of analysis: individual, group, or organizational level. SUGGESTED TOPICS - Methodology engineering - Designing ITPM methodologies - Success and impact of ITPM methodology application - Acceptance and adoption of ITPM methodologies - Strategies to influence individuals to use ITPM methodologies - Change management practices regarding implementation and diffusion of new ITPM methodologies - Leadership, power and politics regarding use and success of ITPM methodologies - Role of knowledge management and networks in ITPM use and success - Implications of project outsourcing for ITPM methodologies - Management software that can help support the effective execution of ITPM methodologies (e.g., project management information systems etc.) IMPORTANT DATES January 2, 2012 Submission opens March 1, 2012 Submission deadline April 2, 2012 Notification of acceptance April 20, 2012 Final camera-ready copy due INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS All conference submissions will be double-blind, peer reviewed, and must be submitted using the online submission system at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/amcis2012. For complete instructions for authors and information about the conference, visit the AMCIS 2012 conference website at http://amcis2012.aisnet.org/after January 2, 2012. MINI-TRACK CHAIRS Kunal Mohan, EBS Business School, Germany, kunal.mohan(a)ebs.edu Nils Urbach, EBS Business School, Germany, nils.Urbach(a)ebs.edu Anol Bhattacherjee, University of South Florida, USA, abhatt(a)usf.edu REFERENCES [1] R. L. Glass, "A Snapshot of Systems Development Practice," IEEE Softw., vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 112-111, 1999. [2] N. L. Russo, R. Hightower, and J. M. Pearson, "The Failure of Methodologies to Meet the Needs of Current Development Environments," Proceedings of the British Computer Society’s Annual Conference on Information System Methodologies, pp. 387-393, 1996. [3] S. Cicmil, Z. Ðordevic, and S. Zivanovic, "Understanding the adoption of project management in Serbian organizations: Insights from an exploratory study.," Project Management Journal, vol. 40, no. 1, pp. 88-98, Mar. 2009. [4] M. P. Teodoro, "Bureaucratic Job Mobility and The Diffusion of Innovations," American Journal of Political Science, vol. 53, pp. 175-189, Jan. 2009. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ EBS European Business School gemeinnuetzige GmbH, Amtsgericht Wiesbaden HRB 19951; Universitaet fuer Wirtschaft und Recht, Umsatzsteuer-ID DE 113891213; Aufsichtsrat: Dr. Hellmut K. Albrecht, Vorsitzender; Geschaeftsfuehrung: Professor Dr. Rolf D. Cremer, Präsident; Professor Dr. Rolf Tilmes, Dekan EBS Business School; Professor Dr. Dr. Gerrick Frhr. v. Hoyningen-Huene, Dekan EBS Law School; Georg Nikolaus Garlichs, Kanzler ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Fwd: [AISWorld] ISeB CfP: Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM)
by Gustaf Neumann 04 Feb '12

