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Fwd: [AISWorld] CFP: AMCIS 2012 Minitrack on Contemporary Issues in Agile Development
by Gustaf Neumann 23 Feb '12

23 Feb '12

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] CFP: AMCIS 2012 Minitrack on Contemporary Issues in Agile Development Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:42:57 -0600 From: Venugopal Balijepally <bvenugopal(a)gmail.com> To: AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org *Call for Papers* AMCIS 2012 Seattle, Washington August 9-12, 2012 Track: Systems Analysis and Design (SIGSAND) *Mini-track:Contemporary Issues in Agile Development* *Description* Agile manifesto, which introduced agility into software development, is now more than a decade old. During this period, agile methodologies have seen increased acceptance among software developers. Though agile methodologies, such as XP and Scrum, continue to grow in popularity, there is also evidence of a tailored approach being used by some organizations, by choosing agile practices from different methodologies that fit with their needs.The increasing acceptance of agile methods by organizations brings to the fore a number of new research issues. These include adoption and post-adoption experiences with agile, experiences with tailored approach to agile development, agile project management, social aspects of agile development, distributed agile development, scalability of agile methodologies, and enterprise agility, to name but a few. For example, there is little of note on the project management aspects of agile development, including such issues as cost and schedule estimation and planning, allocation of resources, management of risks, and change control management. Also, with software development becoming more global, there is an urgent need to understand how agile practices can be effectively employed in a distributed environment. The term ?agility? has now assumed a broader meaning, extending its context and implications beyond software development to the overall organizational climate. Clearly, the growing popularity of agile principles and practices affords IS scholars opportunities to study these and many more research issues. This mini-track will provide a forum for researchers to address fundamental issues in agile development and to explore contemporary issues raised by the widespread acceptance of agile methodologies. *Scope* The following questions attempt to delineate the scope of this mini-track: 1. What are the critical success factors for the adoption and sustained use of agile methodologies such as Extreme Programming (XP) and Scrum? 2. In what ways do agile project management practices differ from traditional approaches to managing IT projects? 3. What are the challenges and/or risks of using agile practices in a distributed software development environment? What steps should an organization take to mitigate these risks? 4. What are the issues in scaling software agility? 5. How are lean practices influencing agile software development? *Suggested Topics* * Agile project management ? tools, metrics, practices, roles, risk management, etc. * Tailored approach to agile development * Knowledge Management in agile development * ?Agile methods in theory? versus ?agile methods in practice? * Decision-making and governance issues of agile development * Self organizing principles and practices of agile teams * Integrating human-computer interaction (HCI) concepts with agile development * Economics of agile development * Role of agile methods in large-scale, mission critical systems and large teams * Agile development and process maturity (relationship to CMM-SW, CMMI and ISO 9001) * The efficacy of Test-Driven Development * Distributed agile development * Enterprise agility * Education and training in agile development * Lean enterprise and software development *Important Dates* January 2, 2012Submission opens March 1, 2012Submission deadline April 2, 2012Notification of acceptance April 20, 2012Final 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. *Minitrack Chair(s)* VenuGopal Balijepally, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX, USA vebalijepally(a)pvamu.edu <mailto:vebalijepally@pvamu.edu> RadhaKanta Mahapatra, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA mahapatra(a)uta.edu <mailto:mahapatra@uta.edu> Sridhar Nerur, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX, USA snerur(a)uta.edu <mailto:snerur@uta.edu>

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Fwd: [AISWorld] AMCIS 2012 Call for Papers: Enterprise Architecture & Organizational Success minitrack
by Gustaf Neumann 23 Feb '12

23 Feb '12

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] AMCIS 2012 Call for Papers: Enterprise Architecture & Organizational Success minitrack Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:28:46 -0500 From: Alberto Espinosa <alberto(a)american.edu> To: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org AMCIS 2012 - Call for Papers Mini-Track: Enterprise Architecture & Organizational Success Enterprise Architecting (EA) is the process of developing an enterprise Information Technology architecture -- both its description and its implementation. An EA description focuses on a holistic and integrated view of the why, where, and who uses IT systems and how and what they are used for within an organization. An enterprise architect (and his/her team) develops the strategy and enables the decisions for designing, developing, and deploying IT systems to support the business operations as well as to assess, select, and integrate the technology into the organization's infrastructure. Alignment between business and IT has remained one of the top three issues for CIOs and IS managers for several years as reported by CIO magazine. An EA implementation focuses on remediating, renovating, or replacing IT systems in compliance with the EA description to achieve the proposed benefits. EA is central to the execution of business strategies. Organizations vary in their degree of EA maturity. While the research literature has devoted substantial attention to the development of effective EA frameworks and the alignment of business and IT, there is very little empirical evidence about the organizational benefits of EA. For example, we know very little about which processes, approaches or coordination practices lead to an effective architecting effort or whether this effort leads to measurable organizational benefits. Consequently, we are soliciting paper submissions that: advance our knowledge of EA; help us learn about effective processes and approaches to effectively manage the EA; and begin to identify ways to measure the organizational benefits derived from EA. Papers will be solicited in several areas, including, but not limited to the following: . Architecting Processes, Methodologies and Practices . Architectural Frameworks and Theory . Business Process Architecture . Tools and Techniques Supporting Architecting . Service-Oriented Architectures (including Web Services) . System versus Software Architectures . Addressing EA Challenges . Integration of EA with IT Governance and SOA . Surveys and Case Studies . EA and Organizational Success Important dates: March 1st. 2012 Deadline for paper submissions April 6, 2012 Notification of acceptance April 25, 2012 Final copy due Instructions for authors: The entire paper should be no more than 5,000 words, including all materials and sections such as figures, tables, and references. All conference submissions will be double-blind, peer reviewed, and must be submitted using the online submission system at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/amcis2010. For complete instructions for authors and information about the conference, visit the AMCIS 2010 website at http://www.amcis2010.org <http://www.amcis2010.org/> Mini-Track Co-Chairs Frank Armour, Kogod School of Business, American University, farmour(a)american.edu J. Alberto Espinosa, Kogod School of Business, American University, alberto(a)american.edu Stephen Kaisler, SHK and Associates, skaisler1(a)comcast.net William DeLone, Kogod School of Business, American University, wdelone(a)american.edu Peter Loos, IWi at DFKI, Saarland University, Germany, loos(a)iwi.uni-sb.de

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Fwd: CFP IJCCI 2012 - International Joint Conference on Computational Intelligence (Barcelona/Spain)
by Gustaf Neumann 23 Feb '12

