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Fwd: [AISWorld] EAI Transactions on e-Education and e-Learning - Open access journal, fee waived temporarily
by Gustaf Neumann 25 Jul '13

25 Jul '13

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] EAI Transactions on e-Education and e-Learning - Open access journal, fee waived temporarily Datum: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 12:49:11 -0400 Von: Giovanni Vincenti <giovanni.vincenti(a)icst.org> An: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org EAI Endorsed Transactions on e-Education and e-Learning - Call for Papers http://eai.eu/transaction/e-education-and-e-learning Scope Education is one domain that has accompanied civilization through the centuries, adapting its tools to fulfill the expectations of the students and the needs of the teachers. Such tools can be as obvious and traditional as pencils and a notebook, or as complex and innovative as websites and multi-user virtual environments. Typical in-person learning environments, such as classrooms and meeting rooms, are at times not the best solution to enable and maximize a student’s ability to learn. Although they do fulfill their purpose of giving students the possibility of reaching course material and instructors, they also create a barrier that cannot be easily overcome. Web-based instruction and multi-user virtual environments break the time-limited barrier innate to typical lectures and explore, through innovative technologies, a concept as old as humankind: socialization and the feeling of belonging to a community. Many universities, public institutions and private businesses are projecting themselves on the Internet and in virtual worlds to reach the customer at any time, giving them the idea of virtual presence that cannot be delivered through a simple website. Topics to be discussed in this journal focus on (but not limited to) the following concepts: • Teaching / Educational Models and Frameworks • Accessibility and usability of web-based instruction in the classroom • Best Practices • Developing courses and content to be used in on-line educational environments • Student engagement • Experiments • Impacts of on-line on traditional teaching and learning strategies Editors in Chief Giovanni Vincenti, Towson University, Towson, MD, USA James Braman, Towson University, Towson, MD, USA Unique Advantages of Publishing with ICST/EAI The authors will not be charged with any publication fees and all published papers in the journal will be Open Access under the terms of the Creative Commons with Attribution license. ICST/EAI offers authors the revolutionary e-SCRIPTS system – a Web 2.0-based peer-review and manuscript management application that guarantees objective and fast reviewing, through an innovative reviewer bidding process that automatically matches the most qualified reviewer to the paper based on internationally recognized indicators such as H-index. Also based on that, acceptance decisions are expected to be now made in weeks instead of many months. In addition, ICST/EAI provides extremely short publication times by posting the paper on-line immediately after acceptance and extreme visibility/impact to the scientific community via synergies with the other ICST/EAI tools such as EU Digital Library and a broad abstract dissemination channel without compromises on the protection of authors’ intellectual property. All these innovative aspects are coupled with traditional elements of technical excellence, such as indexing by ISI, Scopus, EI, DBLP, INSPEC, Google Scholar, and all other major indexing organizations, as well as ISSN registration. In short: open access publication, fast and high-quality review; rapid publication; innovative publishing tools; and decision-making really open to the community. Special Issues Proposals EAI Endorsed Transactions on e-Education and e-Learning is aiming at devoting space for special issues on specific topics proposed by Guest Editors. We welcome special issues proposals: for instructions on their submission, please contact the giovanni.vincenti(a)icst.org or eeel(a)icst.org. What to submit Original unpublished contributions are solicited that can improve the knowledge and practice in the field. Tutorial and survey articles of permanent reference value are also welcome. Submissions must be original and should not have been published, or submitted for publication, elsewhere. Authors are encouraged to submit extended versions of papers previously presented at a conference or workshop with clear indication of how the paper has been extended for the journal submission. This journal is being submitted to ISI, Scopus, EI, DBLP, INSPEC, Google Scholar, and all other major indexing organizations. ISSN # 2032-9253 When to submit The EAI Endorsed Transactions on e-Education and e-Learning are always accepting submissions from authors on a rolling basis. How to submit To submit a paper to the journal, please register at: http://escripts.icst.org/publication/e-education-and-e-learning Manuscript preparation instructions may be found at: http://eai.eu/transactions For any further info, please feel free to contact: giovanni.vincenti(a)icst.org or eeel(a)icst.org For more information on ICST and its Publications Program, please email: publications(a)icst.org _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

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Fwd: International Journal of Big Data Intelligence
by Gustaf Neumann 25 Jul '13

25 Jul '13

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: International Journal of Big Data Intelligence Datum: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 03:06:12 +0800 Von: cfp(a)grid.chu.edu.tw An: neumann(a)wu-wien.ac.at Dear Colleagues, We are delighted to announce a new journal, IJBDI, International Journal of Big Data Intelligence (http://www.inderscience.com/ijbdi) IJBDI is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes high-quality original research papers in any aspect of big data intelligence. The objectives of IJBDI are provide cross-disciplinary innovative research ideas and results for big data intelligence, including novel theory, algorithms and applications. It also aims to promote and establish an effective channel of communication between industries, government agencies, academic and research institutions and persons concerned with the complexity of big data intelligence. This new journal pursues two objectives: 1) Becoming an on-going forum for professionals, academics, researchers, scientists, engineers, educators, and policy makers, working in the field of data science and management to demonstrate and explore current advances in all aspects of big data intelligence, in its many shapes and forms. 2) Promoting cross-disciplinary innovative research and expanding dialogue across disciplinary fields, such as engineering, medicine, computational biology, healthcare, social science, finance, business, government, education, transportation and telecommunications. For more information, please visit http://www.inderscience.com/ijbdi == Editorial Board == IJBDI is published by Inderscience Publishers and is administered by an international and interdisciplinary editorial board. Executive and Advisory Editors: Hsu, Ching-Hsien, Chung Hua University, Taiwan Abawajy, Jemal, Deakin University, Australia Bojanova, Irena, University of Maryland University College, USA Chung, Yeh-Ching, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan Hacker, Thomas J., Purdue University, USA Paprzycki, Marcin, Systems Research Institute, Poland Balaji, Pavan, Argonne National Laboratory, USA Chen, Jinjun, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia Di Martino, Beniamino, Seconda Universita di Napoli, Italy Wang, Guojun, Central South University, China Buyya, Raj, University of Melbourne, Australia Fox, Geoffrey Charles, Indiana University, USA Hwang, Kai, University of Southern California, USA Prasanna, Viktor K., University of Southern California, USA Ranka, Sanjay, University of Florida, USA Sahni, Sartaj, University of Florida, USA Tsai, Jeffrey, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA Yen, I-Ling, University of Texas at Dallas, USA Yu, Philip S., University of Illinois at Chicago, USA Zomaya, Albert, University of Sydney, Australia Editorial Board: Please visit http://www.inderscience.com/ijbdi == Publication == In addition to the open call, special issues devoted to emerging topics in big data intelligence will occasionally be published. == Submissions == IJBDI welcomes submissions of high-quality original research articles with novel findings, and critical reviews. The journal aims to present original perspectives and points of view across disciplines and areas of investigation. To submit a paper, please read the detailed guidelines found here: http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=ijbdi#authors For more information, and to propose a Special Issue, please contact the editor. To subscribe other emails or see information of this mailing list, please go to http://grid.chu.edu.tw/mailling_list/subscribe.php To unsubscribe, please click http://grid.chu.edu.tw/unsubscribe.php?mail=neumann@wu-wien.ac.at For other questions, please send email to cfp-admin(a)grid.chu.edu.tw

