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Fwd: [AISWorld] Last CFP: Fourth World Congress 2015 in Malaysia
by Gustaf Neumann 05 Aug '15

05 Aug '15

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] Last CFP: Fourth World Congress 2015 in Malaysia Datum: Wed, 5 Aug 2015 10:09:56 +0000 Von: Hazel Ann <hazel.sdiwc(a)gmail.com> Antwort an: Hazel Ann <hazel.sdiwc(a)gmail.com> An: <aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org> The submission has been extended to August 15, 2015! SUBMIT YOUR PAPER NOW. View this email in your browser (http://us11.campaign-archive2.com/?u=cea7d5e17bd80799578badabd&id=699781b07…) http://sdiwc.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=cea7d5e17bd80799578badabd&i… ** WCET2015 (http://sdiwc.us11.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=cea7d5e17bd80799578badabd&…) ------------------------------------------------------------ ** The Fourth World Congress on Computing, Engineering and Technology (WCET) ------------------------------------------------------------ ** Event Overview ------------------------------------------------------------ The Fourth World Congress on Computing, Engineering and Technology (WCET) brings together leaders from governments, NGOs, international organizations, research institutions and private sectors to discuss the cutting edge topics in the area of computing, security, digital information, green computing, and other related topics. This multi-conference event provides the opportunity for all researchers to share and promote their knowledge. http://sdiwc.us11.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=cea7d5e17bd80799578badabd&… EEETEM2015 - The International Conference on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Telecommunication Engineering, and Mechatronics http://sdiwc.us11.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=cea7d5e17bd80799578badabd&… GCIRE2015 - The International Conference on Green Computing, Intelligent and Renewable Energies ============================================================ Important Dates Submission Dates The submission is open from now until [DEL: Aug. 08, 2015 :DEL] Aug. 15, 2015 Notification of Acceptance August 23, 2015 Camera Ready Submission Open from now until August 29, 2015 Registration Open from now until August 29, 2015 Conference Dates September 8-10, 2015 This email was sent to aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org (mailto:aisworld@lists.aisnet.org) why did I get this? (http://sdiwc.us11.list-manage.com/about?u=cea7d5e17bd80799578badabd&id=b076…) unsubscribe from this list (http://sdiwc.us11.list-manage1.com/unsubscribe?u=cea7d5e17bd80799578badabd&…) update subscription preferences (http://sdiwc.us11.list-manage1.com/profile?u=cea7d5e17bd80799578badabd&id=b…) The Society of Digital Information and Wireless Communications (SDIWC) . Miramar Tower, 132 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong . Kowloon . Hong Kong Email Marketing Powered by MailChimp http://www.mailchimp.com/monkey-rewards/?utm_source=freemium_newsletter&utm… _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

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Fwd: [AISWorld] CFP The 2nd International Conference on Vehicle Technology and Intelligent Transport Systems - VEHITS 2016
by Gustaf Neumann 05 Aug '15

05 Aug '15

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] CFP The 2nd International Conference on Vehicle Technology and Intelligent Transport Systems - VEHITS 2016 Datum: Wed, 5 Aug 2015 12:48:50 +0100 Von: Calendar Sites <calendarsites(a)insticc.org> An: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org CALL FOR PAPERS The 2nd International Conference on Vehicle Technology and Intelligent Transport Systems VEHITS 2016 Website: www.vehits.org 23 24 April, 2016 Rome, Italy Regular Papers Paper Submission: October 27, 2015 Authors Notification: February 1, 2016 Camera Ready and Registration: February 16, 2016 Position Papers Paper Submission: January 5, 2016 Authors Notification: February 9, 2016 Camera Ready and Registration: February 23, 2016 Workshops Workshop Proposal: November 11, 2015 Doctoral Consortium Paper Submission: February 16, 2016 Authors Notification: February 24, 2016 Camera Ready and Registration: March 4, 2016 Special Sessions Special Session Proposal: November 20, 2015 Tutorials, Demos and Panel Proposals December 16, 2015 Sponsored by: INSTICC Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication In Cooperation with: ABVE Associação Brasileira do Veículo Eléctrico Logistics Partner: SCITEVENTS Science and Technology Events Scope: The purpose of the 2nd International Conference on Vehicle Technology and Intelligent Transport Systems (VEHITS) is to bring together engineers, researchers and practitioners interested in the advances and applications in the field of Vehicle Technology and Intelligent Transport Systems. This conference focuses on innovative applications, tools and platforms in all technology areas such as signal processing, wireless communications, informatics and electronics, related to different kinds of vehicles, including cars, off-road vehicles, trains, ships, underwater vehicles, or flying machines, and the intelligent transportation systems that connect and manage large numbers of vehicles, not only in the context of smart cities but in many other application domains. VEHITS 2016 will be held in conjunction with CSEDU 2016, SMARTGREENS 2016, WEBIST 2016, CLOSER 2016 and IoTBD 2016. PUBLICATIONS All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings, under an ISBN reference, on paper and on CD-ROM support. SCITEPRESS is a member of CrossRef (http://www.crossref.org/) and every paper is given a DOI (Digital Object Identifier). All papers presented at the conference venue will be available at the SCITEPRESS Digital Library. The proceedings will be submitted for indexation by Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index (ISI), INSPEC, DBLP, EI (Elsevier Index) and Scopus. AWARDS The awards will be announced and bestowed at the conference closing session. Please check the website for further information: <http://www.vehits.org/BestPaperAward.aspx> http://www.vehits.org/BestPaperAward.aspx KEYNOTE LECTURES VEHITS 2016 will have several invited keynote speakers, who are internationally recognized experts in their areas. Their names are not yet confirmed. CONFERENCE CHAIR Oleg Gusikhin, Ford Research & Adv. Engineering, United States PROGRAM CHAIRS Markus Helfert, Dublin City University, Ireland CONFERENCE AREAS: Each of these topic areas is expanded below but the sub-topics list is not exhaustive. Papers may address one or more of the listed sub-topics, although authors should not feel limited by them. Unlisted but related sub-topics are also acceptable, provided they fit in one of the following main topic areas: 1. INTELLIGENT VEHICLE TECHNOLOGIES 2. INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT SYSTEMS AND INFRASTRUCTURE 3. CONNECTED VEHICLES 4. SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT AREA 1: INTELLIGENT VEHICLE TECHNOLOGIES * Driver Behavior Analysis * Navigation Systems * Autonomous Vehicles and Automated Driving * Vision and Image Processing * Vehicle Environment Perception * Pattern Recognition for Vehicles * Cognitive and Context-aware Intelligence * Automotive Control and Mechatronics * Off the Road Vehicles * Traffic and Vehicle Data Collection and Processing AREA 2: INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT SYSTEMS AND INFRASTRUCTURE * Big Data Analytics for Intelligent Transportation * Urban Mobility and Multimodal Transportation * Congestion Management and Avoidance * Public Transportation Management * Parking Management and Electronic Parking * Intelligent Infrastructure and Guidance Systems * Traffic Theory, Modeling, and Simulation * Air, Road, and Rail Traffic Management * Ports and Vessel Traffic Management * Road Safety and Transport Security * Real-time Incident Detection * Information Systems and Technologies * Wireless Sensor Networks * Automatic Tolls * Geographic Information Systems AREA 3: CONNECTED VEHICLES * Cooperative Driving and Traffic Management * V2V, V2I, V2X * Vehicular Networks * Security and Safety * Cognitive Radio * Communication Protocols * Connected Services * Remote Diagnosis * Vehicle Telematics * Vehicular Cloud Computing * Mobility and the Internet of Vehicles * Big Data and Vehicle Analytics AREA 4: SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT * City Mobility and Ecodriving * Electric Vehicles * Fuel Cell Vehicles * Hybrid EVs * Smart Grid and V2G * Systems Modeling and Simulation * Engine-Efficiency and Emissions Control * Power Management * Alternative Fuels * Transport for People with Disabilities PROGRAM COMMITTEE <http://www.vehits.org/ProgramCommittee.aspx> http://www.vehits.org/ProgramCommittee.aspx VEHITS Secretariat Address: Av. D. Manuel I, 27A, 2º esq. 2910-595 Setubal - Portugal Tel.: +351 265 520 184 Fax: +44 203 014 8813 e-mail: vehits.secretariat(a)insticc.org Please check further details at the conference website www.vehits.org _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

