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Fwd: [AISWorld] Decision Support Systems Journal Special Issue Call for Papers
by Gustaf Neumann 05 Mar '12

05 Mar '12

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] Decision Support Systems Journal Special Issue Call for Papers Datum: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 14:02:58 -0500 Von: YABING JIANG <yajiang(a)fordham.edu> An: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org * ** * Decision Support Systems Call for Papers Special issue on "Information Systems and Operations Management Interfaces" Guest Editors: Abraham Seidmann, Xerox Professor, Simon Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Rochester, USA, avi.seidmann(a)simon.rochester.edu <mailto:avi.seidmann@simon.rochester.edu> Yabing Jiang, Graduate School of Business, Fordham University, USA, yajiang(a)fordham.edu <mailto:yajiang@fordham.edu> Jie Zhang, College of Business, University of Texas at Arlington, USA, jiezhang(a)uta.edu <mailto:jiezhang@uta.edu> Special Issue Scope: This special issue invites original manuscripts of high quality research that use state-of-art empirical, theoretical, experimental, and simulation approaches to explore the increasing complex roles that information systems now play in the design of successful operations at many supply chain and service systems. We are also soliciting comprehensive and methodological reviews of relevant research, and applications highlighting the use of new technologies, methods, and techniques. In particular, we want to systematically explore the complex interplay between business process designs, technology, organizational architectures, and information sharing. There is a growing body of research within the economics, marketing, operations management, information systems, and healthcare communities which are starting to address those issues. We expect to see applications analyzing the impact of information asymmetry across market agents and various issues listed below. Suggested Topics include, but not limited to, the following areas (not an exhaustive list): Behavioral aspects of decision making in supply chain management Call center management Capacity planning Contracting and supply chain design Competition and cooperation Dynamic pricing Enterprise resource allocation Global coordination of supply chains Inventory management Logistical operations Outsourcing Risk management Revenue management Scheduling and planning Submission Instructions: Inquires should be directed to the editors at avi.seidmann(a)simon.rochester.edu, yajiang(a)fordham.edu, and jiezhang(a)uta.edu. All papers must be submitted electronically to DSSspecialissuehicss(a)gmail.com <mailto:DSSspecialissuehicss@gmail.com> , and an author is limited to one submission only. Please submit two copies in PDF: one with author information and affiliation and the other without any author information for review purpose. The submission must not exceed 34 pages, including abstract, keywords, tables, figures, all references and appendices, and should be double-spaced throughout with one-inch margins and using 11 point font. Please read the author guidelines at http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/505540/authori…. Important dates: Paper submission deadline: April 15, 2012; Final authors notification: December 31, 2012; Projected publication: Mid 2013. ======================================== Yabing Jiang, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Information Systems Graduate School of Business Administration Fordham University

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Fwd: [WI] Reminder: CFP "Knowledge Management & E-Learning: An International Journal (KM&EL)"
by Gustaf Neumann 05 Mar '12

05 Mar '12

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [WI] Reminder: CFP "Knowledge Management & E-Learning: An International Journal (KM&EL)" Datum: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 16:43:11 +0100 Von: Moormann, Juergen <j.moormann(a)fs.de> Antwort an: Moormann, Juergen <j.moormann(a)fs.de> An: wi(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de <'wi(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de'> *_First reminder: _* *Call for Papers* ** * // /Knowledge Management & E-Learning: An International Journal (KM&EL)/ www.kmel-journal.org/ojs/index.php/online-publication for the Special Issue on Learning, Teaching, and Disseminating Knowledge in Business Process Management // // /Guest Editors:/ /Jürgen Moormann, Ph.D./ Professor Head of ProcessLab Frankfurt School of Finance & Management Germany Email: j.moormann(a)fs.de // /Wasana Bandara, Ph.D./ Senior Lecturer Faculty of Science and Technology Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Australia Email: w.bandara(a)qut.edu.au In recent years, Business Process Management (BPM), a set of structured methods and technologies for managing business processes, has emerged as a powerful concept used by organisations across all industries. Designing, measuring, improving, simulating, and controlling business processes has become the central challenge to improve organisations´ performance and to ensure success in a highly competitive world. As a result, the need for BPM expertise is increasing with many BPM-related roles emerging, which often requires new sets of skills. Thus, BPM education has been raised as a perennial topic. The topic of BPM education has many different facets. For example, the challenges of converting the ?function-oriented? organisations and its employees to process-oriented thinkers; effectively training employees to select and use the specific methods and tools for managing business processes within the different areas of designing, measuring, improving, simulating, and controlling, and the overall challenges of teaching a complex multidisciplinary domain like BPM. Furthermore, it is recognised that BPM education is not only required for those in BPM specific roles in an organisation, but an essential requirement for employees on all levels including top executives, supervisory board members, workers associations, and other stakeholders ? to ensure acceptance and support for improvement initiatives. The required skill sets for BPM capabilities are very diverse and include business skills, technical skills, and a range of soft-generic-skills such as facilitation, negotiation, relationship, and change management, and to date there is a lack and a need for a clear body of BPM knowledge. A further challenge is how to spread BPM-related knowledge to all levels of an organization to ensure BPM thinking is embedded in all daily actions. Subsequently, there are many issues awaiting to be examined, studied, and addressed. This special issue of the KM&EL international journal is dedicated to learning, instructing, and disseminating knowledge in the field of BPM. In this call, we invite manuscripts that report empirical studies (both quantitative and qualitative) of investigating issues and challenges related to BPM education as well as the use or design of tools supporting teaching efforts. In addition, this special issue welcomes manuscripts discussing conceptual frameworks or theoretical constructs related to learning, teaching, and disseminating BPM knowledge. Recommended topics of interest include, but not limited to: ·Strategies of learning and educating about BPM ·What should be taught under the ?BPM? banner? ·**Curriculum design for BPM training in companies, government, and universities ·Learners? perceptions and their impact on their participation in BPM initiatives ·Learners? motivation in BPM initiatives ·Strategies and tools to facilitate learning in the BPM context ·Role of instructors, coaches, or facilitators in BPM ·Role plays and other tools for teaching purposes in BPM projects ·New approaches to delivering BPM education, including the use of collaborative tools, Web-based conferencing, and social networking ·**Best practices for incorporating advanced information technology into BPM education ·**Use of advanced technologies such as process simulation for (distance) education in BPM ·**Constructs and factors influencing the success of learning and educating BPM knowledge ·**Strategies and tools to facilitate peer interactions, collaboration, and other learning activities ·Setting up a BPM center of excellence to disseminate BPM know-how ·Building, managing, and sustaining knowledge on BPM Important Dates Submission due: 20th July, 2012 Notification of decision: 20th October, 2011 Finalization: 20th November 2012 Publication schedule: Dec 2012 (No. 4, 2012) Submission Instructions Manuscripts should be sent by email to one of the Guest Editors (j.moormann(a)fs.de or w.bandara(a)qut.edu.au <mailto:w.bandara@qut.edu.au>). Papers must not have been published, accepted for publication, or presently be under consideration for publication elsewhere. A standard double-blind review process will be used for selecting papers to be published in this special issue. Authors should follow the instructions outlined in the KM&EL Journal Website (see URL http://www.kmeljournal. org/ojs/index.php/online-publication/about/submissions#onlineSubmissions). Prof. Dr. Jürgen Moormann Frankfurt School of Finance & Management gemeinnützige GmbH Professor für Bankbetriebslehre und Leiter des ProcessLab Sonnemannstraße 9-11 60314 Frankfurt am Main Deutschland / Germany Tel: +49 (0) 69 154008 - 724 Fax: +49 (0) 69 154008 - 4724 _j.moormann(a)fs.de_ <mailto:j.moormann@fs.de> _www.fs.de_ <http://www.fs.de/> _www.__processlab_ <http://www.processlab.info/>_.info_ Geschäftsführung / Management Board: Prof. Dr. Udo Steffens, Ingolf Jungmann Vorsitzender des Stiftungsrates / Head of Foundation Board: Prof. Dr. h.c. 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Fwd: [AISWorld] CFP: WISM 2012@ER 2012 - Paper Submission Deadline 15 March 2012
by Gustaf Neumann 05 Mar '12