23 Feb '12

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: CFP IJCCI 2012 - International Joint Conference on Computational Intelligence (Barcelona/Spain) Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:16:25 -0500 From: IJCCI Secretariat <postmaster13(a)303media.net> Reply-To: ijcci.secretariat(a)insticc.org <ijcci.secretariat(a)insticc.org> To: gustaf.neumann(a)wu-wien.ac.at CALL FOR PAPERS 4th International Joint Conference on Computational Intelligence IJCCI website: http://www.ijcci.org/ October 5 - 7, 2012 Barcelona, Spain Sponsored by: INSTICC INSTICC is Member of: WfMC IMPORTANT DATES: Regular Paper Submission: April 19, 2012 Authors Notification (regular papers): June 13, 2012 Final Regular Paper Submission and Registration: July 5, 2012 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dear Gustaf Neumann, Let me kindly inform you that the International Joint Conference on Computational Intelligence (IJCCI 2012 - http://www.ijcci.org/) steering committee cordially invites you to submit a paper to the IJCCI 2012 Conference, to be held in Barcelona, Spain. The deadline for paper submission is scheduled for April 19, 2012. This meeting takes place yearly, bringing together top researchers and practitioners in computational technologies, especially those related to Fuzzy Computation, Evolutionary Computation and Neural Computation. The three main topic areas have been defined as concurrent and co-located sub-conferences of IJCCI, namely: - Fuzzy Computation Theory and Applications (http://www.fcta.ijcci.org/) - Evolutionary Computation Theory and Applications (http://www.ecta.ijcci.org/) - Neural Computation Theory and Applications (http://www.ncta.ijcci.org/) IJCCI is interested in promoting high quality research as it can be confirmed by last year acceptance rates, where from 283 submissions, 12% were accepted as full papers. Additionally, 22% were presented as short papers and 20% as posters. Submitted papers will be subject to a double-blind review process. All accepted papers (full, short and posters) will be published in the conference proceedings, under an ISBN reference, on paper and on CD-ROM support. IDFR A short list of presented papers will be selected so that revised and extended versions of these papers will be published by Springer-Verlag in a SCI Series book The proceedings will be submitted for indexation by Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index (ISI), INSPEC, DBLP and EI (Elsevier Index). 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/). Best paper awards will be distributed during the conference closing session. 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. We hope to welcome you in Barcelona, Spain next October, 2012! Should you have any question please don't hesitate contacting me. Kind regards, Vera Coelho IJCCI Secretariat Av. D.Manuel I, 27A 2.Esq. 2910-595 Setubal, Portugal Tel.: +351 265 100 033 Fax: +44 203 014 8638 Email: ijcci.secretariat(a)insticc.org ----------------------------------------------------------------- To SUBSCRIBE: http://internetmailmanager.com/s/reg.Asp?a=48HNJMLNNFABNL8LN77JNSRA&b=JPL87… ----------------------------------------------------------------- To FORWARD: http://internetmailmanager.com/s/fwd.asp?a=48HNJMLNNFABNL8LN77JNSRA&b=JPL87… ----------------------------------------------------------------- To UNSUBSCRIBE: http://internetmailmanager.com/s/us.asp?a=48HNJMLNNFABNL8LN77JNSRA&b=JPL87P… ---------------------------------------------------

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Fwd: CFP of IEEE TrustCom-2012 and IUCC-2012 in Liverpool, UK, 25-27 June 2012
by Gustaf Neumann 23 Feb '12

23 Feb '12

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: CFP of IEEE TrustCom-2012 and IUCC-2012 in Liverpool, UK, 25-27 June 2012 Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:34:46 +0800 From: cfp(a)grid.chu.edu.tw To: neumann(a)wu-wien.ac.at [Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this email] ***************** IEEE TrustCom-2012 and IUCC-2012 CFP ***************** The 11th IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications (TrustCom-2012) to be held in Liverpool, England, UK, 25-27 June 2012 http://www.scim.brad.ac.uk/~hmibrahi/TrustCom2012/ The 11th IEEE International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing and Communications (IUCC-2012) to be held in Liverpool, England, UK, 25-27 June 2012 http://www.scim.brad.ac.uk/~hmibrahi/IUCC2012/ Sponsored by IEEE, IEEE Computer Society and IEEE Technical Committee of Scalable Computing (TCSC) *********************************************************************** Distinguished selected papers from the conferences, after further extensions, will be published in the Special Issues of the following prestigious journals: ?IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems ?IEEE ?Future Generation Computer Systems - Elsevier ?Multimedia Tools and Applications ?Springer ?Journal of Computers & Electrical Engineering ?Elsevier ?Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience - John Wiley & Sons ?Journalfecurityndommunicationetworks - Wiley ?EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking ?Hindawi (pending) Furthermore, some top-rated papers will be recommended for submission and publication in the following prestigious journals: ?Computers & Security ?Elsevier ?Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory - Elsevier *********************************************************************** IMPORTANT DATES =============== Submission Deadline: 18 March 2012 (This is the extended firm deadline) Authors Notification: 8 April 2012 Final Manuscript Due: 8 May 2012 Registration Due: 8 May 2012 Conference Date: 25-27 June 2012 ? PUBLICATIONS ========================== Once accepted, the papers will be included into the IEEE conference proceedings published by IEEE Computer Society Press (indexed by EI). WORKSHOPS AND SYMPOSIA ====================== The following workshops will be held in conjunction with IEEE TrustCom-2012 and IUCC-2012. 1. The Second IEEE International Symposium on Trust and Identity in Mobile Internet, Computing and Communications (TrustID-2012) http://www.trustid-ws.org/ 2. The Second IEEE International Symposium on Trust and Security in Cloud Computing (TSCloud-2012) http://tscloud.org/tscloud2012/ 3. The Third International Symposium on Mobile and Wireless Network Security (MWNS-2012) http://www.chineseineurope.net/mwns2012/ 4. The Fourth International Symposium on UbiSafe Computing (UbiSafe-2012) http://trust.csu.edu.cn/conference/UbiSafe2012/ 5. The Second International Workshop on Anonymity and Communication Systems (ACS-2012) http://trust.csu.edu.cn/conference/ACS2012/ 6. The Second International Workshop on Security and Privacy in Internet of Things (SPIoT-2012) http://trust.csu.edu.cn/conference/SPIoT2012/ 7. The Second International Symposium on Security and Quantum Communications (SQC-2012) http://trust.csu.edu.cn/conference/SQC2012/ 8. The Second International Workshop on Security & Optimization for Wireless Networks (SOWN-2012) http://math.fjnu.edu.cn/sown2012/ 9. The First International Workshop on Trust, Security and Privacy in e-Government, e- Systems & Social Networking (eGSSN-12) http://webs.um.es/jmalcaraz/eGSSN12/ 10. The Fourth IEEE International Workshop on Security in e-Science and e-Research (ISSR 2012) https://turing.uwl.ac.uk/issr2012 11. International Workshop on Knowledge Acquisition and Management in the Internet of Things (KAMIoT-2012) http://www.seba.bnu.edu.cn/KAMIoT2012/ 12. The Second International Workshop on Multimedia Communications and Networking (MultiCom-2012) http://www-users.aston.ac.uk/~pengx1/MultiCom2012/ 13. The Second International Workshop on All-IP Next Generation Networks (AIPNGN-2012) http://cs.hope.ac.uk/aipngn2012/ 14. The Third International Workshop on Intelligent Communication Networks (IntelNet-2012) http://www.lrm.sdu.edu.cn/intelnet2012/1.htm 15. The third International Workshop on Virtualization Technology (IWVT-2012)? http://grid.hust.edu.cn/IWVT12/ 16. The third International Workshop on Interactive Environments and Emergent Technologies for eLearning (IEETeL-2012) https://sites.google.com/site/ieet4el/ 17. The 2012 International Workshop on Ubiquitous Service Systems and Technologies (USST- 2012) http://iseco.idv.tw/yphuang/~USST12.html To subscribe other emails or see information of this mailing list, please go to http://grid.chu.edu.tw/mailling_list/subscribe.php To unsubscribe, please click http://grid.chu.edu.tw/unsubscribe.php?mail=neumann@wu-wien.ac.at For other questions, please send email to cfp-admin(a)grid.chu.edu.tw

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Fwd: [AISWorld] Approaching Deadline: Workshop on Domain Engineering @ CAiSE'2012
by Gustaf Neumann 22 Feb '12

