Dear List maanger,<BR>The announcement for the Handbook of Research on Pharmacoinformatics sent by me to the list did not appear despite the fact that message 2 below is related to it. Please resnd it again if possible as it does not open.<BR> <BR>Regards<BR>Sincerely<BR>Tagelsir <BR>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=HTMLBody align=center><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Handbook of Research on Pharmacoinformatics: Technologies, Theories and Applications<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=HTMLBody align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MV Boli'">A book edited by Dr. Tagelsir Mohamed Gasmelseid<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=HTMLBody align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MV Boli'">King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=HTMLBody align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MV Boli'">To be published by IGI Global<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=HTMLBody align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MV Boli'">This publication is part of the Advances in Knowledge Management (AKM) Book Series found at </SPAN><A href="http://www.igi-global.com/akm"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MV Boli'">http://www.igi-global.com/akm</SPAN></A><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MV Boli'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MV Boli'">Within the context of integrated health management domains, pharmacoinformatics aims at maximizing the benefits from the use of information systems and technologies for the provision of decision support tools necessary for improved drug management, use and administration practices. Such tools are also used to </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'">improve <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>patients’ knowledge about drugs administration and the consequences of adverse drug events. Emphasis over years, continued to be made on computer-based manufacturing applications in the field of drug analysis, testing and production. Little effort are being directed towards understanding the role of pharmacoinformatics in improving the efficiency and effectiveness of health authorities, pharmacists and other medical staff, patients and the community at large to improve pharmaceutical care. The importance of understanding these dimensions stems from the growing medical and clinical complexities on the one hand, and the outstanding technological improvements witnessed in many hospitals in response to the adoption of e-health paradigms including the use of electronic medical records and integrated hospital management.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-outline-level: 1" class=HTMLBody><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MV Boli'">Objective of the Book<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MV Boli'">This book will aim to provide relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest empirical research findings in the area. It will be written for professionals who want to improve their understanding of the strategic role of pharmacoinformatics in the improvement of functional processes and improved awareness, attitudes and communication. </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'">The overall objective of the proposed publication is </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: TTE1E7E190t00">to gather in an integrated pattern high quality publications providing current, current edge and provocative scientific work in the abovementioned three domains of pharmacoinformatics: decision making domains, </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'">knowledge utilization and representation environment and the </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: TTE1E7E190t00">technological and infrastructural context. </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MV Boli'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-outline-level: 1" class=HTMLBody><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MV Boli'">Target Audience<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=HTMLBody><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MV Boli'">The target audience of this book will be composed of professionals and researchers working in many fields including medicine and health, information and knowledge management, management, communication sciences, administrative sciences, <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>education, media, sociology, computer science, and information technology. Moreover, the book will provide insights and support executives concerned with the management of expertise, knowledge, information and organizational development especially in hospital settings and health planning authorities. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-outline-level: 1" class=HTMLBody><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MV Boli'">Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt">Pharmacy management, Reporting Systems & Applications: </SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">topics related to the context of pharmacy management, approaches, systems and applications used for the identification and c</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">lassification of medical errors and preventable adverse events and </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">drug interactions, information exchange among medical staff and with patients, p<STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'">atients' perception and quality of pharmaceutical care, computerized physician order entry, </SPAN></STRONG></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'">web based pharmacoinformatics systems. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt">Pharmacoinformatics infrastructure</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt">: <SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">topics related to </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'">pharmacoinformatics information infrastructure and high performance systems, business intelligence and drug safety, peer-to-peer file sharing, semantic webs, artificial neural networks, <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>intelligent software agents and personal digital assistants, </SPAN><SPAN class=cit-article-title><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">communication</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'"> mobile</SPAN><SPAN class=cit-article-title><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> and technologies and </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'">handheld drug reference guides, knowledge management, information retrieval systems and i<STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'">nformation content optimization techniques, trans-dimensional Bayesian model and pattern recognition systems, </SPAN></STRONG>structured objects and vector machines, automated visualization<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>tools, relative reasoning rules and biodegradation pathway prediction frameworks. