TEAR 2010 -- The 5th Trends in Enterprise Architecture Research
Workshop (TEAR) -- 12 November, 2010, Delft, the Netherlands
Important dates
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● 27 June 2010, paper submission deadline
● 15 August 2010 notification of acceptance
● 29 August 2010 camera-ready copy
● 12 November 2010 workshop
Aims and objectives
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The TEAR conferences contribute to establishing a dedicated forum
where the use of EA in practice is addressed by bringing together
researchers, users and practitioners. The main focus of TEAR is EA
methods, approaches, and tools, and how they are used in practice. More
specifically the goals of the conference are to further a better
understanding of the practice of TEAR and improve the theory behind the
practice, contributing to improved TEAR practice and to the sharing of
knowledge. TEAR 2010 will be the 5th workshop on Trends in Enterprise
Architecture Research. It follows the success of TEAR 2006, 2007, 2008
and 2009, which attracted over 50 participants from all over the world,
representing both industry and academia. This indicates that Enterprise
Architecture (EA) has gained substantial of popularity both in the
academic community and among practitioners. The interactive format of
the conference sparked constructive interaction between research and
practice. The target for TEAR 2010 is to further strengthen this
interaction by organizing a collaborative working session within the
conference program. The most up-to-date information about TEAR can
always be found at:
http://tear.enterpriseengineeringnetwork.org.
Topics relevant for submissions include, but are not limited to,
the following: case studies, combining BPM and EA, drivers and
obstacles of EA dissemination, EA and e-government, EA and
organizational theory, EA and system development, EA business cases, EA
communication and marketing, EA for small and medium-sized companies,
EA governance and integration into corporate/IT governance, EA in
university and executive education, EA reference models, meta models
and frameworks, EA usage in corporate strategic planning, EA usage
potentials for the networked enterprise, Enterprise modeling, EA and
MDA, Modeling of EA dynamics, Event-driven architecture, Evolution of
an EA, Incorporation of knowledge management and software engineering
in EA, Integrating service oriented and legacy architectures, Managing
complexity in EA, Maturity models for EA artifacts and processes,
Methodologies for EA research, Processes and patterns for EA
development.
Event Format
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TEAR is a highly interactive event. The conference will be
organized at a venue that stimulates discussion and open exchange of
ideas and experiences. In addition to highly interactive paper sessions
the event will include a number of parallel think-tank sessions
focusing on various topics, aiming for further development of issues
and directions shared between practice and academia.
Paper types
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Experience papers present problems or challenges encountered in
practice, relate success and failure stories, or report on industrial
practices. The focus is on 'what' and on lessons learned, not on an in-
depth analysis of 'why'. The practice must be clearly described and its
context must be given. Readers should be able to draw conclusions for
their own practice.
Research papers describe original research contributions
(theoretical, methodological or conceptual) to the area of EA. A
research paper should clearly describe the situation or problem that is
tackled, the relevant state of the art, the position or solution
suggested and the potential or the evaluated benefits of the
contribution.
Evaluation papers evaluate existing problem situations or validate
proposed solutions with scientific means. Scientific reflection on
problems and practices in industry also falls into this category. The
topic of the evaluation presented in the paper as well as its causal or
logical properties must be clearly stated. The research method must be
sound and appropriate. Idea papers can describe completely new research
positions or approaches, in order to face to a generic situation that
arises because of, for instance, new methods and tools or new types of
emerging EA challenges. They should describe precisely the situation
and demonstrate the shortcomings of the current methods, tools, ways of
reasoning, meta-models, etc.
Submission guidelines
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Papers should describe innovative and significant original
research relevant to TEAR as described in the topics section. Papers
submitted for consideration must not have been published elsewhere and
must not be under review or submitted for review elsewhere during the
duration of consideration. Papers are not to exceed 15 pages, including
all references and figures. All papers must be prepared in accordance
with the Springer/LNBIP camera-ready format and be submitted
electronically (in PDF) via the submission website:
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=tear2010.
All submissions should include title, authors, and full contact
information. Detailed instructions for authors are available on the
LNBIP website:
http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-7-487211-0.
PC Co-chairs
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● Erik Proper, Public Research Centre Henri Tudor, Luxembourg
& Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands
● Marc M. Lankhorst, Novay Enschede, the Netherlands
● Marten Schönherr, Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, Berlin, Germany
Steering Committee
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● Stephan Aier, Institute of Information Management University of
St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland
● Pontus Johnson, Industrial Information and Control Systems KTH –
Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm, Sweden
● Marc M. Lankhorst, Novay Enschede, the Netherlands
● Joachim Schelp, Institute of Information Management, University
of St. Gallen St. Gallen, Switzerland
● Marten Schönherr, Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, Berlin, Germany
Programme Committee
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● Elmar J. Sinz, University of Bamberg, Germany
● Erik Proper, Public Research Centre Henri Tudor, Luxembourg
& Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands
● Florian Matthes, Technical University Munich, Germany
● Gerhard Schwabe, University of Zurich, Switzerland
● Gerold Riempp, European Business School, Germany
● Giuseppe Berio, University of South Brittany, France
● Haluk Demirkan, Arizona State University, United States of
America
● Marc Lankhorst, Novay, the Netherlands
● Martin Zelm, CIMOSA Association, Germany
● Mathias Ekstedt, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
● Matthias Goeken, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management,
Germany
● Michael Rosemann, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
● Michael zur Muehlen, Stevens Institute of Technology, United
States of America
● Pedro Sousa, Lisbon Technical University and Link Consulting,
Portugal
● Pontus Johnson, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
● Scott Bernard, Carnegie Mellon University, United States of
America
● Tim O'Neill, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
● Udo Bub, Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, Germany
● Ulrich Frank, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
● Ulrike Steffens, OFFIS, Germany
● Wilhelm Hasselbring, University of Kiel, Germany
● Wolfgang Keller, objectarchitects, Germany