INTERSYMP-2008
20th International Conference
on Systems Research, Informatics and Cybernetics

July 24 – July 30, 2008
Markgraf-Ludwig Gymnasium, Hardstrasse 2
Baden-Baden, Germany

Special Focus Symposium on
Decision Technology and Intelligent Information Systems
July 29, 2008

Chair: Professor Kurt J. Engemann, Iona College, United States

Focus of the Symposium

This special focus symposium will provide a venue for high quality discussion of recent advances in Decision Technology and Intelligent Information Systems. Of particular interest are papers that investigate contemporary decision methodologies and models. Welcomed are papers combining traditional approaches with new technologies to provide innovative solutions to important and complex problems.

Topics include (but not limited to):

Methodological and Technological Areas

• Decision Models, Simulation and Data Analysis
• Risk Evaluation and Control
  
• Intelligent Agents
• Business Continuity Management Strategies
• Data Visualization
• Interactive Evolutionary Computation
  
• Cooperative Negotiation Systems
• Business Impact Analysis
• Embedded Systems
• Planning and Resource Allocation Models
• Success Factors and Group Attitudes
• Decision Support Systems
• Executive Support Systems
• Artificial Intelligence 
• Information Fusion
• Multiattribute Modeling 
• Neuro-fuzzy Modeling
• Attitudinal Based Decision Models
• OLAP
• Semantic Query Optimisation
• Scheduling Systems
• Mathematical Programming
• Knowledge Management Systems
• Uncertainty and Risk Management
• Automated Negotiation
• Genetic Algorithms
• Fuzzy Sets, Neural Networks, and Knowledge Based Tools
• Financial Engineering, Econometric Models, and Economic Systems
• Business Process Redesign and Re-engineering
• Systems Methodology and Object-Oriented Technology 
  
• Business Intelligence

Application Areas

• Risk Management
• Information Quality Assessment
• Business Continuity Planning
  
• Electronic Commerce
• Project Initiation and Management
  
• Global Business
• Supply Chain Management
• Data Security
  
• Outsourcing
• Terrorism and Global Threats
• Global Knowledge Experts
• Factors in Technology Utilization
• Crisis Management
  
• E-Government
  
• Holistic Decision Making
• Disaster Management
• Group Support System Facilitation
• Mobile Communication
• Project Initiation and Management
• Cognitive Modeling
• Emergency Response and Operations
• Software Project Management
• Asset Allocation Modeling
• Contingency Planning
• Environmental Systems
• Quality  of  Life  Industry
• IT Investment Management
  
• Energy Systems
• Crisis Management
  
• Communication Technologies
• Strategic Planning
  
• Global Operations Management
• Project and Process Management
• Health Systems
• Organizational Resiliency
  
• Productivity and Quality Management
• Policy Planning
• Investment and Banking
• Information Resource Management 
• Strategic Uses of Information Technology
• Ethics and Value Change
• Information Assurance

Call for Papers

Papers within the scope of the focus symposium are welcome. Abstracts of approximately 200 words should be submitted for evaluation. All proposals will be judged based on scholarly quality, originality and potential for further discourse. Papers must be written in English.

Abstracts may be submitted electronically (Microsoft Word preferred), by mail, or by fax by March 30, 2008 to:

Professor Kurt J. Engemann
Information Systems Department
Hagan School of Business
Iona College
New Rochelle, New York 10801
United States
Phone: 914-633-2551
Fax: 914-633-2012
E-mail: kengemann@iona.edu

Review Process and Conference Proceedings:

The authors of the best papers will be invited to extend their work and develop a full length article for the International Journal of Technology, Policy and Management.  

http://www.inderscience.com/ijtpm

Important Dates

• March 30, 2008     Abstract due
• April 9, 2008         Notice of acceptance
• May 9, 2008          Final paper due

Sponsored by:

THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES
IN SYSTEMS RESEARCH AND CYBERNETICS

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