04 Feb '12

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] ISeB CfP: Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM) Datum: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 16:29:50 +0000 Von: Kai Fischbach <Fischbach(a)wim.uni-koeln.de> An: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org <aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org> ********************************************************* Call for Papers Information Systems and e-Business Management (ISeB) Special Issue on Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM) Deadline: April 1, 2012 ********************************************************* *Guest Editors* Kai Fischbach (University of Bamberg, Germany) Christine Legner (HEC Lausanne, Switzerland) Robert Winter (University of St. Gallen, Switzerland) *Theme* The complexity of corporate information technology (IT) environments has been steadily growing in the last decades, and keeping pace with an ever-changing business environment has become a constant challenge. In response, architectural considerations have become a key concern in today's information management. It is acknowledged that only continuous and holistic management of the Enterprise Architecture (EA) can ensure the sustainability, agility, and strategic alignment of corporate IT environments. Enterprise architecture management (EAM) has evolved as a discipline, beginning in the 1990s. Early work centered on architecture models, principles, and standards that comprise the content of the EA. As companies gain practical experience implementing EA concepts, they become more concerned with the management aspects in EAM, the effectiveness of EAM and its success factors. Despite a growing body of EA-related knowledge, different definitions of EAM coexist, ranging from enterprise-wide IT management to enterprise development and transformation. Correspondingly, researchers have identified substantial differences with respect to the objectives followed, the methodology employed, and the organizational implementation of EAM in practice. This has stimulated studies related to EAM adoption scenarios and situational aspects of EAM implementation. Still, though, EAM is a relatively young and immature discipline, characterized by a great variety of research approaches and a strong focus on conceptual frameworks and models. Until recently, theoretically rounded research on EAM practice has been rather limited. With this special issue, the journal Information Systems and e-Business Management seeks to stimulate EAM research. We invite original submissions of novel research that advances our understanding of EAM as a management discipline. We are open to all types of contributions, including conceptual, design-oriented, and theory-building papers. We encourage authors to submit contributions that are lively and will inspire readers from both academia and industry. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following. 1) The EAM discipline and its relationship to other management disciplines (e.g., strategic management, organizational development, IT management). 2) Specific EAM application contexts (e.g., IT/business alignment, business transformation, M&A, outsourcing). 3) EAM strategy (EAM positioning and goals, EAM services/"products," communication and stakeholder involvement). 4) Conceptualizing EAM (e.g., meta models, roadmaps, specific architectures such as business architecture). 5) EAM organization and governance (e.g., processes, organizational roles, monitoring, and key performance indicators). 6) EAM tool support and EAM-related standards. 7) Organizational implementation of EAM (e.g., situational adaptation). 8) EAM adoption and success. 9) EAM value (metrics, funding, and charging). 10) Innovative EAM case studies *Deadlines* April 1, 2012 Paper submission deadline June 1, 2012 First round review completed June 20, 2012 Editorial decisions due Aug 5, 2012 Revised papers due (second round) Sep 25, 2012 Second-round review completed Oct 1, 2012 Editorial decisions due Nov 15, 2012 Revised papers due (third round) Dec 15, 2012 Final decisions *Submission Instructions* Articles submitted to the journal should be original contributions and should not be under consideration for any other publication at the same time. Authors submitting articles for publication should follow the submission guidelines of ISeB for preparing the manuscripts. Submissions should be sent to the guest editors of this Special Issue via the journal's editorial manager system: http://www.editorialmanager.com/iseb/ Please choose the article type 'S.I.: Enterprise Architecture Management' while submitting to the special issue. *Associate Editors* Frederik Ahlemann (EBS Business School, Germany) Jacky Akoka (Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, France) João Paulo A. Almeida (Federal University of Espirito Santo, Brazil) Scott Bernard (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) Brian Cameron (Pennsylvania State University, USA) Marijn Janssen (Delft University of Technology, Netherlands) Robert Lagerström (KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden) Susanne Leist (University of Regensburg, Germany) Florian Mattes (Technical University of Munich, Germany) Erik