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Fwd: [WI] Cfp AIS SIGPRAG Pre-ICIS workshop on ”Practice-based Design and Innovation of Digital Artifacts”
by Gustaf Neumann 05 Aug '15

05 Aug '15

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [WI] Cfp AIS SIGPRAG Pre-ICIS workshop on ”Practice-based Design and Innovation of Digital Artifacts” Datum: Wed, 05 Aug 2015 13:13:38 +0100 Von: Markus Helfert <markus.helfert(a)computing.dcu.ie> An: wi(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de Call for Papers AIS SIGPRAG Pre-ICIS workshop on ”Practice-based Design and Innovation of Digital Artifacts” December 12, 2015, Fort Worth, Texas, USA Background – pragmatic perspectives There have been many calls in the information systems (IS) community for a stronger pragmatic focus. This can be seen in a growing interest for research approaches and methods in IS that emphasize contribution to practice and collaboration between the practice and academia. Action research, which aims for knowledge development through collaboration and intervention in real settings, is achieving more and more academic credibility (Baskerville & Myers, 2004; Davison et al, 2004). This can also be said about design science research that aims for the generation of new and useful artifacts (Hevner et al, 2004; Gregor & Jones, 2007). Research through evaluation has had a long and venerable place in IS research (Ward et, 1996; Serafeimidis & Smithson, 2003). Several approaches and frameworks that combine or integrate elements from the above-mentioned approaches have also emerged, e.g. practice research (Goldkuhl, 2011), collaborative practice research (Mathiassen, 2002), practical science (Gregor, 2008), engaged scholarship (Mathiassen & Nielsen, 2008), action design research (Sein et al, 2011) and technical action research (Wieringa & Morali, 2012). Underlying these different approaches is a quest for practical relevance of the conducted research (Benbasat & Zmud, 1999; Van de Ven, 2007; Wieringa, 2010). It is not enough to only “mirror” the world through descriptions and explanations but a pragmatic orientation recognizes intervention and design as a way of knowing and a means for building knowledge about social and institutional phenomena (Aakhus, 2007). There is a need for knowledge of other epistemic kinds that contributes more clearly to the improvement of IS practices. A pragmatic orientation can also be seen in the increasing interest in the conceptualization of practices, activities, agency and actions. Practice theorizing has gained an increased attention in IS studies (Orlikowski, 2008; Leonardi, 2011). There has been an interest for agency and action oriented theories in IS for quite some time; e.g. activity theory (Nardi, 1996), structuration theory (Orlikowski, 1992), social action theorizing (Hirschheim et al, 1996), human agency theorizing (Boudreau & Robey, 2005) and language action perspective (Winograd & Flores, 1986). From this follows also an interest for social and pragmatic views of the IT artifact (Aakhus & Jackson, 2005). This includes views of the IT artifact as contextually embedded and carriers of those social contexts (Orlikowski & Iacono, 2001) and such artifacts being tools for action and communication (Ågerfalk, 2003; Markus & Silver, 2008). Design research practice and the contributions to practice through appropriation of knowledge and methods and the contributions to academia through knowledge artifacts has been discussed (Donnellan, Sjöström, Helfert, 2012).This enhanced practice and action orientation follows a growing awareness within IS scholars towards pragmatism as a research foundation (e.g. Goles & Hirschheim, 2000; Ågerfalk, 2010; Goldkuhl, 2012). It is not the case that IS scholars suddenly become pragmatists in their research orientation. It is rather the case that there is move from an implicit pragmatism to an explicit one (Goldkuhl, 2012). For a long time IS scholars have addressed practical problems with an interest for improvement. That interest has led to the extensive development of methods, models and constructive frameworks for not only the design of IT artifacts, but also related to several other IS/IT phenomena like e.g. innovation management, business process management, project management, IT service management just to mention a few. These methods actually reveal an on-going search for knowledge of other epistemic kinds for advancing understanding of information technology, information systems, and practice. Workshop focus This AIS SIGPRAG Pre-ICIS workshop has a general orientation towards pragmatic perspectives on IS as described above. The focus is on “Practice-based Design and Innovation of Digital Artifacts”. This means an emphasis on digital artifacts as embedded in social practices and carriers of elements in such practices. It emphasizes also the innovative nature of designing new artifacts and new practices. The workshop acknowledges different sub-themes within this broad workshop theme: · Ways to research practice-based design and innovation of digital artifacts · Ways to conceptualize and describe practices · Ways to conceptualize and describe digital artifacts · The processes of innovation and design of digital artifacts and practices Topics within these sub-themes are described below. Workshop purpose This workshop is arranged in the same spirit and a continuation of earlier successful SIGPRAG workshops on “Practice research”, “IT Artifact Design & Workpractice Improvement” and “Action Research & Design Research Integrations”. This SIGPRAG workshop intends to bring scholars and practitioners together for a knowledge exchange and development on research foundations and practical contributions concerning the design and innovation of digital artifacts and practices. The SIGPRAG workshop is intended to be a developmental arena with thoughtful and constructive feedback from reviews and comments on site. The workshop should be a place where you can present ideas in papers and get fruitful feedback for further development of the papers. A developmental arena means also taking responsibility for pushing contributions further to high-quality journal publications. From earlier SIGPRAG workshops (ADWI-2012, ADWI-2013 and ADWI-2014) several papers have been pushed further into special issues in the open access journal Systems, Signs & Actions. At least one special issue will be arranged in Systems, Signs & Actions inviting promising papers from this SIGPRAG workshop. The theme will be decided on later. We will possibly also work with some other outlet for another special issue. This depends on the outcome of the workshop. Topics The workshop can include papers from diverse fields of IS. Topics following the identified workshop sub-themes are listed below. Ways to research practice-based design and innovation of digital artifacts; empirical research approaches such as: · Practice research · Action research · Design science research · Action design research · Case study research · Evaluation research · Discourse analysis · Pragmatic inquiries · Practitioner – research collaborations Ways to research practice-based design and innovation of digital artifacts; knowledge creation approaches such as: · Design theory development · Method design/refinement · Grounded theory development · Multi-grounded theory development · Practical theory development Ways to conceptualize and describe practices; for example: · Symbolic interaction · Language action · Socio-materiality · Institutionalism · Actor-networks · Infrastructure evolution · Socio-instrumentalism · Distributed cognition · Distributed agency Ways to conceptualize and describe digital artifacts; for example: · Ensemble view · Socio-technical view · Contextual view · Functional tool view · Affordance view · Communicative action view The processes of innovation and design of digital artifacts and practices; for example aspects such as: · Innovation strategies · Openness in innovation · Design thinking · Collaborative design · Stakeholder interactions (power-playing vs. value balancing and informed consensus building) · Practice understanding and diagnosis · Wicked problems · Problem formulation · Values and goals articulation · Idea generation · Idea capture · Design conversations · Idea visualization (modeling, prototyping) · Strategies for testing and evaluation Dates and submission details Submissions: September 30, 2015 Notification: October 31, 2015 Final manuscripts: November 30, 2015 Workshop: December 12, 2015 The workshop website is http://sigprag.net/. The workshop will follow an ordinary scientific procedure with submission of papers and selection of papers through peer-review (pursued by an international program committee). Papers are expected to be between 5-16 pages. We welcome full research papers as well as shorter papers (work-in-progress or position papers). For submissions we use the EasyChair system (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sigpragws2015). A format template can be found at the workshop website (http://sigprag.net/). Workshop proceedings will be electronically published and distributed. There will be a small workshop fee covering catering. Workshop co-chairs Brian Donnellan, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Ireland (Brian.Donnellan(a)nuim.ie) Göran Goldkuhl, Linköping University, Sweden (goran.goldkuhl(a)liu.se) Jonas Sjöström, Uppsala University, Sweden (jonas.sjostrom(a)im.uu.se) Mark Aakhus, Rutgers University, NJ, USA (aakhus(a)rci.rutgers.edu) Markus Helfert, Dublin City University, Ireland (Markus.Helfert(a)computing.dcu.ie) Organisers AIS Special interest group on Pragmatic IS research (AIS SIGPRAG), http://sigprag.net/ Programme Committee Michel Avital, Denmark Rodney Clarke, Australia Stefan Cronholm, Sweden Matt Germonprez, USA Rob Gleasure, Ireland Shirley Gregor, Australia Ola Henfridsson, UK Philip Huysman, Belgium Matt Levy, USA Kalle Lyytinen, USA Matthew Mullarkey, USA Matti Rossi, Finland Gerhard Schwabe, Switzerland Christian Tornack, Germany Roel Wieringa, the Netherlands More members to be announced. References Aakhus M (2007) Communication as Design. Communication Monographs, Vol 74 (1), pp 112–117 Aakhus M, Jackson S (2005) Technology, Interaction and Design. In K. Fitch & B. Sanders (Eds.), Handbook of Language and Social Interaction (pp. 411–433). Lawrence Erlbaum, Mahwah, NJ Ågerfalk P J (2003) Information Systems Actability: Understanding Information Technology as a Tool for Business Action and Communication, Ph D diss, Department of Computer and Information Science, Linköping University Ågerfalk P J (2010) Getting Pragmatic, European Journal of Information Systems, Vol 19 (3), pp 251–256 Baskerville R, Myers M (2004) Special issue on action research in information systems: making IS research relevant to practice – foreword, MIS Quarterly, Vol 28 (3), p 329-335 Benbasat I, Zmud R W (1999) Empirical research in information system research: The practice of relevance, MIS Quarterly, Vol 23 (1), p 3-16 Boudreau M-C, Robey D (2005) Enacting Integrated Information Technology: A Human Agency Perspective, Organization Science, Vol 16 (1), p 3–18 Davison R M, Martinsons M G, Kock N (2004) Principles of canonical action research, Information Systems Journal, Vol 14, p 65–86 Donnellan B, Sjöström, J, Helfert M (2012) Applying Product Semantics to Design Research, IFIP Working Group 8.2 Conference : Shaping the Future of ICT Research: Methods and Approaches, University of South Florida, Tampa Goles T, Hirschheim R (2000) The paradigm is dead, the paradigm is dead … long live the paradigm: the legacy of Burell and Morgan, Omega, Vol 28, p 249-268 Goldkuhl G (2011) The research practice of practice research: theorizing and situational inquiry, Systems, Signs & Actions, Vol 5 (1), p 7-29 Goldkuhl G (2012) Pragmatism vs. interpretivism in qualitative information systems research, European Journal of Information Systems, Vol 21 (2), p 135-146 Gregor S (2008) Building theory in a practical science, in Hart D, Gregor S (Eds, 2008) Information Systems Foundations: The role of design science, ANU E Press, Canberra Gregor S, Jones D (2007) The Anatomy of a Design Theory, Journal of AIS, Vol 8 (5), p 312-335 Hevner A R, March S T, Park J, Ram S (2004) Design science in information systems research, MIS Quarterly, Vol 28 (1), p 75-115 Hirschheim R, Klein H, Lyytinen K (1996) Exploring the intellectual structures of information systems development: a social action theoretic analysis, Accounting, Management & Information Technology, Vol 6 (1/2), pp. 1-64 Leonardi P (2011) When flexible routines meet flexible technologies: affordance, constraint, and the imbrication of human and material agencies, MIS Quarterly, Vol 35 (1), pp. 147-167 Markus L, Silver M (2008) A foundation for the study of IT effects: A new look at DeSanctis and Poole’s concepts of structural features and spirit, Journal of the AIS, Vol. 9 (10/11), pp 609-632 Mathiassen L (2002) Collaborative practice research, Information Technology & People, Vol 15 (4), p 321-345 Mathiassen L, Nielsen P A (2008) Engaged Scholarship in IS Research. The Scandinavian Case, Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems, Vol 20 (2), p 3–20 Nardi B A (Ed, 1996) Context and consciousness. Activity theory and human-computer interaction, MIT Press, Cambridge Orlikowski W J (1992) The Duality of Technology: Rethinking the Concept of Technology in Organizations, Organization Science, Vol 3 (3), p 398-429 Orlikowski W J (2008) Sociomaterial Practices: Exploring Technology at Work, Organization Studies, Vol 28 (9), p 1435–1448 Orlikowski W J, Iacono C S (2001) Desperately seeking the “IT” in IT research – a call to theorizing the IT artifact, Information Systems Research, Vol 12 (2), pp 121-134 Sein M, Henfridsson O, Purao S, Rossi M, Lindgren R (2011) Action design research, MIS Quarterly, Vol 35 (1), p 37-56 Serafeimidis V, Smithson S (2003) Information systems evaluation as an organizational institution – experience from a case study, Information Systems Journal, Vol 13, pp 251–274 Van de Ven A (2007) Engaged scholarship: A guide for organizational and social research, Oxford University Press, Oxford Ward J, Taylor P, Bond P (1996) Evaluation and realisation of IS/IT benefits: an empirical study of current practice, European Journal of Information Systems, Vol 4, pp 214-225 Wieringa R (2010) Relevance and problem choice in design science, in Winter R, Zhao J L, Aier S (Eds. 2010) Proceedings DESRIST 2010, LNCS 6105, Springer, Berlin Wieringa R, Morali A (2012) Technical action research as a validation method in information systems design science, Proceedings DESRIST 2012, LNCS 7286, Springer, Berlin Winograd T, Flores F (1986) Understanding computers and cognition: A new foundation for design, Ablex, Norwood _______________________________________________ -- Mailing-Liste: wi(a)lists.kit.edu Administrator: wi-request(a)lists.kit.edu Konfiguration: https://www.lists.kit.edu/wws/info/wi