22 Feb '12

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] Approaching Deadline: Workshop on Domain Engineering @ CAiSE'2012 Datum: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:37:22 +0200 Von: Iris Reinhartz-Berger <iris(a)is.haifa.ac.il> An: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org DE@CAiSE'12: Workshop on Domain Engineering In Conjunction with CAiSE'12 ******************************************** Submission deadline: February 26th, 2012 Event Date: June 26th, 2012 Event Location: Gdansk, Poland http://www.domainengineering.org/DE@CAiSE12/ ********************************************* Domain Engineering aims at developing, maintaining, and managing the creation and evolution of domains, which are areas of knowledge that use common concepts for describing phenomena, requirements, problems, capabilities, and solutions that are of interest to a specific set of stakeholders. Domain Engineering is used, researched, and studied in various fields, such as Software Product Line Engineering (SPLE), Domain-Specific Language Engineering (DSLE), and Conceptual Modeling& Knowledge Engineering (CMKE). In SPLE, Domain Engineering deals with specifying, designing, implementing, and managing reusable assets, such as specification sets, patterns, and components, that may be suitable, after customization, adaptation, or even extension, to families of software products. The commonality and variability of different products are analyzed and represented usually in feature models or utilizing UML profiles. In DSLE, Domain Engineering aims at designing and developing languages that support the terminologies of domains and at defining, implementing, and validating syntactic and semantic rules that enable combinations of terms. In CMKE, the focus of Domain Engineering is on capturing, representing, analyzing and processing knowledge about the domain and how this knowledge can contribute to software engineering. Domain Engineering methods and approaches have become of special interest to the Information Systems and Software Engineering communities for several reasons. These reasons include: the need to manage increasing requirements for variability of information and software systems (reflecting variability in customer requirements); the need to minimize accidental complexity when modeling the variability of a domain; and the need to obtain, formalize, and share expertise in different evolving domains. Furthermore, Domain Engineering as a discipline has practical significance as it can provide techniques and technologies that may help reduce time-to-market, product cost, and projects risks on one hand, and help improve product quality and performance on a consistent basis on the other hand. The purpose of this workshop is to bring together researchers and practitioners in the area of Domain Engineering in order to identify possible points of synergy, common problems and solutions, and visions for the future of the area. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Conceptual foundations of Domain Engineering * Methods and techniques to support Domain Engineering * Semantics driven approaches to Domain Engineering * Product line lifecycle engineering * Development and management of domain assets * Domain-driven requirements engineering * Testing, modeling, and formal verification of domain and application artifacts * Application derivation (i.e., how to instantiate artifacts from domain artifacts) * Variability management and techniques that assist in identifying and eliminating spurious complexity * Domain-specific languages, frameworks, and architectures * Utilization of domain engineering as a means of modularization, reuse, validation, and knowledge management * Theoretical and empirical evaluation of domain engineering techniques * Case studies and practice reports related to domain engineering * Domain Engineering based software development processes * Integration of Domain Engineering techniques with systems development approaches Submission Guidelines --------------------- Prospective workshop participants are invited to submit a paper related to the workshop subject. The workshop will accept two types of submissions: 1. Completed Research -- this type of papers should include evidence to support the contribution (e.g. in the form of data analysis, proof of concept, or case studies) and discussion on research findings and their theoretical and practical significance. The paper should not exceed 10 pages (including references and appendices). Accepted completed research papers will be allocated 30 minutes for presentation (including questions& answers) during the workshop and will be published in Springer's LNBIP proceedings. 2. Uncompleted Research -- this type of papers can report on research that is under way with preliminary results available at the time of the conference or include lucid and well-supported statements and suggestions on domain engineering, e.g., directions for the discipline, open questions, criticism on the state-of-the-art, and novel approaches. The paper should not exceed 5 pages (including references and appendices). Accepted research-in-progress papers will be allocated 15-20 minutes for presentation (including questions& answers) during the workshop and will be published in CEUR proceedings. The two types of papers may refer to theoretical and/or practical issues and should be written in Springer LNCS style (seehttp://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html for details). As the workshop will apply double-blind reviews process, the papers should not indicate their authors. Papers should be submitted through the on-line system athttp://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=decaise12. Publication ----------- The paper selection will be based upon the relevance of a paper to the main topics, on its quality and on the potential to stimulate discussion in the workshop. Best papers will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers to a special issue of the International Journal of Information System Modeling and Design. The special issue will include papers from all workshops, which will go through a regular review process, and will be managed by CAiSE'2012 workshops chairs. Important dates Declaration of intention to submit: February 19th, 2012 (through an email to the organizers) Submission deadline: February 26th, 2012 Notification of acceptance: March 23rd, 2012 Camera-ready papers due: April 3rd, 2012 Workshop: June 26th, 2012 Workshop Co-Chairs ------------------ Iris Reinhartz-Berger, University of Haifa, Israel. Arnon Sturm, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. Tony Clark, Middlesex University, London, UK Yair Wand, University of British Columbia, Canada Jorn Bettin, Sofismo, Switzerland Sholom Cohen, Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Workshop Program Committee --------------------------- Mathieu Acher, University of Namur, Belgium Mira Balaban, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel Kim Dae-Kyoo, Oakland University, USA Olga De Troyer, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Joerg Evermann, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada Yishai Feldman, IBM Haifa Research Labs, Israel Ulrich Frank, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany Jeff Gray, University of Alabama, USA Giancarlo Guizzardi, Federal University of Espirito Santo, Brazil Patrick Heymans, University of Namur, Belgium Oystein Haugen, SINTEF, Norway Timo Kakola, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland David H. Lorenz, Open University, Israel Parastoo Mohagheghi, SINTEF, Norway Oscar Pastor, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain Klaus Pohl, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany Julia Rubin, IBM Haifa Research Labs, Israel Lior Schachter, Open University, Israel Klaus Schmid, University of Hildesheim, Germany Pnina Soffer, University of Haifa, Israel For more information on the workshop, please contact: Iris Reinhartz-Berger Department of Information Systems University of Haifa, Carmel Mountain, Haifa 31905, Israel Email:iris@is.haifa.ac.il Phone: 972-4-8288502

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Fwd: [AISWorld] Call for Chapters/Papers on Technology Enhanced Learning
by Gustaf Neumann 22 Feb '12

