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RCIS 2023: International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science

Department of the Informatics of the Ionian University

Corfu, Greece, May 23-26, 2023

Conference website	https://www.rcis-conf.com/rcis2023/
Submission link	https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rcis2023
Abstract registration deadline	February 5, 2023
Submission deadline	February 10, 2023

Topics: information science information systems data science enterprise engineering

Proceedings: Springer's Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing (LNBIP) series
Special Issue: selected papers will be considered for Elsevier's Data & Knowledge Engineering journal
Venue: in the heart of the Old Town of Corfu, Greece

Aims & Scope

RCIS aims to bring together scientists, researchers, engineers and practitioners from information science in a wide sense. First arranged in 2007, the RCIS conference series aims to provide opportunities for knowledge sharing and dissemination in areas such as information systems and their engineering, user-oriented approaches, data and information management, enterprise management and engineering, domain-specific IS engineering, data science, information infrastructures, and reflective research and practice.

Special Theme

This year's theme, "Information Science and the Connected World" reflects the role of information technologies and infrastructures in a world where everyone - and increasingly everything - is permanently connected through technology. In this hyper-connected world, information systems can both be a blessing - as witnessed by the rapid global research collaboration to counteract the Covid crisis - and a curse - as witnessed by the wide and rapid spread of disinformation, for example about Covid and its countermeasures. RCIS 2023 therefore specifically invites submissions that explore and extend the role that information technologies play - whether by design or accident - as part of hyper-connected global information infrastructures.

Topics of Interest

RCIS 2023 welcomes submissions from the whole spectrum of the information science field. The list of themes and topics includes, but is not limited to:

Information Systems and their Engineering

Requirements Engineering
Model-Driven Engineering
Web-Based Applications and Services
Data-Driven Evolution
Method Engineering

User-Oriented Approaches

Social Computing and Social Network Analysis
User-Centred Design
Collaborative Computing
Human Factors in Information Systems

Data and Information Management

Databases and Information
Information Search and Discovery
Information Security and Risk Management
Conceptual Modelling and Ontologies
Knowledge Graphs

Enterprise Management and Engineering

Business Process Engineering and Management
Process Mining
Enterprise Modelling
Digital Transformation

Domain-specific IS Engineering

E-Health, E-Government, E-Commerce
Smart Cities
Industry 4.0
News and media production
Digital Humanities

Data Science

Big Data & Business Analytics
Decision Information Systems
Machine-Learning Applications
Knowledge Discovery and Management
Information and Value Management
Misinformation and fake news

Information Infrastructures

Information Systems for the Connected World
Cyber-Physical Systems
Web Information Systems
Grid Computing and Cloud Computing
Internet of Things
Pervasive and Mobile Computing

Reflective Research and Practice

Responsible Research in and for the Hyper-Connected World
Research Methodologies in Information Science
Impact of Information on the Enterprise and the Individual
Lifecycle Models
Design Science and Rationale
Action Research and Case Studies in Information Science

Submission Guidelines

We invite submission of the following types of papers:

Technical solution papers (max 16 pages Springer LNBIP format) present solutions that are novel or significantly improve existing approaches. A technical solution paper must include a preliminary validation of the proposed solution, and results must be stated clearly enough so that it is possible to validate them in follow-up research.
Evaluation papers (max 16 pages Springer LNBIP format) evaluate existing problem situations or validate proposed solutions through scientific means, i.e., by empirical studies, experiments, case studies, simulations, mathematical proofs, etc. The research method must be sound and appropriate.
Industrial practice and experience papers (max 16 pages Springer LNBIP format) thoroughly present problems or challenges encountered in practice, elaborate on success or failure with existing approaches, or report on industrial practice (e.g., methods and tools). A paper in this category shall provide a clear context, detail the problem or the industrial practice, and explain the lessons learned.

Papers should be written in English. Papers that have already been accepted or are currently under review for other conferences or journals will not be considered for publication at RCIS 2023.

The proceedings will be published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing (LNBIP) series. Papers shall be formatted according to the Springer LNCS/LNBIP conference proceedings template (in LaTeX or Word): <https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines>. Please note that the 16-page maximum paper length includes references, appendices, etc.

The submission site for all types of submissions is <https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=rcis2023>.

By submitting a paper, the authors agree that at least one of them will register to the conference and present the paper (one paper=one registration). The appearance of a paper in the Springer proceedings is dependent on the registration of one author within the early registration deadline on April 6th.

We adopt a single-blind review format, meaning that the author names are included in the paper itself under the paper title.

In addition to the main research track, RCIS 2023 invites submissions to the following tracks: Forum, Doctoral Consortium, Research Projects, Journal First, Tutorials, and Workshops.

Chairs

General Chairs

Haris Mouratidis, University of Essex, UK
Aggeliki Tsohou, Ionian University, Greece

Program Chairs

Selmin Nurcan, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France
Andreas L. Opdahl, University of Bergen, Norway

Organizing Chair

Yannis Karydis, Ionian University, Greece

Journal First Chair

Samira Si-Said Cherfi, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers - Paris, France

Doctoral Consortium Chairs

Saïd Assar, Institut Mines-Telecom Business School, France
Tanya E. Vos, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain

Forum Chairs

Christos Kalloniatis, University of Aegean, Greece

Workshop Chairs

Shareeful Islam, Anglian Ruskin University, UK
Rebecca Deneckere, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France

Tutorial Chairs

Raimundas Matulevicious, Tartur, Estonia
Natalia Stathakarou, Karolinska, Sweden

Research Projects Chair

Manos Magkos, Ionian University, Greece
Luis Campos, PDM&FC, Portugal

Publicity Chairs

Christoforos Ntantogian, Ionian University, Greece
Farhana Sajjad, University of Surrey, UK
Hemin Jiang, University of Science and Technology, China

Committees

See https://www.rcis-conf.com/rcis2023/

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to the Program Committee Chairs:

Selmin Nurcan: nurcan at univ-paris1 dot fr
Andreas L. Opdahl: Andreas dot Opdahl at uib dot no