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Fwd: INFORMATIK 2012 in Braunschweig - Tagungsprogramm ist nun verfügbar
by Gustaf Neumann 03 Sep '12

03 Sep '12

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: INFORMATIK 2012 in Braunschweig - Tagungsprogramm ist nun verfügbar Datum: Mon, 3 Sep 2012 13:00:01 +0200 (CEST) Von: gi-mitglieder-info(a)gi-ev.de An: gustaf.neumann(a)wu-wien.ac.at Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, liebe GI-Mitglieder, Das Tagungsprogramm der gemeinsamen Tagung INFORMATIK 2012 - GMDS 2012 ist nun verfügbar. Sie können es unter www.informatik2012.de abrufen. Neben dem attraktiven Plenartag am Dienstag 18.9.2012 finden Sie zum einen knapp 30 Informatik-Workshops auf der INFORMATIK 2012 und, auf der GMDS 2012, über 30 Sitzungen insbesondere mit Vorträgen sowie 10 Tutorien bzw. Workshops und die Posterausstellung. Zum anderen werden zusätzlich zu diesen "klassischen" Veranstaltungen mehr als 20 GI-GMDS-interdisziplinäre-Workshops angeboten, jeweils ergänzt durch einige Tutorials. Gemeinsam organisiert wurden außerdem ein Doktorandenkolloquium sowie ein Studierendenprogramm. Außerdem finden zahlreiche Treffen von Fachbereichen, Fach- und Regionalgruppen statt und Sie können sich über Fördermöglichkeiten seitens DAAD, DFG und EU informieren. Nicht zuletzt sei nochmals auf die eingeladenen Rednerinnen und Redner hingewiesen, die Sie im Tagungsprogramm unter "Highlights" finden. Wir möchten nochmals empfehlen, Ihr Hotelzimmer möglichst umgehend zu buchen, da aufgrund der zahlreichen Anmeldungen die Zimmer knapp werden. Informationen zur Reservierung finden Sie auf den Tagungswebseiten unter http://www.informatik2012.de/643.html. Willkommen auf der INFORMATIK 2012 - GMDS 2012! Wir freuen uns auf Ihren Besuch in Braunschweig! Mit freundlichen Grüßen Reinhold Haux und Lars Wolf Tagungsleiter der GMDS 2012 bzw. der INFORMATIK 2012 -------------------------------------------- INFORMATIK 2012 in Braunschweig: "Was bewegt uns in der/die Zukunft - Neue Lebenswelten in der Informationsgesellschaft" www.informatik2012.de

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Fwd: [AISWorld] Springer Security Informatics Special Issue on Formal Concept Analysis
by Gustaf Neumann 03 Sep '12

03 Sep '12

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] Springer Security Informatics Special Issue on Formal Concept Analysis Datum: Mon, 3 Sep 2012 14:33:00 +0000 Von: Kaza, Siddharth <SKaza(a)towson.edu> An: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org <aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org> Call for Papers: Special Issue on Formal Concept Analysis in Intelligence and Security Informatics Journal: Security Informatics (Springer), Editor-in-Chief: Hsinchun Chen Formal CFP: http://www.springer.com/cda/content/document/cda_downloaddocument/H9104_DF_… Formal Concept Analysis (FCA) emerged in the 1980's from attempts to restructure lattice theory in order to promote better communication between lattice theorists and potential users of lattice theory. Since its early years, Formal Concept Analysis has developed into a research field in its own right with a thriving theoretical community and a rapidly expanding range of applications in information and knowledge processing including visualization, data analysis (mining) and knowledge management. Modern police organizations and intelligence services are confronted with an ever-increasing amount of available information which can become a valuable source for tracking down criminal suspects. Important challenges include the integration of heterogeneous data sources and visualizing this information such that a human expert can gain insight in the data. This special issue focuses on theoretical extensions and applications of Formal Concept Analysis in the Intelligence and Security Informatics domain. In particular we welcome high quality submissions on the following topics: - Methods using FCA for analyzing internet data for security purposes: mining internet forums, blogs, emails, chat conversations, image collections, video collections, social network data, etc. - Applications of FCA in the fields of terrorism, human trafficking, organized crime, money laundering, etc. - Techniques dealing with scalability issues of FCA, integrating FCA with other data visualization methods, novel concept selection metrics etc. with applications in the security domain. Manuscript submission due: October 15, 2012 First round of reviews: December 24, 2012 Publication Date: 2013 Lead Guest Editor Jonas Poelmans, KU Leuven and Harvard University, Jonas.poelmans(a)gmail.com Guest Editor Siddharth Kaza, Towson University, skaza(a)towson.edu _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

