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Fwd: [WI] CFP: SoHuman 2013 @ACM WebScience 2013 - 2nd Workshop on Social Media for Crowdsourcing and Human Computation
by Gustaf Neumann 08 Mar '13

08 Mar '13

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [WI] CFP: SoHuman 2013 @ACM WebScience 2013 - 2nd Workshop on Social Media for Crowdsourcing and Human Computation Datum: Fri, 8 Mar 2013 16:39:25 +0100 Von: Jasminko Novak <j.novak(a)eipcm.org> An: wi(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de [Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message.] ********************* 2nd CALL FOR PAPERS ********************* SoHuman 2013 – 2nd International Workshop on Social Media for Crowdsourcing and Human Computation, May 1, 2013, Paris at ACM Web Science 2013 collocated with ACM HyperText'13 & ACM CHI'13 & ACM ECRC'13 Submission deadline: March 20, 2013 http://eipcm.org/sohuman2013 ********************* 2nd CALL FOR PAPERS ********************* GOALS OF THE WORKSHOP ---------------------------------------- This workshop invites researchers and practitioners from different disciplines to explore the challenges and opportunities of applying social media to designing novel applications of collective intel- ligence, with a special focus on crowdsourcing and human computation. We are particularly interested in contributions that consider crowdsourcing and human computation in the broader context: as specific instantiations of collective intelligence and social computing on the web. How can the experience gained from the design of crowdsourcing applications inform the development of new approaches to collective intelligence? And vice versa: what lessons from the broader domain of collective intelligence can inform the design of new kinds of systems for crowdsourcing and human computation? Both crowdsourcing and human computation consider humans as distributed task-solvers, leveraging human reasoning to solve complex tasks that are easy for individuals but difficult for purely computational approaches (human computation) or for traditional organizational work arrangements (crowdsourcing). Though rarely explicitly addressed as such, social media and related technologies often provide the enabling methods and technologies for the realization of such models. Examples include crowdsourcing marketplaces (e.g. Amazon Mechanical Turk), crowdsourcingservice providers (e.g. Microtask, CrowdFlower) or games with a purpose. While centralized platforms are also at the core of “traditional” approaches to collective intelligence (e.g. Wikipedia), attention is increasingly turning to harnessing existing social platforms (e.g. Facebook, Twitter) that already gather huge numbers of users into webs of social relationships. Such Social Clouds pose both chances and challenges for new kinds of approaches to crowdsourcing and human computation in particular and to collective intelligence in general. On one hand, the intricate social relationships allow the development of new kinds of task routing mechanisms (e.g. identifying the best or most trusted participants for a specific task). Incentive structures are intrinsically social and tend to reflect community-like phenomena (e.g. the reputation economy), thus differing strongly from single-user approaches in classical crowdsourcing. This is already leading to early experiments such as expert-based crowdsourcing or solutions for task-injection across distributed social platforms. On the other hand, the design of such socially distributed computing structures relates the fields of crowdsourcing and human computation to the lessons from a broader class of collective intelligence platforms and applications. The need to interrelate these fields is reflected in questions such as: •How can we design effective incentive systems for large-scale participation of human users in structured collective intelligence systems? •How do we design tasks at different levels of complexity that can be solved reliably through a composition of individual contributions? •How can we use intricate webs of social relationships of existing social platforms for new models of coordination in distributed task-solving? •How can distributed social media enable the design of new classes of crowdsourcing applications (e.g. using social network analysis for new ways of task-routing)? •How can the comparison of lessons from distributed problem-solving in human computation and community-based approaches lead to novel classes of collective intelligence applications? We are especially interested in applications and investigations in a range of domains such as collective action and social deliberation, multimedia search and exploration, enterprise and medical applications, cultural heritage, social data analysis or citizen science. Topics include (but are not limited to): -Social media in collective intelligence systems -Use cases and applications of social media to crowdsourcing and human computation -Social incentive models for crowdsourcing and human computation - HCI issues in crowdsourcing and human computation -Social-network analysis for crowdsourcing and human computation -Applications of social media visualization to collective intelligence applications -Social coordination in crowdsourcing and human computation -Social search and human computation -Trust models for collective intelligence and crowdsourcing -Semantic modeling in crowdsourcing and human computation -Expert-based crowdsourcing -Influence metering and social trust models -Expertise-inference techniques and their application to task routing -Reputation systems for human computation -Quality assurance in distributed human intelligence tasks -Social sensing in crowdsourcing and human computation -Domain-specific challenges in crowdsourcing and human computation -Social sensing in human computation approaches -Use cases and applications of social media for human computation SUBMISSIONS --------------------- The workshop will accept: •Regular research papers (6-8 pages) •Applications / Demonstrators (4 pages) •Position papers (2-4 pages) All submissions must be formatted according to ACM Web Science submission guidelines (http://www.websci13.org/submission/) and submitted through the SoHuman 2013 EasyChair system: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sohuman2013 All submissions will be reviewed in a peer-review process by at least two members of the program committee. At least one author of each paper will need to register for and attend the workshop to present the paper. IMPORTANT DATES: ----------------------------- •Abstract submission: March 15, 2013 (recommended) •Paper submission: March 20, 2013 •Notification of acceptance: April 3, 2013 •Camera-ready papers: April 17, 2013 •Workshop date: May 1, 2013 WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS ----------------------------------------- Results of the workshop (papers, findings from the discussion panel) will be published as separate workshop proceedings (either as Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science or as CEUR-WS Proceedings). Depending on the quality of the submissions there will also be an opportunity to publish extended versions of the papers as a special issue in a major journal. ORGANIZERS ------------------- Jasminko Novak, European Institute for Participatory Media, Berlin Piero Fraternali, Politecnico di Milano Petros Daras, ITI CERTH Otto Chrons, Microtask Alejandro Jaimes, Yahoo Research Mark Klein, MIT Center for Collective Intelligence Primary contact: Jasminko Novak, sohuman2013(a)eipcm.org PROGRAM COMMITTEE ---------------------------------- Klemens Böhm, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Marco Brambilla, Politecnico di Milano Simon Caton, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Fausto Giunchiglia, University of Trento Gareth Jones, Dublin City University Pietro Michelucci, Strategic Analysis, Inc. Ville Miettinen, Microtask Wolfgang Prinz, Fraunhofer FIT/RWTH Aachen Naeem Ramzan, University of West of Scotland Marcello Sarini, University of Milano-Bicocca Aaron Shaw, Harvard University Mohammad Soleymani, Imperial College London Maja Vukovic, IBM T.J. Watson Research | Prof. Dr. Jasminko Novak | Managing Chairman | European Institute for Participatory Media | Wilhelmstr. 67, 10117 Berlin | Tel: +49-157-71-54-08-71 | http://www.eipcm.org <http://www.eipcm.org/>

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Fwd: [WI] Call for papers: IFIP ePart 2013, 17-19 September 2013, in conjunction with IFIP EGOV 2013 and Informatik 2013
by Gustaf Neumann 08 Mar '13