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Fwd: [computational.science] Last Mile: Second IEEE/ACM International Conference on Big Data Computing (BDC 2015)
by Gustaf Neumann 05 Aug '15

05 Aug '15

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [computational.science] Last Mile: Second IEEE/ACM International Conference on Big Data Computing (BDC 2015) Datum: Tue, 4 Aug 2015 19:39:58 +0300 Von: Announce Announcements <announce(a)cs.ucy.ac.cy> An: Computational Science Mailing List <computational.science(a)lists.iccsa.org> *** Last Mile *** Second IEEE/ACM International Conference on Big Data Computing (BDC 2015) December 07-10, 2015, St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus Co-located with the 8th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC 2015) http://datasys.cs.iit.edu/events/BDC2015/ *** FINAL EXTENDED DEADLINE: 7 August, 2015 *** CONTEXT AND SCOPE Rapid advances in digital sensors, networks, storage, and computation along with their availability at low cost is leading to the creation of huge collections of data -- dubbed as Big Data. This data has the potential for enabling new insights that can change the way business, science, and governments deliver services to their consumers and can impact society as a whole. This has led to the emergence of the Big Data Computing paradigm focusing on sensing, collection, storage, management and analysis of data from variety of sources to enable new value and insights. To realize the full potential of Big Data Computing, we need to address several challenges and develop suitable conceptual and technological solutions for dealing them. These include life-cycle management of data, large-scale storage, flexible processing infrastructure, data modeling, scalable machine learning and data analysis algorithms, techniques for sampling and making trade-off between data processing time and accuracy, and dealing with privacy and ethical issues involved in data sensing, storage, processing, and actions. The International Symposium on Big Data Computing (BDC) 2015 -- held in conjunction with 8th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC) 2015, December 7-10, 2015, St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus, aims at bringing together international researchers, developers, policy makers, and users and to provide an international forum to present leading research activities, technical solutions, and results on a broad range of topics related to Big Data Computing paradigms, platforms and their applications. The conference features keynotes, technical presentations, posters, and workshops. TOPICS Authors are invited to submit original unpublished research manuscripts that demonstrate current research in all areas of Big Data Computing. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: I. Big Data Science · Analytics · Algorithms for Big Data · Energy-efficient Algorithms · Big Data Search · Big Data Acquisition, Integration, Cleaning, and Best Practices · Visualization of Big Data II. Big Data Infrastructures and Platforms · Programming Systems · Cyber-Infrastructure · Performance evaluation · Fault tolerance and reliability · I/O and Data management · Storage Systems (including file systems, NoSQL, and RDBMS) · Resource management · Many-Task Computing · Many-core computing and accelerators III. Big Data Security and Policy · Management Policies · Data Privacy · Data Security · Big Data Archival and Preservation · Big Data Provenance IV. Big Data Applications · Scientific application cases studies on Cloud infrastructure · Big Data Applications at Scale · Experience Papers with Big Data Application Deployments · Data streaming applications · Big Data in Social Networks · Healthcare Applications · Enterprise Applications One or more best paper awards will be given for outstanding contributed papers. PAPER SUBMISSION Authors are invited to submit papers electronically. Submitted manuscripts should be structured as technical papers and may not exceed 10 letter size (8.5 x 11) pages including figures, tables and references. Authors should submit the manuscript in PDF format and make sure that the file will print on a printer that uses letter size (8.5 x 11) paper. The official language of the meeting is English. All manuscripts will be reviewed and will be judged on correctness, originality, technical strength, significance, quality of presentation, and interest and relevance to the conference attendees. Papers conforming to the above guidelines can be submitted through the BDC 2015 paper submission system: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bdc2015). Submitted papers must represent original unpublished research that is not currently under review for any other conference or journal. Papers not following these guidelines will be rejected without review and further action may be taken, including (but not limited to) notifications sent to the heads of the institutions of the authors and sponsors of the conference. Submissions received after the due date, exceeding length limit, or not appropriately structured may also not be considered. Authors may contact the conference PC Chair for more information. At least one author of each paper must be registered for the conference in order for the paper to be published in the proceedings. Presentation of an accepted paper at the conference is a requirement of publication. Any paper that is not presented at the conference will not be included in IEEE Xplore. SPECIAL ISSUES Selected papers from BDC 2015 will be invited to extend and submit to the Special Issue on Big Data Computing in the IEEE Transaction on Cloud Computing. IMPORTANT DATES · Paper submissions due: 7 August, 2015 (final extension!) · Notification of acceptance: 21 August, 2015 · Camera ready papers due: 21 September, 2015 · Early and author registration deadline: 21 September, 2015 · Proceedings-published posters due: 28 August, 2015 · Notification of acceptance: 18 September, 2015 · Camera ready posters due: 21 September, 2015 ORGANIZATION General Chairs · Rajkumar Buyya, University of Melbourne, Australia · George Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus Program Committee Chairs (bdc15-chairs(a)datasys.cs.iit.edu) · Amy Apon, National Science Foundation, USA · Ioan Raicu, Illinois Institute of Technology & Argonne National Laboratory, USA · Manish Parashar, Rutgers University, USA Program Committee Vice Chairs · Ilkay Altintas, University of California, San Diego, USA · Omer Rana, Cardiff University, UK Program Committee Members · Alexander Rasin, DePaul University, USA · Alok Choudhary, Northwestern University, USA · Abhishek Chandra, University of Minnesota, USA · Andre Luckow, BMW IT Research Center, USA · Daniel Katz, University of Chicago and Argonne National Lab, USA · Dongfang Zhao, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA · Douglas Thain, University of Notre Dame, USA · Florian Schintke, Zuse Institute Berlin, Germany · Giuliano Casale, Imperial College London, UK · Jaliya Ekanayake, Microsoft, USA · Jessica Chen-Burger, Heriot-Watt University, UK · Judy Qiu, Indiana University, USA · Justin Wozniak, Argonne National Lab, USA · Ke Wang, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA · Kesheng (John) Wu, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, USA · Kyle Chard, University of Chicago and Argonne National Lab, USA · Lavanya Ramakrishnan, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA · Marco Netto, IBM Research, Brazil · Matei Ripeanu, University of British Columbia, Canada · Matei Stroila, HERE, USA · Nagiza Samatova, North Carolina State University, USA · Paolo Missier, Newcastle University, UK · Paul Watson, NewCastle University, UK · Peter Burnap, Cardiff University, UK · Rahul Potharaju, Microsoft, USA · Rajkumar Kettimuthu, Argonne National Lab and University of Chicago, USA · Robert Ross, Argonne National Lab, USA · Samer Al-Kiswany, University of British Columbia, Canada · Scott Klasky, Oak Ridge National Lab, USA · Wei Tang, Argonne National Lab, USA · Weidong Shi, University of Houston, USA · Xiaolin (Andy) Li, University of Florida, USA · Yanlong Yin, Bloomberg, USA · Yong Chen, Texas Tech University, USA · Yong Zhao, University of Electronic Science and Technology, China · Zhao Zhang, University of California, Berkeley, USA Cyber Chair · Dongfang Zhao, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA Local Organizing Committee Chair · George Angelos Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus -------------------------------------------------------------------- This is not SPAM. 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Fwd: [AISWorld] CFP: WoTBD 2015 (IEEE xplore) - IET- INSPEC, IJCDS Journal Special Issue
by Gustaf Neumann 04 Aug '15

04 Aug '15

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] CFP: WoTBD 2015 (IEEE xplore) - IET- INSPEC, IJCDS Journal Special Issue Datum: Tue, 4 Aug 2015 11:43:18 +0300 Von: Wael Elmedany <waelelmedany(a)gmail.com> An: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org ------------------------------ Call For Paper ----------------------------------- Please consider to contribute to and/or forward to the appropriate researchers this Call for Papers. Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message. 2015 International Symposium on Web of Things and Big Data * (WoTBD 2015)* *http://wotbd.info/ <http://wotbd.info/> * 18-20 October 2015, Manama, Bahrain in conjunction with The Fifth International Conference on e-learning: Cognitively Informed Technology, October 2015, Bahrain <http://econf.uob.edu.bh/conf5/Default.htm> http://econf.uob.edu.bh/conf5/Default.htm *SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES* The aim of International Symposium on Web of Things and Big Data (WoTBD 2015) is to foster interaction of researchers, exchange of new ideas, and to enhance communication between academia and industry in the area of Web of Things. The development in Internet of Things (IoT) is growing fast that has leads to connecting millions of devices through the internet, it is well known today as Web of Things. Big data is high volume, high velocity, and/or high variety information assets that require new forms of processing to enable enhanced decision making, insight discovery and process optimization. WoTBD 2015 is co-located with The Fifth International Conference and Exhibition on "Cognitively Informed Technology" from 5th to 8th of October 2015, Manama, Bahrain. *Symposium topics include (but are not limited to) the following:* - Sensor Networks - Embedded Web Resources - Mobile Internet of Things - Data Mining - Cloud computing - Cloud infrastructure for mobile application development - Internet of Things device or circuit design - Internet of Things applications and services - Smart Home and Smart cities. - Security for homes, businesses and public settings - Internet of Things analytics - Big Data Models and Algorithms - Big Data Architectures - Big Data Management - Security Applications of Big Data - Mobile Applications Architecture and Design - Healthcare at home and in hospitals - Semantic web technologies - RFID *Journal Special Issue* Extended version of selected papers in the Symposium will be published as special issue on *The International Journal of Computing and Digital Systems (IJCDS)* <http://journals.uob.edu.bh/computing> *Papers must be formatted according to IJCDS format* <http://journals.uob.edu.bh/Computing/Documents/IJCDS%20template.docx> [image: stand] <http://journals.uob.edu.bh/computing> *INSTRUCTIONS FOR PAPER SUBMISSIONS*: Authors are invited to submit original and unpublished research works on above and other topics related to Web of Things and Big Data. Submitted papers must not have been published or simultaneously submitted elsewhere. Please, indicate clearly the corresponding author and include up to 6 keywords and an abstract of no more than 400 words. Submitted research papers may not overlap with papers that have already been published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference with proceedings. Each paper will receive a minimum of three reviews. Papers will be selected based on their originality, relevance, contributions, technical clarity and presentation. Submission implies the willingness of at least one of the authors to register and present the paper, if accepted. Authors of accepted papers must guarantee that their papers will be registered and presented at the Symposium. Paper Format The submitted paper must be formatted according to IEEE manuscript templates. The IEEE Template can be found at IEEE - Manuscript Templates for Conference Proceedings <http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html> Paper Length Submitted technical papers must be no longer than 6 pages including all figures, tables and references. Paper Submission Authors are requested to submit their papers electronically using the The Online EDAS conference management system <https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=20451&track=72851> in PDF format before the deadline (see Important Dates). The submission processes will be managed by EDAS <https://edas.info/>. If you have used this system before, you can use the same username and password. If this is your first time using EDAS, you will need to register for an account by clicking "create a new account" <https://edas.info/newPerson.php?noauth=1> button. Upon completion of registration, you will get a notification email from the system and you are ready for submitting your paper. You can upload and re-upload the paper to the system by the submission due date. Publication All accepted papers will be scheduled for oral presentations and will be printed in WoTBD'2015 symposium proceedings and published in the conference workshops proceedings, which is published in IEEE xplore Digital Library <http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/home.jsp>. *CAMERA READY AND AUTHOR KIT* TBA *REGISTRATION* TBA *IMPORTANT DATES* Submission Deadline: Aug 15, 2015 Authors Notification: Aug 30, 2015 Final Manuscript Due: Sept 15, 2015 Symposium Chair *Dr. Wael M El-Medany* Department Of Computer Engineering, University Of Bahrain, Bahrain welmedany(a)uob.edu.bh [image: SoE] _______________________________________________ Authors mailing list Authors(a)mailman.ufsc.br http://mailman.ufsc.br/mailman/listinfo/authors _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

