=========================================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS =========================================================================== 1st Workshop on Applications of Knowledge-Based Technologies in Business (AKTB 2009) in conjunction with 12th International Conference on Business Information Systems (BIS 2009) Poznan, Poland April 29, 2009 /bis2009/wscfp.php?ws=aktb2009 =========================================================================== Deadline for submissions: February 17, 2009 =========================================================================== The main goal of this workshop is to bring together researchers and practitioners, specialists and market analysts, to share their research experiences and domain knowledge in application of advanced computational intelligence methods, innovative solutions for systems and process modeling, analytic insights and experimental research results in various fields of business problems. Conference themes deal with application of modern information technologies and methods for solving complex tasks of contemporary business by applying intelligent and knowledge-based technologies TOPICS OF INTEREST * Advanced knowledge-based business information systems; * Computational intelligence for business (artificial neural networks, fuzzy systems, expert systems); * Decision support systems in business enterprises, financial institutions and e-management; * Knowledge-based models of data mining in business; * Business process and information requirements analysis; * Information technologies and software developments for business process modeling; * Agent-based and embedded systems in business applications; * Information systems in e-business, e-banking and marketing; * Online trading by using evolution-based methods, neural networks and rule-based systems; * Advanced computational approaches to portfolio optimization and selection; * Analysis of financial time series; * Estimations, modeling, algorithms of application of investment strategies in financial markets; * Advanced research and case studies of application computational methods in banking, insurance and credit risk evaluation, company rating systems. SUBMISSION * Long papers: max. 12 pages * Work-in-progress reports: max. 6 pages * Demo papers: max. 4 pages Papers must be submitted in PDF format according to Springer LNBIP template available from http://www.springer.com/east/home/computer/lncs?SGWID=5-164-7-487211-0. Submission system is available at http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?c=.119098;conf=aktb2009. Papers approved for presentation at AKTB 2009 will be published in BIS 2009 workshop proceedings, as a volume in Springer's Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing (LNBIP) series. WORKSHOP FORMAT All authors of accepted papers as well as other participants will be asked to read accepted papers abstracts before the workshop (papers will be available on-line in advance) to facilitate discussion. Workshop participants will be also invited to take part in the BIS conference and other BIS workshops. IMPORTANT DATES * February 17, 2009 - submission deadline for papers (extended) * March 9, 2009 - notification of acceptance/rejection (new date) * March 22, 2009 - submission of final papers (new date) * April 29, 2009 - the workshop ORGANIZERS * Vilnius University, Kaunas Faculty, Department of Informatics (http://www.vukhf.lt/index.php?lang=en) CHAIRS * Dalia Kriksciuniene * Virgilijus Sakalauskas PROGRAM COMMITTEE (to be extended) * Eric Schoop, Dresden University of Technology, Germany * Saulius Gudas, Vilnius University, Lithuania * Irene Krebs, Potsdam University, Germany * Rimvydas Simutis, Vilnius University, Lithuania * Uwe Meinberg, Cottbus Technical University, Germany * Ferenc Kiss, Foundation for information Society, Hungary * Adilson Elias Xavier, COPPE- Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil * Leonidas Sakalauskas, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Lithuania * Lia Bassa, Foundation for information Society, Hungary * Juozas Augutis, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania * Remigijus Gustas, Karlstad University, Sweden * Dalia Kriksciuniene, Vilnius University, Lithuania * Soo-Young Lee, KAIST, Korea * Virgilijus Sakalauskas, Vilnius University, Lithuania * Hujun Yin, University of Manchester, UK * Jaco Jordaan, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa * Du Zhang, California State University, USA * Emilio Corchado, University of Burgos, Spain * Yong Shi, Graduate University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China * Margaret Tan, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore * Arturas Mazeika, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy * Peter Bauerle, IBM Deutschland, Germany * Francois Bergeron, Universite Laval, Canada ===========================================================================