ER2003 Deadline Extension - March 24

                        CALL FOR PAPERS

       22nd International Conference on Conceptual Modeling
            13-16 October 2003, Chicago, Illinois, USA      

              http://conceptualmodeling.org/er2003/


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The deadline for PAPER SUBMISSION has been EXTENDED to March 24, 2003. 
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SCOPE OF CONFERENCE

There has been a dramatic impact from trends of increased processing
power, storage capacity, network bandwidth, interconnectivity, and
mobility of computing devices.  As processes and interactions in this
environment grow more complex, proper design becomes more important.
Conceptual modeling continues to have a vital role in advanced
information systems development.  But new techniques will be required
to deal with the challenges facing developers.

The International Conference on Conceptual Modeling provides a forum
for presenting and discussing current research and applications in
which conceptual modeling is the major emphasis.  The theme of ER2003
is conceptual modeling for the future.  We especially invite forward-
looking and innovative contributions that identify promising areas
for future conceptual modeling research.

TOPICS OF INTEREST

We solicit submission of original research, as well as experience and
vision papers from both researchers and practitioners.  We welcome any
topic where conceptual modeling is a major theme.  Specific examples
of topics of interest include, but are not limited to, conceptual
modeling as applied to:

- information modeling concepts, including ontologies
- ontological and conceptual correctness in modeling
- e-business and Web-based information systems
- mobile information systems
- the Semantic Web
- semistructured data and XML
- information and database integration 
- information retrieval, organization, summarization, visualization
- design methodologies and their evaluation
- software engineering and tools
- reuse, patterns, and object oriented design
- quality and metrics
- conceptual change and schema evolution
- spatial, temporal, and multimedia aspects in conceptual models
- metadata, its interpretation and usage
- reverse engineering and reengineering 
- knowledge management systems
- user interfaces
- groupware and workflow management
- data warehousing and data mining
- advanced and cross-disciplinary applications

SUBMISSSION GUIDELINES

Authors should submit original manuscripts via the ER2003 Web site,
as PostScript or PDF files by 15 March 2003.  Papers may not exceed
5000 words.  Use at least an 11-point font and no more than 20 double-
spaced pages.  (Typically published papers are 14 pages in LNCS
format.)  The ER2003 home page (www.conceptualmodeling.org/er2003)
contains further details.

The proceedings will be published by Springer-Verlag in the LNCS
series.  Springer-Verlag publishes a full-text electronic version of
LNCS in parallel with the printed version, so the electronic source
of accepted papers will be required (LaTeX 2e format is preferred).
Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended
versions for possible publication in Data & Knowledge Engineering.

INDUSTRIAL PAPERS

Please submit papers for the industry track to one of the Industrial
Co-Chairs, Terry Halpin 
(terry-GwVH5zoSr4H5iILODEVDblaTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org) or Peter Aiken
(paiken-HInyCGIudOg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) by 15 March 2003.  We invite both full 
papers and
short papers.  Please visit our Web site for full details
(conceptualmodeling.org/er2003).

WORKSHOPS

Workshops Co-Chairs are Manfred Jeusfeld 
(manfred.jeusfeld-U9x2SqjMzfU@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
and Oscar Pastor (opastor-2yllyS4jjq8xAGwisGp4zA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx).  For 
workshop information,
see http://SunSITE.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE/Societies/ER2003Workshops/.

TUTORIALS

Please submit tutorial proposals to one of the Tutorial Co-Chairs,
Ee-Peng Lim (aseplim-HU4z9rI8l8CLvajZxc+D7Q@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) or Toby Teorey 
(teorey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
by 15 March 2003.  Identify the presenter, the intended audience, and
the scope of the topic.  Tutorials may be presented as a 90-minute
tutorial inside the conference, or as a half day (3 hour) or a full
day (6 hour) pre-conference tutorial.  Suggested tutorial topics
include, but are not limited to: Semantic Web, Web knowledge
management, and data mining process modeling.