22 Feb '12

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] Call for Chapters/Papers on Technology Enhanced Learning Datum: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:41:01 +0100 Von: Jelena Jovanovic <jeljov(a)gmail.com> An: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org *** Apologies for cross posting *** CALL FOR CHAPTERS/PAPERS on (1) the general theme of Technology Enhanced Learning for an edited book (2) a special section on ?Game-based Learning: Design and Applications? of the Interdisciplinary Journal of Information, Knowledge, and Management (IJIKM) URL: http://jelenajovanovic.net/tel-cfp-2012.html Proposals Submission Deadline: 29 FEBRUARY 2012 ( ONE WEEK AWAY ! ) Full Chapters/Papers Due: 15 APRIL 2012 AIM & SCOPE Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) is a very broad and increasingly mature research field. It encompasses a variety of research topics, ranging from the study of different pedagogical approaches, teaching techniques and strategies for online learning to the application of advanced technologies in educational settings (e.g., different kinds of mobile devices, sensors and sensor networks that provide the technical foundation for context-aware, ubiquitous learning). The TEL community has also been exploring the use of Artificial Intelligence technologies and techniques for the development of intelligent learning environments capable of adapting to the learners? needs and preferences and providing learners with personalized learning experience. Recognizing the potential of online social networks, social media and Web-based social software tools as learning platforms for online education, the TEL community has poured significant time and effort into researching how these popular technologies could be combined with appropriate pedagogical approaches to make learning experience more engaging, satisfying and successful. Among the most important results of these research efforts are personal learning environments that allow learners to create mash-ups of diverse social software tools based on their own needs and preferences, as well as to create and maintain their online learning networks. Undeniably, technological advances are making education more accessible to an increasing number of people worldwide; to fully exploit the huge benefit the technology is offering, the TEL community is exploring efficient approaches for adapting learning resources to address language, generation and cultural specificities. Aiming to make learning accessible to all, the community has also focused on the development of solutions for learners with special needs. Finally, it should be noted that all the above mentioned research efforts of the TEL community are finding their applications in different learning contexts and domains, including formal education and informal learning, as well as workplace learning in small, medium and large companies. Since the scope of TEL research is constantly evolving, the above given overview of the current research efforts does not aim to be exhaustive by any means. Instead, its purpose is to give some insights into the breadth of research topics and challenges that the edited book aims to cover. Accordingly, the recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following: Technological Foundation for Advanced Educational Solutions - Social software and social computing - Semantic technologies (including Semantic Web technologies and natural language processing) - Mobile technologies, sensors, context-aware and ubiquitous computing - Educational data mining and learning analytics - Technologies for interoperability, sharing and integration of educational resources - Learner modeling and other technologies for personalization and adaptation - Open learning content and tools Pedagogical Foundation for Advanced Educational Solutions - Collaborative learning and knowledge building - Problem- and project-based learning - Learner motivation and engagement - Game-based learning - Learning design and different design approaches Individual and Organizational Learning - Self-regulated learning - Communities of learners & Communities of practice - Knowledge management and organizational learning - Lifelong learning - Informal learning Accommodating Diversities - Accessible learning for all - Addressing language, generation and cultural differences As can be seen from this list of topics, one of the areas in TEL is game-based learning. Researchers have found that educational and/or computer-based games have real potential as learning tools. It has been shown, for example, that games can help players to improve their problem solving and negotiation skills, narrative and communication skills as well as non-linear thinking patterns. Game-based learning has already been successfully applied to both the school and workplace settings, and their adoption is continually increasing. In addition, there has recently been an increasing interest in ?gamification? of education as a means to increase students? motivation for learning. Gamification refers to the use of game design elements, or the so-called game mechanics, in non-game contexts and applications with the aim of increasing users? engagement with those applications. Game design elements are often very efficient in increasing motivation as they are grounded on research results of positive psychology. While educational games have been studied extensively for years, the gamification of education, i.e., the application of game mechanics in online learning environments with the aim of motivating learners to engage with the contents, activities and tools offered by these environments, is an emerging research area that has just started to attract the attention of education-oriented research communities. Regardless of their maturity, both research areas face many interesting and challenging research questions, among which, for the special section on ?Game-based Learning: Design and Applications?, the most interesting are those related to motivation as one of the key determinants of successful learning and knowledge building activities, both in academic and workplace settings. Accordingly, in this special section we welcome submissions that report on: - the design and development of educational games that motivate users to indulge in learning activities - the application of game design elements in online learning environments with the aim of increasing learners? motivation and engagement - the evaluation of educational games or game mechanics in real world educational settings SUBMISSION PROCEDURE For the edited book, prospective authors are invited to submit on or before February 29, 2012 a 2-page proposal to jeljov(a)gmail.com <mailto:jeljov@gmail.com> (cc. rchiong(a)swin.edu.au <mailto:rchiong@swin.edu.au>) clearly explaining the mission and concerns of the proposed chapter. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by April 15, 2012. All submitted chapters will be reviewed by at least three reviewers and the final decision of acceptance or rejection will be based on their recommendations. For the special section of IJIKM, all submissions should follow the guidelines available at http://ijikm.org/submitm.html. During the submission process, please indicate ?Special Section on Game-based Learning: Design and Applications? in the comments area. Full papers should be submitted by April 15, 2012 (proposals are not required before the full paper submission, but prospective authors are encouraged to indicate their interests any time before the submission deadline). IMPORTANT DATES Deadline for chapter proposals: February 29, 2012 (extended) Deadline for full chapters/papers: April 15, 2012 Notification of acceptance/rejection: June 15, 2012 Deadline for final submissions: August 15, 2012 EDITORS Jelena JOVANOVIC, jeljov(a)gmail.com <mailto:jeljov@gmail.com> Faculty of Organizational Sciences University of Belgrade Jove Ilica 154 11000 Belgrade SERBIA Raymond CHIONG, rchiong(a)swin.edu.au <mailto:rchiong@swin.edu.au> Faculty of Higher Education Swinburne University of Technology 50 Melba Avenue, Lilydale Victoria 3140 AUSTRALIA EDITORIAL BOARD Jacqueline Bourdeau, Télé-université, UQAM, Canada Tantatape Brahmasrene, Purdue University North Central, USA Cyrille Desmoulins, Université Joseph Fourier, France Vladan Devedzic, University of Belgrade, Serbia Darina Dicheva, Winston-Salem State University, USA Jon Dron, Athabasca University, Canada Martin Ebner, TU Graz, Austria Dragan Gasevic, Athabasca University, Canada Monique Grandbastien, Université Henri Poincaré, France Marek Hatala, Simon Fraser University, Canada Seiji Isotani, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil Zoran Jeremic, University of Belgrade, Serbia June Lu, University of Houston-Victoria, USA Riichiro Mizoguchi, Osaka University, Japan Kai Pata, Tallinn University, Estonia Demetrios G Sampson, University of Piraeus, Greece Li Suhong, Bryant University, USA Shouhong Wang, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA Thomas Weise, University of Science and Technology of China, China Janice Whatley, University of Salford, UK Fridolin Wild, Knowledge Media Institute, UK

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Fwd: [WI] 8th Reasoning Web Summer School (RW 2012) - Call for Applications
by Gustaf Neumann 22 Feb '12

