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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>[We apologize for multiple copies] <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>=========================================================================<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Call for Papers - EC-Web 2012<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>13th International Conference on Electronic Commerce and Web Technologies<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>September 3-7, 2012<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Wien, Austria<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>http://www.dexa.org/EcWeb2012<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Conference Chairs: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Christian Huemer, Vienna University of Technology, Austria<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Pasquale Lops, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Italy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Steering Chair:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Fernando Lopes, National Research Institute, Portugal<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>==========================================================================<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>IMPORTANT DATES<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>===> April 12, 2012: Mandatory Abstract Submission <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>===> April 19, 2012: EXTENDED SUBMISSION DEADLINE !!!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- May 22, 2012: Notification of acceptance <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- June 15, 2012: Camera-Ready copy of accepted papers due <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- September 3-7, 2012: Conference program<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>==========================================================================<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>EC-Web 2012 covers the following list of topics. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>e-Business Architectures:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>E-business architectures leverage Web Technologies to implement mission-critical e-business systems. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Still there is a need for design principles, methods, and technologies for describing the structure of <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>e-Business systems, its composition of subsystems, and their relationship with the external environment.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Enterprise Architecture Design, Modeling, Analysis, Development<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Business Collaboration Architecture Design, Modeling, Analysis, Development<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Enterprise Modeling and Application Integration Services, e.g. Enterprise Service Bus<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Enterprise Architecture Design Principles<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Architecture Quality Measurements<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Legacy System Integration<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Middleware Integration<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Recommender Systems:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Recommender and business intelligence systems supporting both the customer side and the providers side in making <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>better business decision is still a challenging issue.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Industrial application of recommendation technologies<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Consumer search, decision making and consumer buying behavior models<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Computational advertising<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Reputation and Trust in recommender systems<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Persuasion techniques and recommender systems<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Context-aware recommender systems<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Recommender systems and social networks<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Crowdsourcing and collective intelligence<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Novelty, diversity and serendipity<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Recommender system user interfaces and conversational approaches<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Explanations in recommender systems<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>----------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Semantic representation of e-business and e-commerce information:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>----------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Managing knowledge for the coordination of e-business processes through the systematic application of Semantic Web <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>technologies is the focus of semantic e-business. It builds up on Semantic Web technologies, knowledge management <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>and e-business processes. Challenges address the conceptualization how e-business related knowledge is captured, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>represented, shared, and processed by humans and intelligent software.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Languages, tools and methodologies for representing and managing business data<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Ontological engineering of business applications<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Linked Open Data<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Semantic reasoning about business data<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Search, query, analysis, and integration of business data<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>----------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Business Services and Process Management:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>----------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Business services focus on the alignment of business and IT allowing smoother business operations and business processes. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This also allows for more effective business process management approaches concerning the design, modeling, execution, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>monitoring and optimization of business process life cycles.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Business/IT Alignment<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Business Service Analysis, Strategy, Design, Development and Deployment<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Service Identification, Modeling, and Granularity<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Service Revenue Models<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Service Engineering/Development Methods<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Service-oriented Business Modeling<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Software as a Service, Service as a Software<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Business process modeling and analysis<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* SOA for business processes<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Service-enabled workflow management systems<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>----------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Agent-based E-Commerce:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>----------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Agents are computer systems situated in some environment and capable of autonomous action in order to meet their design objectives. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Research on agent-based e-commerce has a vigorous tradition. However, new trends and concerns are emerging.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Agent Technology for E-Commerce<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Agents in B2B and B2C E-Commerce<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Partnership Formation and Brokering Mechanisms<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Auctions and Automated Negotiation<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Interaction Protocols and Mechanism Design<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Argumentation-based Negotiation<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Coalition Formation and Teams<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Contracts and Contracting Issues<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Electronic Voting and Market-Oriented Programming<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* E-Commerce Systems and Commercial Applications<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* E-Supply Chains and Virtual Organizations<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-----------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>E-Business Case Studies:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-----------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In constructive research, new prototypes to conduct e-business have emerged over the last couple of years. Although EC-Web focuses on <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>new research ideas, we also welcome case studies that report on applying recent research results in real world environments, such as:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE-AT>* E-Procurement<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE-AT>* E-Shops<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=DE-AT>* E-Tendering, E-Auctions<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>* E-Markets<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* E-Payment<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Cross-enterprise solutions<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Cross-border issues<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Mobile e-Business<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* E-commerce and e-business APPification<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>==========================================================================<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>PAPER SUBMISSION<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Authors are invited to submit original, unpublished research papers that are not being considered in another forum. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Manuscripts will be limited to 12 (Springer LNBIP) pages. Please follow the format at: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-791344-0<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Electronic submission of manuscripts (in PDF) is required. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please submit your paper using the on-line submission system at http://confdriver.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/dexa2012/<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Submitted papers will be peer-reviewed by at least 3 reviewers. Papers are evaluated according to originality, significance, technical soundness and clarity of exposition.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Accepted papers will be published in proceedings of Springer series on "Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing" (LNBIP).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>At least one author is required to register and to present the paper<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>==========================================================================<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>