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'">Databases, information representation & modeling</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'">: </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">topics related to </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">databases and ontologies, </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'">cluster analysis and data and text mining, structural variation analysis, Standardized terminologies and classification schema and the 3D pharmaceutical structure data bases, </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">systems analysis of adverse drug events, </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'">time series analysis, recognition systems, and </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">risk-management databases, </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'">experimental data analysis and complex structure modeling, sequence logos, statistical analysis & microarray data analysis and dynamics simulation. </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<H1 style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" align=left><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MV Boli'">Submission Procedure<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H1>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MV Boli'">Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">on or before </I></SPAN><B><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin">July 30, 2010</SPAN></I></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MV Boli'">, a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">August 14, 2010</I></B> about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">October 15, 2010</I></B>. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.<SPAN class=MsoFootnoteReference> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MV Boli'">Publisher<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MV Boli'"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the “Information Science Reference” (formerly Idea Group Reference), “Medical Information Science Reference,” “Business Science Reference,” and “Engineering Science Reference” imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit </SPAN><A href="http://www.igi-global.com/"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MV Boli'">www.igi-global.com</SPAN></A><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MV Boli'">. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2011.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MV Boli'">Important Dates:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin">July 30, 2010</SPAN></B><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MV Boli'">:<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MV Boli'">Proposal Submission Deadline<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p></o:p></B></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MV Boli'; mso-bidi-font-style: italic">August 14, 2010</SPAN></B><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MV Boli'">:<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN></SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MV Boli'">Notification of Acceptance<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p></o:p></B></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MV Boli'; mso-bidi-font-style: italic">October 15, 2010</SPAN></B><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MV Boli'">:<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN></SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MV Boli'">Full Chapter Submission<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p></o:p></B></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MV Boli'">November 5, 2010:<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN></SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MV Boli'">Review Result Returned<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p></o:p></B></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoBodyText><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MV Boli'">February 4, 2010:<SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"> </SPAN></SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MV Boli'">Final Chapter Submission<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p></o:p></B></SPAN></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class=MsoNormal align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MV Boli'; mso-ansi-language: IT" lang=IT>E-mail: </SPAN><A href="mailto:tgasm@kfu.edu.sa"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MV Boli'; mso-ansi-language: IT" lang=IT>tgasm@kfu.edu.sa</SPAN></A><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Candara','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MV Boli'; mso-ansi-language: IT" lang=IT> & tagelsir.gasmelseid@gmail.com<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><BR><BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: aisworld-request@lists.aisnet.org<BR>Date: Monday, June 28, 2010 8:23 pm<BR>Subject: AISWorld Digest, Vol 8, Issue 30<BR>To: aisworld@lists.aisnet.org<BR><BR>> Send AISWorld mailing list submissions to<BR>> aisworld@lists.aisnet.org<BR>> <BR>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<BR>> http://lists.aisnet.org/mailman/listinfo/aisworld_lists.aisnet.org<BR>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<BR>> aisworld-request@lists.aisnet.org<BR>> <BR>> You can reach the person managing the list at<BR>> aisworld-owner@lists.aisnet.org<BR>> <BR>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<BR>> than "Re: Contents of AISWorld digest..."