PANELS

We solicit proposals for panel sessions related to the conference
topics about which there is controversy and thus a need for public
discussion.  Please send panel proposals to one of the Panel
Co-Chairs, Avigdor Gal 
(avigal-1EHWewyrHDv7r6psnUbsSmZHpeb/A1Y/@public.gmane.org) or Elisa Bertino
(bertino-UXPKuQ05yw1OhR2lhbcafA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) by 15 March 2003.  See our 
Web site for more
detailed instructions.

DEMONSTRATIONS AND POSTERS

ER2003 provides a forum for ongoing work: poster reports on projects
in progress, demonstrations of alpha- and beta-versions of software
tools and products, invitations to cooperate on new project ideas,
etc.  These should stimulate a highly interactive and future-oriented
added value to ER2003.  Please send poster and demonstration
proposals to the Demonstration and Poster Chair, Heinrich C. Mayr
(mayr-jPhm/s9OMrFUmNGwLg17XrNldLUNz+W/@public.gmane.org) by 20 June 2003.

IMPORTANT DATES

Paper abstracts (soft deadline):     8 March 2003
Full papers (firm deadline):        15 March 2003
Tutorial & panel proposals:         15 March 2003
Notification:                       17 May   2003
Camera-ready papers:                14 June  2003
Poster & demonstration proposals:   20 June  2003

SPONSORS

Northern Illinois University
Northwestern University
In Cooperation with ACM, ER Institute, DAMA


ORGANIZERS

General Chair:          Peter Scheuermann
                        Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
                        Northwestern University
                        email: peters-ACPegdETabGVc3sceRu5cw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Organizing Chair:       Kathi Hogshead Davis
                        Department of Computer Science
                        Northern Illinois University
                        email: kdavis-JWVTtR+8/Rc3uPMLIKxrzw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Program Co-Chairs:      Il-Yeol Song
                        College of Information Science and Technology
                        Drexel University
                        email: song-lbwBIqCsw6A3uPMLIKxrzw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

                        Stephen W. Liddle
                        School of Accountancy and Information Systems
                        Kevin & Debra Rollins Center for eBusiness
                        Brigham Young University
                        email: liddle-8Bzd4dk9+oo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

                        Tok Wang Ling
                        Department of Computer Science 
                        National University of Singapore 
                        email: lingtw-re5r+meJ/dN84TsAtUCrkA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Industrial Co-Chairs:   Terry Halpin (North Face Learning, USA)
                        Peter Aiken (Virginia Commonwealth University, USA)
Tutorial Co-Chairs:     Ee-Peng Lim (Nanyang Technological Univ., Singapore)
                        Toby Teorey (University of Michigan, USA)
Panel Co-Chairs:        Avigdor Gal (Technion, Israel)
                        Elisa Bertino (University of Milano, Italy)
Workshop Co-Chairs:     Manfred Jeusfeld  (Tilburg University, Netherlands)
                        Oscar Pastor  (Polytechnic Univ. of Valencia, Spain)
Demos and Posters:      Heinrich C. Mayr (University of Klagenfurt, Austria)
Publicity Chair:        Rokia Missaoui (University of Quebec, Canada)
Local Arrangements:     Bamshad Mobasher (DePaul University, USA)
Treasurer:              Robert Janota (Northern Illinois University, USA)
Registration:           Eugene Sheng (Northern Illinois University, USA)
Steering Comm. Liaison: Jacky Akoka (CNAM & INT, France)

