International Conference on BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE SYSTEMS (miproBIS)

(in conjunction with 32st International Convention MIPRO)

May 25 - 29, 2008
Opatija, Adriatic Coast, Croatia


The term Business intelligence (BI) refers to applications and technologies used to gather, provide access to, and analyze data and information about company operations in order to help them to have a more comprehensive knowledge of the factors affecting their business. BI systems usually lean on data warehouses (DWs) to guarantee an easy and quick access to information. The widespread deployment of these systems is making users more and more demanding in terms of applications, types of analysis and performances; on the other hand ten years of research in the data warehousing field paved the way for new applications that goes beyond traditional OLAP analysis and concern real-time, spatiotemporal as well as distributed data. Furthermore, BI research is now dealing with the integration of BI with Corporate Performance Management (CPM), balanced scorecards, and Business Process Management (BPM).

Like the previous successful editions, miproBIS 2008 provides an international forum where both researchers and practitioners can share their findings and practical experiences in the field of BI. In particular, besides submissions in traditional DW and OLAP topics, we encourage papers concerning emerging research topics and applications in the DW, OLAP and BI area.

The SCOPE of the conference includes, but is not limited to:

- Data warehouse design and schema evolution
- Multidimensional modelling and queries
- Data warehousing consistency and quality
- Online Analytical Processing (OLAP)
- Tools for data warehousing and OLAP
- Integration of data warehousing and data mining (OLAM)
- Metadata management
- Integration of Business Process Management (BPM) and Business Intelligence (BI)
- Forecasting and simulation in Business Intelligence
- Corporate Performance Management (CPM) and Business Intelligence
- Balanced scorecards
- Decision Support Systems
- Active/real-time data warehousing
- Data warehousing and semantic Web
- Data warehousing with unstructured and semi-structured data (e.g. XML)
- Data warehousing and industry applications (e.g. ERP, CRM)
- Data warehousing in mobile/wireless environments
- Biomedical data warehousing
- Warehousing stream and sensor data
- Spatial and spatiotemporal data warehouses

As an addition to the conference, presentations of BI products and respective vendors are welcome.


IMPORTANT DATES

Abstract submission January 12, 2009
Full-paper submission February 9, 2009
Acceptance notification March 9, 2009
Camera ready submission March 30, 2009

Full papers should be formatted according to the IEEE Transactions format. The paper length is limited to 6 pages of double column text using single spaced 10pt type size. Instructions for paper preparation can be found at http://www.mipro.hr/ebis .
Papers have to be submitted electronically in both MS Word and PDF format via the conference online submission system.

Accepted papers will be published in the ISBN registered conference proceedings. The selected papers will be proposed for publication in the Journal of Computing and Information Technology (CIT).

Authors are asked to declare whether their submitted paper is to be considered as an original scientific paper or a technical note. Original scientific papers are accepted only in English.


CHAIRS

Mirta Baranovic, Croatia
Matteo Golfarelli, Italy
Boris Vrdoljak, Croatia
Roberto Sandri, Croatia


PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Alberto Abello Gamazo (Polytechnical University of Catalunya, Spain)
Marko Banek (FER - University of Zagreb, Croatia)
Mirta Baranovic (FER - University of Zagreb, Croatia)
Alfredo Cuzzocrea (DEIS ? University of Calabria, Italy)
Dragan Gamberger (Rudjer Boskovic Institute, Croatia)
Matteo Golfarelli (DEIS - University of Bologna, Italy)
Jesus Pardillo (University of Alicante, Spain)
Zoran Skocir (FER - University of Zagreb, Croatia)
A Min Tjoa (Vienna University of Technology, Austria)
Mladen Varga (University of Zagreb, Croatia)
Boris Vrdoljak (FER - University of Zagreb, Croatia)
Robert Wrembel (Poznan University of Technology, Poland)


For MORE INFORMATION, please visit http://www.mipro.hr/ebis or contact directly miproBIS Chairman:

Boris Vrdoljak, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Phone: +385 1 6129 756
Fax: +385 1 6129 915
E-mail: boris.vrdoljak@fer.hr


LOCATION

Opatija, often called the Nice of the Adriatic, is one of the most popular tourist resorts in Croatia and a place with the longest tourist tradition on the eastern part of Adriatic coast. Opatija is so attractive that at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries it was visited by the most prominent personalities: Giacomo Puccini, Pietro Mascagni, A. P. ?ehov, James Joyce, Isidora Duncan, Beniamino Gigli, Primo Carnera, Emperor Franz Joseph, German Emperor Wilhelm II, Swedish Royal Couple Oscar and Sophia, King Georg of Greece.

The offer includes 20-odd hotels, a large number of catering establishments, sports and recreational facilities.
For more details please look at http://www.opatija.hr/ and www.opatija-tourism.hr/.



MIPRO Croatian Society, IEEE Croatia Section, University of Zagreb and University of Rijeka organize the conference. The conference is supported by Ministry of Science, Education and Sports, Ministry of Sea, Tourism, Transport and Development of the Republic of Croatia, Croatian Chamber of Economy, Primorsko-Goranska County and Croatian Telecommunications Agency. The conference is organized under the technical auspices of IEEE Region 8 and IEEE Croatia Section.