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<div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div><b style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-large; ">8th Brazilian Symposium on Information Systems (SBSI 2012)</b></div></span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; "><font face="Tahoma"><br></font></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; ">
<font face="Tahoma"><b> === SMART CITIES ===</b></font></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; "><font face="Tahoma"><br></font></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">
<font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>São Paulo - SP - Brazil</b></font></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>May 16-18, 2012</b></font></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">
<font face="Tahoma" size="2"><br></font></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><a href="http://www.each.usp.br/sbsi2012/" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 204)" target="_blank">http://www.each.usp.br/sbsi2012/</a></font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><br></font></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>Promotion: </b>Brazilian Computing Society - SBC</font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>Organization:</b> University of São Paulo - USP / School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities - EACH</font></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">
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<div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><br></font></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><font face="Tahoma" size="4"><b>1st CFP - Technical Tracks (Regular Track and Special Track)</b></font></div>
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<font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>Paper submissions:</b> Jan 08, 2012</font></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>Acceptance notifications:</b> Feb 26, 2012</font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>Camera ready versions: </b>Mar 18, 2012</font></div><div style="font-size: 13px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma"><br></font></div>
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</font></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><font face="Tahoma"><b><u>REGULAR TRACK</u></b></font></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><br>
</font></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><font face="Tahoma" size="2">The symposium expects the submission of technical papers that clearly show contributions to research in Information Systems area and that are related to the symposium interest topics. Papers on all topics listed below are expected, not just those related to the main theme of this edition ("Smart Cities"), for which there is a special track as described in the end of this call.</font></div>
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<span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10pt"><b>1. Regular Track - Topics of Interest</b></span></div><div style="font-size: 13px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma"><b><br></b></font></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><font face="Tahoma" size="2">The list of topics of interest (not exhaustive) includes the following items:</font></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><div><ul><li>Management and Business</li><li>Information Architecture and Information Technology</li><li>Enterprise Architecture</li><li>Entrepreneurship in the Information Systems area</li><li>Case studies of Information Systems application in different expertise fields/areas</li><li>Fundamentals of Information Systems</li><li>Mathematical Fundamentals for Information Systems</li><li>Knowledge Management and Organizational Learning</li><li>Information Systems Managements</li><li>Information Technology Infrastructure</li><li>Innovation and New Technologies applied to Organizational Information Systems</li><li>Methodologies and approaches for Information Systems Engineering</li><li>Operations Research, Systems Modeling; Simulation</li><li>Information Systems Planning, Auditing, Strategic Alignment, Security and Risk, Quality, Project Management, and Business Process Management</li><li>Psychology applied to Information Systems, Social and Human Aspects in Information Systems</li><li>Intelligent Information Systems (intelligent agents, genetic algorithms, machine learning, data mining, formal models, ontologies, automated reasoning, neural networks, knowledge representation)</li><li>General Systems Theory</li><li>Information Systems Verification and Validation</li></ul></div></font></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><font face="Tahoma" size="2"> </font></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><br></font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>2. </b></font><b style="font-family: Tahoma; ">Regular Track - Paper Submission</b></div></span><font face="Tahoma" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; "><br></font><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Papers may be written in English or </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Portuguese</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">and should follow the SBC papers publishing model (</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><a href="http://sbc.org.br/index.php?option=com_jdownloads&Itemid=195&task=viewcategory&catid=32" target="_blank">http://sbc.org.br/index.php?option=com_jdownloads&Itemid=195&task=viewcategory&catid=32</a>)</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "> and be submitted in PDF format.</span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">There are two possible types of submission:</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2"><br></font></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; "><b>Full Papers:</b> they must have seven to 12 pages (including figures, tables, diagrams, bibliography and appendices). Papers submitted as "Full Papers" may, after evaluation by the Program Committee, have their acceptance recommended as "Short Papers".</span></li><li><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>Short papers:</b> they should be limited to six pages (including figures, tables, diagrams, bibliography and appendices). Short papers should preferably describe "work in progress", whose results are not fully consolidated.</font></li></ul><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<font face="Tahoma" size="2"><br></font></div></span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">Proposals for papers should be submitted electronically through the SBC's JEMS systems, using the </font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; ">track "</span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2">SBSI 2012 - Trilhas Técnicas" (</font><a href="https://submissoes.sbc.org.br/home.cgi?c=1496" style="font-size: small; ">https://submissoes.sbc.org.br/home.cgi?c=1496</a></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; ">).</span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font face="Tahoma" size="2">All contributions will be reviewed taking into account the technical merit and the relevance to the symposium.</font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><br></font></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><font face="Tahoma" size="2">Accepted papers will be published in the symposium proceedings conditional upon registration of at least one of the authors at the event.</font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><br></font></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><font face="Tahoma" size="2">The following journals are committed to publish extended versions of papers from SBSI 2012 as a selection of the best papers:</font></div><div><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><div><ul><li>iSys – Revista Brasileira de Sistemas de Informação – Electronic ISSN 1984-2902</li><li>RESI – Revista Eletrônica de Sistemas de Informação – ISSN 1677-3071.</li></ul></div></font></div>
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<div style="font-family:'Times New Roman'"><span style="text-indent:0px !important;font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10pt"><br></span></div></span></font></div></span><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b><u>SPECIAL TRACKS</u></b></span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">
<font face="Tahoma" size="2"><br></font></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><font face="Tahoma" size="2">In addition to the Regular Track, the SBSI 2012 PC invites submission of papers on four other Special Tracks, which will count on independent evaluation and selection processes, as follows. Papers that fit specifically in one of these four Special Tracks and which are submitted for the Regular Track will be redirected to be evaluated on the correct track as expected.</font></div>