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Akoka, Jacky                                   CNAM & INT  France
Allen, Gove                             Tulane University  USA
Arisawa, Hiroshi                   Yokohama National Univ  Japan
Atzeni, Paolo                        Universita' Roma Tre  Italy
Bertino, Elisa                                        DSI  Italy
Bouzeghoub, Mokrane              University of Versailles  France
Casanova, Marco A.                                PUC-Rio  Brazil
Catarci, Tiziana        Universita' di Roma "la Sapienza"  Italy
Ceri, Stefano                       Politecnico di Milano  Italy
Chen, Ye-Sho                                          LSU  USA
Chiang, Roger H.L.               University of Cincinnati  USA
Chu, Wesley                                          UCLA  USA
De Troyer, Olga               Free University of Brussels  Belgium
Delcambre, Lois                                  OGI/OHSU  USA
Dey, Debabrata                   University of Washington  USA
Elmasri, Ramez                  Univ. of Texas, Arlington  USA
Embley, David W.                 Brigham Young University  USA
Geppert, Andreas                            Credit Suisse  Switzerland
Goelman, Don                         Villanova University  USA
Grefen, Paul           Eindhoven University of Technology  Netherlands
Guarino, Nicola        National Research Council ISTC-CNR  Italy
Hainaut, Jean-Luc                     University of Namur  Belgium
Han, Hyoil                              Drexel University  USA
Han, Wook-Shin              Kyungpook National University  Korea
Henderson-Sellers, Brian      Univ. of Technology, Sydney  Australia
Hu, Xiaohua Tony                        Drexel University  USA
Johannesson, Paul                    Stockholm University  Sweden
Kangassalo, Hannu                   University of Tampere  Finland
Laender, Alberto       Federal University of Minas Gerais  Brazil
Lee, Byung S.                       University of Vermont  USA
Lee, Dongwon                Pennsylvania State University  USA
Lee, Jeong-Joon                                       KPU  Korea
Lee, Mong Li             National University of Singapore  Singapore
Liu, Ling                 Georgia Institute of Technology  USA
Maciaszek, Leszek                    Macquarie University  Australia
March, Sal                          Vanderbilt University  USA
Mayr, Heinrich C.                University of Klagenfurt  Austria
McCarthy, William                     Michigan State Univ  USA
Metais, Elisabeth                University of Versailles  France
Missaoui, Rokia                      University of Quebec  Canada
Miura, Takao                             Hosei University  Japan
Mok, Wai Yin            University of Alabama, Huntsville  USA
Moody, Daniel                  Univerzita Karlova v Praze  Czech Republic
Motschnig, Renate                    University of Vienna  Austria
Nummenmaa, Jyrki                    University of Tampere  Finland
O'Leary, Daniel         University of Southern California  USA
Olive, Antoni                     University of Catalunya  Spain
Orlowska, Maria                  University of Queensland  Australia
Ouksel, Aris M.                    University of Illinois  Chicago, USA
Palazzo de Oliveira, Jose                           UFRGS  Brazil
Parent, Christine                  University of Lausanne  Switzerland
Pastor, Oscar          Polytechnic University of Valencia  Spain
Pirotte, Alain             Catholic University of Louvain  Belgium
Purao, Sandeep              Pennsylvania State University  USA
Ram, Sudha                          University of Arizona  USA
Rizzi, Stefano                      University of Bologna  Italy
Rundensteiner, Elke       Worcester Polytechnic Institute  USA
Sarkar, Sumit               University of Texas at Dallas  USA
Schrefl, Michael                       University of Linz  Austria
Siau, Keng L.                   Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln  USA
Solvberg, Arne, Norwegian Univ. of Science and Technology  Norway
Spaccapietra, Stefano                       EPFL Lausanne  Switzerland
Storey, Veda C.                  Georgia State University  USA
Sugumaran, Vijayan                     Oakland University  USA
Tanniru, Mohan                      University of Arizona  USA
Tari, Zahir                               RMIT University  Australia
Teorey, Toby                       University of Michigan  USA
Thalheim, Bernhard     Brandenburg Tech. Univ. at Cottbus  Germany
Theodoratos, Dimitri                                 NJIT  USA
Trujillo, Juan                     University of Alicante  Spain
Umar, Amjad                            Fordham University  USA
Venkataraman, Ramesh                   Indiana University  USA
Wand, Yair                 University of British Columbia  Canada
Wang, Shan                     Renmin University of China  China
Whang, Kyu-Young                                    KAIST  Korea
Wieringa, Roel                       University of Twente  Netherlands
Yu, Eric                            University of Toronto  Canada
Zaniolo, Carlo                                       UCLA  USA
Zhang, Yanchun          University of Southern Queensland  Australia
Zimanyi, Esteban                                      ULB  Belgium 

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