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Fwd: [AISWorld] Journal of Organizational and End User Computing
by Gustaf Neumann 30 Jun '12

30 Jun '12

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] Journal of Organizational and End User Computing Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 15:58:54 -0600 From: Mahmood, M. Adam <mmahmood(a)utep.edu> To: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org <aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org> The contents of the latest issue of: *Journal of Organizational and End User Computing (JOEUC)* Official Publication of the Information Resources Management Association Volume 24 Issue 2, April-June 2012 Published: Quarterly in Print and Electronically ISSN: 1546-2234 EISSN: 1546-5012 Published by IGI Publishing, Hershey-New York, USA www.igi-global.com/joeuc <http://www.igi-global.com/joeuc> Editor-in-Chief (forthcoming): Dr. Tanya McGill// *GUEST EDITORIAL PREFACE* "Citizen Centric Perspectives on Electronic Government: Research Trends, Issues, and Challenges" Vikas Jain, The University of Tampa, USA Yogesh K. Dwivedi, Swansea University, UK Vishanth Weerakkody, Brunel University, UK Peter Blakey, Massey University, New Zealand To read the preface, click on the link below, and then click on "Preface" in the 1st Quarter issue. http://www.igi-global.com/Files/Ancillary/1546-2234_24_3_Preface.pdf *PAPER ONE* *Internet Voting Usefulness: An Empirical Analysis of Trust, Convenience and Accessibility* Lemuria Carter (North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, USA) Ronald Campbell (North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, USA) Opportunities for Internet use in the political process are constantly emerging. The use of the Internet to obtain political news and share political information is gaining momentum. Remote Internet voting initiatives are also growing in popularity. This study presents a model of Internet voting adoption that explores the predictors of the perceived usefulness of Internet voting systems. To test the model a survey is administered to 372 citizens. The results of structural equation modeling indicate that accessibility, convenience, disposition to trust, and Internet trust all have a significant impact on the perceived usefulness of Internet Voting. Implications for research and practice are discussed. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://www.igi-global.com/article/internet-voting-usefulness/68021 To view a sample PDF of this article, click on the link below. http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=68021 *PAPER TWO* *Developing an Instrument for E-Public Services' Acceptance Using Confirmatory Factor Analysis: Middle East Context*** Ahmed Alzahrani (King Saud University, Saudi Arabia) Bernd Carsten Stahl (De Montfort University, UK) Mary Prior (De Montfort University, UK) Governments worldwide spend billions from their allocated IT budgets to deliver convenient electronic services to their citizens. As a result, it is important to encourage citizens to use these services to avoid potential failures. Yet, few empirical studies exist that cover the relevant issues of adoption from the perspective of citizens in developing countries. Moreover, the need for a well-validated instrument to capture citizen adoption of such services is vital, given the vast investment in technology and the potential cost-saving implications. This study integrates elements from the most popular theories, including adoption technology acceptance model (TAM), innovation diffusion theory (IDT), and theory of planned behavior (TPB), in conjunction with web trust models. It develops an instrument to measure citizens' acceptance of electronic public services by utilizing confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) within the structural equation modeling technique. Findings of a large scale data sampling of citizens in Saudi Arabia indicate that the proposed measurement model is an acceptable fit with the data. Overall, the findings supply a rigorous instrument for measuring citizens' acceptance of e-public services, providing further insights for researchers and offering policy makers a suitable tool with which to study proposed strategies. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://www.igi-global.com/article/developing-instrument-public-services-acc… To view a sample PDF of this article, click on the link below. http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=68022 *PAPER THREE* Inhibitors and Enablers of Public E-Services in Lebanon Antoine Harfouche (University of Tours, France) Alice Robbin (Indiana University Bloomington, USA) This paper examines user intentions to accept or reject public e-services in Lebanon based on the model of acceptance of technology in households (MATH) and on the two-factors theory. Data were gathered in 2009 in two phases via interviews with open-ended questions in the first stage and through a survey questionnaire in the second phase. Results of the qualitative and the quantitative studies show that only a small percentage of Lebanese intended to accept government e-services. For intenders, perceived usefulness, perceived government support, computer self efficacy, and perceived government influences are key drivers of the e-services acceptance intention. For non-intenders, barriers such as fear of government control, lack of trust in security and privacy of personal information, lack of support, and lack of knowledge were most significant. In both studies, fear of government control was the most important determinant. Willingness to use public e-services will take place if the Lebanese government develops trust relationships with citizens, provides assurances that their financial details are secure, provides guarantees to protect the privacy of citizens, and does not employ e-services to increase political control over its citizens. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://www.igi-global.com/article/inhibitors-enablers-public-services-leban… To view a sample PDF of this article, click on the link below. http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=68023 *PAPER FOUR* *The Role of End User in E-Government Application Development: A Conceptual Model in the Agricultural Context* ** Shah Jahan Miah (University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia) This paper describes a new conceptual approach of e-government application development in which end users such as government managers, responsible officials and citizens at different levels can engage in effective service delivery, particularly in the agricultural sector. This approach provides end-user specific customizable provisions in which responsible government officials can design public services for the target end-user groups/local citizens such as primary producers. In the G2C (Government to Citizen) dimension, the author focuses on a hypothetical case of an e-government solution that provides various agricultural extension services such as training, awareness, consultation services, and knowledge sharing services provision, according to individual or farming requirements. This initiative reinforces a shift from the traditional information portal process to a new provision where citizens/primary producers can actively contribute in designing their useful services from the relevant government agencies. This paper presents a generic process model and identifies the critical interplaying roles between the end-user groups. The study argues that the process model may be operationalized in various other government service sectors. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://www.igi-global.com/article/role-end-user-government-application/68024 To view a sample PDF of this article, click on the link below. http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=68024 ***************************************************** For full copies of the above articles, check for this issue of the *Journal of Organizational and End User Computing (JOEUC)* in your institution's library. This journal is also included in the IGI Global aggregated "*InfoSci-Journals*" database: http://www.igi-global.com/EResources/InfoSciJournals.aspx. ******************************************************* ** *Coverage* Potential authors should write manuscript on topics drawn from, but not limited to, the following areas, with major emphasis on how to increase organizational and end user productivity and performance, and how to achieve organizational strategic and competitive advantage: · OEUC controls for security and privacy · OEUC effects of organizational strategic and competitive advantage · OEUC hardware and software · OEUC in various management functions · OEUC management · OEUC privacy, security, and copyright issues · OEUC productivity and performance · OEUC relation to information resources management · OEUC risk factors · OEUC satisfaction · OEUC success factors · OEUC supports and training · OEUC usage · Using and managing emerging OEUC technologies, including electronic commerce** *Submission* Prospective authors should note that only original and previously unpublished articles will be considered. Interested authors must consult the journal's guidelines for manuscript submissions at _http://www.igi-global.com/development/author_info/guide.asp_ prior to submission. All article submissions will be forwarded to at least 3 members of the Editorial Review Board of the journal for double-blind, peer review. Final decision regarding acceptance/revision/rejection will be based on the reviews received from the reviewers. All submissions must be forwarded electronically. *All submissions and inquiries should be directed to the attention of:* /Dr. Tanya McGill, Editor in Chief (forthcoming)/ /Journal of Organizational and End User Computing// //School of Information Technology// //Murdoch University// //Murdoch WA 6150 AUSTRALIA/// */T.Mcgill(a)murdoch.edu.au/*

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Fwd: [AISWorld] Volume 4, Issue 1 of AIS Transactions on HCI
by Gustaf Neumann 30 Jun '12

