From raghu@cs.wisc.edu Tue Jul 16 23:31:34 1996 Received: from lucy.cs.wisc.edu (lucy.cs.wisc.edu [128.105.2.11]) by sea.cs.wisc.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id XAA01937 for ; Tue, 16 Jul 1996 23:31:24 -0500 Received: from ricotta.cs.wisc.edu (ricotta.cs.wisc.edu [128.105.67.19]) by lucy.cs.wisc.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id JAA01610 for ; Tue, 16 Jul 1996 09:27:26 -0500 Received: (from raghu@localhost) by ricotta.cs.wisc.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id JAA10048 for dbworld; Tue, 16 Jul 1996 09:27:26 -0500 Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 09:27:26 -0500 From: Dolors Costal Message-Id: <199607161427.JAA10048@ricotta.cs.wisc.edu> To: dbworld@ricotta.cs.wisc.edu My sincere apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------ Call for Contributions for the CAiSE'97 THE 9TH CONFERENCE ON ADVANCED INFORMATION SYSTEMS ENGINEERING Barcelona, Catalonia, 16-20 June 1997 ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------ Up to date information is available via WWW at URL: http://www-fib.upc.es/caise97 CONFERENCE AIMS & OBJECTIVES ---------------------------- The CAiSE series of conferences provide a forum for presentation and exchange of research results and practical experiences within the Information System Engineering field. The Information Systems Engineering field may be characterised by the two terms of information systems and engineering. Information Systems implies that computer based systems are designed to provide adequate and timely information to human users in organisations. Engineering implies the application of a rigorous set of problem solving approaches analogous to those found in traditional engineering disciplines. CONFERENCE TOPICS ----------------- The topics addressed in the CAiSE'97 conference include, but are not limited to the following: Business process reengineering CASE Conceptual modelling Distributed IS design Enterprise modelling Information systems procurement Internet-based IS design Internet-based world-wide IS Inter-organisational IS IS support for virtual organisations IT product definition and competitive advantage Legacy systems reengineering Methods engineering Mobile computing Object-oriented and rule-based applications design Quality management Requirements engineering Reverse engineering Workflow management CALL FOR PAPERS --------------- The conference organisers solicit papers within, but not restricted to the conference topics. Electronic submissions are strongly encouraged. For electronic submissions, send a PostScript file of the paper to: caise97@fib.upc.es For traditional submissions, send five copies of your paper to Antoni Olive, Programme Chair for CAiSE'97. Antoni Olive Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya Pau Gargallo, 5 08028 Barcelona The paper should not exceed 5000 words. Papers submitted must be original, and not submitted to, or accepted by, any other conference or journal. Proceedings from CAiSE'97 will be published in the Springer Lecture Notes series. The proceedings for CAiSE'96, CAiSE'95, CAiSE'94, CAiSE'93, CAiSE'92, CAiSE'91 and CAiSE'90 are also available in this series. The best papers of the conference will be proposed to be published (after a new revision and refereeing process) in a special issue of the Information Systems journal. Important Dates: Deadline for papers: 30 November 1996 Notification of acceptance: 1 February 1997 Camera-ready copy due: 1 March 1997 Conference dates: 16-20 June 1997 CALL FOR TUTORIALS ------------------ Proposals are solicited for tutorials that will be held together with the conference. Tutorials can be half day (3 hours) or full day (6 hours) and should be of interest for industrial as well as for academic participants. Each tutorial proposal should include a title, a summary (the objectives, a motivation of the relevance of the objectives and their relation to the state of the art in the field), duration of the presentation and a short curriculum vitae of the instructor(s). Tutorial proposals should also clearly identify the intended audience which should be broader than a small research community. Tutorial proposals should be sent to Toni Urpi, Tutorial Chair for CAiSE'97. Toni Urpi Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya Pau Gargallo, 5 08028 Barcelona Tel: +34-3-4017004 Fax: +34-3-4017014 e-mail: urpi@lsi.upc.es Important Dates: Deadline for tutorial proposals: 30 November 1996 Notification of tutorial acceptance: 1 February 1997 Camera-ready tutorial notes due: 1 March 1997 Conference dates: 16-20 June 1997 CALL FOR WORKSHOPS ------------------ In conjunction with the CAiSE'97 conference a series of workshops will take place. They are meant to facilitate the exchange of ideas and experiences between active researchers. Workshop topics will be in line with the conference topics. The CAiSE'97 organising committee invites prospective workshop organisers to submit proposals stating topic and goals of the workshop. Proposals