<html dir="ltr"><head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<style id="owaTempEditStyle"></style><style title="owaParaStyle"><!--P {
MARGIN-TOP: 0px; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0px
}
--></style>
</head>
<body RewardsArcadeSuite="true" ocsi="x">
<div style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma; DIRECTION: ltr; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 13px">
<div></div>
<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Tahoma">
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang">O</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">n
behalf of the ER Institute and the ER Steering Committee, I am pleased to </span>
<span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang">solicit
</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">nominations for the
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">2012 Peter P. Chen Award</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang">I</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">nitiated
</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang">by Elsevier
</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">in 2008</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang"> to celebrate the 25<sup>th</sup>
anniversary of the journal, Data and Knowledge Engineering</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">, the Peter P. Chen Award honors one person each year for his or her outstanding contributions to the
field of conceptual modeling. </span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang">The winner</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">
will receive a plaque and check for $1000 </span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang">by the ER Institute.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">The award will be announced and presented each year at the ER conference.</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang">
(This year, the ER conference will be held on Oct. 15-18, 2012 in Florence, Italy,
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">http://islab.dico.unimi.it/er2012/)</b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">.</span></b><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">
The awardee<a></a> is not required to be present at the ER conference to receive the award</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang">.
<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">The selection process is done according to
</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang">the following
</span></font><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><font face="Times New Roman">four criteria:<br>
<br>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><i>Criteria for the Award</i>:</b> <o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal">
<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Research: how well the nominee has helped advance the field of conceptual modeling with his/her intellectual contributions.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal">
<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Service: participation in the organization of conceptual-modeling-related meetings and conferences and participation in editorial boards of conceptual-modeling-related journals.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal">
<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Education: how effectively the nominee has mentored doctoral students in conceptual modeling, produced researchers from their labs, and also helped mentor young people in the field.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal">
<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Contribution to practice: the extent to which the nominee has contributed to technology transfer, commercialization, and industrial projects.
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in" class="MsoNormal">
<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">International reputation: the extent to which the nominee's work is visible to and has diffused into the international community.
<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang">The previous winners</span></b><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang">
of the Peter P. Chen Award are:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang">2011 Prof. Tok<a></a> Wang Ling, National University of Singapore, Singapore<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang">2010 Prof. John Mylopoulos<a></a>, University of Trento, Italy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang">2009 Prof. David Embley<a></a>, BYU, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang">2008 Prof. Bernhard Thalheim<a></a>, University of Kiel, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><br>
Nominations </span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang">should</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> be sent
</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang">by June 15, 2012</span></b><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang">
</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">to the ER S</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang">teering Committee</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">
Chair</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang">, Prof. Il-Yeol<a></a> Song</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">
</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang">[<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">song at drexel.edu<a></a></b>]</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">,
</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang">who
</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">will manage
</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang">the selection process.
</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Each nomination should be accompanied by a summary statement about the nominee and a justification for the nomination. Based on the criteria for the award, the selection
committee will select the best candidate among the nominees.</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">The selection committee</b> this year consists of the following five people:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-outline-level: 4" class="MsoNormal">
<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Il-Yeol<a></a> Song</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang"> (Drexel University, USA); </span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Tok<a></a>
Wang Ling</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang"> (National University of Singapore),</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"> John Mylopoulos<a></a></span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang">
(University of Trento, Italy),</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">
</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang">Veda Storey (Georgia State University, USA), and Yair<a></a> Wand (</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">University
of British Columbia, Canada)</span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-outline-level: 4" class="MsoNormal">
<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Selection committee members are not eligible for the award. If a member of the selection committee is nominated, the nominated
person must withdraw from the selection committee or withdraw from the candidate pool.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt">More information about this award can be found at
</span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><font color="#0000ff"><a href="http://www.conceptualmodeling.org" target="_blank"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><font color="#0000ff">www.conceptualmodeling.org</font></span></a><a></a></font></span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Batang">.<span class="MsoHyperlink"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
</font></div>
<div><font face="Tahoma">
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><a name="OLE_LINK24"></a><a name="OLE_LINK21"></a><a name="OLE_LINK20"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK21"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK24"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><font face="바탕"><font size="2">--------------------------------------------------<br>
<font face="Times New Roman">Il-</a>Yeol<a></a><a name="OLE_LINK20"> Song, Ph.D.<br>
Professor<br>
co-Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Computing Science and Engineering<o:p></o:p></font></font></font></span></span></span></a></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK20"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK21"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK24"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">(</font></span></span></span></span><a href="http://jcse.kiise.org/" target="1"><font size="2"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK20"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK21"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK24"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: #3333cc; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">http://jcse.kiise.org</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK20"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK21"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK24"></span></span></span></font></a><font size="2"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK20"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK21"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK24"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-font-kerning: 0pt">)</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK20"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK21"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK24"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></font></p>
<p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK20"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK21"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK24"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><font size="2"><font face="Times New Roman">The <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">iSchool</i><a></a></i>
at Drexel<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></span></span></span></p>
<div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt solid; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-element: para-border-div; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt">
<p style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: medium none; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 0in; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in" class="MsoNormal">
<span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK20"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK21"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK24">
<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">College</font></span></st1:PlaceType><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"> of
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Info. Science</st1:PlaceName> and </font><font size="2"><font face="Times New Roman"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Technology</st1:PlaceName><br>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Drexel</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><br>
3141 </font></font><font size="2"><font face="Times New Roman"><st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">Chestnut Street</st1:Street><br>
<st1:City w:st="on">Philadelphia</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">PA</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">
19104</st1:PostalCode></st1:address></font></font></span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK20"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK21"><span style="mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK24"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><font size="2"><font face="Times New Roman"><br>
Phone: (215) 895-2489</font></font></span></span></span></span></p>
</div>
</font></div>
</div>
</body>
</html>