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<font face='Lucida Grande' size='4'><b>*** First Call for Tutorials ***<br></b><br>14th International Conference on<br>Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS 2020)<br><br>Royal Apollonia Beach Hotel 5*, Limassol, Cyprus<br><br>May 20-22, 2020, Limassol, Cyprus<br><br><a href="http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=c2NlLmNhcmxldG9uLmNhICwJCQlmZy1hcmNAbGlzdHMudW5pLXBhZGVyYm9ybi5kZQkxNHRoIEludGVybmF0aW9uYWwgQ29uZmVyZW5jZSBvbiBSZXNlYXJjaCBDaGFsbGVuZ2VzIGluIEluZm9ybWF0aW9uIFNjaWVuY2UgKFJDSVMgMjAyMCk6IEZpcnN0IENhbGwgZm9yIFR1dG9yaWFscwk0MzIJTGlzdHMJMTQ0CWNsaWNrCXllcwlubw==&url=http%3A%2F%2Frcis-conf.com%2F">http://rcis-conf.com/</a><br><br>Tutorial submission deadline: February 14, 2020 (AoE)</font><font face='Lucida Grande'><br><br><br>RCIS has become a well-recognised conference on research challenges in<br>Information Science. Organised for the fourteenth time in a row, RCIS 2020<br>will be held from May 20-22, 2020, in Limassol, Cyprus. <br><br>Tutorials are intended to provide independent instruction (know-how) on a<br>topic of relevance, no commercial or sales-oriented. Potential presenters<br>should keep in mind that there might be a varied audience, including novice<br>graduate students, seasoned practitioners, and specialized researchers.<br>Tutorial speakers should be prepared to cope with this diversity.<br><br>The conference has specific slots for tutorials. They will be organized in<br>sessions of 90 minutes with a free format. Tutorials run in parallel with other<br>conference tracks, and participation is included in the attendees’ conference<br>fee. We invite proposals for tutorials that may address one or more of the<br>listed topics below, although authors should not feel limited by them.<br><br><br>TOPICS OF INTEREST<br><br>RCIS 2020 is focused on Information Science in the Days of Artificial<br>Intelligence. This topic aims to study Artificial Intelligence in a broad sense,<br>including machine learning, self-adaptation, logic-based reasoning,<br>automation, agents and multiagent systems, natural language processing, etc.<br><br>Beyond the special topic for RCIS 2020, the conference welcomes tutorial<br>submissions from any domain of Information Science. The list of interested<br>topics includes, but is not limited to:<br><br><u>Information Systems and their Engineering<br></u>• Requirements Engineering<br>• Software Testing<br>• Information Security and Risk<br>• Method Engineering<br><br><u>User-Oriented Approaches<br></u>• Social Computing and Social Network Analysis<br>• User-Centred Design<br>• Collaborative Computing<br>• Human Factors in Information Systems <br><br><u>Data and Information Management<br></u>• Databases and Information<br>• Information Search and Discovery<br>• Conceptual Modelling and Ontologies<br><br><u>Business Process Management<br></u>• Business Process Engineering and Reengineering<br>• Process Mining<br>• Enterprise Engineering<br><br><u>Domain-specific IS Engineering<br></u>• E-Health, e-Government, e-Commerce, ...<br>• Industry 4.0<br>• Web-Based Applications and Services<br>• Smart Cities <br><br><u>Data Science<br></u>• Big Data & Business Analytics<br>• Decision Information Systems<br>• Knowledge Management<br>• Knowledge Discovery from Data<br><br><u>Information Infrastructures<br></u>• Cyber-Physical Systems<br>• Web Information Systems<br>• Grid Computing and Cloud Computing<br>• Internet of Things<br>• Pervasive and Mobile Computing<br><br><u>Reflective Research and Practice<br></u>• Research Methodologies in Information Science<br>• Impact of Information on the Enterprise and the Individual<br>• Lifecycle Models<br>• Design Science and Rationale<br><br><br>INSTRUCTIONS FOR TUTORIAL PROPOSALS<br><br>Tutorial proposals are limited to 5 pages. They must include: <br><br>1. A title; <br><br>2. A 150 words abstract.<br><br>3. Expected background of the attendees.<br><br>4. Learning objectives.