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Fwd: [AISWorld] PoPETs 2016 call for participation
by Gustaf Neumann 04 Aug '15

04 Aug '15

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] PoPETs 2016 call for participation Datum: Mon, 3 Aug 2015 11:56:23 -0400 (EDT) Von: Tariq Elahi <mtelahi(a)uwaterloo.ca> An: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org [Apologies to those who receive multiple copies of this CFP] CALL FOR PAPERS - PoPeTs 2016, Issue 2 / PETS 2016 The deadline for PoPETs 2016, Issue 2 is about one month away: August 31, 2015. PoPETs/PETS now has 4 deadlines a year; submit whenever you feel ready! Read the CFP below for more details on our hybrid journal/symposium model, which includes the option to resubmit with major revisions to a subsequent deadline. See the web site for full information, including submission guidelines. Papers must be submitted via the submission server for Issue 2 at: https://cgi.soic.indiana.edu/~pets2016/issue2/. We look forward to your submissions! --------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers 16th Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium (PETS 2016) Darmstadt, Germany July 19 â July 22, 2016 http://petsymposium.org/ --------------------------------------------------------- The annual Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium (PETS) brings together privacy experts from around the world to discuss recent advances and new perspectives on research in privacy technologies. PETS addresses the design and realization of privacy services for the Internet and other digital systems and communication networks. PETS seeks paper and panel submissions for its 16th event to be organised by TU Darmstadt and held in Darmstadt, Germany, on July 19 â July 22, 2016. Papers should present novel practical and/or theoretical research into the design, analysis, experimentation, or fielding of privacy-enhancing technologies. While PETS has traditionally been home to research on anonymity systems and privacy-oriented cryptography, we strongly encourage submissions on a number of both well-established and emerging privacy-related topics. New model as of PETS 2015: Papers undergo a journal-style reviewing process and accepted papers are published in the journal Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PoPETs). PoPETs, a scholarly, open access journal for timely research papers on privacy, has been established as a way to improve reviewing and publication quality while retaining the highly successful PETS community event. PoPETs will be published by De Gruyter Open, the world's second largest publisher of Open Access academic content, and part of the De Gruyter group, which has over 260 years of publishing history. NEW as of PETS 2016: PETS 2016 also solicits submissions for Systematization of Knowledge (SoK) papers. These are papers that critically review, evaluate, and contextualize work in areas for which a body of prior literature exists, and whose contribution lies in systematizing the existing knowledge in that area. To be suitable for publication, SoK articles must provide an added value beyond a literature review, such as novel insights, identification of research gaps, or challenges to commonly held assumptions. SoK papers will follow the same review process as other submissions, and will be published in PoPETs and presented at the PETS 2016 event. Authors can submit papers to PoPETs four times a year, every three months on a predictable schedule. Authors are notified of the decisions about two months after submission. In addition to accept and reject decisions, papers may be provided with âmajor revisionâ decisions, in which case authors are invited to revise and resubmit their article to one of the following two submission deadlines. We endeavor to assign the same reviewers to revised versions. Papers accepted for publication within or before the February deadline round will be presented at that year's symposium. Note that accepted papers must be presented at PETS. Authors are encouraged to view our FAQ about the submission process. Important Dates All deadlines are 17:00 UTC Issue 2: Paper submission deadline: August 31, 2015 (firm) Rebuttal period: October 12 - 14, 2015 Author notification: November 2, 2015 Camera-ready deadline for accepted papers and minor revisions (if accepted by the shepherd): December 2, 2015 See https://petsymposium.org/2016/cfp.php for dates for issues 3 and 4. Papers which were submitted to a previous PETS deadline and invited to resubmit after major revisions can submit the revised paper up to two weeks after the stated deadline. Such papers must however be registered by the usual deadline. Papers which were not submitted to a previous deadline or submissions which were rejected from a previous PETS issue must be submitted by the stated deadline. To be considered as a major revision, papers invited to resubmit must be registered in one of the next two rounds following the decision; otherwise the paper will be treated as a new submission. Suggested topics include but are not restricted to: Behavioural targeting Building and deploying privacy-enhancing systems Crowdsourcing for privacy Cryptographic tools for privacy Data protection technologies Differential privacy Economics of privacy and game-theoretical approaches to privacy Forensics and privacy Human factors, usability and user-centered design for PETs Information leakage, data correlation and generic attacks to privacy Interdisciplinary research connecting privacy to economics, law, ethnography, psychology, medicine, biotechnology Location and mobility privacy Measuring and quantifying privacy Obfuscation-based privacy Policy languages and tools for privacy Privacy and human rights Privacy in ubiquitous computing and mobile devices Privacy in cloud and big-data applications Privacy in social networks and microblogging systems Privacy-enhanced access control, authentication, and identity management Profiling and data mining Reliability, robustness, and abuse prevention in privacy systems Surveillance Systems for anonymous communications and censorship resistance Traffic analysis Transparency enhancing tools General Chair (gc16(a)petsymposium.org) Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi, TU Darmstadt Program Chairs/Co-Editors-in-Chief (pets16-chairs(a)petsymposium.org) Claudia Diaz, KU Leuven Apu Kapadia, Indiana University Bloomington Program Committee/Editorial Board: Alessandro Acquisti, Carnegie Mellon University Sadia Afroz, UC Berkeley Elena Andreeva, KU Leuven Adam Aviv, United States Naval Academy Erman Ayday, Bilkent University Lujo Bauer, Carnegie Mellon University Mihir Bellare, University of California, San Diego Steven Bellovin, Columbia University Matt Blaze, University of Pennsylvania Nikita Borisov, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Ian Brown, Oxford Internet Institute Sonja Buchegger, KTH Kevin Butler, University of Florida Aylin Caliskan-Islam, Drexel University / Princeton University Jan Camenisch, IBM Research â Zurich Kostas Chatzikokolakis, Lix Ecole Polytechnique Graham Cormode, University of Warwick Lorrie Cranor, Carnegie Mellon University George Danezis, University College London Anupam Datta, Carnegie Mellon University Emiliano De Cristofaro, University College London Roberto Di Pietro, Bell Labs France Roger Dingledine, The Tor Project Orr Dunkelman, University of Haifa Serge Egelman, UC Berkeley William Enck, NC State University Roya Ensafi, Princeton University Zekeriya Erkin, TU Delft