ICEIS 2002
4th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems
April 3-6, 2002 * Ciudad Real, Spain

Paper submission deadline: October 15.
Please check one of the following web sites:
http://www.iceis.org
http://www.est.ips.pt/iceis

Organised by the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM), the School of
Computer Science and the Department of Computer Science, in Spain, in
co-operation with the Department of Systems and Informatics of the School of
Technology of the Polytechnic Institute of Setúbal (ESTSetubal) from
Portugal.

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:

1. Databases and Information Systems Integration
2. Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support Systems
3. Information Systems Analysis and Specification
4. Internet Computing and Electronic Commerce

AREA 1: Databases and Information Systems Integration
* Coupling and Integrating Heterogeneous Data Sources
* Enterprise Resource Planning
* Middleware Integration
* Legacy Systems
* Organisational Issues on Systems Integration
* Distributed Database Applications
* Object-Oriented Database Systems
* Enterprise-Wide Client-Server Architecture
* Database Security and Transaction Support
* Data Warehouses
* Multimedia Database Applications
* Web Databases
* Mobile Databases

AREA 2: Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support Systems
* Intelligent Agents
* Industrial Applications of Artificial Intelligence
* Strategic Decision Support Systems
* Group Decision Support Systems
* Applications of Expert Systems
* Advanced Applications of Fuzzy Logic
* Advanced Applications of Neural Network
* Natural Language Interfaces to Intelligent Systems
* Bayesian Networks
* Evolutionary Programming
* Agent-Oriented Programming
* Coordination in Multi-Agent Systems
* Intelligent Social Agents and Distributed Artificial Intelligence
Applications
* Intelligent Tutoring Systems
* Datamining

AREA 3: Information Systems Analysis and Specification
* Systems Engineering Methodologies
* Information Engineering Methodologies
* Organisational Semiotics
* Semiotics in Computing
* Requirements Analysis
* Ontology Engineering
* Modelling Formalisms, Languages, and Notations (e.g. UML, ER variants)
* CASE Tools for System Development
* Modelling of Distributed Systems
* Modelling Concepts and Information Integration Tools
* Groupware and CSCW Systems Specification
* Business Processes Re-engineering

AREA 4: Internet Computing and Electronic Commerce
* B2B and B2C Applications
* Process Design and Organisational Issues in e-Commerce
* E-Procurement and Web-based supply chain management
* Market-spaces: market portals, hubs, auctions
* Security, Privacy, Freedom of Information And Other Social and Ethical
Issues
* E-Learning and e-Teaching
* Intranet and Extranet Business Applications
* Agents for Internet Computing
* Web Information Agents
* Case studies on Electronic Commerce
* Public sector applications of e-Commerce
* Interactive and Multimedia Web Applications
* Network Implementation Choices
* Object Orientation in Internet and Distributed Computing
* Internet and Collaborative Computing

All papers will be reviewed by the International Programme Committee (see
below).

In addition to the main conference, there will be 3 parallel workshops:
(http://www.iceis.org/workshops.htm)
- PRIS 2002 (Pattern Recognition in Information Systems)
- NDDL 2002 (New Developments in Digital Libraries)
- SIS 2002 (Security in Information Systems)

SECRETARIAT
ICEIS-2002 Secretariat
E.S. Informática
Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
Tel: +34 926 295 300 ext: 3744
Fax: +34 926 295 354
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Web: http://www.iceis.org/

VENUE
Ciudad Real is in Castilla-La Mancha, the Don Quixote's land. It is not easy
to categorize Castilla-La Mancha, for it is a region of great variety and
complexity. On the one hand, there is the ruddy red earth, the windmills,
and simple whitewashed villages of the province of Ciudad Real (which
encompasses most of the area commonly called La Mancha). But there are also
the strangely sculpted cliffs of Cuenca and Albacete, the hilly woodlands of
Guadalajara and the dark mystery and ancient cultures of Toledo. Ciudad Real
is one hour by car from Toledo, fifty minutes by train from Madrid, seventy
minutes by train from Córdoba and two hours by train from Sevilla.

CONFERENCE CHAIR
Joaquim Filipe, Escola Superior de Tecnologia de Setúbal, Portugal
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PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS
Mario Piattini, E.S. Informática - Univ. de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
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Bernadette Sharp, School of Computing, Staffordshire University, UK
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Slimane Hammoudi, École Superieur de l' Ouest, Slimane Hammoudi, École Sup.
de Electronique de l'Ouest, France ([log in to unmask])

SENIOR PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Alexander Smirnov (Russia)
Albert Cheng (USA)
António Figueiredo (Portugal)
Enrique Bonsón (Spain)
Frank Dignum  (Netherlands)
Helder Coelho (Portugal)
James Odell (USA)
Jan Dietz (Holland)
Jatinder Gupta (USA)
Jean Bézivin (France)
João A. Carvalho (Portugal)
Kalle Lyytinen (Finland)
Kecheng Liu (UK)
Luis Amaral (Portugal)
Merrill Warkentin (USA)
Miguel Delgado (Spain)
Miguel Toro (Spain)
Paul Luker (UK)
Ricardo Baeza-Yates (Chile)
Ronald Stamper (Netherlands)
Zahir Tari (Australia)

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