08 Mar '13

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [WI] Call for papers: IFIP ePart 2013, 17-19 September 2013, in conjunction with IFIP EGOV 2013 and Informatik 2013 Datum: Fri, 08 Mar 2013 11:12:48 +0100 Von: Prof. Dr. Maria A. Wimmer <wimmer(a)uni-koblenz.de> An: wi(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de ********************* CALL FOR PAPERS ********************* 5th IFIP International Conference on eParticipation (IFIP ePart2013) 17-19 September 2013, Koblenz, Germany www.epart-conference.org <http://www.epart-conference.org> (Co-located with the 12th IFIP EGOV 2013 and the major German Computer Society's Informatik 2013) ePart aims to bring together researchers of distinct disciplines in order to present and discuss advances of eParticipation research. As the field of eParticipation is multidisciplinary in nature, ePart provides an excellent opportunity for researchers and practitioners with different disciplinary backgrounds to share and discuss current research on foundations, theories, methods, tools and innovative applications of eParticipation. ePart also provides a fruitful ground to nurture and plan future cooperation. The conference also provides an excellent platform for those who wish to learn about, or update themselves on research advances in eParticipation, understand how other groups are applying advanced tools and techniques, and exchange ideas with leading international experts in the field. ePart2013 is organized by members of IFIP Working Group 8.5 and it is supported by a multidisciplinary programme committee from all over the globe. Scope The scope of ePart 2013 covers the whole range of research in eParticipation. Its principal aim is to review research advances in both social and technological scientific domains, seeking to demonstrate new theories, concepts, methods and styles of eParticipation with the support of innovative ICT. The fifth ePart conference focuses on, but is not limited to, the following topics: . The Research landscape, directions, foundations, theories and methods . Advances in particular eParticipation areas such as: online deliberation and discourse, eConsultation, ePolling, eLegislation, eElectioneering, eCampaigning, eVoting, social networking . Advances in policy making using policy modelling, simulation, impact assessment and visualisation methods and tools . The role of Web 2.0 and social media in eParticipation research and practice . Innovative tools and technologies for various applications and areas of eParticipation . Findings from comparative analyses of eParticipation practices . Impact assessment and public value considerations of eParticipation on real world decision making . eParticipation projects: design, implementation, evaluation, quality and impact ePart is closely aligned with IFIP EGOV 2013 (www.egov-conference.org <http://www.egov-conference.org>) and with the EGOV community. In 2013, both conferences are also co-located with the major German Computer Society's Conference Informatik 2013 (www.informatik2013.de <http://www.informatik2013.de>). Participants registering for one conference get admission to all co-located conferences). Submission Guidelines The conference allows for four distinct types of submissions: . Research papers (max 12 pages, published in LCNS Springer) . Ongoing research and innovative projects papers (max 8 pages, published GI LNI) . Workshops and panels on pertinent issues (2 pages) . Poster proposals (2 pages) . PhD colloquium submissions -- in cooperation with eGovPoliNet (www.policy-community.eu <http://www.policy-community.eu>) Completed research papers: Papers in this category deal with completed research. They should have a strong focus on scientific rigour and may be a maximum of 12 pages. Papers in this track will be peer reviewed for rigour, relevance, originality and clarity of presentation. Abstracts or incomplete papers will not be accepted. On-going research papers: These papers describe novel concepts, works-in-progress, or other ideas and issues that are not currently suitable for a completed research paper. They may be a maximum of 8 pages. Papers in this section will also be peer reviewed, but the focus is on relevance more than scientific rigour. Workshops and Panels: Proposals for workshops and panels (2 pages) should include rationale, objectives, expected outcomes, approach to audience participation. Posters: Proposals for posters (2 pages) will not be blind reviewed. Authors of accepted submissions are expected to bring their posters which will be exposed to the general audience at the welcome reception on Tuesday. PhD Colloquium Submissions: Prior to the conference (Sunday, Sep 15, 2013), a PhD student colloquium will be held jointly with EGOV 2013 and eGovPoliNet project (www.policy-community.eu <http://www.policy-community.eu>) providing an international forum for doctoral students under the guidance of senior scholars for presenting their work, networking opportunities and cross-disciplinary inspiration. ePart papers must contain original material not previously published or currently submitted elsewhere. Paper submissions should be anonymous and follow the relevant templates. Submissions are only possible through the conference's management system. As this year, ePart will be co-located with Informatik 2013 and all administrative organisation will be run through a unique team, the submission works through one unique system available at https://www.conftool.pro/informatik2013/ in English and German. More details are provided at the conference's website (http://www.epart-conference.org/). Important Dates Submission of papers: 15 March 2013 Submission of workshop/panel proposals: 15 May 2013 Submissions to PhD colloquium: 15 May 2013 Notification of acceptance for papers: 30 April 2013 Notification of acceptance for workshops/panels: 30 May 2013 Camera-ready papers of completed research: 31 May 2013 Camera-ready papers of ongoing research, workshop and poster contributions to be published with abstracts in the proceedings: 15 June 2013 Publication All accepted completed research papers will be published by Springer Verlag (LNCS). Ongoing research and innovation projects papers will be published by GI LNI. Outstanding research papers from the conference might be selected for further development and publication in a special issue of a relevant journal. Conference Chairs Efthimios Tambouris, University of Macedonia, Greece Ann Macintosh, Leeds University, United Kingdom Maria Wimmer, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany The Programme Committee members are listed on the conference website under Organisation. +++++++++++++ Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple postings +++++++++++++++++++

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Fwd: [AISWorld] Deadline extension: ICEC2013 to March 16th
by Gustaf Neumann 08 Mar '13

