CfP DeLFI 2013

                  CALL FOR PAPERS, POSTERS, DEMOS & WORKSHOPS

                    Die 11. e-Learning Fachtagung Informatik

                                     DeLFI 2013

in Kooperation mit Mensch & Computer 2013 & Usability Professionals 2013

                         8. - 11. September 2013

                           Universität Bremen

                       http://www.delfi2013.de

                  http://www.interaktivevielfalt.org/

http://www.interaktivevielfalt.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/delfi-2013-cfp-final.pdf

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Seit 2003 präsentiert die DeLFI-Tagungsreihe dem interessierten Fachpublikum aktuelle, innovative informatiknahe Ergebnisse zum Thema e-Learning aus Forschung und Praxis. Ausgangspunkt für die DeLFI 2013 ist die zunehmende Vielfalt der Lernenden und Lehrenden an verschiedenen Lernorten, durch unterschiedliche Lernvoraussetzungen und -erwartungen, durch die Vermischung von formalen, non-formalen und informellen Lernprozessen, die neue Anforderung an die Entwicklung von Informatiksystemen stellt. Auf der Tagung sollen sowohl Forschungsbeiträge als auch Praxisbeiträge vorgestellt werden. Damit besteht für die Teilnehmenden die Chance, die Vielfalt der Informatik im e-Learning aus beiden Perspektiven zu beleuchten.

Formate

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Beiträge:

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Es wird um bisher unveröffentlichte Beiträge im Themenbereich e-Learning und Informatik gebeten. Die Beiträge können in folgende Kategorien fallen:

* Forschungsbeiträge motivieren ein Forschungsziel, beschreiben die Forschungsmethode und bewerten die Forschungsergebnisse.

* Anwendungs- und Industriebeiträge stellen aktuelle e-Learning Anwendungen vor und werten Erfahrungen mit ihrer Nutzung aus.

Jeder Beitrag kann Kurz- oder Langbeitrag (6 oder 12 Seiten) sein. Die Einreichungen werden vom Programmkomitee begutachtet. Angenommene Beiträge werden im Tagungsband (Lecture Notes in Informatics) veröffentlicht.

Demos und Poster:

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Demos und Poster stellen aktuelle Prototypen, Systeme und Anwendungen vor. Sie sind als Kurzfassung von 3 Seiten einzureichen.

Themenbereiche

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Eine nicht ausschließende Auswahl möglicher Themenbereiche umfasst:

* Softwarewerkzeuge und Technologien

* Standards und Interoperabilität

* Kontextbewusstsein und Adaptivität

* Learning Analytics

* Usability und Accessibility

* Kooperatives / kollaboratives Lernen

* Non-formales, informelles und formelled Lernen

* Mobiles Lernen

* Innovative Lernformen wie Flipped Classroom

* Game-based Learning

* Didaktik und Wirksamkeit des e-Learning

* Assessment, Kompetenzmessung und Feedback

* Wissens- und Kompetenz-Management

* Evaluation und Qualitätsentwicklung

* Organisationsentwicklung in Bildungsorganisationen

* e-Learning in Anwendungsfeldern: Schule, Hochschule, Berufsbildung,

   betriebliche Aus- und Fortbildung

Einreichung

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Alle Einreichungen müssen anonymisiert in elektronischer Form über das Konferenzmanagementsystem https://www.conftool.com/mc2013/ geschehen. Es ist das LNI Format http://www.gi-ev.de/service/publikationen/lni/ zu verwenden. Die Beiträge sind in vollständiger Fassung als pdf-Datei (mit Grafiken in einer Punktdichte von mindestens 300 dpi) einzureichen. Die Einreichungen werden vom Programmkomitee begutachtet.