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Fwd: [WI] IRSPM 2013 Conference Call for Abstracts - Panel 'E-Government as a response to managing financial austerity and crisis situations'
by Gustaf Neumann 03 Sep '12

03 Sep '12

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [WI] IRSPM 2013 Conference Call for Abstracts - Panel 'E-Government as a response to managing financial austerity and crisis situations' Datum: Mon, 3 Sep 2012 09:28:46 +0200 Von: Walser Konrad <konrad.walser(a)bfh.ch> An: wi(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de <wi(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de> [Apologies for any double-postings] CALL FOR ABSTRACTS XVII IRSPM CONFERENCE 10 - 12 APRIL 2013 | PRAGUE | CZECH REPUBLIC www.irspm2013.com <http://www.irspm2013.com> *Panel 'E-Government as a response to managing financial austerity and crisis situations'* Co-chairs: -Miriam Lips, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand (miriam.lips(a)vuw.ac.nz <mailto:miriam.lips@vuw.ac.nz>) -Tino Schuppan, Institute for E-Government, Potsdam, Germany (schuppan(a)ifg.cc <mailto:schuppan@ifg.cc>) /Panel description/ In times of political, financial, socio-cultural, and/or natural crisis situations, many governments have come to see e-Government, or the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the public sector and its external relationships, as an important means in responding to complex political, managerial, and democratic challenges. For example, governments are shifting from expensive face-to-face and paper-based service delivery models in order to achieve more efficient and effective e-services; social media are used to overcome democratic deficits and enhance public engagement, or to communicate with citizens affected by natural disasters; ICT-enabled shared service and common capability models are being implemented with the objective to increase efficiency; ICTs are used for administrative simplification of service relationships with citizens, businesses and non-profit organisations to create more effective, joined-up service provision; public sector data sets are made publicly available online to improve transparency and support innovation; and public service delivery by human beings is replaced by standardised e-Government services to combat corruption and enhance good governance. However, thus far there is not much empirical evidence available of the outcomes of e-Government initiatives as response to extreme situations. Moreover, these developments raise important scholarly questions around the need to develop new theoretical and analytical lenses in order to understand and explain the role of e-Government in responding to complex political, managerial, and democratic challenges in times of crisis. This panel invites papers that offer new empirical, conceptual and/or theoretical insights into the role of e-Government in responding to political, managerial, and democratic challenges in times of human-made or natural crisis. Especially submissions are welcome which address the following e-Government topics: -the use of social media and e-engagement; -transformational government; -public sector reform and innovation; -good governance; -the use of ICTs in disaster management; -cyber- and information security in government; -networked government and cross-agency collaboration; -open and transparent government; -new forms of policy analysis and intervention; -increasing government productivity, efficiency, and effectiveness; -benefits realisation management of government IT projects; -citizen-centric government; -information sharing and privacy; -shared services and common capabilities; and -mobile e-Government. To submit an abstract proposal for this panel log on to the IRSPM 2013 website (www.irspm2013.com <http://www.irspm2013.com>) and follow the submission procedure there. Abstracts must follow the Guidelines for Abstracts available on the conference website: www.irspm2013.com <http://www.irspm2013.com> The deadline for abstract submissions is October, 1st 2012. Prof. Dr. Tino Schuppan Scientific Director Insitute for E-Government/Germany Phone: 0331-740 367 61 Mobil: 0172-594 35 25 Email: schuppan(a)ifg.cc <mailto:schuppan@ifg.cc> Adress: IfG.CC - Insitute for E-Government/Germany www.ifg.cc <http://www.ifg.cc/> c/o Universität Potsdam Universitätskomplex III Babelsberg August-Bebel-Straße 89 14482 Potsdam

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Fwd: [WI] WISE 2012: Call for Workshop Papers
by Gustaf Neumann 03 Sep '12

