ER2004 Call for Papers 23rd International Conference on Conceptual Modeling 8-12 November 2004, Shanghai, China Scope of Conference Conceptual modeling is fundamental to real world abstraction and can foster communication between technology experts and those who would benefit from the application of those technologies. It has become a major mechanism for understanding and representing organizations, including new e-worlds, and the information systems that support them. ER 2004 encompasses the entire spectrum of conceptual modeling. It addresses research and practice in areas such as theories of concepts and ontologies underlying conceptual modeling, methods and tools for developing and communicating conceptual models, and techniques for transforming conceptual models into effective information system implementations. The International Conference on Conceptual Modeling provides a central forum for presenting and discussing current research and applications in which conceptual modeling is the major emphasis. We invite researchers and practitioners from both computer sci-ences and management information systems. Reports of new ideas and approaches, useful experiences and informative experiments are all welcome. Regular and industrial papers are solicited along with proposals for workshops, tutorials, panel sessions and posters. Topics of Interest The relevant topics of ER2004 include, but are not limited to, the following specific examples: • information modeling concepts, including ontologies • ontological and conceptual correctness in modeling • e-business and Web-based information systems • mobile information systems • the Semantic Web • semistructured data and XML • information and database integration • information retrieval, organization, summarization, visualization • design methodologies and their evaluation • software engineering and tools • reuse, patterns, and object oriented design • quality and metrics • conceptual change and schema evolution • spatial, temporal, and multimedia aspects in conceptual models • metadata, its interpretation and usage • distance learning systems • reverse engineering and reengineering • knowledge management systems • user interfaces • groupware and workflow management • data warehousing and data mining • advanced and cross-disciplinary applications • web services Submission Guidelines The proceedings will be published by Springer-Verlag in the LNCS series. Springer-Verlag publishes a full-text electronic version of LNCS in parallel with the printed version, so the electronic source of accepted papers will be required (LaTeX 2e format is preferred). Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended ver-sions for possible publication in Data & Knowledge Engineering. Authors should submit original manuscripts via the ER2004 Web site, as PostScript or PDF files by 19 April 2004. Papers may not exceed 5000 words. Use at least an 11-point font and no more than 20 double-spaced pages. Typically published papers are 14 pages in LNCS format. Authors are encouraged to submit papers in the LNCS format (http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html). Best Paper Awards The Prof. Kambayashi best paper award will be given to the best paper. A separate Prof. Kambayashi best student paper award will be given to the best student paper. Papers eligible for this award must have a (graduate or undergraduate) student listed as the first author, and the majority of the authors must be students. Such submissions must be marked as student papers at the time of submission. Industrial Papers Please submit papers for the industry track to one of the Industrial Co-Chairs, Philip S. Yu (psyu@us.ibm.com), Jian Pei (jianpei@cse.buffalo.edu) or Jiansheng Feng (fengjiansheng@baosight.com) by 19 April 2004. We invite both full papers and short papers. Please visit our Web site for full details. Workshops Workshops Co-Chairs are Yahiko Kambayashi (yahiko@db.soc.i.kyoto-u.ac.jp) ,Katsumi Tanaka (ktanaka@i.kyoto-u.ac.jp) and Shan Wang (suang@public.bta.edu.cn). Please send workshop proposals to either of the Co-Chairs by 1 March, 2004. For workshop information, see the separate call for workshop proposals on our Web site. Tutorials Please submit tutorial proposals to one of the Tutorial Co-Chairs, Jianzhong Li (lijz@mail.banner.com.cn) or Stefano Spaccapietra (Stefano.Spaccapietra@epfl.ch) by 10 May 2004. Identify the pre-senter, the intended audience, and the scope of the topic. Tutorials may be presented as a 90-minute tutorial inside the conference, or as a half day (3 hour) or a full day (6 hour) pre-conference tutorial. Suggested tutorial topics include, but are not limited to: Semantic Web, Web knowledge management, and data mining process mod-eling. Panels We solicit proposals for panel sessions related to the conference topics about which there is controversy and thus a need for public discussion. Please send panel proposals to one of the Panel Co-Chairs, Chin-Chen Chang (ccc@cs.ccu.edu.tw) or Erich Neuhold (neuhold@ipsi.fhg.de) by 7 June 2004. See our Web site for more detailed instructions. Demonstrations and Posters ER2004 provides a forum for ongoing work: poster reports on projects in progress, demonstrations of alpha- and beta-versions of software tools and products, invitations to cooperate on new project ideas, etc. These should stimulate a highly interactive and future-oriented added value to ER2004. Please send poster and demonstration proposals to the Demonstration and Poster Chair, Mong-Li Lee (leeml@comp.nus.edu.sg) by 19 July 2004. Important Dates Workshop proposals: 1 March 2004 Paper abstracts (soft deadline): 12 April 2004 Full papers (firm deadline): 19 April 2004 Tutorial proposals: 10 May 2004 Panel proposals: 7 June 2004 Poster & demo proposals: 