Proper (Public Research Centre Henri Tudor, Luxembourg) Raymond Slot (Utrecht University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands) José Tribolet (INESC and TU Lisbon, Portugal) *About the Journal* Information Systems and e-Business Management (ISeB) is an international journal that focuses on the core tasks of Information Systems Management, the conceptual analysis, design, and deployment of information systems, as well as on all e-business related topics. The central aim of the journal is to publish original, well-written, self-contained contributions that elucidate novel research and innovation in information systems management and e-business which advance the field fundamentally and significantly. Information Systems and e-Business Management (ISeB) has been accepted for Social Sciences Citation Index, Journal Citation Reports / Social SciencesEdition and Current Contents / Social and Behavioral Sciences. -- Prof. Dr. Kai Fischbach University of Bamberg Chair in Information Systems and Social Networks _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

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Fwd: [AISWorld] CFP - IACIS 2012 International Conference, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina - October 3-6, 2012
by Gustaf Neumann 04 Feb '12

04 Feb '12

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] CFP - IACIS 2012 International Conference, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina - October 3-6, 2012 Datum: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 10:39:33 -0500 Von: IACIS 2012 Conference <alex.koohang(a)gmail.com> An: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org *IACIS 2012 International Conference* *Myrtle Beach, South Carolina* *October 3-6, 2012* The IACIS 2012 International Conference will be held at The Myrtle Beach Marriot Resort & Spa in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.The Marriott Resort & Spa at Myrtle Beach offers an expansive conference facility located on the "Grand Strand," with beach front accommodations and meeting rooms. This property is one of only a few AAA 4 Diamond hotels in the Myrtle Beach area, which is world renowned for its recreational activities and fine dining. Plan now to submit your research for review, and attend the IACIS 2012 International Conference in Myrtle Beach! You will have a very rewarding experience. The IACIS 2012 International Conference provides a showcase for the latest research in practice and pedagogical topics that focus on how information systems are used to support organizations or enhance the educational process. You are invited to share your research on the conference theme or other relevant IS and IT research with the educators and professionals attending the IACIS 2012 International Conference. Papers covering related academic and technical issues are also encouraged. Submission Deadline All submissions MUST be submitted online by May 12, 2012. See submission requirements at http://www.iacis.org/conference/conference.php *What to Submit* ** Full pedagogy/research papers (including work in progress) Abstracts Panel presentation proposals All submissions are double-blind refereed. Papers accepted in the review process will be published in the journal */Issues in Information Systems,/* abstracts will be published in the Conference Proceedings. Issues in Information Systems is a refereed, serial publication of IACIS that is registered with the U.S. Library of Congress and listed in the Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Management since the eighth edition. *Contact Information* Dr. Richard V. McCarthy IACIS Vice President and 2012 Program Chair Associate Dean and Professor of Computer Information Systems School of Business Quinnipiac University Hamden, CT 06518 Voice: 203-582-8468 <tel:203-582-8468> Email: richard.mccarthy(a)quinnipiac.edu <mailto:richard.mccarthy@quinnipiac.edu> *IACIS 2012 International Conference-Suggested Topics* Submit only unpublished, original works. Proposals for workshops, panel presentations, and round table discussions should provide a general overview of the session's objectives and activities. Assessment of Learning in IS Behavioral Issues in MIS/IT Business Intelligence Computer and Information Security Curriculum Development Data Management Warehousing/Data Mining Database Design and Development Decision Support Systems e-Commerce Programming Languages Employment Trends Enterprise Architecture Enterprise Resource Planning Ethical and Legal Factors of IT Executive Information Systems Globalization Groupware Health Informatics Information Management Information Systems Accreditation Information Systems Convergence Internationalization Intranet/Internet/Extranet Knowledge Management Management of Technology MIS Instructional Issues Mobile Technology Model Curriculum Multiculturalism Multimedia Offshoring Organizational Culture Outsourcing Privacy of Information Professional Codes of Conduct Professional Student Organizations Project Management Qualitative Research in IS Research Issues and Methodologies Security Social Media Social Networking Socio-technical Systems Systems Analysis and Design Systems Implementation Telecommunications Theories in I.S. Vendor Relations Web 2.0

