-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] Final CFP: EMMSAD'2011 Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 15:09:47 -0600 From: Keng Siau ksiau@unlnotes.unl.edu To: aisworld@lists.aisnet.org

*EMMSAD’2011*

Final Call for Papers Sixteenth International Conference on Exploring Modeling Methods in Systems Analysis and Design_ __http://www.emmsad.org_ http://www.emmsad.org/

London, United Kingdom, 2011, 20-21 June (held in conjunction with CAiSE’2011)*

Submissions due: *February 26, 2011

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Sponsors**: * · Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE). As of 2007, EMMSAD is officially linked on an ongoing basis to the CAiSE conference series (_http://www.caise2011.com_ http://www.caise2011.com/). · International Federation for Information Processing Working Group 8.1 (IFIP WG 8.1). _https://research.idi.ntnu.no/ifip-wg81/_. Sponsor since 1997. · European Virtual Laboratory for Enterprise Interoperability (INTEROP-VLab) North Pole (_http://www.interop-vlab.eu/_). Sponsor since 2005. · Association for Information Systems Special Interest Group on Systems Analysis and Design (AIS-SIGSAND). _http://nfp.cba.utulsa.edu/bajaja/Sigsand/_. Sponsor since 2005 · Enterprise Engineering Network (_http://www.enterpriseengineeringnetwork.org/_). Sponsor since 2009. · The ORM Foundation (_http://www.ormfoundation.org/_).

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Background*:

The field of information systems analysis and design includes numerous information modeling methods and notations (e.g. ER, ORM, UML, ArchiMate, EPC, BPMN, DEMO) that are typically evolving. Even with some attempts to standardize (e.g. UML for object-oriented software design), new modeling methods are constantly being introduced, many of which differ only marginally from previous approaches. These ongoing changes significantly impact the way information systems, enterprises, and business processes are being analyzed and designed in practice.

The EMMSAD conference focuses on exploring, evaluating, and enhancing modeling methods and methodologies for the analysis and design of information systems, enterprises, and business processes. Though the need for such studies is well recognized, 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 modeling 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. EMMSAD’2011 is the sixteenth in a very successful series of EMMSAD events, previously held in Heraklion, Barcelona, Pisa, Heidelberg, Stockholm, Interlaken, Toronto, Velden, Riga, Porto, Luxembourg, Trondheim, Montpellier, Amsterdam and Hammamet. *

Topics of Interest*:

Relevant topics include (but are not limited to) theoretical and/or empirical or case-based exploration of modeling methods and methodologies in a systems analysis and design context. The topics of interest include general modeling issues such as: · Modeling languages · The process of modeling · Quality of models & modeling · Experiences in modeling · Theoretical/philosophical foundations of modeling

and/or specific modeling strategies or aspects, including (but not limited to): · Agile Modeling · Business Process Modeling and Improvement · Business Rule Modeling · Database Modeling · Enterprise Modeling, Architecture, and Governance · Goal and Value Modeling · Information Modeling (ER, ORM etc.) · Meta-modeling · Method Engineering · Mobile and Ubiquitous Information Systems · Model-Driven Engineering · Object Oriented Methods and Methodologies · Ontologies and the Semantic Web · Requirements modeling · Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) · Unified Modeling Language (UML) and Unified Process (UP) · Workflow Modeling · Web information systems *

Important dates***(2011):

Paper submissions: February 26 Notification of acceptance: March 22 Camera-ready copies: April 10 Conference: June 20-21 *

Submission guidelines**:*

The conference accepts two types of submissions—/Completed Research/ and /Research-In-Progress/. Completed research papers should include analysis of data and discussion on research findings. Research-in-progress papers report on research that is well under way with preliminary results available at the time of the conference. Please use the following format for your submissions:

· For Completed Research submissions, the paper 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. · For Research-In-Progress submissions, the paper should not exceed 10 pages (including references and appendices). · The first page should begin with the title of the paper, author names (contact author underlined), affiliations, and e-mail addresses, followed by an abstract of no more than 150 words. · Use 10 point font for the bulk of the body text.

