From richard.chbeir at u-bourgogne.fr Wed Jun 8 04:15:01 2016 From: richard.chbeir at u-bourgogne.fr (Richard Chbeir) Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2016 10:15:01 +0200 Subject: [Sigvis-l] CFP: The 8th International ACM Conference on Management of Digital EcoSystems, Hendaye, France (ACM MEDES 2016) Message-ID: * Please distribute widely and accept our apologies for cross-posting * The 8th International ACM Conference on Management of Digital EcoSystems (MEDES'16) In-Cooperation with ACM SIGAPP and IFIP WG 2.6 http://sigappfr.acm.org/MEDES/16/ November 1-4, 2016 Hendaye, France Description and Objectives --------------------------- In the world of the Internet of Things (IoT), the rapid growth and exponential use of digital components leads to the emergence of intelligent environments namely "digital ecosystems" connected to the web and composed of multiple and independent entities such as individuals, organizations, services, software and applications sharing one or several missions and focusing on the interactions and inter-relationships among them. With the help of the computational intelligence, these digital ecosystems can exhibit new self-* properties (such as self-management, self-healing and self-configuration) environments, thanks to the re-combination and evolution of its "digital components", in which resources provided by each entity are properly conserved, managed and used. The underlying web-based resources mainly comprehend big data management, innovative services, smart and self-* properties platforms. Due to the multi-disciplinary nature of digital ecosystems, they are highly complex to study and design. This also leads to a poor understanding as to how managing resources will empower digital ecosystems to be innovative, intelligent and value-creating. The application of Information Technologies has the potential to enable the understanding of how entities request resources and ultimately interact to create benefits and added-values, impacting business practices and knowledge. These technologies can be improved through novel techniques, models and methodologies for fields such as big data management, web technologies, networking, security, human-computer interactions, artificial intelligence, e-services and self-organizing systems to support the establishment of digital ecosystems and manage their resources. The International Conference on Management of Digital EcoSystems (MEDES),previously named "The International Conference on Management of Emergent Digital EcoSystems", aims to develop and bring together a diverse community from academia, research laboratories and industry interested in exploring the manifold challenges and issues related to resource management of Digital Ecosystems and how current approaches and technologies can be evolved and adapted to this end. MEDES 2016 calls for full papers presenting interesting recent results or novel ideas in all areas of Emergent Digital EcoSystems. At the same time, the conference calls for short papers presenting interesting and exciting recent results or novel thought-provoking ideas that are not quite ready, and preferably include a system demonstration. Topics ------- MEDES 2016 seeks contributions in the following areas: - Digital Ecosystem Infrastructure - Data & Knowledge Management - Computational and Collective Intelligence - Semantic Computing - Big Data - Services - Trust, Security & Privacy - Software Engineering - Internet of Things and Intelligent Web - Internet of People - Cyber Physical Systems - Systems of Systems - Social and Collaborative Platforms - Human-Computer Interaction - Open Source - Applications (Logistics, Energy, Healthcare, Environment, Smart Cities, Digital Humanities, Robotics, etc.) - Complex Systems and Networks Paper Submission ---------------- Submissions must be in an electronic form as PDF format and should be uploaded using the conference website. The submitted paper should be at most 8 ACM single-space printed pages. Papers that fail to comply with length limit will be rejected. Submissions will be peer-reviewed by at least 3 peer reviewers. After the preliminary notification date, authors rebut by evidence and arguments all reviewer inquiries and their comments. Based on the rebuttal feedback, reviewers notify authors with the final decision. Selection criteria will include: relevance, significance, impact, originality, technical soundness, and quality of presentation. Preference will be given to submissions that take strong or challenging positions on important emergent topics related to Digital Ecosystems. At least one author should attend the conference to present the paper. The conference Proceedings will be published by ACM and indexed by the ACM Digital Library and DBLP. Important Dates ---------------- - Submission Deadline (extended): July 20th, 2016 - Notification of Acceptance: September 5th, 2016 - Camera Ready: September 15th, 2016 - Paper Registration: September 15th, 2016 - Conference Dates: 1-4 November 2016 Advisory Chairs ---------------- Yannis Manolopoulos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Ernesto Damiani, Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Italy Conference Chair ---------------- Richard Chbeir, University of Pau and Adour Countries, France Program Chairs ---------------- Ismail Biskri, Universit? du Qu?bec ? Trois-Rivi?res, Canada Rajeev Agrawal, North Carolina A&T State University, USA Local Organizing Committee --------------------------- Philippe Aniorte, University of Pau and Adour Countries (UPPA), France Philippe Arnould, University of Pau and Adour Countries (UPPA), France Haritza Camblong, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Spain Ionel Vechiu, ESTIA, France Laurent Gallon, University of Pau and Adour Countries (UPPA), France Sebstian Laborie, University of Pau and Adour Countries (UPPA), France Philippe Lopisteguy, University of Pau and Adour Countries (UPPA), France Manuel Munier, University of Pau and Adour Countries (UPPA), France Khouloud Salameh, University of Pau and Adour Countries (UPPA), France Nathalie Charbel, University of Pau and Adour Countries (UPPA), France Lara Kallas, NOBATEK, France Irvin Dongo, University of Pau and Adour Countries (UPPA), France Chinnapong Angsuchotmetee, University of Pau and Adour Countries (UPPA), France Regina Ticona, University of Pau and Adour Countries (UPPA), France Solomon Asres, University of Pau and Adour Countries (UPPA), France International Program Committee -------------------------------- (Please check the web site for the full list) From brad.eden at valpo.edu Thu Jun 2 14:32:54 2016 From: brad.eden at valpo.edu (Brad Eden) Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2016 18:32:54 -0000 Subject: [Sigvis-l] Call for editorial board members: Digital Library Perspectives Message-ID: Please excuse duplication. I am looking for new editorial board members for the journal *Digital Library Perspectives* (a description of the journal is provided below). The editorial board serves as the peer reviewers for the journal, and I am looking to expand the number as well as add international board members. If you are interested, please send me a short 100 word statement of your interest and background, and a CV to the email below (not the listserv). If you have any questions, please contact me directly via email. Thanks. Brad Bradford Lee Eden, Ph.D. Editor Dean of Library Services Christopher Center for Library and Information Resources Valparaiso University Valparaiso, Indiana 46383 brad.eden at valpo.edu 219-464-5099 _______________________________________________ *Digital Library Perspectives (DLP)* Journal history: Previously published as *OCLC Systems & Services: International Digital Library Perspectives* *Aims & Scope* *Digital Library Perspectives (DLP) *is a peer-reviewed journal concerned with digital content collections. It publishes research related to the curation and web-based delivery of digital objects collected for the advancement of scholarship, teaching and learning. And which advance the digital information environment as it relates to global knowledge, communication and world memory. The journal aims to keep readers informed about current trends, initiatives, and developments. Including those in digital libraries and digital repositories, along with their standards and technologies. The editor invites contributions on the following, as well as other related topics: - ? Digitization - ? Data as information - ? Archives and manuscripts - ? Digital preservation and digital archiving - ? Digital cultural memory initiatives - ? Usability studies - ? K-12 and higher education uses of digital collections