CFP: ISD'2004, September 9-11, Vilnius, Lithuania

CALL FOR PAPERS 

ISD'2004
THIRTEENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
INFORMATION SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT: METHODS AND TOOLS, THEORY AND PRACTICE
Conference Theme: Advances in Theory, Practice and Education

Vilnius, Lithuania ,  9-11 September, 2004
http://isl.vtu.lt/isd2004/ 

AIMS & SCOPE
Information Systems Development (ISD) progresses rapidly, continually creating 
new challenges for the professionals involved. New concepts and approaches 
emerge permanently in this field. Progress in ISD comes from research as well 
as 
from practice. The new results should be transferred to study process. Advanced 
ISD curricula as well as new teaching and learning approaches should be 
developed. The aim of the Conference is to establish an international forum for 
the 
exchange of ideas and experiences between researchers, academy, and industry, 
and to stimulate exploration of new solutions.

LANGUAGE
The language of the Conference is English.

TOPICS
Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
-- Theoretical aspects of IS development
-- IS development process 
-- IS specification and modelling languages, and tools
-- Modern IS development methodologies, methods and techniques
-- IS development environments and platforms
== Current trends in IS development, including 
  o     agile development and reuse,
  o     workflow approach, 
  o     ontology-based approaches
  o     business process- based development, 
  o     business rules approach, 
  o     shearing layers approach,
  o     object-oriented approach,
  o     participatory design and user involvement, 
  o      etc.
== Emerging technologies in IS development, including 
  o     component-based development, 
  o     generative development,
  o     intelligent agents,
  o     enterprise applications,
  o     intranet and extranet,
  o     Web services,
  o     mobile services,
  o     geographic and location based technologies,
  o     open source software,
  o     etc.
== Development practices for advanced IS, including 
  o     global IS, 
  o     enterprise IS, 
  o     collaborative systems,
  o     wireless and M-commerce systems, 
  o     Web-based IS, 
  o     intelligent IS, 
  o     GIS, 
  o     business intelligence systems,
  o     multimedia and hypermedia IS, 
  o     etc.
-- Strategic Planning for Information Systems, development and implementation 
of IS strategy
-- Business processes reengineering in IS development context
-- Interoperability infrastructures, business process, application and data 
interoperability
-- Knowledge management issues in IS development
-- Reuse in IS development
== Usability and performance engineering in IS development
-- Quality engineering in IS development
-- Security engineering in IS development
-- Case studies, evaluation of existing methods 
-- Project management issues in IS development
-- Human resources improvement in IS development field, including
  o     curriculum innovations,
  o     new teaching methods, 
  o     user's training methods,
  o     integration of information technology in education and training,
  o     case studies,
  o     etc.
== Impact of human, social and organisational dimensions on IS development
-- Ethical and social issues related to information systems development
-- Creativity and IS development 
-- Electronic business and electronic markets 


SUBMISSION
We solicit contributions of the following form:
--- research papers describing research accomplishments (approximately 5000 
words), 
--- communications, i.e. experience reports, surveys, project overviews, etc. 
which do 
not fully adhere to the standards of a first rate scientific publication, but 
are 
nevertheless of interest and value for the participants of the conference, (up 
to 
5000 words)
--- proposals for panels.
Paper format requirements are specified at http://isl.vtu.lt/isd2004/  
All submissions must be original, not presented at other conferences, published 
or 
under publication elsewhere. Papers will be reviewed by at least two referees 

SUBMISSION PROCEDURE

All papers are to be submitted electronically in Postscript, PDF, or RTF format 
to 
http://isl.vtu.lt/isd2004/. Additionally, for each paper should be submitted 
abstract (up to 
500 words) with the list of keywords to facilitate the assignment of papers to 
referees. We 
have provided a web-based submission procedure, which is an easy and 
user-friendly way 
to submit your paper.

PUBLICATIONS

Accepted research papers will be printed in a book published by Kluwer/Plenum 
Press and 
distributed after the Conference. Communications will be published in local 
proceedings 
(under an ISBN) and distributed at the Conference. We are also negotiating with 
some 
conference topics related journals to publish extended versions of selected 
ISD'2004 
papers

AWARDS
The best conference paper will be awarded (conference diploma and a gift from 
Vilnius)
The best paper authored solely by students (up to master level) will be awarded 
(conference diploma and gift from Vilnius). Please indicate in your submission, 
whether it 
is a student paper.

IMPORTANT DATES
Abstracts submission            April 18, 2004
Papers and panels submission    April 25, 2004
Notification of acceptance              May 30, 2004
Camera ready papers             June 30, 2004
Conference                              September 9-11


CONFERENCE ORGANISATION

General Chair:
Olegas Vasilecas, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, 
olegas-GquY0Wu182c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 

Program Co-Chairs
Albertas Caplinskas, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Lithuania
Olegas Vasilecas, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania
Wita Wojtkowski, Boise State University, USA
Gregory Wojtkowski, Boise State University, USA
Stanislaw Wrycza, University of Gdansk, Poland
Joze Zupancic, University of Maribor, Slovenia 