<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Today's Topics:<BR>> <BR>> 1. CFP - 6th IEEE Workshop on Broadband Wireless <BR>> Access (BWA) @Globecom - Extended <BR>> Deadline to 3rd July (Thomas Michael Bohnert)<BR>> 2. call for chapter prposals: handbook of research on<BR>> pharmacoinformatics (Tag Elsir Gasm)<BR>> 3. Research Position at Goethe University Frankfurt<BR>> (Christoph Rosenkranz)<BR>> 4. ICEB 2010 paper submission deadline is extended <BR>> (Dongsong Zhang)<BR>> 5. Guest professor in Information Security (Ann <BR>> H?gerfors) 6. CfP: RecSys 2010 International <BR>> Workshop on Information<BR>> Heterogeneity and Fusion in <BR>> Recommender Systems (HetRec 2010)<BR>> (Tsvi Kuflik)<BR>> 7. Final CfP ACIS 2010 Track "IT in Creative <BR>> Environments" (Seidel Stefan)<BR>> 8. ACM SAC DADS 2011 (Karl M. Goeschka)<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> -----------------------------------------------------------------<BR>> -----<BR>> <BR>> Message: 1<BR>> Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2010 22:16:51 +0200<BR>> From: Thomas Michael Bohnert <both@bothom.de><BR>> To: aisworld@lists.aisnet.org<BR>> Subject: [AISWorld] CFP - 6th IEEE Workshop on Broadband Wireless<BR>> Access (BWA) @Globecom - Extended Deadline to 3rd July<BR>> Message-ID: <201006272216.51078.both@bothom.de><BR>> Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-9"<BR>> <BR>> [Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of <BR>> this posting]<BR>> <BR>> Due to several requests, we are happy to announce an extended <BR>> deadline as of<BR>> July 3rd 2010!<BR>> <BR>> ===========================================================================<BR>> <BR>> 6th IEEE WORKSHOP ON BROADBAND WIRELESS ACCESS (BWA)<BR>> 6 Dec. 2010, Miami, US, http://ieee-bwaws.nginet.de/GLOBECOM2010/<BR>> <BR>> colocated with<BR>> <BR>> IEEE Global Communications Conference (IEEE GLOBECOM 2010) 6-10 <BR>> Dec. 2010,<BR>> Miami, US, www.ieee-globecom.org<BR>> <BR>> Paper Submission Deadline: 3 July 2010 (Extended)<BR>> <BR>> AIMS AND TOPICS<BR>> <BR>> Internet access is undergoing a fundamental change. More <BR>> powerful devices<BR>> and lower cost radio technologies are facilitating the <BR>> transition to the<BR>> Mobile Internet in which users can access a diverse range of <BR>> services and<BR>> applications anytime, anywhere. However, the huge increase in <BR>> demand that<BR>> this brings cannot easily be met by current radio access <BR>> systems. Hence,<BR>> there is a need for more powerful, more efficient, higher speed, <BR>> lower cost<BR>> radio technologies for Broadband Wireless Access.<BR>> <BR>> There is much energy within the community to develop more <BR>> advanced BWA<BR>> technologies - activities span the wireless domain, ranging from more<BR>> advanced antenna technologies to co-operative relays to mesh <BR>> networkingsystems and many more: future networks will likely <BR>> employ some mix of these<BR>> different mechanisms. We anticipate that this 6th workshop will <BR>> continue the<BR>> series of successful workshops, providing a forum for new <BR>> research results<BR>> and reports on practical experience working with innovative <BR>> technologies in<BR>> the domain of Broadband Wireless Access. The workshop, then, is <BR>> solicitingcontributions including but not limited to topics <BR>> listed below.<BR>> <BR>> * Incumbent and Future BWA Technologies, UMTS, HSPA, LTE, LTE-<BR>> Advanced,802.16x<BR>> * Self Configuring and Self Optimizing Networks<BR>> * Repeater, Mesh, Relay, Femto and Pico Base Station based Solutions<BR>> * Vehicular Networks<BR>> <BR>> * Radio Resource Management, Admission Control, Power Control <BR>> and Scheduling<BR>> * QoS and QoE in Mobile and BWA Networks<BR>> * Cross-Layer Optimization Concepts and Experimental Evaluation<BR>> * Multi-Antenna Technologies, Beamforming, Antenna Selection, Rank<BR>> Adaptation, etc.<BR>> * Single and Multiuser MIMO Techniques<BR>> * Cooperative and Collaborative Networking, Network MIMO<BR>> * Interference Mitigation, Cancellation, Coordination and Alignment<BR>> * Channel Estimation Techniques<BR>> <BR>> * Wireless Network Management<BR>> * Capacity Planning and Traffic Engineering<BR>> * Characterization of BWA Traffic<BR>> * Traffic, Mobility and Channel Models<BR>> * Design and Evaluation of Testbeds and Field Trials<BR>> * Experiences/Lessons from Recent Deployments<BR>> * Large-scale and Heterogeneous BWA Evaluations<BR>> <BR>> * Multi-Access Networks, Vertical and Horizontal Integration<BR>> * Interoperability Aspects (Fixed/Mobile LANs/MANs, WANs)<BR>> * Micro and Macro Mobility Management<BR>> * Multicarrier Operation and Carrier Aggregation<BR>> * Spectrum Management, Regulatory Issues<BR>> * Cognitive and Dynamic Spectrum Management Techniques<BR>> <BR>> * Alternative Network Deployments, Dense Networking<BR>> * Integration of Device to Device Communications to Cellular Networks<BR>> * Broadcasting and Multicasting in BWA Networks<BR>> * Green Networking and Energy Efficient Algorithms<BR>> * Network Coding and its Applications in Wireless Systems<BR>> <BR>> PAPER SUBMISSION<BR>> <BR>> Submitted papers must represent original material that is not <BR>> currentlyunder review in any other conference or journal, and <BR>> has not been previously<BR>> published. Paper length should not exceed 5-page technical paper <BR>> manuscript. <BR>> Please see the Author Information page for submission guidelines <BR>> in the IEEE<BR>> GLOBECOM 2010 website. The paper should be used as basis for a <BR>> 15 minute<BR>> workshop presentation. Papers should be submitted in pdf format <BR>> by selecting<BR>> Globecom 2010 workshops at EDAS paper submission website, and <BR>> then selecting<BR>> the BWA-Workshop submission link. You can also click here for <BR>> direct access:<BR>> http://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=8692&track=9220<BR>> <BR>> All submitted papers will be reviewed by up to three experts and if<BR>> accepted, published in the conference proceedings, which will be <BR>> availableat IEEEeXplore and registered in Engineering Index (EI).