30 Jun '12

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] Volume 4, Issue 1 of AIS Transactions on HCI Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 21:36:36 -0400 From: Galletta, Dennis <galletta(a)katz.pitt.edu> To: AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org <AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org> Announcing the Publication of Volume 4 Issue 2 of /AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction/ Special issue on User Participation and Centeredness in new, Challenging IS Contexts (http://thci.aisnet.org) We hereby announce another issue of /AIS Transactions on HCI./ First, though, we would like to note that this issue of THCI is dedicated to Professor Paul Gray, who passed away at age 81 on May 10, 2012 from injuries suffered in a car accident. Paul was a dear personal friend and mentor to co-Editor in Chief Ping since the late 90s. He was instrumental to THCI's inception by providing invaluable suggestions and recommendations on THCI's policies and operation procedures based on his extensive editing and writing experience. He had been an advisor to THCI since 2008, the year THCI was established. Some of his ideas will be part of this journal forever. We are very saddened to lose his friendship, cheerfulness, and always generous and helpful advice. A tribute page for Paul can be found athttp://lorneolfman.com/paulgraytribute/. --- OUTGOING EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS We would like to thank Weiyin Hong for her service on our board. She has recently "retired" from the board and is changing locations. We will miss her service. --- This time of year, we also provide awards for best paper and best reviewer of the year. Our Senior Editors provided nominations for both best paper and best reviewer. After intense review and discussion, we have identified the following: BEST REVIEWER AWARD Best reviewer: Matt Germonprez, for his habitually timely and thorough reviews. Thank you, Matt for your help. Matt's service was exemplary and distinguished him in the sea of excellent reviewers we were blessed to have. BEST PAPER AWARD Best paper: From Vol. 3, Issue 1, "Designing Emergency Response Dispatch Systems for Better Dispatch Performance" by Anna L. McNab, Niagara University; Traci J. Hess, University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Joseph S. Valacich, now of University of Arizona. While other papers were nominated, some of the SE comments identify why this was the winner: -"In this paper I liked the solid scientific work that the authors did in breaking down a practical and significant organizational problem, studying it rigorously, and suggesting design recommendations with clear practical implementation." -"Theory-based design improvements; important problem area---emergency response; two well-designed experiments; significant findings with actionable implications." -"Excellent paper that actually can help save lives, which I've always wished I could do in my job. It provides an outstanding purpose that has the impressive bonus of being theory-based and also full of experimental rigor. It's an easy choice to nominate this paper." -"The McNab et al paper uses HCI principles as an excellent theoretical base, and HCI is a really crisp focus." --- THCI is located within the AIS (Association for Information Systems) e-library (*_http://aisel.aisnet.org/thci_*). To increase awareness and readership, /THCI/ is freely available to everyone during its initial years of publishing. You can find information related to all aspects of THCI at its website, <http://aisel.aisnet.org/> including how to submit. We would like to thank AIS <http://home.aisnet.org/> Council for its continued support of the journal as we begin to emerge from difficult economic times. We are also pleased to announce that we have initiated a process that hopefully will result in our journal being indexed in the near future. Indexing a journal provides many benefits and recognizes the ability of the journal to attract good work from authors for a sustained period of time, and to publish on time. ================== In this issue ================== This issue is our 14th consecutive issue, published on time like every one of the others to date. It is our third special issue of /THCI/, which addresses User Participation and Centeredness in new, Challenging IS Contexts. We would be happy to entertain any ideas for further special issues; just email one of the Editors with your idea. The special issue editors were Netta Iivari, Horst Treiblmaier, and Dennis F. Galletta. This issue has six research articles. Titles, authors and abstracts are listed below. Editorial: Introduction to the AIS THCI Special Issue on User Participation/Centeredness in New, Challenging IS Contexts /Netta Iivari, Horst Treiblmaier, and Dennis F. Galletta/ Paper #1: Representation in Systems Development and Implementation: A Healthcare Enterprise System Implementation /Alain Ross, Barbara Marcolin, and Mike W. Chiasson/ In the context of electronic health records, the authors address the meaning of representation for design. Developers must define the constituency, select representatives, and determine how the representation relationship is carried out. The authors analyze the different types of representation ("spokesperson," "example," and "symbol") that occur in development projects. These types of representation significantly differ with respect to the why, who, and how of representation. Paper #2: Users as Designers of Information Infrastructures and the Role of Generativity /Liv Karen Johannessen, Deede Gammon, and Gunnar Ellingsen/// This case study paper also takes place in the health care context, and illustrates how user and designer roles evolve together. Not just technology, but also work practices evolve, so user contributions are decisive in the project. Designing both together provides insights that feed directly into the design process. Paper #3: Personas in Uniform: Police Officers as Users of Information Technology /Erik Borglund and Urban Nulden/// Borglund and Nulden use personas and scenarios in a contemporary policing context to illustrate the properties and conditions of police work. The authors demonstrate that personas and scenarios make the daily work visible and support the emergent design of information systems in the midst of the user/developer dialog. Paper #4: P2P Mapper: From User Experiences to Pattern-Based Design /Homa Javahery and Ahmed Seffah/// A software tool called Persona to Pattern (P2P) Mapper is proposed, which guides designers in modeling user experiences and identifying appropriate design patterns. P2P Mapper supports the first two of the three steps in the process of persona creation, pattern selection, and pattern composition. In one more example in the domain of health care, the Mapper is used in the redesign of two Bioinformatics applications, and the tool demonstrates the usability improvement that is earned by the Mapper. Paper #5: User Participation in Software Design via Social Media: Experiences from a Case Study with Consumers /Pirjo Näkki and Kaisa Koskela-Huotari/// In a study of user participation, social media is shown to provide an interesting new venue for enabling and energizing the user participation process. Social media can provide the participation process with almost continuous user involvement, and provide user contributions over a long period of time. The authors call for software development practices to be modified so that small and dispersed user contributions fit well into the process. Paper #6: Fostering Continuous User Participation by Embedding a Communication Support Tool in User Interfaces /Fahri Yetim, Sebastian Draxler, Gunnar Stevens, and Volker Wulf/ Yetim, Draxler, Stevens, and Wulf provide a review of previous IS literature on user participation and conclude that the literature lacks design research on developing system prototypes to foster continuous participation. They provide a tool that enables users to participate while using the application systems while they work. Conclusions are that the tool is shown to be usable and useful in practice. ================== Call for Papers ================== /THCI/is a high-quality peer-reviewed international scholarly journal on Human-Computer Interaction. As an AIS journal, /THCI/ is oriented to the Information Systems community, emphasizing applications in business, managerial, organizational, and cultural contexts. However, it is open to all related communities that share intellectual interests in HCI phenomena and issues. The editorial objective is to enhance and communicate knowledge about the interplay among humans, information, technologies, and tasks in order to guide the development and use of human-centered Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and services for individuals, groups, organizations, and communities. Topics of interest to /THCI/ include but are not limited to the following: * The behavioral, cognitive, motivational and affective aspects of human and technology interaction * User task analysis and modeling; fit between representations and task types * Digital documents/genres; human information seeking and web navigation behaviors; human information interaction; information visualization * Social media; social computing; virtual communities * Behavioral information security and information assurance; privacy and trust in human technology interaction * User interface design and evaluation for various applications in business, managerial, organizational, educational, social, cultural, non-work, and other domains * Integrated and/or innovative approaches, guidelines, and standards or metrics for human centered analysis, design, construction, evaluation, and use of interactive devices and information systems * Information systems usability engineering; universal usability * The impact of interfaces/information technology on people's attitude, behavior, performance, perception, and productivity * Implications and consequences of technological change on individuals, groups, society, and socio-technical units * Software learning and training issues such as perceptual, cognitive, and motivational aspects of learning * Gender and information technology * The elderly, the young, and special needs populations for new applications, modalities, and multimedia interaction * Issues in HCI education The language for the journal is English. The audience includes international scholars and practitioners who conduct research on issues related to the objectives of the journal. The publication frequency is quarterly: 4 issues per year to be published in March, June, September, and December. The AIS Special Interest Group on Human-Computer Interaction (SIGHCI, http://sigs.aisnet.org/SIGHCI/) is the official sponsor for /THCI/. ==================================================================== Please visit the links above or the links from our AIS THCI page <http://aisel.aisnet.org/thci/> for details on any emerging special issue calls that will be announced in the future. Please keep checking our home page to see what is brewing! If you have an idea for a special issue, please drop us a line any time. ================== AIS THCI Editorial Board ================== Editors-in-Chief --------------------- Dennis Galletta, University of Pittsburgh, USA Ping Zhang, Syracuse University, USA Advisory Board --------------------- Izak Benbasat, University of British Columbia, Canada John M. Carroll, Penn State University, USA Phillip Ein-Dor, Tel-Aviv University, Israel Jenny Preece, University of Maryland, USA Gavriel Salvendy, Purdue University, USA and Tsinghua University, China Ben Shneiderman, University of Maryland, USA Jane Webster, Queen's University, Canada, K.K Wei, City University of Hong Kong, China Senior Editor Board ------------------------- Fred Davis, University of Arkansas, USA Traci Hess, University of Massachusetts-Amherst Shuk Ying (Susanna) Ho, Australian National University Mohamed Khalifa, University of Wollongong, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Jinwoo Kim, Yonsei University, Korea Anne Massey, Indiana University, USA Fiona Fui-Hoon Nah, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA Lorne Olfman, Claremont Graduate University, USA Kar Yan Tam, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, China Dov Te'eni, Tel-Aviv University, Israel Noam Tractinsky, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel Viswanath Venkatesh, University of Arkansas, USA Mun Yi, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Korea Associate Editor Board ----------------------------- Miguel Aguirre-Urreta, DePaul University, USA Michel Avital, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark Hock Chuan Chan, National University of Singapore Christy M.K. Cheung, Hong Kong Baptist University, China Michael Davern, University of Melbourne, Australia Carina de Villiers, University of Pretoria, South Africa Alexandra Durcikova, University of Arizona, USA Xiaowen Fang, DePaul University, USA Matt Germonprez, University of Wisconsin Eau Claire USA Jennifer Gerow, Virginia Military Institute, USA Suparna Goswami, Technische U.München, Germany Khaled Hassanein, McMaster University, Canada Milena Head, McMaster University, Canada Netta Iivari, Oulu University, Finland Zhenhui Jack Jiang, National University of Singapore, Singapore Richard Johnson, University at Albany, State University of New York, USA Weiling Ke, Clarkson University, USA Sherrie Komiak, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada Na Li, Baker College, USA Paul Benjamin Lowry, City University of Hong Kong, China Ji-Ye Mao, Renmin University, China Scott McCoy, College of William and Mary, USA Greg Moody, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA Robert F. Otondo, Mississippi State University, USA Lingyun Qiu, Peking University , China Sheizaf Rafaeli, University of Haifa, Israel René Riedl, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria Khawaja Saeed, Wichita State University, USA Shu Schiller, Wright State University, USA Hong Sheng, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA Stefan Smolnik, European Business School (EBS), Germany Jeff Stanton, Syracuse University, USA Heshan Sun, University of Arizona USA Jason Thatcher, Clemson University, USA Horst Treiblmaier, Vienna University of Business Administration and Economics, Austria Ozgur Turetken, Ryerson University, Canada Fahri Yetim, University of Siegen, Germany Cheng Zhang, Fudan University , China Meiyun Zuo, Renmin University, China Managing Editor --------------------- Jian Tang, Syracuse University, USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dennis F. Galletta Professor of Business Administration University of Pittsburgh and Director, Katz Doctoral Program 282a Mervis Hall Katz Graduate School of Business Phone +1 412-648-1699 Pittsburgh, PA 15260 E-mail: galletta @ Fax +1 412-648-1693 katz.pitt.edu homepage: www.pitt.edu/~galletta <http://www.pitt.edu/%7Egalletta> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Fwd: Re: [computational.science] 2 WEEKSCFP - MobileCloud2013 -IEEE International Symposium on Mobile Cloud, Computing, and Service Engineering, 3/25-28/2013, San Francisco Bay, California, USA
by Gustaf Neumann 30 Jun '12

