Forwarded message from [hasselbring@kub.nl] sent originally on Wed, 15 Dec 1999 11:12:34 +0100 (MET): : Third International Workshop on Engineering Federated Information : Systems (EFIS'2000) : : Dublin, Ireland : 12th-14th June 2000 : : http://www.compapp.dcu.ie/~efis2000/ : : Call for Papers : =============== : : After two successful International Workshops on Engineering : Federated Database (EFDBS) and Information Systems (EFIS) in : Barcelona and Kuehlungsborn, the goal of this third workshop is : to continue to bring together researchers and practitioners : interested in various issues in the development of Federated : Information Systems (FIS). The reports on the previous workshops : are available in ACM SIGMOD Record 26(4): 54-56, December 1997, : and 28(3): 9-11, September 1999. : : Engineering of Federated Information Systems is a research area : which addresses the systematic development of interoperation : solutions for autonomous, heterogeneous systems covering both : database and non-database information sources. As many examples : of information systems in application areas such as business, : finance, environmental science, and medicine show, there is an : increasing need to make information available through some form : of network (enterprise network or even the WWW), not only for : "global" applications, but also for local applications using : semantically related information. : : Both contributions with a strong theoretical and technical : background are welcome, in addition to contributions focusing on : domain knowledge and practical experience. Suitable topics : include (but are not limited to) the areas listed below. : : * Analysis, design and implementation of FIS : * CASE tool support for the development of FIS : * Software architectures for FIS : * Metadata management in FIS : * Managing heterogeneous information sources including semi-structured : data : * Experience with middleware platforms for building FIS : * Technological support for the integration of legacy systems : * Influence of the application domain on the Design of FIS : * Component-based engineering of FIS : * Evaluation of FIS approaches : : The selection of presentations is on the basis of submitted : papers (with a maximum of 10 pages). Please send the PostScript : or PDF file of your submission to hasselbring@kub.nl. You may : either send this as a MIME attachment or (preferred) as a URL : for download. Submissions in the format of any specific text : processing system such as MS-Word, Framemaker, or Latex cannot : be accepted. : : The papers are reviewed for presentation and inclusion in the : proceedings by the program committee: : : S. Conrad (University of Magdeburg, Germany) (co-chair) : B. Eaglestone (University of Sheffield, UK) : J. Grimson (Trinity College, Ireland) : W. Hasselbring (Tilburg University, The Netherlands) (co-chair) : A. Heuer (University of Rostock, Germany) : J. Keane (UMIST, UK) : A. Mester (Materna, Germany) : A. Ouksel (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA) : M. Roantree (Dublin City University, Ireland) (co-chair) : E. Rundensteiner (Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA) : G. Saake (University of Magdeburg, Germany) : F. Saltor (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Catalonia) : M. Schrefl (University of South Australia, Australia) : K. Subieta (Institute of Computer Science, Poland) : : It is planned to publish the proceedings with a scientific : publisher and to make it available to the participants at the : workshop. The authors of the best papers will be invited to : submit revised versions of their papers to be reviewed for : publication in the Australian Journal of Information Systems. : This event is sponsored by Materna GmbH, Dortmund, Germany. : : Important Dates: : Deadline for paper submission: 28 January 2000 : Notification of acceptance: 18 March 2000 : Camera-ready copy due: 07 April 2000 : Conference dates: 12-14 June 2000

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