[AISWorld] CfP: 4th International Workshop on Empirical Methods in Conceptual Modeling (EmpER'21 - co-located with ER 2021)

[Sotirios Liaskos]

* At a Glance
     . Submission Deadline: July 9th, 2021
     . Participation Format and Location: option between on-line and in 
person at St. John’s, Canada (co-located with ER'21)
     . Papers: Complete studies, designs or position papers (14 LNCS 
pages max).
     . Web site: https://emper-workshop.github.io/2021/

* Overview
Conceptual modeling has enjoyed substantial growth over the past decades 
  in diverse fields such as Information Systems Analysis, Software 
Engineering, Enterprise Architecture, Business Analysis and Business 
Process Engineering. A plethora of conceptual modeling languages, 
frameworks and systems have been proposed, promising to facilitate 
activities such as communication, design, documentation or decision 
making. Success in designing a conceptual modeling system is, however, 
predicated on demonstrably attaining language goals through observing 
their use in practical scenarios. At the same time, the way individuals 
and groups produce and consume models gives raise to cognitive, 
behavioral, organizational or other phenomena, whose systematic 
observation may help us better understand how models are used in 
practice and how we can make them more effective.

* Aim and Topics
We aim at bringing together researchers with an interest in the 
empirical investigation of conceptual modeling systems and practices. We 
  invite reports on finished, on-going or proposed empirical studies and 
  theoretical, review and experience papers about empirical research in 
conceptual modeling. Examples of contributions include but are not  limited:
     . Complete, on-going or planned empirical studies in Conceptual 
Modeling.
     . Literature reviews on empirical research in Conceptual Modeling.
     . Theoretical/philosophical positions on Empirical Conceptual 
Modeling.
     . Discussions/positions on statistical and methodological issues.
     . Lessons learned from past studies.

* Submissions
We solicit three types of papers:
     . Full study papers describing a completed study, including 
negative results and early exploratory efforts.
     . Work-in-progress papers describing a planned study or study in 
progress.
     . Position, vision and lessons papers about the use of empirical 
methods for conceptual modelling.

Maximum length for submissions is 14 LNCS pages max including 
references. The EmpER’21 accepted papers will be published within the ER 
Workshop proceedings, in the Springer LNCS Series.

* Format and Duration
The workshop will consist of paper presentations with an emphasis on 
discussion. Time permitting, papers presenting on-going studies will 
have a discussion session led by a designated member of the program 
committee.

* Location
The workshop is co-located with the 40th International Conference on 
Conceptual Modeling (ER 2021), which will take place in St. John’s, 
Canada. Format is blended and participants can join on-line or in-person.

* Important Dates
     . Submission date: July 9th, 2021
     . Workshop author notification: August 6th, 2021
     . Camera-ready submission: August 20th, 2021
     . Workshop date: 18th October, 2021 (to be confirmed)

* Workshop Organizers
     . João Araujo, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
     . Sotirios Liaskos, York University, Canada
     . Dominik Bork, TU Wien, Austria
     . Miguel Goulão, Universidade Nova de Lisboa