Important information:
New Paper submission deadline is January
26th, 2013 [Extended]
Results of the review is announced in March 22,
2013
Accepted papers must be submitted by April 23, 2013
CALL FOR PAPERS
THE 23rd EUROPEAN - JAPANESE CONFERENCE ON
INFORMATION MODELLING AND
KNOWLEDGE BASES
OBJECTIVE: Information modelling is becoming more and more
important
topic for researchers, designers, and users of information systems.
The
amount and complexity of information itself, the number of
abstraction
levels of information, and the size of databases and knowledge
bases are
continuously growing. Conceptual modelling is one of the sub-areas
of
information modelling. The aim of this conference is to bring
together
experts from different areas of computer science and other
disciplines,
who have a common interest in understanding and solving problems
on
information modelling and knowledge bases, as well as applying
the
results of research to practice. We also aim to recognize and study
new
areas on modelling and knowledge bases to which more attention should
be
paid. Therefore philosophy and logic, cognitive science,
knowledge
management, linguistics and management science are relevant areas,
too.
In the conference, there will be three categories of presentations,
i.e.
full papers, short papers and position papers..
TOPICS: Modelling of information is necessary in developing
information
systems. Information is acquired from many sources, by using
various
methods and tools. It must be recognized, conceptualized,
and
conceptually organized efficiently so that users can easily
understand
and use it. Modelling is needed to understand, explain,
organize,
predict, and reason on information. It also helps to master the
role and
functions of components of information systems. Modelling can
be
performed with many different purposes in mind, at different levels,
and
by using different notions and different background theories. It can
be
made by emphasizing users' conceptual understanding of information on
a
domain level, on an algorithmic level, or on representation levels.
On
each level, the objects and structures used on them are different,
and
different rules govern the behavior on them. Therefore the
notions,
rules, theories, languages, and methods for modelling on
different
levels are also different. It will be useful if we can develop
theories
and methodologies for modelling, to be used in different
situations,
because databases, knowledge bases, and repositories in
knowledge
management systems, developed on the basis of models and used
to
technically store information, are growing day by day. In
this
conference the interest is focused on modelling of information, and
one
of the central topics might be modelling of time. Scientific
or
technical papers of high quality are sought on topics including, but
not
limited to the following. The highest priority will be given to
papers
which are strongly related to different aspects of modelling.
1. Theoretical and Philosophical Basis of Concept Modelling and
Conceptual Modelling
Information recognition, conceptualization, and concept
formation
Properties of concepts, systems of concepts, and theories of
concept systems
Subjective concepts and collective concepts
Conceptual
change and time, ontology of time
Concept integration and integration of
modeling paradigms
Description of concepts, views, and viewpoint
dynamics
2. Conceptual Modelling and Information Requirements Specification
(IRS)
Ontologies, conceptual modelling, and natural language in IRS
Conceptual
information requirements specification for information systems
Conceptual
modelling for knowledge management
Languages, tools and methods for
conceptual modelling
Methods and systems for developing and using conceptual
information
Methodologies for ontology development, maintenance, and
integration
Conceptual modelling of time
3. Conceptual Models of Intelligent Activities
Cognitive strategies for model construction
Conceptual modelling and
problem solving
Conceptual modelling of temporal constructs, identity and
change
Meta-modelling in the model building process
Relationships between
knowledge management and problem solving
The ontology of social reality and
the modelling process of social reality
4. Collections of Data, Knowledge, and Descriptions of Concepts
Knowledge management for conceptual modelling and IRS
Conceptual
modelling in spatial or temporal databases, or both
Active database systems
and active knowledge base systems
Modelling methods, design methodologies and
tools
Collaborative knowledge management
Modelling, Using and Managing
Context
Context Computing
5. Human-Computer Interaction and Modelling
Conceptual models as interfaces of systems, data bases and knowledge
bases,
Ontology for human-computer interaction, including time
Metadata
and knowledge management for human-computer interaction
Cognition problems in
large conceptual schemata
Modelling in multimedia information
systems
Cross-cultural multimedia systems
6. Software Engineering and Modelling
Design and use of concept definition libraries, design patterns,
frameworks
Architectures of meta-models for information systems,
Modelling
software engineering processes
UML, ORM, Petri-nets, and other formalisms as
modelling tools
Modelling of multi-agent systems - modelling in multi-agent
systems
7. Applications
Enterprise modelling and strategic concept development
Business-process
modeling
Modelling global information systems
Modelling for mobile
information systems
Conceptual modeling of information systems for virtual
organizations
Modelling in the WWW systems and conceptual models for web
data
IMPORTANT DATES:
Submission deadline January 26th, 2013.
The acceptance letters for all types of contributions will be sent
by
email by March 22nd, 2013.