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Fwd: [AISWorld] Deadline Extension/Special Issue Opportunity: CBPM’13 (with CONTEXT-2013) || October 28-29, 2013- Annecy, Haute-Savoie, France
by Gustaf Neumann 21 Jul '13

21 Jul '13

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] Deadline Extension/Special Issue Opportunity: CBPM’13 (with CONTEXT-2013) || October 28-29, 2013- Annecy, Haute-Savoie, France Datum: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 13:55:43 +0000 Von: Xiao Liu <xliu(a)swin.edu.au> An: tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu <tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu>, tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu <tccc(a)lists.cs.columbia.edu>, mycolleagues(a)mailman.ufsc.br <mycolleagues(a)mailman.ufsc.br>, distributed-computing-announce(a)datasys.cs.iit.edu <distributed-computing-announce(a)datasys.cs.iit.edu>, aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org <aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org>, hpc-announce(a)mcs.anl.gov <hpc-announce(a)mcs.anl.gov>, dbworld(a)cs.wisc.edu <dbworld(a)cs.wisc.edu> CALL FOR PAPERS *CBPM?**13***(Apologies for cross-posting)** ================= Please consider to contribute to and/or forward to the appropriate groups the following opportunity to submit and publish original scientific results to CONTEXT-2013Workshop Context for Business Process Management (CBPM?13). The submission deadline has been extended to August 1st, 2013. ================= Call For Paper: *CBPM?**13*** ***1^st International **Workshop on* *Context for Business Process Management* held with *CONTEXT-**201**3* <http://www.polytech.univ-savoie.fr/?context2013>* Conference*** Annecy, Haute-Savoie, France, October 28-29, 2013 http://grid.lzu.edu.cn/psrl/cbpm <http://grid.lzu.edu.cn/psrl/cbpm> ** *Goals* The goal of the workshop is to promote the role of context in business process management(BPM) by discussing (1) what the context community can bring to BPM community, including business and scientific workflow management; and (2) What are the challenges of BPM and workflow system that BPM community think context (context-based, context-aware, etc.) may solve. We arelooking for extension of business processes and workflows like context-based BPM,context-based workflow, and if possible,contextualized workflow. *Technical issues addressed* BPM has been referred to as a "holistic management" approach to aligning an organization's business processes with the needs of users. It promotes business effectiveness and efficiency while striving for innovation, flexibility, and integration with technology.However, the challenge for a large use of business process is the failure in addressing both the dynamic execution environment (i.e. grid and cloud) and the elastic requirement of users (i.e., logic of use). Two lines of research emerge to address this problem. Upstream, researchers try to make explicit the contextualization process in designingflexible and elastic business process forprocessoptimization and reuse. Downstream, new technology such as cloud computing could bring a promising orchestration ofbusiness process but suppose a revision of BPM architecture. The technical issues to be addressed are:**Where context may intervene for operationalizing business process? What must be the impact of context in the design of business process? What would be a context-aware BPM? How must intervene context on BPM in the cloud? What kinds of context constraints and middleware should be integrated with the business process? Recognizing the interdisciplinary nature of BPM, the workshop also encourages submissions that embrace other disciplines such as Workflow Management, Information Systems and IT Management, Data and Knowledge Management, Web/Software Engineering, Service-Oriented Computing, Social Computing, Big Data, etc. The key criteria for acceptance are excellence and answering challenges specific to the field of context for BPM and even in the cloud computing paradigm. The workshop solicits original papers on a broad range of topics, including but not limited to: ·Context and BPM/workflow: concepts and theory, e.g. üContext-centric flexibility, adaptability and evolution in BPM üContext-based BPM as a Service or Workflow as a Service üKnowledge and reasoning representation for business process üSecurity, privacy and trust in Context-based BPM üOther socio-technical aspects of BPM/workflow ·Context-aware business process/workflow, e.g. üContext for Mobile and Ubiquitous applications üContext-aware BPM for Authentication, Authorisation and Accounting üContext-aware recommendation process üContext for dynamic selection of web services ·Context-based cloud workflows and applications, e.g. üContext-based scientific workflows in the cloud üDecision support systems for cloud-based BPM üPeople-/knowledge-intensive process üCrowdsourcing and process based on social networks ·Context as constraints for workflow design, execution and scheduling, e.g. üAutomatic workflow verification and generation with context constraints üContext-based load balancing of workflow engines üContext and Quality-of-Service constraints for workflow design üContext-based process mining *Submissions*** Workshop submission will be electronic, in pdf format only.Submitted papers must not exceed 12 pages and should conform to Springer LNCS style (see below). Submissions should include authors? names and affiliation and full references. At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the workshop and the main conference, and present the contribution at the workshop in order to be published in the workshop proceedings. Detailed formatting and submissions instructions, as well as LaTeX and Word templates, can be accessed through Springer's information for LNCS authors <http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs/lncs+authors?SGWID=0-40209-0-0-0>. Paper submission will be handled using EasyChair: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cbpm <http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cbpm> *Workshop proceedings* The workshop proceedings will be published as part of the CONTEXT 2013 workshop proceedings. Selected papers will be recommended to a special issue in the International Journal of Computational Science and Engineering (EI index). *Workshop format*** The general organization of the workshop is the following. First a tutorial will introduce BPM and cloud-computing domains and their challenges. Second, participants will present their position statement. Three, a general discussion will focus on proposals of the context community for the BPM community under the cloud computing paradigm. *Review process* Three members of the program committee will review each submission. A review form will direct reviewers to evaluate submissions for appropriateness, technical strength, originality, presentation, and overall evaluation, as well as recording the reviewer?s confidence in the topic. Each category will be rated on a scale from 1 to 5. Furthermore, we will emphasise that reviewers must provide constructive notes and remarks to help contributors to improve their current and future submissions. The committee will be asked to give extensive comments. The number of accepted papers will depend on the number of suitable submissions. To assure sufficient discussion time, at most 12 contributions will be accepted for oral presentation, with additional poster acceptances possible. *Important Dates*** ·July 20, 2013August 1st, 2013- Submission to workshops due ·September 10, 2013 - Notification of workshop paper acceptance ·October 1, 2013 - Camera-ready submission ·October 28 or 29, 2013 - Workshop sessions *Organization* *General Chairs* Patrick Brézillon, University Pierre and Marie Curie, France Jinjun Chen, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia *Program Chairs* Xiao Liu, East China Normal University, China, xliu(a)sei.ecnu.edu.cn Xiaoliang Fan, Lanzhou University, China, fanxiaoliang(a)lzu.edu.cn <mailto:fanxiaoliang@lzu.edu.cn> Fei Teng, Southwest Jiaotong University, China, fteng(a)swjtu.edu.cn *Steering Committee* Patrick Brézillon, University Pierre and Marie Curie, France Lian Li, Hefei University of Technology, China Jean-Charles Pomerol,University Pierre and Marie Curie,France Ruisheng Zhang, Lanzhou University, China Jinjun Chen, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia Frederic Magoules, Ecole Centrale Paris, France *Publication Chair* Haiwu He, ENS Lyon/INRIA, France *Program Committee* Flavia Santoro, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Yong Zhao, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China Liliana Ardissono, Università degli Studi di Torino, Italy Haiwu He, ENS Lyon/INRIA, France Xiao Liu, East China Normal University, China Ludger van Elst,German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, Germany Dong Yuan, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia Yi Yang, Lanzhou University, China Marc Frincu, University of Strasbourg, France Fei Teng, Southwest Jiaotong University, China Xuyun Zhang, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia Avelino J. Gonzalez, University of Central Florida, USA Fang Dong, Southeast University, China Xiaoliang Fan, Lanzhou University, China Matthias Wieland, Universitaet Stuttgart, Germany Ming Mao, University of Virginia, USA Rongjing Hu, Lanzhou University, China Gaofeng Zhang, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia *********************************************** Dr. Xiao Liu A/Prof. at East China Normal University, Shanghai, China Email: xliu(a)sei.ecnu.edu.cn <mailto:xliu@sei.ecnu.edu.cn> Homepage: http://faculty.ecnu.edu.cn/liuxiao

