[AISWorld] Prel. CfP: Standardisation and Innovation in IT - SIIT 2017

Kai Jakobs kai.jakobs at comsys.rwth-aachen.de
Thu Jul 28 08:06:52 EDT 2016 

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First Preliminary Call for Papers

10th International Conference on
Standardization and Innovation in Information Technology (SIIT) 

Autumn 2017
University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), Beijing, China


Standards for the convergence of technologies, services, applications and regions
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When the globe becomes more interconnected, by the internet, mobile applications, cloud computing, 5G and the IoT, standards are the mechanism of global interconnection. When infrastructure technologies converge to enable new fields of applications (like e-health, the smart grid or intelligent transport systems) standards represent the foundation upon which both infrastructure and applications are based. And when applications and services become increasingly international, they too incorporate scores of standards without which they simply wouldn't function in a global environment.

SIIT 2017 in Beijing China will bring together leaders from, among others, technology, economics, social science, standardization, policy and law to discuss and learn more about the impact of this global convergence on standards and standardization, and vice versa.

Since 1998, SIIT conferences aim at bringing together academia, government and industry participants engaged in standardization to foster the exchange of insights and views on all issues surrounding standards, standardization, interoperability and innovation. Contributing academic disciplines include, but are not limited to: Business Studies, Computer Science, Economics, Engineering, History, Information Systems, Law, Management Studies and Sociology. 

Topics
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All types of papers are welcome that foster our understanding of interoperability, innovation and standards (e.g. theoretical, empirical, case studies). Topics include, but are certainly not limited to: 

 - Standards to support technical convergence
 - Converging regional and international standards regimes?!
 - Do regional standards still have a right to exist?
 - Impact of standards (e.g. on innovation, competition, convergence)
 - Standardization in developing countries
 - Standardization and innovation 
 - Standards, intellectual property rights and antitrust law
 - Open standards, open source, open innovation
 - Standardization policies and regulation
 - Alternative interoperability strategies 
 - Adoption, implementation and diffusion of standards
 - Standardization management and strategies
 - Standards setting processes and organizations 
 - Economics of standards
 - Standards legitimacy
 - Standards education
 - History of standardization
 - ...

Paper Submissions
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SIIT 2017 accepts submissions which must be original (unpublished) and follow IEEE formatting guidelines. Authors' names and affiliations should appear on a separate cover page only, which should also identify the type of the submission:

- Academic papers will frequently adopt a more theoretical approach and will inform academics as well as, ideally, practitioners.

- Industry papers address relevant topics from a more practical perspective and should also help 'ground' academic research.

- Presentation papers are intended for presentation only. They will not be published in the conference proceedings in order to allow their publication elsewhere (relevant to certain fields of science). 

Papers in the above categories should not exceed 10 pages (including figures, references, etc.).

- Poster papers should not exceed 2 pages and will typically report work in progress.

All papers will undergo a double blind peer-review process. Authors may submit more than one paper, but each author will be allowed to present only one paper during the conference. At least one author of each accepted paper is required to register with the conference and present the paper. The conference organisers reserve the right to exclude a paper from inclusion in the proceedings and distribution after the conference if the paper is not presented at the conference.

The paper submission guidelines will be published in due course.
We plan to make Industry/Academic papers also available through IEEE Xplore. Their authors must comply with the IEEE policy on plagiarism including self-plagiarism; authors of papers accepted for publication will be asked to sign an IEEE Copyright Form. Outstanding papers will be considered for inclusion in the International Journal on Standardisation Research (IJSR).

Important Dates
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Submissions due:	            April 2017 
Notification of acceptance:	 June 2017
Final paper due:	            July 2017
All information about the conference will be announced at http://www.SIIT2017.org (not yet live).

Travel Grants
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We expect to be able to offer travel grants for students and for attendees from developing countries. Please contact Kai Jakobs 
<Kai.Jakobs at comsys.rwth-aachen.de>.

Patronage Opportunities
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Different patronage packages are available to companies and organizations that would like to be visible at this event. Please contact <info at siit2017.org>.

