[Dbworld] Call for chapters

March 10th, 2010

From: “Raul Valverde” (email address not shown)

**CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS**

CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS

Proposal Submission Deadline: April 15, 2010

Information systems reengineering for modern business systems: ERP,
SCM, CRM and E-Commerce Management Solutions

A book edited by Dr. Raul Valverde, and Dr. Malleswara Talla

Concordia University, Canada

To be published by IGI Global: http://www.igi-global.com/requests/details.asp?ID=838

 

Introduction

The
vast majority of enterprise information systems (IS) were implemented in the
early days of computing by using the traditional paradigms and implemented with
a structured computer languages such as COBOL. However, with recent
developments, particularly the trends towards e-Commerce, ERP, Customer
Relationship Management and Supply chain management, many companies are
realizing that they will have to migrate to the new systems to take advantages
of these new challenges. 

Although
the management makes strategic decisions to implement the new systems, such
projects often fail for several reasons: the new systems are quite expensive,
involve a radical or unwanted changes to existing processes, and often cumbersome
to implement. In fact, it is possible to perform reengineering of legacy
systems and internal processes to reap up the same benefits of new systems in a
cost effective manner.

 

 

Objective of the Book

The
main objective of the book will be to cover different techniques that could be
used in industry in order to reengineer internal processes and the legacy
systems into more flexible systems capable of supporting modern trends such as
ERP, Supply chain management systems and E-commerce.

 

Target Audience

The target audience of this book will be composed of: (a) Information
systems professionals and business executives 
looking for new  techniques for
reengineering legacy systems; (b) Information systems researchers interested in
reengineering the existing systems to adopt and implement the feature of modern
systems; and (c) management consultants and academia to examine the internal
processes to propose reengineer them successfully.

 

 

Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

1.      
Introduction,
Legacy Systems and Internal Business Processes

2.      
Information
Systems reengineering methods

3.     
Internal
Process reengineering methods

 

Techniques for Legacy systems and
the internal processes to successfully adopt and implement the features
required for new business challenges, including:

 

4.     
Reengineering
for Supply chain management systems

5.     
Reengineering
for Enterprise Resource Planning systems implementation

6.     
Reengineering
for Customer Relationship Management systems implementation

7.     
Reengineering
for E-commerce

 

Submission
Procedure

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before April 15, 2010, a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining
the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted
proposals will be notified by April 20, 2010 about the status of
their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be
submitted by August 1, 2010. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a
double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as
reviewers for this project.‑

Additional information regarding this publication can also be found at
http://jmsb.concordia.ca/~rvalverde/book.htm

 

 

Publisher

 This book is scheduled to be
published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the
“Information Science Reference” (formerly Idea Group Reference), “Medical
Information Science Reference,” and “IGI Publishing” imprints. For additional
information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This publication is
anticipated to be released in 2011.

 

Important Dates:

April 15, 2010:                 Proposal Submission Deadline

April 20, 2010:                                Notification of Acceptance

August 1, 2010:              Full Chapter Submission

October 15, 2010:         Review Result Returned

January 2, 2010:            Final Chapter Submission

January 31, 2011:           Final deadline

 

Inquiries and
submissions can be forwarded electronically
(Word document) or by mail to:

Dr. Raul Valverde and Dr. Malleswara Talla

Department
of Decision Sciences and MIS

Concordia University

1455
De Maisonneuve, West,

Montreal, Canada, H3G 1M8.

E-mail: rvalverde@jmsb.concordia.ca,
mrtalla@jmsb.concordia.ca

 

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[Dbworld] BPM2010 submission system and deadline

March 10th, 2010

From: “Marta Indulska” (email address not shown)

Dear colleagues,

We have had a number of requests for extension of the BPM2010 research/education paper submission deadline. To allow a timely and high quality paper review process, the BPM2010 paper submission deadline is a firm deadline. All papers must be submitted by 11:59pm (Pacific Standard Time) on the 14 March, 2010 via the EasyChair system at https://www.easychair.org/login.cgi?conf=bpm2010 to be considered for publication. Once your paper is submitted, however, you will have the option to upload new versions of your paper to EasyChair until 11:59 PM (PST) on the 19th March, 2010. This paper resubmission deadline is also a firm deadline.

