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mso-outline-level:1"><b><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4">CFP: Decision Support
Systems Special Issue on "Business Applications of Web of Things"</font><o:p></o:p></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.journals.elsevier.com/decision-support-systems/call-for-papers/business-applications-of-web-of-things/"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'">http://www.journals.elsevier.com/decision-support-systems/call-for-papers/business-applications-of-web-of-things/</font></a></p><p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><strong>Guest Editors:</strong><b><br>
</b>Guoqing Chen, Tsinghua University, <a href="mailto:chengq@sem.tsinghua.edu.cn">chengq@sem.tsinghua.edu.cn</a><br>
Paulo Goes, University of Arizona, <a href="mailto:pgoes@eller.arizona.edu">pgoes@eller.arizona.edu</a><br>
J. Leon Zhao, City University of Hong Kong, <a href="mailto:jlzhao@cityu.edu.hk">jlzhao@cityu.edu.hk</a><o:p></o:p></font></p><p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><strong>Managing Editors:</strong><br>
Harry Jiannan Wang, University of Delaware, <a href="mailto:hjwang@udel.edu">hjwang@udel.edu</a><br>
Qiang Wei, Tsinghua University, <a href="mailto:weiq@sem.tsinghua.edu.cn">weiq@sem.tsinghua.edu.cn</a><o:p></o:p></font></p><p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'">According to Wikipedia, the Internet of Things (IoT) refers to uniquely
identifiable objects (things) and their virtual representations in an
Internet-like structure. Radio frequency identification (RFID) is often seen as
a prerequisite for the Internet of Things. Since its first use by Kevin Ashton
in 1999, the term IoT has become popular and has been widely publicized in many
countries including China and US through the applications of Auto-ID technology
via RFID tags. If all objects of daily life were equipped with RFID tags, they
could be identified and inventoried by computers. The IoT is a network of
Internet-enabled objects and software components such as web services that
interact with these objects. IoT is built upon the Internet protocols, sensory
technologies, sensors, and smart phones. The terms of Cyber-physical systems
(CPS) and Web of Things (WoT) are also used interchangeably with IoT.
However, WoT perhaps indicates a more advanced layer of networking, much like
the difference between the Internet and the web.<o:p></o:p></font></p><p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'">The report on the roadmap of IoT by the European Commission in 2008 outlines
the results of the workshop “Beyond RFID – The Internet of Things”. The
optimistic belief is that in the near future, smart objects will become
identifiable and addressable, and smart components will be able to execute
intelligent actions following the needs of tasks they are designed for. For
instance, devices will be able to adapt to environments, self-configure,
self-maintain, and self-repair. Another challenge of the IoT will be related to
trust, privacy and security, not only for what concerns the technological
aspects, but also for various business applications. The growing data demand
and higher data transfer rates will require stronger security models to help
business build trust and confidence.<br>
<br>
Recently, business applications of WoT have been built and tested in various
areas such as the Internet refrigerator and the water pipe monitoring system in
Singapore. Imagine a refrigerator that monitors the food inside and notifies
you when you are low on milk. It also perhaps monitors all of the best food
websites, gathering recipes for your dinners and adding the ingredients
automatically to your shopping list. This refrigerator knows what kinds of
foods you like to eat, based on the ratings you have given to your dinners.
