CFP: ACM SAC 2004 Organizational Engineering Track

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                C A L L   F O R   P A P E R S
                       
                       ACM SAC 2004

          Special Track on ORGANIZATIONAL ENGINEERING

          The 19th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing,
                14-17 March 2004, Nicosia, Cyprus

          http://www.acm.org/conferences/sac/sac2004/                           
      
                 http://ceo.inesc.pt/sac2004/
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IMPORTANT DATES 

Abstract submission:    August 30, 2003 
Full paper submission:  September 6, 2003 
Author notification:    October 18, 2003 
Camera-ready copy:      November 8, 2003  
                                                        
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For the past eighteen years, the ACM Symposium on Applied Computing 
has been a primary gathering forum for applied computer scientists, 
computer engineers, software engineers, and application developers 
from around the world. SAC 2004 is sponsored by the ACM Special 
Interest Group on Applied Computing, and is hosted by the University 
of Cyprus in Nicosia, Cyprus.

Organizational Engineering (OE) aggregates and applies concepts, 
technology and engineering methods to the organizational context to 
understand, model, develop and analyze various aspects of changing 
businesses. This special track intends to bring together the 
researchers and practitioners in this multi-disciplinary area while 
addressing the issues emerging from jointly analyzing, developing and 
evolving business strategy, business processes and information 
systems Authors are encouraged to share new and interesting theoretical 
and methodological perspectives and case studies on organizational 
engineering. 

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TOPICS

Specific areas of interest to ACM SAC 2004 OE track include 
but are not limited to:

Modeling
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* Modeling static and dynamic aspects of strategy, business processes 
  and business entities. 
  
* Modeling static and dynamic aspects of enterprise information 
  systems and information systems architecture. 
  
* Modeling and applying business practices and business patterns. 

* Business frameworks and ontologies. 

* Object-oriented, aspect-based and agent-based approaches. 

* Notations for organizational modeling (e.g. UML extensions). 

Methodologies
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* Analysis and design processes for organizational engineering. 

* Software development and evolution based on organizational models. 

Supporting Tools and Technology
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* CASE tools and frameworks for organizational modeling. 

* Model-driven tools for model deployment and execution. 

* Web services and related technologies in organizational context. 

* Simulation and inspection tools. 

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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

All papers should represent original and previously unpublished work 
that are currently not under review in any conference or journal. 
The ACM SAC is a refereed conference, thus, each paper will be 
blindly reviewed by at least three reviewers. 

Abstracts should be submitted for guidance before the full paper 
version via email to sac2004-bqZEUaylcM7and0/wzY53w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx in plain 
text format.
Please provide authors' names and affiliations and the full contact 
details, including e-mail, address, telephone and fax. Abstract should
be received by August 30, 2003.

The following submission guidelines must be followed for the full paper: 

* All papers submissions must be made electronically in PDF format 
via email to sac2004-bqZEUaylcM5mbKjIMt4/9w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 

* The body of the paper must not exceed 5,000 words. You may refer to the 
paper format at http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html

* A  separate cover page should be attached identifying the title of the 
paper, the authors' names and affiliations, and the full contact details, 
including e-mail, address, telephone and fax. 

* To facilitate the blind review process, the  authors names must 
not appear anywhere in the paper, and self-reference must be made in 
the third person. Only the title should be shown at the first page 
without the author's information. 

* Submit a cover page (PDF format) a manuscript (PDF format) as 
attachments to your email. Your submission email text should also include 
the authors names and email, paper title, and the preferred contact author.

* Full papers must be received by September 6, 2003. 

Papers that receive high reviews but are not accepted due to space 
limitation will be invited for the poster session. The poster session 
procedures and details will be posted on the ACM SAC 2004 website as 
soon as they become available. 

All enquiries and questions should be directed to the OE Track Chairs. 
Additional details are available at the OE track home page at 
http://ceo.inesc.pt/sac2004/ and at the ACM SAC 2004 conference home 
page at http://www.acm.org/conferences/sac/sac2004/. 

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Organizational Engineering Track Chairs
  José Tribolet (Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal)
  Pedro Sousa (Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal)

Symposium Chair
  Hisham M. Haddad (Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia, USA)

Symposium Vice Chair
  George A. Papadopoulos (University of Cyprus,Nicosia, Cyprus)

Program Chairs
  Andrea Omicini (Università degli Studi di Bologna Cesena, Italy)
  Roger L. Wainwright (University of Tulsa Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA)

Publication Chair
  Lorie M. Liebrock (New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, 
NM, USA)

Posters Chair
  Mathew J. Palakal (Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis, 
Indiana, USA)

Tutorials Chair
  Andreas Andreou (University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus)

Treasurer and Registrar
  George A. Papadopoulos (University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus)

Local Arrangement Chair
  Constantinos Pattichis (University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus)
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