The Fourth Asia-Pacific Conference on Conceptual Modelling (APCCM 2007)

January 30 to February 02, 2007 -- Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

 

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The Asia-Pacific Conferences on Conceptual Modelling provide an annual forum for disseminating the results of innovative research in information modelling and related areas.
The fourth conference of the series will be held in early 2007 as part of the Australasian Computer Science Week (ACSW 2007), which also includes the following conferences, symposia and workshops:

  • The Australasian Computer Science Conference (ACSC)
  • The Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE)
  • The Australasian Database Conference (ADC)
  • Computing: The Australasian Theory Symposium (CATS)
  • The Asia-Pacific Conference on Conceptual Modelling (APCCM)
  • The Australasian User Interface Conference (AUIC)
  • Australasian Symposium on Grid Computing and Research (AUSGRID)
  • The Australasian Information Security Workshop: Privacy Enhancing Systems (AISW)

The Australasian Computer Science Week 2007 will be hosted by the School of ITMS at the University of Ballarat. The Conference venues will be at the Caro Convention Centre in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.

Registration to APCCM will enable delegates to attend sessions in any conference participating in the Australasian Computer Science Week.

 

Scope of the Conference

The amount, complexity and diversity of information held in computer systems are constantly on the increase, and so are the requirements and challenges to be met for useful access and manipulation of this information. Conceptual modelling is fundamental to the development of up-to-date information and knowledge-based systems. The conference series aims on bringing together experts from all areas of computer science and information systems with a common interest in the subject.

APCCM invites contributions addressing current research in conceptual modelling as well as experiences, novel applications and future challenges. Topics of interest include, but are not restricted to:

  • information recognition and information modelling
  • concepts, concept theories and ontologies
  • methods for developing, validating and communicating conceptual models
  • information systems design methodologies
  • design patterns and object-oriented design
  • conceptual modelling for
    • web-based systems
    • e-business, e-commerce and e-banking systems
    • mobile information systems
    • knowledge management systems
    • decision support and expert systems
    • user interfaces
    • digital libraries
  • business, enterprise and process modelling
  • conceptual modelling quality
  • information and schema integration
  • information customization and user profiles
  • conceptual modelling and user participation
  • knowledge discovery, knowledge representation and knowledge management
  • information retrieval, analysis, visualization and prediction
  • semantic Web
  • conceptual modelling of semi-structured data and XML
  • conceptual modelling of spatial, temporal and biological data
  • evolution and change in conceptual models
  • implementations of information systems
  • reuse, reverse engineering and reengineering
  • software engineering and tools for information systems development
  • philosophical, mathematical and linguistic foundations of conceptual models
  • conceptual models in management science

 

Submission of papers for review

APCCM invites papers describing original contributions in all fields of conceptual modelling and related areas. Papers should be no more than 10 pages in length conforming to the formatting instructions for the series Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology. (Instructions are available in section 'Procedures and Resources for Authors'.)
Each paper will be judged on its originality, significance, technical quality, relevance to APCCM and presentation. Submission of a paper should be regarded as an undertaking that, should the paper be accepted, at least one author will attend the conference to present the work.
Submission to APCCM is closed.

Submission of camera-ready copies

To submit your camera ready version please follow the instructions given at http://www.crpit.com/Authors.html
Please observe in particular the following points.

  1. The page limit in CRPIT format is 12 pages.
  2. Ensure that the paper is formatted correctly. This includes using A4 format (not, e.g. US letter!), and the correct fonts and margins.
  3. Ensure that the copyright notice at the base of page 1 is accurate. E.g. in LaTeX add the commands

    \toappear{Copyright \copyright 2007, Australian Computer Society, Inc. This paper appeared at the Fourth Asia-Pacific Conference on Conceptual Modelling (APCCM 2007), Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, January 2007. Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology, Vol. 67. John F. Roddick and Annika Hinze, Eds. Reproduction for academic, not-for profit purposes permitted provided this text is included.}

    or

    \newcommand\conferencenameandplace{Fourth Asia-Pacific Conference on Conceptual Modelling (APCCM 2007), Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, January 2007} \newcommand\volumenumber{67} \newcommand\conferenceyear{2007} \newcommand\editorname{John F. Roddick and Annika Hinze} \toappearstandard

    or in Word ...

    Copyright (c)2007, Australian Computer Society, Inc. This paper appeared at the Fourth Asia-Pacific Conference on Conceptual Modelling (APCCM 2007), Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, January 2007. Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology, Vol. 67. John F. Roddick and Annika Hinze, Eds. Reproduction for academic, not-for profit purposes permitted provided this text is included.

  4. Please use an identifiable paper name. The paper name should start with the surname of the first author.
  5. A PDF-file of your camera-ready version of the accepted paper should be uploaded to the Paper Submission and Review System by the deadline of October 20.
  6. Please fill out the copyright form that can be found on the CRPIT website. For legal reasons, the Acceptance and Copyright Transfer Form should be printed off and sent hardcopy to the CRPIT Editorial Office at the University of Newcastle. The address is:

    Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology
    c/- Professor V .Lakshmi Narasimhan
    School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS)
    The University of Newcastle
    Callaghan, Newcastle
    NSW 2308
    AUSTRALIA

  7. Note that at least one author must be registered by the camera ready date for the conference for the paper to appear in the proceedings!

 

Publications

The proceedings of the conference will be published by the Australian Computer Society as part Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology series (CRPIT) which is also held in full-text on the ACM Digital Library. Each paper will be fully refereed. Complete instructions for authors regarding submission and formatting procedures can be found at here.
After the conference authors of the best papers will be invited to submit an extended version for publication in the Journal of Research and Practice in Information Technology (JRPIT).

 

Important Dates

Submission of abstracts: August 11, 2006 (extended)  
Submission of full papers: August 11, 2006
Notification of authors: September 30, 2006 (extended)
Final version due: October 20, 2006
Author registration: October 20, 2006
APCCM conference: January 30 to February 02, 2007

 

Program committee

PC Chairs: Annika Hinze, University of Waikato, New Zealand
John Roddick, Flinders University, Australia
PC Members: Boualem Benatallah, University of New South Wales, Australia
Denise de Vries, Flinders University, Australia
Gillian Dobbie, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Cesar Gonzalez-Perez, European Software Institute, Spain
John Grundy, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Sven Hartmann, Massey University, New Zealand
Kathleen Stewart Hornsby, University of Maine, USA
John Krogstie, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Sebastian Link, Massey University, New Zealand
Jixue (Jerry) Liu, University of South Australia, Australia
Christine Parent, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Barbara Pernici, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Sudha Ram, University of Arizona, USA
Michael Rosemann, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Gunter Saake, Otto-von-Guericke University of Magdeburg, Germany
Michael Schrefl, Johannes Kepler University, Austria
Il-Yeol Song, Drexel University, USA
Stefano Spaccapietra, EPFL, Switzerland
Nigel Stanger, University of Otago, New Zealand
Markus Stumptner, University of South Australia, Australia
Jeffrey Xu Yu, Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
Yanchun Zhang, Victoria University, Australia

Enquiries (Co-Chairs): Annika Hinze (hinze@cs.waikato.ac.nz), John Roddick (roddick@infoeng.flinders.edu.au).

Copyright © 2006 Markus Kirchberg (Markus@theKirchbergs.info).