<br><br>5. Structure of Contents/activities, description of how they support the<br>learning objectives, and how they will be presented to the attendees<br>including a timetable that clearly indicates how the interaction with the<br>audience will develop over time (tutorials should be of 90 minutes).<br><br>6. A concise description of material(s) that will be provided to attendees.<br>Special requirement/equipment you may request for the presentation of the<br>tutorial (subject to approval of the organizers). Additional materials relevant<br>to the tutorial that you would like to share prior to the conference.<br><br>7. Value of the tutorial for the attendees.<br><br>8. A short bio of the presenter(s).<br><br>9. A history of the tutorial: has this tutorial (or any derived version of it)<br>already been given? If so, detail where and when, and how it was received.<br>Proven track record has to be balanced with the innovative aspect of the<br>tutorial. <br><br>In preparing your proposal, you are encouraged to include some creative<br>techniques for teaching and learning. Any teaching approach that ensures<br>active interaction would be greatly appreciated by the RCIS audience. We<br>encourage you to craft a tutorial that can deliver high quality content in an<br>enjoyable way. <br><br>Please also consider including printed or online take away material for<br>attendees. For example, templates, checklists, frameworks, etc. that<br>attendees can employ in their own settings. <br><br>We finally encourage authors to optionally include a 1 or 2 minutes video of<br>the speakers, or a few example slides, teasing their tutorial. <br><br>By submitting a tutorial proposal, authors implicitly agree that they will indeed<br>attend the conference to deliver the tutorial. <br><br>Proposals must be submitted using the conference submission site<br>(<a href="http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=c2NlLmNhcmxldG9uLmNhICwJCQlmZy1hcmNAbGlzdHMudW5pLXBhZGVyYm9ybi5kZQkxNHRoIEludGVybmF0aW9uYWwgQ29uZmVyZW5jZSBvbiBSZXNlYXJjaCBDaGFsbGVuZ2VzIGluIEluZm9ybWF0aW9uIFNjaWVuY2UgKFJDSVMgMjAyMCk6IEZpcnN0IENhbGwgZm9yIFR1dG9yaWFscwk0MzIJTGlzdHMJMTQ0CWNsaWNrCXllcwlubw==&url=https%3A%2F%2Feasychair.org%2Fconferences%2F%3Fconf%3Drcis2020%29%2C">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcis2020),</a> where you choose<br>“Tutorial paper”.<br><br><br>IMPORTANT DATES<br><br>• Tutorial submission deadline: February 14, 2020 (AoE)<br>• Tutorial notification: March 15, 2020<br>• Conference: May 20-22, 2020<br><br> <br>CONFERENCE COMMITTEES<br><br><u>Steering Committee<br></u>• Saïd Assar, Institut Mines-Telecom Business School, France <br>• Marko Bajec,University of Ljubljana, Slovenia<br>• Pericles Loucopoulos, Manchester University, University Kingdom<br>• Haralambos Moratidis, University of Brighton, United Kingdom <br>• Selmin Nurcan, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France<br>• Oscar Pastor, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain<br>• Jolita Ralyté, CUI, University of Geneva, Suisse<br>• Colette Rolland, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France <br><br><u>General Chairs<br></u>• George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus<br>• Pericles Loucopoulos, Harokopio University of Athens, Greece<br><br><u>Organising Chair<br></u>• Petros Stratis, Easy Conferences LTD., Cyprus<br><br><u>Program Chairs<br></u>• Jelena Zdravkovic, Stockholm University, Sweden<br>• Fabiano Dalpiaz, Utrecht University, Netherlands<br><br><u>Doctoral Consortium Chairs<br></u>• Raian Ali, Bournemouth University, United Kingdom<br>• Sergio España, Utrecht University, Netherlands<br><br><u>Tutorial Chairs<br></u>• Estefania Serral Asensio, KU Leuven, Belgium<br>• Ignacio Panach, University of Valencia, Spain<br><br><u>Posters & Demos Chairs<br></u>• Elena Kornyshova, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, France<br>• Marcela Ruiz, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland<br></font>
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