[AISWorld] CFP: 2nd International Workshop on Next Generation Information Systems (NeGIS 2021)

[Monica Vitali]

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2nd International Workshop on Next Generation Information Systems: Emerging
Challenges in Fog and Cloud Computing (NeGIS 2021)

Co-located with CAiSE'21

29th June 2021Melbourne, Australia

www.negis.polimi.it

@ <https://twitter.com/EnBIS2016>NeGIS_workshop

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SCOPE

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The amount of data and services supported by Information Systems (ISs) has
increased exponentially during the last few years. To improve their
efficiency and reduce costs, modern organizations have been shifting their
services, with part of their ISs, to the Cloud. More recent developments
have shown an inversion towards decentralization and distribution of
applications and services in the huge pool of devices and computing
facilities available nearer to the customers. This shift is due to the
impact of the Internet of Things, which is further increasing the amount of
data to be stored and computed. The next generation of Information Systems
will further push these trends to create seamless and pervasive systems.
Fog Computing, in particular, is the last frontier for ISs, where data and
services can be moved in the continuum of resources between the cloud and
the edge.

In this context, the management of ISs can exploit the diversification of
the resources available, but at the same time is getting more and more
complex and challenging. The management of next-generation ISs should,
therefore,  take into consideration the heterogeneity of the cloud/fog
infrastructure. Such complex architecture is posing new challenges in the
management of modern applications, especially in reference to enhancement
of quality of service, security, privacy, and energy efficiency.  In
particular, security and privacy need to be considered for the amount of
sensitive data possibly produced, while energy efficiency is central, due
to the high amount of computational nodes involved. Approaches such as
blockchains and distributed learning can be exploited to face these
emerging challenges, but universally accepted solutions for next-generation
ISs are yet to be found.

In this workshop, we aim to collect contributions investigating the
management of cloud and fog computing in next-generation Information
Systems.

Topics include but are not limited to:

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   Modeling, Monitoring, and Managing Cloud and Fog computing solutions
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   Models, methods, and tools for data management in Cloud and Fog Computing
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   Energy-awareness and sustainability in Distributed Information Systems
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   Quality of Service, energy efficiency and security in Fog Computing
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   Blockchain proposals for IoT and edge devices
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   Blockchain-based architectures for Fog Computing
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   Distributed and Federated Learning in heterogeneous Information Systems
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   Synergy between  Distributed Information Systems and the Internet of
   Things
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   Security and privacy solutions for next-generation Information Systems.



Negis2021 will be co-located in Melbourne with the 33rd International
Conference on Advanced Information Systems (CAISE'21, 28 June-2 July 2021).

BEST PAPER AWARD

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The best paper will be considered for publication in the International
Journal of Cooperative Information Systems (IJCIS). To be selected the
paper must include a validation of the proposed approach. The authors of
the paper selected as the best paper will have to provide an extended
version for submission to a fast evaluation track.

KEY DATES

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Abstract submission: 22nd February 2021

Full paper submissions: 1st March 2021

Notification of acceptance: 6th April 2021

Camera-ready copies: 12th April 2021

Workshop: 29th June 2021


SUBMISSION

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The workshop is addressed to researchers with a background in the field of
Emerging Challenges of information systems in Cloud and Fog Computing.
Contributions will be evaluated for their relevance to the workshop topics
and will be blind reviewed by at least three PC members. The workshop will
be divided into two main parts. In the first part, authors of accepted
papers will present their work. This part will be divided into sessions
according to the topics that emerged from the contributions. The second
part will be a round table for discussing issues and solutions, aiming at
enhancing collaboration.

Contributions are accepted in the form of:

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   Full Papers describe original solutions (theoretical, methodological or
   conceptual) in the field of sustainable IS engineering.
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   Short Papers describe an initial approach towards an innovative idea in
   the field of sustainable IS engineering.


Papers should be submitted in PDF format. The results described must be
unpublished and must not be under review elsewhere. Submissions must
conform to Springer’s LNBIP format and should not exceed 12 pages (6 pages
for short papers), including all text, figures, references, and appendices.

Authors should consult Springer’s authors’ guidelines
<https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines>
and use their proceedings templates, either for LaTeX or Word, for the
preparation of their papers. Springer encourages authors to include their

ORCIDs <https://goo.gl/hbsa4D> in their papers. In addition, the
corresponding author of each paper, acting on behalf of all of the authors
of that paper, must complete and sign a Consent-to-Publish form. The
corresponding author signing the copyright form should match the
corresponding author marked on the paper. Once the files have been sent to
Springer, changes relating to the authorship of the papers cannot be made.

ORGANIZATION

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Workshop Chairs:

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   Mattia Salnitri, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
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   Tong Li, Beijing University of Technology, China
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   Monica Vitali, Politecnico di Milano, Italy


Program Committee:

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   Marco Aiello, Full Professor, University of Stuttgart, Germany
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   Achim Brucker, Full professor University of Exeter, UK
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   Georges Da Costa, Associate Professor, IRIT, University of Toulouse,
   France
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   Vasiliki Diamantopoulou, Adjunct Professor, University of the Aegean,
   Greece
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   Christina Herzog, Researcher, IRIT, University of Toulouse, France
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   Carlo Mastroianni, Researcher, ICAR-CNR, Italy
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   Giovanni Meroni, Research Assistant, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
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   Haris Mouratidis, Full professor, University of Brighton, UK
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   John Mylopoulos, Visiting Researcher, University of Ottawa, Canada
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   Pierluigi Plebani, Researcher, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
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   Patricia Stolf, Associate Professor, IRIT, University of Toulouse, France
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   Haiyang Yu, Assistant Professor, Beijing University of Technology, China


CONTACTS

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Workshop website: www.negis.polimi.it

Workshop mail account: negis.workshop at gmail.com

Workshop twitter account: @NeGIS_workshop
<https://twitter.com/NeGIS_workshop>