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<p> Extended Deadlines </p>
<p> 32nd International Conference on Conceptual Modeling (ER 2013)</p>
<p> <a href="http://www.hkws.org/conference/ER2013/">
http://www.hkws.org/conference/ER2013/</a></p>
<p> Hong Kong, November 11-13, 2013.</p>
<p><br>
Due to many requests, the ER'13 deadlines have been extended:</p>
<p> Paper abstract submission: April 8th, 2013<br>
Full paper submission: April 16th, 2013</p>
<p>Abstract<br>
<br>
Introduction<br>
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The ER International Conference on Conceptual Modeling is a leading international forum for presenting and discussing current research and applications in which the major emphasis is on conceptual modeling. Topics of interest span the entire spectrum of conceptual
modeling including research and practice in areas such as: theories of concepts and ontologies underlying conceptual modeling; methods and tools for developing and communicating conceptual models; and techniques for transforming conceptual models into effective
implementations. Also of interest are topics related to the interaction of conceptual modeling techniques with business strategy models and the effects (economical, organizational, and so forth) of good conceptual modeling techniques on the development of
information systems. We encourage submissions relating to all aspects of conceptual modeling and specifically encourage research on topics of emerging interest.</p>
<p><br>
Target audiences and the scope <br>
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We solicit submission of original research, as well as experience and vision papers, from both researchers and practitioners, welcoming any topic where conceptual modeling is a major theme. We specifically encourage submissions on the application and role of
conceptual modeling techniques in new and emerging areas such as large data repositories for business intelligence, cloud computing and NoSQL databases.</p>
<p>Specific examples of topics of interest include, but are not limited to, conceptual modeling as applied to:<br>
Foundations and Concept Formalization<br>
Big Data<br>
NoSQL Databases and Enterprise Business Models<br>
Semantic Web, Cloud Computing, and Web Information Systems<br>
Enterprise Architectures and Service-Oriented Architectures<br>
Quality and Metrics of Conceptual Models<br>
Empirical Studies of Conceptual Modeling<br>
Ontology Modeling and Deployment<br>
Business Process Modeling<br>
Semi-structured Data and XML<br>
Development and Management of Conceptual Models for Big Data<br>
Integration of Conceptual Models and Database Schemas<br>
Information Retrieval, Filtering, Classification, Summarization, and Visualization<br>
Methodologies and Tools for Conceptual Design<br>
Requirements Engineering<br>
Reuse, Patterns, and Object-Oriented Design<br>
Reverse Engineering and Roundtrip Engineering<br>
Schema Evolution and Management of Database Constraints<br>
Spatial, Temporal, and Multimedia Aspects in Conceptual Models<br>
Metadata and Applications<br>
Data warehousing, Data Mining, and Business Intelligence<br>
Applications to bioinformatics, cyber security, and privacy<br>
Data Semantics and Integrity Constraints<br>
Advanced and Cross-Disciplinary Applications of Conceptual Models</p>
<p><br>
Important Dates<br>
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Paper abstract submission: April 8th, 2013<br>
Full paper submission: April 16th, 2013<br>
Paper notification: June 17th, 2013<br>
Camera-ready paper submission: July 15th, 2013<br>
Author registration: July 21st, 2013</p>
<p><br>
ER 2013 Awards and Special Issue<br>
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Springer Verlag will sponsor two awards:</p>
<p> Best Student Paper Award: to be given to the best paper whose first author is a student.<br>
Best Paper Award: to be given to the best paper.</p>
<p>Selected papers may be invited to submit their extended version of their papers to a DKE special issue</p>
<p><br>
Submission Guidelines<br>
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Since the proceedings will be published by Springer in the LNCS series, authors must submit manuscripts using the LNCS style. See
<a href="http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html">http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html</a> for style files and details. The page limit for submitted papers (as well as for final, camera-ready papers) is 14. Manuscripts not submitted in the LNCS
style or exceeding the page limit will not be reviewed and automatically rejected.</p>
<p>A paper submitted to ER 2013 may not be under review for any other conference or journal during the time it is being considered for ER 2013. Submitted papers must demonstrate to be aware of the state-of-the art literature in conceptual modeling by properly
citing relevant papers in the field.</p>
<p><br>
Submission Instructions<br>
------------------------<br>
Submission to ER 2013 will be electronically managed via EasyChair. Authors are asked to submit an abstract first, and then to upload the full paper. The submission page of ER-2013 is
<a href="http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=er2013">http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=er2013</a>. Submitted papers must demonstrate awareness of the state-of-the-art of the literature in conceptual modeling by properly citing relevant papers
in the field. </p>
<p><br>
Program Co-Chairs<br>
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Wilfred Ng, HKUST (Hong Kong, China)<br>
Veda C. Storey, Gerogia State Unviersity (USA)<br>
Juan Trujillo, University of Alicante (Spain)</p>
<p><br>
Program Committee <br>
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Jacky Akoka, CNAM & TEM, France <br>
Yuan An, Drexel University, USA <br>
Joao Araujo, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal <br>
Akhilesh Bajaj, University of Tulsa, USA <br>
Zhifeng Bao, University of Singapour, Singapore <br>
Palash Bera, Saint Louis University, USA <br>
Rafael Berlanga, Universitat Jaume I, Spain <br>
Sandro Bimonte, irstea, France <br>
Shawn Bowers, Gonzaga University, USA <br>
Stephane Bressan, National University of Singapore, Singapore <br>