David Fifield, University of California, Berkeley Bryan Ford, Yale University / EPFL Ian Goldberg, University of Waterloo Thomas GroÃ, Newcastle University Carl Gunter, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Seda Gurses, NYU / Princeton University Marit Hansen, Independent Centre for Privacy Protection Schleswig-Holstein Nadia Heninger, University of Pennsylvania Ryan Henry, Indiana University Bloomington Cormac Herley, Microsoft Research Amir Herzberg, Bar Ilan University Alejandro Hevia, Universidad de Chile Raquel Hill, Indiana University Bloomington Jaap-Henk Hoepman, Radboud University Nijmegen Nick Hopper, University of Minnesota Amir Houmansadr, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Yan Huang, Indiana University Bloomington Jean-Pierre Hubaux, EPFL Rob Jansen, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Aaron Johnson, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Mohamed Ali (Dali) Kaafar, NICTA Australia Seny Kamara, Microsoft Research Jonathan Katz, University of Maryland Stefan Katzenbeisser, TU Darmstadt Aggelos Kiayias, University of Athens Negar Kiyavash, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Bart Knijnenburg, Clemson University Yoshi Kohno, University of Washington Aleksandra Korolova, Stanford / Google / University of Southern California Tanja Lange, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven Peeter Laud, Cybernetica Brian Levine, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Nick Mathewson, The Tor Project Damon McCoy, New York University Tyler Moore, Southern Methodist University Martin Mulazzani, SBA Research Shirin Nilizadeh, UCSB Helen Nissenbaum, New York University Guevara Noubir, Northeastern University Kenny Paterson, Royal Holloway, University of London Adrian Perrig, ETHZ Bart Preneel, KU Leuven Thomas Ristenpart, University of WisconsinâMadison Mike Rosulek, Oregon State University Reihaneh Safavi-Naini, University of Calgary Angela Sasse, University College London Micah Sherr, Georgetown University Adam Smith, Pennsylvania State University Thorsten Strufe, TU Dresden Paul Syverson, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Patrick Traynor, University of Florida Michael Tschantz, UC Berkeley Kami Vaniea, University of Edinburgh Yang Wang, Syracuse University Joss Wright, Oxford Internet Institute Matthew Wright, UT Arlington HotPETs Chairs (hotpets16(a)petsymposium.org) Sadia Afroz, UC Berkeley Moritz Barti, Hermes Center for Transparency and Digital Human Rights Aaron Johnson, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory PET Award Chairs (award-chairs16(a)petsymposium.org) Nicholas Hopper, University of Minnesota Carmela Troncoso, GRADIANT / IMDEA Publicity Chairs (publicity16(a)petsymposium.org) Tariq Elahi, University of Waterloo / KU Leuven Kat Hanna Publications Chair (publication16(a)petsymposium.org) Qatrunnada Ismail, Indiana University Bloomington Stipend Chairs (pets2016-stipend(a)petsymposium.org) Roger Dingledine, The Tor Project Andrei Serjantov Local Organizing Team Ann-Kathrin Braun Thomas Schneider (family support, childcare) Submission Guidelines Papers to be submitted to the PET Symposium must be at most 15 pages excluding bibliography and appendices and 20 pages total in De Gruyter Open format (zip file). PC members are not required to read the appendices, which should only be used to support evidence of the submission's technical validity, e.g., for detailed security proofs. Also, all papers must be anonymized (more information below). Papers not following these instructions risk being rejected without consideration of their merits. 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. The paper should start with the title and an abstract. The introduction should give some background and summarize the contributions of the paper at a level appropriate for a non-specialist reader. Anonymization of Submissions All submitted papers will be judged based on their quality and relevance through double-blind reviewing, where the identities of the authors are withheld from the reviewers. As an author, you are required to make a good-faith effort to preserve the anonymity of your submission, while at the same time allowing the reader to fully grasp the context of related past work, including your own. It is recognized that, at times, information regarding the identities of authors may become public outside the submission process (e.g., if a pre-print is published as a technical report or on a pre-print server) â the PC will ignore this external information. Minimally, please take the following steps when preparing your submission: * Remove the names and affiliations of authors from the title page. * Remove acknowledgment of identifying names and funding sources. * Use care in referring to related work, particularly your own. Do not omit references to provide anonymity, as this leaves the reviewer unable to grasp the context. Instead, reference your past work in the third person, just as you would any other piece of related work by another author. Ethics Papers describing experiments with users or user data (e.g., network traffic, passwords, social network information), should follow the basic principles of ethical research, e.g., beneficence (maximizing the benefits to an individual or to society while minimizing harm to the individual), minimal risk (appropriateness of the risk versus benefit ratio), voluntary consent, respect for privacy, and limited deception. Authors are encouraged to include a subsection on Ethical Principles if human subjects research is conducted, and such a discussion may be required if deemed necessary during the review process. Authors are encouraged to contact PC chairs before submitting to clarify any doubts. Copyright Accepted papers will be published as an Open Access Journal by De Gruyter Open, the world's second largest publisher of Open Access academic content, and part of the De Gruyter group, which has over 260 years of publishing history. Authors retain copyright of their work. Papers will be published under an open-access policy using a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs license. Best Student Paper Award The Andreas Pftzmann PETS 2016 Best Student Paper Award will be selected at PETS 2016. Papers written solely or primarily by a student who is presenting the work at PETS 2016 are eligible for the award. Submission Papers will need to be submitted via the PETS 2016 submission server. The URL for Issue 2 is: https://cgi.soic.indiana.edu/~pets2016/issue2/. HotPETs As with the last several years, part of the symposium will be devoted to HotPETs â the "hottest," most exciting research ideas still in a formative state. Further information will be published on the PETS 2016 website soon. Panel Submissions We also invite proposals of up to 2 pages for panel discussions or other relevant presentations. In your proposal, (1) describe the nature of the presentation and why it is appropriate to the symposium, (2) suggest a duration for the presentation (ideally between 45 and 90 minutes), and (3) suggest some possible presenters. Submit your proposal in the same manner as a PoPETs paper by the February deadline. (All panel proposals received by the February deadline will receive full consideration for that year's PETS.) Please begin your panel title with "Panel Proposal:". The program committee will consider panel proposals along with other symposium events and will respond by the paper decision date with an indication of its interest in scheduling the event.

