CALL FOR PAPERS [PDF] Journal of Software (JSW, ISSN 1796-217X) Special Issue on Information Education and Technological Application
THEME In the information-oriented society, training nationals with IT knowledge and application ability has been the focus of education development in countries. They have been promoting the program relevant to information education and laying the foundation stone of the twenty-first century. Information education aims to help students develop the ability of information retrieval, application and analysis and make them have the correct information learning attitude including the ability of creational thinking, problem solving, active learning, communication cooperating and learning how to use information technology well. Furthermore, it trains the sophisticated IT R&D talents with both theory and practice and helps promoting the domestic industries. On the other hand, the application of information technology is focused on exploring the industries' development trend and then mastering it requirement. Also, it accelerates the originality and application technology towards to higher value. Finally, it creates the new value to national information industries.
SCOPE This special issue covers some important aspects of Information Education and Learning, Intelligent Life and Information Application, Multimedia and Digital Content, Information System Technology and Management Application, and Network Technology and Application. The technical issues to be addressed include, but are not limited to:
• Information Education and Learning
o Mobile Learning Technology o Knowledge Management Technology o Learning Science and Technology o Distance Education o E-Learning o Information Education Methods and Evaluation
• Intelligent Life and Information Application
o Home Security and Environmental Surveillance o Home Care and Telemedicine o Mobile Communication and Application o Digital Home Network and Server o GPS/GIS Application o RFID Application o Health Industry Information Management
• Multimedia and Digital Content
o Digital Learning Platform o Digital Content Technology o Multimedia Application o Multimedia Distance Education o Digital Archives o Virtual Reality and Game Design
• Information System Technology and Management Application
o Enterprise Resource Planning(ERP) o Electronic Commerce(EC) and Electronic Operation Management o Information Security o System Development and Database Technology o Knowledge Base System and Data Mining o Customer Relationship Management
• Mobile Systems and E-Commerce
o Protocol, applications, and middleware in mobile server o Applications in electronic markets and commerce o Mobile commerce o Artificial market systems and e-commerce o E-commerce animation, simulation o E-commerce development tools, programming o E-commerce interface, virtual reality o E-commerce interface agents o E-commerce security o Ergonomics in e-commerce and electronic marketplaces o Market-based control o Mobile agents for order processing, selling, transactions processing o Mobile agents for payment, financial processing o Resource management
• Semantic Web and Web Services
o Semantic Web o RDF Applications o Ontology Researches o Web Services o Web 2.0 o Web3.0
IMPORTANT DATEs
SUBMISSION OF PAPERS The authors of the invited papers will be asked to revise and extend their papers and submit an electronic version (PDF format) of the full paper via email to jhung@ocit.edu.tw by September 20, 2009. Papers should be written in English. All the papers except survey should ideally not exceed 12,000 words (14 pages) in length. Whenever applicable, submissions must include the following elements: title, authors, affiliations, contacts, abstract, index terms, introduction, main text, conclusions, appendixes, acknowledgement, references, and biographies. Papers should be formatted into A4-size (8.27" x 11.69") pages, with main text of 10-point Times New Roman, in single- spaced two-column format. Figures and tables must be sized as they are to appear in print. Figures should be placed exactly where they are to appear within the text. There is no strict requirement on the format of the manuscripts. However, authors are strongly recommended to follow the format of the final version. Thus, you should avoid using special fonts. Submission email addresses as below, with a covering email clearly staring the name, address and affiliation of the corresponding author. Paper submissions are accepted only in PDF.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Dr. Jason C. Hung Department of Information Management The Overseas Chinese Institute of Technology No:100, Chiao Kwang Rd., Taichung 407, Taiwan, E-mail: jhung@ocit.edu.tw
Guest Editor(s)
Dr. Jason C. Hung Department of Information Management, The Overseas Chinese Institute of Technology, Taiwan E-mail: jhung@ocit.edu.tw
Paper submission due Notification of acceptance Final munuscript due Publication date
September 20, 2009 October 1, 2009 November 1, 2009 1st Quarter, 2010