CALL FOR PAPERS
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21st Conference on Knowledge Acquisition and Management (KAM’15)

Lodz, Poland, September 13-16, 2015

WWW: http://fedcsis.org/kam
E-mail: kam2015@fedcsis.org

We would like to cordially invite you to consider contributing a paper to KAM 2015 - held as a part of the Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (FedCSIS 2015).

FedCSIS a yearly international multi-conference organized by the Polish Information Processing Society (PTI) in cooperation with the IEEE Region 8, ACM Special Interest Group on Applied Computing, European Alliance for Innovation, Lodz ACM Chapter, Polish Operational and Systems Research Society - POSRS, Eastern Cluster ICT Poland, Mazovia Cluster ICT (further technical collaborations will be announced shortly).

The aim of KAM is to create possibility of presenting and discussing approaches, techniques and tools in the knowledge acquisition and other knowledge management areas with focus on contribution of artificial intelligence for improvement of human-machine intelligence and face the challenges of this century. We expect that the conference&workshop will enable exchange of information and experiences, and delve into current trends of methodological, technological and implementation aspects of knowledge management processes.

TOPICS
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The following group topics, concerning both theory and applications, will be included (unavoidably incomplete):

- Knowledge discovery from databases and data warehouses
- Methods and tools for knowledge acquisition
- New emerging technologies for management
- Organizing the knowledge centers and knowledge distribution
- Knowledge creation and validation
- Knowledge dynamics and machine learning
- Distance learning and knowledge sharing
- Knowledge representation models
- Management of enterprise knowledge versus personal knowledge
- Knowledge managers and workers
- Knowledge coaching and diffusion
- Knowledge engineering and software engineering
- Managerial knowledge evolution with focus on managing of best practice and cooperative activities
- Knowledge grid and social networks
- Knowledge management for design, innovation and eco-innovation process
- Business Intelligence environment for supporting knowledge management
- Knowledge management in virtual advisors and training
- Management of the innovation and eco-innovation process
- Human-machine interfaces and knowledge visualization

PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION
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Papers should be submitted by April 24, 2015. Preprints will be published on a USB memory stick provided to the FedCSIS participants. Only papers presented during the conference will be submitted to the IEEE for inclusion in the Xplore Digital Library. Furthermore, proceedings, published in a volume with ISBN and ISSN numbers will posted at the conference WWW site. Moreover, most Events' organizers arrange quality journals, edited volumes, etc. and may invite selected extended and revised papers for post-conference publications (information can be found at the websites of individual events).

IMPORTANT DATES
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- Paper submission: April 24, 2015
- Position paper submission: June 1, 2015
- Acceptance decision: June 15, 2015
- Final version of paper submission: July 1, 2015
- Final deadline for discounted fee: July 1, 2015
- Conference dates: September 13-16, 2015

EVENT CHAIRS
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- Hauke, Krzysztof, Wroclaw University of Economics, Poland
- Nycz, Malgorzata, Wroclaw University of Economics, Poland
- Owoc, Mieczyslaw, Wroclaw University of Economics, Poland
- Pondel, Maciej, Wroclaw University of Economics, Poland

PROGRAM COMMITTEE (confirmed so far)
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- Christozov, Dimitar, American University in Bulgaria, Bulgaria
- Goluchowski, Jerzy, University of Economics in Katowice, Poland
- Helfert, Markus, Dublin City University, Ireland
- Jelonek, Dorota, Faculty og Management of Czestochowa University of Technology
- Ligęza, Antoni, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
- Mercier-Laurent, Eunika, IAE Lyon3, France

CHAIRS OF FedCSIS CONFERENCE SERIES

Maria Ganzha, Leszek A. Maciaszek, Marcin Paprzycki


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