30 Jun '12

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [computational.science] 2 WEEKSCFP - MobileCloud2013 -IEEE International Symposium on Mobile Cloud, Computing, and Service Engineering, 3/25-28/2013, San Francisco Bay, California, USA Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 15:10:29 -0700 From: Zeyu Gao <jerry.gao(a)sjsu.edu> Organization: "ICCSA" To: Computational Science Mailing List <computational.science(a)lists.iccsa.org> Call for Papers: ****************************************************************************************************** The IEEE International Symposium on Mobile Cloud, Computing, and Service Engineering (URL: http://www.engr.sjsu.edu/gaojerry/IEEEMobileCloud2013/index.htm) March 25-28, 2013, Hotel Sofitel, San Francisco Bay, California, USA in conjunction with a number of venues: IEEESOSE2013 - The 7th International Symposium on Service Oriented System Engineering (http://sei.pku.edu.cn/conference/sose2013/) and IEEEIC2E2013 - IEEE International Conference on Cloud Engineering http://www.engineering.leeds.ac.uk/computing/conferences/IC2E2013/ Important dates: Abstract submission: 10/1/2012 Paper submission: 10/15/2012 Paper notification: 12/31/2012 Camera-ready submission: 1/15/2013 Conference days: 3/25-3/28, 2013 Major Theme: Today's fast advance of mobile computing and cloud computing is bring a new paradigm shift from conventional mobile computing and wireless communications services to mobile cloud computing and services over wireless internet in the real world. Many people believe that mobile cloud computing will not only completely change the current way of delivering mobile computing and communication services to global mobile users, but also alter their working and life styles with seamless global mobile resource sharing and accesses. This symposium will provide a great platform to allow researchers and professionals in the industry to exchange their latest research results and development activities on mobile cloud computing and services. The primary objective is to share research ideas and results, emergent industry technologies on the latest advances in mobile cloud computing and services, and mobile computing and applications. This symposium will host a number of invited speakers who will give tutorials and research talks related to issues in mobile computing and cloud computing. The program topics and tracks are not limited to the followings: (a) Mobile Cloud Computing • Mobile cloud computing models, infrastructures, and approaches. • Green computing in networking and mobile computing and clouds • Resource management, provision, and migration • Transmission protocols and scheduling algorithms • Security and privacy issues, solutions for mobile clouds and SaaS • Mobility modeling, management and measurement techniques • Mobile-aware cloud databases and data retrievals • Mobile-aware networking, protocols, and infrastructures • Mobile multimedia content delivery, transferring, and migration • Mobile clouds (mobile community/private/public/ad-hoc clouds) (b) Mobile Cloud Services and Applications • Mobile software-as-a-service (MSaaS), • Mobile Data-as-a-Service (MDaaS), • Mobile Platform-as-a-Service (MPaaS) • Mobile Infrastructure-as-a-Service (MIaaS) • Mobile Network-as-a-Service (MNaaS) • Mobile-based Testing-as-a-Service (MTaaS) • Mobile multimedia services, and mobile social community services • Mobile clouds for e-commerce and local-based mobile applications (c) Engineering Mobile Clouds and Mobile-Based Systems • Innovative infrastructures, architectures, and middle-wares • Modeling, analysis, and design methods and tools • Collaboration, management, and mobile cloud administration • Monitoring solutions and evaluation techniques • Mobile testing tools and techniques • Quality of service on mobile clouds and applications • Mobile connectivity and mobile cloud protocols • Knowledge engineering and data mining techniques • Mobile device, storage, and wireless network virtualization (d) Enabled Technologies • Energy-saving wireless communication technologies • Novel mobile-ware database technologies • Innovative mobile platforms and client technologies • Urban sensing and crowd-sensing, and smart sensor networks • Emergent barcode/RFID/NFC-based mobile technologies • Mobile cloud data center and storage technology • Augmenting pervasive environments • Embedded mobile platforms and technologies for mobile clouds (e) Innovative Applications • Next generation mobile application enabled by the cloud • Cloud-based mobile media systems and social networks • Novel mobile cloud systems and wireless-based applications • Smart mobile computing SaaS on clouds • Mobile context-aware services and computing for clouds • Cloud-based mobile commerce applications and systems • Location-aware mobile applications on clouds • Cloud-based mobile app. store and environments (f) Reviews, Survey Papers, and Experience Reports: • State-of-the-art survey reports • Comparison and analysis reports • Research reviews on emergent topics in mobile and mobile clouds • Industry reports on experience and lessons • Research case study and experimental report General Chairs: W. T. Tsai Arizona State University, USA Volker Gruhn Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany Ruay-Shiung Chang National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan Program Chairs: Jerry Gao San Jose State University, USA George Roussos University of London, UK Jingsha He Beijing University of Technology, China Paper Submission: All papers should be prepared using the IEEE Format below. (http://www.computer.org/portal/pages/cscps/cps/cps_forms.html) Each paper will be reviewed at least by three TPC members. Authors should submit manuscripts into the EasyChair system below: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ieeemobilecloud2013 Paper Publication: All accepted papers should be presented in IEEE MobileCloud2012 and included in its proceedings, which will be published by IEEE Computer Society Press (EI-Index) and included in IEEE Digital Library. Selected papers (extended version) will be published in journals. Contact: Jerry Gao, jerry.gao(a)sjsu.edu MobileCloud2013 contact: mobilecloud2013(a)gmail.com