<BR>> <BR>> At least one author of accepted papers is required to register <BR>> at the full<BR>> registration rate. <BR>> <BR>> IMPORTANT DATES<BR>> <BR>> Paper Submission: 3 July 2010 (EXTENDED)<BR>> Author Notification: 15 August 2010<BR>> <BR>> GENERAL CHAIRS<BR>> <BR>> Thomas Michael Bohnert, University of Coimbra, tmb [at] <BR>> nginet.de <BR>> Dmitri Moltchanov, Tampere University of Technology, moltchan <BR>> [at] cs.tut.fi<BR>> <BR>> CO-CHAIR<BR>> <BR>> Edmundo Monteiro, University of Coimbra, edmundo [at] dei.uc.pt<BR>> <BR>> TPC CHAIRS<BR>> <BR>> Dirk Staehle, University of Wuerzburg, staehle [at]<BR>> informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de <BR>> Gabor Fodor, Ericsson Research, gabor.fodor [at] ericsson.com<BR>> <BR>> PUBLICITY CHAIRS<BR>> <BR>> Andreas J. Kassler, Karlstads Universitet, kassler [at] ieee.org <BR>> Lee Bu Sung, Nanyang Technological University, ebslee [at] ntu.edu.sg<BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> Tccc mailing list<BR>> Tccc@lists.cs.columbia.edu<BR>> https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc<BR>> <BR>> -------------------------------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> ------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> Message: 2<BR>> Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 07:31:55 +0300<BR>> From: Tag Elsir Gasm <tgasm@kfu.edu.sa><BR>> To: aisworld@lists.aisnet.org<BR>> Subject: [AISWorld] call for chapter prposals: handbook of <BR>> research on<BR>> pharmacoinformatics<BR>> Message-ID: <fc3cbedc3510.4c284feb@kfu.edu.sa><BR>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"<BR>> <BR>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<BR>> URL: <BR>> <http://lists.aisnet.org/pipermail/aisworld_lists.aisnet.org/attachments/20100628/d8d4cdd0/attachment-0001.html><BR>> <BR>> ------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> Message: 3<BR>> Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:36:02 +0200<BR>> From: "Christoph Rosenkranz" <rosenkranz@wiwi.uni-frankfurt.de><BR>> To: <aisworld@lists.aisnet.org><BR>> Subject: [AISWorld] Research Position at Goethe University Frankfurt<BR>> Message-ID: <000001cb169c$f1000250$d30006f0$@uni-frankfurt.de><BR>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"<BR>> <BR>> The Chair of Information Systems at Goethe University Frankfurt <BR>> invitesapplications for a research position in services and <BR>> productivity (salary<BR>> band EG 13 TV-G-U, 3/4). The 3-year position will conduct <BR>> research related<BR>> to the measurement and management of productivity in facility <BR>> managementservices, especially the usage and impact of IT, and <BR>> following a design<BR>> science approach. The joint research project is funded by the <BR>> German Federal<BR>> Ministry of Education and Research and is conducted in close <BR>> collaborationwith partners from academia and practice.<BR>> <BR>> The Chair of Information Systems (http://www.ise.wiwi.uni-<BR>> frankfurt.de) is<BR>> part of the Institute of Business Informatics at the Faculty of <BR>> Economicsand Business Administration. With more than 4,000 <BR>> students, our Faculty is<BR>> one of the largest economics research and teaching institutions <BR>> in Germany.<BR>> Excellent research and close proximity to practical business <BR>> arena are the<BR>> prime characteristics of the Faculty?s academic education. Not <BR>> only are we<BR>> assured by our students to be one of the most attractive economics<BR>> departments, but the top positions we are awarded in numerous <BR>> internationalrankings prove it as well.<BR>> <BR>> Our research concerns mainly IT mediated communication <BR>> structures of groups.<BR>> We develop theories explaining the emergence of information <BR>> systems and the<BR>> interplay of organization and IT. We employ qualitative and <BR>> quantitativeresearch methods and create IS modeling approaches <BR>> following the design<BR>> science approach.<BR>> <BR>> Requirements:<BR>> - All candidates must have a Diploma / Master of Science or equivalent<BR>> degree in a relevant scientific or technological discipline.<BR>> - Excellent English oral and written communication skills.<BR>> - An interdisciplinary attitude and a strong team spirit.<BR>> - Requirements analysis and specification methods and techniques.<BR>> <BR>> Applications must include a motivation letter, a curriculum <BR>> vitae, and a<BR>> copy of the diploma with an academic transcript of courses and <BR>> grades. <BR>> <BR>> Professor Dr. Roland Holten<BR>> z. Hd. Dr. Christoph Rosenkranz<BR>> Professur f?r Information Systems Engineering<BR>> Gr?neburgplatz 1<BR>> 60325 Frankfurt<BR>> E-Mail: rosenkranz@wiwi.uni-frankfurt.de<BR>> Subject: "Research Position ISE"<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> ------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> Message: 4<BR>> Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 06:16:55 -0400 (EDT)<BR>> From: "Dongsong Zhang" <zhangd@umbc.edu><BR>> To: aisworld@lists.aisnet.org<BR>> Subject: [AISWorld] ICEB 2010 paper submission deadline is extended<BR>> Message-ID: <BR>> <27447.202.120.24.36.1277720215.squirrel@webmail.umbc.edu>Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Due to a number of requests, the paper submission deadline for <BR>> the 10th<BR>> International Conference on Electronic Business (ICEB 2010)<BR>> (http://www.acem.sjtu.edu.cn/ICEB2010/oc.html, Dec. 1-4, 2010, <BR>> Shanghai,China) has been extended to July 31, 2010.<BR>> <BR>> Sincerely,<BR>> <BR>> -- <BR>> Dongsong Zhang, Ph.D.<BR>> Associate Professor<BR>> Department of Information Systems<BR>> University of Maryland, Baltimore County<BR>> 1000 Hilltop Circle<BR>> Baltimore, MD 21250<BR>> Tel. 410 455 2851<BR>> Personal homepage: www.research.umbc.edu/~zhangd<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> ------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> Message: 5<BR>> Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:45:02 +0200<BR>> From: Ann H?gerfors <Ann.Hagerfors@ltu.se><BR>> To: "aisworld@lists.aisnet.org" <aisworld@lists.aisnet.org><BR>> Subject: [AISWorld] Guest professor in Information Security<BR>> Message-ID:<BR>> <8DC1029C69E60D468FD9B853B2D6BABA66CA0D87BB@VERA.personal.adp.ltu.se><BR>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"<BR>> <BR>> LULEA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY<BR>> Guest professor / guest lecturer in Information Security, <BR>> Division of Information Systems<BR>> <BR>> We wish to appoint talented person as guest professor or guest <BR>> lecturer for advanced teaching in our international master?s <BR>> programme in information security. The guests are also invited <BR>> to contribute to our research on information security. A guest <BR>> professor/lecturer can be employed part time for shorter or <BR>> extensive periods of time. The position will be filled as soon <BR>> as possible.<BR>> <BR>> The master?s programme in Information Security is given in <BR>> English and as distance education. This makes it possible to <BR>> teach courses in the programme without traveling to Lule?.