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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">***************************************************************************************************<br>
EMMSAD’2015</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Call for Papers</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">20th International Conference on</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Exploring Modeling Methods in Systems Analysis and Design</span><br>
<a href="http://www.emmsad.org"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">http://www.emmsad.org</span></a><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Stockholm, Sweden 8-9 June, 2015</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">(held in conjunction with CAiSE’2015)</span><br>
<br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Submissions due: February 22, 2015<br>
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</span><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Backgrounds:</span></u><br>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The field of information systems analysis and design includes numerous modeling methods and notations (e.g. ER, ORM, UML, ArchiMate, EPC, BPMN, DEMO, etc.) that are typically evolving. Even with
some attempts to standardize (e.g. UML for object-oriented software design), new modeling methods are constantly being introduced, many of which differ only marginally from previous approaches. These ongoing changes significantly impact the way information
systems, enterprises, and business processes are being analyzed and designed in practice.
</span><br>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The EMMSAD conference focuses on exploring, evaluating, and enhancing modeling methods and methodologies for the analysis and design of information systems, enterprises, and business processes.
Though the need for such studies is well recognized, there is a paucity of such research in the literature. The objective of the EMMSAD conference series is to provide a forum for researchers and practitioners interested in modeling methods for systems analysis
and design to meet, and exchange research ideas and results. It also provides the participants an opportunity to present their research papers and experience reports, and to take part in open discussions. EMMSAD’2015 is the twentieth in a very successful series
of EMMSAD events, previously held in Thessaloniki, Heraklion, Barcelona, Pisa, Heidelberg, Stockholm, Interlaken, Toronto, Velden, Riga, Porto, Luxembourg, Trondheim, Montpellier, Amsterdam, Hammamet, London, Gdansk, Valencia</span><br>
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<u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Topics of Interest:</span></u><br>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">In addition to the main theme, we solicit papers on topics included (but are not limited to) theoretical and/or empirical or case-based exploration of modeling methods and methodologies in a systems
analysis and design context. The topics of interest include general modeling issues such as:</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">• Modeling languages and meta-modeling</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">• The process of modeling</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">• Experiences in modeling</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">• Teaching modeling, analysis and design
</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">• Theoretical/philosophical foundations of modeling
</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">• Active and interactive models</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">• Agile Modeling</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">• Business Process Modeling </span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">• Business Rule Modeling</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">• Database Modeling</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">• Domain Specific Modelling</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">• Enterprise Modeling </span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">• Goal and Value Modeling</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">• Information Modeling (ER, ORM etc.)</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">• Method Engineering
</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">• Modeling of digital ecosystems</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">• Modelling in Enterprise Architecture</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">• Modeling in games and edutainment
</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">• Modelling of mobile and ubiquitous Information Systems
</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">• Modelling in social media</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">• Model-Driven Software Engineering</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">• Requirements modeling
</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">• Semantic Web Modeling</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">• Unified Modeling Language (UML) </span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">• Variability Modeling</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">• Workflow Modeling</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span><br>
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<u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Important dates (2015):</span></u><br>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Paper abstracts: February 8 (Recommended, but not mandatory)</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Full paper submissions: February 22</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Notification of acceptance: March 22</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Camera-ready copies: March 29</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Conference: June 8-9</span>
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Submission guidelines:</span></u> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The workshop accepts two types of submissions—<i>Completed Research</i> and
<i>Research-In-Progress</i>. Completed research papers should include analysis of data and discussion on research findings. Research-in-progress papers report on research that is well under way with preliminary results available at the time of the conference.
Please use the following format for your submissions:</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol">· </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">For all submissions, the paper should not exceed 15 pages (including references and appendices). The paper may refer to a theoretical
analysis of a scientific challenge, as well as the presentation of a solution to an identified scientific challenge.</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol">· </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">We practice double-blind review, thus make sure there is no information in the paper that identifies you as the author</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol">· </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Use 10 point font for the bulk of the body text</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Only electronic submissions in Adobe PDF format are accepted. Submit both the recommended abstract and the full paper using the conference management system available at
</span><a href="http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=emmsad15"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=emmsad15</span></a>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Since 2009, the EMMSAD proceedings have been published in Springer's LNBIP series. Accepted papers will be published in the workshop proceedings, which will be available at the workshop, and
should use the Springer LNBIP style, see </span><a href="http://www.springer.com/series/7911"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">http://www.springer.com/series/7911</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">.
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<p><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Advisory Committee:</span></u><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Terry Halpin, INTI International University, Malaysia
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt">- </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">John Krogstie, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) , Norway</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt">- </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Hend<i>erik</i> A. Proper, Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology (LIST), and Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt">- </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Keng Siau, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Chairs:
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Khaled Gaaloul, Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology (LIST), Luxembourg</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt">- </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Sérgio Guerreiro: Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Lisbon, Portugal</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt">- </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Qin Ma, Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology (LIST), Luxembourg</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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