-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] Springer Computing Special Issue: Models and Protocols for Digital Ecosystems - Call for Papers Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2012 10:06:31 +0200 From: Fulvio Frati fulvio.frati@unimi.it To: aisworld@lists.aisnet.org

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Call for Papers

Special Issue on Models and Protocols for Digital Ecosystems

Springer Computing Journal

http://www.springer.com/computer/journal/607

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Digital Ecosystems are an emerging paradigm capturing the behavior of

large-scale collaborating communities on the global ICT infrastructure.

Such behavior includes critical features like dynamicity of coalitions,

different data access paradigms (including the ones known as "big data"),

vulnerability to new types of attacks and support for innovative value

generation and sharing.

This special issue is open to researchers from both academia and industry

working on the Digital Ecosystem paradigm.

Topics of interest include:

1. Models for the design, verification, and validation of functional and

non-functional features of ecosystem coalitions.

2. Protocols and interaction techniques suitable for large-scale ecosystem

collaborations.

3. Design and access frameworks for ecosystem "big data" layers.

4. Value and revenue models for business ecosystems.

Contributions are sought on novel theoretical approaches, as well as on

practical experiences and experimental results regarding Digital Ecosystems.

* Important Dates

- December 15th, 2012: Paper Submission Deadline

- January 15th, 2013: Paper Notification

- February 28th, 2013: Submission of Revised Manuscript

- March 30th, 2013: Final Decision

- April 30th, 2013: Final Paper Due

- Mid-2013: Tentative Publication Date

* Guest Editors

- Prof. Ernesto Damiani

Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy

Email: ernesto.damiani@unimi.it mailto:ernesto.damiani@unimi.it

- Prof. Achim P. Karduck

Hochschule Furtwangen, Germany

Email: achim.karduck@hs-furtwangen.de mailto:achim.karduck@hs-furtwangen.de

- Prof. Moataz A. Ahmed

King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia

Email: moataz@kfupm.edu.sa mailto:moataz@kfupm.edu.sa

* Paper Submission

Papers submitted to this special issue for possible publication must be original

and must not be under consideration for publication in any other journal or

conference. Previously published or accepted conference papers must contain

at least 30% new material to be considered for the special issue. All papers are

to be submitted directly to Editorial Manager (https://www.editorialmanager.com/comp/).

All manuscripts must be prepared according to the journal publication guidelines that

can also be found on the journal website (http://www.springer.com/computer/journal/607).

Papers will be reviewed following the journal standard review process.

Please address inquiries to ernesto.damiani@unimi.it mailto:ernesto.damiani@unimi.it