�ձ��ǩ`���٩`��ѧ��νԘ��� �|��������ѧ��ʯ���Ǥ��� ����Σ����¤˥ʥݥ��MEDES2024���_�ߤ���ޤ��� ���H����`�ʥ�ؤ�Փ�����]�⤴�����ޤ��� �դ�ä�Փ�ĤΤ�Ͷ�����������ޤ��� [Apologies for cross-posting. Please forward to potential contributors and interested parties] ****************************************************************************** Call for Papers 16th International Conference on Management of Digital EcoSystems (MEDES-2024) November 18-20, 2024, Naples, Italy https://conferences.sigappfr.org/medes2024/ In collaboration with ACM SIGAPP ****************************************************************************** The International Conference on Management of Digital EcoSystems (MEDES) aims to develop and bring together a diverse community from academia, research laboratories, and industry interested in exploring the manifold challenges and issues related to web technologies and resource management of Digital Ecosystems and how current approaches and technologies can be evolved and adapted to this end. The conference seeks related original research papers, industrial papers, and proposals for demonstrations, tutorials, and workshops. ** SUBMISSIONS ** All paper submissions for MEDES-2024 will be via Easychair at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=medes2024 ** TOPICS ** MEDES seeks contributions in the following areas: Digital Ecosystem Infrastructure Data & Knowledge Management Computational and Collective Intelligence Semantic Computing Software ecosystems for software engineering Big Data Services Trust, Security & Privacy Software Engineering Internet of Things and Intelligent Web Cyber Physical Systems Social and Collaborative Platforms Human-Computer Interaction Open Source Applications (Logistics, Energy, Healthcare, Environment, Smart Cities, Digital Humanities, Robotics, etc.) Complex Systems and Networks MEDES-2024 will also include special tracks/targeted sessions on current topics of interest to the community. ** GUIDELINES ** Submissions must be in an electronic form as PDF format and should be uploaded using the conference website. The submitted paper should be at most 14 printed pages. Papers that fail to comply with the length limit will be rejected. Submissions will be peer-reviewed by at least three peer reviewers. Preference will be given to submissions that take strong or challenging positions on important emergent topics related to Digital Ecosystems. At least one author should attend the conference to present the paper. You can find the CCIS templates on this link https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu… ** SUBMISSION ** All paper submissions for MEDES-2024 will be via https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=medes2024 ** CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS ** MEDES-2024 proceedings will be published by the Communications in Computer and Information Science (Springer CCIS) journal(https://www.springer.com/series/7899). ** SPECIAL ISSUES ** Selected presented papers will be invited for submission to two Special Issues: WWW Journal (Impact factor: 3.0 - Rank: Q1) (https://link.springer.com/journal/11280) SN Computer Science (Impact factor: 3.78 - Rank: Q2) (https://link.springer.com/journal/42979/updates/17470758) ** IMPORTANT DATES ** Workshop proposal deadline: June 30, 2024 Notification of workshop submission: July 10, 2024 Special Track proposal deadline: June 30, 2024 Notification of special track submission: July 10, 2024 Tutorial proposal deadline: September 15, 2024 Notification of tutorial submission: September 20, 2024 PhD Student Tracks paper submission deadline: September 1, 2024 Notification of acceptance: October 15, 2024 Conference pre-final version: October 30, 2024 Camera-ready submission: January 15, 2024 Paper submission deadline: September 1, 2024 Notification of acceptance: October 15, 2024 Registration Deadline: October 20, 2024 Conference pre-final version: October 30, 2024 Camera-ready submission: January 15, 2024 ** PARTECIPATION MODES ** We are glad to announce that MEDES will be back to an in-person conference! We look forward to welcoming the participants to Naples. ** KEYNOTE SPEAKERS ** Claudia d'Amato, University of Bari, Italy Maurizio Lenzerini, University of La Sapienza, Italy M��rouane Debbah, Khalifa University, UAE Minos Garofalakis, University of Crete, Greece ** VENUE ** The conference will take place at the Partenope Congress Center, https://www.centrocongressi.unina.it/via-partenope/ ** CONFERENCE CHAIRS ** General Chairs Elio Masciari, University Federico II of Naples, Italy Ernesto Damiani, Khalifa University, UAE Schahram Dustdar, TU Wien, Austria Program Chairs Antonio M. Rinaldi, University Federico II of Naples, Italy Evaggelia Pitoura, University of Ioannina, Greece Yannis Manolopoulos, Open University of Cyprus, Cyprus Workshop/Special Tracks Chairs Claudio Silvestri, University Ca' Foscari Venezia, Italy Tutorial Chair Nikolaos Polatidis, University of Brighton, UK