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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=IT link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>**** Deadline Approaching: Submission of Full Papers 15 March 2012 ****<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>*********************************************************************** <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> 6th IEEE International Conference on<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> Digital Ecosystems Technologies - Complex Environment Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> </span>IEEE DEST-CEE 2012<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> 18-20 June 2012 - Campione d'Italia, Italy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> http://sesar.dti.unimi.it/DEST2012/<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>***********************************************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> Call for Papers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>In our Digital Age, strong development of digital network infrastructure has dominated our<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>service delivery, economic growth and life style. Future applications in domains such as<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Healthcare/Health-Science, Energy, Social Networks and Logistics demand infrastructures<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>that are more agile than those operated currently. Digital Ecosystems aim to capture the<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>notion of such agile and adaptive infrastructures. Digital Ecosystem Technologies encompass<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>the advent of the whole spectrum of Internet technologies, starting from the hyperlinked<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>web towards pervasive internet applications, from Peer-to-Peer systems to Grid<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>middleware, followed by Cloud Services, Agent technologies, Sensor Networks and Cyber-<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Physical systems, which has become a major theme for business process digitalization.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Digital Ecosystems inherit concepts of open, loosely coupled, demand-driven, domain clustered,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>agent-based self-organized collaborative environments where species/agents form a<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>temporary coalition (or longer term) for a specific purpose or goals. Within this environment<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>everyone is proactive and responsive for their own benefit or profit. The essence of<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>digital ecosystems is the adoption of ecological system concepts, and creating value by<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>making connections through collective intelligence and promoting collaboration instead of<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>unbridled competition and ICT-based catalyst effects in a number of domains, to produce<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>networked enriched communities and solutions. Today's global challenges such as in Energy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>and Sustainability, Healthcare and an Aging Society, Public Safety and Security, or Democracy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>and Participation/Involvement confront us with the most Complex Environments.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Traditional ICT-support has often increased complexity, thus making the challenges even<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>more severe. The Digital Ecosystem perspective aims to address the twofold challenge of<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Complex Environment Engineering and Digital Ecosystem Technology mapping. The complexity<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>of both the challenges and the technological solutions has to be acknowledged.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>IEEE DEST-CEE is jointly conducted with IFIP 2.6 - 2.12 SIMPDA (International Symposium<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>on Data Driven Process Discovery and Analysis, http://sesar.dti.unimi.it/SIMPDA2012).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>This acknowledges the key role of business process data modeling, representation and<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>privacy-aware analysis for Digital Ecosystems, and vice versa. Further, the Innovation Adoption<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Forum underpins the importance of public-private partnership as the key for delivering<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>sustainable solutions for our Complex Living and Business Environment ű and thus our<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Digital Ecosystem Habitat. Our Keynotes, Panels and Sessions will tackle the multifaceted<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>challenges and solutions from various stakeholders’ perspectives.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>This call for papers and additional information about the conference can be found at<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>http://sesar.dti.unimi.it/DEST2012/. For information regarding the conference you may<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR>contact: fulvio.frati@unimi.it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>IMPORTANT DATES<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Submission of Full Papers: 15 March 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Notification of Acceptance: 19 April 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Submission of Camera Ready Papers: 21 May 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Conference: 18 - 20 June 2012<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>CONFERENCE GENERAL CHAIRS<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Ernesto Damiani, Universitŕ degli Studi di Milano, Italy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Achim P. Karduck, Furtwangen University, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>TECHNICAL PROGRAMME CHAIRS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Elizabeth Chang, DEBII, Curtin University, Perth, Australia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Mark Hedges, Centre for e-Research, Kings College, UK<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>PUBLICITY CHAIR<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Matthew Smith, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>REGIONAL AREA CHAIRS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Moataz A. Ahmed, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Paolo Ceravolo, Universitŕ degli Studi di Milano, Italy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Ralph Deters, University of Saskatchewan, Canada<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Christian Guetl, Graz University of Technology, Austria<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Farookh Hussain, Curtin University, Perth, Australia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Jie Liu, Fudan University, Shanghai, China<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>INNOVATION ADOPTION CHAIRS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Achim P. Karduck, Furtwangen University, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- O. Sinan Tumer, SAP Research, US<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUES CHAIR<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Farookh Hussain, Curtin University, Perth, Australia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>WEB & PUBLICATION CHAIR<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Fulvio Frati, Universitŕ degli Studi di Milano, Italy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>CHAIR OF ADVISORY BOARD<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Tharam Dillon, Chair IEEE TC-II<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>INTERN. ADVISORY BOARD<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Michael Brodie, Verizon, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Armando Colombo, Schneider Electric, Germany<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Leopoldo G Franquelo, President IEEE IES<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Kouhei Ohnishi, Ex. President IEEE-IES<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Wolfgang Prinz, Fraunhofer FIT, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Csaba A. Szabo, Budapest University, Hungary<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Sirin Teriknay, Ozyegin University, Turkey<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- O.Sinan Tumer, SAP Research, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Bogdan Wilamowski, Editor-in-Chief for IEEE TIE<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Xinghuo Yu, IEEE IES AdCOM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>PAPER SUBMISSION<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Papers are to be original works, up to 6 pages in length, and will be peer reviewed by at least 3 independent reviewers from the <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>international Programme Committee. Papers submitted for this conference must be formatted to fit on A4 paper in a two-column format. The <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>author should use a word processor or desktop publishing system to produce a "camera ready" paper on A4 paper.