CALL FOR PAPERS
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22nd Conference on Knowledge Acquisition and Management (KAM’16)

Gdansk, Poland, 11 - 14 September, 2016

WWW: http://fedcsis.org/kam
E-mail: kam2016@fedcsis.org

We would like to cordially invite you to consider contributing a paper to KAM 2016 - held as a part of the Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (FedCSIS 2016).

FedCSIS a yearly international multi-conference organized by the Polish Information Processing Society (PTI) in technical cooperation with the IEEE Region 8, IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Intelligent Informatics, IEEE Poland Section, IEEE Poland (Gdansk) Section Computer Society Chapter, Poland Section Computational Intelligence Society Chapter, ACM Special Interest Group on Applied Computing, Lodz ACM Chapter, European Alliance for Innovation, Polish Operational and Systems Research Society - POSRS, Eastern Cluster ICT Poland, Mazovia Cluster ICT.

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 May 9, 2016 (strict deadline). 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, ISSN and DOI 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: May 9, 2016 (strict deadline)
- Position paper submission: May 30, 2016
- Acceptance decision: June 13, 2016
- Final version of paper submission: July 4, 2016
- Final deadline for discounted fee: July 31, 2016
- Conference dates: September 11-14, 2016

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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- Andres, Frederic, National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo, Japan
- Chmielarz, Witold, Warsaw University, Poland
- Christozov, Dimitar, American University in Bulgaria, Bulgaria
- Helfert, Markus, Dublin City University, Ireland
- Jelonek, Dorota, Faculty og Management of Czestochowa University of Technology
- Korczak, Jerzy, Wrocław University of Economics, Poland
- Ligęza, Antoni, AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
- Mach-Król, Maria, University of Economics in Katowice, Poland
- Mercier-Laurent, Eunika, University Jean Moulin Lyon3, France
- Nalepa, Grzegorz J., AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland
- Sobińska, Małgorzata, Wroclaw University of Economics
- Surma, Jerzy, Warsaw School of Economics, Poland and University of Massachusetts Lowell, United States
- Zhelezko, Boris, Belorussian State Economic University, Belarus

CHAIRS OF FedCSIS CONFERENCE SERIES

Maria Ganzha, Leszek A. Maciaszek, Marcin Paprzycki


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