<BR>> <BR>> Contact person: professor Ann H?gerfors<BR>> e-mail: ann.hagerfors@ltu.se<mailto:ann.hagerfors@ltu.se><BR>> cell: +46 (0)70 555 43 32<BR>> <BR>> For more information:<BR>> about the division, education and research - <BR>> http://www.ltu.se/inst/ies/systemvetenskap?l=enabout the <BR>> university ? http://www.ltu.se/?l=en<BR>> <BR>> Lule? University of Technology is the northernmost university of <BR>> technology in Scandinavia and with world-class research and <BR>> education. Our strength lies in our cooperation with companies <BR>> and with rest of the world around us. Our contact with companies <BR>> and society help us develop research and education that satisfy <BR>> the demands that the world around makes on us and our students.<BR>> -------------- next part --------------<BR>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<BR>> URL: <BR>> <http://lists.aisnet.org/pipermail/aisworld_lists.aisnet.org/attachments/20100628/6e15b48a/attachment-0001.html><BR>> <BR>> ------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> Message: 6<BR>> Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:22:33 +0300<BR>> From: "Tsvi Kuflik" <tsvikak@is.haifa.ac.il><BR>> To: <AISWorld@lists.aisnet.org><BR>> Subject: [AISWorld] CfP: RecSys 2010 International Workshop on<BR>> Information Heterogeneity and Fusion in Recommender Systems (HetRec<BR>> 2010)<BR>> Message-ID: <018001cb16bc$98099a60$c81ccf20$@haifa.ac.il><BR>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1255"<BR>> <BR>> [Apologies if you receive this more than once]<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> ============================================================<BR>> <BR>> Final Call for Papers - paper submission deadline extended<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> International Workshop on Information Heterogeneity and Fusion in<BR>> Recommender Systems (HetRec 2010)<BR>> <BR>> 26 September 2010 | Barcelona, Spain <BR>> <BR>> http://ir.ii.uam.es/hetrec2010/<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> In conjunction with the<BR>> <BR>> 4th ACM Conference on Recommender Systems (RecSys 2010) <BR>> <BR>> http://recsys.acm.org/2010/ <BR>> <BR>> ============================================================ <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> +++++++++++++++<BR>> <BR>> Important dates<BR>> <BR>> +++++++++++++++<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> * Paper <BR>> submission: 7 July 2010 (extended)<BR>> <BR>> * Notification of paper <BR>> acceptance: 22 <BR>> July 2010<BR>> <BR>> * Camera-ready copies of accepted <BR>> papers: 30 July 2010<BR>> <BR>> * HetRec 2010 <BR>> Workshop: 26 September 2010<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> ++++++++++<BR>> <BR>> Motivation<BR>> <BR>> ++++++++++<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Recent years have shown much progress in the field of <BR>> recommender systems,<BR>> including the development of innovative models and very efficient<BR>> algorithms. Almost all current systems are trying to make best <BR>> use of a<BR>> single kind of data, and are designed for specific domains and <BR>> applications,without explicitly addressing the heterogeneity of <BR>> the existing information.<BR>> <BR>> As an example, some systems are based on analyzing user ratings, while<BR>> others concentrate on understanding purchase history.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Recognizing this limitation, research attention has been given <BR>> to finding<BR>> ways for combining/integrating/mediating user models for the <BR>> purpose of<BR>> providing better personalized services to users in many <BR>> information seeking<BR>> and ecommerce services. See for example the work done in the <BR>> series of<BR>> UbiqUM workshops that traditionally takes place at conferences <BR>> related to<BR>> user modelling, such as UMAP, IUI and ECAI. In spite of prior <BR>> work, however,<BR>> the issue remained one of the major challenges for recommender <BR>> systems.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> The heterogeneity of personal information sources can be <BR>> identified in any<BR>> of the three pillars of a recommendation algorithm: the <BR>> modelling of user<BR>> preferences, the description of resource contents, and the <BR>> modelling and<BR>> exploitation of the context in which recommendations are made.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Increasingly, users create and manage more and more profiles in online<BR>> systems for different purposes, such as leisure (e.g., Facebook),<BR>> professional interests (e.g., LinkedIn), or specialized <BR>> applications (e.g.,<BR>> LearnCentral for educational issues, PatientsLikeMe for health issues,<BR>> etc.). Similarly, rated, tagged or bookmarked resources belong <BR>> to distinct<BR>> <BR>> multimedia: text (e.g., del.icio.us, BibSonomy, Google News), <BR>> image (e.g.,<BR>> Flickr, Picasa), audio (e.g., Last.fm, Spotify), or video (e.g., <BR>> MovieLens,NetFlix, YouTube). Moreover, recommendation algorithms <BR>> may also present<BR>> heterogeneity based on different types of input (e.g., explicit <BR>> feedbackfrom ratings, reviews, tags, etc. vs. implicit feedback <BR>> from records of<BR>> views, queries and purchases), or based on different levels of input<BR>> granularities (e.g., a user may not only rate individual songs, <BR>> but also<BR>> albums, artists or even a full music genre).<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Finally, contextual factors also increase heterogeneity in recommender<BR>> systems. Location and time are key external elements that may <BR>> affect the<BR>> relevance of the recommendations, as shown in recent works. Many other<BR>> factors can be taken into account as well, such as physical and social<BR>> environment, device and network settings, and external events, <BR>> to name a<BR>> few. Approaches that integrate several of these factors into <BR>> recommendationmodels are needed.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> HetRec workshop aims to attract the attention of students, <BR>> faculty and<BR>> professionals both from academia and industry who are interested in<BR>> addressing and exploiting any of the above forms of information<BR>> heterogeneity and fusion in recommender systems. The work goals <BR>> are broad.