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Fwd: [AISWorld] PoPETs 2016 call for participation
by Gustaf Neumann 03 Aug '15

03 Aug '15

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Fwd: [AISWorld] LAST CFP:: CSCEET2015- Malaysia- Kuala Lumpur
by Gustaf Neumann 03 Aug '15

03 Aug '15

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] LAST CFP:: CSCEET2015- Malaysia- Kuala Lumpur Datum: Mon, 3 Aug 2015 12:57:07 +0200 Von: Natalie Walker <natalie.sdiwc(a)gmail.com> An: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org The submission deadline has been extended to August 15, 2015. Please SUBMIT YOUR PAPER NOW! ============================================================== The Second International Conference on Computer Science, Computer Engineering, and Education Technologies (CSCEET2015) Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation (APU), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia September 8-10, 2015 http://sdiwc.net/conferences/csceet2015/ All registered papers will be published in SDIWC Digital Library ============================================================== _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

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Fwd: [AISWorld] Call for Papers for a Special Issue of the Journal of Information Technology: "Openness and Information Technology”
by Gustaf Neumann 02 Aug '15

02 Aug '15

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] Call for Papers for a Special Issue of the Journal of Information Technology: "Openness and Information Technology” Datum: Sat, 1 Aug 2015 19:38:31 -0400 Von: Daniel Schlagwein <schlagwein(a)unsw.edu.au> An: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org Dear colleagues, Please consider submitting your work to the below special issue. -- *Call for Papers for a Special Issue of the **Journal of Information Technology:* *"Openness and Information Technology”* *Special Issue Editors:* Kieran Conboy, NUI Galway Joseph Feller, University College Cork Jan Marco Leimeister, University of St. Gallen / Kassel University Lorraine Morgan, LERO / NUI Galway Daniel Schlagwein, UNSW Australia [corresponding] *Aim and Purpose:* Over the past decade, “open” phenomena enabled by information technology (IT) have received an increasing amount of interest from information systems (IS) researchers. Evidence of this interest can be seen in tracks (e.g., the underlying track of this special issue, the track on “Openness and IT” at ECIS); conferences (e.g., the IFIP Working Group 2.13 OSS conferences); journal special issues (e.g., Whelan et al. 2014); and the formation of the AIS Special Interest Group on Open Research and Practice (SIGOPEN) and its related workshops (pre-ECIS and pre-ICIS). For this special issue, we broadly understand the term “openness” to mean the accessibility of knowledge, the transparency of action and the permeability of organizational structures. This openness can be both a driver for and result of new IT, the area of interest to us in this special issue. Openness has significant implications for individuals, organizations and societies. For example, individual users actively participate in the creation of widely used common knowledge goods such as Wikipedia (Germonprez et al. 2011) or Linux (Benkler 2006). A new generation of entrepreneurs can now be seen to leverage the power of crowds in the design and delivery of products and services (Orlikowski and Scott 2015), and for the funding of their business ventures (Kuppuswamy and Bayus 2013). For established businesses, openness has changed approaches to business model architectures and innovation. This has been achieved through “internal openness” (e.g., inner source software, internal co-creation platforms and enterprise social software) and “external openness” (e.g., open innovation markets, open sourcing and crowdsourcing) in organizations including LEGO (Schlagwein and Bjørn-Andersen 2014), Philips Healthcare (Ågerfalk and Fitzgerald 2008) and SAP (Leimeister et al. 2009). Likewise, open technologies are central to new intra- and inter-organizational forms of value creation supporting “ecosystems” of interdependent actors (e.g., the app ecosystems surrounding Google’s Android, Apple’s iOS or Facebook’s social networking platform) (Morgan et al. 2013; Benlian et al. 2015). What is more, openness shifts power structures by relatively devaluing physical production facilities and emphasizing the value of information and IT-enabled business models (Chesbrough 2007) or value creation outside of traditional organizations (Feller et al. 2008; Faraj et al. 2011). Openness is one mechanism by which IT can create “a better world” through creating common goods (Benkler 2006; Walsham 2012). Increasingly, the academic sector and the research community themselves face new challenges (and opportunities) emerging from the combination of openness and IT (Kane and Fichman 2009; Cooper and Sahami 2013). We invite applied, empirical and theoretical research papers that significantly contribute to our understanding of IT-enabled openness: its manifestations, antecedents and, most critically, its impact on individuals, organizations and societies. We welcome and encourage submissions from researchers using diverse epistemological and methodological approaches. The papers will be evaluated for the interestingness and novelty of their contributions. Papers should focus on the concept of openness and the relationship between IT and openness. That is, “openness and IT” should be central to the paper and not merely provide a background for studies on generic business, individual or social behaviour (e.g., research on individual and social behaviour that uses social media or open source communities merely as a background would be out of scope). Authors in doubt about whether their papers are within the scope of the special issue are encouraged to submit an extended abstract to the editors (see below) for feedback. The special issue is open to all authors. Authors with papers accepted at the “Openness and IT” track at ECIS 2013-15 are especially encouraged to submit extended and enhanced versions of their papers. *Topics of Interest (Examples):* § Open business (e.g., open business models, open ecosystems, value networks) § Open capital (e.g., crowdfunding, crowd equity, cryptocurrencies) § Open innovation (e.g., crowdsourcing, distributed innovation, co-creation) § Open platforms (e.g., open APIs, open content, open data) § Open production (e.g., open source software, open source hardware, open design) § Open scholarship (e.g., open/citizen science, open access, open education/MOOCs) § Open society (e.g., DIY/hacker/maker/participatory cultures, open government) *Associate Editors / Editorial Review Board:* Alexander Benlian, Darmstadt University of Technology Ivo Blohm, University of St. Gallen Ulrich Bretschneider, Kassel University Michael Cahalane, UNSW Australia Kevin Carillo, Toulouse Business School Kevin Crowston, NSF / Syracuse University U. Yeliz Eseryel, University of Groningen Patrick Finnegan, UNSW Australia Matt Germonprez, University of Nebraska Omaha Rob Gleasure, University College Cork Jeremy Hayes, University College Cork James Howison, University of Texas at Austin George Kuk, Nottingham University Juho Lindman, Hanken School of Economics Björn Lundell, University of Skovde Ann Majchrzak, University of Southern California Attila Marton, Copenhagen Business School Jeffrey Moretz, University of Ontario Institute of Technology Jeffrey V. Nickerson, Stevens Institute of Technology Niamh O’Riordan, NUI Galway Timothy Olsen, Arizona State University Pattarawan Prasarnphanich, Chulalongkorn University Matti Rossi, Aalto University Hendrik Send, Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society Maha Shaikh, University of Warwick Klaas-Jan Stol, University of Limerick Robin Teigland, Stockholm School of Economics Xiaofeng Wang, Free University of Bozen *Submission Guidelines:* For preparation and submission of manuscripts, as well as general criteria for acceptance at the Journal of Information Technology, please follow Instructions for Authors ( http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jit/instructions.html). Papers should be no longer than 8000 words. Concise writing is appreciated. *Timeline:* § 1 Oct 2015: Optional (not a requirement to submit to the special issue): Authors in doubt about whether their papers are within the scope of the special issue or who otherwise wish to receive early feedback are encouraged to submit an extended abstract to the editors. § 1 Jan 2016: Paper submission deadline: Late submissions cannot be accepted. Only submissions made through the submission system will be considered. The editorial team will screen all submitted papers and will only forward to reviewers papers that are deemed to have a reasonable chance of acceptance. § 1 Apr 2016: First round reviews and decisions. § 1 Jul 2016: Second round (revision) submission deadline. § 1 Oct 2016: Second round reviews and decisions: Papers will not undergo more than two rounds of review (i.e., one major revision). Papers not accepted (subject to minor revisions) in the second round will be rejected. § 1 Jan 2017: Final submission deadline: For accepted papers (subject to minor revisions). § 1 Mar 2017: Final approval of papers. § 1 May 2017: Online publication of special issue (anticipated date). *References:* ** Ågerfalk, P.J., and Fitzgerald, B. 2008. Outsourcing to an Unknown Workforce: Exploring Opensourcing as a Global Sourcing Strategy, *MIS Quarterly* 32 (2): pp. 385-409. Benkler, Y. 2006. *The Wealth of Networks*. New Haven, CT, USA: Yale University Press. Benlian, A., Hilkert, D., and Hess, T. 2015. How Open Is This Platform? The Meaning and Measurement of Platform Openness from the Complementors’ Perspective,* Journal of Information Technology (advance online publication).* Chesbrough, H.W. 2007. *Open Business Models: How to Thrive In the New Innovation Landscape*. Boston, MA, USA: Harvard Business School Press. Cooper, S., and Sahami, M. 2013. Reflections on Stanford's MOOCs, *Communications of the ACM* 56 (2): pp. 28-30. Faraj, S., Jarvenpaa, S.L., and Majchrzak, A. 2011. Knowledge Collaboration in Online Communities, *Organization Science* 22 (5): pp. 1224-1239. Feller, J., Finnegan, P., Fitzgerald, B., and Hayes, J. 2008. From Peer Production to Productization: A Study of Socially Enabled Business Exchanges in Open Source Service Networks, *Information Systems Research* 19 (4): pp. 475-493. Germonprez, M., Hovorka, D., and Gal, U. 2011. Secondary Design: A Case of Behavioural Design Science Research, *Journal of the Association for Information Systems* 12 (10): pp. 622-683. Kane, G.C., and Fichman, R.G. 2009. The Shoemaker's Children: Using Wikis for Information Systems Teaching, Research, and Publication, *MIS Quarterly* 33 (1): pp. 1-17. Kuppuswamy, V., and Bayus, B.L. 2013. Crowdfunding Creative Ideas: The Dynamics of Project Backers in Kickstarter, *SSRN Working Papers* (2234765). Leimeister, J.M., Huber, M., Bretschneider, U., and Krcmar, H. 2009. Leveraging Crowdsourcing: Activation-Supporting Components for IT-Based Ideas Competition, *Journal of Management Information Systems* 26 (1): pp. 197-224. Morgan, L., Feller, J., and Finnegan, P. 2013. Exploring Value Networks: Theorising the Creation and Capture of Value with Open Source Software, *European Journal of Information Systems* 22 (9): pp. 569-588. Orlikowski, W.J., and Scott, S.V. 2015. The Algorithm and the Crowd: Considering the Materiality of Service Innovation, *MIS Quarterly* 39 (1): pp. 201-216. Schlagwein, D., and Bjørn-Andersen, N. 2014. Organizational Learning with Crowdsourcing: The Revelatory Case of LEGO, *Journal of the Association for Information Systems* 15 (11): pp. 754-778. Walsham, G. 2012. Are We Making a Better World with ICTs? Reflections on a Future Agenda for the IS Field, *Journal of Information Technology* 27 (2): pp. 87-93. Whelan, E., Conboy, K., Crowston, K., Morgan, L., and Rossi, M. 2014. The Role of Information Systems in Enabling Open Innovation, *Journal of the Association for Information Systems* 15 (11): pp. 1-11. -- For more information (e.g., JIT author guidelines) see http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jit/index.html – or contact me. Kind regards, Daniel UNSW profile <https://www.business.unsw.edu.au/our-people/danielschlagwein> | Current research: Crowdsourcing at LEGO <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/268819643_Organizational_Learning_…> | Cloud computing at CBA <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/269035575_How_Commonwealth_Bank_of…> *Dr. Daniel Schlagwein* | Lecturer UNSW Australia Business School Quadrangle 2114, UNSW Sydney 2052 Telephone: +61293856487 | Fax: +61293854461 | Web: www.asb.unsw.edu.au [image: UNSW Business] <http://www.asb.unsw.edu.au/>This email is intended only for the use of the individual named above and may contain information that is confidential and privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. Views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and are not necessarily the views of UNSW Australia Business School. Before opening any attachments please check them for viruses and defects. CRICOS Code: 00098G _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