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Fwd: [AISWorld] CFP: International Journal of Technology Diffusion (IJTD)
by Gustaf Neumann 19 Jul '13

19 Jul '13

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] CFP: International Journal of Technology Diffusion (IJTD) Datum: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 18:51:06 +0400 Von: Zolait Ali <alizolait(a)gmail.com> An: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org Dear Colleagues Good Day to you ! Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Technology Diffusion (IJTD) would like to invite you to submit manuscripts of good quality research to get published in the volume 4 of the official publication of the Information Resources Management Association. www.igi-global.com/ijtd Published: Quarterly (both in Print and Electronic form) MISSION OF IJTD: Prospective authors are invited to submit manuscripts for possible publication in the International Journal of Technology Diffusion. The primary objective of IJTD is to continue to be one of the top-tier research and leading journals on global innovation and systems management. It is going to publish articles related to all aspects of the application of information systems, technology, and innovation acceptance research. For example, it will accept manuscripts on management information systems, decision support systems (DSS), managerial and organizational concerns, educational issues, and innovative applications related to global management innovation systems. Very important to the journal is its emphasis on quality and relevance. The journal will be international in all aspects: content, article authorship, readership, and the editorial board. It propagates knowledge to researchers, practitioners, academicians, and educators all over the world on a timely basis. The journal's scope is multidisciplinary. It publishes research, applied, and theoretical articles from all areas of MIS as well as functional IT applications that have international context. The journal also entertains a variety of methodological approaches. It encourages manuscript submissions from authors all over the world, both from academia and industry. In addition, the journal will also include cases and reviews of MIS From all over the world. We will motivate authors to send manuscripts from Middle East, South East Asia, and Africa that have bearing on global aspects. RECOMMENDED TOPICS: Topics to be discussed in this journal include (but are not limited to) the following: • Management Information Systems, • Business Data Communications • Networking • Internet related issues, • E-commerce, • E-Government, • Diffusion of Innovation Models, • Technology Acceptance, • Adoption of IS, • Performance Analysis. • Frameworks and Models for International Management Innovation Systems (IMIS), System Development, • Evaluation of MIS, • Electronic Commerce, • IT in Developing Countries, • IT and Economic Development, • IT Diffusion in Developing Countries (e.g., Middle east, south east Asia, Africa ), • IT and Human Resource Issues, • DSS/EIS/ES in international settings, • Organizational and Management System Structures, • Electronic Data Interchange, • ERP • Information Security, • Information Resources Management • Network Security • Web Technology • Graphics & Web Design • Telecommunications, • E-Services • Distributed Databases and Networks, and • IS Applications and case studies • Issue in Accounting Information Systems • System Analysis SUBMITTING TO IJTD: Prospective authors should note that only original and previously unpublished articles will be considered. INTERESTED AUTHORS MUST CONSULT THE JOURNAL’S GUIDELINES FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS at http://www.igi-global.com/authorseditors/titlesubmission/newproject.aspx All article submissions will be forwarded to at least 3 members of the Editorial Review Board of the journal for double-blind, peer review. Final decision regarding acceptance/revision/rejection will be based on the reviews received from the reviewers. All submissions must be forwarded electronically to alizolait(a)gmail.com. PRIOR TO SUBMISSION Please read and try to follow journal helpful guidelines at this links http://www.igi-global.com/development/author_info/guidelines submission.pdf PUBLISHER: The International Journal of Technology Diffusion is published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the “Information Science Reference” (formerly Idea Group Reference) and “Medical Information Science Reference” imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. All inquiries and submissions should be should be directed to the attention of: Kind regards Ali Zolait, PhD Department of Information Systems, College of Information Technology, University of Bahrain, Kingdom of Bahrain Tel: (973) 1743 7702 Fax: (973) 1744 9119 email:azolait@uob.edu.bh Editor(s)-in-Chief: International Journal of Technology Diffusion (IJTD) http://www.igi-global.com/authorseditors/titlesubmission/newproject.aspx Program chair: The Fourth International Conference on e-learning "Best practices in management, design and development of e-courses: standards of excellence and creativity" from 7-9 May 2013, Kingdom of Bahrain, http://econf.uob.edu.bh _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

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Fwd: [AISWorld] CFP: Online IS Education for the 21st Century
by Gustaf Neumann 17 Jul '13

17 Jul '13

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] CFP: Online IS Education for the 21st Century Datum: Sun, 14 Jul 2013 20:52:12 +0000 Von: He, Wu <WHe(a)odu.edu> An: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org <aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org> Call for Papers: Journal of Information Systems Education seeks original manuscripts for a Special Issue on "Online IS Education for the 21st Century" CFP Website: http://jise.org/CFP-OnlineEducation.html *Guest Editors:* Dr. Wu He whe(a)odu.edu <mailto:whe@odu.edu> Old Dominion University Dr. Guandong Xu Guandong.Xu(a)uts.edu.au <mailto:Guandong.Xu@uts.edu.au> University of Technology Sydney, Australia Online teaching and learning have become increasingly common in higher education institutes (HEIs). Many HEIs realize the growing importance of online learning in IS education and are offering online IS programs or courses to students. However, designing, developing and teaching an online IS course effectively is often a challenge. Many IS instructors are new to online teaching and need orientation and training for their own readiness in designing, developing and teaching IS courses in the online environment. It is recognized that effective faculty are key to student success in online courses and to the success of online programs (Jones & Meyer, 2012). Therefore, it is imperative that administrators and instructors in schools of information systems learn more of the best practices and issues of designing, developing, teaching, and assessing online IS programs and courses. We are looking for academic ideas and practices that can vastly improve the online IS education. In order to improve the quality of online IS programs/courses and provide a forum for timely knowledge sharing and in-depth presentation of recent advances in online IS program/course design, development, teaching, learning and evaluation, we invite submissions of high-quality, innovative and insightful articles. For this special issue of JISE on Online IS Education for the 21st Century, we invite submissions of high-quality, innovative and insightful articles. *Suggested topics include: *?Faculty development for teaching online IS courses ?Strategies, methods and techniques of designing and developing online IS program and courses ?Business model and issues for running online IS programs (cost estimation, faculty compensation, student recruitment and retention, marketing, student support infrastructure, etc.) ?Quality issues with teaching and learning in online IS courses ?Case studies related to online course design, development, teaching and evaluation ?Comparing online IS courses and traditional face-to-face IS courses ?Technology Strategies for teaching online IS courses ?Role of Information Technology in teaching online IS courses ?Instructional resources and technology (e.g., Social Media, Web 2.0) for teaching online IS courses ?Ongoing support for online IS program and courses ?Value of online IS courses ?Attrition in Online IS programs ?Collaborative learning and interaction in online IS courses ?Faculty motivation and perception of teaching online IS courses *Timeline: * Initial submissions due: September 30, 2013 Notification to authors: November 30, 2013 Revised papers due: January 31, 2014 Publication of the issue: March 31, 2014 *Submission Guidelines:* Papers for this special issue are due September 30, 2013. Prospective authors are encouraged to submit an abstract, as early as feasible, to the Guest Editors for preliminary review on the appropriateness of their expected manuscript. Please forward your submission in Microsoft Word format by e-mail to Dr. Wu He at whe(a)odu.edu <mailto:whe@odu.edu>, with a copy to Dr. Guandong Xu at Guandong.Xu(a)uts.edu.au <mailto:Guandong.Xu@uts.edu.au>. You need to ensure that all identification information is removed from your manuscript and its meta-data prior to submission, as submissions will be doubled-blind reviewed. Submissions should not exceed 7000 words including figures and tables and references. Submissions will be subject to editing for clarity, organization, space and style of JISE. Shorter teaching cases or teaching tips will be also welcome by the Guest Editors (for more information - http://jise.org/Initial.html). In the event that submissions are accepted to the special issue but might not be accommodated within the special issue, these submissions will be published in future regular issues of JISE. For more information concerning JISE submission guidelines, please refer to http://jise.org/Submit.htm <http://jise.org/Submit.htm> Wu He, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Information Technology Department of Information Technology & Decision Sciences College of Business and Public Administration Constant Hall 2022 Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA 23529 757-683-5008