08 Mar '13

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] Deadline extension: ICEC2013 to March 16th Datum: Fri, 08 Mar 2013 06:20:52 +0000 Von: Jonna Järveläinen <jonna.jarvelainen(a)utu.fi> An: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org <aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org> We have been informed that there are contradictory information on the deadline of the submissions to ICEC'2013 in Turku, Finland. Hence, the official deadline is the latter: the 16th of March. Sorry for the ambiguity, please feel free to take this advantage to submit to ICEC'2013! Looking forward to seeing you in Turku in August, Harry, Jups & Jonna ************************************** ICEC'2013 15th International Conference on Electronic Commerce in Turku, Finland, 13.-15.8.2013 ************************************** Website: www.icec2013.net; http://www3.utu.fi/sivustot/icec2013/ _______________ Call for Papers: _______________ The theme of ICEC'2013 is Effective, Agile and Trusted eServices Cocreation. The theme reflects alignment between computerized, formalized business procedures with the need for innovating business genuinely on-the-spot, or ad-hoc, to the needs of a customer. The authors are asked to find to balance of designing effective and profitable ways of delivering eServices and maintaining customer relationship with the help of designing and running eCommerce systems. These are to be effective enough to handle not only millions of transactions, but also adaptive enough to manage hundreds of exceptions and tens of customer segments in real-time - all this with sufficient feed-back and secure mechanisms for trusted sales between remote sellers and buyers, or between authorities and citizens. The authors are requested to cover at least one of the areas of the theme. Please consider the use of multi-theory, multi-method approaches for practical relevance, as well as employing innovative research and analysis methodologies based on the Internet and ´big data´ as data source. This is to pay special attention to improve services for eCustomers and eCitizens by combining service co-creation with the means of eCommerce. _____________________________ ICEC's Coverage of Research Topics _____________________________ In addition to the special theme, ICEC 2013 seeks submissions on topics that include, but are not limited to: . B2B/B2C eCommerce . Mobile and pervasive eCommerce, . Cloud computing and IT services in the context of eCommerce, . Business modeling and pricing issues, . Data mining, WoM, and recommender systems, . Sponsored advertising, . Internet economics and efficient market mechanisms, . Emerging IT-technologies and IS-methodologies for eCommerce, . Security, privacy, and legal issues in eCommerce and eServices . The social implications of all above ____________________________ Submission Instructions _____________________________ Submissions must be original and must not have been submitted for publication elsewhere. Articles should be limited to 12 pages in length totally (including also abstract and references) and follow the Springer LNBIP guidelines for formatting (http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-791344-0). Articles will be double-blind reviewed, and they should not include authors' names, affiliations, or addresses at review stage. Articles exceeding the page limit or not formatted according to the Proceedings template will not be reviewed. Articles should be submitted via EasyChair as PDF documents, https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icec2013. ____________________________ Important Dates and Deadlines ____________________________ . Electronic paper submission deadline: March 16th, 2013 . Notification of acceptance: April 24th, 2013 . Camera-ready papers and abstracts: May 15th, 2013 . Workshop, tutorial and invited session proposals: March 9, 2013 . Workshop notification: March 23, 2013 . Main conference dates: Tue-Thu, August 13-15. . Ancillary event: Tivit SHOK Data-to-Intelligence and FidiPro -industry noon-to-noon result seminar, August 12-13. ____________________ The city and venues: ____________________ The conference is taking place in Turku (population 300.000), Finland. Turku is the former capital of Finland, a medieval city of harbors and seafarers, which has long history in trade and logistics. It is situated at a beautiful maritime archipelago in Southwestern Finland. It is prosperous, growingly international, and culturally rich part of Finland, with one of the eldest academic institutions of Europe. The conference will be jointly hosted by University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, and it will be supported by the regional innovation and business community. The Conference Venue is Turku School of Economics. It serves good computing facilities, unrestricted high speed Internet (EduRoam), and modern air-conditioned halls and rooms. (Adapted from Wikipedia) ____________________________ Conference organization ____________________________ Conference Co-Chairs . Professor Harry Bouwman, TU Delft and Åbo Akademi University . Professor Jukka Heikkilä, University of Turku Program Co-Chairs: . Associate Professor Narciso Cerpa, Universidad De Talca, Chile . Professor Pirkko Walden, Åbo Akademi University, Finland . Professor Vladimir Zwass, Fairleigh Dickinson University, USA . Professor Teo Thompson, National University of Singapore . Professor Karl Reiner Lang, City University of New York, USA Organizing Co-Chairs: . Dr.Sc. (Econ & BA) Jonna Järveläinen, University of Turku . Dr.Sc. (Econ & BA) Hongxiu Li, University of Turku Liaision Officers for Journal Publications: . Dr.Sc. Anna Sell, Åbo Akademi University . Dr.Ir. Mark de Reuver, TU Delft Local arrangements: . Birgit Haanmäki, Timo Kestilä & Hongxiu Li, University of Turku . Ph.D. candidate Anne-Marie Tuikka, University of Turku . Brahea Congress Services, http://congress.utu.fi/index_eng.php Advisors . Martin Bichler, TU Munich, Germany . Matti Hämäläinen, Aalto University and Tivit Ltd., Finland . Rob Kauffman, SMU and Darthmouth College, USA . Jae Kyu Lee, KAIST, Korea . Zhangxi Lin, Texas Tech at Lubbock and SWUFE, China . Christopher Yang, Drexel University, USA . Hannes Werthner, TU Wien, Austria . Chris Westland, Univ. of Illinois, Chicago, USA . Reima Suomi, University of Turku, Finland More information: http://www.utu.fi/sivustot/icec2013/ Follow us on Facebook: InternationalConferenceOnElectronicCommerce Follow us on Twitter: icec2013 Jonna Järveläinen Senior Research Fellow, Dr.Sc. ICEC 2013 Local organising co-chair Information System Science Turku School of Economics University of Turku Finland _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

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Fwd: [AISWorld] CFP: ACM CSCW 2014
by Gustaf Neumann 07 Mar '13

07 Mar '13

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] CFP: ACM CSCW 2014 Datum: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 19:30:35 +0000 Von: Madhu Reddy <mreddy(a)ist.psu.edu> An: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org <aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org> Kopie (CC): papers2014(a)cscw.acm.org <papers2014(a)cscw.acm.org> *_CSCW 2014 Call for Participation -- Papers_* *__* *Important Dates* ** ·*May 31^st , 2013, 5 p.m. PDT*: Submissions due** ·*July 6^th *: First-round notification (Revise & Resubmit or Reject)** ·*July 26^th , 5 p.m. PDT*: Revised submissions due** ·*August 23^rd *: Final notifications (Accept or Reject)** ** CSCW, the ACM's conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing, is an international and interdisciplinary conference focused on how technology intersects with social practices. The 2014 CSCW conference will be held in Baltimore, Maryland from February 15^th -- 18^th , 2014. Paper submissions are due on May 31^st , 2013. We invite submissions that detail existing practices, inform the design or deployment of systems, or introduce novel systems, interaction techniques, or algorithms. The scope of CSCW includes, but is not limited to, social computing and social media, crowdsourcing, technologically-enabled or enhanced communication, CSCL and related educational technologies (e.g., MOOCs), multi-user input technologies (e.g., surface computing), collaboration, information sharing, and coordination. It includes socio-technical activities at work, in the home, in education, in healthcare, in the arts, for socializing, and for entertainment. New results or new ways of thinking about, studying, or supporting shared activities can be in these and related areas: ·*Social and crowd computing*. Studies, theories, designs, mechanisms, systems, and/or infrastructures addressing social media, social networking, user-generated content, wikis, blogs, online gaming, crowdsourcing, collective intelligence, virtual worlds, collaborative information seeking, etc. ·*System design*.**Hardware, architectures, infrastructures, interaction design, technical foundations, algorithms, and/or toolkits that enable the building of new social and collaborative systems and experiences. ·*Theories and models*. Critical analysis or organizing theory with clear relevance to the design or study of social and collaborative systems. ·*Empirical investigations*. Findings, guidelines, and/or ethnographic studies relating to technologies, practices, or use of communication, collaboration, and social technologies. ·*Methodologies and tools*. Novel methods or combinations of approaches and tools used in building systems or studying their use. ·*Domain-specific social and collaborative applications. *Including for healthcare, transportation, gaming (for enjoyment or productivity), ICT4D, sustainability, education, accessibility, collective intelligence, global collaboration, or other domains. ·*Collaboration systems based on emerging technologies.* Mobile and ubiquitous computing, game engines, virtual worlds, multi-touch technologies, novel display technologies, vision and gesture recognition systems, big data infrastructures, MOOCs, crowd labor markets, SNSes, sensor-based environments, etc. ·*Crossing boundaries.* Studies, prototypes, or other investigations that explore interactions across disciplines, distance, languages, generations, and cultures, to help better understand how to transcend social, temporal, and/or spatial boundaries. Papers should detail original research contributions. Papers must report new research results that represent a contribution to the field. They must provide sufficient details and support for their results and conclusions. They must cite relevant published research or experience, highlight novel aspects of the submission, and identify the most significant contributions. Papers are evaluated on the basis of originality, significance, quality of research, quality of writing, and contribution to conference program diversity. *Papers Chairs* Meredith Ringel Morris, Microsoft Research Madhu Reddy, The Pennsylvania State University papers2014(a)cscw.acm.org <mailto:papers2014@cscw.acm.org>