Kind regards,
Marta Indulska
BPM2010 Publicity Chair
on behalf of BPM2010 Organizing Committee

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8th International Conference on Business Process Management

Hoboken, New Jersey
September 14-16, 2010
http://www.bpm2010.org/

**Draft paper submissions (must include title and abstract): 11:59PM PST, 14 March 2010 (firm deadline)
**Final paper submissions: 11:59PM PST, 19 March 2010 (firm deadline)

Business Process Management (BPM) becomes increasingly important as companies want to increase insight, efficiency and effectiveness of their operations. BPM 2010 is the eighth conference in a series that provides the most distinguished forum for researchers and practitioners in all aspects of BPM including theory, frameworks, methods, techniques, architectures, systems, and empirical findings. It will be held from September 14-16, 2010, at the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey, just minutes from downtown Manhattan. The conference has a record of attracting innovative research of highest quality, from a mix of disciplines including Computer Science, Management Information Science, Services Computing, Services Science, and Technology Management. The acceptance rate at the BPM conference has traditionally been around 15%. In addition to showcasing leading research, the conference provides a venue for the discussion of BPM education, the demonstration of in!
novative systems with BPM functionalities, and an exchange among BPM practitioners.

We invite contributions in the following three areas:

- Research Papers
- Education and Curriculum Papers
- Demonstrations and Prototypes

*Call for Research Papers

BPM 2010 continues with the broad-based themes of previous BPM conferences, and strives to strengthen and expand in several key directions. The conference especially encourages emerging research on new conceptual models for BPM understood broadly, models that attempt to unify core aspects of BPM, including process management, data management, business rules and requirements, and analytics, that until recently have been represented using rather disparate conceptual models. The conference also encourages the increasing interest in applying established and new techniques, such as model-driven architectures, Web services and Web architectures, SOA, and Cloud Computing , to the specific challenges of BPM. Finally, the conference seeks to attract papers that highlight the pervasive need for BPM capabilities across application areas outside of business management, including healthcare delivery, digital government, disaster management, and management of scientific and other academic!
endeavors, and that highlight how new techniques can solve the distinctive challenges arising in those diverse areas.

For more information see http://www.bpm2010.org/call-for-papers/call-for-research-papers/

*Call for Education and Curriculum Papers

The new Education and Curriculum track invites papers that examine effective education and training methods for developing the BPM professional. The intent is to share and develop relevant knowledge and to promote fresh ideas for the integration of the broad spectrum of BPM dimensions into training and education courses and/or programs. General questions include the current state of BPM education in universities and/or professional education organizations, what courses and content of those courses are effective at developing BPM professionals, what methods of education/training deployment help BPM professionals understand the holistic nature of end-to-end process-centric organizations, and what types of skills and abilities are needed for BPM deployments and sustainment.

For more information see http://www.bpm2010.org/call-for-papers/call-for-education-papers/

*Call for Demonstrations (Deadline: 17 May 2010)

The Demonstration track showcases innovative Business Process Management (BPM) tools and applications that may originate either from research initiatives or from industry. The Demonstration Track will provide an opportunity to present and discuss emerging technologies with researchers and practitioners in the BPM field. In addition, authors are invited to submit a paper describing their prototype for publication.

For more information see http://www.bpm2010.org/call-for-papers/demonstrations/

Conference Committee:

General Chairs
Michael zur Muehlen, Stevens Institute of Technology
Henry Chang, IBM Research

Program Chairs
Rick Hull, IBM Research
Stefan Tai, Universität Karlsruhe
Jan Mendling, Humboldt-Universität Berlin

Industry Chair
Michael Rosemann, Queensland University of Technology

Workshop Chair
Jianwen Su, University of California, Santa Barbara

Doctoral Consortium Chair
Ted Stohr, Stevens Institute of Technology

Demo Chair:
Marcello La Rosa, Queensland University of Technology

Contact: info@bpm2010.org
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[Dbworld] CFP: ICTD2010

March 10th, 2010

From: “Kostas Stathis” (email address not shown)

IEEE/ACM Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICTD2010),

Dec 13-16 2010, at the UNESCO Chair/Centre in ICT4D at Royal Holloway, University of London

The conference is the latest in the series of highly successful international ICTD conferences held in Doha (2009), Bangalore (2007) and Berkeley (2006) and the first time ICTD is held in Europe. It aims to provide a global an
d multidisciplinary forum for researchers, practitioners and all those with interests in the use of information and communication technologies in development practice to meet to discuss the latest research advances in the field.

Building on the success of its predecessors, ICTD2010 will combine two days of plenary peer-reviewed paper sessions , with two days of workshops, panel sessions, discussion forums and demos. The conference language is English, with additional sessions in both Spanish and French. A particular feature will be the opportunity that it wi
ll provide for participatory involvement from people from a diversity of backgrounds, both offline and online. Conference Chair is Prof Tim Unwin and keynote speakers include Sir Tim Berners-Lee, credited with inventing the World Wide Web.

ICTD2010 is being hosted by the UNESCO Chair in ICT4D and the multidisciplinary ICT4D Research Centre at Royal Holloway, University of London.