05 Mar '12

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] CFP: WISM 2012@ER 2012 - Paper Submission Deadline 15 March 2012 Datum: Mon, 05 Mar 2012 17:24:25 +0100 Von: Flavius Frasincar <frasincar(a)ese.eur.nl> An: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org ********************************************************************** * * * * * PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 15 March 2012 * * * * PROCEEDINGS: SPRINGER * * * * CALL FOR PAPERS * * * * Ninth International Workshop on * * Web Information Systems Modeling (WISM 2012) * * * * (Held in conjunction with ER 2012) * * * * 15 October - 18 October 2012 * * Florence, Italy * * * * URL: http://people.few.eur.nl/frasincar/workshops/wism2012 * * * ********************************************************************** Important Dates --------------- Paper submission 15 March 2012 Author notification 15 May 2012 Camera-ready paper submission 05 June 2012 Workshop dates 15 October - 18 October 2012 Theme of the Workshop --------------------- Web Information Systems (WIS) use the Web paradigm (and technologies) to retrieve information from data sources and deliver it to the users. Due to their complex requirements the design of WIS is not a trivial task. Design methodologies provide guidelines for the creation of WIS so that the complexity of this process becomes manageable. Based on the separation-of-concerns principle some of these methodologies propose models to specify different aspects of WIS design like data integration, navigation structure, user interface, user interaction, presentation personalization, etc. Recent advances in networking technologies enabled WIS access via different devices (e.g., PDA, Smart phone, PC, BlackBerry, etc.). In addition to this device heterogeneity there is also a heterogeneous audience (e.g., different backgrounds, different goals, etc.) that wants to access the same system. In order to improve the user experience, these systems often need to personalize the content and its presentation based on the current user needs (e.g., user’s browsing platform or user preferences). Another aspect that can influence the behaviour of a WIS is the context of use (e.g., the geographical position, the temporal information, the weather conditions, etc.). Systems that are able to exploit this kind of information will further improve the application usefulness for their users. Integrating such information is possibly made available by specialized services and the need to seamlessly integrate these services into a WIS is therefore an important part of WIS development research. As the Web data is very diverse, WIS are seeking efficient and flexible approaches to provide integrated views over heterogeneous data sources. These data sources are usually autonomous (maintained by different organizations), overlapping, frequently changing, and distributed. All these characteristics make the data integration on the Web a very challenging research topic. The increased use of rich-clients applications (e.g., AJAX, OpenLaszlo, etc.) poses new demands to WIS design. The design of these applications needs to go beyond the server roundtrip paradigm by considering the new functionality added to clients, an intelligent data-push communication with the server, interactive-rich graphical interfaces, etc. Also, with the current emergence of social Web applications (e.g., Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, etc.) there is a need to properly model the highly dynamic aspects of these systems. In addition, WIS can tap into the data made available by these systems to provide for previously unforeseen functionalities. Making use of rich clients and allowing users to establish social networks are some of the features that need to be considered when developing Web 2.0 applications. Semantic Web (also known as Web 3.0) technologies (e.g., RDF(S), OWL, etc.) can help in the representation and processing of the different WIS design models aiming for an improved interoperability. One example of such a model is the user profile which is often described using a CC/PP vocabulary. Due to their focus on distribution over the Web, Semantic Web representation languages prove to be useful also for specifying the semantics of data and the semantics of interfaces in order to facilitate the integration of heterogeneous databases and Web services, respectively. The best practice recommendation of Linked Data allows Web applications to seamlessly publish, interconnect, and access information on the Semantic Web. The inference mechanisms of the Semantic Web (captured in the semantics of the representation language or in rule-based languages like RuleML and SWRL) can be used for deriving new information or building intelligent services on the Web. Over the last few years, Web services have offered new opportunities to deploy WIS. Web services are independent from specific platforms and computing paradigms, and have the capacity to form composed processes, referred to as composite Web services. Web services composition fulfils user requests that require the participation of several component Web services. Several composition languages are now available (e.g., BPEL, WSFL, etc.). Semantic descriptions of Web services are also proposed for automating composition (e.g., OWL-S, WSMO, WSDL-S, etc.). A research topic that is worth pursuing is the modeling of these composite Web services. Goal of the Workshop -------------------- The aim of the workshop is to provide a platform for bringing together researchers, practitioners, designers, and users of WIS and discuss how specific issues of Web Information Systems (WIS) design can be addressed by means of modeling. Specifically, we will discuss how the influence of Semantic Web technology can help in a model-driven WIS development. Thus, the workshop should enable a fruitful exchange of ideas in the state-of-the-art of WIS modeling. Topics of Interest ------------------ The workshop topics include but are not limited to: * Methodologies for WIS Design * WIS Architectures * WIS Adaptability * WIS Personalization * WIS Evolution * Semistructured Data in WIS * Data Models in WIS * Query Languages in WIS * Integration of WIS * Optimization Techniques for WIS * Security in WIS * Business Rules in WIS * Web Services in WIS * WIS Ubiquity * Social WIS * Rich Client WIS * Web Metadata in WIS * Ontologies in WIS * Linked Data in WIS * Semantic Web Information Systems Paper Submission ---------------- Prospective workshop participants are invited to submit a paper related to one (or more) of the workshop topics. The page limit for workshop papers is 10 pages. Papers should be formatted according to Springer LNCS style http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html. The organizers will oversee a peer-review process for the submitted papers. Manuscripts not submitted in the LNCS style or having more than 10 pages will not be reviewed and thus automatically rejected. The papers need to be original and not submitted or accepted for publication in any other workshop, conference, or journal. Papers should be submitted to wism2012(a)ese.eur.nl in PDF format. Publication ----------- Workshop proceedings will be published by Springer in the LNCS series as the official ER workshop proceedings. Organizing Committee& Workshop Co-chairs ----------------------------------------- Flavius Frasincar (Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands) Geert-Jan Houben (Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands) Philippe Thiran (University of Namur, Belgium) Program Committee ----------------- Syed Sibte Raza Abidi (Dalhousie University, Canada) Djamal Benslimane (University of Lyon 1, France) Marco Brambilla (Politecnico di Milano, Italy) Sven Casteleyn (Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain) Richard Chbeir (Bourgogne University, France) Jose Palazzo Moreira de Oliveira (UFRGS, Brazil) Olga De Troyer (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium) Roberto De Virgilio (Universita di Roma Tre, Italy) Oscar Diaz (University of Basque Country, Spain) Flavius Frasincar (Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands) Irene Garrigos (Universidad de Alicante, Spain) Hyoil Han (LeMoyne-Owen College, USA) Geert-Jan Houben (Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands) Zakaria Maamar (Zayed University, UAE) Michael Mrissa (Namur University, Belgium) Moira Norrie (ETH Zurich, Switzerland) Oscar Pastor (Valencia University of Technology, Spain) Dimitris Plexousakis (University of Crete, Greece) Hajo Reijers (Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands) Davide Rossi (University of Bologna, Italy) Klaus-Dieter Schewe (Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria) Bernhard Thalheim (Christian Albrechts University Kiel, Germany) Philippe Thiran (Namur University, Belgium) Riccardo Torlone (Universita di Roma Tre, Italy) Lorna Uden (Staffordshire University, UK) Erik Wilde (UC Berkeley, USA) Local Organizer --------------- Peter Barna (TOPIC, the Netherlands) Contact Address --------------- wism2012(a)ese.eur.nl _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

