Deadline Extended to Feb 11th: IEEE Conference on E-Commerce Technology (IEEE CEC'05)

["Patrick Hung" <Patrick.Hung@uoit.ca>]

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================Deadline extension & Call for
Papers=====================

Due to numerous requests, we have extended the deadline for CEC 2005
until 
February 11th, 2005. Note that this new deadline is a hard deadline that

cannot be extended. We are looking forward to an exiting conference:



       IEEE Conference on E-Commerce Technology (IEEE CEC'05)

           July 19-22, 2005, TU Munchen, Munich, Germany
                      http://cec05.in.tum.de

Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on E-Commerce
 
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IEEE Conference on E-Commerce Technology (CEC'05) is the 7th annual
event 
(formerly WECWIS) and the primary forum for the exchange of information 
regarding advancements in the state of the art of theory and practice in

E-Commerce and Web-based Information Systems, as well as to identify 
Emerging research topics and define the future of E-Commerce technology,

applications and service-oriented computing.

The conference focuses on IT infrastructures and new technologies to 
Facilitate dynamic e-business and Web-based information systems. These 
include the design of distributed architectures and emerging
technologies 
for developing advanced E-Commerce systems as well as algorithmic and 
economic issues in this context. The program of CEC'05 will consist of 
tutorials, invited talks, paper presentations, and panel discussions. 
Submissions of high quality papers describing mature results or on-going

work are invited. 

                   The conference theme for 2005 will be 
                      "Service-oriented E-Commerce"

Topics for submission include but are not limited to:  

=> E-Commerce Infrastructure
   - E-Commerce architectures and enabling technologies
   - Intellectual property and digital rights management
   - Mobile commerce
   - QoS support, workload monitoring and benchmarking
   - Real-time Internet delivery technologies 
   - Business applications of Grid technology
   - Security, privacy and trust issues

=> Business Process Integration and Management
   - Electronic data interchange
   - Web service computing and composition
   - Transaction and workflow management 
   - Supply chain management and planning
   - IT service management

=> Intelligent E-Commerce Applications
   - Auction and negotiation technology
   - Automated shopping, trading, and contracting
   - Decision support and recommender systems 
   - Marketing and advertising technology

The conference is soliciting research papers, short papers, and tutorial

proposals. Submitted papers  will be evaluated on significance, 
originality, technical quality, and exposition. They should clearly 
establish the research contribution, its relevance to electronic
commerce, 
and its relation to prior research. 

Authors are invited to submit original, unpublished research papers that

are not being considered in another forum. Manuscripts will be limited
to 
8 (IEEE style) pages. Please follow the IEEE Computer Society Press 
Proceedings Author Guidelines to prepare your papers. At least one
author 
is required to attend the conference and present the paper. 

Electronic submission of manuscripts (in PDF or Word formats) is
required. 
Submissions should include the paper title, abstract, name of authors, 
their affiliation, email address, and postal address. In addition, the 
author responsible for correspondence should include his/her telephone 
number and complete email address. 

All papers selected for this conference are peer-reviewed and will be 
published in the regular conference proceedings by the IEEE Computer 
Society Press. The best papers presented in the conference will be 
selected for special issues of a related computer science journal. 

- Submissions deadline: extended until February 11th, 2005
- Notification of authors: March 25, 2005
- Camera-ready papers: April 26, 2005
- Conference start: July 19, 2005 

The papers should be submitted electronically through the CEC 2005 Web
site  
http://www.telematik.uni-freiburg.de/cec2005/