SCJ 2013 - Special Issue on Models and Protocols for Digital Ecosystems

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Call for Papers
Special Issue on Models and Protocols for Digital Ecosystems
Springer Computing Journal
http://www.springer.com/computer/journal/607
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Digital Ecosystems are an emerging paradigm capturing the behavior of
large-scale collaborating communities on the global ICT infrastructure.
Such behavior includes critical features like dynamicity of coalitions,
different data access paradigms (including the ones known as “big data”),
vulnerability to new types of attacks and support for innovative value
generation and sharing.
This special issue is open to researchers from both academia and industry
working on the Digital Ecosystem paradigm.
Topics of interest include:
1. Models for the design, verification, and validation of functional and
non-functional features of ecosystem coalitions.
2. Protocols and interaction techniques suitable for large-scale ecosystem
collaborations.
3. Design and access frameworks for ecosystem "big data" layers.
4. Value and revenue models for business ecosystems.
Contributions are sought on novel theoretical approaches, as well as on
practical experiences and experimental results regarding Digital Ecosystems.
* Important Dates
- December 15th, 2012: Paper Submission Deadline
- January 15th, 2013: Paper Notification
- February 28th, 2013: Submission of Revised Manuscript
- March 30th, 2013: Final Decision
- April 30th, 2013: Final Paper Due
- Mid-2013: Tentative Publication Date
* Guest Editors
- Prof. Ernesto Damiani
Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Email: ernesto.damiani-AT-unimi.it
- Prof. Achim P. Karduck
Hochschule Furtwangen, Germany
Email: achim.karduck-AT-hs-furtwangen.de
- Prof. Moataz A. Ahmed
King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
Email: moataz-AT-kfupm.edu.sa
* Paper Submission
Papers submitted to this special issue for possible publication must be original
and must not be under consideration for publication in any other journal or
conference. Previously published or accepted conference papers must contain
at least 30% new material to be considered for the special issue. All papers are
to be submitted directly to Editorial Manager
(https://www.editorialmanager.com/comp/).
All manuscripts must be prepared according to the journal publication
guidelines that
can also be found on the journal website
(http://www.springer.com/computer/journal/607).
Papers will be reviewed following the journal standard review process.
Please address inquiries to ernesto.damiani-AT-unimi.it