19 July 2004 Notification: 5 July 2004 Camera-ready papers: 5 August 2004 Organizers Co-organized by Fudan University, China National University of Singapore, Singapore Sponsored by Natural Science Foundation of China ER Institute (ER Steering Committee) In Cooperation with Database Society of China Computer Federation ACM SIGMOD ACM SIGMIS Supported by IBM China, Co., Ltd. Shanghai Baosight Software Co., Ltd., China Others (TBA) Honorary Conference Chairs Peter P. Chen (Louisiana University, USA) Ruqian Lu (Fudan University, China) Conference Co-chairs Aoying Zhou (Fudan University, China) Tok Wang Ling (National University of Singapore, Singapore) Coordinators (China) Zhongzhi Shi (China Academy of Science, China) (Asia) Yoshifumi Masunaga (Ochanomizu University, Japan) (Europe) Elisa Bertino (U. of Milano, Italy) (North America) Carlo Zaniolo (UCLA, USA) Workshop Co-Chairs Shan Wang (Renmin University of China, China) Yahiko Kambayashi (Kyoto University, Japan) Katsumi Tanaka (Kyoto University, Japan) Tutorial Co-Chairs Jianzhong Li (Harbin Institute of Technology, China) Stefano Spaccapietra (EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland) Panel Co-Chairs Chin-Chen Chang (Chung Cheng University, Taiwan, China) Erich Neuhold (IPSI, Fraunhofer, Germany) Industrial Co-Chairs Philip S. Yu (IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA) Jian Pei (State University of New York at Buffalo, USA) Jiansheng Feng (Shanghai Baosight Software Co., Ltd., China) Demos and Posters Chair Mong-Li Lee (National University of Singapore, Singapore) Publicity Chair Qing Li (City University of Hong Kong, China) Publication & Local Arrangements Chair Shuigeng Zhou (Fudan University, China) Treasurer Xueqing Gong (Fudan University, China) Registration Xiaoling Wang (Fudan University, China) Steering Committee Liaison Arne Solvberg (Norwegian University of Sci. and Tech., Norway) PROGRAM COMMITTEE PC Co-chairs Hongjun Lu (HKUST, China) Wesley Chu (UCLA, USA) Paolo Atzeni (Università Roma Tre, Italy) PC Members Jacky Akoka (CNAM &INT, France) Hiroshi Arisawa (Yokohama National University, Japan) Sonia Bergamaschi (Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy) Mokrane Bouzeghoub (Université de Versailles, France) Diego Calvanese (Università di Roma La Sapienza, Italy) Cindy Chen (University of Massachusetts at Lowell, USA) Shing-Chi Cheung (HKUST, China) Roger Chiang (University of Cincinnati, USA) Stefan Conrad (Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany) Bogdan Czejdo (Loyola University New Orleans, USA) Lois Delcambre (Oregon Health & Science University, USA) Debabrata Dey (University of Washington, USA) Johann Eder (Universität Klagenfurt, Austria) Ramez Elmasri (University of Texas at Arlington, USA) David W. Embley (Brigham Young University, USA) Johann-Christoph Freytag (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany) Antonio L. Furtado (PUC Rio de Janeiro, Brasil) Andreas Geppert (Credit Suisse, Switzerland) Shigeichi Hirasawa (Waseda University, Japan) Arthur Ter Hofstede (Queensland University of Technology, Australia) Matthias Jarke (Technische Hochschule Aachen, Germany) Christian S. Jensen (Aalborg Universitet, Denmark) Manfred Jeusfeld (Universiteit van Tilburg, Netherlands) Yahiko Kambayashi (Kyoto University, Japan) Hannu Kangassalo (University of Tampere, Finland) Kamalakar Karlapalem (Int’l Institute of Information Technology, India) Vijay Khatri (Indiana University at Bloomington, USA) Dongwon Lee (Pennsylvania State University, USA) Mong-Li Lee (NUS, Singapore) Wen Lei Mao (UCLA, USA) Jianzhong Li (Harbin Institute of Technology, China) Qing Li (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China) Stephen W. Liddle (Brigham Young University, USA) Ee-Peng Lim (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) Mengchi Liu (Carleton University, Canada) Victor Zhenyu Liu (UCLA, USA) Ray Liuzzi (Air Force Research Laboratory, USA) Bertram Ludäscher (San Diego Supercomputer Center, USA) Ashok Malhotra (Microsoft, USA) Murali Mani (Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA) Fabio Massacci (Università di Trento, Italy) Sergey Melnik (Universität Leipzig, Germany) Xiaofeng Meng (Renmin University of China, China) Renate Motschnig (Universität Wien, Austria) John Mylopoulos (University of Toronto, Canada) Sham Navathe (Georgia Institute of Technology, USA) Jyrki Nummenmaa (University of Tampere, Finland) Maria E. Orlowska (The University of Queensland, Australia) Oscar Pastor (Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain) Jian Pei (State University of New York at Buffalo, USA) Zhiyong Peng (Wuhan University, China) Barbara Pernici (Politecnico di Milano, Italy) Dimitris Plexousakis (FORTH-ICS, Greece) Sandeep Purao (The Pennsylvania State University, USA) Sudha Ram (University of Arizona, USA) Colette Rolland (U. Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France) Elke Rundensteiner (Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA) Peter Scheuermann (Northwestern University, USA) Keng Siau (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA) Janice C. Sipior (Villanova University, USA) Il-Yeol Song (Drexel University, USA) Nicolas Spyratos (Université de Paris-Sud, France) Veda C. Storey (Georgia State University, USA) Katsumi Tanaka (Kyoto University, Japan) Ernest Teniente (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain) Juan C. Trujillo (Universidad de Alicante, Spain) Michalis Vazirgiannis (Athens Univ. of Economics and Business, Greece) Dongqing Yang (Peking University, China) Jian Yang (Tilburg University, The Netherlands) Ge Yu (Northeastern University, China) Lizhu Zhou (Tsinghua University, China) Longxiang Zhou (China Academy of Science, China) Shuigeng Zhou (Fudan University, China)