Termine

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17.03.13     Einreichung von Autoreninformationen und Zusammenfassungen

zu Beiträgen,

              Demos, Postern

01.04.13     Einreichung von vollständigen Fassungen von Beiträgen,

Demos, Postern

19.05.13     Entscheidung über die Annahme

01.07.13     Einreichung der druckfertigen Endfassungen

08.09.13     Workshops

09.-11.09.13 Tagung DeLFI 2013

PC-Chairs

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Andreas Breiter (ifib Universität Bremen) Christoph Rensing (TU Darmstadt)

Programmkomitee

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Andrea Back, Uni St. Gallen

Doreen Böhnstedt, TU Darmstadt

Torsten Brinda, Universität Duisburg Essen Mohamed Amine Chatti, RWTH Aachen Ulrike Cress, IWM Tübingen Jörg Desel, FernUni Hagen Jens Drummer, SBI Dresden Wolfgang Effelsberg, Uni Mannheim Stefan Göbel, TU Darmstadt Jörg Haake, FernUni Hagen Andreas Harrer, KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt Ulrich Hoppe, Uni Duisburg-Essen Christoph Igel, CeLTech Saarbrücken Reinhard Keil, Uni Paderborn Michael Kerres, Uni Duisburg-Essen Andrea Kienle, FH Dortmund Ralf Klamma, RWTH Aachen Dennis Krannich, Universität Bremen Bernd Krämer, FernUni Hagen Ulrike Lucke, Uni Potsdam Johannes Magenheim, Uni Paderborn Alke Martens, PH Schwäbisch Gmünd Agathe Merceron, Beuth-Hochschule Berlin Wolfgang Müller, PH Weingarten Wolfgang Nejdl, Uni Hannover Niels Pinkwart, TU Clausthal Rolf Plötzner, PH Freiburg Sabine Rathmayer, Fischer & Partner Gabi Reinmann, Universität der Bundeswehr München Holger Rohland, TU Dresden Guido Rößling, TU Darmstadt Nikol Rummel, Ruhr Universität Bochum Uli Schell, FH Kaiserslautern Ulrik Schroeder, RWTH Aachen Sigrid Schubert, Uni Siegen Till Schümmer, FernUni Hagen Andreas Schwill, Uni Potsdam Christian Spannagel, PH Heidelberg Marcus Specht, CELSTEC Emese Stauke, IFIB Bremen Stephan Trahasch, Hochschule Offenburg Michael Weber, Uni Ulm Armin Weinberger, Universität des Saarlandes Martin Wessner, Fraunhofer IESE Kaiserslautern Karsten Wolf, Uni Bremen Martin Wolpers, Fraunhofer FIT