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Fwd: [computational.science] CFP - MobileCloud2013 -IEEE International Symposium on Mobile Cloud, Computing, and Service Engineering, 3/25-28/2013, San Francisco Bay, California, USA
by Gustaf Neumann 29 Jun '12

29 Jun '12

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [computational.science] CFP - MobileCloud2013 -IEEE International Symposium on Mobile Cloud, Computing, and Service Engineering, 3/25-28/2013, San Francisco Bay, California, USA Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2012 22:49:09 -0700 (PDT) From: jerry gao <gaojerryg(a)yahoo.com> Organization: "ICCSA" To: Computational Science Mailing List <computational.science(a)lists.iccsa.org> Call for Papers: ******************************************************************************************************* The IEEE International Symposium on Mobile Cloud, Computing, and Service Engineering (URL: http://www.engr.sjsu.edu/gaojerry/IEEEMobileCloud2013/index.htm) March 25-28, 2013, Hotel Sofitel, San Francisco Bay, California, USA in conjunction with a number of venues: IEEESOSE2013 - The 7th International Symposium on Service Oriented System Engineering (http://sei.pku.edu.cn/conference/sose2013/) and IEEEIC2E2013 - IEEE International Conference on Cloud Engineering http://www.engineering.leeds.ac.uk/computing/conferences/IC2E2013/ Important dates: Abstract submission: 10/1/2012 Paper submission: 10/15/2012 Paper notification: 12/31/2012 Camera-ready submission: 1/15/2013 Conference days: 3/25-3/28, 2013 Major Theme: Today's fast advance of mobile computing and cloud computing is bring a new paradigm shift from conventional mobile computing and wireless communications services to mobile cloud computing and services over wireless internet in the real world. Many people believe that mobile cloud computing will not only completely change the current way of delivering mobile computing and communication services to global mobile users, but also alter their working and life styles with seamless global mobile resource sharing and accesses. This symposium will provide a great platform to allow researchers and professionals in the industry to exchange their latest research results and development activities on mobile cloud computing and services. The primary objective is to share research ideas and results, emergent industry technologies on the latest advances in mobile cloud computing and services, and mobile computing and applications. This symposium will host a number of invited speakers who will give tutorials and research talks related to issues in mobile computing and cloud computing. The program topics and tracks are not limited to the followings: (a) Mobile Cloud Computing • Mobile cloud computing models, infrastructures, and approaches. • Green computing in networking and mobile computing and clouds • Resource management, provision, and migration • Transmission protocols and scheduling algorithms • Security and privacy issues, solutions for mobile clouds and SaaS • Mobility modeling, management and measurement techniques • Mobile-aware cloud databases and data retrievals • Mobile-aware networking, protocols, and infrastructures • Mobile multimedia content delivery, transferring, and migration • Mobile clouds (mobile community/private/public/ad-hoc clouds) (b) Mobile Cloud Services and Applications • Mobile software-as-a-service (MSaaS), • Mobile Data-as-a-Service (MDaaS), • Mobile Platform-as-a-Service (MPaaS) • Mobile Infrastructure-as-a-Service (MIaaS) • Mobile Network-as-a-Service (MNaaS) • Mobile-based Testing-as-a-Service (MTaaS) • Mobile multimedia services, and mobile social community services • Mobile clouds for e-commerce and local-based mobile applications (c) Engineering Mobile Clouds and Mobile-Based Systems • Innovative infrastructures, architectures, and middle-wares • Modeling, analysis, and design methods and tools • Collaboration, management, and mobile cloud administration • Monitoring solutions and evaluation techniques • Mobile testing tools and techniques • Quality of service on mobile clouds and applications • Mobile connectivity and mobile cloud protocols • Knowledge engineering and data mining techniques • Mobile device, storage, and wireless network virtualization (d) Enabled Technologies • Energy-saving wireless communication technologies • Novel mobile-ware database technologies • Innovative mobile platforms and client technologies • Urban sensing and crowd-sensing, and smart sensor networks • Emergent barcode/RFID/NFC-based mobile technologies • Mobile cloud data center and storage technology • Augmenting pervasive environments • Embedded mobile platforms and technologies for mobile clouds (e) Innovative Applications • Next generation mobile application enabled by the cloud • Cloud-based mobile media systems and social networks • Novel mobile cloud systems and wireless-based applications • Smart mobile computing SaaS on clouds • Mobile context-aware services and computing for clouds • Cloud-based mobile commerce applications and systems • Location-aware mobile applications on clouds • Cloud-based mobile app. store and environments (f) Reviews, Survey Papers, and Experience Reports: • State-of-the-art survey reports • Comparison and analysis reports • Research reviews on emergent topics in mobile and mobile clouds • Industry reports on experience and lessons • Research case study and experimental report General Chairs: W. T. Tsai Arizona State University, USA Volker Gruhn Universität Duisburg-Essen, Germany Ruay-Shiung Chang National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan Program Chairs: Jerry Gao San Jose State University, USA George Roussos University of London, UK Jingsha He Beijing University of Technology, China Paper Submission: All papers should be prepared using the IEEE Format below. (http://www.computer.org/portal/pages/cscps/cps/cps_forms.html) Each paper will be reviewed at least by three TPC members. Authors should submit manuscripts into the EasyChair system below: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ieeemobilecloud2013 Paper Publication: All accepted papers should be presented in IEEE MobileCloud2012 and included in its proceedings, which will be published by IEEE Computer Society Press (EI-Index) and included in IEEE Digital Library. Selected papers (extended version) will be published in journals. Contact: Jerry Gao, jerry.gao(a)sjsu.edu MobileCloud2013 contact: mobilecloud2013(a)gmail.com

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Fwd: [AISWorld] TOC & CFP: International Journal of E-services and Mobile Applications (IJESMA) Vol 4(3)
by Gustaf Neumann 28 Jun '12

