EMMSAD 2015 was co-located with the CAiSE 2015 conference held from 8-9 June 2015 in Stockholm, Sweden.
The field of information systems analysis and design includes numerous information modeling methods and notations (e.g., ER, ORM, UML, Archimate, EPC, DEMO, DFDs, BPMN) that are typically evolving. Even with some attempts toward standardization (e.g., UML for object-oriented design), new modeling methods are constantly being introduced, many of which differ only marginally from existing approaches. These ongoing changes significantly impact the way information systems are being analyzed and designed in practice. EMMSAD focuses on exploring, 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.
The objective of the conference is to provide a forum for researchers and practitioners interested in modeling methods in systems analysis and design to meet and exchange research ideas and results. It also gives the participants an opportunity to present their research papers and experience reports, and to take part in open discussions.
EMMSAD 2015 was the 20th in a series of events, previously held in Valencia, Heraklion, Barcelona, Pisa, Heidelberg, Stockholm, Interlaken, Toronto, Velden, Riga, Porto, Luxembourg, Trondheim, Montpellier, Amsterdam, Hammamet, London, Gdansk and Thessaloniki. This year we had 31 papers submitted with authors from 22 countries and five continents. After an extensive review process by a distinguished international Program Committee, with each paper receiving at least three reviews, we accepted 11 full papers and 4short papers that appear in these proceedings. Congratulations to the successful authors!
Acknowledgements
Apart from the contribution by paper authors, the quality of EMMSAD 2015 depended in no small way on the generous contribution of time and effort by the Program Committee and the additional reviewers. Their work is greatly appreciated. We also express our sincere thanks to the CAiSE Organizing Committee.
Co-chairs:
Khaled Gaaloul, Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology - LIST, Luxembourg
Sérgio Guerreiro: Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Lisbon, Portugal
Qin Ma, Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology - LIST, Luxembourg
Advisory committee:
Terry Halpin, INTI International University, Malaysia
John Krogstie, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) , Norway
Henderik A. Proper, Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology - LIST, Luxembourg, and Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Keng Siau, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA
Proceedings
The proceedings with the accepted papers are included in the LNBIP series of Springer.
Program Committee
Stephan Aier, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
Antonia Albani, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Raian Ali, Lero, University of Limerick, Ireland
Saïd ASSAR, Telecom Ecole de management, Paris, France
David Aveiro, Madeira University, Portugal
Eduard Babkin, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia
Herman Balsters, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Annie Becker, Florida Institute of Technology, USA
Giuseppe Berio, University of Torino, Italy
Nacer Boudjlida, Lorraine University, France
Andy Carver, INTI International University, Malaysia
François Charoy, Lorraine University, France
Olfa chourabi, Telecom Ecole de management, Paris, France
Olga De Troyer, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Marwane El Kharbili, Accenture GmbH, Germany
John Erickson, University of Nebraska-Omaha, USA
Peter Fettke, Institute for Information Systems (IWi) at the DFKI, Germany
Wided Guedria, Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology - LIST, Luxembourg
Remigijus Gustas, Karlstad University, Sweden
Wolfgang Hesse, University of Marburg, Germany
Stijn Hoppenbrouwers, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Philip Huysmans, University of Antwerp
Jon Iden, Norges Handelshøyskole, Bergen, Norway
Marite Kirikova, Riga Technical University, Latvia
Bogdan Lent, University of Applied Sciences, Zurich, Switzerland
Pericles Loucopoulos, Loughborough University, UK
Kalle Lyytinen, Case Western Reserve University, US
Leszek Maciaszek, Wroclaw University of Economics, Poland
Florian Matthes, Technical University München, Germany
Raimundas Matulevičius, University of Tartu, Estonia
Graham McLeod, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Rui Pedro Figueiredo Marques, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Jan Mendling, Humboldt University, Berlin
Tony Morgan, INTI International University, Malaysia
Haralambos Mouratidis, University of East London, UK
Andreas L. Opdahl, University of Bergen, Norway
Sietse Overbeek, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Hervé Panetto, Lorraine University, France
Barbara Pernici, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Anne Persson, University of Skövde, Sweden
Michaël Petit, University of Namur, Belgium
Nuno Pombo, Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal
Paul Ralph, Lancaster University, UK
Jolita Ralyté, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Sudha Ram, University of Arizona, USA
Michael Rosemann, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Matti Rossi, Helsinki School of Economics, Finland
Kurt Sandkuhl, Jönköping University, Sweden
Zohra Sbai, National Engineering School of Tunis, Tunisia
Peretz Shoval, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Piotr Soja, Cracow Economic University, Poland
Janis Stirna, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Inge van de Weerd, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Dirk van der Linden, Luxembourg Institute of Science & Technology - LIST, Luxembourg
Johan Versendaal, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
Carson Woo, University of British Columbia, Canada
Jelena Zdravkovic, Stockholm University
Iryna Zolotaryova, Kharkiv National University of Economics, Ukraine
Pär Ågerfalk, Uppsala University, Sweden