Previous SIIT Conferences
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1999	RWTH Aachen Univ., DE	2009	Kogakuin Univ., Tokyo, JP
2001	Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, US 	2011	TU Berlin, Berlin, DE
2003	Delft University of Technology, NL	2013 	ETSI, Sophia-Antipolis, FR
2005	ITU, Geneva, CH	2015	Synopsys, Sunnyvale, US
2007	Univ. of Calgary, CA


Further Information
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Please contact Ken Krechmer <info at siit2017.org>


Advisory Board (tbc) (tbe)
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Carl Cargill, Adobe, US
Jochen Friedrich, IBM, DE
Alexander Gelman, IEEE, US
Yong Huang, UIEB, CN
Stéphane Tronchon, Qualcomm, US
Andrew Updegrove, Gesmer & Updegrove, US

Technical Program Committee (tbc) 
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Tineke Egyedi, DIRoS, NL, Co-Chair
Mostafa Hashem Sherif, AT&T, US, Co-Chair
Martin Adolph, ITU, CH
Nitin Aggarwal, SJSU, US
Rudi Bekkers, TU Eindhoven, NL
Paolo Bellavista, U. Bologna, IT
Karl Best, PMI, US
Knut Blind, TU Berlin & FhG FOKUS, DE
Nils Brunsson, Uppsala U., SE
Raluca Bunduchi, U. of Edinburgh, UK
Simao Campos, ITU, CH
Donggeun Choi, KSA, KR
Erwin Folmer, TNO, NL
Vladislav Fomin, Vytautas Magnus U., LT
Andrea Fried, U. of Linköping, SE
Mehmet Gencer, Istanbuk Bilgi U., TR
Martina Gerst, Tsinghua U., CN
Daniele Gerundino, ISO, CH
Ian Graham U. of Edinburgh, UK
Linda Garcia, Georgetown U., US
Stephan Gauch, TU Berlin, DE 
Richard Hawkins, U. of Calgary, CA
Stefan Henningsson, Copenhagen Business School, DK 
Eric Iversen, NIFU, NO
Kai Jakobs, RWTH Aachen U., DE
Geerten van de Kaa, TU Delft, NL 
Thomas Kalling, U. of Lund, SE
Ken Krechmer, US
Dirk Kuhlmann, HP, UK
Heejin Lee, Yonsei U., KR
Aija Leiponen, Imperial College, UK
Bjorn Lundell, U. of Skövde, SE
Kalle Lyytinen, Case Western Reserve U., US 
Axel Mangelsdorf, BAM, DE 
Arturas Medeisis, ITU, CH 
Anne Mione, U. of Montpellier, FR
Tim Pohlmann, IPlytics, DE 
Roy Rada, UMBC, US
Cesare Riillo, STATEC, LU 
Andrew Russell, Stevens Institute of Technology, US 
Tim Schoechle, US
DongBack Seo, Chungbuk National U., KR
Xiaobai Shen U. of Edinburgh, UK
Jan Smits, TU Eindhoven, NL
Michael Spring, U. of Pittsburgh, US
Kees Stuurman, van Doorne NV, NL
Yatin Trivedi, Synopsys, US 
Klaus Turowski, U. of Magdeburg, DE
Taavi Valdlo, RISO, EE 
Jack Verhoosel, TNO, NL
Willem Wakker, ACE, NL 
Marc van Wegberg, U. of Maastricht, NL 
Robert van Wessel, ApexIS, NL
Reinhard Weissinger, ISO, CH
Robin Williams, U. of Edinburgh, UK
Simone Wurster, TU Berlin, DE

SIIT Steering Committee
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Ken Krechmer, US, Chair
Yatin Trivedi, Synopsys, US, Co-Chair
Nitin Aggarwal, SJSU, US
Tineke Egyedi, DIRoS, NL 
Linda Garcia, Georgetown U., US
Kai Jakobs, RWTH Aachen U., DE 
Anne Layne-Farrar, Charles River Associates, US
Timothy Schoechle, CU, US
Mostafa Hashem Sherif, AT&T, US
Elisabeth Wang, Compass Lexecon, CN
Xin (Roger) Zhang, East & Concord Partners

Local Organizing Committee (tba)
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Kai Jakobs

RWTH Aachen University
Computer Science Department
Informatik 4 (Communication and Distributed Systems)
Ahornstr. 55, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
Tel.: +49-241-80-21405
Fax:  +49-241-80-22222
Kai.Jakobs at comsys.rwth-aachen.de 
<http://www.comsys.rwth-aachen.de/team/kai-jakobs/>

EURAS - The European Academy for Standardisation. 
<http://www.euras.org>

The International Journal of Standardization Research. 
<http://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-standardization-research-ijsr/145878>

The 'Advances in Information Technology Standards and Standardization Research' book series.
<http://www.igi-global.com/Bookstore/TitleDetails.aspx?TitleId=37142>

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