03 Sep '12

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [WI] WISE 2012: Call for Workshop Papers Datum: Sun, 2 Sep 2012 15:13:36 +0300 Von: Announcements <announce(a)cs.ucy.ac.cy> An: telespazio.com, <WI(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de> The 13th International Conference on Web Information System Engineering (WISE 2012) November 28th-30th, 2012 Paphos, Cyprus *** Call for Workshop Papers *** *** Extended Deadline: 17th September 2012 *** http://www.wise2012.cs.ucy.ac.cy/workshops.html WISE is one of the premier conferences in the area of Web Technologies, Internet Technologies and Software Engineering. This year WISE organizes six very interesting and focused workshops. Papers accepted in any one of these workshops will be published by Springer in the LNCS series. The WISE 2012 Workshops will take place on November 28th. 1st International Workshop on Capability based Engineering (of Service and Process aware Systems) (Full day) (Chairs: Sami Bhiri, DERI Galway, Ireland (main contact); Carlos Pedrinaci, Open University, UK; Samir Tata, Telecom Sud Paris, France) Advanced Reasoning Technology for e-Science (ART) (Full day) (Chairs: Alexey Cheptsov, Universität Stuttgart, Germany (main contact); Jeff Z. Pan, University of Aberdeen, UK; Zhisheng Huang, Vrije University Amsterdam, the Netherlands) CeBPM: Workshop on Cloud-enabled Business Process Management (Full day) (Chairs: Dana Petcu, West University of Timisoara, Romania (main contact); Vlado Stankovski, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia) Engineering the Semantic Enterprise (Full day) (Chairs: Maciej Dabrowski, DERI Galway, Ireland (main contact); John Breslin, DERI Galway, Ireland; Alexandre Passant, Seevl.net; Eric Gordon Prud'hommeaux, W3C/MIT) Social Web Analytics for Trend Detection (Full day) (Chairs: Athena Vakali, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (main contact); Hakim Hacid, Bell Labs, France) International Workshop on Big Data and Cloud (BDC 2012) (Full day) (Chairs: Athman Bouguettaya, RMIT University, Australia; Surya Nepal, CSIRO, Australia) -------------------------------------------------------------------- This is not SPAM. If you want to be removed from this list, please send an email to [announce(a)cs.ucy.ac.cy] with the single word 'remove' in the subject of the email. -- 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: [AISWorld] CFP: 7th International Research Workshop on IT Project Management (IRWITPM)
by Gustaf Neumann 03 Sep '12

03 Sep '12

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] CFP: 7th International Research Workshop on IT Project Management (IRWITPM) Datum: Sun, 2 Sep 2012 07:56:15 -0400 Von: Alanah Mitchell <mitchellaj(a)appstate.edu> An: undisclosed-recipients:; CALL FOR PAPERS ---------------------- *7th International Research Workshop on IT Project Management (IRWITPM)* Saturday, December 15, 2012 Orlando, Florida (In conjunction with ICIS 2012) ------------------------------- SPONSORED BY: Association for Information Systems (AIS) Special Interest Group for IT Project Management (SIGITProjMgmt) http://www.SIGITProjMgmt.org ------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS: The Special Interest Group for IT Project Management (SIGITPROJMGMT) is proud to sponsor the 7th International Research Workshop on Information Technology Project Management. The workshop will feature research papers and one or more panels that focus on problems that cut across many traditional IS/T Project Management areas, including, but not limited to, the following topics: project success, virtual project management, agile project management, knowledge networks in projects, project management methodologies, distributed project management, project leadership, project quality metrics, project management standards, best practices in project management, and pedagogical issues. The workshop will be held as an all-day meeting in Orlando, Florida in conjunction with ICIS 2012. Participants should plan on arriving the night before the workshop for an early start to the meeting. There will be a single track to maximize interaction and participation. Workshop participants will be charged a registration fee that will include lunch and coffee breaks (details will be announced as the conference program is finalized). SUBMISSIONS (may be of three types): ? Completed research papers (< 5000 words, excluding references, tables, and figures) ? Research-in-progress papers (< 3500 words, excluding references, tables, and figures) ? Panel proposals. IMPORTANT DATES: *Submission Deadline: September 15th, 2012* Notification of Decision: October 15th, 2012 Revised Manuscripts Deadline: November 1st, 2012 Registration Deadline: November 15th, 2012 The manuscript or proposal and any supporting documentation (such as survey instruments) should be sent as e-mail attachments (in MSWord format) to the IRWITPM Conference Chairs at UNOIRWITPM(a)unomaha.edu <mailto:UNOIRWITPM@unomaha.edu>. In your email, please clearly identify your paper as a research-in-progress (RIP) or a completed paper. All submissions to IRWITPM 2012 must represent original work that has not already been published in a journal or conference proceedings. If the work has been presented at another conference or is currently under consideration for publication or presentation elsewhere, the authors must disclose this fact. At least one author for every accepted paper and all members of accepted panels must register for the workshop and be prepared to present their ideas in person. Authors of accepted submissions must address the suggestions (if any) of the reviewers and submit an electronic copy of the final version of their work by the specified deadline. Failure to do so will result in withdrawal of this work from further consideration and it will not be included on the final program. All final papers will be published in the form of e-proceedings available via the AIS eLibrary. Authors should use the submission template provided on the SIG web site. For more information, visit the SIG website at www.SIGITProjMgmt.org <http://www.SIGITProjMgmt.org> or please contact the workshop organizers Dr. Stacie Petter (spetter(a)mail.unomaha.edu <mailto:spetter@mail.unomaha.edu>) or Dr. Alanah Mitchell (mitchellaj(a)appstate.edu <mailto:mitchellaj@appstate.edu>). -- Alanah Mitchell, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Computer Information Systems John A. Walker College of Business Appalachian State University 2114 Raley Hall ASU Box 32049 Boone, NC 28608-2049 USA phone: +1 828 262 7447; fax: +1 828 262 6190 mitchellaj(a)appstate.edu <mailto:mitchellaj@appstate.edu> http://www.appstate.edu/~mitchellaj/ <http://www.appstate.edu/%7Emitchellaj/>