CfP: IEEE Mobile Cloud 2013

Important Dates: Submission Deadline: 10/15/2012 Review Notification: 12/31/2012 Camera Ready and registration Deadline: 01/15/2013 Conference Date: (03/25-28/2013) 3/25/2013 -- Workshop and Tutorial Day 3/26/2013 - 3/28/2013 -- Conference Day Scope and Visions (PDF Download) This symposium will provide a great platform to allow researchers and professionals in the industry to exchange their latest research results and development activities on mobile cloud computing and services. The primary objective is to share research ideas and results, emergent industry technologies on the latest advances in mobile cloud computing and services, and mobile computing and applications. During two days, the symposium will host a number of invited speakers who will give tutorials and research talks related to security issues in mobile computing and cloud computing. Symposium Tracks: This symposium seeks to bring together researchers and practitioners interested in all aspects of mobile cloud computing, engineering, and service, including but not limited to:  Research Tracks on Mobile Cloud Computing and Services: (a) Mobile Cloud Computing Mobile cloud computing models, infrastructures, and approaches. Green computing and networking, and energy saving analysis and decision solutions Resource management, provision, and migration Transmission protocols and scheduling algorithms Security and privacy issues, solutions, and tools for mobile clouds, mobile SaaS, and wireless networks. Mobility modeling, management solutions and measurement techniques Mobile-aware cloud databases , data retrievals, Mobile-aware networking, protocols, and infrastructures Mobile multimedia content delivery, transferring, and migration Different types of mobile clouds, including community, private, public, and ad-hoc mobile clouds. (b) Mobile Cloud Services and Applications Mobile software-as-a-service (MSaaS) Mobile Data-as-a-Service (MDaaS) Mobile Platform-as-a-Service (MPaaS) Mobile Infrastructure-as-a-Service (MIaaS) Mobile Network-as-a-Service(MNaaS) Mobile-based Testing-as-a-Service (MTaaS) Mobile Multimedia Services and applications Mobile Society Media and Community Services Mobile Clouds for E-Commerce Services Location-based mobile cloud applications and services (c) Engineering Mobile Clouds and Mobile-Based Systems Innovative infrastructures, architectures, and middle-wares Modeling, analysis, and design methodologies and tools for building mobile clouds and MSaaS Collaboration, management, and administration of mobile clouds and services Monitoring solutions and evaluation techniques for mobile clouds and MSaaS Mobile testing tools and on-demand validation techniques for mobile clouds and mobile-based applications Quality of service on mobile clouds and applications, including reliability, availability, scalability, performance, and load balance. Mobile connectivity and protocols between mobile SaaS and mobile clouds Knowledge engineering and data mining techniques and systems on clouds Mobile device, storage, and wireless network virtualization Enabled Technology Track on Mobile Computing, Mobile Clouds, and Pervasive Computing: Energy-saving wireless communication technologies Novel mobile-ware database technologies Innovative mobile platforms(or OS) and client technologies for mobile cloud computing Urban sensing and crowd-sensing, and smart sensor networks Emergent barcode/Tag/RFID/NFC-based mobile technologies Mobile cloud data center and storage technology Augmenting pervasive environments Application Track on Mobile Computing and Mobile Cloud Services: Next generation mobile application enabled by the cloud Cloud-based mobile media systems and social networks Novel mobile cloud systems and wireless-based applications in e-health, e-learning, e- banking, e-manufacturing, supply-chain, and e-government Smart mobile computing SaaS on clouds Mobile context-aware services and computing for clouds Cloud-based mobile commerce applications and systems (mobile and pervasive advertising, mobile payment, and product delivery and validation) Location-aware mobile applications on clouds Cloud-based mobile app. store and environments Reviews, Survey Papers, and Experience Reports: State-of-the-art survey reports on the existing mobile cloud and mobile computing technologies Comparison and analysis of emergent cloud enabled mobile technologies Research reviews on engineering topics for mobile computing and mobile cloud services Industry reports on experience and lessons Research case study and experimental reports

Recall "Internet-Kooperation verändert die Kulturwissenschaften"

As I reviewed some documents and papers on my table this afternoon, I found this article. It could be easy for it to be recalled here (blogized), instead of being kept in a thick magazine.

How does Internet cooperation change research on cultural heritage management? It is reported by my colleagues Matthias Jarke, Ralf Klamma, and Marc Spaniol in RWTH Themen 1/2006 (Page 10-11). Two prototypes called MECCA and ACIS were demonstrated to explore what have movie research taken by film theorists and cultural heritage research taken by cultural scientists in common?

CfP: 4th International Workshop on Story-Telling and Educational Games (STEG'11)

Stories and story-telling (narration and storytelling systems) represent long-standing cultural achievements of significant relevance even in modern times. Nowadays, story-telling is being enhanced with the convergence of sociology, pedagogy, and technology. In recent times, computer gaming is also deployed for serious and educational purposes and has proved to be an effective approach to cognitive stimulation and development. Many conceptual and procedural similarities and inter-dependences exist between story-telling and educational gaming. For instance, a good story lays the foundation for immersion and emotional involvement in games. Therefore these two areas can be integrated for research on web-based learning. Digital stories are an ideal starting point for the creation of educational games, since each story addresses particular problems, so that the story recipient can benefit from other users' experiences. This leads to the development of more realistic stories providing the kernel for non-trivial educational games involving various types of media. These stories cover the instructional part of an educational game, while the game adds the motivation and engagement part.