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Fwd: [AISWorld] Call for participation FESCA 2012, Tallinn, Estonia
by Gustaf Neumann 04 Feb '12

04 Feb '12

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] Call for participation FESCA 2012,Tallinn, Estonia Datum: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:32:53 +0100 Von: Lucia Kapova <kapova(a)ipd.uka.de> An: Verborgene_Empfaenger:; *** Please accept our apologies should you receive multiple copies of this call from different lists. *** Call for Participation - FESCA 2012 - 9th International Workshop on Formal Engineering approaches to Software Components and Architectures Satellite event of ETAPS March 31st 2012, Tallinn, Estonia http://fesca.ipd.kit.edu/fesca2012/ WORKSHOP AIM Component-based software design has received considerable attention in industry and academia in the past decade. In recent years, the growing need for trustworthy software systems and the increased relevance of systems quality properties (e.g. reliability, performance, and scalability) have stimulated the emergence of formal techniques and architecture modelling approaches for the specification and implementation of component-based software architectures. Both have to deal with an increasing complexity in software systems challenging analytical methods as well as modelling techniques. FESCA aims to address the open question of how formal methods can be applied effectively to these new contexts and challenges. FESCA is interested in both the development and application of formal methods in component-based development and tries to cross-fertilize their research and application. PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS * SAMUEL KOUNEV, chair of SPEC Research Group (RG) and Descartes RG at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany), has agreed to deliver the FESCA 2012 keynote speech on the topic: "Modeling of Event-based Communication in Component-based Architectures:State-of-the-Art and Future Directions" * MICHAL MALOHLAVA, has agreed to give tutorial on: "SOFA 2 Component Framework and Its Ecosystem" TOPICS One strength of FESCA is the link established between the formal methods community and the software engineering community by exploring how formal approaches can be exploited for the analysis of large software architectures. We encourage submissions on formal techniques and their application that aid reasoning, analysis and certification of component-based applications. In this context, the following topics are of particular concern: * Architecture as a language: Building Domain-Specific Languages (DSLs) o Modelling formalisms for the analysis of concurrent, embeded or model-driven systems assembled of components; o Modelling formalisms in prediction, analysis and measurement of software quality attributes such as reliability, performance, or security; * Properties of component-based models o Temporal properties (including liveness and safety) and their formal verification; o Interface compliance (interface-to-interface and interface-to implementation) and contractual use of components; * Formal methods in Component-Based Software Development o Techniques for prediction and formal verification of system properties, including static and dynamic analysis; o Instrumentation and monitoring approaches, runtime management of applications; o (Semi-) automatic inference of analytical models for existing software systems; * Formal methods in Model-Driven Software Development o Abstraction level in modelling formalisms; o Safer MDA through integration with formal methods; o Correctness of model transformations; * Industrial case studies and experience reports. Submissions concentrating on specification techniques should involve an evaluation of the practical merit of their research and clearly state the analysis and reasoning techniques they enable. We also appreciate work of a formal nature with immediate value to the industrial context. We encourage not only mature research results, submissions presenting innovative ideas and early results are also of interest. SUBMISSIONS Three kinds of submissions are considered: * Regular papers (up to 15 pages in ENTCS format), presenting original and unpublished work related to the workshop topics. * Position papers (up to 10 pages in ENTCS format) presenting ideas and directions of interesting ongoing and yet unpublished research related to the workshop topics. * Tool demonstration papers (up to 5 pages in ENTCS format), presenting and highlighting the distinguishing features of a topic-related tool (co-developed by the authors). PROCEEDINGS * Regular and position papers will be published in a special issue of the Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science (ENTCS) after the workshop. * All regular, position and tool demonstration papers will appear in electronic pre-proceedings distributed at the workshop. IMPORTANT DATES * Paper registration: December 2, 2011 * Submission deadline: December 9, 2011 * Notification of acceptance: January 20, 2012 * Final versions due: February 3, 2012 * Workshop date: March 31, 2012 PROGRAMME COMMITTEE * Ivana Cerna (Masaryk University, Czech Republic) * Jens Happe (SAP Research, Germany) * Ludovic Henrio (CNRS, France) * Holger Hermanns (Universität des Saarlandes, Germany) * Petr Hnetynka (Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic) * Samuel Kounev (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany) * Heiko Koziolek (ABB Research Ladenburg, Germany) * Ralf Kuesters (Universität Trier, Germany) * Markus Lumpe (Swinburne University of Technology, Australia) * Raffaela Mirandola (Politecnico di Milano, Italy) * Dorina Petriu (Carleton Univesity, USA) * Ralf Reussner (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany) * Cristina Seceleanu (Mälardalen University, Sweden) * Steffen Zschaler (King's College London, UK) PC CO-CHAIRS * Barbora Buhnova (Masaryk University, Czech Republic) * Lucia Kapova (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany) * Jan Kofron (Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic)

