WEBTECH

Web Technologies and Applications
Web 2.0 and 3.0 technologies; Web frameworks, languages, mechanisms; Web applications design and development; Interaction with/from Web-based applications; Web-based applications’ features; Management of Web-based applications; Evaluation of Web applications; Specialized Web applications; Aggregating multimedia documents; E-business, appliances, and services; IP Grid Management and Grid Services; IP-based convergent solutions and next generation networks; Standards, case studies and special groups on web-based applications; E-business system design, development, and management for SMEs

Web Services based Systems and Applications
Service Innovations; Service Architectures; Model-driven development of context-aware services; Context-aware service models, architectures and frameworks; Model-driven development of semantic Web services; Web services foundation, architectures, frameworks, languages; Web services architecture and business continuity; Special Web services mechanisms; Semantic Web, Ontology, and Web services; Web service applications; Data Management aspects in Web Services; Autonomic e-Business integration and collaboration; Web service based Grid computing and P2P computing; Web services based applications for e-Commerce; Multimedia applications using Web Services; Automatic computing for Web services; Web services challenges on trust, security, performance, scalability; Enterprise Web services; Web services discovery, announcing, monitoring and management; Platforms, technologies, mechanisms and case studies; Grid architectures, middleware and toolkits

P2P Systems and Applications
P2P architectures, techniques, paradigms; P2P programming and data handling; P2P security features; Data and compute intensive applications; P2P networks and protocols; P2P management; P2P Trust and reputation management; Fault tolerance in P2P, quality of availability, accounting in P2P; Self-adaptiveness in P2P overlay networks; Self-configurable P2P systems; Case studies, benchmarking; Copyright and intellectual property; Electronic marketplace, Digital asset management and trading systems; Platforms, environments, testbeds

Virtual Environments and Web Applications for eLearning
E-Learning; Web Technologies and Tools for Educational Purposes; Services for E-Learning Platforms; Virtual Learning Environments (VLE); Course Management Systems; Web applications for Teaching; Social Implications of E-Learning; Lifelong E-learning; Teaching-Learning Experiences using the Internet for Educational Purposes; E-learning in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) and other HE contexts; Web protocols for VLE; Security for VLE; QoS for VLE; Storage management in VLE

SOCIALCOMP

• Theories of Social Computing
• Psycho-cultural situation awareness
• Social Network Analysis and Mining, Semantic web
• Group formation and evolution
• Social Behavior Modeling
• Cultural patterns and representation
• Human machine Interactions
• Social conventions and social contexts
• Social Intelligence, Social Cognition
• Causal, and non-linear relationships
• Social Computing Applications
• Modeling, projection, and forecasting
• Analytic approaches
• Social network analysis and mining
• Group interaction and collaboration
• Machine Learning, Information Retrieval, Artificial Intelligence in Social Contexts
• Group representation and profiling
• Trust, Privacy, Risk and Security in Social Contexts
• Cultural modeling and dynamics
• Social Engineering, Tools, and Case Studies
• Influence process and recognition
• Services Science, Quality, Architecture, Management, and Tools
• Public opinion representation
• Social System Design and Architectures
• Search, data, and inference

ERP-SCM

• ERP performance measurement and optimization
• Business case quantification and solution implementation
• Obstacle identification and solution implementation
• Supply Chain Management-Decision intelligence
• The life cycle of ERP & SCM
• ERP Security and Control
• ERP embedded Controls
• Process ERP
• Problems in planning for an ERP project
• ERP Implementation- a challenge to succeed
• ERP Readiness and Relevance Assessment
• Lean International Supply Management
• Procurement Tactics for Managing through Crisis
• Supply Chain Risk Management and Mitigation
• Supply Chain Organization Structure and Strategy
• Supply Chain Information Systems
• Supply Chain planning
• Analyzing Supply Chain Information Flow
• Supplier Network Collaboration
• Global Sourcing Operations
• Strategic Supply Chain Management
• Six Sigma Techniques
• Economics of multi-node/multi-national supply chain
• Supply Chain Performance Management
• Business Process management & improvement