Call for papers

	- The American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)
	- The Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers (IEEE)
	- The IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc)
	- Technical Committee on Enterprise Networking and Applications

SCOPE

The purpose of this 3^rd International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS) is to bring together researchers, engineers and practitioners interested in the advances and business applications of information systems. Four simultaneous tracks will be held, covering different aspects of Enterprise Computing Applications, including Enterprise Database Technology, Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support Systems, Information Systems Analysis and Specification, and Internet and Electronic Commerce.

ICEIS focuses on real world applications; therefore authors should highlight the benefits of Information Technology for industry and services. Ideas on how to solve business problems, using IT, will arise from the conference. Papers describing advanced prototypes, systems, tools and techniques and general survey papers indicating future directions are also encouraged. Papers describing original work are invited in any of the areas listed below. Accepted papers, presented at the conference by one of the authors, will be published in the Proceedings of ICEIS. Acceptance will be based on quality, relevance and originality. There will be both oral and poster sessions.

Special sessions, dedicated to case-studies and commercial presentations, as well as technical tutorials, dedicated to technical/scientific topics, are also envisaged: companies interested in presenting their products/methodologies or researchers interested in holding a tutorial are invited to contact the conference secretariat.

TOPIC AREAS / CONFERENCE TRACKS

Each of these topic areas is expanded below but the sub-topics list is not exhaustive. Papers may address one or more of the listed sub-topics, although authors should not feel limited by them. Unlisted but related sub-topics are also acceptable, provided they fit in one of the following main topic areas:

WORKSHOPS

The following workshops are already confirmed. You can submit your papers to the workshops using the same guidelines as for the main conference. Deadlines are also the same unless explicitly stated otherwise.

Please find further information about this subject on the workshops web page: http://www.iceis.org/workshops.htm

	Workshop 1: Workshop on Pattern Recognition in Information Systems (PRIS-2001)
	Workshop 2: Workshop on New Developments in Digital Libraries (NDDL-2001)
	Workshop 3: Workshop on Applications of JESS, the Java Expert System Shell (JESS-2001)
	Workshop 4: Workshop On Open Distributed Processing: Enterprise, Computation, Knowledge, Engineering, Realization (WOODPECKER-2001)

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS

Authors should submit a paper in English of up to 5,000 words, using the submission procedure indicated below. The program committee will review all papers and the first author of each paper will be notified of the result, by email. Each paper should clearly indicate the nature of its technical/scientific contribution, and the problems, domains or environments to which it is applicable. Authors must also indicate the topic area to which the paper is submitted.

Final camera-ready format will be required only for accepted papers, and will be specified later. Due to space limitations in the Proceedings, the camera-ready version will be limited to 6 (six) pages. This may seem too stringent but using the recommeded format we believe that it should be enough for a 5.000 word paper with a couple of small pictures. If absolutely needed, it will be allowed to increase the total number of pages up to 10. However, for each page in excess of 6 the author will have to pay an additional fee.

Submitted papers should be formatted for A4 size paper, and must be written in English, and carefully checked for correct grammar and spelling. Final camera-ready format will be required only for accepted papers, and will be specified later.

- Submission procedure

A web-based submission procedure, via the ICEIS web page (www.iceis.org), is being prepared and it is expected to be active after Christmas. In the meanwhile, the authors who wish to submit their papers can use the procedure below.

We intend to use a “blind” paper evaluation method. To facilitate that, the authors are kindly requested to follow the indications below:

	A paper’s front page must be provided, with: the title, author(s), affiliation(s), contact details, a list of keywords and an abstract. This page is to be provided as a separate file.
	The full paper is to be provided as a separate file and MUST NOT have any reference to the authors. The paper’s first page must necessarily have the title, abstract and a list of keywords but NO NAMES OR CONTACT DETAILS WHATSOEVER are to be included.

Both documents are to be placed on the same web site. The files URLs should then be sent, by email, to the conference secretariat: secretariat ( at ) iceis.org If the site is password-protected, a password and/or username enabling access to the files is required.

If it is absolutely impossible for an author to use the indicated method of submission, the author should contact the secretariat in order to send the two documents indicated above by email, as attached files.

The preferred file format is RTF although MS Word is also acceptable; it is also kindly requested that authors provide a device-independent format of the paper such as Postscript or PDF.

SUBMISSION OF TECHNICAL TUTORIALS, WORKSHOPS OR EXHIBITS

Any person interested in organizing a tutorial, workshop, or exhibition should submit a proposal to the secretariat, before the 31th of December 2000, by e-mail (secretariat ( at ) iceis.org).

Typically these events will be held on the first day or two days of the conference. Proposals should specify the topic and scope, the background knowledge expected of the participants and, in the case of tutorials, a résumé of the instructor(s).

Companies interested in presenting their products, showing documentation about them or demonstrating some application, are invited to contact the secretariat and make a reservation for a stand at the conference site.

PROCEEDINGS AND BOOK PUBLICATION

All accepted papers whose authors confirm participation at the conference will be published in the ICEIS 2001 proceedings, under a ISBN code. A reduced number of papers will be selected for inclusion in a book to be published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, like in previous editions.

IMPORTANT DEADLINES

Full Paper Submission - 5^th February 2001

Author Notification - 15^th March 2001

Final Camera-Ready Submission and Registration - 5^th April 2001

SECRETARIAT

ICEIS Secretariat (Vitor Pedrosa)

Escola Superior de Tecnologia de Setúbal / Campus do IPS

Rua Vale de Chaves, Estefanilha – 2914-508 Setúbal. Portugal.

Fax: +351 265 721 869 Tel: +351 265 790 000

E-mail:secretariat ( at ) iceis.org

Web: http://www.iceis.org

CONFERENCE CHAIR

Joaquim Filipe, Escola Superior de Tecnologia of Setúbal, Portugal.

(jfilipe ( at ) iceis.org)

PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS

Bernadette Sharp, School of Computing, Staffordshire University, UK

(b.sharp@staffs.ac.uk)

Algirdas Pakstas, School of Informatics and Multimedia Technology, University of North London, England

(a.pakstas@unl.ac.uk)