This workshop aims at bringing together researchers, experts and practitioners from the domains of digital story-telling and educational and serious gaming to share ideas and generate new knowledge in the context of web-based learning. There is a great amount of disparate research in these fields and this workshop will allow the participants to discover and leverage potential synergies.

Workshop topics

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Theories in story-telling, learning and games
• Story-telling and its role in digital educational games
• Story and game design paradigms for Web-based Learning
• Augmented story-telling and gaming
• Story-telling and educational gaming with social software
• Mobile story-telling and educational gaming
• Cross-media/transmedia story-telling and gaming
• Computer gaming for story-telling (Game design for narrative architectures)
• Multimedia story and game authoring
• Story-telling and educational gaming applications
• Storytelling and pedagogy
• Storytelling mechanics in serious games
• Narratology and story-telling

Submissions

Authors are invited to submit original unpublished research papers (max. 10 pages) according to Springer LNCS format. All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed for originality, significance, clarity and quality. Accepted papers will be published as part of ICWL workshop proceedings in Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science.

To submit your paper please use the STEG submission website hosted at easychair: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=steg2011 (will be open soon)

Important Dates

• Paper Submission: 31 August 2011
• Notification of acceptance: 26 September 2011
• Camera Ready Submission: 15 October 2011
• Author Registration: 15 October 2011
• Workshop date: 8-10 December 2011

Organisers

• Ralf Klamma, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
• Michael Derntl, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
• Stefan Göbel, TU Darmstadt, Germany
• Sandy Louchart, Heriot-Watt University, UK

CfP: MTAP Special Issue on "Multimedia on the Web"

URL: http://mtap-mmweb.fim.uni-passau.de/

Streaming video has recently surpassed peer-to-peer networks in terms of network capacity hunger. Reports estimate a share of 40% of peak network capacity dedicated to entertainment, mostly streaming video. A large share of this traffic originates from web based services. YouTube alone takes up to 8% of the prime time internet traffic. So multimedia on the web is currently a big issue. While transmission currently works in a best effort system, multimedia information systems on the web are far from being perfect. Retrieval, annotation, validated and useful metadata, reliable and trusted services, and user interaction and context-based adaptation are still under discussion and allow improvement. Currently, the Web itself faces dramatic changes, looking for example at the spread of social networks, Linked Data or the impact of HTML5 or WebM. These activities also have a deep effect on multimedia data and content provider. This special issue shall collect high quality papers from applied and basic research as well as applications for multimedia on the web.

Submissions have to relate to multimedia on the web, or more specifically on the following topics:

• Annotation of multimedia for the Web
• Multimedia databases and metadata models
• Multimedia & metadata adaptation
• Multimedia in the social Web
• Multimedia user communities
• Multimedia semantics & ontologies for the Web
• Proactive delivery and recommender systems
• Semantic multimedia information services
• User interaction & context
• Web based emergence and self-organization
• Web based multimedia search and retrieval

ICWL 2011 accepted workshops

The following workshop proposal has been accepted to co-locate with ICWL 2011, Hong Kong:

4th International Workshop on Story-Telling and Educational Games (STEG 2011)
http://www.prolearn-academy.org/Events/steg11
4th International Workshop on Social and Personal Computing for Web-Supported Learning Communities (SPeL 2011)
http://software.ucv.ro/~epopescu/spel2011/
1st International Workshop on Enabling Successful Self-Regulation in Open Learning Environments (S-ROLE 2011)
http://dbis.rwth-aachen.de/S-ROLE2011/
1st International Workshop on Enhancing Learning with Social Media (ELSM 2011)
http://elsm2011.mine.tku.edu.tw/
1st International Symposium on Knowledge Management & E-Learning (KMEL 2010)
http://www.cse.cuhk.edu.hk/~kwchiu/kmel2011.htm