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Fwd: [AISWorld] extended submission deadlines for IEEE SOCA 2013 - 3rd Call for Papers
by Gustaf Neumann 17 Jul '13

17 Jul '13

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] extended submission deadlines for IEEE SOCA 2013 - 3rd Call for Papers Datum: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 06:31:00 +0200 Von: Massimo Mecella <mecella(a)dis.uniroma1.it> An: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org -------------------------------------------------------- SOCA 2013 Call for Papers WWW: http://conferences.computer.org/soca --------------------------------------------------------- 6th IEEE International Conference on Service-Oriented Computing and Applications December 16-18, 2013 Kauai, Hawaii, USA == NEW =========================== - Abstract Submission Due: August 5, 2013 - Paper Submission Due: August 10, 2013 ================================== Service-oriented computing is considered today a key technology for the development of robust and high quality intelligent distributed and embedded applications. Extensive research and development in the past few years has pushed SOA technology into state-of-the-art application areas such as context-aware, cloud-connected, mobile enterprise systems. However, many of the critical components on building reliable, robust, and user-centric sensor-based SOA systems are still open for research. Hence, it is timely to reexamine SOA research opportunities and identify new research challenges for next generation SOA. One of the future SOA applications is large-scale cyber-physical systems (CPSs) that include deep interactions between cyber-sides and physical-sides through massive sensors, actuators, mobile devices, and computing servers connected by heterogeneous networks. The services of large-scale CPSs have challenging requirements such as accurate timeliness, high reliability, and dynamic adaptability. Many of the service components are deployed on resource limited embedded systems and are performance sensitive; others are deployed on cloud servers providing highly parallel services. Thus, SOA may provide effective solutions for managing the ever-increasing complexity while meeting the challenging requirements of CPS services on largely distributed, heterogeneous and dynamic resource environments. The 2013 IEEE International Conference on Service-Oriented Computing and Applications (SOCA 2013) will be held in Kauai, Hawaii, with topics of general service oriented computing and also of the focused area of SOA for large-scale CPSs. The conference includes three days of parallel tracks program, special-topic workshops, tutorials, and panel discussion. We invite submissions of high quality papers describing fully developed results or ongoing work on the topics (partial list) such as: - Service-oriented architecture, engineering, and applications - Large-scale cyber-physical systems - Intelligent service composition, management and maintenance - Configurable and reconfigurable service middleware - Dependable and trustworthy services - Streaming and real-time data analytics - Mobile service engineering and applications - Security and privacy for intelligent service applications - Context-aware connected embedded computing - Service composition with multi-dimensional QoS - Service networks for smart homes/buildings, smart transportation, and smart infrastructures - Sustainability issues on large-scale CPS applications Important Dates (NEW) ===================== - Abstract Submission Due: August 5, 2013 - Paper Submission Due: August 10, 2013 - Acceptance Notification: October 5, 2013 - Camera Ready Submission: October 15, 2013 - Conference and Workshop Program: December 16-18, 2013 Authors are invited to submit original, unpublished research papers that are not being considered in another forum. Manuscripts will be limited to 8 (IEEE style) pages. Please follow the IEEE Computer Society Press Proceedings Author Guidelines to prepare your papers with 8.5'' x 11'', two-column format. The paper formatting instructions are available athttp://www.computer.org/portal/web/cscps/formatting <http://www.computer.org/portal/web/cscps/formatting>. Electronic submission of manuscripts (in PDF) is required through the paper submission system in the SOCA 2013 homepage http://conferences.computer.org/soca. All papers submitted to SOCA 2013 will be peer-reviewed by at least 3 reviewers. Papers that are selected for presentation at SOCA 2013 will appear in the Proceedings of SOCA 2013 and be included in IEEE Xplore and indexed by EI. Each paper accepted for SOCA 2013 requires at least one author to register at the full rate (IEEE member or non-IEEE member). At least one author is required to attend the conference and present the paper. The best papers from the proceedings will be selected for publication in the Springer Journal on Service-Oriented Computing and Applications (SOCA). Furthermore, a Best Paper Award will be presented to the best paper selected from the accepted full papers. Workshops ========= In addition to the main conference, specific workshops are organized: KIBP - Knowledge-intensive Business Processes - http://www.dis.uniroma1.it/~kibp/2013/index.html <http://www.dis.uniroma1.it/%7Ekibp/2013/index.html> KASTLES - Knowledge and Service Technology for Life, Environment, and Sustainability - http://www.itolab.nitech.ac.jp/KASTLES2013/index.php WESA - Energy-smart Services and Applications - http://link.eecs.uci.edu/conferences/wesa2013/WESA_2013.htm Workshop papers are limited to 5 (IEEE style) pages. The papers in the workshops will be published in the SOCA proceedings that will be included in the IEEE Digital Library. Each workshop will manage its own WWW site, submission system, reviewing process, call-for-papers, etc. Committee ========= General Chairs: - Kwei-Jay Lin, University of California, Irvine, USA - Jane Y.J. Hsu, National Taiwan University, Taiwan Program Chairs: - Chang-Gun Lee, Seoul National University, Korea - Albert M.K. Cheng, University of Houston, USA - Massimo Mecella, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Steering Committee: - Jen-Yao Chung, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA - Schahram Dustdar, TU Wien, Austria - Changjun Jiang, Tongji University, China - Kwei-Jay Lin, University of California, Irvine, USA - Sang H. Son, University of Virginia, USA Workshop Chairs: - Takayuki Ito, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan - Alexander Lazovik, University of Groningen, the Netherlands ================================================ *Massimo Mecella* /Ph.D. in Computing Science & Engineering [Dottore di ricerca in Ingegneria Informatica]/ Assistant professor [Ricercatore] *SAPIENZA Università di Roma Dipartimento di Ingegneria Informatica, Automatica e Gestionale ANTONIO RUBERTI (DIAG)* (ex Dipartimento di Informatica e Sistemistica - DIS) via Ariosto 25, I-00185 Roma, Italy * mecella(a)dis.uniroma1.it <mailto:mecella@dis.uniroma1.it> * http://www.dis.uniroma1.it/~mecella <http://www.dis.uniroma1.it/%7Emecella> * Google: massimo.mecella(a)gmail.com <mailto:massimo.mecella@gmail.com> ================================================ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ /La seconda rivoluzione industriale non si presenta come la prima con immagini schiaccianti quali presse di laminatoi o colate d'acciaio, ma come i bits di un flusso di informazione che corre sui circuiti sotto forma d'impulsi elettronici. Le macchine di ferro ci sono sempre,/ /ma obbediscono ai bits senza peso/ /The second industrial revolution is not presented, as the first one, with such crushing images as rolling mills and molten steel,/ /but as a stream of bits of information traveling along circuits in the form of electronic impulses. The iron machines still exist, / /but they obey the orders of weightless bits/ Italo Calvino - Leggerezza - Lezioni Americane - 1985 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