Only electronic submissions in Adobe PDF format are accepted. E-mail your abstract as an attachment to _terry.halpin@logicblox.com_ mailto:terry.halpin@logicblox.com. Submit the full paper using the conference management system available at _ __http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=emmsad2011_.

Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings, which will be available at the workshop, and should use the Springer LNBIP style (for details, see _http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html_). Top papers in the completed research category may also be considered (after extension and enhancement) either for chapters in a book to be edited by the conference co-chairs, or for journal publications in the International Journal of Information System Modeling and Design (_http://www.igi-global.com/Bookstore/TitleDetails.aspx?TitleId=1157&Detai... http://www.igi-global.com/Bookstore/TitleDetails.aspx?TitleId=1157&DetailsType=Description). *

EMMSAD Steering Committee* Dr Keng Siau University of Nebraska-LincolnUSA Dr Terry Halpin LogicBlox, Australia, and INTI International University, Malaysia Dr John Krogstie Norwegian Institute of Science and Technology,Norway

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EMMSAD’2011 Co-chairs*: Dr Terry Halpin LogicBlox, Australia, and INTI International University, Malaysia Dr Erik Proper Public Research Centre Henri Tudor, Luxembourg, and Radboud University Nijmegen,The Netherlands Dr John Krogstie Norwegian Institute of Science and Technology,Norway

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Program committee*: Stephan Aier University of St. Gallen, Switzerland Antonia Albani Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Herman Balsters University of Groningen, The Netherlands Annie Becker Florida Institute of Technology, USA Giuseppe Berio University of Torino, Italy Linda Bird National E-Health Transition Authority, Australia Peter Bollen Maastricht University, The Netherlands Nacer Boudjlida Loria, France Sjaak Brinkkemper Utrecht University, The Netherlands Andy Carver INTI International University, Malaysia Olga De Troyer Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium David Embley Brigham Young University, USA Mathias Ekstedt KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden John Erickson University of Nebraska-Omaha, USA Gordon Everest University of Minnesota, USA Peter Fettke Institute for Information Systems (IWi) at the DFKI, Germany Ulrich Frank University of Duisberg-Essen, Germany Andrew Gemino Simon Fraser University, Canada Reimingijus Gustas Karlstad University, Sweden Wolfgang Hesse University of Marburg, Germany Stijn Hoppenbrouwers Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands Mike Jackson Birmingham City University, United Kingdom Paul Johannesson Stockholm University, Sweden Pontus Johnson KTH - Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden Pericles Loucopoulos Loughborough University, UK Kalle Lyytinen Case Western Reserve University, USA Florian Matthes Technical University München, Germany Raimundas Matulevičius University of Tartu, Estonia Graham McLeod University of Cape Town, South Africa Jan Mendling Wolfgang Molnar Humboldt University, Berlin Public Research Centre Henri Tudor, Luxembourg Tony Morgan INTI International University, Malaysia Andreas L. Opdahl University of Bergen, Norway Hervé Panetto University Henri Poincaré Nancy I, France Barbara Pernici Politecnico di Milano, Italy Anne Persson University of Skövde, Sweden Michaël Petit University of Namur, Belgium Jolita Ralyté University of Geneva, Switzerland Sudha Ram University of Arizona, USA Colette Rolland University of Paris 1, France Kurt Sandkuhl Jönköping University, Sweden Peretz Shoval Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel Guttorm Sindre University of Trondheim, Norway Il Yeol Song Drexel University, USA Carson Woo University of British Columbia, USA Martin Zelm CIMOSA, Germany

* For more information on the workshop, please contact*:

Dr Terry Halpin E-mail: terry.halpin@logicblox.com

For general information about the CAiSE’2011 conference, see _http://www.caise2011.com_ http://www.caise2011.com/