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Fwd: [computational.science] CfP: iCompute workshop
by Gustaf Neumann 04 Feb '12

04 Feb '12

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [computational.science] CfP: iCompute workshop Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2012 10:31:59 +0200 From: Costin Badica <cbadica(a)software.ucv.ro> Organization: "ICCSA" To: Computational Science Mailing List <computational.science(a)lists.iccsa.org> (Apologies for multiple copies. Kindly circulate this call to your colleagues, friends and students) Call for Papers --------------------- iCompute: Intelligent Computing for Human and Social Behavior Analysis and Collaboration organized within the framework of International Conference on Web Intelligence, Mining and Semantics (WIMS'12) June 13-15, 2012 Craiova, Romania http://software.ucv.ro/Wims12/workshops.html Background ----------------- We are now facing a tremendous shift of paradigm in networked computing. If one decade ago we were interested in the spread of network computing through advancement of Internet and Web technologies, now new trends like collective and social computing are the norm. In this view humans are not only consumers of data and software, but they also became providers of services, content as well as meta-data taking various forms as opinions, recommendations, tags, or ratings. With the advent and spread of new Web applications like social networks, e-business, e-learning, gaming, or virtual worlds, human users have the possibility to interact, socialize, and collaborate on a significantly larger scale than it was possible before. Two immediate consequences of this state-of-affairs are noticed: (i) new forms of interactions and collaborations between people assisted by the new technologies are emerging, and they are expected to influence the usual human behavioral patterns and vice versa; (ii) large amounts of information are generated from the interaction between people mediated by information technologies, as well as between users and applications. Therefore, an increase of the interest of researchers working in computing and social sciences for analyzing, discovering and understanding new patterns of human behaviors resulted from the usage of new information technologies can be observed. These patterns can be used to develop better, enhanced applications in various areas of economy, marketing, education, business, medicine, entertainment, etc. The aim of this workshop is to contribute to the analysis of the main advancement of the principles and algorithms of Intelligent Computing. The workshop will be specially focused in the analysis, discovery, and understanding of emerging human and social behavioral patterns from user interactions in social and collaborative systems, as well as for their application for the development of better systems. Intelligent Computing develops methods and technology ranging from classical Artificial Intelligence, Computational Intelligence and Multi-Agent Systems to Game Theory. Relevant topics of Intelligent Computing for the iCompute workshop include: Data Mining, Reasoning and Semantics, and Intelligent Agents. Topics --------- We welcome submissions that describe original research on advancement of Intelligent Computing for human and social behavior analysis and collaboration, including, but not limiting to: - Social networks mining and analysis - Mining and analysis of Social Data - Automated Reasoning for Social Web applications - Semantic Web technologies for Social Data integration and fusion - Applications and tools using Social Semantic Web technologies - Techniques, methods and new algorithms related to human behavior modeling and classification in: Machine Learning Multi-agent Systems Complex Simulation Information Fusion Data mining (Clustering, Classifiers, etc.) Evolutionary Computation Visualization Techniques Case and Practical Studies - Human-based behavior patterns and modeling - Pattern analysis and extraction - Agent, service, workflow, wiki and (Semantic) Web technologies - Interoperability, integration, interaction and coordination - Trust, reputation and security - Intelligent user interfaces - Data, meta-data, ontology and resource management The iCompute workshop emerged from the synergies identified between two successful events organized in 2011: a. The 1st International Workshop on Social Data Mining for Human Behaviour Analysis (SoDaMin), http://aida.ii.uam.es/SoDaMin/ organized on the 27th of May 2011 by David Camacho and Costin Badica during WIMS'11 in Sogndal, Norway, and b. Special Session on Software Technologies for Intelligent Collaborative Systems (STIX), http://software.ucv.ro/~cbadica/stix-2011/, organized between 14-16 of October 2011 by Costin Badica and Mirjana Ivanovic during the 15th International Conference on System Theory, Control and Computing: ICSTCC-2011 in Sinaia, Romania. Submissions requirements -------------------------------------- The workshop papers must be written in English and formatted according to the ACM guidelines. Author instructions and style files can be downloaded at http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates The following types of contributions are welcomed: Research papers up to 8 pages in ACM format. Short technical papers and position papers, up to 4 pages in ACM format. All contributions should be prepared in PDF/DOC format and must be submitted (no later than March 30, 2011) to: david.camacho(a)uam.es Publication ---------------- Accepted papers/tutorials/posters will be published by ACM and disseminated through the ACM Digital Library. All accepted workshop papers will be included in the conference proceedings. There will be no separate workshop fee. Selected extended papers will be invited to appear in a special issue of an international journal. Important Dates ----------------------- Full paper submissions: March 2, 2012 Notification of acceptance: March 16, 2012 Submission of camera-ready papers: March 30, 2012 Workshop: June 14th, 2012 Workshop Chairs ------------------------- David Camacho, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain http://aida.ii.uam.es Costin Badica Universitatea din Craiova, Romania http://software.ucv.ro/~cbadica/ Mirjana Ivanovic University of Novi Sad, Serbia http://perun.dmi.rs/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=68&Itemid=41

