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Subject:	[AISWorld] EMMSAD2013 Call-for-paper
Date:	Sat, 13 Oct 2012 16:54:19 +0200
From:	Erik Proper <e.proper@acm.org>
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** EMMSAD'2013 - Call for Papers

** Â Eighteenth International Conference on

** Â Â Exploring Modelling Methods in Systems Analysis and Design

** http://www.emmsad.org

** Valencia, Spain, June 17-18; held in conjunction with CAiSEâ€™2013

* Background

The field of information systems analysis and design includes numerous information modelling methods and notations (e.g. ER, ORM, UML, ArchiMate, EPC, BPMN, DEMO) that are typically evolving. The EMMSAD conference focuses on exploring, evaluat-ing, and enhancing modelling methods and methodologies for the analysis and design of information systems, enterprises, and business processes. Though the need for such studies is well rec-ognized, there is a paucity of such research in the literature. The objective of the EMMSAD conference series is to provide a forum for researchers and practitioners interested in modelling methods for systems analysis and design to meet, and exchange research ideas and results. It also provides the participants an opportunity to present their research papers and experience reports, and to take part in open discussions.

EMMSADâ€™2013 is the eighteenth in a very successful series of EMMSAD events. Since 2009, the EMMSAD proceedings have been published in Springer's LNBIP series.

* Topics of Interest

Relevant topics include (but are not limited to) theoretical and/or empirical or case-based exploration of modelling methods and methodologies in a systems analysis and design context. The topics of interest include general modelling issues such as:

- Modelling languages

- The process of modelling

- Quality of models

- Experiences in modelling

- Teaching systems analysis and design

- Theoretical/philosophical foundations of modelling

and/or specific modelling strategies or aspects, including (but not limited to):

- Active modelling

- Agile Modelling

- Business Process Modelling

- Business Rule Modelling

- Conceptual Modelling

- Database Modelling

- Decission-support systems

- Digital Ecosystems

- Enterprise Architecture

- Enterprise Modelling

- Goal and Value Modelling

- Information Modelling (ER, ORM etc.)

- Meta-modelling

- Method Engineering

- Mobile and Ubiquitous Information Systems

- Model-Driven Archiotecture (MDA) and Model-Driven Engineering (MDE)

- Object Oriented Methods and Methodologies

- Ontologies and the Semantic Web

- Requirements modelling

- Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)

- Social Modelling

- Unified Modelling Language (UML) and Unified Process (UP)

- Workflow Modelling

- Web information systems

* Important dates (2013)

Paper abstracts: February 17;

Full paper submissions: February 24;

Notification of acceptance: March 24.

* Submission guidelines

The workshop accepts two types of submissions: Completed Research and Research-in-Progress.

Completed Research papers should not only discuss research findings, but also the initial re-search objectives, the research methodology used, as well as its appropriateness and its execution. Research-in-progress papers report on research that is well underway with preliminary results available at the time of the conference. These papers should clearly identify the research objectives of the ongoing research effort, the research method used, and the progress made so-far.

Submissions should not exceed 15 pages (including references and appendices). The paper may refer to a theoretical analysis of a scientific challenge, as well as the presentation of a solution to an identified scientific challenge. Reviewers will also be asked to evaluate the effective use of space. A 10 page paper might score better than a 15 page paper.

Only electronic submissions in Adobe PDF format are accepted. For more details refer to http://www.emmsad.org

Accepted papers will be published in the proceedings, which will be available at the conference, and should use the Springer LNBIP style.

Top papers in the completed research category may also be con-sidered (after extension and enhancement) either for chapters in a book, or for journal publications in the International Journal of Information System Modelling and Design.

* EMMSAD Steering Committee

1. Keng Siau, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA

2. Terry Halpin, INTI International University, Malaysia, and

LogicBlox, Australia

3. John Krogstie, Norwegian Institute of Science and Technolo-gy, Norway

* Workshop co-chairs

1. Erik Proper, Public Research Centre Henri Tudor, Luxem-bourg, and Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands

2. Terry Halpin, INTI International University, Malaysia, and

LogicBlox, Australia

3. John Krogstie, Norwegian Institute of Science and Technolo-gy, Norway

* Program committee

1. Stephan Aier, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland

2. Antonia Albani, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

3. Raian Ali, Lero, University of Limerick, Ireland

4. Eduard Babkin, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia

5. Herman Balsters, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

6. Annie Becker, Florida Institute of Technology, USA

7. Giuseppe Berio, University of Torino, Italy

8. Nacer Boudjlida, Loria, France

9. Andy Carver, INTI International University, Malaysia

10. Olga De Troyer, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

11. John Erickson, University of Nebraska-Omaha, USA

12. Peter Fettke, Institute for Information Systems (IWi) at the DFKI, Germany

13. Remigijus Gustas, Karlstad University, Sweden

14. Wolfgang Hesse, University of Marburg, Germany

15. Stijn Hoppenbrouwers, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands

16. Jon Iden, Norges HandelshÃ¸yskole, Bergen, Norway

17. Marite Kirikova, Riga Technical University, Latvia

18. Bogdan Lent, University of Applied Sciences, Zurich, Switzerland

19. Pericles Loucopoulos, Loughborough University, UK

20. Kalle Lyytinen, Case Western Reserve University, US

21. Leszek Maciaszek, Wroclaw University of Economics, Poland and Macquarie University Sydney, Australia

22. Florian Matthes, Technical University MÃ¼nchen, Germany

23. Raimundas MatuleviÄius, University of Tartu, Estonia

24. Graham McLeod, University of Cape Town, South Africa

25. Jan Mendling, Humboldt University, Berlin

26. Wolfgang Molnar, Public Research Centre Tudor, Luxembourg

27. Tony Morgan, INTI International University, Malaysia

28. Haralambos Mouratidis, University of East London, UK

29. Andreas L. Opdahl, University of Bergen, Norway

30. Sietse Overbeek, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

32. Barbara Pernici, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

33. Anne Persson, University of SkÃ¶vde, Sweden

34. MichaÃ«l Petit, University of Namur, Belgium

35. Nava Pliskin, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

36. Paul Ralph, Lancaster University, UK

38. Sudha Ram, University of Arizona, USA

39. Jan Recker, Queensland University of Technology, Australia

40. Colette Rolland, University of Paris 1, France

41. Michael Rosemann, Queensland University of Technology, Australia

42. Matti Rossi, Helsinki School of Economics, Finland

43. Kurt Sandkuhl, JÃ¶nkÃ¶ping University, Sweden

44. Peretz Shoval, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

45. Piotr Soja, Cracow Economic University, Poland

46. Janis Stirna, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

47. Inge van de Weerd, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

48. Wil van der Aalst, Eindhoven University, The Netherlands

49. Dirk van der Linden, Public Research Â Centre Henri Tudor, Luxembourg

50. Johan Versendaal, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands

51. Carson Woo, University of British Columbia, USA

52. Jelena Zdravkovic, Stockholm University

53. Martin Zelm, CIMOSA, Germany

54. Iryna Zolotaryova, Kharkiv National University of Economics, Ukraine

55. PÃ¤r Ã…gerfalk, Uppsala University, Sweden