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<font face='Lucida Grande' size='4'><b>*** Last Mile for Paper Submission for Doctoral Consortium,<br>Posters & Demos, Research Projects and Tutorials ***</b><br><br>15th International Conference on<br>Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS 2021)<br><br>May 12-14, 2021, Virtual Event!<br><br><br><A HREF="http://www.rcis-conf.com/rcis2021/">http://www.rcis-conf.com/rcis2021/</A><br><br>Submission deadline (except tutorials): February 19, 2021 (AoE)<br>Submission deadline only for tutorials: March 19, 2021 (AoE)<br></font><font face='Lucida Grande'><br>(Proceedings to be published by Springer)<br><br> <br>RCIS has become a recognized conference on research challenges in<br>Information Science. Organized for the 15th time in a row, RCIS 2021 will be<br>held from May 12-14, 2021, as a virtual event. The topics of interest are<br>organized into some major categories (more details in the call for papers<br><A HREF="http://www.rcis-conf.com/rcis2021/callPapers.php">http://www.rcis-conf.com/rcis2021/callPapers.php</A>):<br><br>• Information Systems and their Engineering<br>• User-Oriented Approaches<br>• Data and Information Management<br>• Business Process Management<br>• Domain-specific IS Engineering<br>• Data Science<br>• Information Infrastructures<br>• Reflective Research and Practice<br><br><br><u>IMPORTANT DATES FOR ALL SATELLITE EVENTS<br></u><br>• Submission deadline (except tutorials): February 19, 2021 (AoE)<br>• Submission deadline for tutorial proposals: March 19, 2021 (AoE)<br>• Notification to authors and registration opening: March 12, 2021<br>• Notification for tutorial proposals: March 22, 2021<br>• Author registration deadline for all paper types: March 29, 2021<br>• Camera-ready copy deadline for all paper types: March 29, 2021<br>• Conference: May 12-14, 2021<br><br><br><u>DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM<br></u><br>The RCIS 2021 Doctoral Consortium is an opportunity for doctoral students<br>to present, discuss and develop their research project in an interdisciplinary<br>workshop, under the guidance of a panel of senior researchers. The Doctoral<br>Consortium offers nice opportunities for PhD students. Firstly, the feedback<br>received during the Doctoral Consortium will really benefit students who have<br>defined their topic, research plan and have obtained early results, but who<br>still have room for improving their longer-term plan. Secondly, students at all<br>stages of their doctoral project can meet the welcoming RCIS community and<br>widen their network of contacts.<br><br>The Doctoral Consortium has the following objectives:<br>• Provide a platform for students to present their work and to meet other<br>peers and be familiar with different research topics and methods. <br>• Provide feedback on students' current research and guidance on future<br>research directions.<br>• Promote the development of a supportive community of scholars and a<br>spirit of collaborative research and networking.<br>• Contribute to the conference goals through interaction with other<br>researchers.<br><br>Interested PhD students are invited to submit papers, in agreement with<br>their supervisors, addressing the instructions that are provided on the<br>online call: <A HREF="http://www.rcis-conf.com/rcis2021/callDoctoral.php">http://www.rcis-conf.com/rcis2021/callDoctoral.php</A> .<br><br>Papers shall be formatted according to the Springer LNCS/LNBIP conference<br>proceedings template (for LaTeX and Word):<br><A HREF="https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines">https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines</A> .<br>Submissions must be written in English, and must be authored by the student<br>only. The maximum length of the paper should be eight (8) pages, including<br>references, appendices, etc. The submission site address is<br><A HREF="https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=rcis2021">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcis2021 </A><br>where you can choose the "RCIS2021_Doctoral_Consortium" track.<br><br><u>Doctoral Consortium Chairs</u><br>• Xavier Franch, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain<br>• Renata Guizzardi, University of Twente, The Netherlands<br><br><u>Doctoral Consortium Student Co-Chair</u><br>• Blagovesta Kostova, EPFL, Switzerland<br><br><br><u>POSTERS AND DEMOS<br></u><br>The posters & demos track will showcase prototypes and new research ideas<br>in Information Science. This track provides a forum for researchers and<br>practitioners to present their work, interact with conference participants, and<br>obtain feedback on on-going research. We invite two types of submissions:<br><br>• Posters are intended to convey a research result and are not advertisements<br>for commercial software packages. While posters need not describe<br>completed work, they should report on research for which at least some<br>preliminary results are available.<br><br>• Demonstrations should directly and actively involve the exhibition and<br>display of tools/prototypes and associated materials that illustrate research<br>work in progress and serve as ground for discussion of research ideas.<br><br>Posters and demonstrations proposals must be submitted as a single PDF file<br>with no more than 6 pages in Springer LNCS/LNBIP format<br>(<A HREF="https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines">https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines</A>)<br>including references and appendices. Proposals that exceed the limit of 6<br>pages will be rejected without review. Proposals that have already been<br>accepted or are currently under review for other conferences or journals will<br>not be considered for publication at RCIS 2021. The submission site address<br>is <A HREF="http://www.rcis-conf.com/rcis2021/">http://www.rcis-conf.com/rcis2021/</A> where you can choose the<br>"RCIS2021 Posters & Demos" track.