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Fwd: [AISWorld] Research meets practice again - The Practice of Enterprise Modeling cfp
by Gustaf Neumann 05 Mar '12

05 Mar '12

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] Research meets practice again - The Practice of Enterprise Modeling cfp Datum: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 12:53:19 +0000 Von: Anne Persson <anne.persson(a)his.se> An: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org <aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org> Apologies for cross postings ------------- Anne Persson, Ph.D. Professor in Informatics Dean, Faculty Board for Informatics, Engineering and Natural Sciences University of Skövde P.O. Box 408, SE-541 28 Skövde SWEDEN tel: +46 500 448342 email: anne.persson(a)his.se <mailto:anne.persson@his.se> www.his.se/pera <http://www.his.se/pera> ------------------------ Call for Papers 5th IFIP WG 8.1 Working Conference on The Practice of Enterprise Modeling (PoEM) 7-8 November, 2012, Rostock, Germany http://www.poem2012.net -------------------------------------------------------------------- AIMS and SCOPE -------------------------------------------------------------------- PoEM 2012 is the 5th IFIP WG 8.1 working conference on the Practice of Enterprise Modeling. Since 2008, the focus of PoEM has been on improving the understanding of the practice of EM by offering a forum for sharing experiences and knowledge between the academic community and practitioners from industry and the public sector. The 2012 edition of PoEM addresses both, the practice of enterprise modeling and the practice of applying enterprise models for organizational purposes. This includes areas such as EM and information system development, enterprise architecture, business and IT alignment, EM and business process improvement, or competence modeling. -------------------------------------------------------------------- AREAS of INTEREST -------------------------------------------------------------------- The main areas of interest include, but are not limited to: * enterprise modeling case studies and experiences * enterprise architecture modeling methods * enterprise architecture tools * collaborative enterprise modeling * mobile modeling support * evaluation of enterprise modeling methods * the process of modeling * guidelines for modeling * reuse of enterprise models * modeling languages * modeling tools and workbenches * enterprise model management * management of EM projects * use of EM in different contexts * facilitation and group dynamics * the competency of modelers and modeling teams * model and process quality aspects * success factors in enterprise modeling * teaching the practice * enterprise modeling and agile development * enterprise knowledge architectures * standardization issues and reference models * method engineering in enterprise modeling * concordance between EM and information systems development -------------------------------------------------------------------- PAPER TYPES -------------------------------------------------------------------- Practitioner papers. In addition to experience papers and research papers (see below) PoEM 2012 in particular calls for submissions from practitioners in industry and the public sector. Practitioner papers may address any aspect of EM or enterprise architectures relevant from a practitionerís point of view. PoEM will establish a specific review procedure for this paper type outside the traditional scientific evaluation style. Experience papers present problems or challenges encountered in practice, relate success and failure stories, or report on industrial cases and practices. The focus is on lessons learned. The practice must be clearly described. Readers should be able to draw conclusions for their own practice. Scientific reflection on problems and practices in industry also falls into this category. Research papers describe original research contributions (theoretical, methodological or conceptual) to the area of EM. A research paper should clearly describe the problem tackled, the state of the art, the solution suggested and the benefits of the contribution. Short papers can be used to present work in progress or to describe new research positions or approaches, new methods and tools or emerging new types of EM challenges. We also invite PhD students or Master students to present their ongoing thesis or research work. -------------------------------------------------------------------- PUBLICATIONS -------------------------------------------------------------------- Accepted experience papers and research papers will be published in Springer Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing (LNBIP). Short papers and practitioner papers will be published in local proceedings with ISBN. -------------------------------------------------------------------- PoEM PAPER SUBMISSION -------------------------------------------------------------------- Papers have to be submitted in PDF format using the EasyChair submission page https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=poem2012 All submissions must be unpublished and not be under review elsewhere. Submissions must conform to Springer's LNBIP format (see http://www.springer.com/series/7911). Page limit for experience and research papers is 15 pages; short papers and practitioner papers should not exceed 10 pages. -------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES -------------------------------------------------------------------- 22 June 2012, paper submission deadline 12 August 2012, notification of acceptance 26 August 2012, camera-ready version due 7-8 November 2012, PoEM conference -------------------------------------------------------------------- EVENT FORMAT -------------------------------------------------------------------- PoEM is a highly interactive event stimulating discussion and open exchange of ideas and experiences. The conference will include keynotes from academia and from industry, interactive paper sessions and room for discussion of ideas and opinions, aiming for further development of subjects shared between practice and academia. -------------------------------------------------------------------- CONFERENCE VENUE -------------------------------------------------------------------- The event will take place in Rostock (Germany), which is an important centre of tourism, trade, and education in the German state Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Among the 210 000 inhabitants in Rostock, there are more than 15 000 students. In 1419 one of the oldest universities in Northern Europe, the University of Rostock, was founded. The institute of computer science at the University of Rostock will host the conference in its newly built Konrad-Zuse-Building. Rostock offers all the infrastructure and facilities of a modern city, combining rich historical heritage and culture. Major attractions include numerous museums and heritage sites. More information about Rostock can be found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostock -------------------------------------------------------------------- COMMITTEES -------------------------------------------------------------------- Program Committee Co-Chairs: Kurt Sandkuhl, Rostock University, Germany Ulf Seigerroth, Jönköping University, Sweden Short paper chair: Janis Stirna, Stockholm University, Sweden Industrial Chair: Wolfgang Deiters, Fraunhofer ISST, Germany Organizing chair: Birger Lantow, Rostock University, Germany Program Committee: ------------------ Marko Bajec, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia Guiseppe Berio, University of South Brittany, France Rimantas Butleris, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania Patrick van Bommel, Radboud University Nijmegen Steinar Carlsen, Computas, Norway Wolfgang Deiters, Fraunhofer ISST, Germany Owen Eriksson, Umeå University, Sweden Sergio Espana, University of Valencia, Spain Xavier Franch, Universitat PolitËcnica de Catalunya, Spain Janis Grabis, Riga Technical University, Latvia Norbert Gronau, University of Potsdam, Germany Jarl Höglund, Allmentor AB, Sweden Stijn Hoppenbrouwers, Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands Jon Iden, Norwegian School of Economics, Norway Paul Johannesson, Stockholm University, Sweden Pontus Johnsson, KTH, Sweden Håvard Jörgensen, Commitment AS, Norway John Krogstie, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway Robert Lagerström, KTH, Sweden Ulrike Lechner, Munich University of the Armed Forces, Germany Michel Leonard, UniversitÈ de GenËve, Switzerland Peri Loucopoulos, Harokopio University of Athens, Greece / University of Loughborough, UK Raimundas Matulevicius, University of Tartu, Estonia Florian Matthes, Munich University of Technology, Germany Graham McLeod, PROMIS Solutions AG, South Africa Christer Nellborn, Nellborn Management Consulting AB, Sweden Björn Nilsson, AnatÈs AB, Luxembourg Andreas Opdahl, University of Bergen, Norway Sietse Overbeek, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands Oscar Pastor, Valencia University of Technology, Spain Anne Persson, University of Skovde, Sweden Naveen Prakash, GCET, India Erik Proper, Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands Jolita RalytÈ, UniversitÈ de GenËve, Switzerland Peter Rittgen, Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School, Belgium Colette Rolland, UniversitÈ Paris 1 PanthÈon Sorbonne, France Matti Rossi, University of Aalto, Finland Kurt Sandkuhl, Jönköping Technical University, Sweden Ulf Seigerroth, Jönköping International Business School, Sweden Pnina Soffer, University of Haifa, Israel Maarten Steen, Novay, the Netherlands Janis Stirna, University of Stockholm, Sweden Renate Strazdina, Ernst&Young SIA, Latvia Olegas Vasilecas, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania Jelena Zdravkovic, Stockholm University, Sweden