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Fwd: [AISWorld] The Fifth International Conference on e-learning "Cognitively Informed-Technology"18th - 20th Oct 2015, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain
by Gustaf Neumann 01 Aug '15

01 Aug '15

-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] The Fifth International Conference on e-learning "Cognitively Informed-Technology"18th - 20th Oct 2015, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain Datum: Sat, 1 Aug 2015 16:59:44 +0000 Von: Ali Hussain Zolait <azolait(a)uob.edu.bh> An: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org <aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org> CALL FOR PAPERS The Fifth International Conference on e-learning "Cognitively Informed-Technology" ======================================================================= 18th - 20th Oct 2015, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain ------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Professor Dr. I hope this email finds you in the best health We in the 5th e-learning Conference would like to invite you to submit one of your good quality research paper to the 5th e-learning Conference which will be from 6th - 8th Oct 2015, in Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain. The conference aims to provide an excellent opportunity for researchers, academicians and industrial partners to share and exchange new ideas, research products, technologies and applications in the area of management and quality within e-Learning. This conference covers both technical as well as the non-technical aspects of e-Learning. Main topics are identified (see below). Acceptance will be based primarily on originality, significance and quality of contribution. All accepted paper will be submitted to IEEE Xplore For more information about the conference themes, workshops and program please visit http://econf.uob.edu.bh/conf5/Default.htm Topics for this conference include, but are not limited to: Organizational Strategy and Management Issues • Higher and Further Education • Primary and Secondary Education • Workplace Learning • Vocational Training • Home Schooling • Distance Learning • Blended Learning • Change Management • Educational Management • Continuous Professional Development (CPD) for Educational and Training Staff • Return on e-Learning Investments (ROI) E-Learning Curriculum Development Issues • Philosophies and Epistemologies for e-learning • Learning Theories and Approaches for e-learning • e-Learning Models • Conceptual Representations • Pedagogical Models • e-Learning Pedagogical Strategies • e-Learning Tactics • Developing e-Learning for Specific Subject Domains Technological Issues • Learning Management Systems (LMS) • Managed Learning Environments (MLEs) • Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) • Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) Tools • Social Support Software • Architecture of Educational Information Systems Infrastructure • Security and Data Protection • Learning Objects • XML Schemas and the Semantic Web • Web 2.0 Applications Instructional Design Issues • Designing e-Learning Settings • Developing e-Learning Pilots and Prototypes • Creating e-Learning Courses: o Collaborative Learning o Problem-based Learning o Inquiry-based Learning o Blended Learning o Distance Learning • Designing e-Learning Tasks: o E-learning Activities o Online Groupwork o Experiential Learning o Simulations and Modelling o Gaming and Edutainment o Creativity and Design Activities o Exploratory Programming E-Learning Delivery Issues • e-Delivery in Different Contexts: o Higher and Further Education o Primary and Secondary Schools o Workplace Learning o Vocational Training o Distance Learning • Online Assessment • Innovations in e-Assessment • e-Moderating • e-Tutoring • e-Facilitating • Leadership in e-Learning Delivery • Networked Information and • Communication Literacy Skills • Participation and Motivation in e-Learning E-Skills and Information Literacy for Learning • Teaching Information Literacy • Electronic Library and Information Search Skills • ICT Skills Education: o in Schools and Colleges o for Business, Industry and the Public Sector o in Adult, Community, Home and Prison Education o Informal Methods (peer Groups, Family) • Education for Computer-mediated • Digital Media Studies • Communication skills: o Netiquette o Online Safety for Children and Vulnerable Users o Cybercrime Awareness and Personal Prevention • Student Production of Online Media: o Web Design  Digital Storytelling  Web 2.0 Tools  etc. BRAIN: Brain information processing and informatics • Cognitive and computation models • Human reasoning mechanisms • Modeling brain information processing mechanisms • Brain learning mechanisms • Human cognitive functions and their relationships • Modeling human multi-perception mechanisms and visual, auditory, and tactile information processing • Neural structures and neurobiological process • Cognitive architectures • Brain information storage, collection, and processing • Formal conceptual models of human brain data • Knowledge representation and discovery in neuroimaging • Brain-computer interface • Cognition-inspired complex systems COGNITION: Artificial intelligence and cognition • Expert systems, knowledge representation and reasoning • Reasoning techniques, constraint satisfaction and machine learning • Logic programming, fuzzy logic, neural networks, and uncertainty • State space search, ontologies and data mining • Games, planning and scheduling • Natural languages processing and advanced user interfaces • Cognitive, reactive and proactive systems • Ambient intelligence, perception and vision • Pattern recognition Information -Technology special o Web of Things and Big Data  Sensor Networks  Embedded Web Resources  Mobile Internet of Things  Data Mining  Cloud computing  Cloud infrastructure for mobile application development  Internet of Things device or circuit design  Internet of Things applications and services  Smart Home and Smart cities.  Security for homes, businesses and public settings  Internet of Things analytics  Big Data Models and Algorithms  Big Data Architectures  Big Data Management  Security Applications of Big Data  Mobile Applications Architecture and Design  Healthcare at home and in hospitals  Semantic web technologies  RFID o Social Networks and Social Computing IWSNSC 2015  Impact of social networks on education  Impact of social networks on Society  Impact of social networks on Youth  Impact of social networks on Business  Social networks and social intelligence  Security, privacy and trust computational analysis of social networks  Web-based cooperative work  Knowledge community formation and support  Intelligent wireless Web  Social network analysis and mining of communities of practice  Network evolution and growth mechanisms  Information diffusion and knowledge transfer in social networks  Online communities and computer networks The Conference will be composed of several types of contributions: Full Papers – These include mainly accomplished research results and have 8 pages at the maximum (5,000 words). Short Papers – These are mostly composed of work in progress reports or fresh developments and have 4 pages at maximum (2,500 words). Reflection Papers – These might review recent research literature pertaining to a particular problem or approach, indicate what the findings suggest, and/or provide a suggestion - with rationale and justification - for a different approach or perspective on that problem. Reflection papers might also analyze general trends or discuss important issues in topics related to the conference. These have 4 pages at maximum (2,500 words). Posters / Demonstrations – These contain implementation information or work-in-progress and have two pages at maximum (1,250 words) besides the poster itself (or demonstration) that will be exposed at the conference. Tutorials – Tutorials can be proposed by scholars or company representatives. A proposal of maximum 250 words is expected. Invited Talks – These will be made of contributions from well-known scholars and company representatives. An abstract will be included in the conference proceedings. Panels – Discussions on selected topics will be held. A proposal of maximum 250 words is expected. Corporate Showcases& Exhibitions – The former enables companies to present recent developments and applications, inform a large and qualified audience of your future directions and showcase company’s noteworthy products and services. There will be a time slot for companies to make their presentation in a room. The latter enables companies the opportunity to display its latest offerings of hardware, software, tools, services and books, through an exhibit booth. For further details please contact us on econf2015(a)gmail.com - azolait(a)uob.edu.bh This is a blind peer-reviewed conference. Important Dates: 16 Jan - 7 October Registration date 1st May Deadline for submission of Panels, tutorials and workshops 15 August Deadline for submitting papers >From 30 June Notification of acceptance of full papers and short papers >From 28 August Camera Ready versions received Kind regards Program Chair: Fifth International Conference on e-Learning: Cognitively informed technology 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 Dr. Ali Zolait Assistant Professor of Management Information Systems University of Bahrain P.O. Box 32038, Kingdom of Bahrain Courier Address: College of Information Technology, Information System Department, UOB Sakhir Campus, Building S40 Room 2026 Phone +973 1743 7702 Fax +973 17449119 Email azolait(a)uob.edu.bh www.uob.edu.bh ________________________________ Uob Disclaimer Policy This e-mail message and any attachments are for the sole use of the intended recipients and may contain proprietary and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, you should not copy it, re-transmit it, use it or disclose its contents, but should return it to the sender immediately stating that you received the email in error, and then please delete the email from your system. Any views or opinions expressed in this message are solely the personal views of the sender. 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