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Fwd: Re: [AISWorld] Contents of the latest issus of IJWLTT
by Gustaf Neumann 17 Jul '13

17 Jul '13

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: Re: [AISWorld] Contents of the latest issus of IJWLTT Datum: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 19:33:09 +0000 Von: Raisinghani, Michael <MRaisinghani(a)mail.twu.edu> An: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org <aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org> The contents of the latest issue of: International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies (IJWLTT) Official Publication of the Information Resources Management Association Volume 7, Issue 4, October – December 2012 Published: Quarterly in Print and Electronically ISSN: 1548-1093 EISSN: 1548-1107 Published by IGI Publishing, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA www.igi-global.com/ijwltt Editor-in-Chief: Mahesh S. Raisinghani, Texas Woman’s University, USA PAPER ONE Domain Ontology and Hermann Brain Dominance Instrument Model for Personalized E-Learning Hypermedia System Mahnane Lamia (LRS Laboratory, University of Badji Moktar, Annaba, Algeria) and Laskri Mohamed Tayeb (LRI Laboratory, University of Badji Moktar, Annaba, Algeria) A number of adaptive e-learning hypermedia systems (AEHS) have been developed to support learning styles as a source for adaptation. However, these systems suffer from several problems, namely: lack of maintenance adaptation to learning style, less attention was paid to thinking styles and the insertion of specific teaching strategies into learning content. This paper proposes an AEHS model based on thinking styles and domain ontology. The experiment was completed in three phases for both experimental and control groups. In the first phase all the students were informed that they will participate in an experimental process. The students received a short introduction on how to use the system and to create a user account for login purposes into the system. Then, information about thinking styles categories were given to the experimental group and were asked to complete the questionnaire. In the second phase, the students followed regularly the lessons until the completion of the course; meanwhile taking a quiz at the end of each lesson. In the third phase, learners followed a link to do the post-test. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://www.igi-global.com/article/domain-ontology-hermann-brain-dominance/7… To read a PDF sample of this article, please visit http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=78539 PAPER TWO Identifying and Addressing Cultural Barriers to Faculty Adoption and Use of a Learning Management System in a Ghanaian University: A Participatory Action Research Approach Stephen Asunka (IT Support Services, Ghana Technology University College, Accra, Ghana) This study adopted a participatory action research (PAR) approach to identify and address the various cultural factors that contribute in hindering faculty adoption and use of a Learning Management System (LMS) for online collaborative learning (OCL) at a private university in Ghana. This followed a realization that an LMS that the university deployed for OCL purposes, and had been available for over five years, remained largely unused by faculty members despite that they have been trained, motivated and appropriately resourced to do so. With a preliminary investigation revealing the possible role of cultural factors, this study drew on some aspects of Hofstede’s cultural dimensions theory to develop and conceptualize a research framework, and subsequently engaged 10 faculty members in a semester-long action study. Findings show that by collectively identifying the cultural underpinnings, and conscientiously working on them, faculty members can ultimately change their attitudes (as well as those of their other colleagues) significantly, and be better predisposed to using online collaborative tools and resources for OCL. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://www.igi-global.com/article/identifying-addressing-cultural-barriers-… To read a PDF sample of this article, please visit http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=78540 PAPER THREE Adaptable Personal E-Assessment Lilyana Nacheva-Skopalik (Technical University of Gabrovo, Gabrovo, Bulgaria) and Steve Green (Teesside University, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom) This paper presents the concept of an adaptable personal learning environment (APLE) which meets the personal needs and requirements of the individual students. Such a system responds to the need of providing inclusive learning for a wider range of learners, which is an important agenda item for higher education institutions. For the complete design of an APLE it is necessary to integrate an adaptable personal assessment tool which is able to assess students’ performance, regardless of their specific learning needs and preferences, including those with disabilities. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://www.igi-global.com/article/adaptable-personal-assessment/78541 To read a PDF sample of this article, please visit http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=78541 PAPER FOUR Accessible Button Interfaces: Improving Accessibility for Brain-Injured and Other Disabled Users Jason Colman (School of Computing, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK) and Paul Gnanayutham (School of Computing, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK) The number of people with brain injuries is increasing, as more people who suffer injuries survive. Some of these patients are aware of their surroundings but almost entirely unable to move or communicate. Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs) can enable this group of people to use computers to communicate and carry out simple tasks in a limited manner. BCIs tend to be hard to navigate in a controlled manner, and so the use of “one button” user interfaces is explored. This one button concept can not only be used brain injured personnel with BCIs but by other categories of disabled individuals too with alternative point and click devices. A number of accessible button interfaces are described, some of which have already been implemented by the authors. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://www.igi-global.com/article/accessible-button-interfaces/78542 To read a PDF sample of this article, please visit http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=78542 PAPER FIVE Remote FPGA Lab Pavlinka Radoyska (Technical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria) and Nadezhda Spasova (Technical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria) In this paper the authors discus leading examples of the remote laboratory, based on FPGA. The architecture of Internet-accessible Automatic Test Equipment can be classified in two categories: internet-based ATE and ATE as a web service. The authors’ realization is based on the first architecture. Experiment management problems are discussed and some solutions, realised on user interface are presented. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below. http://www.igi-global.com/article/remote-fpga-lab/78543 To read a PDF sample of this article, please visit http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=78543 ***************************************************** For full copies of the above articles, check for this issue of the International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies (IJWLTT) in your institution's library. This journal is also included in the IGI Global aggregated “InfoSci-Journals” database: http://www.igi-global.com/EResources/InfoSciJournals.aspx. ***************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS Mission of IJWLTT: The mission of the International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies (IJWLTT) is to contribute to the broadening of the overall body of knowledge regarding the multi-dimensional aspects of Web-based technologies in contemporaneous educational contexts, assisting researchers, practitioners, and decision makers to design more effective learning systems and scenarios. IJWLTT explores the technical, social, cultural, organizational, human, cognitive, and commercial impact of technology. In addition, IJWLTT endeavors a broad range of authors and expands the dialogue to address the interplay among the diverse and disparate interests affected by technology in education. The journal seeks to explore the impact of Web-based technology on the design, implementation and evaluation of the learning and teaching process, as well as the development of new activities, relationships, skills, and competencies for the various actors implied in such processes. Coverage of IJWLTT: The International Journal of Web-Based Learning and Teaching Technologies (IJWLTT) focuses on the dimensions of reporting about developing new WBLT technologies and uses, and also sharing educational experiences and situations including (but not limited to) distance learning, collaborative work, constructivist approaches in on-line class-rooms, designing blended learning and programs, importance of dialogue in distance education programs, CSCL, network learning, etc. IJWLTT also covers aspects such as models and frameworks for the pedagogical design of courses including or supported by WBLT technologies, and for issuing and evaluating educational policies in institutions, and for organizing and managing training policies or departments in companies. Issues in methodologies for the training of teachers and trainers, for the building of multi-disciplinary teams for distance and on-line program administration and delivery are also included in the coverage. Topics to be discussed in the journal include (but are not limited to) the following: Best practices Building multi-disciplinary teams for Web-based learning and teaching Building Web-based learning communities Constructivist approaches to Web-based learning and teaching Decision making in implementing Web-based learning and teaching Knowledge building using Web-based learning and teaching technologies Management side of Web-based learning and teaching Network learning using WLTT Project management for implementing WLTT Related issues that impact the overall utilization and management of Web-based technologies in education Web Based CSCL Web-based technologies enabled pedagogical scenarios Web-based technologies enabled pedagogical systems and programs WLTT implementation: models, methods, and frameworks IGI Global is pleased to offer a special Multi-Year Subscription Loyalty Program. In this program, customers who subscribe to one or more journals for a minimum of two years will qualify for secure subscription pricing. IGI Global pledges to cap their annual price increase at 5%, which guarantees that the subscription rates for these customers will not increase by more than 5% annually. Interested authors should consult the Journal's manuscript submission guidelines at www.igi-global.com/ijwltt. All inquiries and submissions should be sent to: Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Mahesh S. Raisinghani at MRaisinghani(a)mail.twu.edu _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