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Fwd: [AISWorld] HICSS 47 Call for Papers Mini-Track: Big Data: Challenges, Opportunities and Realities
by Gustaf Neumann 07 Mar '13

07 Mar '13

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] HICSS 47 Call for Papers Mini-Track: Big Data: Challenges, Opportunities and Realities Datum: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 09:28:52 -0500 Von: Alberto Espinosa <alberto(a)american.edu> An: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org Title: Big Data: Challenges, Opportunities and Realities Introduction: Big Data focuses on databases and files with volumes in the tera- (1012) to exabytes (1015) currently, but trending towards zettabytes (1018). Big data databases and files have scaled beyond the capacities and capabilities of commercial database management systems. Structured representations become a bottleneck to efficient data storage and retrieval. Gartner has noted four major challenges (the four Vs): increasing volume of data, increasing velocity (e.g., in/out and change of data), increasing variety of data types and structures, and increasing variability of data. We have suggested a fifth V: value, which is the contribution big data has to decision making. Add to these the increasing number of disciplines and problem domains where big data is having an impact and one sees an increase in the number of challenges and opportunities for big data to have a major impact on business, science, and government. Big Data analysis appears to be an emerging discipline in need of distinguishing methodologies and tools. The challenges and opportunities have multiplied over the past two yeas and continue to grow. As the plethora of data grows, new methods for processing and understanding this data to provide actionable information for decision-makers are required that match the domain knowledge and problems of fields with specific missions and constraints. New metrics are required to assess its impact on decision-making in each domain where success is defined in mission based terms. This mini track is soliciting paper submissions that: advance our knowledge of Big Data storage and structure; help us learn about effective processes and approaches to effectively manage Big Data and the associated analytics; and begin to identify ways to measure the organizational benefits derived from using and analyzing Big Data. Papers will be solicited in several areas, including, but not limited to the following: â?¢ Innovative structures and techniques for big data representation (including RDF, RDFS, audio, image, video, etc.) â?¢ Graph analytics â?? both syntactic and semantic â?¢ Business Analytics â?? to include business intelligence as it uses big data â?¢ Advanced analytics, including applications of the MapReduce and Message-Passing Interface (MPI) paradigms for implementing analytics â?¢ Mechanisms for annotating big data with semantic information â?¢ Scalable semantic reasoning across big data stores â?¢ Challenges in using and analyzing big data â?¢ Case Studies of big data implementations â?¢ Innovative visualization algorithms and techniques for big data â?¢ Challenges in managing big data repositories and projects using emerging tools and accessing such repositories using new languages (such as Pig, Jaql, etc.) â?¢ Metrics for assessing the impact of big data in business, scientific, and governmental decision-making. If you have any questions, please contact the primary co-chair. HICSS-47 offers a unique, highly interactive and professionally challenging environment that attendees find "very helpful -- lots of different perspectives and ideas as a result of discussion." HICSS sessions are comprised primarily of refereed paper presentations; the conference does not host vendor presentations. HICSS is sponsored by the Shidler College of Business a the University of Hawaiâ??i at Manoa and the IEEE Computer Society. CoChairs: Stephen Kaisler, skaisler1(a)comcast.net, Primary Co-chair Frank Armour, fjarmour(a)gmail.com Alberto Espinosa, alberto(a)american.edu William H. Money, wmoney(a)gwu.edu

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Fwd: [AISWorld] Extended Deadline: CfP Web Semantics and Web Intelligence (WebS) 2013
by Gustaf Neumann 07 Mar '13