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Fwd: Call For Papers: Paper Submission Deadline: March 12, 2012 - Conference on Modeling, Simulation and Visualization Methods (MSV'12: July 16-19, 2012, USA)
by Gustaf Neumann 05 Mar '12

05 Mar '12

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Call For Papers: Paper Submission Deadline: March 12, 2012 - Conference on Modeling, Simulation and Visualization Methods (MSV'12: July 16-19, 2012, USA) Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2012 06:05:35 -0500 From: Modeling and Visualization <wcom12(a)world-comp.org> To: gustaf.neumann(a)wu-wien.ac.at CALL FOR PAPERS The 2012 International Conference on Modeling, Simulation and Visualization Methods MSV'12 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 April 26, 2012: Final papers + Copyright/Consent + Registration July 16-19, 2012: The 2012 International Conference on Modeling, Simulation and Visualization Methods (MSV'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. The proceedings of the congress that MSV is part of, enjoys a high number of citations; over 25,000 citations so far. SCOPE: Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: O Simulation languages O Modeling and simulation for computer engineering O Modeling and simulation for education and training O Molecular modeling and simulation O Performance modeling, simulation, and prediction O Modeling, simulation, and emulation of large-scale, volatile environments O Modeling and simulation tools for nanotechnology O Information and scientific visualization O Real-time modeling and simulation O Geometric modeling O Perceptual issues in visualization and modeling O Modeling methodologies O Specification issues for modeling and simulation O Visual interactive simulation and modeling O Visualization tools and systems for simulation and modeling O Java-based modelers O Scalability issues O Numerical methods used in simulation and modeling O Finite and boundary element techniques O Process simulation/modeling O Device simulation/modeling O Circuit simulation/modeling O Performance evaluation and simulation tools O Multi-level modeling O Simulation of machine architectures O Simulation of wireless systems O Simulation and modeling with applications in biotechnology O CAD/CAE/CAM O Agent based simulation O Analytical and stochastic modeling techniques and applications O Bond graph modeling O Chaos modeling, control and signal transmission O Computational modeling and simulation in science and engineering O Simulation in industry, business and services O Simulation of complex systems O Simulation of intelligent systems O Vision and visualization O Prototyping and simulation O Biomedical visualization and applications O Databases and visualization O Interaction paradigms and human factors O Parallel and distributed simulation O Discrete and numeric simulation O Geographic information systems and visualization O Internet, web and security visualization O Virtual reality and simulation O Virtual environments and data visualization O Petri nets and applications O Finite element methods O Soft computing / fuzzy logic O Tools and applications O Object-oriented simulation O Knowledge-based simulation O Emerging technologies and applications 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, MSV) 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 acts of plagiarism.) Proceedings of MSV 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, the track that MSV belonged to was 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. 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. SUBMISSION OF POSTER PAPERS: Poster papers can be 2 pages long. Authors are to follow the same instructions that appear above (see, SUBMISSION OF REGULAR PAPERS) except for the submission is limited to 2 pages. On the first page, the author should state that "This paper is being submitted as a poster". Poster papers (if accepted) will be published if and only the author of the accepted paper wishes to do so. GENERAL INFORMATION: The MSV 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 CO-SPONSORS: Currently being prepared - The ACADEMIC co-sponsors of the last offering of the congress (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; 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. MEASURABLE SCIENTIFIC IMPACT OF WORLDCOMP: The proceedings of WORLDCOMP enjoys a high number of citations (ICAI is an important part of WORLDCOMP). As of February 28, 2012, papers published in each track of the proceedings have received the following number of citations: 252 citations to BIOCOMP papers; 116 to CDES papers; 65 to CGVR papers; 55 to CSC papers; 271 to DMIN papers; 69 to EEE papers; 1289 to ERSA papers; 504 to ESA papers; 176 to FCS papers; 9416 to FECS papers; 157 to GCA papers; 75 to GEM papers; 2277 to ICAI papers; 1539 to ICOMP papers; 1247 to ICWN papers; 571 to IKE papers; 255 to IPCV papers; 137 to MSV papers; 5239 to PDPTA papers; 496 to SAM papers; 1390 to SERP papers; and 177 to SWWS papers. In total, over 25,000 citations have been made (so far) to papers published in the proceedings of WORLDCOMP conferences. USEFUL WEB LINKS: 1. Web site of MSV'12: http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/worldcomp12/ws/conferences/msv12 2. The 2011 congress delegates photos are available at: http://worldcomp.phanfare.com/5408606 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: IWASCL 2012 (3rd International Workshop on Adaptive Systems for Collaborative Learning)
by Gustaf Neumann 05 Mar '12