Jordi Cabot, INRIA-école des Mines de Nantes, France <br>
Yi Cai, South China University of Technology, China <br>
Silvana Castano, University of Milano, Italy <br>
Jaelson Castro, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil <br>
Stefano Ceri, Politecnico di Milano, Italy <br>
James Cheng, Chinese University of Hong Kong, HKSAR <br>
Roger Chiang, University of Cincinnati, USA <br>
Isabel F. Cruz, University of Illinois, USA <br>
Faiz Currim, University of Arizona, USA <br>
Karen Davis, University of Cincinnati, USA <br>
Umeshwar Dayal, Hewlett-Packard, USA <br>
Valeria De Antonellis, University of Brescia, Italy <br>
José Palazzo M. De Oliveira, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
<br>
Olga De Troyer, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium <br>
Lois Delcambre, Portland State University, USA <br>
Gill Dobbie, University of Auckland, New Zealand <br>
David W. Embley, Brigham Young University, USA <br>
Joerg Evermann, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada <br>
Xavier Franch, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain <br>
Ada Fu, Chinese University of Hong Kong, HKSAR <br>
Avigdor Gal, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israeli <br>
Felix Garcia, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain <br>
Paolo Giorgini, University of Trento, Italy <br>
Giancarlo Guizzardi, Federal University of Espirito Santo, Brazil <br>
Jean-Luc Hainaut, University of Namur, Belgium <br>
Arantza Illarramendi, Basque Country University, Spain <br>
Hemant Jain, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA <br>
Matthias Jarke, RWTH Aachen University, Germany <br>
Manfred Jeusfeld, Tilburg University, Netherlands <br>
Ivan Jureta, University of Namur, Belgium <br>
Yiping Ke, Institute of High Performance Computing, Singapore <br>
Larry Kerschberg, George Mason University, USA <br>
Vijay Khatri, Indiana University, USA <br>
Alberto Laender, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil <br>
Mong Li Lee, National University of Singapore, Singapore <br>
Sang-Goo Lee, Seoul National University, Korea <br>
Dik Lun Lee, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HKSAR <br>
Wolfgang Lehner, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany <br>
Julio Cesar Leite, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
<br>
Juanzi Li, Tsinghua University, China <br>
Stephen Liddle, Brigham Young University, USA <br>
Tok Wang Ling, National University of Singapore, Singapore <br>
Mengchi Liu, Carleton University, Canada <br>
Fred Lochovsky, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, HKSAR <br>
Oscar Pastor Lopez, University of Valencia, Spain <br>
Pericles Loucopoulos, Loughborough University, UK <br>
Wolfgang Maass, Saarland University, Germany <br>
Patrick Marcel, Université François Rabelais Tours, Laboratoire d'Informatique, France
<br>
Esperanza Marcos, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Spain <br>
Heinrich C. Mayr, Alpen-Adria-Universitaet Klagenfurt, Austria <br>
Jan Mendling, Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Austria <br>
Ana Moreira, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal <br>
John Mylopoulos, University of Toronto, Canada <br>
Miyuki Nakano, University of Tokyo, Japan <br>
Antoni Olivé, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain <br>
Andreas L Opdahl, University of Bergen, Norway <br>
Jeffrey Parsons, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada <br>
Norman Paton, The University of Manchester, UK <br>
Zhiyong Peng, Wuhan University, China <br>
Barbara Pernici, Politecnico di Milano, Italy <br>
Geert Poels, Ghent University, Belgium <br>
Henderik Proper, Public Research Centre Henri Tudor, Luxembourg <br>
Sandeep Purao, The Pennsylvania State University, USA <br>
Christoph Quix, RWTH Aachen University, Germany <br>
Jolita Ralyté, University of Geneva, Switzerland <br>
Sudha Ram, University of Arizona, USA <br>
Maryam Razavian, VU University Amsterdam, Netherlands <br>
Iris Reinhartz-Berger, University of Haifa, Israeli <br>
Stefano Rizzi, University of Bologna, Italy <br>
Colette Rolland, Université Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne, France <br>
Mehrdad Sabetzadeh, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg <br>
Motoshi Saeki, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan <br>
Satya Sahoo, Case Western Reserve University, USA <br>
Camille Salinesi, Université Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne, France <br>
Peretz Shoval, Ben-Gurion University, Israeli <br>
Il-Yeol Song, Drexel UNiversity, USA <br>
Vijayan Sugumaran, Oakland University, USA <br>
David Taniar, Monash University, Australia <br>
Ernest Teniente, Unversitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain <br>
James Terwilliger, Microsoft Corporation, USA <br>
Bernhard Thalheim, University of Kiel, Germany <br>
Panos Vassiliadis, University of Ioannina, Greece <br>
Ramesh Venkataraman, Indiana University, USA <br>
Gerd Wagner, Brandenburg University of Technology at Cottbus, Germany <br>
Xiaoling Wang, Fudan university, China <br>
Barbara Weber, University of Innsbruck, Austria <br>
Roel Wieringa, University of twente, Netherlands <br>
Carson Woo, University of British Columbia, Canada <br>
Huayu Wu, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore <br>
Masatoshi Yoshikawa, Nagoya University, Japan <br>
Eric Yu, University of Toronto, Canada <br>
Zhu Zhang, University of Arizona, USA <br>
Huimin Zhao, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA <br>
Shuigeng Zhou, Fudan University, China <br>
Esteban Zimányi, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium </p>
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Sponsors<br>
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City University of Hong Kong<br>
The Chinese University of Hong Kong</p>
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Sandeep Purao, Ph.D.<br>
<a href="http://www.purao.net">http://www.purao.net</a><br>
Research Director, Center for Enterprise Architecture<br>
Professor of Information Sciences and Technology<br>
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802 <br>
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