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<font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>1. Special Track 1 – Information Systems and Smart Cities (Positions Papers)</b></font></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><br>
</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">Within the specific theme for SBSI 2012 - Smart Cities - submissions are open for "position papers" related to research in Information Systems applied to Smart Cities. This track expects, for example, papers presenting proposals for research projects, challenges or research prospects, or researches already in progress whose results are still not fully completed or evaluated - always related to the application or development of Information Systems in some field of Smart Cities. These papers, however, must meet the scientific research and academic standards, containing - for example - clear motivation, scientific relevance, related previous works, research methods, and desired results or results already achieved. The papers in this special track should be limited to six pages (ie, "short papers"). Proposals for papers should be submitted electronically through the SBC's JEMS systems, using the track "SBSI 2012 - Trilhas Especiais" (</font><a href="https://submissoes.sbc.org.br/home.cgi?c=1496" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: small; ">https://submissoes.sbc.org.br/home.cgi?c=1496</a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2">). All other instructions from Regular Track apply.</font></div>
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<font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>2. </b></font><b style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: small; ">Special Track</b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b> 2 – Industry Experience Reports and Case Studies</b></font></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><br>
</font></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><font face="Tahoma" size="2">Several studies in the Information Systems area are performed within the software industry and have great merit to be presented to the community in general. In addition, there are also several works being developed in the Information Systems related to case studies, even in academia, aiming at evaluating techniques, methodologies, tools, or existing processes. This special track expects the submission of papers describing this type of work which can contribute greatly to the symposium in general and more specifically to bring together the academic and industrial communities in discussion of theoretical and practical issues. T</font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; ">he papers in this special track should be limited to 12 pages (ie, "full papers"). Proposals for papers should be submitted electronically through the SBC's JEMS systems, using the track "SBSI 2012 - Trilhas Especiais" (</span><a href="https://submissoes.sbc.org.br/home.cgi?c=1496" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: small; ">https://submissoes.sbc.org.br/home.cgi?c=1496</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; ">). All other instructions from Regular Track apply.</span></div>
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<font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>3. </b></font><b style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: small; ">Special Track</b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b> 3 – Applications of IS – Tools</b></font></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><br></font></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">
<font face="Tahoma" size="2">The purpose this track is to provide the possibility to submit applications and tools being developed in the Information Systems area, covering different needs and diverse goals of great interest in this application area. The target audience includes members of the academic community, which may demonstrate the practical results of their research projects in the applied Information Systems area, as well as members of the software industry who are interested in presenting commercial tools or from internal use, in both cases also from the Information Systems area. Works on this track will be submitted in a paper format, and those selected ones will be presented during a formal technical session. </font><font face="Tahoma" size="2">T</font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; ">he papers in this special track should be limited to 12 pages (ie, "full papers"). Proposals for papers should be submitted electronically through the SBC's JEMS systems, using the track "SBSI 2012 - Trilhas Especiais" (</span><a href="https://submissoes.sbc.org.br/home.cgi?c=1496" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: small; ">https://submissoes.sbc.org.br/home.cgi?c=1496</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma; ">). All other instructions from Regular Track apply.</span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="2"><br></font></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><br></font></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">
<font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>4. </b></font><b style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: small; ">Special Track</b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b> 4 – Education in Information Systems</b></font></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><br></font></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">
<font face="Tahoma" size="2">The Higher Education commitments in the twenty-first century have been widely discussed since the late 90s of last century. Technological, economic, social and environmental changes require a continuing education that fosters the development of technical and professional skills and social skills that contribute to act as professionals and citizens ethically committed to the respect for human rights and sustainability. In this context, the Education in Information Systems track aims at providing a discussion of education in Information Systems within the undergraduate and graduate levels. The issues relevant to the track relate to Information Systems and include:</font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:13px">Curriculum and Programs</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10pt">Teaching and learning methodologies</span></li>
<li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10pt">Techniques and tools applied to teaching and learning</span></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10pt">University-Enterprise Integration</span></li>
</ul></div><div><font face="Tahoma" size="2" style="font-size: 13px; ">T</font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Tahoma; ">he papers in this special track should be limited to 12 pages (ie, "full papers"). Proposals for papers should be submitted electronically through the SBC's JEMS systems, using the track "SBSI 2012 - Trilhas Especiais" (</span><a href="https://submissoes.sbc.org.br/home.cgi?c=1496" style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: small; ">https://submissoes.sbc.org.br/home.cgi?c=1496</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Tahoma; ">). All other instructions from Regular Track apply.</span></div>
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<b>SBSI 2012 Program Committee Chairs</b></div><div style="font-size: 13px; "><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; "><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10pt">Célia Ghedini Ralha (UnB, Brazil)</span></li>
<li style="margin-left:15px"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10pt">Fátima L. S. Nunes (EACH-USP, Brazil)</span></li></ul></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; "><font face="Tahoma" size="2"> </font></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; "><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><br>
</font></div><div><b style="font-family: Tahoma; ">SBSI 2012 Program Committee</b></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; "><span style="font-family:Tahoma;font-size:10pt"> In formation.</span></div></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">
<font face="Tahoma" size="2"><br></font></div><div style="font-size: 13px; "><div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; "><br></div><div style="font-size: 12pt; "><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13px; "><b style="font-family: Tahoma; ">SBSI 2012 General Chair</b></div></div></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><font size="2" face="Tahoma"> Marcelo Fantinato (EACH-USP, Brazil)</font></div></span><div style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 10pt; "><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><embed id="embed_npwlo" type="application/npwlo" height="0"><object id="embed_npwlo_data" height="0"></object> </div></body>
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