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Fwd: [CECIIS] 2nd Call for Papers: CECIIS 2012
by Gustaf Neumann 04 Feb '12

04 Feb '12

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [CECIIS] 2nd Call for Papers: CECIIS 2012 Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:25:16 +0100 From: CECIIS <ceciis(a)foi.hr> Organization: FOI To: ceciis-foi(a)foi.hr ceciis_logo *NEW!* 1) *INVITED SPEAKERS CONFIRMED:* * *?Bruce Schneier*, Chief Security Technology Officer of BT * *Matjaz B. Juric*, full professor at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia * *Jan Paralic*, professor at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Technical University Kosice, Slovakia 2) *REGISTRATION FEES UPDATED* (see below) *--* We kindly ask you to accept our apologies if you receive this call more than once. Please forward this information to your colleagues who might be interested in *23rd Central European Conference on Information and Intelligent Systems* (http://ceciis.foi.hr) organized by University of Zagreb, Faculty of Organization and Informatics, Varazdin (http://www.foi.unizg.hr). *IN COOPERATION WITH* Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Institut für Informatik und Gesellschaft, Germany Karl-Franzens Universität Graz, Institut für Informationswissenschaft und Wirtschaftsinformatik, Austria University of Maribor, Faculty of Economics and Business, Slovenia University of Maribor, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Slovenia University of Zagreb, Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, Croatia *The aim of the Conference* is to promote the interface of researchers involved in the development and application of methods and techniques in the field of information and intelligent systems. *The Conference program* includes invited lectures by eminent international experts, contributed papers, poster sessions, special symposiums, workshops, roundtable discussions, hardware and software presentations and book exhibitions. *TOPICS OF INTEREST* * Data and Knowledge Bases * Education for Information Society * Information and Communication Technologies * Information Systems Security * Intelligent Information Systems * Intelligent Transport Systems * Software Engineering *SPECIAL TOPIC* * Security and Privacy in the Networked World *KEYNOTE SPEAKER* *Bruce Schneier* - an internationally renowned security technologist and author of "Applied Cryptography", "Secrets and Lies", "Beyond Fear", "Schneier on Security", "Cryptography Engineering", ... *IMPORTANT DATES* * *Registration* forms and abstracts (not obligatory) due by: March 5th, 2012 * *Full papers* (camera-ready) due by: April 2nd, 2012 * Notification of acceptance due by: May 28th, 2012 * *Final version* due by: June 11th, 2012 * *Proposals for other Conference events * (poster sessions, symposiums, workshops, roundtable discussions, hardware and software presentations, book exhibitions): April 30th, 2012. * Registration fee *payment due* by: September 5th, 2012 * *Conference*: September 19th - 21st, 2012 *REGISTRATION FEE** (VAT is included) * *Early-bird *registration fee: EUR 280 (until June 30th, 2012) June 20th * *Regular* registration fee: EUR 330 (after June 30th, 2012) June 21th * *Late* registration: EUR 380 (after August 31st, 2012) August 20th * *Reduced fee for students* (early-bird): EUR 180 (until June 30th, 2012) * *Reduced fee for students* (normal): EUR 230 (after June30th, 2012) * *Accompanying* *person* fee: EUR 140 * Registration fee covers: * Participation at all sessions, workshops and additional symposiums * Conference materials with Proceedings (USB card) - except for accompanying persons * Welcome cocktail with dinner * All coffee breaks * Guided tour of Varazdin *OPTIONAL: * Printed Proceedings: EUR 20 Half-day excursion with dinner (20th September): EUR 30 *SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS AND PAPERS* Abstracts (not obligatory) and papers can be submitted via http://ceciis.foi.hr. A camera-ready electronic version of a full paper, maximally 8 pages or approximately 20000 characters (extra pages: 10 EUR / page), including appendices and literature, should be prepared and submitted according to the* Instructions for Authors using the provided LaTeX, Word or OpenOffice templates* via http://ceciis.foi.hr/. Authors must also submit a *pdf version* of a paper. The official Conference language is English. All papers will be subjected to double-blind review process. Only papers that are submitted on time, formatted according to the provided templates and reviewed positively, for which the registration fee is paid, can be presented and published. The Conference Proceedings will be distributed at the Conference. Selected presented papers will be sent to review for publishing in a special issue of the *international journal "Journal of Information and Organizational Sciences"*, published by the Faculty of Organization and Informatics, Varazdin (list of databases in which JIOS is indexed can be found at http://jios.foi.hr). *BEST PAPER AWARD* One best presented paper will be awarded. *VENUE* Varazdin is a charming and hospitable baroque town on the right bank of the Drava River in the north-west of Croatia, 79 km north-east of Zagreb. It has a population of over 40,000. You can visit the town's official website at http://www.varazdin.hr. The Faculty building, adjacent to the town Cathedral, used to be a monastery. The building overlooks the picturesque central square with the Town Hall, one of the historical buildings gathered around the square. The Town Hall, reconstructed in the 16th century, contains typical elements of both Gothic and Baroque architecture. A Faculty web camera enables a real-time view of Central Square (http://www.foi.unizg.hr/cro/(webcam)/ok). old_city *CONTACT* Conference Secretariat - CECIIS 2012 Faculty of Organization and Informatics, University of Zagreb, Pavlinska 2, 42000 Varazdin, Croatia *Tel*: +385 42 390 868 +385 42 390 851 *Fax*: +385 42 213 413 *e-mail*: ceciis(a)foi.hr *URL*: http://ceciis.foi.hr/ *Facebook page*: http://www.facebook.com/ceciis.foi qr PLEASE CHECK OUR WEB SITE FOR ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE CECIIS CONFERENCE. Best regards, Sandra Lovrencic Chair of the Organizing Committee

