IEEE DEST 2009 - 3rd IEEE International Conference on Digital Ecosystems and Technologies

3rd IEEE International Conference on Digital Ecosystems and Technologies

Special theme: Cyber Engineering and Human Space Computing

Istanbul, Turkey

1-3 June 2009
Workshops and Tutorials on 31 May 2009


The digital ecosystem is defined as an open, loosely coupled, demand-driven, domain clustered, agent-based self organised collaborative environment where species/agents form a temporary coalition (or longer term) for a specific purpose or goal, and everyone is proactive and responsive for their own benefit or profit. The essence of digital ecosystems is creating value by making connections through collective intelligence. Digital Ecosystems promote collaboration instead of unbridled competition and ICT based catalyst effect in a number of domains to produce networked enriched communities.

Digital Ecosystems are empowered by the cyber engineering and human space computing. Cyber engineering studies the digital horizon in our ecosystems, also known as Cloud computing. It encompasses the semantic web, ontologies, cyber security, privacy, trust and risk management, social networks, web 2.0, 3.0, convergence technologies, web services and grid technologies. Human space computing is about the study of the technology (Bluetooth, WiFi, IRDA, RFID, GSM, GPRS, 3G Digital Pens, PDAs, Mobile Phones , VoIP, Video, Voice, Data, other devices) for improvement of our human lives, not just organisations, businesses or government. It studies the world we live in, and personal space computing, our space, between the digital skyline and our ecosystems.

Prospective participants are invited to electronically submit a full paper (6 pages, about 4500 words, pdf or WinWord file) of their original work following the IEEE instructions available on this website. Each paper will undergo a rigorous peer reviewed process involving at least two reviewers.

The main conference theme is to strengthen ICT to support different digital ecosystems, especially focusing on cyber engineering and human space computing. It is the study of triangle relationship between industries, human endeavours and advanced ICT.

We are interested in papers, work-in-progress reports, and industrial experiences describing advances in all areas of digital business applications.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Collaborative and Connectivity in Digital Ecosystems
Web Spam - Adversarial Information Retrieval in Digital Ecosystems
Models of Open Transactions in Digital Ecosystems
Governance in Large Heterogeneous IT Systems
Democratising Collaborative Research Patterns
Performance and Evaluation of Digital Ecosystems
Intelligent Digital Ecosystems and Technologies
Emerging Concepts in the Field of Ecosystems
Open Source Digital Ecosystems
Service-oriented Collaborative Platforms
Infrastructure for Digital Ecosystems
Mechatronics for Digital Ecosystems
Knowledge Mapping and Modelling
Interdisciplinary Ecosystems Research
Human Collective Intelligence
Analytics and Visualisation
Digital Business Ecosystems
Self Organisation of Agents
e-Learning Ecosystems
Security and Privacy
Health Ecosystems
Social Networks
Trust and Risk
e-Humanities
Students¡¯ Research Track