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The exact formatting instructions can be found on the website. Before submitting your paper submission, please ensure that it has been <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>converted to a PDF using IEEE’s requirements. The papers submission system for IEEE DEST-CEE 2012 can be found at <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ieeedestcee2012.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>CONFERENCE VENUE<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>All conference activities will take place in the municipal casino of Campione d'Italia. From Milan Campione can be reached by car <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>following the A9 motorway MILANOCHIASSO and then the A2 motorway CHIASSO-<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>LUGANO, exit at Bissone Melide. A bus leaves from Garibaldi square (the square before the Garibaldi railway station) Dep. time from <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Milano 15.00/20:30- Dep. from Campione 19:00/00:30/3.00.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>From Malpensa Airport Campione can be reached by car or shuttle in approximately 50 minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>From Lugano Campione can be reached by boat, bus and car and although you have to cross the Swiss-Italian border line to reach it there <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>are no formal border controls.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Campione is approximately 20 minutes from Lugano by road, and 15 minutes by boat across the lake. A ferry service runs regularly from <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Lugano to Campione throughout the day. Bus timetable are available on the SBB web site. More info on: www.campioneitalia.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>CONFERENCE TRACKS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Area I: Foundations and Technologies<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Area I deals with the basic ICT foundations of digital ecosystems, including large-scale, virtualized<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>infrastructures, hosting ecosystem services and processes. Ecosystems require a novel approach to<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>ICT technology development, closely related to the engineering of complex systems.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Area I includes two one-day tracks that feature contributions on how the technological support for<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>digital ecosystems is emerging.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Track A: Foundations of Digital Ecosystems and Complex Environment Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Track co-Chairs:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Pierpaolo Andriani, Euromed Management School, France<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Pierfranco Ferronato, Soluta.net, Italy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>- Gabriele Gianini, Universitŕ degli Studi di Milano, Italy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Track A addresses the foundations of Digital Ecosystems in the context of Complex Environments<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Engineering. A digital ecosystem is defined as an open, loosely coupled, demand-driven, domain<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>clustered, agent -based self organized environment where species/agents form short and long-term<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>coalitions for specific purposes or goals, and everyone is proactive and responsive for its own benefit<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>or profit. Interactions among peers in Digital Ecosystems may involve, besides unbridled<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>competition, new modalities of pre-competitive and collaborative partnerships . Digital ecosystems<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>are characterized by complexity – demanding radically new solutions. This track focuses on<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>the theoretical foundations, that can be drawn upon form various disciplines.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The focus of Track A is on, but is not limited to:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Models for Digital Ecosystems and Complex Environments<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Economic and Value Models for Digital Ecosystems<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Techniques for Coordination, Availability and Resource Allocation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Ontologies for service and data semantics<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Track B: Technology Infrastructure for Digital Ecosystems<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Track co-Chairs:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Lionel Brunie, INSA-Lyon, France<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Harald Kosch, University of Passau, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The ICT infrastructure underlying digital ecosystem must ensure the basis for digital ecosystems'<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>economic operation. Track B will include contributions on how the ICT infrastructure can enable<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Digital Ecosystems by providing the required connectivity, mobility, availability, and security solutions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Typically, members of an ecosystem employ technological agents to procure products and<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>access services on their behalf in order to achieve collective and individual goals. The ICT infrastructure<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>needs to provide solution ensuring that the ecosystem's resources are available as and<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>when they are legitimately needed, protecting confidential information from loss and avoiding<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>corruption of information.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The focus of Track B is on, but not limited to:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Knowledge representation and management in Digital Ecosystems<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Secure Information Exchange in Digital Ecosystems<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Models and Technologies for Human-Space Computing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Processes and Services in Cyber-Physical Systems<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Collaborative Systems<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Area II: Sustainable Domain Solutions<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Area II presents contributions in various application domains, organized in half-day<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>tracks.