22 Feb '12

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [WI] 8th Reasoning Web Summer School (RW 2012) - Call for Applications Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:58:19 +0100 From: Thomas Krennwallner <tkren(a)kr.tuwien.ac.at> Reply-To: Thomas Krennwallner <tkren(a)kr.tuwien.ac.at> Organization: Vienna University of Technology To: undisclosed-recipients: ; CALL FOR APPLICATIONS/PARTICIPATION REASONING WEB 2012 The 8th Reasoning Web Summer School (RW 2012) Vienna, Austria, September 03-08, 2012 http://www.reasoningweb.org/2012/ co-located with the - 6th Int'l Conference on Web Reasoning and Rule Systems (RR 2012), September 10-12, 2012 http://www.rr-conference.org/RR2012/ - 4th Int'l Conference on Computational Models of Argument (COMMA 2012), September 10-12, 2012 http://www.kr.tuwien.ac.at/events/comma2012/ - 2nd Datalog 2.0 Workshop, September 11-13, 2012 http://www.dbai.tuwien.ac.at/event/datalog-2.0/ - 23rd Int'l Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications (DEXA 2012), September 03-07, 2012 http://www.dexa.org/ The Reasoning Web Summer School 2012 is primarily intended for postgraduate (PhD or MSc) students, postdocs, and other young researchers investigating aspects related to Reasoning on the Semantic Web and related issues. The Summer School will also be open to senior researchers wishing to learn about Semantic Web issues related to their own fields of research. For further details please visit http://www.reasoningweb.org/2012/ As in the previous years, we managed again to attract a distinguished group of expert lecturers, the majority of which will - apart from their lectures - also be present for the duration of the school to interact with students. Interaction with senior researchers and establishing contacts within young researchers is a main focus of the school, which will be supported through social activities and an interactive, amicable atmosphere. This year's summer school will be co-located with a number of related conferences and workshop, viz. Int'l Conference on Web Reasoning and Rule Systems 2012, the Int'l Conference on Computational Models of Argument 2012, the Int'l Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications 2012, and the 2nd Datalog 2.0 Workshop 2012 (dates and links are given above). This will be a great opportunity to attend major conferences and workshops in the area directly subsequent to the school. As a further highlight, we want to point out the opportunity of PhD students to present their research at the RR 2012 Doctoral Consortium. More details are given on the RR 2012 website: http://www.rr-conference.org/RR2012/ == IMPORTANT DATES == Application deadline: May 4, 2012 Notifications: May 21, 2012 == CONFIRMED LECTURES == - Federation and Navigation in SPARQL 1.1 Marcelo Arenas (PUC Chile) and Jorge Pérez (U Chile) - Semantic Wikis: Approaches, Applications, and Perspectives François Bry (U Munich), Sebastian Schaffert (Salzburg Research), Denny Vrandečić (KIT), and Klara Weiand (U Munich) - Reasoning& Web Search Sergio Flesca (U Calabria) and Tim Furche (U Oxford) - Linked Data Stream Processing Manfred Hauswirth, Danh Le Phuoc, and Josiane Xavier Parreira (DERI, NUI Galway) - Query Processing and Reasoning for Linked Geospatial Data Manolis Koubarakis (U Athens) - OWL 2 Profiles: An Introduction to Lightweight Ontology Languages Markus Krötzsch (U Oxford) - Reasoning and Query Answering in Description Logics Magdalena Ortiz and Mantas Simkus (TU Vienna) - Reasoning with Uncertain and Inconsistent Ontologies for the Semantic Web Guilin Qi (South Eastern U, China) - Argumentation and the Web Francesca Toni (Imperial College) - Datalog and Its Extensions for the Semantic Web Georg Gottlob, Giorgio Orsi, Andreas Pieris (U Oxford) and Mantas Simkus (TU Vienna) == APPLICATIONS == The number of attendees will be limited, applications for participation have to be submitted via Easychair using the "Application" category: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=reasoningweb2012 The program of the school will include a poster session, where students can present and discuss their ongoing research with lecturers and colleagues. Applicants who wish to participate in the poster session shall tick the "Participation in poster session" group and include a poster title and abstract with their application submission. Applications must be submitted in PDF format not exceeding 2 pages (min. font size 11pt) and contain the following information: - Name, contact details - Affiliation - Motivation for participation - Summary of profile - Willing to present a poster? (if yes, add a poster title and abstract) - Supervisor (if applicable) - Publications (if applicable) == GRANTS == The organizing committee is considering to offer scholarships to participants to partially cover registration and/or accommodation fees, depending on available sponsorships. Details will be announced soon. == REGISTRATION == Details of the registration process will be announced on the summer school website, after the application deadline. As in previous years we will keep the registration fee moderate. == LECTURE NOTES == The course material used during the summer school will be published with Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. A copy of the proceedings will be included in the registration fees. == PROGRAM COMMITTEE == - Grigoris Antoniou (FORTH Crete) - Abraham Bernstein (U Zuerich) - François Bry (U Munich) - Thomas Eiter (TU Vienna, chair) - Birte Glimm (U Ulm) - Claudio Gutierrez (UC Santiago) - Axel Polleres (Siemens) == CONTACT == For further information including sponsorship opportunities, please contact the local organizers: - Thomas Eiter<http://www.kr.tuwien.ac.at/staff/eiter/> - Thomas Krennwallner<http://www.kr.tuwien.ac.at/staff/tkren/> -- 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: Call For Papers: Paper Submission Deadline (March 12), Conference on e-Learning, e-Business, Enterprise Information Systems, and e-Government (EEE 2012, USA)
by Gustaf Neumann 22 Feb '12