Program Committee

Gary Allen, University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom
Juris Borzovs, Information Technology Institute, Latvia
Frada Burstein, Monash University, Australia
Rimantas Butleris, Kaunas Technical University, Lithuania
Darren Dalcher, Middlesex University, United Kingdom
Vitalijus Denisovas, Klaipeda University, Lithuania
John Gammack, Griffith University, Australia
Janis Grundspenkis, Riga Technical University, Latvia
Remigijus Gustas, Karlstad University, Sweden
Janis Eiduks, Riga Technical University, Latvia
Hele-Mai Haav, Concordia International University, Estonia
G. Harindranath, University of London, United Kingdom
Igor Hawryszkiewycz, Sydney University of Technology, Australia
Marius Janson, University of Missouri - St. Louis, USA
Leonid Kalinichenko, Institute for Problems of informatics of the Russian 
Academy of Science, Russia
Roland Kaschek, Massey University, New Zealand
Marite Kirikova, Riga Technical University, Latvia
Gabor Knapp, Budapest University of Technology and Education, Hungary
John Krogstie, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Marian Kuras , Cracow Academy of Economics, Poland
Rein Kuusik, Tallinn Technical University, Estonia
Sergei Kuznetsov, Institute for System Programming of Russian Academy of 
Science, Russia
Robert Leskovar, University of Maribor, Slovenia
Henry Linger, Monash University, Australia
Björn Lundell, University of Skoevde, Sweden
Audrone Lupeikiene, Institute of Mathematic and Informatics, Lithuania
Kalle Lyytinen, Case Western Reserve University, USA
Leszek A. Maciaszek, Macquarie University, Australia
Yannis Manolopoulos, Aristotle University, Greece
Sal March, University of Minnesota, USA
Majed Al-Mashari, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
Heinrich C. Mayr, University of Klagenfurt, Austria
Elisabeth Métais, CNAM University, France
Mike Metcalfe, University of South Australia, Australia
Robert Moreton, University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
Pavol Navrat, Slovak University of Technology, Slovakia
Lina Nemuraite, Kaunas Technical University, Lithuania
Anders G. Nilsson, Karlstad University, Sweden
Jacob Norberg, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Jari Palomaki, Massey University, New Zealand
Malgorzata Pankowska, The Karol Adamiecki University Of Economics In Katowice, 
Poland
Jaroslav Pokorny, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic
Vaclav Repa, Prague University of Economics, Czech Republic
David Schwartz, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
Timothy K. Shih, Tamkang University, Taiwan
Guttorm Sindre, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Arne Soelvberg, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Larry Stapleton, Waterford Institute of Technology, Republic of Ireland
Eberhard Stickel, Bonn University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Uldis Sukovskis, Riga Technical University, Latvia
Janis Tenteris, Riga Technical University, Latvia
Bernhard Thalheim, Brandenburg University of Technology at Cottbus, Germany
Jacek Unold, Wroclaw University Of Economics, Poland
Jiri Vorisek, Prague University of Economics, Czech Republic
Gottfried Vossen, University of Münster, Germany
Benkt Wangler, University of Skoevde, Sweden
Tatjana Welzer, University of Maribor, Slovenia
Carson C. Woo, University of British Columbia, Canada
Jozef Zurada, University of Louisville, USA;

More Program Committee Members to follow.


CONFERENCE FEES

Conference fee is 360 EUR if paid before July 18 2004.
Conference fee is 400 EUR if paid after July 18 2004.
Conference fee is 440 EUR if paid on site
Conference fee covers all meals, refreshments, dinners and a copy of the 
Proceedings.


CONTACT INFORMATION
All mail should be addressed to the conference manager:
E-mail isd2004-lm5yAejmpgkwnf/OCUKchA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 

Any enquiries can be directed to the Conference Chair,
Olegas Vasilecas
Information Systems Laboratory
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
Sauletekio al. 11,
LT-2040, Vilnius
Lithuania
tel. +370 52744860              fax: +370 52744859

Further information regarding the conference will be available at: 
http://isl.vtu.lt/isd2004/ 

CONFERENCE VENUE
The Conference will be held at the Vilnius Gediminas Technical University 
(http://www.vtu.lt/english/vgtu/) in Vilnius, Lithuania. Lithuania 
(http://neris.mii.lt/) is a 
small, beautiful country lying on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea and 
inhabited by 
one of the Baltic nations. The Lithuanians have preserved one of the oldest 
language, a 
unique culture and unique customs. Vilnius (http://www.vilnius.sav.lt/tourism/) 
is the 
capital of Lithuania. It is a city that has to be explored. A day walking 
through the narrow, 
winding streets will give you a lot of impression. There is plenty to see. 
Masterpieces of 
local gothic, baroque and classicism, Gediminas Castle, folk art, museums, 
monuments of 
the former Soviet Empire, restful cafes, swinging bars, modern night clubs, 
handsome and 
imposing restaurants. The largest Old Town in Eastern Europe gives you the 
feeling that 
you are walking through a museum, for practically every building is a relic of 
a sort. 27 km 
from Vilnius lays the ancient capital of Lithuania Trakai 
(http://www.tourism.lt/region/vilnius/trakai.htm). The Trakai Castle, an 
original relic of 
the Middle Ages, has survived on one of the islands on the Galve Lake to this 
day. 100 km 
from Vilnius lays the Lithuania's second largest city Kaunas 
(http://www.kaunas.lt/english/). You may visit in Kaunas a lot of interesting 
museums, 
such as the Ciurlionis Museum with an exposition of more than 200 canvases by 
the great 
Lithuanian artist M.K. Ciurlionis, the exposition of folk "devil" sculptures, 
and the IXth 
Fort Museum, a memorial to the victims of fascism.

Looking forward to receiving a paper submission from you, next April. Don't 
hesitate 
contacting us should you have any questions.
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