07 Mar '13

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] Extended Deadline: CfP Web Semantics and Web Intelligence (WebS) 2013 Datum: Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:02:15 +0100 Von: Wolfram Wöß <wolfram.woess(a)jku.at> An: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org ==================================================================================================== Extended (final) deadline March 15, 2013 ==================================================================================================== ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers WebS 2013 http://www.faw.jku.at/wwoess/webs/webs.html 12th International Workshop on Web Semantics and Web Intelligence (WebS 2013) in conjunction with DEXA 2012, 24th Int. Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications August 26-30, 2013, Prague, Czech Republic http://www.dexa.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Colleagues, you are invited to submit your papers to the 12th International Workshop on Web Semantics and Web Intelligence (part of the 24th International Workshop on Database and Expert Systems Applications DEXA), to be held on August 26-30, 2013, Prague, Czech Republic. The objective of the international workshop Web Semantics and Web Intelligence (WebS) is to bring together researchers, developers and practitioners to discuss research issues and experiences in developing and deploying Semantic Web concepts, applications, and solutions by establishing an international forum for the presentation of both theoretical and applicative results. This year's WebS builds on this tradition of facilitating cross-disciplinary exchange of ideas, experience and potential research directions. WebS 2013 seeks to introduce innovative methods, algorithms, and solutions to challenging problems in Semantic Web and Web Intelligence research and development initiatives. Submissions presenting current research work on both theoretical and practical aspects of Semantic Web application experiences in Web Intelligence are encouraged. Particularly, we strongly welcome submissions dealing with Information Extraction and Linked Open Data. TOPICS: ======= The relevant topics include the following (but are not limited to): Web Intelligence * Multi-dimensional Web databases and OLAP * Web warehousing * Data mining and knowledge discovery * Web knowledge management * Web-based decision support systems * Web page automatic generation and updating * Data quality management * Personalized information management (i.e., learning user profiles) Semantic Web and Ontologies * Ontology modeling, reuse, extraction, and evolution * Ontology mapping, merging, and alignment * Ontology learning and metadata generation * Ontology evaluation (guidelines) Semantic Web and Information Integration * Interoperability and data integration through semantic technology * Search, integration, and analysis on the Semantic Web * Linked Data on the web * RDF data publishing and access * Methods for linking, integrating and federating data on the web * Semantic and context awareness * Semantic Web supporting business processes * Semantic Web for e-sciences * Semantic Web for e-business Semantic Web and Information Quality * Reliability of ontologies * Ontology evaluation and reliability measurement * Ontological metrics * Ontology comparison * Ontology reuse methodologies and methods Semantic Web and Information Extraction / Natural Language Processing * Structured data extraction from unstructured and semi-structured web text * Sentiment and opinion analysis * Analysis of user-generated context * Text summarization, topic identification, metadata extraction * Querying and searching Semantic Web data (combinations with statistics, natural language, ...) * Semantic Web content creation, annotation and extraction Semantic Web and Knowledge Management * Knowledge management and sharing * Text mining on the web, Semantic Web mining in general * Clustering, classification and other (data mining) techniques for knowledge management * Personalization for knowledge management * Semantic Web inference schemes * Semantic Web data querying and reasoning Semantic Web and its Applications * Database technologies for the Semantic Web * Intelligent user interfaces for interacting with Semantic Web data * Dynamic ontology generation and adaptation * Languages, tools and methodologies for semantic annotations of web data * Applications on mobile devices * Enhanced accessibility and multimodal interfaces * Reasoning Linked Open Data (LOD) * Web data integration * Knowledge discovery from LOD * Inference techniques for LOD * Information quality of LOD * Usability issues surrounding LOD * Linked data application architectures PAPER SUBMISSION DETAILS: ========================= Authors are invited to submit original, unpublished research and application papers that are not being considered in another forum. Manuscripts will be limited to 5 two-column pages (IEEE Proceeding style) including figures and references. Please follow the Conference Publishing Services (CPS) Author Guidelines to prepare your papers. Authors of accepted papers are requested to sign the IEEE copyright form. The author guidelines can be found at Conference Publishing Services (CPS). Electronic submission of manuscripts (in PDF, postscript, or word format) is required and will be handled via the workshop Web site http://www.faw.jku.at/wwoess/webs/webs.html. For any questions please contact webs(a)faw.uni-linz.ac.at. At least one author of each accepted paper is required to attend the conference and present the paper. Papers accepted for presentation will be published by IEEE Computer Society Press as proceedings of the DEXA 2013 workshops. Authors are requested to send their paper(s) to be received by March 15, 2013 (final deadline!) EVALUATION PROCESS: =================== All submissions will be evaluated for originality, significance, clarity, and technical soundness. Each paper will be refereed by at least three researchers in the topical area. IMPORTANT DATES: ================ Paper submission: March 15, 2013 (final deadline!) Notification of acceptance: May 05, 2013 WebS 2013 Workshop (may be changed): August 27, 2013 WEBS CHAIRS: ============ Christina Feilmayr (FAW, Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Austria) Wolfram Wöß (FAW, Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Austria) PROGRAM COMMITTEE: ------------------ José Francisco Aldana Montes, Universidad de Málaga, Spain Mario Arrigoni Neri, Università degli Studi di Bergamo, Italy Elena Baralis, Politecnico di Torino, Italy Jorge Bernardino, ISEC, Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra, Portugal Devis Bianchini, University of Brescia, Italy Daniele Bonetta, Faculty of Informatics, University of Lugano, Switzerland Alessio Bosca, CELI s.r.l, Turino, Italy Radek Burget, Faculty of Information Technology, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic Barbara Catania, DISI, University of Genoa, Italy Bin Chen, Indiana University, USA Sunil Choenni, Ministry of Security and Justice, The Hague, The Netherlands Brian Davis, Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI), National University of Galway, Ireland Valeria De Antonellis, Dipartimento di Elettronica per l'Automazione, Brescia, Italy Cláudio De Souza Baptista, DSC, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Brazil John Debenham, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia Steven A. Demurjian, University of Connecticut, USA Ian J Dickinson, Epimorphics Ltd, Bristol, UK Ying Ding, Indiana University, USA Nickolas J. G. Falkner, School of Computer Science, University of Adelaide, Australia Bernadette Farias Lóscio, Center for Informatics, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil Christina Feilmayr, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria Alfio Ferrara, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy Fabien Gandon, INRIA, Sophia Antipolis, France Stephan Grimm, Siemens AG, Corporate Technology, Munich, Germany Abdelkader Hameurlain, Université Paul Sabatier, France Carmem Satie Hara, Universidade Federal do Parana, Brazil Bernhard Haslhofer, University of Vienna, Austria Eva Maria Hauth, Hagenberg Software GmbH, Hagenberg, Austria Stijn Heymans, SRI International, Menlo Park, USA Giacomo Inches, Faculty of Informatics, University of Lugano, Switzerland Hiroyuki Kawano, Kyoto University, Japan Ralf Klischewski, Faculty of Management Technology, German University in Cairo, Egypt In-Young Ko, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Korea Ora Lassila, Nokia Location & Commerce, Burlington, MA, USA Michele Melchiori, Dept. of Information Engineering (DII), University of Brescia, Italy Michele Missikoff, Institute of Systems Analysis and Computer Science (IASI), Italy Jürgen Moßgraber, Fraunhofer IOSB, Karlsruhe, Germany Ismael Navas Delgado, Universidad de Málaga, Spain Heiko Paulheim, Knowledge Engineering Group, TU Darmstadt, Germany Achille Peternier, Faculty of Informatics, University of Lugano, Switzerland Dimitris Plexousakis, University of Crete, Greece Detlef Plump, University of York, UK Isidro Ramos, Technical University of Valencia, Spain Simon Scerri, Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI), Galway, Ireland Bernhard Schandl, University of Vienna, Austria Ulrich Schiel, DSC, Universidade Federal de Campina Grande, Brazil Elena Simperl, University of Southampton, UK Riccardo Torlone, Università Roma Tre, Italy Alexander Ulanov, Hewlett-Packard Labs Russia, St.Petersburg, Russia Kim Viljanen, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland Albert Weichselbraun, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria Werner Winiwarter, University of Vienna, Austria Wolfram Wöß, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

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Fwd: [WI] CfP: IFIP EGOV 2013 ... deadline approaching in one week
by Gustaf Neumann 07 Mar '13