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Fwd: [WI] AMT 2013 - CFP (Type-2 submissions deadline extended)
by Gustaf Neumann 16 Jul '13

16 Jul '13

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [WI] AMT 2013 - CFP (Type-2 submissions deadline extended) Datum: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 18:09:00 +0900 Von: WIC Office <wic-office(a)wi-consortium.org> An: wi(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de [Apologies for cross-postings] The Type-2 submission (abstract submission) deadline has been extended to August 15th. #################################################################### Active Media Technology 2013 (AMT'13) CALL FOR PAPERS (Type-2 submissions) #################################################################### 2013 International Conference on Active Media Technology (AMT'13) October 29-31, 2013, Maebashi, Japan Homepage: http://wi-consortium.org/conferences/amtbi13/ Co-organized by Web Intelligence Consortium (WIC) IEEE-CIS Task Force on Brain Informatics (IEEE TF-BI) Co-sponsored by Maebashi Institute of Technology Maebashi City and Gunma Prefecture Government Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science #################################################################### # Type-2 submissions: Abstract Submission Due: *** 15 August 2013 *** # Selected abstract submissions will be considered for publication # in special issues of international journals after their abstracts # are extended to a full-length paper and pass a peer review process #################################################################### Special AMT-BHI 2013 Joint Keynote: Yuichiro Anzai President, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Keynote Speakers: Yuzuru Tanaka, Hokkaido University, Japan Carl K. Chang, Iowa State University, USA Andrzej Skowron, Warsaw University, Poland Shinsuke Shimojo, California Institute of Technology, USA Marcel A. Just, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Jiming Liu, Hong Kong Baptist University, HK SAR Panel: Brain Big Data in the Hyper World ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ On-Line Submissions and Publication ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Type II of Submissions and Publication: Abstract Submissions: ------------------------------------------------------------- Accepted abstract submissions will be included in the conference program. Selected abstract submissions will be considered for publication in special issues of international journals after their abstracts are extended to a full-length paper and pass a peer review process. Detailed instructions and a paper submission form can be found from the AMT'13 Web page at http://wi-consortium.org/conferences/amtbi13/ +++++++++++++++++++++++ Journal Special Issues +++++++++++++++++++++++ Web Intelligence and Agent Systems journal (IOS Press) and Computational Cognitive Science journal (Springer) have the formal ties with AMT-BHI conferences. A selected number of accepted papers from these conferences, including their Best Paper Award papers, will be expended and revised for possible inclusion in the journals each year. We also organize special issues to be published in journals, including: International Journal of Information Technology & Decision Making (World Scientific), Computational Intelligence (Wiley), Health Information Science and Systems (Springer), Cognitive Systems Research (Elsevier), and International Journal of Semantic Computing (World Scientific). +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Important Dates (Type 2 submission) +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Electronic (Type-2) submission of abstracts *** 15 August 2013 *** Notification of (Type-2) abstract acceptance: August 30, 2013 Conference: October 29-31, 2013 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ Conference Organization ++++++++++++++++++++++++ AMT-BHI'13 Honorary General Chair: Setsuo Ohsuga, University of Tokyo, Japan AMT'13 Conference General Chairs: Andrzej Skowron, Warsaw University, Poland Jian-Nong Cao, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, SAR China AMT'13 Program Chairs: Tetsuya Yoshida, Hokkaido University, Japan Gang Kou, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China AMT'13 Workshop/Special Session Chair: Hakim Hacid, Alcatel-Lucent Bell lab, France AMT-BHI'13 Organizing Chairs: Kazuyuki Imamura, Maebashi Institute of Technology, Japan Tetsumi Harakawa, Maebashi Institute of Technology, Japan Ning Zhong, Maebashi Institute of Technology, Japan AMT-BHI'13 Panel Chair: Stephen S. Yau, Arizona State University, USA AMT-BHI'13 Journal Special Issue Chairs: Xin Yao, University of Birmingham, UK Runhe Huang, Hosei University, Japan AMT-BHI'13 Publicity Chairs: Shinichi Motomura, Maebashi Institute of Technology, Japan Dominik Slezak, Infobright Inc., Canada & Univ. of Warsaw, Poland Jian Yang, Beijing University of Technology, China BHI'13 Conference General Chairs: Tomoaki Shirao, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan Takuji Kasamatsu, The Smith Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, USA BHI'13 Program Chairs: Kazuyuki Imamura, Maebashi Institute of Technology, Japan Shiro Usui, Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan BHI'13 Workshop/Special Session Chair: Lars Schwabe, University of Rostock, Germany IEEE-CIS-TFBI Chair Ning Zhong, Maebashi Institute of Technology, Japan WIC Co-Chairs/Directors Ning Zhong, Maebashi Institute of Technology, Japan Jiming Liu, Hong Kong Baptist University, HK WIC Advisory Board Edward A. Feigenbaum, Stanford University, USA Setsuo Ohsuga, University of Tokyo, Japan Benjamin Wah, Chinese University of Hong Kong, HK Philip Yu, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA L.A. Zadeh, University of California, Berkeley, USA WIC Technical Committee Jeffrey Bradshaw, UWF/Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, USA Nick Cercone, York University, Canada Dieter Fensel, University of Innsbruck, Austria Georg Gottlob, Oxford University, UK Lakhmi Jain, University of South Australia, Australia Jianhua Ma, Hosei University, Japan Jianchang Mao, Yahoo! Inc., USA Pierre Morizet, Mahoudeaux Compiegne University of Technology, France Hiroshi Motoda, Osaka University, Japan Toyoaki Nishida, Kyoto University, Japan Andrzej Skowron, Warsaw University, Poland Jinglong Wu, Okayama University, Japan Xindong Wu, University of Vermont, USA Yiyu Yao, University of Regina, Canada *** Contact Information *** Tetsuya Yoshida (Hokkaido University, Japan) <yoshida(a)meme.hokudai.ac.jp> -- 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: SASO2013: Final Call for Workshop Papers
by Gustaf Neumann 15 Jul '13

