[Apdio] IFIP8.3/CDM2008/Toulouse : 2nd Call for Papers

[Ana Respicio <respicio@di.fc.ul.pt>]

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2nd CALL FOR PAPERS


IFIP TC8/WG8.3 Working Conference

International Conference on Collaborative Decision Making (CDM’08)

Manufacture des Tabacs, Toulouse, France
July 1st- 4th 2008
http://www.irit.fr/CDM08/


Organised by INPT/ENSIACET/IRIT/UT1

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The IFIP TC8/WG8.3 conferences present the latest innovations and
achievements of academic communities on Decision Support Systems (DSS).
These advances include theory, systems, computer aided methods, algorithms,
techniques, and applications related to supporting decision making.

This conference is supported by the Euro Working Group on DSS (see
http://www.euro-online.org/).

The main theme for the 2008 edition of the conference is Collaborative
Decision Making and in particular, addressing the question of how to 
support
Collaboration in Decision Making? Welcome answers will incorporate key
elements to deal with the complexity of supporting collaborative decision
making. Expected contributions will try to answer to some of the following
questions:
Where does the data for collaborative decision making come from and how is
it assembled?
Who is, or should be, involved in making the decision?
How do teams collaborate to build up common understanding?
How to Tackle Complexity in decision making and decision support?
A special focus on Data, Models and Actors will be taken into account.



Topics : The topics of interest for the conference include, but are not
limited to :
- Facilitation of team coordination and data collection and exchange
- Logistics knowledge collaboration model
- Impact of introducing new technology on collaboration
- Spontaneous collaborations
- Evaluation of the most appropriate collaboration level
- Coordination of distributed supply chain partnerships
- Machine intelligence coupled with human intelligence
- Collaboration across supply networks using intelligent agents
- Knowledge-intensive collaborative design
- On-demand business process-based collaboration
- Utilizing context in knowledge management and collaborative systems
- Collaboration among entities in a network such as schedulers
- Social collaboration systems
- Intellectual capital as a resource network for collaborative decision
making.

Papers focused on other areas linked to DSS area are also welcome, for
example:
- Data-driven DSS (including data mining types of problems)
- Model-driven DSS - Intelligent DSS
- Real-time DSS

For additional information and submission, please visit:
http://www.irit.fr/CDM08/

A Doctoral Colloquium will be held as part of the conference July 1st 2008
is organised by G. Philips-Wren and D. Paradice. PhD students, who are 
developing their research ideas are encouraged to
submit papers, as well as those who are already well into the execution of
their studies. Both of them are requested to register their own information
and then submit their current works in the part Paper Submission on the web
site http://www.irit.fr/CDM08/.

PhD students are requested to submit 3-5 A4-pages in length with 2cm 
margins
all around containing: the title, authors' names and affiliation, surface
and electronic addresses (first page), a 200 words abstract, up to 5
keywords, the text, figures, tables, etc., acknowledgments, and references.
Submissions should be in MSWord format. Only electronic submissions will be
accepted.

Submissions
Authors are requested to register their own information and then submit
original, complete papers in the part Paper Submission on the web site
http://www.irit.fr/CDM08/.

Authors are requested to submit full papers addressing any of the topics of
interest for this conference. Each paper should not exceed 10 A4-pages in
length with 2cm margins all around containing: the title, authors' names 
and
affiliation, surface and electronic addresses (first page), a 200 words
abstract, up to 5 keywords, the text, figures, tables, etc.,
acknowledgments, and references. Papers should be in MSword format. Only
electronic submissions will be accepted. Authors are requested to contact
cdm08@irit.fr for any more information.

Each paper will be reviewed by at least two referees. Accepted papers will
be published only if at least one of the authors is registered to attend 
the
conference in due time. Accepted papers with at least one registered author
will appear in the Proceedings of the Conference published as a book.

Best papers will be forwarded for submission to several special issues for
high level journals in the DSS area like Journal of Decision Systems,
Intelligent Decision technologies, Group Decision and Negotiation.

Time Schedule
Paper submission due November 16th 2007
Doctoral Colloquium submission due February 15th 2008
Notification to authors January 18th 2008
Final Version of accepted papers February 15th 2008
Conference July 1st to 4th 2008

Conference location Toulouse is a large city in the south west of France in
the Midi Pyrénées country. For more information about Toulouse and its
country please visit: http://www.cict.fr/toulouse/EBienvenue.html .
Committees:

Conference chair : Zaraté Pascale, IRIT-ENSIACET-INPT, Toulouse, France

Steering Committee:
Adam Frédéric, University College Cork, Ireland
Burstein Frada, Monash University, Australia
Humphreys Patrick, London School of Economics, UK
Philips - Wren Gloria, Loyola Maryland University, USA
Pino José Alberto, University of Chile, Chile
Respicio Ana, Lisbon University, Portugal
Zaraté Pascale, IRIT-ENSIACET-INPT, Toulouse, France

Organising Committee:
Belaud Jean Pierre, LGC-ENSIACET-INPT, Toulouse, France
Camilleri Guy, IRIT-UPS, Toulouse, France
Ravat Franck, IRIT-UT1, Toulouse, France
Zaraté Pascale, IRIT-ENSIACET-INPT, Toulouse, France

Conference secretary:
Debats Véronique, IRIT, Toulouse, France
Foucaud Florence, INPT-SAIC, Toulouse, France

Scientific program committee:
Adam Frederic, Cork, Ireland
Antunes Carlos, Coimbra, Portugal
Arnott David, Melbourne, Australia
Bannon Liam, Ireland
Belaud Jean Pierre, Toulouse, France
Brezillon Patrick, Paris, France
Bui Tung, Hawaii, USA
Burstein Frada Melbourne, Australia
Camilleri Guy, Toulouse, France
Carlsson Christer, Turku, Finland
Carlsson Sven, Suede
Climaco João, Coimbra, Portugal
Csaki Csaba, Budapest, Hungary
Dargam Fátima, Graz, Austria
Graeme Shanks, Melbourne, Australia
Haettenschwiler Pius, Fribourg, Switzerland
Huber George, USA
Humphreys Patrick, London, UK
Jelassi Tawfik, Paris, France
Jones Garrick, London, UK
Keenan Peter, Ireland
Kersten Gregory, Carleton, USA
Loebbecke Claudia, Koeln, Deutschland
McCosh Andrew, UK
Meredith Robert, Melbourne, Australia
Moreno Jose, Zaragoza, Spain
Norese M. Franca, Turin, Italy
O'Leary Dan, USA
Paprika Zita, Budapest, Hungary
Paradice David, USA
Pino Jose, Santiago, Chile
Pomerol J. Charles, Paris, France
Rosenthal-Sabroux C. Paris, France
Power Daniel, Iowa, USA
Ravat Franck, Toulouse, France
Respicio Ana, Lisbon, Portugal
Ribeiro Rita, Lisbon, Portugal
Shakun Melvin New York, USA
Soubie Jean Luc Toulouse, France
Soule-Dupuy Chantal, Toulouse, France
Sprague Ralph, Hawaii, USA
Stanek Stanislaw Katowice, Poland
Thevenin Jean Marc, Toulouse, France
Vetschera Rudolf Wien, Austria
Walden Pirkko Turku, Finland
Widmeyer Georg,e USA
Winter Robert, Switzerland
Wren Gloria Loyola, USA
Zaraté Pascale Toulouse, France



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Pascale Zaraté
IRIT - INPT
118 route de Narbonne 31062 Toulouse Cedex 9, France
email : zarate@irit.fr
Tel : + 33 5 61 55 63 47


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