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CALL FOR PAPERS

EC-Web 2014: 15th International Conference on Electronic Commerce and Web Technologies

*** Track on Search, Matchmaking, Recommender and Comparison Systems ***

Munich, Germany, September 1-5, 2014

Website: http://www.ebusiness-unibw.org/events/ecweb2014
Twitter hashtag: #ecweb2014
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Submission deadline: April 15, 2014
Proceedings: Springer LNBIP (DBLP indexed)
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Aim and scope
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The International Conference on Electronic Commerce and Web Technologies series (EC-Web) is an established international event for presenting and discussing contributions to the theory of e-business research as a field, innovative techological approaches, empirical research, user studies, and the analysis of economic effects.

In its 15th year, EC-Web aims to provide a forum for bringing together researchers who are working on advancing the field of E-Business after 25 years since the beginning of the World Wide Web.

The topics of interest of the track on *** Search, Matchmaking, Recommender and Comparison Systems *** include, but are not limited to:
- Search engines
- Matchmaking: theory, technology and applications
- Consumer decision making and buying behavior models
- Recommender systems
- Product comparison services
- Shopping assistants
- Computational advertising

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Submissions
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Authors are invited to submit original, unpublished research papers that are not under review for another conference, workshop, or journal.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 particulary 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 technology in technical, social, or economic terms).
3. Systematic surveys of competing techniques and paradigms.

Authors are invited to submit original, unpublished research papers that are not under review for another conference, workshop, or journal. Submitted papers will be peer-reviewed by at least 3 reviewers. Papers will be evaluated according to originality, significance, technical soundness and the clarity of exposition. At least one author is required to register and present the paper.

Format:
- Research papers: Full papers are limited to 12 pages and short papers to 6 pages in Springer LNBIP formatting. Please follow the official Springer LNBIP formatting instructions.
- Posters and demos: There will be a poster and demo session. Information on this part will be published as soon as possible.

Submission system:
Electronic submission of manuscripts (in PDF format) is required. Please use the ConfDriver submission system at
https://confdriver.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/dexa2014/
There, select "Author Options" and then make sure to proceed to the EC-Web 2014 conference.

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Important dates
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Submission deadline: April 15, 2014, 23:59:59 CET
Notification of acceptance: May 20, 2014
Camera-Ready version due: June 6, 2014
Conference: September 1-5, 2014

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Search, Matchmaking, Recommender and Comparison Systems track chairs
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- Iván Cantador, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
- Tommaso Di Noia, Technical University of Bari, Italy

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General chairs
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- Martin Hepp, Universität der Bundeswehr München, Munich, Germany
- Yigal Hoffner, Shenkar College of Engineering and Design, Tel Aviv, Israel

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Program committee
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Please see http://www.ebusiness-unibw.org/events/ecweb2014/#organization