-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [computational.science] Deadline Approaching: SIMPDA 2012 - 2nd International Symposium on Data-driven Process Discovery and Analysis Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 15:45:41 +0200 From: Fulvio Frati fulvio.frati@unimi.it Organization: "ICCSA" To: Computational Science Mailing List computational.science@lists.iccsa.org
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-- Second International Symposium on Data-driven Process Discovery and Analysis --
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IFIP Working Groups 2.6 and 2.12/12.4
18 -20 June, 2012 - Campione d?Italia, Italy
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About SIMPDA
With the increasing automation of business processes, growing amounts of process data become available. This opens new research opportunities for business process data analysis, mining and modeling. The aim of the IFIP 2.6 - 2.12 International Symposium on Data-Driven Process Discovery and Analysis is to offer a forum where researchers from different communities and the industry can share their insight in this hot new field.
The symposium will feature a number of keynotes illustrating new approaches, shorter presentations on recent research, a competitive PhD seminar, and selected research and industrial demonstrations. All this in the charming setting of Campione d?Italia, the Italian enclave surrounded by Swiss territory, on the shores of Lake Lugano.
SIMPDA 2012 is jointly conducted with IEEE DEST-CEE 2012 (IEE International Conference on Digital Ecosystem Technologies and Complex Environment Engineering http://sesar.dti.unimi.it/DEST2012/).
This acknowledges the key role of business process data modeling, representation and privacy-aware analysis for Digital Ecosystems.
Important Dates
Submission of Full Papers: 15 April 2012 extended 30 April 2012
Submission of PhD Research Plans: 15 April 2012 extended 30 April 2012
Notification of Acceptance: 25 May 2012
Submission of Camera Ready Papers: 05 June 2012
Call for Papers
SIMPDA 2012 offers a unique opportunity to present new approaches and research results to researchers and practitioners working in business process data modeling, representation and privacy-aware analysis. Full papers must not exceed 15 pages. Short papers are limited to at most 4 pages. All papers must be original contributions, not previously published or under review for publication elsewhere. All contributions must be written in English.
Accepted papers will be published in a pre-proceedings volume with an ISBN. The authors of the accepted papers will be invited to submit extended articles to a post-symposium proceedings volume, which will be published in the LNBIP series (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, http://www.springer.com/series/7911), scheduled for late 2012.
Keynote Speakers
Marlon Dumas - University of Tartu
Title: On the Convergence of Data and Process Engineering
Ronal Maier - University of Innsbruck
Title: What happened to my idea? Process analysis for collaboration and knowledge maturing
Jan Mendling - Vienna University of Economics
Title: Implications from Empirical Research for Business Process Modeling
Manfred Hauswirth - National University of Ireland
Title: Linking the real world
Call for PhD Research Plans
The SIMPDA PhD Seminar is a workshop for Ph.D. students from all over the world. The goal of the Seminar is to help students with their thesis and research plans by providing feedback and general advice on how to use their research results. Students interested in participating in the Seminar should submit an extended abstract describing their research. Submissions can relate to any aspect of Process Data: technical advances, usage and impact studies, policy analyses, social and institutional implications, theoretical contributions, interaction and design advances, innovative applications, and social implications. Research plans should be at most of 4 page long and should be organized following the following structure:
- Abstract: summarizes, in 5 line, the research aims and significance.
- Research Question: defines what will be accomplished by eliciting the relevant the research questions
- Background: defines the background knowledge providing the 5 most relevant references (papers or books).
- Significance: explains the relevance of the general topic and of the specific contribution.
- Research design and methods: describes and motivates the method adopted focusing on: assumptions, solutions, data sources, validation of results, limitations of the approach.
- Research stage: describes what the student has done so far.
SIMPDA PhD award
A doctoral award will be recognized by the SIMPDA PhD Jury for the best research plan submitted.
Tutored research activities
Interested PhD students can apply to carry out pre-symposium tutored research activities. Such activities provide a unique way to identify research questions and will culminate with presentations to be given at the symposium.
In order to apply, please contact paolo.ceravolo@unimi.it
Student scholarships
An application for a limited number of scholarships aimed at students coming from emerging countries has been submitted to IFIP.
In order to apply, please contact paolo.ceravolo@unimi.it
Call for Demonstrations and Posters
Demonstrations showcase innovative technology and applications, allowing for sharing research work directly with colleagues in a high-visibility setting. Demonstration proposals should consist of a title, an extended abstract, and contact information for the authors, and should not exceed 2 pages. Posters allow the presentation of late-breaking results in an informal, interactive manner. Poster proposals should consist of a title, an extended abstract, contact information for the authors, and should not exceed 2 pages. Accepted demonstrations and posters will be presented at the symposium. Abstracts will appear in the proceedings.
--- ORGANIZATION ---
GENERAL CHAIRS
Paolo Ceravolo, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Philippe Coudre-Mauroux, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Dragan Gasevic, Athabasca University, Canada
ADVISORY BOARD
Tharam Dillon, DEBII, Curtin University, Australia
Ernesto Damiani, Università degli Studi di Milano
Moataz A. Ahmed, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia
Elizabeth Chang, DEBII, Curtin University, Australia
Erich Neuhold, University of Vienna, Austria
Karl Aberer, EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland
DEMONSTRATION AND SHOWCASE COMMITTEE
Elizabeth Chang, DEBII, Curtin University, Australia
Christian Guetl, Graz University of Technology, Austria
PUBLICITY CHAIR
Matthew Smith, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany
PhD. AWARD COMMITTEE
Gregorio Piccoli, Zucchetti spa, Italy
Paolo Ceravolo, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Farookh Hussain, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
WEB CHAIR
Fulvio Frati, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
--- ACCOMMODATION AND VENUE ---
Campione d'Italia is a town of about 2300 inhabitants set on the southeastern shore of Lake Lugano on a narrow strip of Italian land surrounded by Switzerland that boasts remarkable historical and artistic traditions. Campione d'Italia, is one of five European exclaves. All conference activities will take place in the Municipal Casino of Campione.
More info on: sesar.dti.unimi.it/SIMPDA2012 www.campioneitalia.com