15 Jul '13

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: SASO2013: Final Call for Workshop Papers Datum: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 16:10:56 +0200 (CEST) Von: SASO 2013 Publicity Chair <SASO-publicity(a)iiia.csic.es> An: gustaf.neumann(a)wu-wien.ac.at Kopie (CC): SASO 2013 Publicity Chair <SASO-publicity(a)iiia.csic.es> *************************************************************************************************************** Final Call for Papers: IEEE SASO Workshops Seventh IEEE International Conference on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems (SASO 2013) Philadelphia (PA), USA; 9-13 September 2013 --- https://www.cs.drexel.edu/saso2013/ *************************************************************************************************************** *** Final Deadline Extension! *** Paper Submission Deadline (extended): August 1, 2013 Paper Acceptance Notification (extended): August 15, 2013 Camera-Ready Deadline (extended): August 28, 2013 Early Registration Deadline: August 21, 2013 Workshop Dates: September 9/13, 2013 ****************************************** *** Adaptive Host and Network Security *** (AHAN 2013) ****************************************** Monday, September 9th, 2013 http://www.dollabs.com/ahanssaso2013.htm Organizing Committee: Stuart Wagner, Applied Communication Sciences, NJ, USA Robert Laddaga, DOLL Inc., MA, USA Robert Watson, University of Cambridge, UK There is a clear need to develop systems at both the host level and the network level to actively adapt to cyber attacks and to provide greater protection for networked computation at all levels. The significance of this workshop is to bring together researchers from different areas such as networking, programming languages, computer hardware, and operating systems to gain broad insights into specific research issues related to adaptive host and network security, and to foster discussions about ongoing research, establish directions for future research and collaborations, and identify best practices for adaptive security. ******************************************************************************* *** Socially Adaptive and Socio-Aware Information and Communication Systems *** (SocioAware 2013) ******************************************************************************* Monday, September 9th, 2013 http://www.socioaware.net/ Organizing Committee: Peter Sturm, University of Trier, Germany Jean Botev, University of Luxembourg, Luxemburg Ingo Scholtes, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Markus Esch, Fraunhofer Institute, Germany Bernd Klasen, University of Luxemburg/SES Astra, Luxemburg Social services and utilities pervade more and more aspects of our daily lives and will conceivably become an integral part of future software systems. While it is common and important to investigate how the associated gradual convergence of social and technical systems influences individuals and society, the fact that this influence is mutual is far less explored. Networked computing infrastructures involving cloud computing, virtualization techniques, Peer-to-Peer technologies or other Internet-based applications are shaped not only by technological considerations but, increasingly, also by the social structures and processes into which they are embedded. The growing interconnectedness of users leads to highly correlated behavior and the emergence of collective phenomena which naturally retroact on the technical systems by which they are mediated. The workshop seeks to shed light on the question how the increasing pervasion of technical infrastructures with social aspects affects the engineering of reliable and scalable networked computing systems. A particular focus will be laid upon the question how the ongoing trend towards a rigorous mathematical modeling of self-organization processes in social systems (for instance in the language of complex networks, dynamical systems and random matrix theory) can influence and inspire the design of distributed algorithms, network topologies and communication protocols, resulting in what may be called socio-aware networked computing systems. ********************************************************** *** Trustworthy Self-Organising and Autonomous Systems *** (TSOAS 2013) ********************************************************** Monday, September 9th, 2013 http://tsos.isse.de/2013/ Organizing Committee: Wolfgang Reif, University of Augsburg, Germany Christian Muller-Schloer, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany Audun Josang, University of Oslo, Norway Jan-Philipp Steghofer, University of Augsburg, Germany The nature of self-organizing and autonomous systems and cyper-physical entities demands that issues of trust and their trustworthiness become a primary concern. The Fourth Edition of the Workshop on Trustworthy Self-Organizing and Autonomous Systems (TSOS 2013) will provide an open stage for discussions about the different facets of trust in self-organizing and autonomous systems, how every single one of them can be fostered, and how they relate. ******************************************************************** *** Challenges for Achieving Self-Awareness in Autonomic Systems *** (AWARE 2013) ******************************************************************** Friday, September 13th, 2013 http://www.aware-project.eu/saso-2013/ Organizing Committee: Emma Hart, Edinburgh Napier University, UK Giacomo Cabri, Universita' di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy Jeremy Pitt, Imperial College London, UK As technology continues to rapidly advance, the management of systems becomes increasingly more difficult: systems are likely to be composed of heterogeneous devices, the topology of the system can dynamically change to device mobility; components of the system are probably programmed with different models, and emergent behaviours can occur, not pre-programmed into the system. On top of this, users of systems expect 24/7 reliability, high levels of security, and privacy of their data. The scale of the challenge imposed by the necessity to manage these systems is such that control can no longer be devolved to a human. Systems must be able to manage themselves, delivering high-quality of service while at the same time optimising overall performance and resource usage. This poses significant challenges - systems must respond to ever changing conditions, and continuously adapt to external context (such as user requirements and behaviour). Awareness will be required across a hierarchy of levels, ranging from an individual component level to global levels of patterns of use, system performance, network conditions and available resources. The goal of the workshop is to identify key challenges involved in creating self-aware systems which are capable of autonomous management, and consider methods by which these challenges can be addressed. ************************************************************************************* *** Computationally Adapted {laws | policies | norms} for Self-Organising Systems *** (CA*OS 2013) ************************************************************************************* Friday, September 13th, 2013 http://www.iis.ee.ic.ac.uk/~dbusquet/CAOS2013/ Organizing Committee: Gerrit Anders, University of Augsburg Didac Busquets, Imperial College London, UK Giuseppe Contissa, European University Institute, Italy Bastin Tony Roy Savarimuthu, University of Otago, New Zealand Many systems, as well as organisations, are characterised by having a set of rules that drive (and limit) the interactions amongst their components. These rules may range from simple ones to complex legal systems, norms, contracts or policies, among others. Examples of this kind of systems may be technical systems such as computing grids or sensor networks, which have to share limited resources, as well as socio-technical systems, with humans involved in the functioning of the system, such as in smart grids. While in many cases these rules would be fixed, probably set by some authority, there is an increasing need of flexibility and openness. This includes changing existing rules, generating new ones, deciding who makes the decisions and when these are made, setting what happens when agents do not follow the rules, or assessing whether a set of rules fits the system's purpose, among others. The aim of the workshop is to discuss, based on high quality position or research papers, the different aspects, effects, and representations of law, norms, and justice in self-organising systems and to debate the impact of current and future technical self-organising systems on legal systems. Thank you very much for your attention, IEEE SASO 2013 workshop chair

