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Subject: International Conference on Electronic Commerce Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 21:50:35 +1100 From: Mary-Anne Williams maryanne@CAFE.NEWCASTLE.EDU.AU To: ISWORLD@LISTSERV.HEANET.IE
Final Call for Papers International Conference on Electronic Commerce CollECTeR (Europe) 2002 Toulouse, France April 20, 2002 http://ebusiness.newcastle.edu.au/CollECTeREurope
Paper Deadline: March 8, 2002
CollECTeR (Collaborative Electronic Commerce Technology and Research) is a joint venture by more than 25 universities around the world which, through a loose federation of research centres - one located at each institution - provides both depth and breadth of expertise in Electronic Commerce.
The CollECTeR (Europe) Conference on Electronic Commerce 2002 will be held on April 20 2002 immediately preceding KR2002 (the Eighth International Conference on Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning http://www.kr.org/kr02). This follows the successful colocation of CollECTeR (USA) 2000 with KR2000 in Breckenridge, Colorado.
CollECTeR (Europe) 2002 is intended to attract researchers interested in all aspects of Electronic Commerce and has been timed to precede KR2002 to draw interest from researchers who are particularly interested in the Semantic Web, eBusiness Agents, Knowledge Representation, Knowledge Management, and Knowledge Technologies.
Suggested research topics for CollECTeR(Europe) 2002 include (but are not limited to):
o Knowledge Management o Ontologies for eBusiness o eBusiness Software Agents o eBusiness Applications for the Semantic Web o eCommerce/eBusiness strategies and models o Mobile Commerce o Interactive Marketing o Online marketing strategies and issues o Intra organisational communications o Electronic Payment Systems o Internet-based Electronic Commerce o Virtual Communities/Community Networks o Logistics Issues for Electronic Commerce o Business Reengineering Issues for Electronic Commerce o Government Electronic Procurement and Service Delivery o Legal, Auditing or Security Issues for Electronic Commerce o Privacy Issues for Electronic Commerce o Requirements Engineering Approaches for Electronic Commerce o eHealth o eEducation
Researchers are encouraged to submit either "work in progress" papers of around 2,000 words, or full papers (of around 5,000 words) on completed research. Papers should be original and not previously published. All papers will be refereed by experienced reviewers with expertise in the area. Accepted papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings, which will be available at the Conference itself. Additional copies of these Proceedings will also be available for purchase.
The conference offers an opportunity for all those interested in researching Electronic Commerce to meet in a specialised venue to discuss research activities, findings and experiences. Attendees at the conference are encouraged to participate in discussion of all papers presented.
Invited Speaker Dieter Fensel is the author of Ontologies: Silver Bullet for Knowledge Management and Electronic Commerce, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2001. For more information see his home page at http://www.cs.vu.nl/~dieter/. Dieter will speaker on Semantic Web enabled Web Services. Abstract: Currently, computers are changing from single, isolated devices into entry points to a worldwide network of information exchange and business transactions called the World Wide Web. However, the easy information access based on the success of the web has made it increasingly difficult to find, present, and maintain the information required by a wide variety of users. In response to this problem, many new research initiatives and commercial enterprises have been set up to enrich available information with machine-understandable semantics. This semantic web will provide intelligent access to heterogeneous, distributed information, enabling software products to mediate between user needs and the information sources available. Web Services tackle with an orthogonal limitation of the current web. It is mainly a collection of information but does not yet provide support in processing this information, i.e., in using the computer as a computational device. Recent efforts around UDDI, WSDL, and SOAP try to lift the web to a new level of service. Software programs can be accessed and executed via the web. However, all these service descriptions are based on semi-formal natural language descriptions. Therefore, the human programmer need be kept in the loop and scalability as well as economy of web services are limited. Bringing them to their full potential requires their combination with semantic web technology. It will provide mechanization in service identification, configuration, comparison, and combination. Semantic Web enabled Web Services have the potential to change our life in a much higher degree as the current web already did.
Submission Process Send a copy of your paper in pdf format to one of the Conference Co-Chairs: Paul Swatman (swatman@uni-simt.de) or Mary-Anne Williams (maryanne@ebusiness.newcastle.edu.au) by March 8, 2002.
Important Dates Deadline for Submission: March 8, 2002 Notification of Acceptance: April 1, 2002 Camera Ready Copy Due: April 10, 2002
Conference Organisers Paul Swatman, Stuttgart Institute of Management and Technology, Germany (Co-Chair) Mary-Anne Williams, University of Newcastle, Australia (Co-Chair) Danni Fowler, University of Baltimore, USA Donald McCubbrey, University of Denver, USA Paula Swatman, University of Koblenz, Germany
Programme Committee Joan Cooper, University of Woollongong, Australia Tim Finin, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA Danni Fowler, University of Baltimore, USA Felix Hampe, University of Koblenz, Germany Daniel Le Berre, Centre de Recherche en Informatique de Lens, France Steve Elliot, University of Newcastle, Australia Don McCubbrey University of Denver, USA Leora Morgenstern, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA Siva Muthaly, Newcastle Graduate School of Business, Dan O'Leary, University of Southern California Pavlos Peppas, Patras University, Greece Robert Rugimbana, University of Newcastle Suku Sinnappan, University of Newcastle Paula Swatman, University of Koblenz, Germany Vladimir Zwass Fairleigh Dickinson University, USA
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