<BR>> <BR>> First, we would like to raise awareness of the potential of <BR>> using multiple<BR>> information sources. Then, we look for sharing expertise and suitable<BR>> models. Another dire need is for strong datasets, and one of our <BR>> aims is to<BR>> establish benchmarks and standard datasets on which the problem <BR>> would be<BR>> studied following the workshop. Our hope is that this workshop <BR>> will put a<BR>> basis for a line of works, and will help shaping the research <BR>> agenda. <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> ++++++++++++++++++<BR>> <BR>> Topics of interest<BR>> <BR>> ++++++++++++++++++<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> The goal of the workshop is to bring together researchers and <BR>> practitionersinterested in addressing the challenges posed by <BR>> information heterogeneity<BR>> in recommender systems and studying information fusion in this <BR>> context. We<BR>> aim at identifying the main challenges, suggesting and <BR>> discussing novel<BR>> ideas for addressing these challenges, and proposing a research <BR>> agenda for<BR>> future research at the domain.<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Heterogeneity and fusion of information in user profiles<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> * Fusion of user profiles from different <BR>> representations<BR>> * Combination of short- and long-term user <BR>> preferences<BR>> * Combination of different types of user <BR>> preferences: tastes, interests,<BR>> needs, goals, mood, etc.<BR>> <BR>> * Cross domain recommendations, based on user <BR>> preferences about<BR>> different interest aspects (e.g., by merging movie and music tastes)<BR>> <BR>> * Cross representation recommendations, <BR>> considering diverse sources of<BR>> user preferences: explicit and implicit feedback<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Heterogeneity and fusion of information in recommended resources<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> * Recommendation of resources of different <BR>> nature: news, reviews,<BR>> scientific papers, etc.<BR>> <BR>> * Recommendation of resources belonging to <BR>> different multimedia: text,<BR>> image, audio, video<BR>> <BR>> * Recommendation of resources annotated in <BR>> different languages<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Heterogeneity and fusion of information in contextual features<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> * Contextualisation of user preferences <BR>> (e.g., user preferences at work,<BR>> on holidays, etc.)<BR>> <BR>> * Cross context recommendations (e.g., by <BR>> merging information about<BR>> location, time, social aspects, etc.)<BR>> <BR>> * Multi-dimensional recommendation based on <BR>> several contextual features<BR>> (e.g., physical and social environment, device and network settings,<BR>> external events, etc.)<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> ++++++++++++++++++++<BR>> <BR>> Organizing Committee<BR>> <BR>> ++++++++++++++++++++<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> * Peter Brusilovsky, University of <BR>> Pittsburgh, USA<BR>> <BR>> * Iv?n Cantador, Universidad Aut?noma de <BR>> Madrid, Spain<BR>> <BR>> * Yehuda Koren, Yahoo! Labs<BR>> <BR>> * Tsvi Kuflik, University of Haifa, Israel<BR>> <BR>> * Markus Weimer, Yahoo! Labs<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> +++++++++++++++++++<BR>> <BR>> Contact information<BR>> <BR>> +++++++++++++++++++<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Contact e-mail: hetrec2010@easychair.org<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Tsvika<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Tsvi Kuflik, PhD.<BR>> <BR>> Senior Lecturer<BR>> <BR>> MIS department<BR>> <BR>> The University of Haifa<BR>> <BR>> Email: <mailto:tsvikak@is.haifa.ac.il> <BR>> tsvikak@is.haifa.ac.il<BR>> Home page: <BR>> <http://mis.hevra.haifa.ac.il/~tsvikak/Home.htm>http://mis.hevra.haifa.ac.il/~tsvikak/Home.htm<BR>> <BR>> Tel: +972 4 8288511<BR>> <BR>> Fax: +972 4 8288283<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> -------------- next part --------------<BR>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<BR>> URL: <BR>> <http://lists.aisnet.org/pipermail/aisworld_lists.aisnet.org/attachments/20100628/4fc66ab0/attachment-0001.html><BR>> <BR>> ------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> Message: 7<BR>> Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:02:33 +0200<BR>> From: Seidel Stefan <Stefan.Seidel@hochschule.li><BR>> To: "aisworld@lists.aisnet.org" <aisworld@lists.aisnet.org><BR>> Subject: [AISWorld] Final CfP ACIS 2010 Track "IT in Creative<BR>> Environments"<BR>> Message-ID: <B6A45A2B-5B32-4BE3-BE80-1CFA0E103F5F@mimectl><BR>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"<BR>> <BR>> Apologies for cross-postings.<BR>> <BR>> CFP: ACIS 2010 Track ?Information Technology in Creative Environments?<BR>> http://conferenceit.com.au/acis2010/Conference%20Tracks_Creative.htm<BR>> as part of the 21st Australasian Conference on Information <BR>> Systems (ACIS 2010) Brisbane, Australia, 1-3 December 2010, <BR>> http://acis2010.org<BR>> Important Dates<BR>> Paper submission: 12 July 2010<BR>> Notification of acceptance: 17 September 2010<BR>> ACIS 2010 conference: 1-3 December 2010<BR>> <BR>> Track Description<BR>> Creativity is commonly associated with the generation of <BR>> products, services, processes, or ideas that are both novel and <BR>> appropriate. With the emergence of the creative industries as an <BR>> entire sector that has developed around creative products, the <BR>> use of information technology (IT) in creative environments <BR>> becomes increasingly critical. Prominent application areas <BR>> include the production of computer games, visual effects, music, <BR>> or feature films. At the same time, other industries such as <BR>> software development, pharmaceuticals, or research and <BR>> development are increasingly recognizing the role of creativity. <BR>> Usually, the underlying creative process is characterized by a <BR>> complex interplay of human actors, IT, and other resources that <BR>> generate creative products. It is collaboration-intensive, <BR>> knowledge-intensive, and characterized by high levels of <BR>> uncertainty. This playground opens numerous research <BR>> opportunities for IS researchers, who are challenged to <BR>> investigate the role of <BR>> IT and its management in creative environments. In <BR>> particular, there is a lack of foundational theory that explains <BR>> how creativity impacts socio-technical systems and their management.<BR>> <BR>> The aim of this track is to further the discussion of the role <BR>> and relevance of creativity in socio-technical systems that <BR>> involve IT. It intends to provide thought leaders with a forum <BR>> that accounts for the breadth of creativity research in IS and <BR>> thus contributes to defining an important and emergent IS <BR>> research domain. Potential topics range from the use of <BR>> creativity support systems and knowledge management systems in <BR>> creative environments to the application of existent theories on <BR>> creativity at the individual, group, and organizational level to <BR>> IS-related phenomena as well as the development of new theory.