05 Mar '12

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] CFP: IWASCL 2012 (3rd International Workshop on Adaptive Systems for Collaborative Learning) Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 11:56:36 +0200 (EET) From: Elvira Popescu <popescu_elvira(a)software.ucv.ro> To: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Apologies for multiple postings. Please forward to interested colleagues and students ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ===== IWASCL-2012 Workshop: Call for Papers ================== ================================================================= Third International Workshop on Adaptive Systems for Collaborative Learning (IWASCL-2012) Workshop website http://titan.csd.auth.gr/iwascl2012/ IWASCL-2012 will be held in conjunction with the 4th International Conference on Intelligent Networking and Collaborative Systems (INCoS 2012) Conference website: http://voyager.ce.fit.ac.jp/~incos2012/ Place& Time: Bucharest, Romania, September 19 - 21, 2012 ** PROCEEDINGS by IEEE CPS ** *** Submission Deadline: APRIL, 9, 2012 *** Theme and Scope ---------------------- Current learning technologies can provide adaptive and/or intelligent support to learners in a collaborative learning situation. This perspective lies at the crossroads of Intelligent Tutoring, Adaptive Educational Hypermedia Systems and Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL), expanding the perspective of the fields and setting innovative research agendas. Contemporary learning theories strongly emphasize social interaction as a key mechanism for the development of shared understanding and knowledge construction. Consequently, building technologies that intelligibly trigger, guide and support peer interaction is expected to help students significantly increase the value of collaboration-generated benefits at both cognitive and meta-cognitive level. Working in this context several research groups have made various contributions leading gradually to the development of systems for adaptive and intelligent collaborative learning support (AICLS systems). In general, these systems are expected to model the users (individual or group), the activity, and the interaction between human and technological agents and make ?informed? interventions to support pre-task group formation, in-task peer interactions and domain-specific activities in the collaborative setting. Early studies on the impact of employing adaptive/intelligent forms of support in CSCL have provided encouraging results, however, the agenda is open and several intriguing questions are still far from being adequately addressed. The scope of the IWASCL-2012 workshop (the third workshop in the series) is to provide the opportunity for an informal meeting which facilitates the dissemination of knowledge in the field, providing useful insights on existing state-of-the-art research. The workshop sets a broad focus and invites contributions presenting methods, tools, formalization approaches, early prototype design and evaluation, pedagogical issues, position papers. We especially welcome papers that describe speculative ideas, work in progress, and discussions of challenging issues. The workshop includes (but is not limited to) topics such as: -- Theoretical approaches on adaptive/intelligent methods addressing needs of group learners. -- User and group modeling to cater for adaptive/intelligent system design. -- Adaptive and intelligent forms of tutoring/scaffolding/scripting in CSCL systems. -- Adaptive collaboration support. -- Methods and tools for the design and operationalization of adaptive/intelligent CSCL systems. -- Adaptive/Intelligent methods for supporting the orchestration of activities in collaborative learning contexts. -- Tools and methods for adaptive/intelligent support of learners in scripted collaboration. -- Architectures and frameworks for building or testing AICLS systems. -- AI and Web 2.0 tools& methods to integrate in AICLS systems. -- Formalization efforts and the role of the Learning Design. -- Interaction analysis techniques to inform the adaptable/intelligent behavior of CSCL systems. -- Learning analytics and educational data mining techniques in the CSCL context. -- Adaptive/Intelligent support of learners in social networking applications -- Pedagogical issues on the adaptive/intelligent support of group learners -- Evaluating various aspects of adaptive/intelligent systems for collaborative learning (e.g. cost/benefit issues) Submission ---------------- - Authors are invited to submit a 6 page paper in PDF format following the typical IEEE 8.5" x 11" two-column format. - IEEE CPS templates to be found at http://www.computer.org/portal/web/cscps/formatting - Submission of IWASCL-2012 papers will be done through the Conference Submission System. - Please visit the Conference INCoS-2012 Submission page for further instructions. Proceedings --------------- - Proceedings of the IWASCL-2012 workshop will be included in the Conference INCoS-2012 volume, to be published by IEEE Computer Society Press (indexed by IEEE Xplore) - Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended and updated version of their work for inclusion in edited volume by Springer. Registration -------------- (tba) Format -------- The workshop will be based on a ?working groups? format aiming to facilitate group-discussion and argumentation. Accepted papers will be classified by organizers in groups depending on their major characteristics (focus, pedagogical perspective, research evidence presented, etc.). Abstracts of accepted papers will be made available before the workshop to all participants so that they will have time to reflect on the material. All authors will be given time to concisely present their work and answer other participants? questions. Then participants will be assigned to working groups and will be asked to reflect on key issues and ideas raised by the presented papers. Representatives of working groups will be asked to summarize the conclusions of their group and discuss them with all participants. Important dates ------------------- - Submission deadline: April 9, 2012 - Workshop and INCoS main Conference: September 19 - 21, 2012 Organizing Committee ---------------------------- - Stavros Demetriadis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece - Thanasis Daradoumis, Open University of Catalonia, Spain - Sabine Graf, Athabasca University, Canada - Charalampos Karagiannidis, University of Thessaly, Greece - Alexandros Paramythis, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria - Elvira Popescu, University of Craiova, Romania - Thrasyvoulos Tsiatsos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (for inquiries please contact Stavros Demetriadis, sdemetri(a)csd.auth.gr) _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