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Fwd: [AISWorld] Last Call for Chapters - Cases on Social Networking Websites for Instructional Use
by Gustaf Neumann 03 Sep '12

03 Sep '12

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] Last Call for Chapters - Cases on Social Networking Websites for Instructional Use Datum: Sat, 1 Sep 2012 21:58:01 +0000 Von: Hasan Tinmaz <hasan_tinmaz(a)hotmail.com> Dear List Members, I trust this e-mail finds you well! You are receiving this e-mail because of your expertise and interest in social networking and education. As such, I would like to cordially invite you to consider contributing your expertise to a forthcoming book edited by me, Dr. Hasan TINMAZ of the Istanbul Kultur University, Turkey, entitled ?*Cases on Social Networking Websites for Instructional Use*?. As the social networking websites extended into the daily lives of our students, several questions have arisen about their effects on our students, schools, and learning and teaching processes. Among these questions, how the students? learning is affected by their existence on social networks is one of the most important issues. In the fields of educational sciences, instructional technologies, human resources management, etc., there exists a need for an edited collection of cases in this area. /Cases on Social Networking Websites for Instructional Use/initiates the discussion of issues and addresses the challenges of using different social networking websites in learning and teaching, and delineates the framework of social networking websites? potential as innovative instructional platforms. The casebook will attempt to answer different questions regarding social networking website adoption in instructional activities, and will present cases from different fields and applications. The content of the casebook will emphasize merging both theoretical and practical perspectives on effective social networking website applications. /Cases on Social Networking Websites for Instructional Use///invites representatives from higher education, K-12 education, a range of industries, and the corporate sector to share their experiences and examples which could serve to develop new applications and implementations, or re-apply the existing examples to re-investigate the outcomes of the earlier cases. The editor invites author(s) from different fields to share their expertise with the rest of the world. As you have a specific interest in social networking and education fields, I would like to invite you to contribute a case study on this topic.However, please know that your contribution would not be limited to that topic; should you be so inclined, please feel free to write your case on any of the other following topics instead: * role of social networking websites in formal, non-formal and informal education settings, * potentialities and drawbacks of instructional social networking use in education, * pedagogical frameworks for using social networking websites for educational purposes, * use of social networking websites into fully online courses versus hybrid courses, * use of social networking websites as supplementary instructional platforms, * different methodologies for integrating social networking websites into learning/teaching, * theoretical approaches to use of social networking websites in education, * how instructional use of social networking websites are designed and developed, * different tools and applications used for social networking websites instructional use, * integrating social networking websites for business sector as a support system, * strategies for offering, developing and managing instructional platforms on social networking websites, * theories and practices on cooperative learning /knowledge creation issues on social networking websites, * mobile applications and implementations for social networking websites instructional utilization, * use of social networking websites within the scope ofhuman performance technology, * use of social networking websites as EPSSs (Electronic Performance Support Systems), * case studies using social networking websites for educational purposes into different settings (schools, universities or companies) and disciplines, * cases on knowledge management and creation on social networking websites, * essential success factors for implementing social networking websitesin instruction, * ethical dilemmas and alternative solutions instructor/learner relationships on social networking websites, * motivation toward learning via social networking websites, * feedback mechanism provided via social networking websites, * managerial issues of using social networking websites in instruction, * adoption and diffusion of social networking websites as instructional innovations, * impact of social networking websites on the current learning and teaching processes, * evaluations ofintegrated social networking websites for educational purposes, * empirical research on social networking websites for educational purposes. Should you accept this invitation, I would like to kindly ask that, on or before *September 15, 2012*, you submit via e-mail a 2-3 page case proposal for review that clearly explains the mission and concern of your proposed case.Should your proposal be accepted, you will be notified by *September 25, 2012*, and given until *October 30, 2012*, to submit your case upon which it will be sent for double-blind peer review. This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the ?Information Science Reference? (formerly Idea Group Reference), ?Medical Information Science Reference,? ?Business Science Reference,? and ?Engineering Science Reference? imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com <http://www.igi-global.com/>. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2013. Please visit *http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/753 *for more details regarding this publication. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me.I appreciate your consideration of this invitation and hope to hear from you soon! Best wishes, // /Dr. Hasan TINMAZ/ /Istanbul Kultur University/ /Turkey/ h.tinmaz(a)iku.edu.tr hasan_tinmaz(a)hotmail.com