22 Feb '12

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: Call For Papers: Paper Submission Deadline (March 12), Conference on e-Learning, e-Business, Enterprise Information Systems, and e-Government (EEE 2012, USA) Datum: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:22:32 -0500 Von: e-Learning - EEE <wcom12(a)world-comp.org> An: neumann(a)wu-wien.ac.at Dear Colleagues: Please share the announcement below with those who may be interested; we would be most grateful. EEE Committee. ---------------- CALL FOR PAPERS The 2012 International Conference on e-Learning, e-Business, Enterprise Information Systems, and e-Government (EEE'12) Date and Location: July 16-19, 2012, Las Vegas, USA IMPORTANT DATES: March 12, 2012: Submission of full papers (about 7 pages) April 12, 2012: Notification of acceptance (+/- two days) April 26, 2012: Final papers + Copyright/Consent + Registration July 16-19, 2012: The 2012 International Conference on e-Learning, e-Business, Enterprise Information Systems, and e-Government (EEE'12) You are invited to submit a full paper for consideration. All accepted papers will be published in printed conference books/proceedings (ISBN) and will also be made available online. The proceedings will be indexed in science citation databases that track citation frequency/data for each paper. In addition, like prior years, extended versions of selected papers (about 40%) will appear in journals and edited research books (publishers include: Springer, Elsevier, ...). SCOPE: Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: O e-Learning: - e-Learning design and methodologies - e-Learning portals - Instructional design methodologies - Audio and video technologies for e-Learning - Authoring tools - e-Learning technologies and tools - Social impact and cultural issues in e-Learning - Content management and development - Policy issues in e-Learning - On-demand e-Learning - e-Learning standards - Learning tools and strategies - Assessment methodologies - Knowledge management - Virtual learning environments - AI and e-Learning - On-line education (all levels: elementary, secondary, ...) - Open-source e-Learning platforms - Training and evaluation strategies - e-Universities - Case studies and emerging applications O e-Business: - e-Business systems integration and standardization - Electronic negotiation systems and protocols - Internet payment systems - e-Procurement methods - Techniques for B2B e-Commerce - Global e-Commerce and e-Business - e-Business models and architectures - Service-oriented e-Commerce - Trust, security, and privacy in e-Commerce and e-Business - Intelligence in e-Commerce - Secure Databases and e-Commerce applications - Business-oriented and consumer-oriented e-Commerce - Development of e-Business and applications - e-Business in developing countries - Novel marketing strategies on the web - Organizational and management issues - Supply chain management - e-Retailing and web design - Applications of new technologies to e-Business - Middleware technologies to support e-business - Case studies and applications O Enterprise Information Systems: - Strategic decision support systems - Organizational semiotics and semiotics in computing - Datacenters, data warehouses and technologies - Knowledge management - Enterprise resource planning and e-Business - middleware integration - Intranet and extranet business applications - Databases and information systems integration - Intelligent agents - Enterprise-wide client-server architectures - Information systems analysis and specification - Ontology engineering - CASE tools for system development - B2B and B2C applications - Business processes re-engineering - Market-spaces: market portals, hubs, auctions, ... - Semantic web technologies and Cloud computing - Web interfaces and usability - Human factors and e-Learning - Case studies and applications O e-Government: - e-Government - Use of e-Government methodologies to prevent corruption - Legal aspects of e-Government - Risk management - Methods and tools for e-Government - Policies and strategies - Designing web services for e-Government - Trust and security in e-Government - Enterprise architecture for e-Government - Interoperability frameworks in e-Government - Inter-administration and G2G issues - Public and private partnership - Teaching e-Government - Case studies O e-Politics: - e-Democracy and e-Voting - Parliamentary informatics - e-Participation - Open-source governance - Open politics - Electronic rule-making - Interactive public docket - Hacktivism - Politics in the information age - Case studies and related issues CO-SPONSORS: Currently being prepared - The ACADEMIC sponsors of the last offering of EEE (2011) included research labs and centers affiliated with (a partial list): University of California, Berkeley; Harvard University; Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); University of Texas at Austin; University of Southern California; Minnesota Supercomputing Institute, University of Minnesota; Germany's University of Siegen; UMIT, Institute of Bioinformatics and Translational Research, Austria; Georgia Institute of Technology; University of Iowa; Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia; University of Naples Federico II, Italy; University of Naples Parthenope, Italy; Second University of Naples, Italy; ICEL, Texas A&M University Com.; University of North Dakota; and others. CORPORATE Co-Sponsors and Sponsors at-large included (a partial list): Intel Corporation; Microsoft Research; Altera Corporation; Pico Computing; SuperMicro Computer, Inc., USA; High Performance Computing for Nanotechnology (HPCNano); International Society of Intelligent Biological Medicine; World Academy of Biomedical Sciences and Technologies; Int'l Council on Medical and Care Compunetics; UK Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform; Scientific Technologies Corporation; and HoIP - Health without Boundaries; and others. SUBMISSION OF PAPERS: Prospective authors are invited to submit their papers by uploading them to the evaluation web site at: http://world-comp.org Submissions must be uploaded by March 12, 2012 and they must be in either MS doc or pdf formats (about 7 pages including all figures, tables, and references - single space, font size of 10 to 12). All reasonable typesetting formats are acceptable (later, the authors of accepted papers will be asked to follow a particular typesetting format to prepare their final papers for publication.) Papers must not have been previously published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere. The first page of the paper should include: title of the paper, name, affiliation, postal address, and email address for each author. The first page should also identify the name of the Contact Author and a maximum of 5 topical keywords that would best represent the content of the paper. The name of the conference (ie, EEE) that the paper is being submitted for consideration must be stated on the first page of the paper as well as a 100 to 150-word abstract. The length of the final Camera-Ready papers (if accepted) will be limited to 7 (two-column IEEE style) pages. Each paper will be peer-reviewed by two experts in the field for originality, significance, clarity, impact, and soundness. In cases of contradictory recommendations, a member of the conference program committee will be charged to make the final decision (accept/reject); often, this would involve seeking help from additional referees by using a double-blinded review process. In addition, all papers whose authors include a member of the conference program committee will be evaluated using the double-blinded review process. (Essay/philosophical papers will not be refereed but may be considered for discussion/panels). Authors whose papers are accepted will be instructed to upload their papers to a particular web site for publication - the uploaded papers to the publication web site will only be checked for correct typesetting. At this point, authors will be required to attest to the originality of their work (ie, declaring that no part of the work is plagiarized and the paper does not suffer from any level of plagiarism.) Proceedings of EEE will be published in printed conference books (ISBN) and will also be made available online. The proceedings will be indexed in science citation databases that track citation frequency/data for each published paper (science citation databases such as: Inspec / IET / The Institute for Engineering& Technology; The French National Center for Scientific Research, CNRS, INIST databases, PASCAL (covers the core scientific literature in Science; about 90% of inclusions are journals; only about 9% are proceedings; worldcomp tracks are selected to be among the 9% - accessable from INIST, Datastar, Dialog, EBSCO, OVID, Questel.Orbit, Qwam, and STN International); and others. Though, there is no guarantee that the proceedings will also be included in EI Compendex/Elsevier indexings, in the past, EEE tracks were included in these databases. Therefore, we will also be sending the proceedings for indexing procedures to EI Compendex/ Elsevier. The printed proceedings/books will be available for distribution on site at the conference. In addition to the publication of the proceedings, selected authors will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers for publication in a number of research books contracted with various publishers (such as, Springer, Elsevier, ...) - these books will be composed after the conference. Also, many chairs of tracks will be forming journal special issues to be published after the conference. GENERAL INFORMATION: The EEE 2012 conference is being held jointly (same location and dates) with a number of other research conferences (WORLDCOMP). WORLDCOMP is the largest annual gathering of researchers in computer science, computer engineering and applied computing. We anticipate to have 2,100 or more attendees from over 80 countries. WORLDCOMP 2012 will be composed of research presentations, keynote lectures, invited presentations, tutorials, panel discussions, and poster presentations. In recent past, keynote/ tutorial/panel speakers have included: Prof. David A. Patterson (pioneer, architecture, U. of California, Berkeley), Dr. K. Eric Drexler (known as Father of Nanotechnology), Prof. John H. Holland (known as Father of Genetic Algorithms; U. of Michigan), Prof. Ian Foster (known as Father of Grid Computing; U. of Chicago& ANL), Prof. Ruzena Bajcsy (pioneer, VR, U. of California, Berkeley), Prof. Barry Vercoe (Founding member of MIT Media Lab, MIT), Dr. Jim Gettys (known as X-man, developer of X Window System, xhost; OLPC), Prof. John Koza (known as Father of Genetic Programming, Stanford U.), Prof. Brian D. Athey (NIH Program Director, U. of Michigan), Prof. Viktor K. Prasanna (pioneer, U. of Southern California), Dr. Jose L. Munoz (NSF Program Director and Consultant), Prof. Jun Liu (pioneer, Broad Institute of MIT& Harvard U.), Prof. Lotfi A. Zadeh (Father of Fuzzy Logic), Dr. Firouz Naderi (Head, NASA Mars Exploration Program/2000-2005 and Associate Director, Project Formulation& Strategy, Jet Propulsion Lab, CalTech/NASA; Director, NASA's JPL Solar System Exploration), Prof. David Lorge Parnas (Fellow of IEEE, ACM, RSC, CAE, GI; Dr.h.c.: ETH Zurich, Prof. Emeritus, McMaster U. and U. of Limerick), Prof. Eugene H. Spafford (Executive Director, CERIAS and Professor, Purdue University), Dr. Sandeep Chatterjee (Vice President& Chief Technology Officer, SourceTrace Systems, Inc.), and many other distinguished speakers. To get a feeling about the conferences' atmosphere, see the 2011 delegates photos available at: http://worldcomp.phanfare.com/5408606 An important mission of WORLDCOMP is "Providing a unique platform for a diverse community of constituents composed of scholars, researchers, developers, educators, and practitioners. The Congress makes concerted effort to reach out to participants affiliated with diverse entities (such as: universities, institutions, corporations, government agencies, and research centers/labs) from all over the world. The congress also attempts to connect participants from institutions that have teaching as their main mission with those who are affiliated with institutions that have research as their main mission. The congress uses a quota system to achieve its institution and geography diversity objectives." One main goal of the congress is to assemble a spectrum of affiliated research conferences, workshops, and symposiums into a coordinated research meeting held in a common place at a common time. This model facilitates communication among researchers in different fields of computer science, computer engineering, and applied computing. The Congress also encourages multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary research initiatives; ie, facilitating increased opportunities for cross-fertilization across sub-disciplines. 67969 MEASURABLE SCIENTIFIC IMPACT OF WORLDCOMP: As of February 5, 2012, papers published in WORLDCOMP set of proceedings have received 20,405 citations. In recent months (November 23, 2011 to February 5, 2012; ie, in about 75 days), there had been 4,545 citations to WORLDCOMP papers (about 1,800 citations per month). The above record is significant (thanks to the authors). As the result of high impact (based on citations) of WORLDCOMP papers, "Microsoft Academic Search" has listed each individual track of the congress among its compiled list of "Top Conferences". The citation record of WORLDCOMP set of proceedings is in fact higher than the citation data of many reputable journals in computer science and computer engineering. Citation data was obtained obtained from http://academic.research.microsoft.com/ ) USEFUL WEB LINKS AND OTHER MISC INFORMATION: 1. Web site of EEE'12: http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/worldcomp12/ws/conferences/eee12 and http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/ The proceedings' Table of Contents of last offering of EEE (2011) appears at: http://world-comp.org/proc2011/eee/contents.pdf 2. Detailed information about citations to proceedings: http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/worldcomp12/ws/news 3. This announcement contains updated and current information (correct as of the date of this message). The information that appears in this announcement supersedes earlier ones. CONTACT: Inquiries should be sent to: editor(a)world-comp.org =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= This email was sent to: neumann(a)wu-wien.ac.at To opt out of this email list: http://world-comp.org/cgi-bin/rm/full.cgi?60DD6214-5F75-11DE-8C2B-D40E0F3C4…

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Fwd: Call For Papers: Paper Submission Deadline (March 12), Conference on e-Learning, e-Business, Enterprise Information Systems, and e-Government (EEE 2012, USA)
by Gustaf Neumann 22 Feb '12

