Call For Papers

Eighth CAiSE/IFIP8.1 International Workshop on

Evaluation of Modeling Methods in Systems Analysis and Design

(EMMSAD’03)

Velden, Austria

June 16-17, 2003

Background:

The field of systems analysis and design is facing constant revolution and evolution. We witness the movement from the Structured paradigm to the Object-Oriented paradigm over the last few decades. New approaches such as agile methods and methodologies are on the horizon. In addition, systems development approaches such as the Unified Modeling Language (UML) are continuously evolving. These ongoing changes are affecting the way information systems should be analyzed, designed, and developed.

This workshop focuses on evaluating and enhancing current information modeling methods and methodologies. Though the need for such studies is well recognized, there is a paucity of such research in the literature. Evaluation of modeling approaches remains a challenge in the information systems field. The objective of EMMSAD’03 is to provide a forum for researchers and practitioners interested in modeling methods and methodologies in systems analysis and design to meet, and exchange research ideas and results. It also provides the participants an opportunity to present their research papers and experience reports, and to take part in open discussions. EMMSAD’03, which is the eighth in a very successful series of EMMSAD workshops, is jointly sponsored by the Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE) and the International Federation for Information Processing Working Group 8.1 (IFIP8.1).

Topics of Interest:

For EMMSAD’03, we encourage the submission of research papers that provide systematic and scientific studies on existing or proposed modeling methods and methodologies. Three categories of formal evaluation techniques can be identified: theoretical (e.g., ontological evaluation, metrics analysis, psychological/cognitive analysis), empirical (e.g., experiments, action research, survey, case study), and a hybrid of the two (i.e., theoretical approach with empirical evidence). The relevant topics for this workshop include theoretical and/or empirical evaluations of modeling methods and methodologies related (but not limited) to:

· Agile Modeling/Extreme Modeling

· Aspect-Oriented Modeling

· Bio-Informatics and Geo-Informatics

· Business Process Modeling and Improvement

· Component Engineering

· Data Warehousing and Data Mining

· Database Modeling and Query Languages

· Database Security and Integrity

· Database Support for Virtual Team and Mobile Collaboration

· E-Business and M-Commerce Models and Architectures

· Empirical Software Engineering

· Enterprise Systems and Supply Chain Integration

· Enterprise Modeling

· Heterogeneous and Distributed Databases

· Information Modeling

· Intelligent Agents and Agent-Based Applications

· Knowledge Engineering and Management

· Method Engineering and Meta-modeling

· Mobile Information Systems

· Object Oriented Methods and Methodologies

· Requirements Engineering

· Semantic Web and Ontologies

· Unified Modeling Language (UML) and Unified Process (UP)

· User Interface Modeling

· Web Database and Web-based Information Systems

· Web Design Methods and Methodologies

· Workflow Modeling, including adaptive and emergent workflow

Important Dates:

Deadline for submissions (received): March 9, 2003

Notification of accept/reject decisions: April 28, 2003

Deadline for camera-ready copies: May 26, 2003

Submission Guidelines:

The workshop accepts two types of submissions—Completed Research and Research-In-Progress. Completed research papers should include analysis of data and discussion on research findings. Research-in-progress papers report on research that is well under way with preliminary results available at the time of the conference. Please use the following format for your submissions:

· For Completed Research submissions, the paper should not exceed 5,000 words (excluding references and appendices).

· For Research-In-Progress submissions, the paper should not exceed 3,000 words (excluding references and appendices).

· Include a cover page with title of paper as well as the authors’ names, affiliations, phones, faxes, and email addresses. The total number of words in the paper (excluding cover page, tables, and references) and the submission category (i.e. Completed Research or Research-In-Progress) should be indicated on the cover page.

· The second page should begin with the title of the paper and an abstract of no more than 150 words. Also include keywords chosen (if possible) from the list of main topics above. The main text should follow the keywords.

· Use 10-point font for the bulk of the body text.

Only electronic submissions are accepted. E-mail your paper as an attachment in Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF format to mis-kengsiau@unlnotes.unl.edu

Publications:

Accepted papers will be published in the workshop proceedings, which will be available at the workshop. For past EMMSADs, top papers are published either as book chapters or journal papers (after revisions). Similarly, top papers in the completed research category for this year will also be considered (after extension and enhancement) either for chapters in a book to be edited by the conference co-chairs, or for journal publications (e.g., Journal of Database Management).

Workshop co-chairs:

Dr. Keng Siau

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

USA

Dr. John Krogstie

SINTEF and Norwegian Institute of Science and Technology

Norway

Dr. Terry Halpin

North Face Learning

USA

Program Committee Members:

Akhilesh Bajaj	Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Richard Baskerville	Georgia State University, USA
Dinesh Batra	Florida International University, USA
Shirley Becker	Florida Institute of Technology, USA
Sjaak Brinkkemper	Emendas, The Netherlands
Robert Chiang	University of Connecticut, USA
Roger Chiang	University of Cincinnati, USA
Jan Dietz	Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Robert France	Colorado State University, USA
Andrew Gemino	Simon Fraser University, Canada
Joey George	Florida State University, USA
Alan Hevner	University of South Florida, USA
Ee Peng Lim	Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Kalle Lyytinen	Case Western Reserve University, USA
Salvatore T. March	Vanderbilt University, USA
Graham McLeod	University of Cape Town, South Africa
Robert Meersman	Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
John Mylopoulos	University of Toronto, Canada
Fiona Fui Hoon Nah	University of Nebraska – Lincoln, USA
Levent Orman	Cornell University, USA
Andreas L. Opdahl	University of Bergen, Norway
Jeffrey Parsons	Memorial University, Canada
Barbara Pernici	Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Sudha Ram	University of Arizona, USA
Colette Rolland	University of Paris 1, France
Matti Rossi	Helsinki School of Economics, Finland
Bernhard Rumpe	Munich University of Technology, Germany
Olivia Sheng	University of Utah, USA
Peretz Shoval	Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Guttorm Sindre	University of Trondheim, Norway
Jan Stage	Aalborg University, Denmark
Veda Storey	Georgia State University, USA
Bernard Tan	National University of Singapore, Singapore
Yong Tan	University of Washington, USA
Ramesh Venkataramen	Indiana University, USA
Carson Woo	University of British Columbia, Canada
Daniel Dajun Zeng	University of Arizona, USA
Ilze Zigurs	University of Nebraska, Omaha, USA

For more information, please contact:

Keng Siau, Ph.D.

Background:

Deadline for submissions (received): March 9, 2003

Email: ksiau1@unl.edu