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Fwd: [computational.science] CFP: Special Issue on "Security in a Completely Interconnected World" (Deadline October 1st, 2012)
by Gustaf Neumann 03 Sep '12

03 Sep '12

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [computational.science] CFP: Special Issue on "Security in a Completely Interconnected World" (Deadline October 1st, 2012) Datum: Mon, 03 Sep 2012 05:47:05 +0200 Von: roman <roman(a)lcc.uma.es> Organisation: "ICCSA" An: Computational Science Mailing List <computational.science(a)lists.iccsa.org> ================================================================ Special Issue on "Security in a Completely Interconnected World" Security and Communication Networks Journal Paper submission deadline: October 1st 2012 ================================================================ Scope ----- The convergence of multiple paradigms, visions, and technologies – Internet of Things (IoT), People (IoP) and Services (IoS); Ambient Intelligence (AmI); Machine-to-Machine (M2M); and many others – is giving birth to a completely interconnected world. In this world, every entity (be it a machine, a daily object, a person, or anything) can have a globally locatable, addressable, and readable virtual counterpart, which can collaborate with each other in the provisioning of various services. This concept is slowly becoming a reality: specific standards are being developed, new research results are being obtained, and novel services are being provided by both newborn start-ups and experienced companies in various areas (e.g., SCADA systems, smart grids, smart cities). However, several significant obstacles hinder the full implementation of this concept, and among them are the security issues. In fact, as there is already a parallel economy exploiting the foundational weaknesses of the Internet, this new environment will surely be targeted by original and ingenious malicious models. The challenge here is to prevent the growth of such models or at least to mitigate and limit their impact. Therefore, it is necessary to provide strong foundations to those paradigms that require it (such as IoT), and develop various robust and resilient security mechanisms that allow the secure interaction between entities even in restrictive contexts. Precisely, the goal of this special issue is to publish cutting-edge research results and innovation case studies that will help to set the security foundations of this new interconnected world. Topics of Interest ------------------ In terms of security challenges, topics of interest include but are not limited to: * Novel security problems and challenges. * Privacy risks and data management problems. * Identifying, authenticating, and authorizing entities. * Development of trust frameworks for secure collaboration. * Cryptographic primitives and algorithms for constrained devices. * Secure connection of heterogeneous ecosystems and technologies. * Legal challenges and governance issues. * Fault tolerance and resilience to external and internal attacks. * Context-Aware security. * Security of cloud-based M2M/IoT platforms. * Distributed policy enforcement and rights management. * Usability of security and privacy technologies. * Security in social interactions between virtual entities. Submission ---------- Papers must represent high-quality and previously unpublished works. Original research papers are solicited in all relevant areas (IoT, M2M, etc) on the topic of security for the completely interconnected world. All submissions will be peer reviewed by at least three experts working in the areas. The guidelines for prospective authors can be found at http://www.interscience.wiley.com/journal/security. Prospective authors should submit their papers online at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/scn. When submitting the papers, the authors should make sure to choose the Manuscript type as 'Special Issue', enter the 'Running Head' as 'SCN-SI-049', and the 'Special Issue title' as and 'Security in a Completely Interconnected World', respectively. Failure to do so may be subject to rejection without review. Guest Editors ------------- Jim Clarke Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland E-mail: jclarke(a)tssg.org Stefanos Gritzalis University of the Aegean, Greece E-mail: sgritz(a)aegean.gr Rodrigo Roman Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore E-mail: rroman(a)i2r.a-star.edu.sg Jianying Zhou Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore E-mail: jyzhou(a)i2r.a-star.edu.sg Important Dates --------------- Manuscript due October 1st 2012 First Review Phase Results January 2013 Final Acceptance Notification March 2013 Camera Ready Manuscript due April 2013 Publication The 2nd half of 2013 (Tentative)