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Fwd: [AISWorld] Deadline Extension iiWAS2013 (2-4 December 2013, Vienna, Austria)
by Gustaf Neumann 13 Jul '13

13 Jul '13

-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] Deadline Extension iiWAS2013 (2-4 December 2013, Vienna, Austria) Datum: Sat, 13 Jul 2013 18:34:10 +0200 Von: Ismail Khalil <ismail.khalil(a)jku.at> An: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org ********** Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message ********* We have extended the submission deadline to August 1, 2011. ****************************************************************************** C A L L F O R P A P E R S The 15th International Conference on Information Integration and Web-based Applications & Services (iiWAS2013) in Conjunction with The 11th International Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing and Multimedia (MoMM2013) 2 - 4 December 2013 Vienna, Austria http://www.iiwas.org/conferences/iiwas2013/ email: iiwas2013(a)iiwas.org **** Important Dates ***** 1 August 2013 (EXTENDED): Full Papers (10 pages), Short papers, Demos and work in progress (4 pages) 22 September 2013: Acceptance Notification 10 October 2013: Camera-Ready Papers and Authors Registration 02-04 December 2013: Conference Dates ***** Publication ***** ALL accepted iiWAS2013 papers will be published by ACM International Conference Proceedings Series (ISBN: and the supplemental proceedings and indexed appropriately in all major indexes. Selected high-quality papers will be invited to be published, after revision and extension, in special issues of international journals and in a book in the Book Series: Atlantis Ambient and Pervasive Intelligence published by Springer. **** Scope ***** WWW has been driving global information integration. In spite of the many applications in all domains of our societies: e-business, e-commerce, e-learning, e-science, and e-government, for instance, as well as the tremendous advances by engineers and scientists, the seamless integration of information and services remains a major challenge. The current shared vision for the future is one of semantically rich information and service oriented architectures for global information systems. This vision is at the convergence of progress in technologies such as XML, Web services, RDF, OWL, of multimedia, multimodal, and multilingual information retrieval, and of distributed, mobile and ubiquitous computing. iiWAS2013 is the 15th in the series of the highly successful International Conference on Information Integration and Web-based Applications & Systems. Recently, iiWAS has been held in Bali (2012), Ho Chi Minh City (2011), Paris (2010), Kuala Lumpur (2009), and Linz (2008). This ! year, Vienna will host iiWAS2013.The iiWAS conference series have provided opportunities to researchers, graduate students, and industry practitioners to address recent research results and current industry practices in the area of information integration and web-based applications. We invite two types of submissions: Full Technical Papers and Short Position Papers. A Full Paper should provide solid conceptual and theoretical foundation and substantial support for its results and conclusions as a significant contribution to the field. A Position Paper could be "demo" or ˜work in progress, i.e., it reports the latest emerged ideas, approaches, methodologies, systems and application scenarios but have not yet been fully implemented and/or undergone extensive evaluation. ***** Topics ***** iiWAS2013 conference themes, grouped in four tracks, are the following (but are not limited to): 1. Web Engineering and Web Services Track: - Web Data Integration, Monitoring and Management - Web Data Models, Metrics, Tools, Languages and Performance - Web Agents, Intelligence and Mining - Web Security and Trust Management - Web Visualisation, Rich Web UI and Deep/Hidden Web - Web-based Enterprise Systems and Business Processes - Web-based Auction and Negotiation - Federated and cross-organisational Web engineering - Web Services Architectural styles - Web Services performance - Dependability, security and privacy of web services (blogs, RSS, wikis, etc.) - Orchestration, choreography and composition of web services - Tools and technologies for Web Services development, deployment and management - The impact of Web Services on enterprise systems - Impact of formal methods on Web Services 2. E-applications Track (e-Business, e-Commerce, e-Payment, e-Government, e-Learning, e-science, e-communities): - E-application design models and methods - E-application development processes, standards and methodologies - E-application usability, accessibility, reuse and integration - E-application localisation and internalization - E-applications case studies and best practices - E-applications social and legal issues - E-applications service architectures - E-applications competition and collaborations - E-applications data analytics and visualisation - Digital libraries - Innovative E-Frameworks & E-Applications - Innovative E-applications in Web 2.0, AJAX, E4X and other new developments - Model-driven E-application development - Workflow and E-services 3. Web Data and Semantic Web Track: - XML data and schema integration - XML data models, query processing and data management - XML data privacy and security - Web databases and warehousing - Web data mining, exploration, and visualisation - Document Engineering and Integration - Web Data Markup Languages, tools and methodologies for representing and managing Semantic Web data - Web Semantics content creation, annotation, and extraction - Web Semantics brokering, integration and interoperability - Web Semantics search, query, and visualisation - Web Semantics middleware and services - Web Semantics provenance, trust & security - Ontology creation, searching, extraction, and evolution - Ontology mapping, merging, and alignment 4. Information Integration in Ubiquitous Computing Track: - Mobile and Ubiquitous Information and Service Integration - Tools and techniques for designing, implementing, & evaluating Ubiquitous Computing Systems - Grid and P2P architectures for service and information integration - Agent-based ubiquitous applications - Location and context-aware applications and services - Infrastructure support for mobility and pervasive Web - Web proxies and content adaptation - Service creation and management environments for pervasive web - Low-cost web access devices and networking for emerging regions - Privacy-enhancing technologies in pervasive web - Social search and the use of "human computing" in web search - Experience report on ubiquitous computing implementation - Visionary scenario on ubiquitous computing **** Submission Guidelines **** Papers must be submitted electronically in PDF through the conference website. Submitted papers must not substantially overlap with papers that have been published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference with proceedings. Submitted papers will subject to stringent peer review by at least three members of the international program committee and carefully evaluated based on originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of exposition. Accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings to be published by ACM. Format requirements for submissions of papers are: - Maximum 10 pages, including the abstract (no more than 150 words), all figures and references for Full Technical papers. - Maximum 4 pages, including the abstract (no more than 150 words), all figures and references for Short Position Papers. - All submissions should be formatted according to ACM guidelines (http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates) - Submissions must be entered into the Submission System (https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=iiwas2013) **** Awards **** iiWAS2013 best paper awards and student paper awards will be conferred on the authors at the conference. **** Past Conferences **** http://www.iiwas.org/conferences.htm ACM Digital library: http://portal.acm.org/event.cfm?id=RE544 DBLP: http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/conf/iiwas/ **** PC Members ***** http://www.iiwas.org/conferences/iiwas2013/ *** Contact PC co-chairs***** Edgar Weippl SBA Research & Vienna University of Technology, Austria Email: EWeippl/AT\sba-research.org Maria Indrawan Monash University, Australia Email: maria.indrawan/AT\monash.edu **************************************************************************** _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

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