KICSS 2017 CFP

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CALL FOR PAPERS

The12th International Conference on Knowledge, Information and Creativity Support Systems (KICSS 2017)
November 9-11, 2017
Nagoya, Japan
http://www.itolab.nitech.ac.jp/KICSS2017/index.html
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On behalf of the Organizing Committee, it gives us great pleasure to invite
you to the The 12th International Conference on Knowledge,
Information and Creativity Support Systems, which will be
held at the Nagoya, Japan, on November 9-11, 2017.

::: Important Dates :::
Paper Submission(Full/short papers): June 15, 2017
Paper Submission(Poster papers): June 30, 2017
Notification: July 30, 2017
Cameraready Submission and Author Registration: September 1, 2017
Conference: November 9-11, 2017

::: Scope & Topics :::
Following the tradition of previous conferences on Knowledge,
Information and Creativity Support Systems, KICSS 2017 will cover
all aspects of knowledge management, knowledge engineering,
intelligent information systems, and creativity in an information
technology context, including computational creativity and its cognitive
and collaborative aspects. Papers reporting original unpublished research
results on theoretical foundations, IT implementations of decision support
and expert systems, as well as case studies of successful applications
of the above-mentioned ideas in various fields are equally solicited.

::: Keywords :::
Anticipatory networks, systems, and decisions
Autonomous creative systems
Cloud computing
Cognitive foundations of knowledge
Cognitive and psychological issues in creativity research
Cognitive foundations of knowledge
Collaborative activities in Living Labs
Collaborative idea generation and creativity
Collaborative knowledge creation
Collaborative working environments fostering creativity
Complex system modelling
Computer supported creativity
Creative approaches to model technological evolution
Creative business models
Creative conflict resolution
Creative coordination and cooperation mechanisms
Creative decision processes
Creative interaction techniques
Creative model building
Creative reasoning and decision making
Creative research environments and their performance
Creative social computing
Creative visualisation of data and knowledge
Creativity in finance
Creativity in augmented reality
Creativity in health care
Creativity in mobile applications
Creativity in social media
Creativity in the Cloud
Creativity measurement
Creativity support systems
Creativity transfer and stimulation
Creativity vs. rationality
Creativity-enhancing interfaces
Creativity-oriented information system architectures
Crowd computing and informatics
Decision sciences
Decision support systems (DSS)
Discovering opportunities, threats and challenges
E-government
Foresight support systems (FSS)
Future Internet and knowledge-based society
Future exploration and modelling
Future perspectives of knowledge, information, and creativity support
Game-theoretical aspects of knowledge
General creative systems (GCS)
Group recommendation, and advise
Heuristics and general problem solving
Identifying real options in complex business environments
Information fusion
Information quality
Intelligent analysis of Big Data
Knowledge extraction, creation, and acquisition
Knowledge in multi-agent systems
Knowledge integration
Knowledge management in business, industry, and administration
Knowledge representation and reasoning
Knowledge verification and validation
Living lab support systems (LLSS)
Machine learning and creativity
Malicious creativity in the web, its discovery and remedy
Mathematical models of creative processes
Multi- and interdisciplinary approaches in creativity research
Multicriteria decision making
Natural language analysis
Non-monotonic reasoning
Ontology creation and management
Open innovation
Organizational learning
Preference modelling
Reasoning about knowledge
Recommender systems
Scientific information management
Search for a compromise in multicriteria decision making and collaborative games
Social computing
Social factors of collaborative creativity
Social networking
Software-based stimulation of creativity
Supervised and semi-supervised learning
Trust modeling
Uncertainty modelling
Virtual environment design
Visual Analytics and Intelligent User Interfaces
Web intelligence tools
World models

::: Paper Submission :::
We solicit research and experience papers as well as research-in-progress
and practitioner reports in any of the technical areas listed under Scope & Topics.
The file that you submit should include the paper title, abstract,
keywords, and introduction followed by the body of your paper.
The author's name and address MUST NOT appear in the submitted paper for review.
This is to facilitate a blind review.
Upload your full paper in two column format (not to exceed 6 single-spaced pages)
via the above system in PDF format, or you can submit your paper in the final manuscript format.
The format of the final manuscript should be in a two-column format and 6 pages for full paper,
4 pages for short papers, and 2 pages for poster papers in length.
Please select at least two keywords from the drop-down menu and check boxes.
We need this information when determining reviewers for your paper.

::: Publications :::
KICSS 2017 conference proceeding will be published by IEEE's CPS and Conference Proceedings.
Conference Proceedings will be submitted to be indexed by EI, SCOPUS, INSPEC, DBLP and Thomson ISI.
Also, selected papers are invited to some following post-conference publications.
- International Journal of Service and Knowledge Management (IJSKM)
- International Journal of Social Informatics Research (IJSIR)
- International Journal of Smart Computing and Artificial Intelligence (IJSCAI)
- Information Engineering Express – International Journal (IEE)


::: Organizations :::
General Chair
Takayuki Ito (Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan)
*Program Chair/Financial Chair
Tokuro Matsuo (Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology, Japan)
*Publication Chair
Katsuhide Fujita (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan)
*Local Arrangements Chairs
Tomomichi Hayakawa (Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan)
Takanobu Otsuka (Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan)
*Workshop/Tutorial/Special Session /Poster Session / Demonstration Track Chairs
Naoki Fukuta (Shizuoka University, Japan)
Tessai Hayama (Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan)
Shun Shiramatsu (Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan)
Ryo Kanaomori (Nagoya University, Japan)
*Publicity Chair
Takaya Yuizono (JAIST, Japan)
Kiyota Hashimoto (PSU, Thailand) (Registration Desk Chair)