<BR>> <BR>> We invite rigorous and relevant studies employing a wide variety <BR>> of methods. Empirical (qualitative and quantitative) studies as <BR>> well as design-oriented research and conceptual papers on theory <BR>> development will be considered. Submissions will be reviewed by <BR>> at least three members of the international editorial board.<BR>> <BR>> Relevant Topics<BR>> Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):<BR>> - Creativity support systems (CSS)<BR>> - Group support systems (GSS) in creative processes<BR>> - Creative work over distance: ICT-support for creative virtual teams<BR>> - The role of Social Media, Social Software and Enterprise 2.0 <BR>> techniques in creative processes<BR>> - Knowledge management systems and creativity<BR>> - Enterprise content management (ECM) and creativity<BR>> - Creativity in the process of requirements engineering and <BR>> systems development<BR>> - IT-enabled creativity management<BR>> - Theories on creativity relevant to the IS discipline<BR>> - IS theories that can be applied to the phenomenon of <BR>> creativity in socio-technical systems<BR>> - Development of new foundational theory on creativity in socio-<BR>> technical contexts<BR>> - Case studies in the creative industries<BR>> <BR>> Confirmed journal special issue<BR>> Authors of selected high quality papers from the track will be <BR>> invited to submit an extended version of the paper to the <BR>> related special issue in Information Systems and e-Business <BR>> Management (ISeB).<BR>> <BR>> Associate Editors<BR>> Katherine Blashki, Australian Film, Television and Radio School, <BR>> AustraliaJan vom Brocke, University of Liechtenstein, Liechtenstein<BR>> James Howison, Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science, USA<BR>> Roy Johnson, University of Pretoria, Republic of South Africa<BR>> Sara Jones, City University London, England<BR>> Stefan Klein, University of Muenster, Germany<BR>> John Lamp, Deakin University, Australia<BR>> Dorothy Leidner, Baylor University, USA<BR>> Claudia Loebbecke, University of Cologne, Germany<BR>> Brenda Massetti, St. John?s University, USA<BR>> Bjoern Niehaves, University of Muenster, Germany<BR>> Jan Recker, Queensland University of Technology, Australia<BR>> Wally Smith, The University of Melbourne, Australia<BR>> Cathy Urquhart, University of Auckland, New Zealand<BR>> Erik de Vries, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands<BR>> <BR>> Track Chairs<BR>> Didier Elzinga, Culture Amp, Australia<BR>> Kai Riemer, University of Sydney, Australia<BR>> Stefan Seidel, University of Liechtenstein, Liechtenstein<BR>> <BR>> Contact details<BR>> stefan.seidel@hochschule.li<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> #####################################################################################<BR>> This e-mail message has been scanned for Viruses and Content and <BR>> cleared <BR>> by MailMarshal<BR>> #####################################################################################<BR>> -------------- next part --------------<BR>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<BR>> URL: <BR>> <http://lists.aisnet.org/pipermail/aisworld_lists.aisnet.org/attachments/20100628/e554b87c/attachment-0001.html><BR>> <BR>> ------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> Message: 8<BR>> Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 16:44:44 +0200<BR>> From: "Karl M. Goeschka" <Karl.Goeschka@tuwien.ac.at><BR>> To: aisworld@lists.aisnet.org<BR>> Subject: [AISWorld] ACM SAC DADS 2011<BR>> Message-ID:<BR>> <5.1.0.14.2.20100628164414.059452e0@wheresmymailserver.com><BR>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format=flowed<BR>> <BR>> CALL FOR PAPERS<BR>> ===============<BR>> <BR>> +----------------------------------------------------------------<BR>> -+<BR>> | 6th Track on Dependable and Adaptive Distributed Systems <BR>> (DADS) |<BR>> | of the 26th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing <BR>> (SAC'11) |<BR>> +----------------------------------------------------------------<BR>> -+<BR>> <BR>> March 21 - 25, 2011<BR>> Taichung, Taiwan<BR>> http://www.dedisys.org/sac11/<BR>> http://www.acm.org/conferences/sac/sac2011/<BR>> <BR>> Accepted papers will be published in the ACM conference <BR>> proceedings and <BR>> will be included in the ACM digital library.<BR>> <BR>> Important Dates:<BR>> Paper submission: August 24, 2010<BR>> Author notification: October 12, 2010<BR>> Camera-ready copies: November 2, 2010<BR>> <BR>> Authors are invited to submit original work not previously <BR>> published, nor <BR>> currently submitted elsewhere. Authors submit full papers in pdf <BR>> format <BR>> using the link to the submission site at <BR>> http://www.dedisys.org/sac11/. <BR>> Authors are allowed up to 8 pages, but with more than 6 pages in <BR>> the final <BR>> camera ready, there will be a charge of 80USD per extra page.<BR>> <BR>> Call details<BR>> ============<BR>> While computing is provided by the cloud and services <BR>> increasingly pervade <BR>> our daily lives, dependability is no longer restricted to <BR>> mission or safety <BR>> critical applications, but rather becomes a cornerstone of the <BR>> information <BR>> society. Unfortunately, heterogeneous, large-scale, and dynamic <BR>> software <BR>> systems that typically run continuously, often tend to become <BR>> inert, <BR>> brittle, and vulnerable after a while. The key problem is that <BR>> the most <BR>> innovative systems and applications are the ones that also <BR>> suffer most from <BR>> a significant decrease in dependability when compared to <BR>> traditional <BR>> critical systems, where dependability and security are fairly <BR>> well <BR>> understood as complementary concepts and a variety of proven <BR>> methods and <BR>> techniques is available today. In accordance with Laprie we call <BR>> this <BR>> effect the dependability gap, which is widened in front of us <BR>> between <BR>> demand and supply of dependability, and we can see this trend <BR>> further <BR>> fueled by the demand for resource awareness (including green <BR>> computing) and <BR>> increasing cost pressure.