-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] Last ER 2018 CfP (deadline April 10th) / 8 other reasons to submit, and more will be disclosed later... Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2018 14:32:58 +0200 From: Selmin Nurcan selmin.nurcan@univ-paris1.fr To: aisworld@lists.aisnet.org

Dear Colleagues,

The 37th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling (ER 2018), will be held in Xi'an, one of the historical capitals of China, from the 22d to the 25th of October, 2018.

The whole ER 2018 team is extending a warm invitation to you to participate in and to contribute to ER 2018.

The submission of ER papers will be open until April 10th.

You have plenty of reasons to submit a paper and to participate to ER 2018:

- Five ER 2018 Workshops

- International Workshop on Empirical Methods in Conceptual Modeling (EmP-ER 2018) - 7th International Workshop on Modeling and Management of Big Data (MoBiD 2018) - 5th International Workshop on Conceptual Modeling in Requirements Engineering and Business Analysis (MREBA 2018) - 5th International Workshop on Quality of Modeling and Modeling of Quality (QMMQ 2018) - International Workshop on Characterizing the Field of Conceptual Modelling (CFCM 2018)

- Call for tutorials is now OPEN (http://www.nwpu-bioinformatics.com/ER2018/calls.php#content); you can actively participate to ER 2018 also by submitting a Tutorial proposal - Call for demos is now OPEN (http://www.nwpu-bioinformatics.com/ER2018/calls.php#content); you can actively participate to ER 2018 also by submitting a Demo paper - Call for PhD papers is now OPEN (http://www.nwpu-bioinformatics.com/ER2018/calls.php#content); the PhD students have the opportunity to present and discuss their research and to interact with other researchers, experts in the field of conceptual modeling, who can provide feedback on their research.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for papers

37th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling (ER 2018) October 22-25, 2018

http://www.nwpu-bioinformatics.com/ER2018/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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The International Conference on Conceptual Modeling (ER) is the leading international forum for presenting and discussing current research on conceptual modeling. The topics of interest span the entire spectrum of conceptual modeling: theories of concepts underlying conceptual modeling, methods and tools for developing and communicating conceptual models, techniques for transforming conceptual models into effective implementations, and the impact of conceptual modeling techniques on databases, business strategies and information systems development.

We solicit submission of original research, as well as experience and vision papers, from both researchers and practitioners, welcoming any topic where conceptual modeling is a major theme. We specifically encourage submissions on the application and role of conceptual modeling techniques in new and emerging areas such as large data repositories for business intelligence, cloud computing and NoSQL databases.

Specific examples of topics of interest include, but are not limited to, conceptual modeling as applied to:

- Foundations and Concept Formalization - Domain Specific Conceptual Modeling Languages, Methods and Frameworks - Methodologies and Tools for Conceptual Design - Data Warehousing, Data Mining, Business Intelligence and Analytics - NoSQL and NewSQL Databases - Big Data - Semantic Web, Cloud Computing, and Web Information Systems - Ontological and Cognitive Foundations for Conceptual Modeling - Quality and Metrics of Conceptual Models - Patterns and Reuse - Data Semantics and Integrity Constraints - Interleaving Modeling and Development - Integration of Conceptual Models and Database Schemas - Schema Evolution and Management of Database Constraints - Metadata and Applications - Spatial, Temporal, and Multimedia Aspects in Conceptual Models - Semi-structured Data and XML - Empirical Studies of Conceptual Modeling - Requirements Engineering - Reverse Engineering and Roundtrip Engineering - Information Retrieval, Filtering, Classification, Summarization, and Visualization - Human-Computer Interaction - Advanced and Cross-Disciplinary Applications of Conceptual Models - Enterprise Business Models, Enterprise Architectures and Service-Oriented Architectures - Business Process Modeling - Industry 4.0, Factory of the Future and Internet of Things - Applications to Bioinformatics, Ambient Assistance, Cyber Security, and Privacy - Role of Conceptual Modeling in Social Networks, Mobile Computing, Deep Learning, Internet of Objects, Serious Games and Pedagogical Models, etc.

****** IMPORTANT DATES ******

Paper Abstract submission: April 3, 2018 Full paper submission: April 10, 2018 Author Notification: June 5, 2018 Camera-ready paper submission: June 25, 2018

Conference: October 22-25, 2018

****** SUBMISSION GUIDELINES ******

Since the proceedings will be published by Springer in the LNCS series, authors must submit manuscripts using the LNCS style. See http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html for style files and details. The page limit for submitted papers (as well as for final, camera-ready papers) is 14. Manuscripts not submitted in the LNCS style or exceeding the page limit will not be reviewed and automatically rejected.

A paper submitted to ER 2018 may not be under review for any other conference or journal during the time it is being considered for ER 2018. Submitted papers must demonstrate to be aware of the state-of-the art literature in conceptual modeling by properly citing relevant papers in the field.

Submission to ER 2018 will be electronically managed via EasyChair. Authors are asked to submit an abstract first, and then to upload the full paper. Submitted papers must demonstrate awareness of the state-of-the-art of the literature in conceptual modeling by properly citing relevant papers in the field.

Submission is via EasyChair: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=er2018

****** CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION ******

General Co-Chairs: Zhanhuai Li, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China Tok Wang Ling, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Program Committee Co-chairs: Juan-Carlos Trujillo Mondéjar, Universidad de Alicante, Spain Karen Davis, Miami University, USA Xiaoyong Du, Renmin University of China, China

Workshop Co-chairs: Carson Woo, University of British Columbia, Canada Jiaheng Lu, University of Helsinki, Finland

Tutorial Co-chairs: Gillian Dobbie, University of Auckland, New Zealand Matteo Golfarelli, University of Bologna , Italy

Panel Co-chairs: Carlo Batini, University of Milano Bicocca, Italy Ernest Teniente, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain

Poster/Tool Demonstration Co-chairs: Qun Chen, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China Zhifeng Bao, RMIT, Australia,

Ph.D. Symposium Co-chairs: Xavier Franch, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain Chaokun Wang, Tsinghua University, China

SCME ( Symposium on Conceptual Modeling Education) Co-chairs: Isabelle Comyn-Wattiau, ESSEC Business School, France Hui Ma, Victoria University of Wellington

Local Organizing Chair: Xuequn Shang, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China

Publicity Co-chairs: Bin Cui, School of EECS, Peking University, China Moon Kun Lee, Chonbuk National University, Korea Mengchi Liu, Carleton University, Canada, Selmin Nurcan, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France

Web Master: Jialu Hu, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China

****** FOR MORE INFORMATION ******

http://www.nwpu-bioinformatics.com/ER2018/