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Fwd: CALL FOR POSITION PAPERS SMARTGREENS 2012 - Int'l Conference on Smart Grids and Green IT Systems (Porto/Portugal)
by Gustaf Neumann 04 Feb '12

04 Feb '12

c -------- Original Message -------- Subject: CALL FOR POSITION PAPERS SMARTGREENS 2012 - Int'l Conference on Smart Grids and Green IT Systems (Porto/Portugal) Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:01:15 -0500 From: SMARTGREENS Secretariat <postmaster13(a)303media.net> Reply-To: smartgreens.secretariat(a)insticc.org <smartgreens.secretariat(a)insticc.org> To: gustaf.neumann(a)wu-wien.ac.at CALL FOR PAPERS 1st International Conference on Smart Grids and Green IT Systems SMARTGREENS website: http://www.smartgreens.org/ Porto, Portugal 19-20 April, 2012 In Collaboration with EDP, Siemens, Schneider Electric and Efacec Media Partner: SmartGrid Careers Sponsored by INSTICC INSTICC is Member of WfMC and OMG IMPORTANT DATES: Position Paper Submission: February 20, 2012 Authors Notification (position papers): March 1, 2012 Final Position Paper Submission and Registration: March 12, 2012 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dear Gustaf Neumann, SMARTGREEN 2012 (1st International Conference on Smart Grids and Green IT Systems - http://www.smartgreens.org/) is now welcoming the submission of position papers whose deadline is scheduled for next February 20. A position paper presents an arguable opinion about an issue. The goal of a position paper is to convince the audience that your opinion is valid and worth listening to, without the need to present completed research work and/or validated results. It is, nevertheless, important to support your argument with evidence to ensure the validity of your claims. A position paper may be a short report and discussion of ideas, facts, situations, methods, procedures or results of scientific research (bibliographic, experimental, theoretical, or other) focused on one of the conference topics. The acceptance of a position paper is restricted to the categories of "short paper" or "poster". Please check further details about position papers submission at the conference website (http://www.smartgreens.org/SubmissionGuidelines.aspx). We would like to highlight the presence of the following keynote speakers: Charles Sheridan (Intel Labs Europe, Ireland) and Nikos Hatziargyriou (National Technical University, Greece). More names will be announced soon at the SMARTGREENS 2012 conference website (http://www.smartgreens.org/KeynoteSpeakers.aspx). Submitted papers will be subject to a double-blind review process. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings, under an ISBN reference, on paper and CD-ROM support. CQBX The proceedings will be submitted for indexation by major international indexers, including Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index (ISI), INSPEC, DBLP and Elsevier Index (EI). Best paper awards will be distributed during the conference closing session. Please check the website for further information (http://www.smartgreens.org/BestPaperAward.aspx). All papers presented at the conference venue will be available at the SciTePress Digital Library (http://www.scitepress.org/DigitalLibrary/). SciTePress is member of CrossRef (http://www.crossref.org/). Workshops, Special sessions, Tutorials as well as Demonstrations dedicated to other technical/scientific topics are also envisaged: companies interested in presenting their products/methodologies or researchers interested in holding a tutorial are invited to contact the conference secretariat. Workshop chairs and Special Session chairs will benefit from logistics support and other types of support, including secretariat and financial support, to facilitate the development of a valid idea. Please check further details at the SMARTGREENS 2012 conference web site (http://www.smartgreens.org). There you will find detailed information about the conference structure and its main topic areas. This conference is co-located with CSEDU 2012 (4th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - http://www.csedu.org/), CLOSER 2012 (2nd International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science - http://closer.scitevents.org/) and WEBIST 2012 (8th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - http://www.webist.org). Registration to SMARTGREENS will enable free attendance to any sessions of CSEDU, CLOSER and WEBIST 2012 as a non-speaker. Should you have any question please don't hesitate contacting me. Kind regards, Joao Teixeira SMARTGREENS Secretariat Av. D. Manuel I, 27A 2.Esq. 2910-595 Setubal, Portugal Tel.: +351 265 520 184 Fax: +44 203 357 3118 Email: smartgreens.secretariat(a)insticc.org ----------------------------------------------------------------- To SUBSCRIBE: http://internetmailmanager.com/s/reg.Asp?a=47CSMBP7YF8GX9L9JBMML75&b=GRKN97… ----------------------------------------------------------------- To FORWARD: http://internetmailmanager.com/s/fwd.asp?a=47CSMBP7YF8GX9L9JBMML75&b=GRKN97… ----------------------------------------------------------------- To UNSUBSCRIBE: http://internetmailmanager.com/s/us.asp?a=47CSMBP7YF8GX9L9JBMML75&b=GRKN978… ---------------------------------------------------

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Fwd: [AISWorld] AMCIS CFP: Transdisciplinary Wisdom in IS
by Gustaf Neumann 04 Feb '12

