CoopIS 2019 Chairs
Martin Hepp, Universität der Bundeswehr München, Munich, Germany
Maria Maleshkova, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany





Aim and Scope

The International Conference on Cooperative Information Systems is an established international event for presenting and discussing scientific contributions to technical, economical, and societal aspects of distributed information systems at scale.



The guiding theme of this 27th conference is "Information Systems in a Data Society", with a particular focus on the following areas:

Topic 1: Data, Information, and Knowledge Engineering
Topic 2: Machine-Learning and Knowledge Reconstruction and Discovery
Topic 3: Semantic Web and Linked Open Data
Topic 4: Security and Privacy
Topic 5: Internet of Things
Topic 6: Architecture and Management of Information Systems
Topic 7: Human Aspects and Social Interaction
Topic 8: Services in Information Systems


For a detailed description of topics, please see below.



As in previous years, CoopIS 2019 will be part of a joint event with other conferences in the context of the OTM Federated Conferences ("OnTheMove"), covering different aspects of distributed information systems.





Track Descriptions

Relevant topics for the conference include, but are not limited to the following:



Topic 1: Data, Information, and Knowledge Engineering

• Conceptual Modeling
• Ontology Engineering
• Data Structures in Shared Information Systems
• Ontology and Schema Alignment and Interoperability
• Evolution and Maintenance of Conceptual Models
• Big Data
• Data Quality Management
• Meta-Modelling
• Human-Computer Interaction



Topic 2: Machine Learning and Knowledge Reconstruction and Discovery

• Machine Learning
• Deep Learning
• Data Mining
• Process Mining
• Data Analytics



Topic 3: Semantic Web and Linked Open Data

• Web Architecture
• Tools
• Vocabularies for the Semantic Web
• Applications and Use Cases
• Formalisms and Syntaxes
• Querying Graph Data and Query Languages
• Inference and Reasoning
• RDF Data Shapes



Topic 4: Security and Privacy

• Access Control
• Blockchain-based Approaches
• Cryptocurrencies
• Information Entropy



Topic 5: Internet of Things

• Connectivity, Interfaces, and Protocols
• Data Structures for IoT
• Storage and Data Management
• Computing and Processing in IoT Environments
• Sensors and Actuators
• Semantic Sensor Web
• Applications and Use Cases



Topic 6: Architecture and Management

• Information Architecture
• Enterprise Architecture Management
• Software Engineering



Topic 7: Human Aspects and Social Interaction

• Economics of Cooperative Information Systems
• Visualization
• Human-Computer Interaction
• Incentives and User Contributions
• Reputation Management



Topic 8: Services in Information Systems

• Web Services
• APIs
• Services Science
• Business Models
• Service Engineering
• Service Management





Submission Guidelines


Authors are invited to submit original, unpublished research papers that are not under review for another conference, workshop, or journal. The contributions should address research questions from one or more of the areas listed above.



We are particularly encouraging:
1. Contributions that describe and evaluate technological innovations (e.g. new methods and approaches).
2. Empirical studies (e.g. quantitative data on the effects of novel approaches in technical, social, or economic terms).
3. Systematic surveys of competing techniques and paradigms.



The questions addressed should be practically relevant and of generic interest. Full-papers should include a systematic evaluation of the contribution and relate it to the established state of the art and alternative recent contributions. Short papers may present work with preliminary evidence.



Submitted papers will be peer-reviewed by at least three reviewers. Papers will be evaluated according to originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity. At least one author is required to register for the conference and to present the paper.



Submissions for full papers must not exceed 18 pages in the final camera-ready style. Short papers should be up to 8 pages. Submissions must be formatted according to the Springer LNCS instructions at http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html and must be uploaded in PDF format.



The final proceedings will be published by Springer Verlag as LNCS (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).



Electronic submission of all manuscripts via the following EasyChair link is required:

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=otm2019



Important: The three conferences of the event are managed by a single EasyChair installation; it is thus extremely important that you submit your paper to the track "27th International Conference on Cooperative Information Systems".