CALL FOR PAPERS
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4th Information Systems Education & Curricula Workshop (ISEC'15)

Lodz, Poland, September 13-16, 2015

WWW: http://fedcsis.org/isec
E-mail: isec2015@fedcsis.org

We would like to cordially invite you to consider contributing a paper to ISEC 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).

ISEC goal is to promote the discussion about the convergence between Computer Science and Information Systems topics, so that researchers can present a complete and detailed specification of their educational curricula by means of these two topics. We inspect papers that contribute to the better understanding of emerging and important educational fields of Computer Science (CS) and Information Systems (IS). Authors are invited to submit their papers in English, presenting the results of original research or innovative practical applications in the field.

TOPICS
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Key issues in this workshop will focus on (but are not limited to):

- Convergence between IS & CS in higher Education
- Specification of IS Education Curricula
- General IS Theory
- IS Scope
- IS Educational Fields
- Student participation in research
- Adaptation to the European Higher Education
- Assessment of students
- Innovative teaching methods
- Training for career and skills development
- Definition of “knowledge” in IS
- Quality and evaluation of teaching
- Social and environmental commitment
- Curriculum organization and curriculum
- The Fundamental Concepts Underpinning IS
- Merge from IS to CS and vice versa in higher Education

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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- Fardoun, Habib M., King Abdulazziz University, Saudi Arabia
- Gallud, José A., University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
- Tesoriero, Ricardo, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain

PROGRAM COMMITTEE (confirmed so far)
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- Abou-Tair, Dhiah el Diehn, German Jordanian University, Jordan
- Arcega, Francisco, University of Zaragoza
- Atzmueller, Martin, Kassel University, Germany
- Corbalan, Montserrat, Technical University of Catalonia (UPC)
- Garrido, Juan Enrique, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
- Giménez, Rafael, Barcelona Digital Technology Centre, Spain
- Lambropoulos, Niki, University of Patras, Greece, Greece
- Llamas Nistal, Martin, Universidade de Vigo
- Mystakidis, Stylianos, University of Patras, UOC, UW, Greece
- Restivo, Teresa, Universidade do Porto

CHAIRS OF FedCSIS CONFERENCE SERIES

Maria Ganzha, Leszek A. Maciaszek, Marcin Paprzycki


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