<br><br>More details on the submission and presentation format is online:<br><A HREF="http://www.rcis-conf.com/rcis2021/callPostersDemo.php">http://www.rcis-conf.com/rcis2021/callPostersDemo.php</A> .<br><br><u>Posters & Demos Chairs</u><br>• Dominik Bork, TU Wien, Austria<br>• Giovanni Meroni, Politecnico di Milano, Italy<br><br><br><u>RESEARCH PROJECTS @RCIS<br></u><br>RCIS 2021 features a track entirely devoted to presenting future or ongoing<br>research projects (e.g., H2020 or ERC projects, national grants) in the<br>context of information science. This track features a good opportunity for<br>presenters to get feedback before submitting research project or to<br>disseminate the intermediate results of their projects, and for participants to<br>get an updated view of innovative ongoing research while getting in touch<br>with potential research partners.<br><br>The Research Projects @RCIS Track follows a two-step publication process.<br>Firstly, the authors should submit a 2 pages paper summarizing the<br>objectives of the project and relevant results. Each submission will be peer<br>reviewed on the relevance of the submitted paper in the context of RCIS. If<br>the paper is accepted, the authors will have to register to the conference in<br>order to present their work as a poster at the “Research Projects @ RCIS”<br>session at RCIS. A discussant system will be organized to ensure proper<br>feedback and discussions about the projects. Furthermore, the accepted 2<br>pages paper will be published in the conference proceedings to be published<br>by Springer in the LNBIP series.<br><br>Beyond the special topic for RCIS 2021, the conference welcomes Research<br>Projects submissions from any domain of Information Science. More<br>information about the special topic and the range of topics that RCIS<br>traditionally addresses can be found in:<br><A HREF="http://www.rcis-conf.com/rcis2021/callPapers.php">http://www.rcis-conf.com/rcis2021/callPapers.php</A> .<br>The submission site address is<br><A HREF="https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=rcis2021">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcis2021 </A><br>where you can choose the "ResearchProjects@RCIS2021" track.<br><br>More information about preparing and submitting contributions related to<br>this track can be found here: <A HREF="http://www.rcis-conf.com/rcis2021/researchProjects.php">http://www.rcis-conf.com/rcis2021/researchProjects.php</A> .<br><br><u>Research Projects @RCIS Chairs</u><br>• Denisse Muñante, Télécom SudParis, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France<br>• Anthony Simonofski, UNamur and KU Leuven, Belgium<br><br><br><u>TUTORIALS</u><br><br>Tutorials are intended to provide independent instruction (know-how) on a<br>topic of relevance for the RCIS academic and practitioner community.<br>However, we discourage commercial or sales-oriented tutorials. Potential<br>presenters should keep in mind that there might be a varied audience,<br>including novice graduate students, seasoned practitioners, and specialised<br>researchers. Tutorial speakers should be prepared to cope with this diversity.<br><br>The conference has specific slots for tutorials. They will be organised in<br>sessions of 90 minutes with a free format. Tutorials run in parallel with other<br>conference tracks, and participation in the tutorials is included in the<br>attendees’ conference fee. We invite proposals for tutorials that may address<br>one or more of the listed topics below, although authors should not feel<br>limited by them. <br><br>A 2-page summary of the tutorials that end up being accepted and delivered<br>will be published in the conference proceedings, which will be published by<br>Springer in the Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing series.<br>Furthermore, a free registration for the conference will be offered to the main<br>presenter (i.e. to one speaker), unless they are the only paying author of a<br>paper presented at the conference.<br><br>Beyond the special topic for RCIS 2021, the conference welcomes tutorial<br>proposals from any domain of Information Science. More information about<br>the special topic and the range of topics that RCIS traditionally addresses can<br>be found in: <A HREF="http://www.rcis-conf.com/rcis2021/callPapers.php">http://www.rcis-conf.com/rcis2021/callPapers.php</A> .<br><br>Tutorial proposals are limited to 5 pages in Springer LNCS/LNBIP format<br>and should be formatted according to the Springer LNCS/LNBIP conference<br>proceedings template (for LaTeX and Word):<br><A HREF="https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines">https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines</A> .<br>The submission site address is<br><A HREF="https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=rcis2021">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcis2021 </A> where you can choose the<br>"RCIS2021_Tutorials" track.<br><br>More information about preparing and submitting contributions related to<br>this track can be found here: <A HREF="http://www.rcis-conf.com/rcis2021/tutorials.php">http://www.rcis-conf.com/rcis2021/tutorials.php</A> .<br><br><u>Tutorial Chairs</u><br>• Sergio España, Utrecht University, The Netherlands<br>• Patricia Martín-Rodilla, University of A Coruna, Spain<br><br> <br><u>CONFERENCE COMMITTEES<br></u><br><u>General Chairs</u><br>• George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus<br>• Selmin Nurcan, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France<br><br><u>Organising Chair</u><br>• Petros Stratis, Easy Conferences LTD., Cyprus<br><br><u>Program Chairs</u><br>• Samira Cherfi, CNAM, France<br>• Anna Perini, FBK, Italy<br><br><u>Proceedings Chair<br></u>• Raihana Ferdous, FBK, Italy<br></font>
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