EMMSAD'03 CFP -- A CAiSE/IFIP8.1 Workshop

Call For Papers

Eighth CAiSE/IFIP8.1 International Workshop on
Evaluation of Modeling Methods in Systems Analysis and Design
(EMMSAD'03)
Velden, Austria
June 16-17, 2003
http://www.ait.unl.edu/siau/conference/emmsad03-CFP.htm


Background:
The field of systems analysis and design is facing constant revolution and 
evolution. We witness the movement from the Structured paradigm to the 
Object-Oriented paradigm over the last few decades. New approaches such as 
agile methods and methodologies are on the horizon. In addition, systems 
development approaches such as the Unified Modeling Language (UML) are 
continuously evolving. These ongoing changes are affecting the way information 
systems should be analyzed, designed, and developed.

This workshop focuses on evaluating and enhancing current information modeling 
methods and methodologies. Though the need for such studies is well recognized, 
there is a paucity of such research in the literature. Evaluation of modeling 
approaches remains a challenge in the information systems field. The objective 
of EMMSAD'03 is to provide a forum for researchers and practitioners interested 
in modeling methods and methodologies in 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'03, which is the eighth in a very 
successful series of EMMSAD workshops, is jointly sponsored by the Conference 
on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE) and the International 
Federation for Information Processing Working Group 8.1 (IFIP8.1).


Topics of Interest:
For EMMSAD'03, we encourage the submission of research papers that provide 
systematic and scientific studies on existing or proposed modeling methods and 
methodologies. Three categories of formal evaluation techniques can be 
identified: theoretical (e.g., ontological evaluation, metrics analysis, 
psychological/cognitive analysis), empirical (e.g., experiments, action 
research, survey, case study), and a hybrid of the two (i.e., theoretical 
approach with empirical evidence). The relevant topics for this workshop 
include theoretical and/or empirical evaluations of modeling methods and 
methodologies related (but not limited) to:

* Agile Modeling/Extreme Modeling 
* Aspect-Oriented Modeling
* Bio-Informatics and Geo-Informatics
* Business Process Modeling and Improvement
* Component Engineering 
* Data Warehousing and Data Mining
* Database Modeling and Query Languages
* Database Security and Integrity
* Database Support for Virtual Team and Mobile Collaboration
* E-Business and M-Commerce Models and Architectures
* Empirical Software Engineering
* Enterprise Systems and Supply Chain Integration
* Enterprise Modeling
* Heterogeneous and Distributed Databases
* Information Modeling 
* Intelligent Agents and Agent-Based Applications
* Knowledge Engineering and Management
* Method Engineering and Meta-modeling
* Mobile Information Systems
* Object Oriented Methods and Methodologies
* Requirements Engineering
* Semantic Web and Ontologies
* Unified Modeling Language (UML) and Unified Process (UP)
* User Interface Modeling
* Web Database and Web-based Information Systems
* Web Design Methods and Methodologies
* Workflow Modeling, including adaptive and emergent workflow


Important Dates (2003):
Deadline for submissions (received):            February 28, 2003
Notification of accept/reject decisions:                April 28, 2003
Deadline for camera-ready copies:                       May 26, 2003


Submission Guidelines:
The workshop accepts two types of submissions-Completed Research and 
Research-In-Progress. 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:
* For Completed Research submissions, the paper should not exceed 5,000 words 
(excluding references and appendices). 
* For Research-In-Progress submissions, the paper should not exceed 3,000 words 
(excluding references and appendices).
* Include a cover page with title of paper as well as the authors' names, 
affiliations, phones, faxes, and email addresses. The total number of words in 
the paper (excluding cover page, tables, and references) and the submission 
category (i.e. Completed Research or Research-In-Progress) should be indicated 
on the cover page. 
* The second page should begin with the title of the paper, author names and 
affiliations, and an abstract of no more than 150 words. Also include keywords 
chosen (if possible) from the list of main topics above. The main text should 
follow the keywords. 
* Use 10-point font for the bulk of the body text.
 
Only electronic submissions are accepted. E-mail your paper as an attachment in 
Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF format to 
mis-kengsiau-97Ri0+GJjMO98FVXGtb5ug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


Publications:
Accepted papers will be published in the workshop proceedings, which will be 
available at the workshop. For past EMMSADs, top papers are published either as 
book chapters or journal papers (after revisions).  Similarly, top papers in 
the completed research category for this year will also be considered (after 
extension and enhancement) either for chapters in a book to be edited by the 
conference co-chairs, or for journal publications (e.g., Journal of Database 
Management).


Workshop co-chairs: 
Dr. Keng Siau
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
USA 

Dr. John Krogstie
SINTEF and Norwegian Institute of Science and Technology
Norway

Dr. Terry Halpin
North Face Learning
USA


Program Committee Members (partial list):
Akhilesh Bajaj, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Richard Baskerville, Georgia State University, USA
Dinesh Batra, Florida International University, USA
Shirley Becker, Florida Institute of Technology, USA
Sjaak Brinkkemper, Emendas, The Netherlands
Robert Chiang, University of Connecticut, USA
Roger Chiang, University of Cincinnati, USA
Jan Dietz, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Robert France, Colorado State University, USA
Andrew Gemino, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Joey George, Florida State University, USA
Alan Hevner, University of South Florida, USA
Ee Peng Lim, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Kalle Lyytinen, Case Western Reserve University, USA
Salvatore T. March, Vanderbilt University, USA
Graham McLeod, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Robert Meersman, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
John Mylopoulos, University of Toronto, Canada
Fui Hoon Nah, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, USA
Levent Orman, Cornell University, USA
Andreas L. Opdahl, University of Bergen, Norway
Jeffrey Parsons, Memorial University, Canada
Barbara Pernici, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Sudha Ram, University of Arizona, USA
Colette Rolland, University of Paris 1, France
Matti Rossi, Helsinki School of Economics, Finland
Bernhard Rumpe, Munich University of Technology, Germany
Olivia Sheng, University of Utah, USA
Peretz Shoval, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Guttorm Sindre, University of Trondheim, Norway
Jan Stage, Aalborg University, Denmark
Veda Storey, Georgia State University, USA
Bernard Tan, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Yong Tan, University of Washington, USA
Ramesh Venkataramen, Indiana University, USA
Carson Woo, University of British Columbia, Canada
Daniel Dajun Zeng, University of Arizona, USA
Ilze Zigurs, University of Nebraska, Omaha, USA


For more information, please contact:
Keng Siau, Ph.D.
Department of Management
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
209 College of Business Administration
Lincoln, NE68588-0491
Email: ksiau1-my90Erjv4r8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Telephone: +1-402-472-3078
Fax: +1-402-472-5855
URL: http://ait.unl.edu/siau/
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