28 Jun '12

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] TOC & CFP: International Journal of E-services and Mobile Applications (IJESMA) Vol 4(3) Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2012 10:58:34 +0000 From: Ada Scupola <ada(a)ruc.dk> To: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org <aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org> The contents of the latest issue of: *International Journal of E-Services and Mobile Applications (IJESMA)* Official Publication of the Information Resources Management Association Volume 4, Issue 3, July-September 2012 Published: Quarterly in Print and Electronically ISSN: 1941-627X EISSN: 1941-6288 Published by IGI Publishing, Hershey-New York, USA www.igi-global.com/ijesma <http://www.igi-global.com/ijesma> Editor-in-Chief: Ada Scupola, Roskilde University, Denmark *Editorial Preface* Ada Scupola, Roskilde University, Denmark To read the preface, click on the link below, and then visit this issue of /IJESMA. / http://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-services-mobile-app… *PAPER ONE* * **E-Commerce Logistics: A Literature Research Review and Topics for Future Research***** Anu Bask (Aalto University School of Economics, Finland) Mervi Lipponen (Aalto University School of Economics, Finland) Markku Tinnilä (Aalto University School of Economics, Finland) E-commerce has attracted increasing interest at the beginning of the 21st century, in both academia and practice. Today, the Internet is commonly used by both consumers and businesses as a means of purchasing goods. The authors' study focuses on e-commerce logistics, focusing on the physical delivery of goods sold over the Internet. Based on a systematic review of articles, the authors will summarize and analyze the main findings of academic literature and highlight certain research issues recognized on this topic. The main objective is to study the state-of-the-art of e-commerce logistics research and future research needs. The reviewed articles have been formed into seven categories, and each category is discussed in the paper. The largest categories discuss e-commerce logistics in relation to retail strategies, logistics strategies and structures, and buyer preferences. Although logistics is a critical part of e-commerce, it seems based on the review that not many e-commerce logistics solutions have been developed or studied in current research, and logistics has often been treated as only a minor issue among other issues in e-commerce. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://www.igi-global.com/article/commerce-logistics-literature-research-re… To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below. http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=68827 *PAPER TWO* *Critical Business Model Issues in Deploying NFC Technology for Mobile Services: Case Mobile Ticketing*** Antero Juntunen (Aalto University, Finland) Virpi Kristiina Tuunainen (Aalto University, Finland) Sakari Luukkainen (Aalto University, Finland) New mobile ticketing services include travel card functionality in mobile phones, providing users with numerous benefits. However, several open issues still pose limitations for these services, including the diffusion of the enabling technology called Near Field Communication (NFC), concerns about security and privacy, as well as uncertainties in the related value networks and business models. In this study, the authors analyze the NFC mobile ticketing business model holistically from a techno-economic viewpoint and identify the critical business model issues that affect the commercial deployment of such services. Using single case methodology, the authors evaluate the NFC mobile ticketing business model with the help of the Service, Technology, Organization, Finance (STOF) model. Their results offer insights both to the researchers and to the practitioners by providing an analysis with theoretical grounding on the possibilities as well as difficulties in the deployment of NFC technology for mobile services. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://www.igi-global.com/article/critical-business-model-issues-deploying/… To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below. http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=68828 *PAPER THREE* *Complementary Approaches to the Diffusion of Innovation: Empirical Evidence on E-Services Adoption in Italy*** Davide Arduini (University of Urbino, Italy) Leopoldo Nascia (National Bureau of Statistics, Italy) Antonello Zanfei (University of Urbino, Italy) Using data on the adoption of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) by 1947 Italian firms in 2004 and 2005, this paper provides evidence that is consistent with three largely complementary streams of literature on innovation diffusion. First, as suggested by epidemic models, the authors highlight the positive impact of early adopters' performance on the rate of diffusion. Second, following probit models, they show how market structure and user characteristics, including their size and competencies, affect ICT adoption. Third and finally, the authors draw insights from systemic approaches to emphasise the dynamic role played by the public sector and by the technological and institutional context in which user firms are active. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://www.igi-global.com/article/complementary-approaches-diffusion-innova… To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below. http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=68829 ***************************************************** For full copies of the above articles, check for this issue of the *International Journal of E-Services and Mobile Applications (IJESMA)* in your institution's library. This journal is also included in the IGI Global aggregated "*InfoSci-Journals*" database: http://www.igi-global.com/EResources/InfoSciJournals.aspx. ******************************************************* *CALL FOR PAPERS* Mission of IJESMA: The *International Journal of E-Services and Mobile Applications (IJESMA)* promotes and publishes state-of-the art research regarding different issues in the production management, delivery and consumption of e-services, self services, and mobile communication including business-to-business, business-to-consumer, government-to-business, government-to-consumer, and consumer-to-consumer e-services relevant to the interest of professionals, academic educators, researchers, and industry consultants in the field. Coverage of IJESMA: Topics to be discussed in this journal include (but are not limited to) the following: ·Adoption and diffusion of e-services ·Business models for mobile services ·Conceptual foundations and theoretical frameworks of e-services ·Differences between services and e-services ·E-banking ·E-government ·E-health ·E-learning ·E-libraries ·E-retailing ·E-services and business models ·E-services and competences ·E-services and entrepreneurship ·E-services and human resource management ·E-services and innovation ·E-services and knowledge management ·E-services and SMEs ·E-services and strategies ·E-services in the building industry ·E-services in the financial industry ·E-services in virtual worlds ·Internet-based companies providing e-services ·Issues related to e-services, self service, and mobile applications ·IT enabled self-services ·Mobile applications ·Mobile services ·Service science ·Telemedicine ·Transition from industrial to service and e-service economy ·Web-based portals offering different kind of services Interested authors should consult the journal's manuscript submission guidelines www.igi-global.com/ijesma <http://www.igi-global.com/ijesma>. All inquiries and submissions should be sent to: Editor-in-Chief: Ada Scupola at ada(a)ruc.dk <mailto:%20ada@ruc.dk> ================================================================== Ada Scupola Associate Professor, MBA, Msc., Ph.D Department of Communication, Business and Information Technologies Hus 44.3 Roskilde University DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark Tel: + 45 46 74 25 98 Fax: + 45 46 74 30 81 e-mail: ada(a)ruc.dk <mailto:ada@ruc.dk> Web site: http://www.ruc.dk/vs/personale/ada/ Editor-In-Chief, International Journal of E-Services and Mobile Applications (http://www.igi-pub.com/journals/details.asp?id=7830) ===================================================================

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Fwd: [AISWorld] Extended CFP:: IEEE WCEBW2012- UK
by Gustaf Neumann 28 Jun '12

28 Jun '12

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] Extended CFP:: IEEE WCEBW2012- UK Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 14:46:06 -0700 From: The World Congress on E-commerce and Business on the Web (WCEBW2012) <ec(a)sdiwc.net> Reply-To: ec(a)sdiwc.net To: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org The World Congress on E-commerce and Business on the Web (WCEBW2012) London Metropolitan University, London, United Kingdom Aug. 27-29, 2012 http://www.sdiwc.net/mt1 All the accepted papers will be submitted to IEEE for potential inclusion to IEEE Xplore and Ei Compendex ======================================================================== The proposed conference on the above theme will be held at London Metropolitan University, London, United Kingdom, From Aug. 27-29, 2012 which aims to enable researchers build connections between different digital applications. The conference welcomes papers on the following (but not limited to) research topics: - Barriers to E-Business Adoption - E-Services - Cryptography for enabling E-commerce - E-Logistics - Digital Enterprises - E-business applications - E-commerce in developing countries - Supply chain management - E-commerce Strategy Implementation - E-commerce Technology - E-tailing and multi-channel selling - Global E-commerce - Confidentiality Protection - Critical Infrastructure Management - Critical Computing and Storage - Cryptography and Data Protection - Computer Crime Prevention and Detection - Embedded Systems and Software - Sensor Networks and Social Sensing - Fuzzy and Neural Network Systems - Distributed and Parallel Applications - Anti-cyberterrorism - XML-Based Languages - Soft Computing Techniques - Computational Intelligence - Marketing on the Web - Internet payment systems - Business-oriented E-commerce - Web advertising and Web Publishing - Mobile Commerce - E-Business Applications and Software - E-communities - Consumer-oriented E-commerce - Digital Management products - Digital Innovation Management - Digital Economy - Business Technology Intelligence - IT Management - Consumer Electronics - E-Business - Digital Libraries - Digital Data Mining - Supply Chain Management E-Fulfilment - Infrastructure for E-commerce - Customer relationship management - Evolution of E-commerce - E-commerce, E-business strategies - E-commerce business models - Production of knowledge economy - Collaborative commerce - E-commerce technology adoption - The latest trends in web services - M-commerce and pervasive computing - Co-production in E-commerce service - Economics issues of E-commerce - Applications of E-commerce service - E-commerce payment systems - Practices and cases in E-commerce - Future development of E-business - Cryptography for enabling E-commerce - Digital economics, and digital content - Trust or security for E-commerce - Data mining and business intelligence - EDI and the Internet - Systems and technologies of E-commerce - Entrepreneurship and business models - Internet marketing and e-marketplaces - Knowledge economy and E-commerce - Law, copyright, and intelligent property in E-commerce - Business-oriented or consumer-oriented E-commerce - Mobile Networking, Mobility and Nomadicity - Ubiquitous Computing, Services and Applications - Forensics, Recognition Technologies and Applications - Signal Processing, Pattern Recognition and Applications - User Interfaces,Visualization and Modeling - Mobile, Ad Hoc and Sensor Network Management - Web Services Architecture, Modeling and Design - Quality of Service, Scalability and Performance - Self-Organizing Networks and Networked Systems - Data Management in Mobile Peer-to-Peer Networks - Data Stream Processing in Mobile/Sensor Networks - Indexing and Query Processing for Moving Objects - User Interfaces and Usability Issues form Mobile Applications - Information Propagation on Social Networks - Resource and Knowledge Discovery Using Social Networks - Business-to-business, business-to-customer, and business-to-government E-commerce - Services over the Internet, wireless network, mobile phone, and other cybernetic systems Researchers are encouraged to submit their work electronically. All papers will be fully refereed by a minimum of two specialized referees. Before final acceptance, all referees comments must be considered. Important Dates ============== Submission Date : July 10, 2012 Notification of acceptance: July 25, 2012 Camera Ready submission : Aug. 10, 2012 Registration : Aug. 10, 2012 Conference dates : Aug. 27-29, 2012 _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

