SIG KM NEWSLETTER Issue September 2004 Newsletter of the German Special Interest Group on Knowledge Management www.fgwm.de Subscribe or unsubscribe via http://www.fgwm.de Send contributions to: fgwm'at'wi2.uni-trier.de TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. IMPORTANT PLEASE READ: Reorganization of SIG KM Newsletter 2. Call for Papers: 3rd Conference Professional Knowledge Management: Experiences and Visions (WM'2005) ......................................................................... *sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm* ......................................................................... 1. Reorganization of the SIG KM Newsletter: Please Re-Subscribe The physical location of the fgwm.de web server has recently changed from University of Hildesheim to the University of Trier. 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To unsubscribe from the mailing list: - send email to Majordomo@uni-trier.de - in the body of the message, type: unsubscribe fgwm ......................................................................... *sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm* ......................................................................... 2. Call for Papers: Workshops at the 3rd Conference Professional Knowledge Management: Experiences and Visions (WM'2005) DEADLINE OVER: September 3, 2004 !!!! CALL FOR WORKSHOP PAPERS 3rd Conference Professional Knowledge Management: Experiences and Visions WM'2005 April 10-13, 2005, Kaiserslautern, Germany http://wm2005.iese.fraunhofer.de Submission Deadline: September 3, 2004 CONFERENCE PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT -------------------------------------------- Professional Knowledge Management is imperative for the success of enterprises. One decisive factor for the success of KM projects is the coordination of elements such as corporate culture, enterprise organization, human resource management, and information and communication technology. The adequate alignment and balancing of these factors is currently little understood - especially the role of IT, which is often regarded only as an implementation tool, though it can be a driver by making new KM solutions possible. The conference will bring together representatives of practical and research fields for discussing experiences, professional applications and visions through presentations, workshops, tutorials, and an accompanying industry exhibition. The main focus of the conference is placed on the realization of KM strategies with the aid of innovative IT solutions, such as intelligent access to organizational memories, or integration of business processes and KM. Also of interest are holistic/integrative attempts of KM that deal with issues raised by the integration of people, organizations, and IT. WORKSHOPS --------- The following workshops will take place at the conference. For each workshop please find the detailed call for papers at: http://wm2005.iese.fraunhofer.de The deadline for the submission of workshop papers is: September 3, 2004 - 1st Workshop on Intelligent Office Appliances: Knowledge-Appliances in the Office of the Future (IOA 2005) - Learning Software Organizations Workshop 2005 (LSO 2005) - 1st Workshop on Learner-Oriented Knowledge Management & KM-oriented E-Learning (LOKMOL 2005) - Workshop on Peer-to-Peer and Agent Infrastructures for Knowledge Management (PAIKM 2005) - Workshop on Modelling and Analysis of Knowledge Intensive Business Processes (KiBP 2005) - Third German Workshop on Experience Management (GWEM 2005) - Current Aspects of Knowledge Management in Medicine (KMM05) - Knowledge Management in International Professional Services Firms (KMIPSF 2005) - 2nd Workshop on Knowledge Management for Distributed Agile Processes: Models, Techniques, and Infrastructure (KMDAP 2005) - Knowledge Management and Business Intelligence (KMBI 2005) - Workshop on IT Tools for Knowledge Management Systems: Applicability, Usability, and Benefits (KMTOOLS) - Semantic Model Integration (SMI05) - Physical Enterprise Portals (PEP 2005) - 2. Workshop Ontologie-basiertes Wissensmanagement (WOW2005) - Second International Workshop on Philosophy and Informatics (WSPI 2005) - Workshop on Information Just-in-Time: Seeking a New Knowledge Management Paradigm(WIJIT2005) - Wissensmanagement in kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen: Integration von HR und IT Perspektiven (WMKMU 2005) - Exploring the relevance of knowledge technologies to project management (KM&PM 2005) TIME SCHEDULE ------------- Deadline for workshop contributions: September 3, 2004 Notification of acceptance or rejection of the papers: October 2, 2004 Camera-ready copy of the papers due: November 22, 2004 Workshops at WM2005: April 10-13, 2005 CONFERENCE CHAIRS ----------------- - PD Dr. Klaus-Dieter Althoff, Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering, Kaiserslautern - Prof. Dr. Andreas Dengel, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, Kaiserslautern WORKSHOP ORGANIZATION --------------------- - Prof. Dr. Ralph Bergmann, University of Trier CONFERENCE MANAGEMENT --------------------- - Markus Nick, Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering, Kaiserslautern - Dr. Thomas Roth-Berghofer, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, Kaiserslautern - Christine Harms, ccHa ......................................................................... *sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm* ......................................................................... 