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Fwd: [AISWorld] Extended Deadline: 17th Int. Conference of the European Academy for Standardization (EURAS)
by Gustaf Neumann 05 Mar '12

05 Mar '12

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] Extended Deadline: 17th Int. Conference of the European Academy for Standardization (EURAS) Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2012 11:07:20 +0100 From: Kai Jakobs <kai.jakobs(a)comsys.rwth-aachen.de> Organization: RWTH Aachen University To: AISWorld <aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org> ******With my apologies fo cross-posting****** FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS 17th EURAS Annual Standardisation Conference - Standards and Innovation - 18 - 20 June 2012 Kosice, Slovakia ------------------------------------------ *****EXTENDED DEADLINE: 18 March 2012***** ------------------------------------------ Organised by the ---------------- Faculty of Economics at Matej Bel University in Banska Bystrica (UMB) Faculty of Economics at the Technical University of Kosice (TUKE). We welcome original and innovative submissions papers from all areas of standardisation. But the theme of the 17th EURAS conference is the significance of standards and standardisation for innovation. At this point in our history, innovation is critical for helping to move forward from the global economic crisis, mitigate the impact of climate change, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and help resolve the food crisis. The critical role of standards and standardisation for innovation has long been recognised. As codified knowledge, standards acquire an even greater role in the development of the global knowledge economy. We particularly welcome theoretical and empirical papers that will contribute to greater awareness of how and where standards can facilitate, hamper, or otherwise impact on innovation in all its many dimensions. Examples include, but are not limited to: * Standardisation& infrastructure development * Standards, globalisation and national authenticity * Conformity assessment for innovation * The relation between standards and the development of science/technology/society/economy * Standardisation, globalisation and innovation * Education on standardisation and innovation * Legal and regulatory issues in standardisation * Standards setting and implementation processes * History and future of standards * Standardisation policies * Economics of standardisation * Management of standards * Research and standardisation * Standards and technology transfer * Quality standards and management strategies * Markets and dominant technologies * International accounting standards Full papers (up to 40 double-spaced pages; pdf, rtf, or .doc format) should be submitted to Kai Jakobs at Kai.Jakobs(a)cs.rwth-aachen.de. Authors of accepted papers are expected to serve as discussants upon request. All papers will be reviewed (double blind) by members of the Programme Committee. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings, as part of the 'EURAS Contributions to Standardisation Research' book series. Particularly good and relevant papers will be fast-tracked to the review process of either the EURAS- Yearbook or the Int. Journal of IT Standards and Standardization Research (JITSR). The conference provides the opportunity to get feedback on standardisation education papers intended for the special issue of the International Journal of Technology and Design Education. For more detailed information please consult the EURAS website (www.EURAS.org). Organisers ---------- The EURAS Board General Co-Chairs ----------------- Marta Orviska (UMB, SK) Vincent Soltes (TUKE, SK) Programme Committee ------------------- Knut Blind (Fraunhofer FOKUS& TU Berlin, DE; RSM. NL) Tineke Egyedi (TU Delft, NL) Vladislav Fomin (Vytautas Magnus U., LT) Stephan Gauch (TU Berlin, DE) Ian Graham (U. of Edinburgh, UK) Jean-Christophe Graz, (UNIL, CH) Vladimir Hiadlovsky (UMB, SK) John Hudson (Bath University, UK) Eric Iversen (NIFU STEP, NO) Kai Jakobs (RWTH Aachen U., DE) Geerten van de Kaa (TU Delft, NL) Peter Kristofik (UMB, SK) Detlev Langmann (AKM, DE) Pauline Mazumdar (U. of Toronto, CA) Arturas Medeisis (Vilnius Gediminas TU, LT) Ivana Mijatovic (Belgrade U., SRB) Marta Orviska (UMB, SK) Megan Quinlan (Imperial College London, UK) Tomas Sabol (TUKE, SK) Eberhard Seifert (WU Vienna, AT) Vincent Soltes (TUKE, SK) Klaus Turowski (Magdeburg, U., DE) Taavi Valdlo (Ministry of Economic Affairs, EE) Henk de Vries (Erasmus U. Rotterdam, NL) Marc van Wegberg (U. of Maastricht, NL) Deadlines --------- Paper submission: 18 March 2012 Notification: 8 April 2012 Final paper due: 29 April 2012 Local Organisation and Enquiries -------------------------------- Marta Orviska, marta.orviska(a)umb.sk Emilia Jakubikova, emilia.jakubikova@tuke,sk Conference Venue ---------------- Hotel Yasmin, Kosice, http://www.hotel-yasmin.sk/. For more information about Kosice: http://www.kosice.sk/. For more information about EURAS http://www.euras.org. ________________________________________________________________ Kai Jakobs RWTH Aachen University Computer Science Department Informatik 4 (Communication and Distributed Systems) Ahornstr. 55, D-52074 Aachen, Germany Tel.: +49-241-80-21405 Fax: +49-241-80-22222 Kai.Jakobs(a)comsys.rwth-aachen.de <http://www.comsys.rwth-aachen.de/team/kai-jakobs/> EURAS - The European Academy for Standardization. <http://www.euras.org> The International Journal of IT Standards and Standardization Research. <http://www.igi-global.com/ijitsr> The 'Advances in Information Technology Standards and Standardization Research' book series. <http://www.igi-global.com/Bookstore/TitleDetails.aspx?TitleId=37142> _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

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Fwd: [computational.science] Call for papers for MSM 2012 workshop - co-located with Hypertext 2012 conference (due March 31!)
by Gustaf Neumann 05 Mar '12