CfP: CTUW'11

Call for Papers

The 3rd International Workshop on Cognitive-based Text Understanding and Web Wisdom

12-14 December 2011, Sydney, Australia
http://iic.shu.edu.cn/huiyi/CTUW3rdCFP.html

in conjunction with the
International Conference on Social Computing and its Applications (SCA2011)
http://www.swinflow.org/confs/sca2011/

Recent years, many new theories and technologies for Web Wisdom have made the Web much wiser. Among these technologies, Cognitive-based text understanding (CTU) is one of the newest directions of Web Wisdom and should be paid more attention to. The machine understanding of Web resources is the basis of Web Wisdom. Cognitive Informatics (CI) is an emerging discipline that studies the natural intelligence, internal information processing mechanisms of the brain and the processes involved in perception and cognition as well. CTU simulates the cognitive process of human brain understanding text, so it takes advantage of cognitive theories to make the machine understanding of Web resources effectively and promotes Web Wisdom to a great extent.

Topics:
The objective of the workshop is to invite authors to submit original manuscripts that demonstrate and explore current advances in all aspects of Web Wisdom (especially the aspect of Cognitive-based text understanding). The workshop solicits novel papers on a broad range of topics, including but not limited to:
* Theories and Practices of World Wide Wisdom Web (W4)
* Cognitive Models and Computational Models for W4
* Intelligent Web Searching and Services
* Web Mining and Information Retrieval
* Web Knowledge Organization and Fusion
* Data Link and Semantic Link
* Web Knowledge Flow
* Web-based Cooperation Model
* Text Understanding and Representation
* Text Complexity Measurement
* Text Readability Measurement
* Text Trust Measurement
* Interactive Computing

Submission Requirements:
Please email your manuscripts in PDF to xwei@shu.edu.cn with the email subject as “CTUW paper submission”. Papers should be limited up to 8 pages in IEEE format. All papers will be peer reviewed by two or three pc members. Submitting a paper to the workshop means that if the paper is accepted, at least one author should register to SCA2011 and attend the conference to present the paper.

Publication of Papers:
All accepted papers will appear in the proceedings published by IEEE Computer Society (EI indexed). Selected papers will be invited to special issues of SCA2011 in Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce, Social Science Computer Review and Computers in Human Behavior.

Important Dates:
Full paper submission due: August 15, 2011
Notification of acceptance: September 15, 2011
Camera-ready paper due: October 3, 2011
Conference presentation: December 12-14, 2011

Program Committee Co-Chairs:
Xiangfeng Luo, Shanghai University, China
Jinjun Chen, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Xiao Wei, Shanghai Institute of Technology, China

Program Committee:
Bernadette Sharp, Staffordshire University, UK
Chantal Soule-Dupuy, Université de Toulouse, France
Didier Schwab, University of Grenoble, France
Farhad Arbab, Leiden University, Netherlands
Feiyue Ye, Shanghai University, China
Florence Sèdes, Université de Toulouse, France
Jan van Leeuwen, Universiteit Utrecht, Netherlands
Jinjun Chen, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Lizhe Wang, Indiana University, USA
Marc Spaniol, Max Planck Institute for Computer Science, Germany
Michael Zock, LIF-CNRS, Marseille, France
Oliver Kutz, University of Bremen, Germany
Ralf Klamma, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Roche Christophe, Université de Savoie, France
Ronald R. Yager, Iona College, USA
Stephane Bressan, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Styliani K. Loizou, University of Leeds, UK
Wanchun Dou, Nanjing University, China
Xiangfeng Luo, Shanghai University, China
Xiao Wei, Shanghai Institute of Technology, China
Xiaobo Yin, Anhui University of Science and Technology, China
Yiwei Cao, RWTH Aachen University, Germany