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Just as the development of Smart Grids required the convergence of energy and information<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>system infrastructures, radically new approaches to the design, convergence, and<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>adoption of systems are required for future solutions in a variety of domains. Radically<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>increasing the involvement of stakeholders with complex environments is one potential<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>route for providing solutions in these domains, for example in energy systems or<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>healthcare. In the longer term, approaches for enabling collaborative ecosystems may<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>lead to high-impact solutions for today´s most pressing challenges.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The “Sustainable Domain Solutions” tracks will identify domain requirements, research<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>challenges and systems solutions with respect to the concept of Digital Ecosystems and<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Complex Environment Engineering, as outlined in the background and objectives of IEEE<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>DEST 2012:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Digital Ecosystems inherit concepts of open, loosely coupled, demand-driven, domain clustered, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>agent-based, self-organized, collaborative environments, where species/<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>agents form a temporary (or longer-term) coalition for a specific purpose or goal.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Within this context, the tracks will focus on, but not be limited to, the following issues:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Scalability and availability, with respect to large infrastructure platforms<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Evolvability, with respect to the introduction and life-cycle of service platforms<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Usability, with respect to human factors and user benefits<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Track C: Cyber-Physical Energy Systems<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Track co-Chairs:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Neil Brown, Institute of Energy and Sustainable Development (IESD), De Montfort University, UK<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Rupert Gammon, Institute of Energy and Sustainable Development (IESD) , De Montfort University, UK<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Peter Palensky, Austrian Institute of Technology, Vienna, Austria<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Martin Anda, Environmental Technology Center , Murdoch University, Australia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Cyber-Physical Energy Systems address the merging of IT and energy infrastructures, with<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>the aim of achieving more energy-efficient and sustainable lifestyles. The coordination of<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>the various stakeholders involved in the future energy market raises many challenges, for<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>example the data-intensive and complex event processing required.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>An example is provided by research driven by the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>increase the use of new and renewable energy technologies, and provide a high quality,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>comfortable, safe and efficient built environment. Such applied research aims to<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>exploit the potential of information technology to boost energy efficiency and minimize<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>our environmental footprint, while preserving or improving the quality of life for every<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>individual in every nation.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>We are looking for papers that address medium-scale/large-scale and medium-term/long<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>-term challenges for cyber-physical energy systems, and indicate/demonstrate potential<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>solutions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Track D: Healthcare and Sustainable Living<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Track co-Chairs:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Rémi Bastide, ISIS-University Centre for Health Informatics, Carmaux, France<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Matthew Smith, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>eHealth, Telemedicine, and Bio-System Research Systems all describe approaches to<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>improving the capacity of healthcare systems through fundamental and applied research,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>technology, and services. Researchers and companies are, for example, exploring the use<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>of sensor devices, human-system interfaces, and medical record systems in order to<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>provide radically new solutions for helping patients.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>These advances require structural changes as well as technological development. Societies<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>are facing an increase in chronic degenerative diseases that require monitoring and<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>long-term patient management, the growing desire of patients to be treated in a family<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>environment in order to protect their social ties, and, finally, a need to reduce costs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>These factors necessitate a new strategic orientation in services offered by healthcare<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>systems, in particular the transfer of a large portion of care activities from the hospital to<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>the patient’s residence.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>We are looking for papers that address medium-scale/large-scale and medium-term/long<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>-term challenges for healthcare and sustainable living, and indicate/demonstrate potential<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>solutions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Track E: Digital Humanities<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Track co-Chairs:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Tobias Blanke, King’s College London, UK<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Stuart Dunn, King’s College London, UK<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The digital humanities form a bridge between the traditional practices of scholarship and<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>the opportunities afforded by advances in technology, enabling researchers to reconsider<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>old problems in new ways, and providing the methods, tools and frameworks to support<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>them in developing new modes of enquiry. On the one hand, the humanities are faced<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>with ever greater volumes of complex data and digital resources, for example from the<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>increasing mass digitisation of historical records. On the other hand, research in the<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>humanities is moving away from the model of individual scholars to one in which international<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>and inter-disciplinary teams of researchers collaborate actively within a diverse<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>ecosystem of digital resources, tools, and services, not forgetting of course the users<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>themselves – the rapid evolution of Web technologies continues to privilege the human<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>as a key agent, both as provider and consumer of content, and this in turn is investing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>humanities scholarship with an increasing awareness of vast new audiences and potential<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>participants.