Key Dates:

* Registration opens 15th April 2010; early registration deadline 15th September 2010; registration will close on 30th November 2010
* Calls for Papers and Workshop Sessions are now open (please find them attached); deadline 2nd April 2010; decisions on acceptance should be available by 11th June 2010

* Calls for demos, papers in Spanish, papers in French have separate deadlines - please consult the website

Conference website: www.ictd2010.org

Enquiries: programme@ict4d.org.uk

We also have a facebook event (do sign up):

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=120498319761&index=1

And on twitter: (http://twitter.com/ICTD2010 )

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[Dbworld] e-HiSec 2010: Paper Submission Deadline Extension

March 9th, 2010

From: “zanifa Omary” (email address not shown)

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PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE EXTENSION: 15 March, 2010

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The Second Workshop in e-Healthcare Information Security (e-HISec 2010)
http://www.comp.dit.ie/e-hisec2010
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In conjuction with The International Conference on Information Society (I-Society 2010)
June 28-30, 2010,
London, UK
http://www.i-society.eu/
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This workshop will bring together researchers and industry participants who are involved
either in the design, development, and implementation of novel secure e-Healthcare
Information Systems or in the research that addresses the key questions in the enhancement
of privacy and securing of e-Healthcare information. We expect the works to be presented
in this workshop to address security and privacy problems and solutions that can be used
in distributed and heterogeneous computer systems as well as in mobile devices, which will
characterise the emerging e-Healthcare environment.

In the recent years substantial budgets have been and are being committed towards e-Health-
care. For example, as part of the stimulus package the Obama administration is going to
spend 19 Billion dollars in Healthcare. A significant part of this budget will be spent on
making sure that all Americans have e-Healthcare records by 2014. The move towards e-Health-
care is envisaged to reduce the cost of provision of healthcare, improve quality of care and
reduce medical errors. Despite all these advantages the security concerns are real and going
to increase as the rate we digitise information and use the web. Major security issues include
patient privacy, trust, and quality-assurance. Security concerns are affecting the adoption
rate and usage of these e-Healthcare systems. Unless deliberate efforts are taken to secure
these systems from design to implementation most of the development achieved to date may not
be realised and rolled out to the real world.

The security and privacy issues in e-Healthcare Information Systems that are covered in this
workshop are also becoming important now in digital information management in general. These
issues will also have significant effect in other emerging application areas such as cloud
computing.

We welcome original, high-quality research contributions that advance the state-of-the-art
in the design, development, deployment, evaluation and understanding of secure e-Healthcare
Information Systems.

TOPICS OF INTEREST INCLUDE BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
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* Security in e-Healthcare Information Systems
* Privacy concerns in e-Healthcare Information Systems.
* Trust concerns in e-Healthcare Information Systems.
* Design principles of secure context-aware e-Healthcare Information Systems.
* How security addresses the legal and ethical issues in emerging e-Healthcare Information
Systems?
* Frameworks for evaluation of e-Healthcare Systems
* Security and privacy standards for e-Healthcare Information Systems
* Tools and techniques for designing, developing, implementing, and evaluating e-Healthcare
Information Systems.
* Challenges in building secure e-Healthcare Information Systems.
* Impact and incorporation of legal aspects in security and privacy of e-Healthcare Information
systems

IMPORTANT DATES
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Paper submission deadline: March 15, 2010
Notification of Paper acceptance: March 20, 2010
Camera-ready paper submission: March 31, 2010

SUBMISSION DETAILS
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We encourage submissions from researchers and practitioners from academia and industry. All
are invited to submit papers limited to 6 pages in the format provided at the conference web
page http://www.i-society.eu/Paper_Submission.html, describing original work or a position paper.
Participants will be selected based on their submissions; a selection of papers will be presented
at the workshop. Proceedings of all I-Society 2010 workshops are to be published and will be
distributed at the I-Society 2010 conference in London.

Paper must be submitted electronically to Fredrick.Mtenzi@dit.ie. All papers will be fully refereed
by at least two referees and before final acceptance all referees comments must be considered. The
required formats of the paper are available on the conference website, http://www.i-society.eu/

Authors of accepted papers will be expected to present their work at the workshop. All attendees
must register for the I-Society 2010 conference.

WORKSHOP COMMITTEES
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Program Co-Chairs
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Fredrick Mtenzi, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland
Kudakwashe Dube, Massey University, New Zealand

Program Committee
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Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada
Ion Tutanescu, University of Pitesti, Romania
Maaruf Ali, Oxford Brookes University, UK
Emmanuel Mkusa, Namibia University, Namibia
Tom Dowling, Claude Shannon Institute, Ireland
Ali Al-Dahoud, Al-Zaytoonah University, Jordan
Juanita Fernando, Monash University, Australia
George S. Oreku, Tanzania Industrial Research and Development Organisation, Tanzania
Zanifa Omary, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland
Rose Tinabo, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland
Said Jafari, Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland

ENQUIRIES
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Dr. Fredrick Japhet Mtenzi
Fredrick.Mtenz1@dit.ie
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