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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Call for Papers<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>19th Americas Conference on Information Systems<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Savannah, GA, August 7-10, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Track Name: Intelligence and Intelligent Systems (Sponsored by SIGODIS)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><a href="http://amcis2014.aisnet.org/index.php/track-list/77-amcis-2014/101">http://amcis2014.aisnet.org/index.php/track-list/77-amcis-2014/101</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h4 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>Mini-Track on Semantic Technologies and Big Data Analytics<o:p></o:p></h4><h4 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></h4><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><strong>Victoria Yoon</strong>, Virginia Commonwealth University, <a href="mailto:vyyoon@vcu.edu">vyyoon@vcu.edu</a><br><strong>Richard Redmond, </strong><strong><span style='font-weight:normal'>Virginia Commonwealth University,</span> <a href="mailto:rredmond@vcu.edu"><span style='font-weight:normal'>rredmond@vcu.edu</span></a> <o:p></o:p></strong></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>The semantic heterogeneity among excessive volume of diverse data imposes a serious challenge for big data analytics. This mini-track aims to bring academicians and practitioners together to exchange and share the latest results in research and application of Semantic Integration for Big Data Analytics. The mini-track will provide a forum for gaining a better understanding of the new technologies and their business aspects for semantic integration for big data analytics.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h1 style='margin-top:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext'>Suggested Topics (not exhaustive)<o:p></o:p></span></h1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Semantic interoperability<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Innovative design artifacts for semantic integration<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Novel applications for semantic integration for Big Data Analytics<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Semantic Integration for e-business and e-learning<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Semantic Web/Ontology for Data Integration<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Ontology creation, evolution, reconciliation, and mediation for Big Data Analytics<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Ontology mapping, Integration, and/or alignment for Big Data Analytics<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Software agents for Semantic Integration<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Managerial Issues of Semantic Integration for Big Data Analytics<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Submit your manuscript before March 1, 2014 at <a href="http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/amcis2014">http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/amcis2014</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Important dates: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>March 1, 2014 Submission Deadline<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>April 4, 2014 Author Notification<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>April 18, 2014 Revision Deadline<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>April 25, 2014 Camera Ready Submission Deadline<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>