05 Mar '12

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [computational.science] Call for papers for MSM 2012 workshop - co-located with Hypertext 2012 conference (due March 31!) Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2012 10:47:44 +0000 From: <alvin.chin(a)nokia.com> Organization: "ICCSA" To: Computational Science Mailing List <computational.science(a)lists.iccsa.org> Hi all, Please consider submitting a paper to the Modeling Social Media 2012 workshop, co-located with Hypertext 2012 conference. Thanks. Alvin Chin, Martin Atzmueller and Denis Helic MSM 2012 Workshop Chairs ** Please forward to anyone who might be interested ** -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS 3rd International Workshop on Modeling Social Media (MSM'2012) *Collective Intelligence in Social Media* http://www.kde.cs.uni-kassel.de/ws/msm2012/ June 25, 2012, Milwaukee, USA co-located with ACM Hypertext 2012 *** Submission Deadline: March 31, 2012 *** -------------------------------------------------------------------------- In our first workshop on Modeling Social Media (MSM 2010 in Toronto, Canada), we explored various different models of social media ranging from user modeling, hypertext models, software engineering models, sociological models and framework models. In our second workshop (MSM 2011 in Boston, USA), we addressed the user interface aspects of modeling social media. In this workshop, we will look at collective intelligence in social media, that is, looking at how we can make sense of the content and context from social media websites such as Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Foursquare by analyzing tweets, tags, blog posts, likes, posts and checkins, in order to create new knowledge and semantic meaning. GOALS AND AUDIENCE ================== The workshop aims to attract and discuss various aspects of collective intelligence in social media which involve frameworks for collecting appropriate data and collecting enough amount of data, mining the data from different social media and context (e.g., from mobile phones), creating models for inferring collective intelligence, and evaluating the framework to determine the accuracy of the gathered collective intelligence. We want to bring together researchers and practitioners with diverse backgrounds interested in 1) exploring different perspectives and approaches to modeling complex social media phenomena and systems through collective intelligence, 2) the different purposes and applications that can be created from collective intelligence of social media, and 3) issues of integrating and validating collective intelligence of social media. TOPICS OF INTEREST ================== Topics may include, but are not limited to: * new modeling techniques and frameworks for representing collective intelligence in social media * mining techniques for social media to extract collective intelligence * algorithms for inferring semantics, meaning and creating collective intelligence from social media * applications for collecting and displaying collective knowledge from social media * applications for using collective intelligence including recommendations * privacy and security issues in creating collective intelligence from social media * creating business intelligence from social media * (Dynamic) social media monitoring for collective intelligence * how social networks can be used to mine and create collective intelligence * individual and group behavior in social media and social networks * social networks for the collaboration of large communities * evaluating the collective intelligence to determine the accuracy and relevance to users WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS =================== * Alvin Chin, Nokia Research Center, Beijing, China * Martin Atzmueller, University of Kassel, Germany * Denis Helic, Graz University of Technology, Austria PROGRAM COMMITTEE ================= * Markus Strohmaier, Graz University of Technology, Austria * Marc Smith, ConnectedAction, USA * Ido Guy, IBM Research, Israel * Gerd Stumme, University of Kassel, Germany * Andreas Hotho, University of Würzburg, Germany * Wai-Tat Fu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA * Thomas Kannampallil, University of Texas, USA * Daniel Gayo-Avello, University of Oviedo, Spain * Pranam Kolari, Yahoo! Research, USA * Ed Chi, Google, USA * Zhiyong Yu, Institut Telecom Sud de Paris, France * Else Nygren, Uppsala University, USA SUBMISSIONS AND STYLE ===================== Submissions: We solicit short position papers (1-2 pages) and peer-reviewed research papers (4-8 pages) in the ACM conference paper style. Information about the submission system will be released on the workshop website soon. Proceedings: We intend to publish proceedings in ACM Digital Library and include them on the conference memory stick. IMPORTANT DATES =============== * Submission Deadline: March 31, 2012 * Notification of Acceptance: April 10, 2012 * Final Papers Due: April 23, 2012 * Workshop date: June 25, 2012

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Fwd: [WI] CfP Informatik 2012 "Virtuelle Welten und Computerspiele"
by Gustaf Neumann 05 Mar '12