07 Mar '13

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [WI] CfP: IFIP EGOV 2013 ... deadline approaching in one week Datum: Thu, 07 Mar 2013 09:45:26 +0100 Von: Prof. Dr. Maria A. Wimmer <wimmer(a)uni-koblenz.de> An: wi(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de ***************** CALL FOR PAPERS IFIP EGOV 2013***************** 12th IFIP Electronic Government Conference (IFIP EGOV) 2013 September 16 to 19, 2013 University of Koblenz-Landau, Koblenz, Germany www.egov-conference.org (co-located with the 5th IFIP ePart conference – www.epart-conference.org and major German Computer Society’s Informatik 2013 www.informatik2013.de) The annual international IFIP Electronic Government (EGOV) conference is the European core conference in the domain of ICT in the public sector. Each year, scholars from all over the globe present the state of the art and most recent innovations in e-government, e-governance and related fields of study. The IFIP conference is organized by the IFIP Working Group 8.5 on information systems in the public sector. Since its beginnings in 2001, the EGOV conference has provided important guidance for research and development in this fast-moving domain of study. The IFIP e-government conference brings together leading researchers and professionals from across the globe and from a number of disciplines. Together with ePart, the sister conference on electronic participation, the IFIP EGOV and ePart conferences have attracted around 150 participants on average per year from all continents including developing countries. E-government research demonstrates its relevance to practice and, consequently, influences and shapes government strategies and implementations. Conversely, e-government practice also inspires e-government research. A wide range of topics has received scholarly attention. In recent years, the assessment and evaluation of e-government projects, the foundations of e-government as a research discipline, integration and interoperation in government, transformation, organizational change, citizens at the center, open data, adoption and diffusion, open government, and the role of information and communication technology for development rank among leading topics in IFIP EGOV’s papers, workshops and panels. For the 12th IFIP e-government conference we seek contributions that include but are not limited to (see a more comprehensive list on the web page of the conference): • Foundations of e-government, open government and e-governance research, including theories, methods and frameworks for public sector modernization via ICT support • Open innovation, innovation management, transformation and change management, and complexity management in shaping public sector advancements as well as future directions in research and practice • Design approaches for ICT solutions in the public sector, including stakeholder engagement, citizen co-creation and crowd sourcing • Contemporary research on pertinent issues of ICT in the public sector such as transformative government, lean government, big data, cloud computing, open government data, participative governance, policy modeling and simulation, digital divide, universal and mobile access, trust, security, identity, interoperability, social media, web 3.0, etc. • ICT usage, acceptance, measurement, benchmarking, benefit management and performance of technology-supported public sector activities • Legal compliance, legal shaping and legal impact of innovative government services provision • Particular domains of study in e-government and e-governance such as emergency and disaster response management, law enforcement, compliance and criminal justice • Retaining public sector experiences, developing countries • Education, human resources, training courses, and curricula The IFIP e-government conference 2013 hosts five distinct formats of contributions: • Completed research papers (max 12 pages, published in Springer LNCS) • Ongoing research and innovative projects (max 8 pages, published in Proceedings of German Society of Informatics (GI) series LNI – Lecture Notes in Informatics) • Posters (max 2 pages in GI LNI format), to be exposed along the welcome reception on Tuesday evening • Workshops and panels on pertinent issues, short abstracts (1-2 pages) to be included in the GI LNI proceedings • PhD colloquium submission – in cooperation with eGovPoliNet These formats encourage both, scientific rigor and discussions of state of the art, as well as innovative research approaches, work in progress, and studies of practical e-government or e-governance projects along with papers on system implementations. Prior to the conference (Sunday September 15), a PhD student colloquium will be held providing doctoral students with an international forum guided by senior scholars for presenting their work, networking opportunities and cross-disciplinary inspiration. This year’s colloquium will be supported by eGovPoliNet (www.policy-community.eu) and, besides the traditional topics, will also encourage PhD thesis projects in ICT for governance and public policy development. Read more about the submission guidelines and review criteria on the conference website: htttp://www.egov-conference.org/egov-2013/ The IFIP e-government conference will be co-located with IFIP ePart, the fifth International Conference on electronic participation (IFIP ePart), which will be dedicated to topics on e-participation and e-democracy. IFIP ePart will take place slightly overlapping with the IFIP e-government conference at the same venue. Participants registering for one conference can also attend the other conference. IMPORTANT DATES: Submission of papers: 15 March 2013 Submission of workshop/panel/poster/PhD colloquium contributions: 15 May 2013 Notification of acceptance for papers: 30 April 2013 Notification of acceptance for workshops/panels/posters/PhD colloquium contributions: 30 May 2013 Camera-ready papers of completed research: 31 May 2013 Camera-ready papers of ongoing research, posters, workshop and panel descriptions: 15 June 2013 CONFERENCE CHAIRS: Maria A. Wimmer, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany Marijn Janssen, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Hans Jochen Scholl, University of Washington, USA ********************************************************************** -- Mailing-Liste: wi(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de Administrator: wi-request(a)lists.uni-karlsruhe.de Konfiguration: https://www.lists.uni-karlsruhe.de/sympa/info/wi

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Fwd: [AISWorld] Call for Papers HICSS 2014
by Gustaf Neumann 07 Mar '13

07 Mar '13

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] Call for Papers HICSS 2014 Datum: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 23:28:12 +0000 Von: Riemenschneider, Cindy <C_Riemenschneider(a)baylor.edu> An: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org <aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org> Call for Papers HICSS 2014 Minitrack Title: Emerging Issues facing the Computing Workforce Details: January 6-9, 2014 Hilton Waikoloa Big Island, Hawaii Website: www.hicss.hawaii.edu This minitrack covers issues relating to the intersection of humans and technology that may be examined from an organizational, managerial, psychological, social, political, or cultural perspective. This minitrack seeks groundbreaking research regarding emerging issues facing IS professionals--- (i.e., leaders at the IS project level, CIO level, line staff or external professional service providers) such as the impact of cloud computing, social networking technologies, mobile technologies, as well as the return to onshoring and how these affect the management of human computing resources. This minitrack welcomes papers that perform analysis at the industry, workgroup or department, and individual level. Studies developing or extending theory on issues such as the professional identity of the computing workforce to the behavioral and managerial implications of managing in a global world are welcome. This minitrack also welcomes papers which offer insights into the training and professional development of current and future generations of IS professionals. This minitrack will welcome all methodologies and research paradigms as well as best practices/lessons learned that focus on the intersection of humans and technology. The following include suggestions for applicable (but not limited to) topics for this mini-track: *Negative cognitions of IS-enabled patterns of work *Managerial influence of social networking on IT professionals *The IT professional as a technologist and an emerging vendor manager. *The IT professional as the ultimate mobile worker, supporting technology and users from anywhere, anytime, on any device. *Professional Commitment of Computing Personnel *Career Development Practices for Computing Professionals *Attracting Students to the Computing Professions *Diversity in the Computing Field *Retention and Refilling the Pipeline *Needs, Interests and Abilities of Computing Professionals *User- relations *Individual Fit / Alignment with the Work Environment *Global Talent Management (e.g., Immigration vs Migration) *Behavioral Aspects of HCI *Communication / Interaction (individuals, groups, networks, organizations) *Work-life Balance *Training *HRIS / HRMS *Legal and Ethical Issues Related to Managing Human Computing Resources Deadlines: June 15: Submit full manuscripts for review. The review is double-blind; therefore this submission must be without author names. August 15: Acceptance notices are emailed to authors by the Review System. At least one author of each accepted paper must immediately make plans to attend the conference, including initiating fiscal, visa, or other travel guarantees. September 15: Accepted authors submit Final Paper. October 1: Early Registration fee deadline. At least one author of each paper should register by this date. October 15: Papers without at least one paid-in-full registered author may be deleted from the proceedings and not scheduled for presentation. Mini-Track Chairs: Cynthia K. Riemenschneider Management Information Systems Department Baylor University c_riemenschneider(a)baylor.edu Deborah J. Armstrong Management Department The Florida State University djarmstrong(a)cob.fsu.edu