should conform to the instructions for the format of workshops proposals, which can be obtained from the Workshop Chair. Proposals will be reviewed by the Organising Committee. All participants are expected to attend the main conference. Proposals for workshops can be sent to the CAiSE'97 Workshop Chair, Maria-Ribera Sancho. Maria-Ribera Sancho Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya Pau Gargallo, 5 08028 Barcelona Tel: +34-3-4017324 Fax: +34-3-4017014 e-mail: ribera@lsi.upc.es Important Dates: Deadline for workshop proposals: 30 October 1996 Notification of workshop acceptance: 1 December 1996 CALL FOR POSTERS ---------------- During the CAiSE'97 conference, a special room will be reserved for poster sessions. Industrial and academic research projects of any scale are invited to illustrate innovative concepts, theories or prototype systems on a poster. Poster proposals should include title, outline and names of presenters. More elaborate instructions for posters can be obtained from the Poster Chair. Descriptions of posters should be sent to the Poster Chair, Maria-Ribera Sancho. Maria-Ribera Sancho Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya Pau Gargallo, 5 08028 Barcelona Tel: +34-3-4017324 Fax: +34-3-4017014 e-mail: ribera@lsi.upc.es Important Dates: Deadline for posters descriptions: 1 March 1997 Notification of poster acceptance: 1 April 1997 CALL FOR PANEL PROPOSALS ------------------------ The Programme Committee invites proposals for panels that focus on innovative, controversial or otherwise provocative issues of Information Systems Engineering. Proposals should conform to the instructions for the format of panel proposals, which can be obtained from the Programme Chair. A panel proposal should be submitted by the panel chairperson. The proposals will be evaluated by members of the CAiSE'97 Programme Committee. Panel proposals should be sent to Antoni Olive, the Programme Chair. Antoni Olive Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya Pau Gargallo, 5 08028 Barcelona Tel: +34-3-4017026 Fax: +34-3-4017014 e-mail: olive@lsi.upc.es Important Dates: Deadline for panel proposals: 30 November 1996 Notification of panel acceptance: 1 February 1997 IMPORTANT DATES --------------- Deadline for papers: 30 November 1996 Deadline for tutorial proposals: 30 November 1996 Deadline for workshop proposals: 30 October 1996 Deadline for posters descriptions: 1 March 1997 Deadline for panel proposals: 30 November 1996 Notification of papers acceptance: 1 February 1997 Notification of tutorial acceptance: 1 February 1997 Notification of workshop acceptance: 1 December 1996 Notification of poster acceptance: 1 April 1997 Notification of panel acceptance: 1 February 1997 Conference dates: 16-20 June 1997 PROGRAMME COMMITTEE ------------------- Rafael Andreu, IESE, Barcelona Alex Borgida, Rutgers University, New Brunswick Sjaak Brinkkemper, University of Twente, Enschede Janis Bubenko, Stockholm University Corine Cauvet, Universite de Paris I Stefano Ceri, Politecnico di Milano Rosine Ciccheti, Universite de la Mediterranee, Marseille Panos Constantopoulos, University of Crete, Heraklion Peter Creasy, University of Queensland Oscar Diaz, Universidad del Pais Vasco, San Sebastian David W. Embley, Brigham Young University, Provo Hans-Dieter Ehrich, Technische Universitat Braunschweig Anthony Finkelstein, City University, London Burkhard Freitag, Universitat Passau Hele-Mai Haav, Institute of Cybernetics, Tallinn Jacques Hagelstein, S.W.I.F.T. s.c., La Hulpe Juhani Iivari, University of Oulu Matthias Jarke, RWTH Aachen Keith G. Jeffery, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton Yahiko Kambayashi, Kyoto University Hannu Kangassalo, University of Tampere Michel Leonard, Universite de Geneve Eva Lindencrona, SISU, Kista Pericles Loucopoulos, UMIST, Manchester Kalle Lyytinen, University of Jyvaskyla John Mylopoulos, University of Toronto James Odell, James Odell Associates, Ann Arbor Andreas L. Opdahl, University of Bergen Christine Parent, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne Barbara Pernici, Politecnico di Milano Naveen Prakash, Delhi Institute of Technology Isidro Ramos, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia Colette Rolland, Universite de Paris I Sorbonne M. Ribera Sancho, Univ. Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona Timos Sellis, National Technical University of Athens Anne-Helga Seltveit, Telenor AS, Oslo Amilcar Sernadas, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisboa Arne Solvberg, University of Trondheim Alistair Sutcliffe, City University, London Bernhard Thalheim, Cottbus Technical University Constantino Thanos, CNR-IEI, Pisa Babis Theodoulidis, UMIST, Manchester Yannis Vassiliou, National Technical University of Athens Yair Wand, University of British Columbia, Vancouver Benkt Wangler, Stockholm University Tony Wasserman, IDE, San Francisco Roel J. Wieringa, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam Gerard M. Wijers, ID Research B.V., Leusden Stanislaw Wrycza, University of Gdansk Roberto Zicari, J. W. Goethe Universitat, Frankfurt am Main CONFERENCE ORGANISATION ----------------------- Advisory Committee Janis Bubenko, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden Arne Solvberg, University of Trondheim, Norway Programme Chair Antoni Olive Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya Pau Gargallo, 5 08028 Barcelona Tel: +34-3-4017026 Fax: +34-3-4017014 e-mail: olive@lsi.upc.es Organising Chair Joan Antoni Pastor Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya Pau Gargallo, 5 08028 Barcelona Tel:+34-3-4017021 Fax: +34-3-4017014 e-mail: pastor@lsi.upc.es Tutorial Chair Toni Urpi Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya Pau Gargallo, 5 08028 Barcelona Tel: +34-3-4017004 Fax: +34-3-4017014 e-mail: urpi@lsi.upc.es Workshop and Poster Chair Maria-Ribera Sancho Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya Pau Gargallo, 5 08028 Barcelona Tel: +34-3-4017324 Fax: +34-3-4017014 e-mail: ribera@lsi.upc.es ORGANISING COMMITTEE -------------------- Dolors Costal Joan Antoni Pastor Carme Quer Maria-Ribera Sancho Ernest Teniente Toni Urpi FURTHER INFORMATION ------------------- If you have any further questions about the conference or its organisation please contact the Organising Chair, Joan Antoni Pastor. Joan Antoni Pastor Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya Pau Gargallo, 5 08028 Barcelona Tel:+34-3-4017021 Fax: +34-3-4017014 e-mail: pastor@lsi.upc.es Information is also available via WWW at URL: http://www-fib.upc.es/caise97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The dbworld alias reaches many people, and should only be used for messages of general interest to the database community. 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The program announcement for the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) program will appear on the internet later this week. The number is 96-115. Printed copies are expected to be available by July 29. **PLEASE REQUEST ALL ANNOUNCEMENTS (ELECTRONIC OR PRINTED) DIRECTLY FROM NSF PUBLICATIONS -- DO NOT ASK ME FOR THEM** This year's announcement includes a description of NSF's component of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). This multi-agency program is described in a brochure which is available on NSF's web pages in the "Staff and Organization" section, under "cross-disciplinary activities." Hard copies are available from Forms and Publications. **Beginning in FY97 (this year), nominees for PECASE will be identified from CAREER awardees who have applied to this year's deadline. The Presidential Faculty Fellows (PFF) program is terminated for FY97.** Some of the highlights of the new CAREER announcement are: -- All proposals are due to NSF by the *DEADLINE* of October 17, 1996 (THIS IS A *DEADLINE*, NOT A TARGET DATE: CAREER PROPOSALS RECEIVED AFTER OCTOBER 17, 1996, WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.) --Award size and duration: $200K-$500K for 4 or 5 years --One-page statement from department head is required as part of the project description; the maximum number of pages is 15 pages, plus one page from the department head, for a total of 16 pages. The department head should describe how the career-development plan will be supported by the institution. --As in the past, the department head continues to be required to sign the annual reports from CAREER awardees, as an indication of continued partnership in the awardee's career development --Awardees are eligible for supplements which may provide matching support for GENUINE partnerships that further the goals of the project --Awardees from the group submitting to the October 17, 1996, deadline are eligible to be nominated by NSF for a PECASE award, if they are US citizens, nationals, or permanent residents, and have submitted a PECASE release form **WITH THEIR PROPOSALS**. (Form 1317A is provided in the CAREER announcement.) If a PECASE award is made, NSF will increase the recipient's CAREER award to $100K/yr for 5 years. --Frequently-asked-questions are addressed in "CAREER-FAQ." This will be posted on NSF's web page soon; it will not be a published document. --The announcement stresses that CAREER is part of NSF's strategic efforts in integrating research and education. --Appropriate education efforts emphasize integration of efforts into individual career-development goals as well as institutional goals. ================================================================== Barbara Blaustein Internet: bblauste@nsf.gov Database and Expert Systems Program Bitnet: bblauste@nsf National Science Foundation Phone: 703-306-1926 4201 Wilson Blvd., Room 1115 Fax: 703-306-0599 Arlington, VA 22230 URL: http://www.cise.nsf.gov/iris/DBEShome.html ================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The dbworld alias reaches many people, and should only be used for messages of general interest to the database community. 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