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Fwd: [WI] AMT 2012 CFP - Submission deadline extended to 31 July 2012
by Gustaf Neumann 27 Jun '12

27 Jun '12

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [WI] AMT 2012 CFP - Submission deadline extended to 31 July 2012 Datum: 27 Jun 2012 22:20:40 +0900 Von: wic-office(a)wi-consortium.org An: wi(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de [Apologies for multiple postings] Papers Due: 31st July 2012 Due to repeated requests, the deadline is extended to 31st July 2012. #################################################################### Final Call For Papers The 2012 International Conference on Active Media Technology (AMT'12) December 4-7, 2012, Macau SAR, China http://www.fst.umac.mo/wic2012/AMT/ A Special Event of the Alan Turing Year (Centenary of Alan Turing's birth) as part of World Intelligence Congress 2012 Turing Keynote Speaker: Edward Feigenbaum (1994 Turing Award Winner) ################################################################## # (Papers Due: *** 31st July 2012 *** # Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings # by Springer as a volume of the series of Lecture Notes # in Computer Science (LNCS), which are indexed by EI. # A selected number of the best papers from AMT'12 will be # published in the two journal special issues (SCI, EI) ################################################################## In the digital era, we are witnessing rapid scientific and technological developments in human-centered, seamless interfaces, devices, connections, computing resources, computing environments and systems with their applications ranging from business and communication to entertainment and learning; these developments are collectively best characterized as Active Media Technology (AMT). AMT is a new area of intelligent information technology and computer science that emphasizes the proactive, seamless roles of interfaces and systems as well as new media in all aspects of digital life. An AMT based system offers active and transparent services to enable the rapid design, implementation and support of customized solutions. Active Media Technology 2012 (AMT12) will be under the 2012 World Intelligence Congress, a Special Event of the Alan Turing Year (Centenary of Alan Turing's birth), and held jointly with other four international conferences (BI12, WI-IAT12 and ISMIS12). The World Intelligent Congress will facilitate interactions and idea exchange among researchers working on a variety of focused themes under intelligent informatics. The Congress will have a joint opening, keynotes, reception and banquet. The topics and areas include, but not limited to: - Active Computer Systems and Intelligent Interfaces - Adaptive Web Systems and Information Foraging Agents - Agent-Based Software Engineering and Multi-Agent Systems - AMT for Semantic Web and Web2.0 - Cognitive Foundations for AMT - Data Mining, Ontology Mining and Web Reasoning - Digital City and Digital Interactivity - E-Commerce and Web Services - Entertainment and Social Applications of Active Media - Human Modeling and Personalized Services - Media Art with Computing - Machine Learning and Human-Centric Robotics - Network, Mobile and Wireless Security - Personalized and Pervasive System and their Interfaces - Semantic Computing for Active Media Systems - Sensing Web - Smart Digital Media - Transparent Computing and Active Services - Trust on Web Information Systems - Ubiquitous Intelligent Devices and Systems - Web Based Social Networks - Web Mining, Wisdom Web and Web Intelligence Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings by Springer as a volume of the series of Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) and also will be available on site. Authors are strongly encouraged to use Springer LNCS/LNAI manuscript submission guidelines (http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html) or their initial submissions (a maximum of 12 pages in Springer LNCS/LNAI style file). All papers must be submitted electronically in PDF format only, using the conference management tool. A selected number of the best papers from AMT'12 will be published and/or recommended to the following journal special issues including Computational Intelligence (Wiley, SCI), Knowledge and Information Systems (Springer, SCI), Cognitive Systems Research (Elsevier, SCI), International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making (World Scientific, SCI), International Journal of Semantic Computing (World Scientific, SCI), International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications (Inderscience, EI) and International Journal of Computational Science and Engineering (Inderscience, EI). *** Contact Information *** Runhe Huang (Hosei University, Japan) <rhuang(a)hosei.ac.jp> -- Mailing-Liste: wi(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de Administrator: wi-admin(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de Konfiguration: https://www.lists.uni-karlsruhe.de/sympa/info/wi

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Fwd: [WI] 2nd CfP: 6th International Workshop on Web APIs and Service Mashups@ESOCC 2012
by Gustaf Neumann 27 Jun '12

27 Jun '12

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [WI] 2nd CfP: 6th International Workshop on Web APIs and Service Mashups@ESOCC 2012 Datum: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 13:29:07 +0200 Von: Agnes Koschmider <Agnes.Koschmider(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de> An: wi <wi(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de> 2nd CfP: 6th International Workshop on Web APIs and Service Mashups@ESOCC 2012 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th International Workshop on Web APIs and Service Mashups (Mashups 2012) at ESOCC 2012 19 September 2012, Bertinoro, Italy http://mashups2012.aifb.kit.edu Services computing and Web 2.0 are converging into a programmable Web today. The interaction and integration of services computing and Web 2.0 technologies, however, exposes various complexities that have to be faced. This workshop looks specifically at Services Mashups -- end-user-oriented compositions of Web APIs, Web content and Web data sources. BACKGROUND The continuous proliferation of many Web APIs together with the social changes that are taking place in the last years are contributing to turn the Web into a programmable Web. An interesting consequence of this programmable feature is that it empowers end-user to build new data and services from the combination of resources that are available in the Web providing a higher-level value than the original exposed APIs. A classical example of a Mashup consists in combining mapping APIs (e.g., Google Maps) and Atom data APIs (e.g. from New York Times) to provide a new service that displays listing on the map. The resulting Web applications, or mashups, add a new value to the combined Web APIs that was not initially conceived for them individually. While mashups have taken off and 1000s of them are currently available for various purposes, there still remain various challenges and opportunities that, if properly addressed, would make mashup development more feasible and popular. Some of the main challenges are: 1. Devising programming models (languages, frameworks, platforms) for the composition of Web-accessible services and data of all kinds and architectural styles (REST, Atom, RSS, AtomPub, and SOAP/WSDL) and development of integrated user-interfaces 2. Ensuring quality of service for mashups, including performance, reliability, and security 3. Understanding social and economic factors in the creation, acceptance, and sustainability of services mashups, including software-as-services markets, services marketplaces and intermediaries, digital communities, and pricing, incentive and contracting models 4. Integrating mashups into social computing platforms, such as Facebook and OpenSocial-enabled social networks, which provide a huge user base with profiles and social graphs data 5. Scaling mashups, e.g., taking advantage of the cloud computing infrastructure 6. Providing the necessary primitives to secure resulting data from mashups and also ensure privacy of the original data and APIs 7. Simplifying platforms and tools to a point that mashups could be generated by end-users with minimal efforts 8. Enabling mashups for mobile platforms, such as smartphones, which also expose interesting new kind of information such as location and profile data In this sixth edition of the Mashups Workshop we will solicit contributions addressing these issues and aim to bring together several relevant communities from academia and industry working on a) mashup-based applications, b) generic and domain-specific mashup tools, platforms and infrastructure, c) cross-cutting concerns of software service engineering and d) related topics from areas like social networking or economics. We plan to continue the tradition of the previous Mashups workshops (2007 in Vienna, 2008 in Sydney, 2009 in Orlando, 2010 in Cyprus, 2011 in Lugano), not only selecting a broad range of papers in the space but also getting keynote speakers from leading industry groups that are currently offering mashup tools and platforms for wide-consumptions and availability. Contributors are invited to submit original research papers addressing relevant aspects of mashup applications, technologies and engineering. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following: - Languages, frameworks, and platforms for the design, implementation, testing and maintenance of services mashups, including dynamic languages and frameworks - New approaches to mashup construction: dataflow-, document-, spreadsheet- and process-oriented mashups, end-user mashup development, mashups on the cloud - Novel applications of mashups, e.g., mobile mashups, location-aware mashups, wiki-based mashups - Specific service mashup application and technology examples with respect to design, architecture, implementation, usability and user-experience - Mashups within social software platforms, e.g., OpenSocial or Facebook - Mashups within and across enterprises - Quality of service and mashups: performance, reliability, security, and other non-functional aspects - Analysis of and experience with services mashups (creation, deployment, and usage) from social and economic perspectives; services markets and marketplaces, digital communities, pricing and contracting models - Experience reports on short-term and long-term maintenance and evolution of mashups Peer-reviewed workshop papers will be published as part of the ACM Digital Library. Two kinds of contributions are sought: short position papers (not to exceed 4 pages) describing particular challenges or experiences relevant to the scope of the workshop, and full research papers (not to exceed 8 pages) describing novel solutions to relevant problems and are to be submitted electronically in PDF format via EasyChair (http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mashups2012). IMPORTANT DATES - Paper Submission: 19 July 2012 - Paper Acceptance Notification: 14 August 2012 - Camera Ready: 31 August 2012 - Mashups 2012 Workshop: 19 September 2012 PROGRAM CHAIRS - Agnes Koschmider, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany - Maristella Materna, Politecnico di Milano, Italy - Victoria Torres, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain PROGRAM COMMITTEE - Christoph Bussler, MercedSystems, USA - Florian Daniel, University of Trento, Italy - Óscar Díaz, Universidad del País Vasco - Schahram Dustdar, Vienna University of Technology, Austria - Martin Gaedke, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany - Gerti Kappel, Vienna University of Technology, Austria - Marek Kowalkiewicz, SAP Research Singapore - Michael Maximilien, IBM Almaden Research Lab, USA - Nikolay Mehandjiev, University of Manchester, UK - Andreas Oberweis, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany - Alexander Paar, TWT Science and Innovation, Germany - Vicente Pelechano, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain - Nelly Schuster, FZI Forschungszentrum Informatik, Germany - Michiaki Tatsubori, IBM Research Tokyo, Japan - Pedro Valderas, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain - Michael Weiss, Carleton University, Canada - Erik Wilde, UC Berkeley, USA - Christian Zirpins, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany CONTACT If you have further queries please email the workshop chairs on: mashups2012 <at> easychair.org

