Forwarded message from [schoop@INFORMATIK.RWTH-AACHEN.DE (Mareike Schoop)] sent originally on Mon, 1 May 2000 13:54:20 +0200: : CALL FOR PAPERS : : The Fifth International Workshop on the : Language-Action Perspective on Communication Modelling : -- LAP 2000 -- : : 14 - 16 September 2000, Aachen, Germany : : 20 years of Language-Action Perspective: : Time to look back - time to move forward : : http://www-i5.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/conf/lap2000/ : : ________________________________________________________________________________ : : Important Dates *** NEW DEADLINES *** : : Submission of papers 22 May 2000 : Submission of posters 19 June 2000 : Notification of acceptance 03 July 2000 : Submission of final version 01 August 2000 : : ________________________________________________________________________________ : : Objectives : : Information technology has seen radical changes in the last two decades : with systems to support cooperation and communication playing an : ever-increasing role. In today's society, communication is present in many : different facets, e.g. face-to-face dialogues, telephone conversations, : email messages, information exchanges of agents, or negotiation in : Electronic Commerce. Communication is the key to smooth cooperation. : Individuals working in groups coordinate their actions through : communication. Communication modelling has been studied for more than two : decades. Since 1980 a new paradigm has evolved in the field of information : systems which emphasises the importance of communication in an : organisational context: The Language-Action Perspective (LAP) which argues : that language is not only used for exchanging information as in reports, : statements etc. but also to perform actions, e.g. promises, orders, : declarations. The LAP approach states that as social action is mediated : through communication, one of the main roles of an information system : should be to support intra- and inter-organisational communication. : : In Electronic Commerce (EC), messages are exchanged between companies that : might come from different countries or even different continents. : Therefore, inter- organisational communication plays a key role in EC. It : is vital that the messages are unambiguous and that the resulting : obligations are clear for all business partners. The area of electronic : commerce is one of the main challenges of LAP in the new millennium. : Therefore, one focus of the workshop will be on research dealing with : Electronic Commerce. : : Twenty years of LAP are a good occasion for looking back to the beginnings : and for assessing what has been done in the past. What assumptions are : still valid? What needs to be adapted? More importantly, two decades of : LAP are a good reason to move forward and assess what LAP has to offer for : work in current lines of research such as E-Commerce, intelligent systems, : or new system architectures. Why is LAP more or less appropriate in : certain contexts? These are questions that will be addressed in the : workshop. : : ________________________________________________________________________________ : : Call for Submissions : : We encourage submissions concerning all topics related to the : Language-Action : Perspective and communication modelling, including (but not limited to) : the : following: : : * Electronic Commerce : * System architectures : * Intelligent agents : * Practical experiences with LAP : * Computer-Supported Cooperative Work : * Document Management : * Process Modelling : * Organisational Semiotics : * Formal aspects : * Empirical Modelling : * Reassessment of LAP : * Theoretical underpinnings of LAP : * Comparisons of LAP with other theories and approaches : : Submissions can have the following forms : * Full research papers should describe innovative and original research in : any of the above or related topics. Submissions are limited to 15 pages. : * Posters should address academic or industrial approaches, including work : in progress, related to the workshop theme. We particularly want to : encourage junior researchers to submit their work in this category. : Submissions are limited to 4 pages. : : ________________________________________________________________________________ : : Programme Committee : : Chair: Mareike Schoop, Aachen University of Technology (Germany) : : Jens Allwood, Goeteborg University (Sweden) : Jan Dietz, Delft University of Technology (Netherlands) : Frank Dignum, Eindhoven University of Technology (Netherlands) : Owen Eriksson, Dalarna University (Sweden) : Goeran Goldkuhl, Linkoeping University(Sweden) : Ronald Lee, Erasmus University Rotterdam (Netherlands) : Jan Ljungberg, Goeteborg University (Sweden) : Kalle Lyytinen, University of Jyvaeskylae (Finland) : Ian McChesney, University of Ulster (UK) : Raul Medina-Mora, Action Technologies (USA) : Wolfgang Prinz, GMD FIT (Germany) : Victor van Reijswoud, Devote (Netherlands) : Carla Simone, University of Turin (Italy) : Yao-Hua Tan, Erasmus University Rotterdam (Netherlands) : James Taylor, University of Montreal (Canada) : Hans Weigand, Tilburg University (Netherlands) : Guy Widdershoven, Maastricht University (Netherlands) : Terry Winograd, Stanford University (USA) : Carson Woo, University of British Columbia (Canada) : : Organising Committee : : Chair: Christoph Quix, Aachen University of Technology : Irene Wicke, Aachen University of Technology : ________________________________________________________________________________ : : Further Information : : http://www-i5.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/conf/lap2000/ : : Enquiries can be made to lap2000@i5.informatik.rwth-aachen.de : : ÿÿStart of ISWorld List Footer ÿÿ : ISWorld list is a service of the Association for Information Systems (AIS) : (http://www.aisnet.org) hosted at University College Dublin. 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