<BR>> <BR>> Among technical factors of dependability, software development <BR>> methods, <BR>> tools, and techniques contribute to dependability, as defects in <BR>> software <BR>> products and services may lead to failure and also provide <BR>> typical access <BR>> for malicious attacks. In addition, there is a wide variety of <BR>> fault <BR>> tolerance techniques available, including persistence provided <BR>> by <BR>> databases, replication, group communication, transaction <BR>> monitors, reliable <BR>> middleware, cloud infrastructures, and trustworthy service-<BR>> oriented <BR>> architectures with explicit control of quality of service <BR>> properties. <BR>> Furthermore, adaptiveness is envisaged in order to react to <BR>> observed, or <BR>> act upon expected changes of the system itself, the <BR>> context/environment <BR>> (e.g., resource variability or failure/threat scenarios) or <BR>> users' needs <BR>> and expectations. Provided without explicit user intervention, <BR>> this is also <BR>> termed autonomous behavior or self-properties, and often <BR>> involves <BR>> monitoring, diagnosis (analysis, interpretation), and <BR>> reconfiguration <BR>> (repair). In particular, adaptation is also a means to achieve <BR>> dependability in a computing infrastructure with dynamically <BR>> varying <BR>> structure and properties.<BR>> <BR>> Topics of interest<BR>> ==================<BR>> * Architectural and infrastructural principles for adaptive and <BR>> dependable <BR>> distributed systems.<BR>> * Adaptivity and dependability in service oriented architectures.<BR>> * Trust and dependability as complementary and competing <BR>> aspects. <BR>> Integration of security and dependability concepts. Balancing <BR>> and <BR>> negotiation of dependability and security properties.<BR>> * Dependability in complex service oriented environments, GRID-<BR>> computing, <BR>> and P2P-systems. Concertation, orchestration, coordination, and <BR>> context-awareness (context-modeling).<BR>> * Middleware support for reunification of network segments and <BR>> reconciliation of divergent replicas. Consideration of <BR>> alternative <BR>> techniques for dynamic configuration and/or reconfiguration.<BR>> * New middleware protocols, that are able to work in a peer-to-<BR>> peer manner <BR>> in cross-organisational environments and to tackle the <BR>> challenges of <BR>> massive scale and mobility.<BR>> * Data replication strategies, interfaces, and standards. <BR>> Interaction of <BR>> distributed databases with middleware systems.<BR>> * Adaptive, optimistic replication models and protocols.<BR>> * Group communication and group membership services in failure <BR>> scenarios <BR>> with network partitions.<BR>> * Other fault tolerance techniques, including transactions and <BR>> explicit <BR>> control of quality of service properties.<BR>> * Intrusion tolerance techniques.<BR>> * Autonomous behaviour and self-* properties.<BR>> * Partial and probabilistic approaches for replication, group <BR>> membership, <BR>> and distributed consensus in loosely-coupled and ad-hoc <BR>> environments to <BR>> improve dependability.<BR>> * Support for dependability and adaptiveness in component-based <BR>> systems <BR>> (e.g. component frameworks, container services, deployment, <BR>> composition and <BR>> substitution of components, building trusted systems from <BR>> untrusted <BR>> components).<BR>> * Trading of dependability and adaptability with other non-<BR>> functional <BR>> requirements like integrity (consistency) or performance. <BR>> Approaches to <BR>> improve the scalability of dependable and adaptive systems.<BR>> * Foundations and formal methods (e.g., rigorous development of <BR>> dependable <BR>> systems, verification and refinement of fault tolerant systems, <BR>> techniques <BR>> and mechanisms ensuring application level fault tolerance).<BR>> * System design, modeling, development and tool support for <BR>> dependable and <BR>> adaptive systems.<BR>> * Evaluation and experience reports of dependable and adaptive <BR>> distributed <BR>> systems and services.<BR>> * Holistic dependability approaches: Social, cultural, <BR>> psychological, <BR>> economical, managerial, and educational aspects of dependability.<BR>> <BR>> Track program co-chairs<BR>> ===============<BR>> Karl M. Goeschka (chair)<BR>> Svein O. Hallsteinsen<BR>> Rui Oliveira<BR>> Alexander Romanovsky<BR>> Lorenz Froihofer, dads@dedisys.org<BR>> <BR>> Program committee<BR>> =================<BR>> Enrique Armendariz, Universidad Publica de Navarra (Spain)<BR>> Alberto Bartoli, University of Trieste (Italy)<BR>> Stefan Beyer, ITI Valencia (Spain)<BR>> Andrea Bondavalli, University of Florence (Italy)<BR>> Michael Butler, University of Southampton (UK)<BR>> Antonio Casimiro, Universidade de Lisboa (Portugal)<BR>> Rogerio De Lemos, University of Kent (UK)<BR>> Frank Eliassen, University of Oslo (Norway)<BR>> Pascal Felber, Universit? de Neuch?tel (Switzerland)<BR>> Christina Gacek, City University (UK)<BR>> Kurt Geihs, Universit?t Kassel (Germany)<BR>> Holger Giese, Hasso Plattner Institut (Germany)<BR>> Matti Hiltunen, AT&T Labs (USA)<BR>> Geir Horn, SINTEF (Norway)<BR>> Ricardo Jimenez-Peris, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (Spain)<BR>> Marc-Ollivier Killijian, LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse (France)<BR>> Mikel Larrea, Euskal Herriko Unibersitatea (Spain)<BR>> Istv?n Majzik, Budapest UTE. (Hungary)<BR>> Hausi A. M?ller, University of Victoria (Canada)<BR>> Francesc Daniel Mu?oz-Esco?, UP Valencia (Spain)<BR>> Marta Patino-Martinez, UP Madrid (Spain)<BR>> Fernando Pedone, Universit? della Svizzera Italiana (Switzerland)<BR>> Jose Pereira, Universidade do Minho (Portugal)<BR>> Roland Reichle, Universit?t Kassel (Germany)<BR>> Lu?s Rodrigues, University of Lisboa (Portugal)<BR>> Luigi Romano, University of Naples (Italy)<BR>> Giovanni Russello, Create-Net (Italy)<BR>> Andr? Schiper, EPFL (Switzerland)<BR>> Dietmar Schreiner, Vienna University of Technology (Austria)<BR>> Francois Taiani, Lancaster University (UK)<BR>> Sara Tucci Piergiovanni, Universit? degli Studi di Roma La <BR>> Sapienza (Italy)<BR>> Aad van Moorsel, University of Newcastle (UK)<BR>> Roman Vitenberg, University of Oslo (Norway)<BR>> Mario Zenha Rela, U. of Coimbra (Portugal)<BR>> Uwe Zdun, Vienna University of Technology (Austria)<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> ------------------------------<BR>> <BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> AISWorld mailing list<BR>> AISWorld@lists.aisnet.org<BR>> <BR>> End of AISWorld Digest, Vol 8, Issue 30<BR>> ***************************************<BR><BR>---------------------------------------------------------- <BR>Tagelsir Mohamed Gasmelseid, PhD <BR>Associate Professor <BR>Department of Information Systems <BR>College of Computer Sciences and IT <BR>King Faisal University <BR>Al-Ahsaa 31982 <BR>Saudi Arabia<BR><BR>