KICSS 2012 - 7th International Conference on Knowledge, Information and Creativity Support Systems

This year, the 7th KICSS will focus on four key areas, where papers are called for to report latest developments and research results. Topics include but are not limited to the following.

Track 1 - System Science

??Opinion dynamics models
??Service sciences and systems
??Complex systems analysis and design
??Organizational learning and ontology
??Social informatics and human capital
??Non-monotonic reasoning
??Meta-synthesis and advanced modeling
Track 2 - Knowledge Science Engineering & Management

??Knowledge creation, acquisition and dissemination
??Knowledge management strategies/practices
??Knowledge management support systems
??Knowledge-based engineering, representation and reasoning
??Cognitive foundations of knowledge
??Game-theoretical aspects of knowledge
Track 3 - Intelligent Information Systems

??Information quality, security and privacy preservation
??Data mining and knowledge discovery for creativity processes
??Web intelligence
??Semantic Web and ontological reasoning
??Creative knowledge extraction
??Software agents and artifical intelligence
??Intelligent models for smart electricity grids
Track 4 - Creativity Support Systems

??Design and implementation of creativitiy support systems
??Data driven innovation models
??Innovation portfolio management
??Creative e-learning and systems
??Creativity in Wireless 2.0 enterprises
??Creativity-aided design
??Evaluation techniques in creativity models
??Process, product and mind innovations
Paper Submission

We invite submissions of papers in one of the following four formats. Submission is to be made online using the template that will be available on the Website in late December.

??Full paper of up to 8 pages, or demonstration paper of up to 4 pages, where a presentation is required at the conference.

??Poster paper of up to 8 pages, or short paper of up to 4 pages, where no presentation is required but a poster must be displayed at the conference.

Accepted papers will be published through the IEEE Computer Society where publications will be made available online in IEEE Xplore and ISI indexed. Selected best papers, subjected to approval, will be invited for an extended version to be published in a special issue that will be indexed by SCI.

Workshop Proposal Submission

We also invite submission of workshop/special session proposals that are related to the conference theme. Proposals should include information on the workshop/special session title, a brief introduction of the workshop theme, potential attendees, organising committee and a list of potential PC members. A workshop/special session can be of a half day (4 papers) or a full day (8 papers) schedule.