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Fwd: [AISWorld] Call for Papers: IEEE CollaborateCom 2012
by Gustaf Neumann 26 Jun '12

26 Jun '12

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] Call for Papers: IEEE CollaborateCom 2012 Datum: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 00:37:27 -0400 Von: Jinpeng Wei <weijp(a)cs.fiu.edu> Antwort an: weijp(a)cs.fiu.edu An: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org The 8th IEEE International Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications and Worksharing IEEE CollaborateCom 2012 Co-Sponsored by EAI and IEEE CS 14-17 October 2012 Pittsburgh, PA, USA http://www.collaboratecom.org/ ============================================================================ MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS - The event is endorsed and sponsored by European Alliance for Innovation and IEEE Computer Society - Best papers will be invited in Journal Special Issues (*ALL CONFIRMED*) [1] International Journal of Cooperative Information Systems (*Impact Factor: 1.433 in 20120 ) *** [2] Computer and Security (*5-Year Impact Factor: 1.307)* [3] Spring MONET (Special Issues for 2008, 2009& 2010 has been published) - Supporters for *Student Travel Grants *and *Best/Student Paper Awards* CSIRO, Australia University of Pittsburgh - Digital Libraries and Indexing Services IEEEXplore, EU Digital Library (EUDL) EI (Comendex), Google Scholar, ISI, Scopus and many more CALL FOR PAPERS [Scope] Over the last two decades, many organizations and individuals have relied on electronic collaboration between distributed teams of humans, computer applications, and/or autonomous robots to achieve higher productivity and produce joint products that would have been impossible to develop without the contributions of multiple collaborators. Technology has evolved from standalone tools, to open systems supporting collaboration in multi-organizational settings, and from general purpose tools to specialized collaboration grids. Future collaboration solutions that fully realize the promises of electronic collaboration require advancements in networking, technology and systems, user interfaces and interaction paradigms, and interoperation with application-specific components and tools.The eighth International Conference on Collaborative Computing (CollaborateCom 2012) will continue to serve as a premier international forum for discussion among academic and industrial researchers, practitioners, and students interested in collaborative networking, technology and systems, and applications. [Topics] Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: -Architectures, protocols, and enabling technologies for collaborative computing networks and systems -Autonomic computing and quality of services in collaborative networks, systems, and applications -Collaboration in pervasive and cloud computing environments -Collaboration in data-intensive scientific discovery -Collaboration in health-care environments -Collaborative e-education, e-learning, and collaborative computing in large scale digital libraries -Collaborative mobile networks and infrastructures -Collaborative technologies for fast creation and deployment of new mobile services -Collaborative, location-aware mobile systems/applications -Collaboration techniques in data-intensive computing and cloud computing -Collaborative sensor networks, unmanned air and ground vehicle networks & applications -Collaborative, context-aware infrastructure -Collaborative social networks& web-based collaboration -Computer supported collaborative work with distributed systems -Distributed collaborative workflows -Data management and middleware support for collaborative information systems -Energy management for collaborative networks -Group-driven composition of systems from components -Human-robot collaboration -Human-centric ubiquitous collaboration -Methodologies and tools for design and analysis of collaborative user applications -Models& mechanisms for real-time collaboration -Multi-agent technology and software technologies for collaborative networking and applications -Peer-to-peer and overlay networks, systems,& applications -P2P platforms for supporting collaboration -Security, privacy and trust management in collaborative networks, systems, and applications -Simulation, performance evaluation, experiments, and case studies of collaborative networks and applications -Software design, testing, and experimentation technology for collaborative networking and applications -Theoretical foundations and algorithms for collaborative networks, applications, and worksharing -Tools for collaborative decision making processes -Trustworthy collaborative business processing in virtual organizations -Visualization techniques, interaction devices and visual languages for collaborative networks and applications -Web services technologies and service-oriented architectures for collaborative networking and applications -Workflow management for collaborative networks/systems We invite original research papers that have not been previously published and are not currently under review for publication elsewhere. Contributions addressing all areas related to collaborative networking, technology and systems, and applications are solicited. The submitted manuscript should closely reflect the final paper as it will appear in the Proceedings. Submitted papers should be 10 pages in two-column IEEE proceeding format. The papers can be submitted in regular track or Industry/Application track. [Publications] All submitted papers and posters will be rigorously reviewed. All accepted papers will be made available in IEEE Xplore and other external indexing services (DBLP database, ZB1Math/CompuServe, IO-Port, EI, Scopus, INSPEC, ISI proceeding - pending approval). Approval is being granted for a special issue on CollaborateCom'12 to be published on ACM/Springer MOBILE NETWORKS& APPLICATIONS (MONET). 4-6 papers on the themes related to MONET will be selected for publication on this issue. Springer MONET and IJCIS special issues have been confirmed. [Posters] The conference will include a poster session that highlights recent and on-going research, experiments, and provocative ideas that have not been published elsewhere. Poster submissions will be reviewed and one page summaries of accepted posters will appear in the conference proceedings. [Workshops proposals] Proposals for half-day or full day workshops that focus on CollaborateCom 2012 related themes are solicited. Workshop proposals should be at most five pages, including a biographical sketch of each instructor, and submitted to the Workshop Chairs. Proposals will be evaluated based on the expertise and experience of the organizers and the relevance and importance of the subject matter. Please refer to call for workshop proposals for details. [Panels proposals] Proposals for panel discussions that focus on future visions for collaborative networking, applications, and worksharing are preferred. Potential panel organizers should submit a panel proposal of at most five pages, including biographical sketches of the proposed panelists to the Panel Chairs. [Tutorial proposals] Proposals for full and half-day tutorials are solicited. Tutorials are intended to enhance the technical program, and as such they should be relevant to collaborative computing, networking, worksharing, and applications. Potential tutorial presenters should submit a tutorial proposal of at most three pages, including: description of potential audience and background knowledge expected from the audience, if any; tutorial description; biographical sketch of presenter(s). [Paper submission] All paper, poster, panel, and workshop submissions will be handled electronically. Please visit the conference website www.CollaborateCom.org for detailed submission requirements and procedures. [Important dates] [Extended Deadlines] Abstract deadline: July 6th, 2012 Full Paper deadline: July 13th, 2012 Notification and registration opens: August 31st, 2012 Camera-ready deadline: September 20th, 2012 [Conference organizing committee] General Chair: Calton Pu. Georgia Institute of Technology, USA James Joshi, University of Pittsburgh, USA TPC Co-Chairs: Barbara Carminati, Univ. Of Insubria, Italy Lakshmish Ramaswamy, Univ. Of Georgia, USA Panels Co-Chairs: Ling Liu, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Mohamed Eltoweissy, Pacific Northwest National Lab and Virginia Tech, USA Publications Chair: Surya Nepal, CSIRO, Australia Industry Co-Chairs: Yuecel Karabulut, SAP, USA Mudhakar Srivastav. IBM, USA Workshop Co-Chairs: Lujo Bauer, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Anna C Squicciarini, Pennsylvania State University, USA Sponsorhsip Chair: Dimitrios Georgakopoulos, CSIRO, Australia Publicity Chair: Jinpeng Wei, Florida International University, USA Local Arrangments Chair: Konstantinos Pelechrinis, University of Pittsburgh, USA Finance Chair: Natasa Milosevic, EAI Conference Coordinator: Erica Polini contact: erica.polini[at]eai.eu [Steering Committee] Imrich Chlamtac (Chair), Create-Net, Italy Tao Zhang (Vice Chair), Telcordia Technologies, USA Ken Birman, Cornell University, USA Nim Cheung, Telcordia Technologies, USA Arun Iyengar, IBM T.J. Watson, USA Pradeep Khosla, Carnegie Mellon Univ., USA Ling Liu, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA James Joshi, University of Pittsburgh, USA ABOUT EAI The European Alliance for Innovation is a dynamic eco-system for fostering ICT enabled innovation to improve European competitiveness and to benefit society. EAI uses open e-platforms to inspire grassroots collaboration among all relevant actors, from organizations to individuals, to stimulate community driven innovation to its institutional and individual members worldwide. Through EAI, organizations find ideas and talent, and individual innovators find organizations for their ingenuity and craft. Join the innovation community at www.eai.eu _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