22 Feb '12

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: Call For Papers: Paper Submission Deadline (March 12), Conference on e-Learning, e-Business, Enterprise Information Systems, and e-Government (EEE 2012, USA) Datum: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:57:11 -0500 Von: e-Learning - EEE <wcom12(a)world-comp.org> An: gustaf.neumann(a)wu-wien.ac.at Dear Colleagues: Please share the announcement below with those who may be interested; we would be most grateful. EEE Committee. ---------------- CALL FOR PAPERS The 2012 International Conference on e-Learning, e-Business, Enterprise Information Systems, and e-Government (EEE'12) Date and Location: July 16-19, 2012, Las Vegas, USA IMPORTANT DATES: March 12, 2012: Submission of full papers (about 7 pages) April 12, 2012: Notification of acceptance (+/- two days) April 26, 2012: Final papers + Copyright/Consent + Registration July 16-19, 2012: The 2012 International Conference on e-Learning, e-Business, Enterprise Information Systems, and e-Government (EEE'12) You are invited to submit a full paper for consideration. All accepted papers will be published in printed conference books/proceedings (ISBN) and will also be made available online. The proceedings will be indexed in science citation databases that track citation frequency/data for each paper. In addition, like prior years, extended versions of selected papers (about 40%) will appear in journals and edited research books (publishers include: Springer, Elsevier, ...). SCOPE: Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: O e-Learning: - e-Learning design and methodologies - e-Learning portals - Instructional design methodologies - Audio and video technologies for e-Learning - Authoring tools - e-Learning technologies and tools - Social impact and cultural issues in e-Learning - Content management and development - Policy issues in e-Learning - On-demand e-Learning - e-Learning standards - Learning tools and strategies - Assessment methodologies - Knowledge management - Virtual learning environments - AI and e-Learning - On-line education (all levels: elementary, secondary, ...) - Open-source e-Learning platforms - Training and evaluation strategies - e-Universities - Case studies and emerging applications O e-Business: - e-Business systems integration and standardization - Electronic negotiation systems and protocols - Internet payment systems - e-Procurement methods - Techniques for B2B e-Commerce - Global e-Commerce and e-Business - e-Business models and architectures - Service-oriented e-Commerce - Trust, security, and privacy in e-Commerce and e-Business - Intelligence in e-Commerce - Secure Databases and e-Commerce applications - Business-oriented and consumer-oriented e-Commerce - Development of e-Business and applications - e-Business in developing countries - Novel marketing strategies on the web - Organizational and management issues - Supply chain management - e-Retailing and web design - Applications of new technologies to e-Business - Middleware technologies to support e-business - Case studies and applications O Enterprise Information Systems: - Strategic decision support systems - Organizational semiotics and semiotics in computing - Datacenters, data warehouses and technologies - Knowledge management - Enterprise resource planning and e-Business - middleware integration - Intranet and extranet business applications - Databases and information systems integration - Intelligent agents - Enterprise-wide client-server architectures - Information systems analysis and specification - Ontology engineering - CASE tools for system development - B2B and B2C applications - Business processes re-engineering - Market-spaces: market portals, hubs, auctions, ... - Semantic web technologies and Cloud computing - Web interfaces and usability - Human factors and e-Learning - Case studies and applications O e-Government: - e-Government - Use of e-Government methodologies to prevent corruption - Legal aspects of e-Government - Risk management - Methods and tools for e-Government - Policies and strategies - Designing web services for e-Government - Trust and security in e-Government - Enterprise architecture for e-Government - Interoperability frameworks in e-Government - Inter-administration and G2G issues - Public and private partnership - Teaching e-Government - Case studies O e-Politics: - e-Democracy and e-Voting - Parliamentary informatics - e-Participation - Open-source governance - Open politics - Electronic rule-making - Interactive public docket - Hacktivism - Politics in the information age - Case studies and related issues CO-SPONSORS: Currently being prepared - The ACADEMIC sponsors of the last offering of EEE (2011) included research labs and centers affiliated with (a partial list): University of California, Berkeley; Harvard University; Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); University of Texas at Austin; University of Southern California; Minnesota Supercomputing Institute, University of Minnesota; Germany's University of Siegen; UMIT, Institute of Bioinformatics and Translational Research, Austria; Georgia Institute of Technology; University of Iowa; Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia; University of Naples Federico II, Italy; University of Naples Parthenope, Italy; Second University of Naples, Italy; ICEL, Texas A&M University Com.; University of North Dakota; and others. CORPORATE Co-Sponsors and Sponsors at-large included (a partial list): Intel Corporation; Microsoft Research; Altera Corporation; Pico Computing; SuperMicro Computer, Inc., USA; High Performance Computing for Nanotechnology (HPCNano); International Society of Intelligent Biological Medicine; World Academy of Biomedical Sciences and Technologies; Int'l Council on Medical and Care Compunetics; UK Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform; Scientific Technologies Corporation; and HoIP - Health without Boundaries; and others. SUBMISSION OF PAPERS: Prospective authors are invited to submit their papers by uploading them to the evaluation web site at: http://world-comp.org Submissions must be uploaded by March 12, 2012 and they must be in either MS doc or pdf formats (about 7 pages including all figures, tables, and references - single space, font size of 10 to 12). All reasonable typesetting formats are acceptable (later, the authors of accepted papers will be asked to follow a particular typesetting format to prepare their final papers for publication.) Papers must not have been previously published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere. The first page of the paper should include: title of the paper, name, affiliation, postal address, and email address for each author. The first page should also identify the name of the Contact Author and a maximum of 5 topical keywords that would best represent the content of the paper. The name of the conference (ie, EEE) that the paper is being submitted for consideration must be stated on the first page of the paper as well as a 100 to 150-word abstract. The length of the final Camera-Ready papers (if accepted) will be limited to 7 (two-column IEEE style) pages. Each paper will be peer-reviewed by two experts in the field for originality, significance, clarity, impact, and soundness. In cases of contradictory recommendations, a member of the conference program committee will be charged to make the final decision (accept/reject); often, this would involve seeking help from additional referees by using a double-blinded review process. In addition, all papers whose authors include a member of the conference program committee will be evaluated using the double-blinded review process. (Essay/philosophical papers will not be refereed but may be considered for discussion/panels). Authors whose papers are accepted will be instructed to upload their papers to a particular web site for publication - the uploaded papers to the publication web site will only be checked for correct typesetting. At this point, authors will be required to attest to the originality of their work (ie, declaring that no part of the work is plagiarized and the paper does not suffer from any level of plagiarism.) Proceedings of EEE will be published in printed conference books (ISBN) and will also be made available online. The proceedings will be indexed in science citation databases that track citation frequency/data for each published paper (science citation databases such as: Inspec / IET / The Institute for Engineering& Technology; The French National Center for Scientific Research, CNRS, INIST databases, PASCAL (covers the core scientific literature in Science; about 90% of inclusions are journals; only about 9% are proceedings; worldcomp tracks are selected to be among the 9% - accessable from INIST, Datastar, Dialog, EBSCO, OVID, Questel.Orbit, Qwam, and STN International); and others. Though, there is no guarantee that the proceedings will also be included in EI Compendex/Elsevier indexings, in the past, EEE tracks were included in these databases. Therefore, we will also be sending the proceedings for indexing procedures to EI Compendex/ Elsevier. The printed proceedings/books will be available for distribution on site at the conference. In addition to the publication of the proceedings, selected authors will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers for publication in a number of research books contracted with various publishers (such as, Springer, Elsevier, ...) - these books will be composed after the conference. Also, many chairs of tracks will be forming journal special issues to be published after the conference. GENERAL INFORMATION: The EEE 2012 conference is being held jointly (same location and dates) with a number of other research conferences (WORLDCOMP). WORLDCOMP is the largest annual gathering of researchers in computer science, computer engineering and applied computing. We anticipate to have 2,100 or more attendees from over 80 countries. WORLDCOMP 2012 will be composed of research presentations, keynote lectures, invited presentations, tutorials, panel discussions, and poster presentations. In recent past, keynote/ tutorial/panel speakers have included: Prof. David A. Patterson (pioneer, architecture, U. of California, Berkeley), Dr. K. Eric Drexler (known as Father of Nanotechnology), Prof. John H. Holland (known as Father of Genetic Algorithms; U. of Michigan), Prof. Ian Foster (known as Father of Grid Computing; U. of Chicago& ANL), Prof. Ruzena Bajcsy (pioneer, VR, U. of California, Berkeley), Prof. Barry Vercoe (Founding member of MIT Media Lab, MIT), Dr. Jim Gettys (known as X-man, developer of X Window System, xhost; OLPC), Prof. John Koza (known as Father of Genetic Programming, Stanford U.), Prof. Brian D. Athey (NIH Program Director, U. of Michigan), Prof. Viktor K. Prasanna (pioneer, U. of Southern California), Dr. Jose L. Munoz (NSF Program Director and Consultant), Prof. Jun Liu (pioneer, Broad Institute of MIT& Harvard U.), Prof. Lotfi A. Zadeh (Father of Fuzzy Logic), Dr. Firouz Naderi (Head, NASA Mars Exploration Program/2000-2005 and Associate Director, Project Formulation& Strategy, Jet Propulsion Lab, CalTech/NASA; Director, NASA's JPL Solar System Exploration), Prof. David Lorge Parnas (Fellow of IEEE, ACM, RSC, CAE, GI; Dr.h.c.: ETH Zurich, Prof. Emeritus, McMaster U. and U. of Limerick), Prof. Eugene H. Spafford (Executive Director, CERIAS and Professor, Purdue University), Dr. Sandeep Chatterjee (Vice President& Chief Technology Officer, SourceTrace Systems, Inc.), and many other distinguished speakers. To get a feeling about the conferences' atmosphere, see the 2011 delegates photos available at: http://worldcomp.phanfare.com/5408606 An important mission of WORLDCOMP is "Providing a unique platform for a diverse community of constituents composed of scholars, researchers, developers, educators, and practitioners. The Congress makes concerted effort to reach out to participants affiliated with diverse entities (such as: universities, institutions, corporations, government agencies, and research centers/labs) from all over the world. The congress also attempts to connect participants from institutions that have teaching as their main mission with those who are affiliated with institutions that have research as their main mission. The congress uses a quota system to achieve its institution and geography diversity objectives." One main goal of the congress is to assemble a spectrum of affiliated research conferences, workshops, and symposiums into a coordinated research meeting held in a common place at a common time. This model facilitates communication among researchers in different fields of computer science, computer engineering, and applied computing. The Congress also encourages multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary research initiatives; ie, facilitating increased opportunities for cross-fertilization across sub-disciplines. 32229 MEASURABLE SCIENTIFIC IMPACT OF WORLDCOMP: As of February 5, 2012, papers published in WORLDCOMP set of proceedings have received 20,405 citations. In recent months (November 23, 2011 to February 5, 2012; ie, in about 75 days), there had been 4,545 citations to WORLDCOMP papers (about 1,800 citations per month). The above record is significant (thanks to the authors). As the result of high impact (based on citations) of WORLDCOMP papers, "Microsoft Academic Search" has listed each individual track of the congress among its compiled list of "Top Conferences". The citation record of WORLDCOMP set of proceedings is in fact higher than the citation data of many reputable journals in computer science and computer engineering. Citation data was obtained obtained from http://academic.research.microsoft.com/ ) USEFUL WEB LINKS AND OTHER MISC INFORMATION: 1. Web site of EEE'12: http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/worldcomp12/ws/conferences/eee12 and http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/ The proceedings' Table of Contents of last offering of EEE (2011) appears at: http://world-comp.org/proc2011/eee/contents.pdf 2. Detailed information about citations to proceedings: http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/worldcomp12/ws/news 3. This announcement contains updated and current information (correct as of the date of this message). The information that appears in this announcement supersedes earlier ones. CONTACT: Inquiries should be sent to: editor(a)world-comp.org =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= This email was sent to: gustaf.neumann(a)wu-wien.ac.at To opt out of this email list: http://world-comp.org/cgi-bin/rm/full.cgi?5FD6F29A-5F75-11DE-8B8A-E397122B9…