05 Mar '12

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [WI] CfP Informatik 2012 "Virtuelle Welten und Computerspiele" Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2012 19:50:06 +0100 From: Prof. Dr. Stefan Stieglitz <stieglitz(a)virtimo.de> Reply-To: Prof. Dr. Stefan Stieglitz <stieglitz(a)virtimo.de> To: WI LISTE <wi(a)lists.uni-karlsruhe.de> CC: Stefan Stieglitz <stefan.stieglitz(a)wi.uni-muenster.de> Liebe Kollegen, ich freue mich, Sie auf den folgenden Call for Papers aufmerksam machen zu können. Gerne können Sie diesen an interessierte Person weiterleiten. Mit den besten Grüßen Stefan Stieglitz *Call for Papers: **„Virtuelle Welten und Computerspiele“* *Halbtägiger Workshop *auf der 42. Jahrestagung der *Gesellschaft für Informatik *(GI), 16. September – 21. September 2012, Braunschweig *Tag des Workshops: *wird noch bekannt gegeben *Allgemeine Thematik: *Virtuelle Welten sind in den vergangenen Jahren mit wechselnder Intensität in der medialen Öffentlichkeit diskutiert worden. Gleichzeitig sind das wissenschaftliche Interesse und die Notwendigkeit zur Erforschung dieses Plattformtyps kontinuierlich angestiegen. Die technologische Basis virtueller Welten bilden 3D-Interaktionsräume, kombiniert mit Avatar-Repräsentation und Voice-over-IP, die die Reichhaltigkeit und Interaktivität bestehender Web-Anwendungen bei weitem übersteigen. Vielfach rezipierte Beispiele bilden soziale virtuelle Welten wie „Second Life“, deren Geschäftsmodell vollständig auf User-Generated Content basiert und die auch verstärkt für Anwendungen im Unternehmensbereich (bspw. bei IBM und HP) erprobt wurde, sowie die virtuelle Spielwelt „World of Warcraft“ mit mehr als 11 Millionen Nutzern. Diese interaktiven Unterhaltungsdienste bilden ein besonderes Wachstumssegment. Nach einer BITKOM-Studie aus dem Jahr 2009 haben 14% aller Bundesbürger über 14 Jahren schon einmal online gespielt und zeigen auch eine Zahlungsbereitschaft für derartige Dienste. Das Volumen des Gaming-Marktes wird für 2015 mit weltweit 70 Milliarden US-Dollar prognostiziert (DFC Intelligence 2010). Für die Informatik eröffnet sich mit virtuellen Welten ein neues Untersuchungsfeld mit einer Vielzahl von Forschungsfragen. In dem geplanten Workshop sollen dabei zwei Bereiche fokussiert werden: 1)Untersucht werden soll zum einen die Anwendung von Computerspielen und virtuellen Welten für den Unternehmenskontext. In diesem Zusammenhang sind die Potenziale für neuartige E-Business Anwendungen zu erforschen, Anwendungskontexte und Funktionen zu beschreiben, Anforderungen an die technische Infrastruktur zu spezifizieren und die organisatorischen und institutionellen Rahmenbedingungen zu bestimmen, unter denen entsprechende Geschäftsaktivitäten vollzogen werden können. 2)Zum zweiten besteht Bedarf an wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnissen für die Entwicklung, das Management und den Betrieb von virtuellen Welten und Computerspielen. Die Gestaltung von Vorgehensmodellen für den spezifischen Entwicklungskontext, der Gewinn von Erkenntnissen zur Entwicklung und Nachhaltigkeit von Geschäftsmodellen sowie die Ableitung von Akzeptanzmodellen sind wesentliche Forschungsziele. *Spezifische Themenfelder:* Beiträge können sowohl theoretisch als auch empirisch ausgerichtet sein. Sie können die folgenden Aspekte thematisieren, sind aber nicht auf diese eingeschränkt: * Soziale Vernetzung und Kommunikation in virtuellen Welten * Communities im Kontext von virtuellen Welten und Computerspielen * Kollaborative Wertschöpfung und Entrepreneurship in virtuellen Welten * Anwendung virtueller Welten in der Unternehmenskommunikation und -kollaboration * Einsatz virtueller Welten im Innovationsprozess und in der Kundenintegration * Integration der Technologie virtueller Welten mit anderen Technologien und Informationssystemen * Virtuelle Welten und Computerspiele in der Aus- und Weiterbildung * Geschäftsmodelle in der Gaming Industrie, Geschäftsmodelle auf Basis virtueller Welten * Design, Entwicklung und Betrieb von virtuellen Welten und Computerspielen * Adoption und Benutzerakzeptanz von virtuellen Welten und Computerspielen * Vertrauen und Transparenz in virtuellen Welten und Computerspielen * Serious Games *Programmgestaltung:* Die Beiträge sollen maximal 10 Seiten lang sein und in Deutsch oder Englisch bisher noch nicht veröffentlichte Forschungsergebnisse darstellen. Die finale Version der akzeptierten Beiträge beinhaltet zusätzlich ein einseitiges Dokument mit Titel, Autoren und Abstrakt. Die akzeptierten Beiträge werden sowohl per USB-Stick an die Konferenzteilnehmer verteilt als auch online über die Konferenz-Webseiten öffentlich verfügbar sein. Erfahrungsberichte mit Neuigkeits‐ und Alleinstellungsmerkmalen sowie interdisziplinäre Beiträge sind willkommen. Ziel ist eine Mischung theoretischer und praktischer Arbeiten. Alle Beiträge werden in anonymisierter Form von zwei Mitgliedern des Programmkomitees begutachtet. Einreichungen aus dem Programmkomitee sind zulässig. Die Beiträge müssen im *LNI‐Format* erstellt werden, (nähere Informationen dazu finden Sie unter http://www.gi‐ev.de/service/publikationen/lni/ <http://www.gi%5Fev.de/service/publikationen/lni/>). Bitte senden Sie Ihre Einreichungen an die angegebene E-Mail-Adresse! *Kontakt:* *Inhaltlich*: Stefan.Stieglitz(a)uni-muenster.de <mailto:Stefan.Stieglitz@uni-muenster.de> *Organisation*: Danny.Pannicke(a)tu-berlin.de <mailto:Danny.Pannicke@tu-berlin.de> *Webseite*: http://130.149.111.18/informatik2012/ *Einreichung*: GI-Einreichung(a)wi.uni-muenster.de <mailto:GI-Einreichung@wi.uni-muenster.de> *Anmeldung*: http://www.informatik2012.de/ * * *Fristen:* *Einreichung von Beiträgen: 29.04.2012* Benachrichtigung der Autoren: 31.05.2012 Fertigstellung der Beiträge:30.06.2012 *Leitung:* Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Zarnekow (TU Berlin, Fachgebiet IuK Management) Prof. Dr. Stefan Stieglitz (Universität Münster, Wirtschaftsinformatik) Dipl.-Wirt.-Inf. 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Fwd: [AISWorld] Call for Papers: IS Security (ISS) and Compliance Track - ECIME conference
by Gustaf Neumann 05 Mar '12

05 Mar '12

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] Call for Papers: IS Security (ISS) and Compliance Track - ECIME conference Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2012 12:28:13 -0000 From: Adam, Frederic <FAdam(a)afis.ucc.ie> To: <aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org> ECIME 2012 6th European Conference on Information Management and Evaluation 13th – 14th of September 2012, University College Cork, Ireland. Call for Papers: IS Security (ISS) and Compliance Track http://academic-conferences.org/ecime/ecime2012/ecime12-call-papers.htm Track Chairs: • Dr. Karen Neville, BIS, University College Cork, kneville(a)afis.ucc.ie • Ms. Leona O’Brien, FSIC, University College Cork, Leona.obrien(a)ucc.ie Important Dates: • Abstract Submission: 9th of March 2012 • Notification of abstract acceptance: 16-Mar-12 • Final copy of full paper due: 13-Apr-12 • Notification of paper acceptance: 22-Jun-12 • Early bird registration closes: 06-Jul-12 • Final paper submission: 20-Jul-12 • Final author registration date: 10-Aug-12 Objectives and potential topics: This track is issuing this call for papers on ISS and compliance to facilitate the development of rigorous IS research and theory development in the field. It will promote theory building and rigorous empirical research. The primary objective of this track is to bridge the gap between the ISS requirements of organizations and the adherence to local and international standards and regulations. In particular, we welcome papers from both ISS/regulatory industry practitioners and researchers who have investigated the issue of balancing these requirements. Possible topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following domains:  The use of ISS standards& Policies.  ISS threats and Controls.  ISS and Compliance Economics.  ISS Governance.  Aligning ISS to Assure Compliance.  The Business Impact of Compliance. Submission details: Abstracts: All submission types require a 300-500 word abstract in the first instance, to be received by 9th of March 2012. Please read the guidelines at http://academic-conferences.org/abstract-guidelines.htm Submission: Only accepted by online form submission at http://academic-conferences.org/ecime/ecime2012/ecime12-abstractsubmission.… Full paper: Only required for academic submissions once the abstract has been selected, no more than 5,000 words to be received by 13 April 2012. Sent on behalf of the track Chairs: Dr Karen Neville and Ms Leona O'Brien. _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

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