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Fwd: [AISWorld] Contents of JAIS, Volume 13, Issue 8 (August)
by Gustaf Neumann 03 Sep '12

03 Sep '12

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] Contents of JAIS, Volume 13, Issue 8 (August) Datum: Mon, 3 Sep 2012 11:58:18 +1000 Von: Gregor, Shirley <Shirley.Gregor(a)anu.edu.au> An: <aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org> Contents of JAIS, Volume 13, Issue 8 (August) Contents of Volume 13, Issue 8 (August) Journal of the Association for Information Systems (JAIS) Official Publication of the Association for Information Systems Published: Monthly Electronically ISSN: 1536-9323 Published by the Association for Information Systems, Atlanta, USA http://aisel.aisnet.org/jais/ Editor-in-Chief: Professor Shirley Gregor, The Australian National University, Australia PAPER ONE Is This Review Believable? A Study of Factors Affecting the Credibility of Online Consumer Reviews from an ELM Perspective By Cindy Man-Yee Cheung, Choon-Ling Sia, and Kevin K. Y. Kuan Abstract With the ever-increasing popularity of online consumer reviews, understanding what makes an online review believable has attracted increased attention from both academics and practitioners. Drawing on the elaboration likelihood model (ELM), this study examines four information cues used to evaluate the credibility of online reviews: Argument quality, source credibility, review consistency, and review sidedness, under different levels of involvement and expertise. We conducted an online survey that involved users of Epinions.com, a popular online consumer review website, to test the research model empirically. Consistent with previous research, the results reveal that argument quality, a central cue, was the primary factor affecting review credibility. Participants also relied on peripheral cues such as source credibility, review consistency, and review sidedness when evaluating online consumer reviews. Review sidedness had a stronger impact on review credibility when the recipient had a low involvement level and a high expertise level. However, the other interaction effects were not significant. We discuss the theoretical and practical implications of these results. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below: http://aisel.aisnet.org/jais/vol13/iss8/2/ PAPER TWO Morality, Ethics, and Reflection: A Categorization of Normative IS Research By Bernd Carsten Stahl Abstract Moral views and perceptions, their ethical evaluation and justification, and practical concerns about how to incorporate them all play important roles in research and practice in the information systems discipline. This paper develops a model of normative issues ranging from moral intuition and explicit morality to ethical theory and meta-ethical reflection. After showing that this normative model is relevant to IS and that it allows an improved understanding of normative issues, the paper discusses these levels of normativity in the context of two of the most prominent normative topics in IS: Privacy and intellectual property. The paper then suggests that a more explicit understanding of the different aspects of normativity would benefit IS research. This would leverage the traditional empirical strengths of IS research and use them to develop research that is relevant beyond the boundaries of the discipline. Such broader relevance could be aimed at the reference disciplines. In particular, moral philosophy could benefit from understanding information technology and its role in organizations in more detail. It could, furthermore, inform policy makers who are increasingly called on to regulate new information technologies. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below: http://aisel.aisnet.org/jais/vol13/iss8/1/

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Fwd: [AISWorld] ICCNDT2012 Paper Submission Deadline Approaching! (Sept. 25, 2012)
by Gustaf Neumann 03 Sep '12