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Fwd: [WI] Call for Articles: Special Theme on Learning Analytics in the Bulletin of the Technical Committee on Learning Technology
by Gustaf Neumann 06 Mar '13

06 Mar '13

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [WI] Call for Articles: Special Theme on Learning Analytics in the Bulletin of the Technical Committee on Learning Technology Datum: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 12:22:41 -0700 Von: Sabine Graf <sabine.graf(a)ieee.org> An: <wi(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de> Call For Articles - BULLETIN OF THE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ON LEARNING TECHNOLOGY (ISSN 2306-0212) http://www.ieeetclt.org/content/bulletin publication of IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Learning Technology (TCLT) * Special Theme: Learning Analytics * Deadline for submission: March 30, 2013. The Bulletin of the Technical Committee on Learning Technology (former Learning Technology Newsletter) aims at publishing and disseminating current research about new and emerging learning technologies as well as their design, usage, application, and evaluation in different contexts of technology enhanced learning. The special theme of this issue will focus on learning analytics, including (but not limited to) research on theory and practical uses of learning analytics; learning analytics algorithms and tools as well as their evaluations; concepts and applications of learning analytics in formal, informal and non-formal educational settings; the visualization of results from learning analytics for students and teachers; the design, implementation and evaluations of learning analytics techniques; and case studies and exploratory studies on how to use learning analytics to facilitated learning and teaching. Articles that are not in the area of the special theme are most welcome as well and will be published in the regular article section. The Bulletin of the Technical Committee on Learning Technology invites short articles, case studies, and project reports for the April issue. This issue will be published in Volume 15, Issue 2 (April, 2013). ** The bulletin is of non-refereed nature though the articles will be selected and edited by the Editors. ** Submission procedure: 1. Authors have to follow the IEEE author guidelines when preparing their articles (please see http://www.ieeetclt.org/content/authors-guidelines for further information) 2. The articles in the bulletin are limited to 4 pages. Over-length articles will not be published. 3. The manuscripts should be either in Word or RTF format. Any figures used in the contributions would be required separately in a graphic format (gif or jpeg). The figures should also be embedded in the text at appropriate places. 4. Please send the manuscripts by email to karagian(a)uth.gr and sabineg(a)athabascau.ca (Subject: Bulletin of TCLT Submission). 5. In the email, please state clearly that the manuscript is original material that has not been published, and is not being considered for publication elsewhere. For further information please see http://www.ieeetclt.org/content/bulletin. Best regards, Sabine Graf Charalampos Karagiannidis (Editors of the Bulletin of the Technical Committee on Learning Technology) -- Mailing-Liste: wi(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de Administrator: wi-request(a)lists.uni-karlsruhe.de Konfiguration: https://www.lists.uni-karlsruhe.de/sympa/info/wi

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Fwd: [AISWorld] CFP: Engineering and Management of IT-based Service Systems: A Systems Approach, CFP of IJITSA
by Gustaf Neumann 06 Mar '13

