[Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP] ********************************** SIMPDA 2012 ********************************** -- Second International Symposium on Data-driven Process Discovery and Analysis -- IFIP Working Groups 2.6 and 2.12/12.4 18-20 June, 2012 - Campione dItalia, Italy --WWW----WWW----WWW-- http://sesar.dti.unimi.it/SIMPDA2012/ --WWW----WWW----WWW-- **************************************************************************** ***
About SIMPDA
With the increasing automation of business processes, growing amounts of process data become available. This opens new research opportunities for business process data analysis, mining and modeling. The aim of the IFIP 2.6 - 2.12 International Symposium on Data-Driven Process Discovery and Analysis is to offer a forum where researchers from different communities and the industry can share their insight in this hot new field. The symposium will feature a number of keynotes illustrating new approaches, shorter presentations on recent research, a competitive PhD seminar, and selected research and industrial demonstrations. All this in the charming setting of Campione dItalia, the Italian enclave surrounded by Swiss territory, on the shores of Lake Lugano. SIMPDA 2012 is jointly conducted with IEEE DEST-CEE 2012 (IEEE International Conference on Digital Ecosystem Technologies and Complex Environment Engineering http://sesar.dti.unimi.it/DEST2012/). This acknowledges the key role of business process data modeling, representation and privacy-aware analysis for Digital Ecosystems.
Important Dates
Submission of Full Papers: 15 April 2012 Submission of PhD Research Plans: 15 April 2012 Notification of Acceptance: 15 May 2012 Submission of Camera Ready Papers: 21 May 2012
Call for Papers
SIMPDA 2012 offers a unique opportunity to present new approaches and research results to researchers and practitioners working in business process data modeling, representation and privacy-aware analysis. Full papers must not exceed 15 pages. Short papers are limited to at most 4 pages. All papers must be original contributions, not previously published or under review for publication elsewhere. All contributions must be written in English. Accepted papers will be published in a pre-proceedings volume with an ISBN. The authors of the accepted papers will be invited to submit extended articles to a post-symposium proceedings volume, which will be published in the LNBIP series (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, http://www.springer.com/series/7911), scheduled for late 2012.
Keynote Speakers
Marlon Dumas - University of Tartu Ronal Maier - University of Innsbruck Jan Mendling - Vienna University of Economics Manfred Hauswirth - National University of Ireland
Call for PhD Research Plans
The SIMPDA PhD Seminar is a workshop for Ph.D. students from all over the world. The goal of the Seminar is to help students with their thesis and research plans by providing feedback and general advice on how to use their research results. Students interested in participating in the Seminar should submit an extended abstract describing their research. Submissions can relate to any aspect of Process Data: technical advances, usage and impact studies, policy analyses, social and institutional implications, theoretical contributions, interaction and design advances, innovative applications, and social implications. Research plans should be at most of 4 page long and should be organized following the following structure: - Abstract: summarizes, in 5 line, the research aims and significance. - Research Question: defines what will be accomplished by eliciting the relevant the research questions - Background: defines the background knowledge providing the 5 most relevant references (papers or books). - Significance: explains the relevance of the general topic and of the specific contribution. - Research design and methods: describes and motivates the method adopted focusing on: assumptions, solutions, data sources, validation of results, limitations of the approach. - Research stage: describes what the student has done so far. A Doctoral Award will be given by the SIMPDA PhD Award Committee to the best research plan submitted.
Call for Demonstrations and Posters
Demonstrations showcase innovative technology and applications, allowing for sharing research work directly with colleagues in a high-visibility setting. Demonstration proposals should consist of a title, an extended abstract, and contact information for the authors, and should not exceed 2 pages. Posters allow the presentation of late-breaking results in an informal, interactive manner. Poster proposals should consist of a title, an extended abstract, contact information for the authors, and should not exceed 2 pages. Accepted demonstrations and posters will be presented at the symposium. Abstracts will appear in the proceedings. --- ORGANIZATION ---
GENERAL CHAIRS
Paolo Ceravolo, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy Philippe Coudre-Mauroux, University of Fribourg, Switzerland Dragan Gasevic, Athabasca University, Canada
ADVISORY BOARD
Tharam Dillon, DEBII, Curtin University, Australia Ernesto Damiani, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy Moataz A. Ahmed, KFUPM, Saudi Arabia Elizabeth Chang, DEBII, Curtin University, Australia Erich Neuhold, University of Vienna, Austria Karl Aberer, EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland
DEMONSTRATION AND SHOWCASE COMMITTEE
Elizabeth Chang, DEBII, Curtin University, Australia Christian Guetl, Graz University of Technology, Austria PUBLICITY CHAIR Matthew Smith, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany
PhD. AWARD COMMITTEE
Gregorio Piccoli, Zucchetti spa, Italy Paolo Ceravolo, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy Farookh Hussain, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
WEB CHAIR
Fulvio Frati, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy --- ACCOMMODATION AND VENUE --- Campione d'Italia is a town of about 2300 inhabitants set on the southeastern shore of Lake Lugano on a narrow strip of Italian land surrounded by Switzerland that boasts remarkable historical and artistic traditions. Campione d'Italia, is one of five European exclaves. All conference activities will take place in the Municipal Casino of Campione. More info on: sesar.dti.unimi.it/SIMPDA2012 www.campioneitalia.com