03 Sep '12

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] ICCNDT2012 Paper Submission Deadline Approaching! (Sept. 25, 2012) Datum: Mon, 3 Sep 2012 03:10:00 +0200 Von: ICCNDT Conference <iccndt(a)gmail.com> An: AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org The International Conference on Computing, Networking and Digital Technologies (ICCNDT 2012) Gulf University, Sanad, Bahrain Nov. 11-13, 2012 http://sdiwc.net/bh ============================================================ The proposed conference on the above theme will be held at Gulf University, Sanad, Bahrain, From Nov. 11-13, 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: - Software Specification - Software Assurance - Social Search - Software Process Modeling - Software Reuse - Cloud Computing - Grid Computing - Green Computing - Information and Data Management - Telecommunications - Communication protocols - Security and Access Control - Transmission Techniques - Communication Systems - Network Systems and Devices - Information Content Security - Network Modeling and Simulation - Network Management Techniques - Reengineering And Reverse Engineering - Trust Models for Social Networks - Data and Network Mining - Computational Intelligence - Biometrics Technologies - Biometrics and Ethics - Distributed AI Systems - Internet Modeling - Digital Image Processing - XML-Based Languages - Web Services Security - Mobile Social Networks - Software Design, Software Testing - Multimedia Data Base - Information Retrieval - Digital Rights Management - Compression and Coding - Analysis and Processing - Computer Graphics - Data mining - Soft Computing - Web based applications - Fuzzy and Neural Network Systems - Forensics, Recognition Technologies and Applications - Signal Processing, Pattern Recognition and Applications - Intelligent Agent-Based Systems, Cognitive and Reactive Distributed AI Systems - User Interfaces, Visualization and Modeling - Management and Diffusion of Multimedia Applications - Mobile, Ad Hoc and Sensor Network Management - Web Services Architecture, Modeling and Design - New Architectures for Web-Based Social Networks - Semantic Web, Ontologies (Creation , Merging, Linking, Reconciliation) - Quality of Service, Scalability and Performance - Self-Organizing Networks and Networked Systems - Algorithms, Architecture, and Infrastructures - Wireless Networks, Ad-Hoc and Sensor Networks 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: Sept. 25, 2012 Notification of Acceptance: Oct. 10, 2012 Camera Ready Submission: Oct. 30, 2012 Registration: Oct. 30, 2012 Conference Dates: Nov. 11-13, 2012

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Fwd: [AISWorld] Publication of Vol 17, No. 3 of REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING
by Gustaf Neumann 03 Sep '12