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Fwd: [AISWorld] CFP: ICWL 2012 (11th International Conference on Web-based Learning)
by Gustaf Neumann 22 Feb '12

22 Feb '12

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] CFP: ICWL 2012 (11th International Conference on Web-based Learning) Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:59:23 +0200 (EET) From: Elvira Popescu <popescu_elvira(a)software.ucv.ro> To: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org [Apologies for multiple postings] ====================================================== ICWL 2012 The 11th International Conference on Web-based Learning 2-4 September 2012, Sinaia, Romania http://www.hkws.org/conference/icwl2012/ ====================================================== The conference program consists of high quality technical papers that are reviewed and selected by an international program committee. Papers are solicited on all technical aspects of web-based learning and related technologies, including but not limited to the following topics: * Technology Enhanced Learning * Personalized and Adaptive Learning * Computer Support for Intelligent Tutoring * Intelligent Tools for Visual Learning * Web-based Learning for Oriental Languages Learning * Game-based Learning * Personal Learning Environments (PLE) * Computer Supported Collaborative Learning * Web 2.0 and Social Learning Environments * HTML5 Web-based Learning * Intelligent Learner and Group Modeling * Learning Analytics * Human Factors and Affective Computing for Learning * E-Learning Platforms and Tools * Design, Model and Framework of e-Learning Systems * Deployment, Organization and Management of Learning Objects * E-Learning Metadata and Standards * Semantic Web and Ontologies for E-learning * Mobile, Situated and Blended Learning * Cloud-based Learning * Pedagogical Issues * Practice and Experience Sharing Paper Submission& Publication ============================== Authors are invited to submit original papers reporting on research results or novel applications in technology-enhanced learning. All accepted full papers presented in the conference will be published as a volume in Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) (pending). Papers for submission should be formatted according to the Springer LNCS Authors Guidelines and have maximum 10 pages. Since the review process will be double-blind, the submitted manuscript should not contain the authors' names, affiliations, or any information that may disclose the authors' identity. All papers should be submitted in PDF format. According to last years? tradition, a Best Paper Award and a Best Student Paper Award will be granted. Furthermore, authors of the best papers presented in the conference will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers for further review and possible publication in IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies. Important Dates =============== Abstract submission deadline: April 18, 2012 Paper submission deadline: April 25, 2012 Notification of paper acceptance: June 10, 2012 Camera-ready paper due: July 1, 2012 Conference dates: September 2-4, 2012 Conference Organization ======================= Conference Co-Chairs * Elvira Popescu, University of Craiova, Romania * Qing Li, City University of Hong Kong Program Committee Co-Chairs * Ralf Klamma, RWTH Aachen University, Germany * Marcus Specht, Open University of the Netherlands, the Netherlands * Howard Leung, City University of Hong Kong Workshop Co-Chairs * Dickson Chiu, Dickson Computer Systems, Hong Kong * Demetrios Sampson, University of Piraeus& CERTH, Greece * Costin Badica, University of Craiova, Romania Panel Co-Chairs * Yiwei Cao, RWTH Aachen University, Germany Publicity Co-Chairs * Frederick Li, University of Durham, UK Steering Committee Representatives * Rynson Lau, City University of Hong Kong * Timothy Shih, National Central University, Taiwan Local Organization Committee Co-Chairs * Eugen Bobasu, University of Craiova, Romania * Marius Brezovan, University of Craiova, Romania Please refer to the conference website (http://www.hkws.org/conference/icwl2012) for more information and contact us at icwl2012(a)software.ucv.ro for any inquiry. _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

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