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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>CALL FOR PAPERS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>18th Americas Conference on Information Systems Seattle, Washington, August 9-12, 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Track: Decision Support, Data Management Systems, Knowledge Management, and Business Intelligence (SIGDSS)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Mini-track: </span><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>Multi-Agent Systems and Semantic Technologies for Decision Support<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://amcis2012.aisnet.org/index.php/program/tracks-and-minitracks/96-sigdss-masast">http://amcis2012.aisnet.org/index.php/program/tracks-and-minitracks/96-sigdss-masast</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>DESCRIPTION<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Significant progress has been made over the last few years in the development of multi-agent systems and semantic web applications in a variety of fields such as electronic commerce, supply chain management, resource allocation, intelligent manufacturing, mass customization, simulation, and healthcare. While research on various aspects of multi-agent systems and semantic technologies is progressing, there are still a number of issues that have to be explored in terms of the design and implementation of multi-agent systems for decision support. For example, formal approaches for agent-oriented modeling and simulation for decision making, ontology based information system, ontology engineering, semantics for data integration, agent based decision support systems, multi-agent systems for business intelligence, and semantic technologies for knowledge management are some of the areas in need of further research.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>The purpose of this mini-track is to provide a forum for academics and practitioners to identify and explore the issues and opportunities in using agent and semantic technologies for the design, implementation, and deployment of intelligent decision support systems. This mini-track is intended to increase cross-fertilization of ideas from various domains, and share the lessons learned. Building on its success in the past eleven years, this mini-track is expected to serve as the spring-board for gathering and disseminating experiences gained in implementing and integrating multi-agent systems and semantic applications for decision support. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoBodyText><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Best papers from this mini-track will be fast tracked for publication in a special issue of <i>International Journal of Intelligent Information Technologies</i> (IJIIT). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Possible Topics</span></b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> (but not limited to):<o:p></o:p></span></p><h1><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></h1><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Intelligent agent and multi-agent systems for decision support<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Distributed Intelligent Systems<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Agent architectures and behavior models<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Models and architectures for agent-oriented decision support systems<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Agent-based information engineering<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Multi-agent systems and decision support applications in various domains<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Agent communication, collaboration, and coordination<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Agents and web data mining<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Multi-agent technology and grid computing<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Architectures, environments and languages for e-commerce agents<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Automated shopping and trading agents<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Agent-based auction, negotiation and decision making<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Agent building tools and environments<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Semantic interoperability and distributed decision support<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Semantic technologies for e-business and business intelligence<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Semantic Web mining<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Ontology creation, evolution, reconciliation, and mediation<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Ontology mapping, Integration, and/or alignment<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Software agents and knowledge management<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Innovative Semantic Web/Ontology applications<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Semantic technologies and social computing<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>IMPORTANT DATES<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>January 2, 2012 - Manuscript Central will start accepting paper submissions<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>March 1, 2012 (11:59 PM Pacific time zone) - Deadline for paper submissions<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>April 2, 2012 - Authors will be notified of acceptances on or about this date<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>April 20, 2012 (11:59 PM Pacific time zone) - For accepted papers, camera-ready copy due<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>SUBMISSION SITE<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/amcis2012">http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/amcis2012</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>CO-CHAIRS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Vijayan Sugumaran<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Decision and Information Sciences<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Oakland University<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Rochester, MI 48309<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Email: <a href="mailto:sugumara@oakland.edu">sugumara@oakland.edu</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Stefan Kirn<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Dept of Information Systems (510 O)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Universität Hohenheim<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Stuttgart, 70593, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Email: <a href="mailto:stefan.kirn@uni-hohenheim.de">stefan.kirn@uni-hohenheim.de</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>