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Fwd: [WI] Deadline extension: 2nd Workshop on Awareness and Reflection in Technology-Enhanced
by Gustaf Neumann 26 Jun '12

26 Jun '12

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [WI] Deadline extension: 2nd Workshop on Awareness and Reflection in Technology-Enhanced Datum: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 16:47:09 +0200 Von: Michael Prilla <michael.prilla(a)rub.de> An: wi(a)lists.uni-karlsruhe.de *** Apologies for cross-posting *** Due to several requests, we extended the submission deadline. The EXTENDED DEADLINE is 10/07/2012. *************************************** Call for papers and demos 2nd Workshop on Awareness and Reflection in Technology-Enhanced Learning (ARTEL12) to be held in conjunction with EC-TEL 2012, Saarbrucken (Germany) September 18, 2012 Web page: http://teleurope.eu/artel12 Submissions: http://gkgo.me/artel12 Twitter hashtag: #artel12 *************************************** Considering the multitude of views on awareness and reflection distributed over a wide range of disciplines (CSCW, psychology, educational sciences, computer science...) the workshop's theme is encapsulated in the following question: "What do awareness and reflection mean in the context of TEL, and how can technologies support either?" This workshop is a direct follow-up to last year's ECTEL workshops "ARNETS11 (Awareness and Reflection in Learning Networks)" and "ALECR11 (Augmenting the Learning Experience with Collaborative Reflection)". *** Objectives *** The objective of this workshop is i) to provide a forum for presenting and discussing research on awareness and reflection in TEL and ii) to provide an interactive experience that connects participants' research, the co-organizing projects' latest proto-types and models with real end users' learning experiences and needs regarding reflection technology. The target audience of ARTEL2012 are researchers and practitioners in the field of TEL. *** Format of the workshop *** The workshop format will thus be a mixture of paper and demo presentations, and sessions in which we will work to link theory and existing prototypes (both from the involved projects and from the presented papers and demos) to practical needs in educational and professional settings. This link is expected to be of value to both practitioners (in that research insights become more tangible), and to researchers (in that insights and research pro-totypes become grounded in practice. There will be a overall narrative trajectory throughout the day moving from theory at the beginning of the workshop to pragmatic implementations at the close. *** Topics of interest *** We are looking for original contributions that address the following aspects: # Theoretical discussion of awareness and reflection in Technology-Enhanced Learning, and related theoretical concepts (e.g., collaborative learning, creativity techniques, experiential learning, etc.) # Methodologies to study awareness and reflection in the context of (technology-enhanced) learning # Empirical studies about technology support for awareness and reflection # Technology (design, application, evaluation) that supports awareness and reflection # Awareness of social context, knowledge, artefacts and processes # Awareness and reflection in specific contexts, such as higher education, work-integrated learning, learning networks, etc. Authors are invited to submit original unpublished work. Demonstrations are encouraged: # Full papers (max. 15 pages) that describe problems, needs, novel approaches and frameworks within the scope of the workshop. Empirical evaluation papers and industrial experience reports are welcome for submission. # Short papers (max. 7 pages) that state the position of the authors within the scope of the workshop and describe solution concepts and work in progress. # Posters and demo papers (2 pages) that summarize preliminary work results Please submit your proposal via the ginkgo event management system at http://gkgo.me/artel12 All submitted contributions will be peer-reviewed by at least two members of the program committee for originality, significance and quality. The papers will be published in the CEUR-WS.org (http://ceur-ws.org) workshops proceedings. Submissions should use the Springer LNCS template (http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0). We encourage you to produce your submission using LaTeX as typesetting tool and the respective LaTeX template. *** Important dates *** 10.07.2012 EXTENDED - Submission Deadline 10.08.2012 Notification of Acceptance 30.08.2012 Camera-Ready Papers 18.09.2012 Workshop *** Organizers *** Adam Moore, Trinity College Dublin (Ireland), @adam__moore Viktoria Pammer, Know Center (Austria), @contextgroupkc Lucia Pannese, imaginary (Italy), @lpannese Michael Prilla, University of Bochum (Germany) Kamakshi Rajagopal, Open Universiteit (Netherlands), @krajagopal Wolfgang Reinhardt, University of Paderborn (Germany), @wollepb Thomas Ullmann, The Open University (UK), @thomasullmann Christian Voigt, Centre for Social Innovation (Germany), @chrvoigt *** Supporting projects *** ARTEL2012 pulls together research on awareness and reflection in technology-enhanced learning across disciplines (psychology, educational science, computer science) and across European TEL projects (MIRROR, ImREAL, STELLAR, MATURE, TellNET, TelMap as co-organising projects). # MIRROR (Reflective Learning at Work): http://www.mirror-project.eu/ # ImREAL (Immersive Reflective Experience-based Adaptive Learning): http://www.imreal-project.eu/ # STELLAR: (Sustaining Technology Enhanced Learning at a LARge scale): http://www.stellarnet.eu/ # MATURE (Knowledge Maturing): http://mature-ip.eu/ # TellNET (Teachers' Lifelong Learning Networks): http://www.tellnet.eun.org/ # TelMap (Possible Futures for Technology Enhanced Learning): http://telmap.org/ *** Background of the workshop *** The 2nd Workshop on Awareness and Reflection in Technology-Enhanced Learning (ARTEL 2012) builds upon several successful workshops. # 1st European Workshop on Awareness and Reflection in Learning Networks (ARNets11). Workshop homepage: http://teleurope.eu/arnets11. Proceedings: http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-790/. # Augmenting the Learning Experience with Collaboratice Reflection (ALECR11). Workshop homepage: http://www.i-maginary.it/ectel2011/index.html. # 1st Workshop on Awareness and Reflection in Personal Learning Environemnts (ARPLE11). Workshop homepage: http://teleurope.eu/arple11. Proceedings: http://journal.webscience.org/view/events/The_PLE_Conference_2011/paper.htm…. *** Background of the conference *** The EC-TEL 2012: Seventh European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning will take place between the 18th and 21st of September 2012 in Saarbrucken, Germany. This year's motto is 21st Century Learning for 21st Century Skills. The European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning (EC-TEL) is a unique opportunity for researchers, practitioners, and policy makers to address current challenges and advances in the field. Through EC-TEL, established and emerging researchers as well as practitioners, entrepreneurs, and technology developers explore new collaborations, strengthen networks, and compliment their core experience. For more information visit: http://www.ec-tel.eu -- 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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