3. IJCAI-05: CALLS FOR PAPERS, POSTER PAPERS, TUTORIALS, WORKSHOPS AND AWARDS Nineteenth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Edinburgh, Scotland. Dates: 30 July-5 August 2005 ------------ INTRODUCTION ------------ The Artificial Intelligence community in the United Kingdom is pleased to host IJCAI-05 in Edinburgh. Edinburgh's fusion of fabled streets, castle and other historic buildings is contained within a vibrant, modern city with a long involvement in Artificial Intelligence. The hosts are the British Computer Society's Specialist Group on Artificial Intelligence (BCS-SGAI), in collaboration with the University of Edinburgh (Scotland). IJCAI-05 will take place in the first full week of August 2005. This is just prior to the start of the famous Edinburgh International Festival, although the Edinburgh Military Tattoo will begin on 5th August 2005, and the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival during IJCAI. Participants are encouraged to plan to stay for at least a the week after to take advantage of these events. ---------------- SUMMARY OF CALLS ---------------- This posting provides summaries for the following calls. - Call for Papers - Call for Poster Papers - Call for Workshop Proposals - Call for Tutorial Proposals - Call for IJCAI Award Nominations For full details on each of these and the most up-to-date information regarding IJCAI-05, please see http://www.ijcai-05.org/. --------------- CALL FOR PAPERS --------------- The IJCAI-05 Program Committee invites submissions of full technical papers for IJCAI-05, to be held in Edinburgh, Scotland, 30 July - 5 August, 2005. Submissions are invited on substantial, original, and previously unpublished research on all aspects of artificial intelligence. Papers reporting work of high quality and high promise, but which is found by the program committee to be insufficiently mature for publication in the conference proceedings, may be considered for inclusion in the poster session track. Authors that wish to use this option must explicitly state so in the submission and submit to the poster track in parallel. ------------------------------------ Important Dates for Technical Papers ------------------------------------ February 1, 2005: Electronic Paper and Title Page Submission Deadline February 15, 2005: Electronic Poster Submission Deadline April 1, 2005: Paper & Poster Author Notifications Sent April 15, 2005: Camera-Ready Copy Deadline August 2-5, 2005: IJCAI-05 Technical Sessions For full details, see http://www.ijcai-05.org/. ---------------- CALL FOR POSTERS ---------------- The IJCAI-05 Program Committee invites submissions for the poster track of the 19th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, to be held in Edinburgh, Scotland, 30 July - 5 August, 2005. The poster track is intended for the presentation of work which meets the high standards of the IJCAI conference, but which is more topical and preliminary than the work presented in the main track. --------------------------- Important Dates for Posters --------------------------- February 15, 2005: Electronic Poster Submission Deadline April 1, 2005: Poster Author Notifications Sent April 15, 2005: Camera-Ready Copy Deadline August 2-5, 2005: IJCAI-05 Technical Sessions For full details, see http://www.ijcai-05.org/. --------------------------- CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS --------------------------- The IJCAI-05 Program Committee invites proposals for the Workshop Program, to be held July 30 - August 1, 2005, immediately prior to the technical conference. IJCAI-05 workshops will provide an informal setting where participants will have the opportunity to discuss specific technical topics in an atmosphere that fosters the active exchange of ideas. Members from all segments of the AI community are invited to submit workshop proposals for review. Workshops at the boundaries between sub-areas of AI, and between AI and other fields are particularly encouraged, as are those that focus on new and emerging topics, or on applications. To encourage interaction and a broad exchange of ideas, each workshop will be limited to 40 participants and ample time will be allotted for general discussion. Attendance is limited to active participants only. Workshops can vary in length, but most will last a full day. Workshop attendees need not register for the main IJCAI conference, but are encouraged to do so. ----------------------------- Important Dates for Workshops ----------------------------- October 15, 2004: Proposal Submission Deadline November 15, 2004: Acceptance Notification December 15, 2004: Deadline for Posting of Call for Participation January 15, 2005: IJCAI-05 Workshops Programme Announced May 5, 2005: Camera-ready Workshop Notes Deadline July 30-August 1, 2005: IJCAI-05 Workshops For full details, see http://www.ijcai-05.org/. --------------------------- CALL FOR TUTORIAL PROPOSALS --------------------------- The IJCAI-05 Program Committee invites proposals for the Tutorial Program. Tutorials will be held July 30-31, immediately prior to the technical conference. Tutorials should serve one or more of the following objectives: - Motivate and explain a topic of emerging importance for AI - Survey a mature area of AI research and/or practice - Provide instruction in established but specialized AI methodologies - Present a novel synthesis combining distinct lines of AI work To broaden and improve the topic coverage provided, we also invite suggestions as to what tutorial topics and presenters might be welcome. ----------------------------- Important Dates for Tutorials ----------------------------- November 1, 2004: Proposal Submission Deadline December 3, 2004: Acceptance Notification January 1, 2005: Title, Abstract, and Speaker Biography Deadline May 23, 2005: Syllabus and Course Handouts Deadline July 30-31, 2005: IJCAI-05 Tutorials For full details, see http://www.ijcai-05.org/. ---------------------------------------- CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR IJCAI-05 AWARDS ---------------------------------------- At each conference, IJCAI presents awards to distinguished members of the AI community. - The IJCAI Award for Research Excellence is given to a scientist who has carried out a program of research of consistently high quality, yielding several substantial results. - The IJCAI Computers and Thought Award is presented to an outstanding young scientist in the field. Nominations for these two awards are solicited from the AI community at large, with two reference letters being required in support of the nominations. ----------------------------------- Important Dates for IJCAI-05 Awards ----------------------------------- October 15, 2004: Names of Nominees Due November 15, 2004: Nominations Due August 2, 2005: IJCAI-05 Computers and Thought Award Presentation August 4, 2005: IJCAI-05 Research Excellence Award Presentation For full details, see http://www.ijcai-05.org/ ......................................................................... *sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm* ......................................................................... 