04 Feb '12

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] AMCIS CFP: Transdisciplinary Wisdom in IS Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 16:07:10 -0600 From: Dalal, Nik <nik(a)okstate.edu> To: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org <aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org> CC: Jan Kroeze <jan.kroeze(a)gmail.com> CALL FOR PAPERS 18th Americas Conference on Information Systems Seattle, Washington, August 9-12, 2012 TRACK: Philosophical Perspectives in IS MINI-TRACK: Transdisciplinary Wisdom in IS In today's troubled world ridden with alarming crises of all kinds, the importance of wisdom cannot be underestimated. If there is anything the world needs, it is wisdom. Without it, I exaggerate not at all in saying that very soon, there may be no world warns Robert J. Sternberg, eminent wisdom researcher and 2003 President of the American Psychological Association (Sternberg, 2003). Being at the pinnacle of the data-information-knowledge-wisdom pyramid (Ackoff, 1989; Zeleny, 1987), wisdom is an important goal of information systems. The IS field, with its interdisciplinary focus on the relationship between information technologies and diverse individual, organizational, and societal issues, is well-positioned to advance wisdom computing research. Wisdom is both an end and a means in IS research. Wisdom is inextricably connected with knowledge, decision support, inquiry, inquiring systems (Churchman, 1971), inquiring organizations (Courtney, Haynes, and Paradice, 2005), systems thinking, business thinking (Mitroff, 1993), and learning organizations (Senge, 1990) among other topics of interest to IS researchers. Transforming data, information, and knowledge ultimately to wisdom is seen as a necessary and critical goal by leading IS researchers past and present (e.g., Ackoff, 1989). Transdisciplinary wisdom is a means to IS research as the diversity enriching IS goes further than the social sciences and may include the humanities as well (Kroeze, 2010; Kroeze et al., 2011). Historical, philosophical and linguistic fields are only three humanities disciplines that are relevant for IS. While wisdom defies conventional definitions and there are many theoretical perspectives on the nature of wisdom, in a sense, wisdom is concerned with inquiry on what is of true value toward the individual and collective good. Wisdom arises in a person-context interaction but can also be conceived in terms of organizations, communities, and nations. According to Sternberg's balance theory (2003), wisdom is the application of intelligence, creativity and knowledge for the common good by balancing intrapersonal, interpersonal and extrapersonal (institutional and other larger) interests. Wisdom has been related to cognitive, reflective, and affective personality characteristics including multiple perspectives and insight (Ardelt, 2004) and to self-actualization and beyond (Maslow, 1971). This minitrack will provides a platform to reflect on transdisciplinary wisdom as an end and means of IS research through the application of social science and the humanities. Three main approaches are possible: multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary. Multidisciplinarity refers to the study of a phenomenon from divergent angles, with little or no integration. Interdisciplinarity amalgamates two or more perspectives, and transdisciplinarity is a holistic, blended approach transversing disciplinary limits (Van Biljon, 2011). Potential themes/topics include but are not limited to the following: * Understanding wisdom as a goal for IS and its operational definitions and dimensions * Exploring present and potential contributions of the humanities (Linguistics, History, Art, Philosophy, Theology, Law, etc.) to IS * Reflecting on multi-, inter- and transdisciplinary approaches in IS theory and practice * Reflections on bridging divisions between diverse methodologies, assumptions, and communities of practice in IS research * Applications of diverse wisdom philosophic perspectives (e.g. Eastern, Western, African, Native American, etc.) to IS * Reflections on the role of IS in producing, sharing, impacting, and supporting wisdom at the level of the individual, organization, community (real and virtual), society, culture, nation, nation-bloc, and globe * Implications of wisdom computing research for IS as a discipline References: Ackoff, R.L. (1989) From data to wisdom, Journal of Applied Systems Analysis, Vol. 16, pp.3-9. Ardelt, M. (2004) Wisdom as expert knowledge system: A critical review of a contemporary operationalization of an ancient concept, Human Development, Vol. 47, pp.257-285. Churchman, C. West. (1971) The Design of Inquiring Systems: Basic Concepts of Systems and Organization, Basic Books, New York. Courtney, J.F., Haynes, J. and Paradice, D.P. (2005) Inquiring Organizations: Moving From Knowledge Management To Wisdom, IGI Global. Kroeze, J.H. (2010) The mutualistic relationship between Information Systems and the Humanities (full paper, edited version of inaugural lecture), Proceedings of the 15th International Business Information Management Association Conference (15th IBIMA), 6 - 7 November 2010, Cairo, Egypt, pp. 915-927. Kroeze, J.H., Lotriet, H.H., Mavetera, N., Pfaff, M.S., Postma, D.J.V.R., Sewchurran, K.& Topi, H. (2011) ECIS 2010 panel report: Humanities-enriched Information Systems, Communications of the Association for Information Systems (CAIS), Vol. 28, No. 1, Article 24, pp.373-392. Available: http://aisel.aisnet.org/cais/vol28/iss1/24 and http://uir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/4651 Maslow, A.H. (1971) Chpt 3, Self-actualizing and beyond, in The farther reaches of human nature, Penguin Compass, New York. Mitroff, I. and Linstone, H.A., The Unbounded Mind: Breaking the Chains of Traditional Business Thinking, Oxford Univ. Press, New York, 1993. Sternberg, Robert J. (2003) Wisdom, Intelligence, and Creativity Synthesized, Cambridge University Press, New York. Van Biljon, J. (2011) A critical review on the reporting of surveys in transdisciplinary research: A case study in Information Systems, The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa, Vol. 7, Issue 2, pp. 337-350. Available: http://search.sabinet.co.za/WebZ/Authorize?sessionid=0&next=ej/ej_content_t… Wenger, E., McDermott, R.,& Snyder, W.M. (2002) Cultivating communities of practice: A guide to managing knowledge. Boston: Harvard Business School Press. Zeleny, M. (1987) Management support systems: towards integrated knowledge management, Human Systems Management, Vol. 7, No. 1 pp. 59-70. Mini-track chairs: Nik Dalal Oklahoma State University Stillwater, OK 74078 nik(a)okstate.edu<mailto:nik@okstate.edu> (405) 744-8618<tel:%28405%29%20744-8618> Jan H. Kroeze University of South Africa Muckleneuk, Pretoria, 0002, South Africa kroezjh(a)unisa.ac.za<mailto:kroezjh@unisa.ac.za> +27-12-429-6976<tel:%2B27-12-429-6976> Submission Procedure: Submit your manuscript using the manuscript central system at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/amcis2012<https://email.okstate.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=b0787b438f4442bc95161e907622cd9d…> Submit the manuscript using the AMCIS2012 Paper Template<http://amcis2012.aisnet.org/images/amcis2012_paper_template.doc> For more information, see http://amcis2012.aisnet.org/index.php/program/call-for-papers Important Dates January 3, 2012: Manuscript Central will start accepting paper submissions March 1, 2012: (11:59 PM Pacific time zone): Deadline for paper submissions April 6, 20012: Authors will be notified of acceptances on or about this date April 25, 2012: (11:59 PM Pacific time zone): For accepted papers, camera ready copy due _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

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