03 Sep '12

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] Publication of Vol 17, No. 3 of REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING Datum: Sun, 2 Sep 2012 21:18:26 +0300 Von: Pericles Loucopoulos <p.loucopoulos(a)lboro.ac.uk> An: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING, Published by Springer Volume 17, Number 3 (2012), 157-170, DOI: 10.1007/s00766-011-0131-2 http://www.springerlink.com/content/747570253v3t5017/?MUD=MP Journal Home Page: http://www.springer.com/computer/swe/journal/766 ORIGINAL ARTICLE ?Comparing task practicing and prototype fidelities when applying scenario acting to elicit requirements? BY Gyda Atladottir, Ebba Thora Hvannberg & Sigrun Gunnarsdottir ABSTRACT Identifying accurate user requirements early in the design cycle is of the utmost importance in system development. The purpose of this study of requirements elicitation was to compare the results of involving the user early in the design cycle using a low-fidelity prototype with the results of involving the user after a high-fidelity prototype was available. Three groups of potential users applied the method of Scenario Acting. Participants in the first group were given a working prototype of a human capital development system. The participants of the second group were given a detailed description of proposed features of the system and were told to practice on a paper prototype or with current methods, such as an Internet browser. These groups then practiced the tasks for some time before participating in the Scenario Acting. The third group received a brief description of the objectives of the system and did not practice the tasks. The results of the study showed that the use of the high-fidelity prototype was not helpful for eliciting requirements when working with users. However, the second group, taking time to practice the tasks given a low-fidelity paper prototype outperformed the others. Furthermore, the analysis of the Scenario Acting sessions revealed that two sessions were better than one, especially for participants of the group working with a low-fidelity prototype. An analysis of the topic of requirements showed that there was no difference between the groups on the domain tasks (here, human capital development), but the group practicing on the high-fidelity prototype commented more on its ease of use and usefulness than the other two. By comparison, the group practicing on low-fidelity prototype had more comments on the practice of the work and output of the tasks. ORIGINAL ARTICLE ?The effectiveness of an optimized EPMcreate as a creativity enhancement technique for Web site requirements elicitation? BY ABSTRACT Creativity is often needed in requirements elicitation, i.e., requirement idea generation; and techniques to enhance creativity are believed to be useful. This paper describes two controlled experiments to compare the requirements-elicitation effectiveness of three creativity enhancement techniques (CET): (1) full EPMcreate; (2) Power-Only EPMcreate, an optimization of full EPMcreate; and (3) traditional brainstorming. In each experiment, one team of university students applied one of the two or three CETs under study in the experiment to generate ideas for requirements for enhancing a high school?s public Web site. The results of the first experiment indicate that Power-Only EPMcreate is more effective, by the quantity and quality of the ideas generated, than the full EPMcreate, which is, in turn, more effective than brainstorming. The results of the second experiment confirm that Power-Only EPMcreate is more effective, by the same measures, than full EPMcreate. In each experiment, for the sake of uniform, reproducible evaluation, a requirement idea is considered high quality if it is both new and useful. ORIGINAL ARTICLE ?Constructing high quality use case models: a systematic review of current practices? BY Mohamed El-Attar & James Miller ABSTRACT There is an increasing recognition for the need to develop high quality use case models from the professional and academic communities. Quality in use case models is of particular importance when they are utilized within a use case driven development process, whereby every aspect of development is driven by the models and influenced by their quality. Many practitioners and researchers have provided guidelines, suggestions and techniques to construct high quality use case models. This invaluable body of knowledge is disseminated across numerous literature resources. Without unifying this knowledge into one resource, it cannot be expected that a use case modeler would be fully aware of the entire body of knowledge and benefitting from it. This paper presents a systematic review that was conducted in order to identify and amalgamate this knowledge. The amalgamated knowledge is presented in a unified form, specifically as a set of 26 anti-patterns, which modelers can use to improve the quality of their models. ORIGINAL ARTICLE ?Using conceptual models to explore business-ICT alignment in networked value constellations? BY V. Pijpers, P. de Leenheer, J. Gordijn & H. Akkermans ABSTRACT In this paper, we introduce /e/ ^3 /alignment/ for inter-organizational business-ICT alignment. With the /e/ ^3 /alignment/ framework, we create alignment between organizations operating in an agile networked value constellation?which is a set of organizations who jointly satisfy a customer need?by (1) focusing on the /interaction/ between the organizations in the constellation, (2) considering interaction from /four/ different perspectives, and (3) utilizing conceptual /modeling techniques/ to analyze and create alignment within and between the perspectives. By creating inter-organizational business-ICT alignment between the actors in the constellation, /e/ ^3 /alignment/ ultimately contributes to a sustainable and profitable constellation. To actually create alignment, /e/ ^3 /alignment/ iteratively takes three specific steps: (1) identification of alignment issues, (2) solution design, and (3) impact analysis. We illustrate our approach with cases from the Dutch aviation industry, Spanish electricity industry, and Dutch telecom industry. ORIGINAL ARTICLE ?Exploring the impact of software requirements on system-wide goals: a method using satisfaction arguments and i* goal modelling? BY James Lockerbie, Neil Arthur McDougall Maiden, Jorgen Engmann, Debbie Randall, Sean Jones & David Bush ABSTRACT This paper describes the application of requirements engineering concepts to support the analysis of the impact of new software systems on system-wide goals. Requirements on a new or revised software component of a socio-technical system not only have implications on the goals of the subsystem itself, but they also impact upon the goals of the existing integrated system. In industries such as air traffic management and healthcare, impacts need to be identified and demonstrated in order to assess concerns such as risk, safety, and accuracy. A method called PiLGRIM was developed which integrates means-end relationships within goal modelling with knowledge associated with the application domain. The relationship between domain knowledge and requirements, as described in a satisfaction argument, adds traceability rationale to help determine the impacts of new requirements across a network of heterogeneous actors. We report procedures that human analysts follow to use the concepts of satisfaction arguments in a software tool for i* goal modelling. Results were demonstrated using models and arguments developed in two case studies, each featuring a distinct socio-technical system?a new controlled airspace infringement detection tool for NATS (the UK?s air navigation service provider), and a new version of the UK?s HIV/AIDS patient reporting system. Results provided evidence towards our claims that the conceptual integration of i* and satisfaction arguments is usable and useful to human analysts, and that the PiLGRIM impact analysis procedures and tool support are effective and scalable to model and analyse large and complex socio-technical systems. * *

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