4. Call for Papers: IEEE CBMS 2005 23.6.2005 - 24.6.2005 Trinity College Dublin, Ireland The 18th IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems The 18th IEEE Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS 2005) will be held on June 23-24, 2005 at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. CBMS 2005 is co-sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society (Technical Committee on Computational Medicine, TCCM), and Department of Computer Science, Trinity College Dublin. ------------------------ THE CONFERENCE WEB SITE: ------------------------ http://www.cs.tcd.ie/research_groups/mlg/CBMS2005/index.html http://conferences.computer.org/CBMS2005/index.html (mirror) This symposium draws together experts in many fields to discuss the latest advances in medical systems based upon computers. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Software Systems in Medicine * Computer-Aided Diagnosis * Knowledge-based Systems & Data Mining * Decision Support Systems * Medical Devices with Embedded Computers * Signal and Image Processing in Medicine * Medical Image Segmentation & Compression * Network and Telemedicine Systems * Medical Databases & Information Systems * Web-based Delivery of Medical Information * Multimedia Biomedical Databases * Content Analysis of Biomedical Image Data * Hand-held Computing Applications in Medicine * Bioinformatics in Medicine --------------- IMPORTANT DATES --------------- January 26, 2005 Submission of (3-page, maximum) paper summary March 1, 2005 Notification of acceptance March 24, 2005 Final camera-ready paper (6 pages, maximum) due March 24, 2005 Pre-registration deadline You must pre-register to have your paper published in the proceedings. You must pre-register to have a paper published in the proceedings. If you only plan to attend and are not submitting a paper, pre-registration is still strongly encouraged. This conference is space-limited, and registration may not be available on-site. ----------------------------------------- SUBMISSION PROCEDURES FOR PAPER SUMMARIES ----------------------------------------- No hardcopy submissions are being accepted. Electronic submissions of original technical research papers will only be accepted in PDF format. File size is limited to 2 MB. Use a 12-point font size and single-spaced text on a maximum of three A4 pages, including figures and references. Include one cover sheet, stating the paper title, authors, technical area(s) covered in the article, and corresponding author's information (telephone, fax, mailing address, e-mail address). Author names should appear only on the cover sheet, not on the summary. Submit your manuscript no later than January 26, 2005. Authors will be notified of acceptance by March 1, 2005 after a review process by three independent experts. Each accepted paper will be published in the conference proceedings by IEEE CS Press, conditional upon the author's advance registration. ......................................................................... *sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm* ......................................................................... 5. Call for papers FLAIRS 2005 Third Call for Papers The 18th International FLAIRS Conference The Adam's Mark Hotel Clearwater Beach, FL May 16-18, 2005 Web page: http://ranger.uta.edu/flairs05/ Submission Deadline: October 22, 2004 The 18th International FLAIRS conference seeks high quality, original, unpublished submissions in all areas of Artificial Intelligence, including, but not limited to, neural networks, autonomous agents, case-based reasoning, computer vision, data mining, expert systems, genetic algorithms, intelligent user interfaces, intelligent tutoring systems, knowledge representation and management, learning, automated reasoning, multi-agent systems, natural language processing, planning, uncertainty reasoning, robotics, semantic web, speech recognition, temporal reasoning, AI and the Web, AI applications, AI and education, and verification/validation. Papers will be refereed and all accepted papers will appear in the conference proceedings which will be published by AAAI Press. Selected authors will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers to a special issue of the International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools (IJAIT) to be published in 2006. The deadline for paper submission is October 22, 2004. Additional information on paper submission is available at http://www.cs.ccsu.edu/flairs2005/. For questions regarding submission, contact program co-chair, Zdravko Markov at markovz@ccsu.edu or Ingrid Russell at irussell@hartford.edu. Twenty special tracks are being planned for the conference. For additional information on the special tracks, consult the special tracks web page at: http://cs.gettysburg.edu/~tneller/flairs05/. For general information about FLAIRS 2005, contact the conference general chairs, Diane Cook at cook@cse.uta.edu or Larry Holder at holder@cse.uta.edu. ......................................................................... *sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm*sigkm* .........................................................................