Indeed the refrigerator helps you take care of your health, because it knows
which foods are good for you.<o:p></o:p></font></p><p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'">This special issue will focus on exploring innovative business applications
of WoT such as (1) tracking behavior of certain things, (2) enhanced
situational awareness, (3) sensor-driven decision analytics, (4) process
optimization, (5) optimized resource consumption, and (6) complex autonomous
systems. We expect that more types of business applications should emerge
in this area of research that will be deployed in different categories to
benefit the enterprise. This special issue is to serve as a forum of
exchange of new research results in WoT, focusing on business applications and
the enabling technologies.<br clear="all" style="mso-special-character:line-break">
<o:p></o:p></font></p><p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><strong>Topics of Interest:</strong><o:p></o:p></font></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'">Business
intelligence techniques in WoT<o:p></o:p></font></span></li>
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of WoT<o:p></o:p></font></span></li>
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mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:
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WoT applications<o:p></o:p></font></span></li>
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"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'">Consumer
applications in WoT<o:p></o:p></font></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'">E-commerce
applications in WoT<o:p></o:p></font></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'">Economic
modeling and analysis in WoT<o:p></o:p></font></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'">Educational
applications of WoT<o:p></o:p></font></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'">Emergency
management supported with WoT<o:p></o:p></font></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'">Financial
applications of WoT<o:p></o:p></font></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'">Government
applications of WoT<o:p></o:p></font></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'">Healthcare
applications of WoT<o:p></o:p></font></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'">Household
applications of WoT<o:p></o:p></font></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'">Impacts of WoT
in Business<o:p></o:p></font></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'">Integration of
WoT and traditional WWW<o:p></o:p></font></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'">Inter-organizational
applications of WoT<o:p></o:p></font></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'">Privacy and
security in WoT<o:p></o:p></font></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'">Research on WoT
architectures<o:p></o:p></font></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'">Research on WoT
development toolkits<o:p></o:p></font></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'">Research on WoT
standards<o:p></o:p></font></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'">Research and
development of WoT testbeds<o:p></o:p></font></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'">Service modeling
and management in WoT<o:p></o:p></font></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'">Surveillance
techniques in WoT<o:p></o:p></font></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'">Theories and
Methods for WoT applications in business<o:p></o:p></font></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'">Transportation
applications of WoT<o:p></o:p></font></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'">User acceptance
of WoT applications<o:p></o:p></font></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'">Workflow
management under WoT<o:p></o:p></font></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'">WoT applications
in Intelligent Campuses<o:p></o:p></font></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'">WoT applications
in Smart Cities<o:p></o:p></font></span></li>
</ul><p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><strong>Submission Requirements:</strong><o:p></o:p></font></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><em>Format requirements:</em><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman""> Refer to the official DSS guide for authors at <a href="http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/505540/authorinstructions#20000">http://www.elsevier.com/
wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/505540/authorinstructions#20000</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><em>Presentation requirements:</em><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman""> All submissions must be of high English
standard. Papers containing significant number of grammatical and
wording problems will be rejected without review. As such, authors
are not well versed in English should seek help from professional English
editors before submitting their manuscripts to avoid rejection due to
language and presentation deficiencies. (Note that fluent English
speakers without significant editorial experiences are not qualified to serve
as professional English editors.)<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;tab-stops:list .5in"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><em>Research requirements:</em><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
"Times New Roman""> A research paper should focus on discovery and
resolution of one or more research issues/problems. A project report
that does not address important research issues is not a research paper. A
research paper must also have a strong evaluation component that is
supported by well known evaluation techniques including theoretical
proofs, surveys, experiments, simulation, and data mining.<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul><p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'">Papers (MS Word or PDF files) should be submitted electronically to the
Managing Editors along with any questions or inquiries. Please submit two
copies of the manuscript: one with author information and affiliation and the
other without any author information for review purpose.<o:p></o:p></font></p><p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><strong>Review Policy:</strong><o:p></o:p></font></p><p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'">Given that the research in the area of WoT is progressing rapidly, the
special issue must also be reviewed in an expedited manner in order to be
relevant. As such, papers submitted to this special issue will be given
the opportunity of one major revision followed by a possible minor revision.
Papers that will not meet the publication standard of DSS after the major
revision will be rejected for the special issue but may be referred to the EiC
of DSS as regular submissions.<o:p></o:p></font></p><p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"><strong>Important Dates: </strong><o:p></o:p></font></p><p><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'">Submission due Date: October 15, 2012<br>
Review Decision: December15, 2012<br>
Revision Due: February 15, 2012<br>
Final Decision: March 15, 2013<br>
Final Version Due: April 28, 2013</font></p><div><br></div>
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