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>We are looking for papers that address medium-scale/large-scale and medium-term/long<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>-term challenges for digital humanities, and indicate/demonstrate potential solutions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Track F: Collaborative Platforms for Sustainable Logistics and Transportation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Track co-Chairs:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Frederick Benaben, Ecole de Mines d'Albi-Carmaux, France<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Amadou Sienou, Abamix Research, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Hervé Pingaud, University JF Champollion, France<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Across application domains, organizations and enterprises (such as Small-Medium Enterprises)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>gain their strengths from flexible market orientation, agile value chains and cluster<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>-based innovation capacity. The changing global (business) environment challenges all<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>organizations to aim for agility and performance-driven management through process focused<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>thinking. These challenges reach far beyond the business world, affecting for<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>example the formation and coordination of emergency teams in case of environmental<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>disasters.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>For the effective collaboration of all the partners in such scenarios, the agility aspect of<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>the Digital Ecosystem paradigm demands explicit support for risk management and<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>collaboration. Agility implies the continuous improvement and reengineering of the<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>business processes involved. However, the outcome of such process management efforts<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>is risky because of the lack of operational information about future processes, so risk<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>management is a key component. Similarly, collaboration support is required to allow<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>real-time information sharing and interaction of the parties involved, for example in case<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>of deviation from the agreed-upon target process.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>We are looking for papers that address medium-scale/large-scale and medium-term/long<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>-term challenges for collaboration in the domain of logistics, including risk-management<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>scenarios (e.g. after the occurrence of an environmental disaster), and that indicate/<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>demonstrate potential solutions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Track G: Platforms for Social and Community Involvement/Engagement<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Track co-Chairs:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Francois Grey, Tsinghua University, China<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Margaret Tan, Singapore Internet Research Center, Singapore<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The internet, together with other advances in ICT such as the increased take-up of smart<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>mobile devices, is enabling a new era of community engagement. In science, the application<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>of volunteer computing is providing examples of engagement in which members of<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>the public can contribute to scientific advances of social importance. Examples include<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>modelling climate change (ClimatePrediction.net), developing drugs for AIDS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>(FightAids@home), or simulating the spread of malaria (MalariaControl.net). The participatory<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>ecosystem is becoming still wider with projects such as GalaxyZoo, in which volunteers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>contribute their “thinking” rather than their computers, and global initiatives to<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>broaden take-up such as Africa@home and Asia@home.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>On the social side, we are seeing substantial evidence of the role that digital technologies,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>especially the “Social Web” such as blogs, Twitter, Facebook, and video sharing sites, can<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>play in community activism. The Social Web is in some quarters becoming the mainstream<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>method for connecting people, sharing information, and influencing developments,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>particularly in areas where traditional modes of communication operate less<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>effectively. This is reflected in a number of recent geopolitical events that have been<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>referred to as “Twitter Revolutions”, and these technologies have played an undeniable<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>role in such events as the “Arab Spring” and humanitarian crises such as the 2010 Haiti<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>earthquake. The use of these technologies has however led to debates concerning the<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>extent to which such digital technologies genuinely promote more democratic community<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>action, and the extent to which they can be exploited by the powerful to reinforce<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>their positions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>We are looking for papers that address medium-scale/large-scale and medium-term/long<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>-term challenges for social involvement/engagement, and indicate/demonstrate potential<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>solutions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Track H: Cyber-Physical Ecosystems in Robotics and Telematics<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Track Co-Chairs:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Michaela Huhn, Clausthal University of Technology, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Jörg P. Müller, Clausthal University of Technology, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Bernardo Wagner, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Cyber-Physical Systems are a synergetic composition of computational control and physical<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>actors. They aim to achieve an enhanced functionality that relies on both, the interaction<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>with and coordination in between the physical and the virtual components.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Cyber-Physical Ecosystems are built as agile networks of cooperating, independently<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>developed subsystems. Cyber-Physical Ecosystems are emerging at the interface between<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>robotics, sensor networks, systems of systems engineering, and multi-agent technologies.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Research on theories, architectures, models, methods, and tools are required to form a<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>uniform and integrated perspective to systems engineering for this class of complex<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>systems. They need to be validated and verified in key applications such as micro grids,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>multi-robot systems, or autonomous traffic. The domain focus of this track will be accordingly<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>on robotics and telematics, but is open to adjacent domains as well. We are looking<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>for papers that address medium-scale/large-scale and medium-term/long-term challenges<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>