[FM-India] Springer Computing Special Issue: Models and Protocols for Digital Ecosystems - Call for Papers

[Madhavan Mukund]

 From: Fulvio Frati <fulvio.frati at unimi.it>
 Subject: Springer Computing Special Issue: Models and Protocols for Digital
  Ecosystems - Call for Papers
 
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			   Call for Papers
     Special Issue on Models and Protocols for Digital Ecosystems
		      Springer Computing Journal
	     http://www.springer.com/computer/journal/607
 
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 Digital Ecosystems are an emerging paradigm capturing the behavior of
 large-scale collaborating communities on the global ICT
 infrastructure.  Such behavior includes critical features like
 dynamicity of coalitions, different data access paradigms (including
 the ones known as "big data"), vulnerability to new types of attacks
 and support for innovative value generation and sharing.
 
 This special issue is open to researchers from both academia and
 industry working on the Digital Ecosystem paradigm.
 
 Topics of interest include:

 1. Models for the design, verification, and validation of functional
    and non-functional features of ecosystem coalitions.
 
 2. Protocols and interaction techniques suitable for large-scale
    ecosystem collaborations.
 
 3. Design and access frameworks for ecosystem "big data" layers.
 
 4. Value and revenue models for business ecosystems.
 
 Contributions are sought on novel theoretical approaches, as well as
 on practical experiences and experimental results regarding Digital
 Ecosystems.
 
 
 * Important Dates
 
 - December 15th, 2012: Paper Submission Deadline
 - January 15th, 2013: Paper Notification
 - February 28th, 2013: Submission of Revised Manuscript
 - March 30th, 2013: Final Decision
 - April 30th, 2013: Final Paper Due
 - Mid-2013: Tentative Publication Date
 
 
 * Guest Editors
 
 - Prof. Ernesto Damiani
   Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
   Email: ernesto.damiani at unimi.it 
 
 - Prof. Achim P. Karduck
   Hochschule Furtwangen, Germany
   Email: achim.karduck at hs-furtwangen.de 
 
 - Prof. Moataz A. Ahmed
   King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia
   Email: moataz at kfupm.edu.sa 
 
 * Paper Submission
 
 Papers submitted to this special issue for possible publication must
 be original and must not be under consideration for publication in
 any other journal or conference. Previously published or accepted
 conference papers must contain at least 30% new material to be
 considered for the special issue. All papers are to be submitted
 directly to Editorial Manager
 (https://www.editorialmanager.com/comp/).
 
 All manuscripts must be prepared according to the journal publication
 guidelines that can also be found on the journal website
 (http://www.springer.com/computer/journal/607).
 
 Papers will be reviewed following the journal standard review
 process.
 
 Please address inquiries to ernesto.damiani at unimi.it