EUROPEAN - JAPANESE 2009 - THE 19th EUROPEAN - JAPANESE CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION MODELLING AND KNOWLEDGE BASES

2009


CALL FOR PAPERS

THE 19th EUROPEAN - JAPANESE CONFERENCE ON
INFORMATION MODELLING AND KNOWLEDGE BASES
Maribor, Slovenia
June 1-5, 2009
Local www-pages: http://lpt.uni-mb.si/EJC2009/



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 emphasising 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, conceptualisation, 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 managemet 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
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

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IMPORTANT DATES:

Submission deadline January14th, 2009.
The acceptance letters for all types of contributions will be sent by email by March 18th, 2009.
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 16th, 2009.
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 Aug. 31st in 2009, 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

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FORMAT OF THE SUBMISSION:

Send the paper electronicallyaccording 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" 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.



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WORKING PRINCIPLES OF THE CONFERENCE:

The total number of participants is limited to 50.
The authors present their papers at the conference. The papers (both full and short), position papers and poster outlines are included in the preprints.
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 through an international publisher.

The total number of participants is limited to 50.
The authors present their papers at the conference. The papers (both full and short), position papers and poster outlines are included in the preprints.
The final text of the full and short papers can be polished as journal papers for publication after the conference. Only actually presented papers will be published in the final journal print.
Each of position papers and poster outlines is reviewed again in the presentation and the improved version by Program Committee, whether or not it can be accepted as the final journal print by Program Committee.
The final journal papers will be published by an international publisher (IOS Press, Amsterdam).

More information: See http://www.pori.tut.fi/ejc/



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ORGANISATION


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):
Maria Bielikova, Slovak Univeristy of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia
Bostjan Brumen, University of Maribor, Slovenia
Pierre-Jean CHARREL, Univesity of Toulouse and IRIT, France
Xing Chen, Kanagawa Institute of Technology, Japan
Daniela Durakova, VSB-Technical University Ostrava, Czech Republic
Marie Duž¨ª, VSB-Technical University Ostrava, Czech Republic
Alfredo Cuzzocrea, ICAR Institute and University of Calabria, Italy
Hele-Mai Haav, Institute of Cybernetics at Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
Roland Hausser, Erlangen University, Germany
Anneli Heimb¨?rger, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Jaak Henno, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
Yoshihide Hosokawa, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan
Hannu Jaakkola, Tampere University of Technology (Pori), Finland
Ahto Kalja, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
Hannu Kangassalo, University of Tampere, Finland
Eiji Kawaguchi, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan
Mauri Leppänen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Sebastian Link, Massey University, New Zealand
Tommi Mikkonen, Tampere University of Technology, Finland
Jørgen Fischer Nilsson, Techinical University of Denmark, Denmark
Jari Palomäki, Tampere University of Technology (Pori), Finland
Ita Richardson, University of Limerick, Ireland
Hideyasu Sasaki, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
Tetsuya Suzuki, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan
Bernhard Thalheim, Kiel University, Germany
Pasi Tyrväinen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Peter Vojtas, Charles University Pragu, Czech Republic
Benkt Wangler, Skoevde University, Sweden
Yoshimichi Watanabe, University of Yamanashi, Japan
Naofumi Yoshida, Komazawa University, Japan

Programme Coordination Team:

Naofumi Yoshida, Komazawa University, Japan (Chairman)

Members:
Xing Chen, Kanagawa Institute of Technology, Japan.
Anneli Heimb¨?rger, University of Jyväskylä, Finland,
Jari Palomäki, Tampere University of Technology (Pori), Finland,
Teppo Räisänen, University of Oulu, Finland,
Daniela Durakova, Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic,
Akio Takashima, Hokkaido University, Japan
Tomoya Noro, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Turkka Näppilä, University of Tampere
Jukka Aaltonen, University of Lapland


General Organizing Chair: Hannu Jaakkola, Tampere University of Technology(Pori)

Organizing Committee:

Tatjana Welzer-Družovec, Maribor University, Slovenia
Yukio Chen, Kanagawa Institute of Technology, Japan
Ulla Nevanranta (Publication), Tampere University of Technology (Pori), Finland




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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 2 630 0911
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 2 630 0911
Email: ulla.nevanranta[..at..]tut.fi