06 Mar '13

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] CFP: Engineering and Management of IT-based Service Systems: A Systems Approach, CFP of IJITSA Datum: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 10:40:56 -0600 (CST) Von: mmora(a)securenym.net An: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org Kopie (CC): MRaisinghani(a)mail.twu.edu, ogelman(a)servidor.unam.mx, ijitsa(a)gmail.com, miroljub.kljajic(a)fov.uni-mb.si ********************** CALL FOR PAPERS ********************** International Journal of Information Technologies and the Systems Approach (IJITSA). Website: http://www.igi-global.com/ijitsa Published Semi-Annually since 2008 (both in Print and Electronic form) SPECIAL ISSUE ON: Engineering and Management of IT-based Service Systems: A Systems Approach Guest Editors: *Dr. Ovsei Gelman, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México *Dr. Mahesh S. Raisinghani, Texas Woman?s University, USA *Dr. Miroljub Kljajic, University of Maribor, Slovenia *Dr. Manuel Mora, Autonomous University of Aguascalientes, Mexico INTRODUCTION: While services ?as a type of business classification (Quinn, 1992)- and service systems have been engineered, managed and studied from early past century (Chase and Apte, 2007), their core re-foundations can be tracked recently (Cook et al. 1999). Furthermore, the economic relevance of service systems (or service sector in general) in the modern worldwide economy is totally recognized. As Sheenan (2006) reports ?business organizations focused on delivering help, utility, experience, information or other intellectual content ? account for more than 70% of total value added in the OECD?. Thus, service systems and service concept - as opposed to the product concept or the single post-sale business activity - have experienced fundamental changes, and acquired a high-practical business and theoretical relevance. In this special issue, we pursue to advance our scientific knowledge on the processes, methodologies, techniques and tools for engineering and managing IT-based service systems under a Systems Approach. The service-oriented paradigm has permeated several disciplines (Chesbrough and Spohrer, 2006). IT-based service systems can be defined as ?? a value coproduction configuration of people, IT, other internal and external service systems, and shared information (such as language, processes, metrics, prices, policies, and laws.? (adapted from Spohrer et al., 2007). Accordingly, a service can be defined ?in general- as ?? the application of resources (including competences, skills, and knowledge) to make changes that have value for another (system)? (idem, 2007). Service paradigm has been identified as one of the relevant themes for IT in the last decade (Demirkan and Goul, 2006; Rai and Sambamurthy, 2006; Beachboard et al. 2007; Zhao et al. 2008). In particular, in this track we are interested in advancing the scientific knowledge on how to design IT-based service systems, as systems which comprise hardware, software, network infrastructure, data, environment and people components (Gallup et al., 2009). While models of processes for engineering and managing IT-based service systems (like ITILv2, ITIL v3, CMMI-SVC, CobIT, ITUP, MOF 4, ISO 20000) have been posed, their specific practices are still unclear and few used by most IT practitioners. We consider such a topic to be mandatory to foster a cost-effective and trustworthy engineering and management of IT-based service systems (Buede, 2000). Additionally, since IT-based service systems are also systems (Tien, 2008; Alter, 2008; Mora et al., 2009) their essential and shared attributes for general systems (Ackoff, 1971; Gelman and Garcia, 1989) should be considered. Based on aforementioned issues for systems, service systems, and IT-based systems, we believe that a Systems Approach (Ackoff et al., 1962; Checkland, 2000) and a Systems Engineering view (Sage, 2000; Buede, 2000) can be helpful for this aim. A Systems Approach can be defined as an answering and problem-solving system comprised of: (i) systemic philosophical paradigms (P?s: an ontological, epistemological and axiological stance on the world): (ii) systemic theoretical frameworks (F?s: ideas-constructs, theories, and models); (iii) systemic methodologies (M?s: methods, techniques, and instruments), and (iv) situational areas identified as systems (A?s: natural, artificial or social objects, artifacts and subjects under study). Similarly, a Systems Engineering discipline, can be briefly defined as ?the interdisciplinary approach and means to enable the realization of successful (cost-efficient and trustworthy) systems?. * References *Ackoff, R. (1971). Towards a system of systems concepts. Management Science, 17(11), 661?671.* *Alter, S. (2008). Service Systems Fundamentals: Work Systems, Value Chains and Life Cycle, IBM Systems Journal, 47(1), 71-85.* *Beachboard, J. et al. (2007). AMCIS 2007 Panel on IT Service Management: IT Service Management in the IS Curriculum. Communications of the AIS, 20(35), 555-566.* *Buede, E. (2000). The engineering design of systems. (Wiley Series in Systems Engineering, A. Sage (Ed)). New York: Wiley.* *Chase, R. and Apte, U. (2007). A history of research in service operations: What?s the big idea? Journal of Operations Management, 25, 375?386.* *Chesbrough, H. & Spohrer, J. (2006). A research manifesto for services science. Communica-tions of the ACM. 49(7). 35-40.* *Cook, D., Goh, C. and Chung, C. (1999). Service Typologies: a State of the Art Survey. Production and Operation Management, 8(3), 318-338.* *Demirkan, H. & Goul, M. (2006). AMCIS 2006 Panel Summary: Towards the Service Oriented Enterprise Vision: Bridging Industry and Academics. Communications of the AIS, 18(26), 546-556.* *Gelman, O. and Garcia, J. (1989). Formulation and axiomatization of the concept of general sys-tem. Outlet of the Mexican Institute of Planning and Systems Operation, 19(92), 1-81.* *Gallup**, S., Dattero, R., Quan, J. & Conger, S. (2009). An Overview of IT Service Management. Communications of the ACM, 52(5), 124-127.* *Gelman, O. and Garcia, J. (1989). Formulation and axiomatization of the concept of general sys-tem. Outlet of the Mexican Institute of Planning and Systems Operation, 19(92), 1-81.* *Meiren, T. (2008). Theory and Application Focus in Services Research. In: D. Spath and W. Ganz (Eds). The Future of Services: Trends and Perspectives. Hanser: Germany. (37-48).* *Mora, M., Raisinghani, M., O?Connor, R., & Gelman, O. (2009). Toward an Integrated Conceptualization of the Service and Service System Concepts: a Systems Approach. International Journal of Information Systems in the Service Sector (IJISSS), 1(2), 36-57.* *Quinn, J.B. (1992). Intelligent Enterprise. New York: The Free Press.* *Sage, A. (2000). Systems engineering education. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics ? Part C: Applications and Reviews, 30(2), 164-174.* *Sheehan, J. (2006). Understanding Service Sector and Innovation. Communications of the ACM, 49(7), 43-47.* *Spath, D., Ganz, W. & Tombell, A. (2008). Forward-looking Service Research to serve the Future Service Economy. In: D. Spath and W. Ganz (Eds). The Future of Services: Trends and Perspectives. Hanser: Germany. (1-13).* *Spohrer, J. (2007). Service Sciences, Management and Engineering website: www.research.ibm.com/ssme/.* *Spohrer, J. (2008). The Service Systems as the Basic Abstraction of Service Science. (in press). * *Tien, J. and Berg, D. (2003). A case for service systems engineering. Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering, 12(1), 13?38.* *Tien, J. (2008). Services: A System?s Perspective. IEEE Systems Journal, 2(1), 146-157.* *Zhao, J. et al. (2008). ICIS 2007 Panel Report: Bridging Service Computing and Service Management: How MIS Contributes to Service Orientation. Communication of the AIS, 22(22), 413 ? 428.. * OBJECTIVE OF THE SPECIAL ISSUE: This special issue aims to increase our scientific theoretical and applied knowledge on the engineering and management of IT-based service systems from a Systems Approach view.* RECOMMENDED TOPICS: Topics to be discussed in this special issue include (but are not limited to) the following: *Systems Foundations of IT-based Service Systems* *Determination of the Role of Service Systems in Super-systems such as Economical, Environmental, Social and Political that is making it a Service System* *Definition of Sub-systems that are forming a Service System in order to assure the fulfillment of its Mission and Objectives* *The specificity of the organization and management of the service systems, which assure their productivity as well as their development* *Conceptual comparative studies of ITSM standards and models (ISO 20000, ITIL, CMMI-SVC, ITUP, MOF 4, CobIT) * *Empirical studies on implementations of ITSM standards and models (ISO 20000, ITIL, CMMI-SVC, ITUP, MOF 4, CobIT) * *Applied cases of implemented engineering practices for IT-based Service Systems* *Applied cases of implemented management practices for IT-based Service Systems* *Applied cases in real Data Centers* *Applied cases of adaptations of ITSM Processes for specific SMBs* *Application of IT-based Service Systems in Critical domains (health care, international security, international financial stock markets, green initiatives, gap e-education) * *Classification of IT-based Service Systems * *Value models for IT-based Service Systems (how can it be valued a priori (designs) and a posteriori (evaluations of real systems))* *Innovative applications of IT-based Service Systems * SUBMISSION DUE DATE: June 30, 2013 PUBLISHING DATE: * July, 2014** SUBMISSION PROCEDURE: Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit papers for this special theme issue *Engineering and Management of IT-based Service Systems: a Systems Approach **on or before June 30, 2013 to Dr. Manuel Mora ( ijitsa(a)gmail.com)*. All submissions must be original and may not be under review by another publication. INTERESTED AUTHORS SHOULD CONSULT THE JOURNAL?S GUIDELINES FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS at: http://www.igi-global.com/development/author_info/guidelines%20submission.p…. All submitted papers will be reviewed on a double-blind, peer review basis. Papers must follow APA style for reference citations. ABOUT International Journal of Information Technologies and the Systems Approach (IJITSA): ** **The Journal of Information Technologies and Systems Approach (IJITSA) is an academic and practitioner journal created to disseminate and discuss high quality research results on Information Systems and related upper and lower level Systems as well as on its interactions with Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, Complex Systems and Philosophy issues, through rigorous Theoretical, Modeling, Engineering or Behavioral studies in order to explore, describe, explain, predict, design, control, evaluate, interpret, intervene and/or develop organizational systems where Information Systems are the main objects of study and the Systems Approach ?any variant- is the main research methodology and philosophical stance used. **This journal is an official publication of the Information Resources Management Association (** http://www.igi-global.com/ijitsa* <http://www.igi-global.com/ijitsa>*), and it is semi annually published (both in print and electronic form).* Editors-in-Chief: Frank Stowell, University of Portsmouth, UK Manuel Mora, Autonomous University of Aguascalientes, Mexico International Journal of Information Technologies and the Systems Approach (IJITSA)* *http://www.igi-global.com/ijitsa -- Dr. Manuel Mora Information Systems Autonomous University of Aguascalientes Mexico, 20131 _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

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