In the case of acceptance, you are expected to send your final paper
for
inclusion in the conference pre-proceedings to arrive no later
than
April 23rd, 2013. Final version of the papers will be published
after
the conference as book of journal papers by IOS Press (Amsterdam) in
the
Series of the "Frontiers on Artificial Intelligence" for
international
distribution. Improved papers must be sent by Sept. 17th
in 2013, after
the conference. Each of the position papers is reviewed in
the
presentation and the improved version by Program Committee, whether
or
not it can be accepted as the final journal print FORMAT OF
THE
SUBMISSION:
Send the paper electronically according to the instructions
for
registering, formatting and submitting on the page:
http://www.pori.tut.fi/ejc/author_information.html
The submission must
be original, and must not be submitted anywhere else, or
already
accepted by any other conference or journal. The selection of papers
is
made on the basis of review, by the program committee. Acceptance
of
papers will be based on the originality of work, on the suitability
of
the topic to the conference, and on the overall quality of
your
submission. Papers may be submitted in the following
categories:
SCIENTIFIC / TECHNICAL PAPER: You may submit your paper either as
a full
paper, (max. 20 pages), or as a short paper (of max. 8 pages).
POSITION
PAPER: Research projects of any scale are invited to
illustrate
innovative concepts, theories, prototypes, or experiences. Your
position
paper (work-in-progress) should be no longer than 5 pages.
The pre-print will be distributed in the conference. The
final
proceedings including the papers presented in the conference will
be
distributed after the conference and published by IOS Press
(Amsterdam)
for international distribution.
IMPORTANT
Please use only "English fonts" (ANSI/ASCII or UTF-3) in your paper,
and
include all the fonts you used. No extra hidden codes, nor any
other
features that are specific to a special computer (or
language)
environment should be included in any form. Otherwise reviewers may
not
be able to open and read your paper. Once a submitted paper is found
to
be unreadable, the reviewing process may be stopped
automatically
without asking the second submission.
WORKING PRINCIPLES OF THE CONFERENCE:
The authors present their papers at the conference. The papers
are
included in the conference (local) pre-print. The final text of
the
papers can be polished for publication after the conference.
Only
actually presented papers will be published in the final journal
print.
The final journal papers will be published by an international
publisher.
The total number of participants is limited to 50. Only
actually
presented papers will be published in the final journal print. The
final
text of the full and short papers can be polished as journal papers
for
publication after the conference. Each of the position papers
are
proposed to improve to take into account the comments in the
conference
(if any) and the statement of the reviewers. Programme committee
has
right to withdraw the paper from the final journal publication, if
the
proposed improvements are not implemented or if the paper is
not
technically prepared according to the formatting rules. The
final
journal papers will be published by an international publisher
(IOS
Press, Amsterdam) after the conference. More information: See
http://www.pori.tut.fi/ejc/
ORGANIZATION
General Program Chair: Hannu Kangassalo, University of Tampere,
Finland
Program committee:
Yasushi Kiyoki (co-chairman), Keio University, Japan
Takehiro Tokuda
(co-chairman), Tokyo Institute of Technology
Programme Committee Members (tentative):
To be nominated
Programme Coordination Team:
Naofumi Yoshida, Komazawa University, Japan (Chairman)
Members:
To be nominated
General Organizing Chair: Hannu Jaakkola, Tampere University of
Technology(Pori)
Organizing Committee:
Takehiro Tokuda, Tokyp Institute of Technology, Japan
Xing Chen,
Kanagawa Institute of Technology, Japan
Ulla Nevanranta (Publication),
Tampere University of Technology (Pori), Finland
ADDRESSES:
Hannu Kangassalo, Programme General Chair
University of
Tampere
Department of Computer and Information Sciences
P.O.Box
607
FIN-33014 University of Tampere
Finland
Tel: +358-3-2156778;
Fax: +358-3-2156070
E-mail: hk[..at..]cs.uta.fi
Yasushi Kiyoki, PC co-chairman
Keio University
Faculty of
Environmental Information
5322 Endoh Fujisawa, Kanagawa
252-8520
Japan
Tel: +81-466-47-5111; Fax: +81-466-49-1047
E-mail:
kiyoki[..at..]sfc.keio.ac.jp
Takehiro Tokuda, PC co-chair,
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Dept. of
Computer Science
2-12-1-W8-71 Ookayama, Meguro, Tokyo 152-8552, Japan
Tel:
+81-3-5734-3213; Fax: +81-3-5734-2912
E-mail:
tokuda[..at..]cs.titech.ac.jp
Hannu Jaakkola, Organizing General Chair,
Tampere University of
Technology (Pori),
P.O. Box 300, FI-28101 PORI, Finland
Tel. +358 2 627
2712; Fax. +358 2 627 2727
Email: hannu.jaakkola[..at..]tut.fi
Yukio Chen,
Organizing Committee,
Department of Information & Computer
Sciences,
Kanagawa Institute of Technology,
1030 Simo-Ogino, Atsugi,
Kanagawa 243-0292, Japan
Email: chen[..at..]ic.kanagawa-it.ac.jp
Ulla Nevanranta, Publication secretary
Tampere University of Technology
(Pori)
P.O. Box 300, FIN-28101 PORI, Finland
Tel. +358 2 627 2710; Fax.
+358 2 627 2727
Email: ulla.nevanranta[..at..]tut.fi
Information of the previous European-Japanese conferences and books
are
available on the page
http://www.pori.tut.fi/ejc/
(Conferences by Year).
Dr Hao Han
Digital Content and Media Sciences Research Division,
National Institute of Informatics,
2-1-2 Hitotsubashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
101-8430, Japan