timos@pronto.cs.umd.edu (Timos Sellis) (03/14/91)
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL ON
INTELLIGENT AND COOPERATIVE INFORMATION SYSTEMS (IJICIS)
MOTIVATION
The paradigm for the Next Generation of Information Process-
ing Systems will involve large numbers of intelligent agents dis-
tributed over large computer/communication networks. Work will be
conducted on the network in many forms. Work tasks will be
defined by one (centralized - e.g., a complex engineering task)
or more (decentralized - e.g., monitoring many systems of a
patient or many stations in a factory) agents and will be exe-
cuted by agents acting autonomously, cooperatively, or collabora-
tively, depending on the resources required to complete the task.
A goal of this vision is to be able to efficiently, and tran-
sparently, use all computing resources (e.g., processing,
knowledge and data) that are available on all computers in large
computer/communications network. The design, construction, use,
and evolution of systems within the above paradigm will require
sophisticated support for all aspects of the systems life cycle.
We call such systems Intelligent and Cooperative Information Sys-
tems (ICIS).
The concept of ICIS is evolving from several currently dis-
joint technologies including Database Systems, Artificial Intel-
ligence, Programming Languages, Software/Knowledge Engineering,
Cooperative Work, Distributed Computing, Office Information Sys-
tems, etc.
Areas expected to benefit from ICIS research and development
include Computer Integrated Manufacturing, Distributed AI,
Human-Computer Interaction, Office Automation, Collaborative
Work, Coordination Technology, Groupware, Interoperability, and
Intelligent (Communication) Networks.
The growing belief is that the next generation of informa-
tion processing systems, and for that matter, of computing sys-
tems in general, will be based on the ICIS paradigm. ICIS will
bring related concepts from Artificial Intelligence, Programming
Languages and Information Technology closer for the purpose of
producing high quality, reliable information at the level of an
effective decision making system.
AIMS AND SCOPE
The purpose of the International Journal on Intelligent
Cooperative Information Systems (IJICIS) is to provide the forum
within which both the AI and DBS research communities can come to
understand the intricacies of intelligent cooperative work. The
existence of this forum would contribute towards the evolution of
ICIS, thereby leading to its appreciation by the wider computer
science community and its integration into the next generation of
computing systems.
IJICIS addresses a two-sided problem: how can the information
systems technology of the future benefit from AI, and what can
information technology offer to contemporary and future AI sys-
tems. Specifically, the journal will provide a platform for the
exchange of ideas and for the identification of the potential
roles and nature of the emerging notion of ICIS. It will examine
a wide spectrum of issues related to interdisciplinary research
and development in ICIS. It will help assess the state-of-the-
art and future prospects of ICIS.
EDITORIAL BOARD
Editors in Charge:
Mike P. Papazoglou, Australian National University
Timos K. Sellis, University of Maryland, USA
Regional Editors:
John G. Hughes, Univ. of Ulster, Ireland
Yahiko Kambayashi, Kyoto Univ., Japan
Matthew Morgenstern, Xerox Advanced Information Systems, USA
Associate Editors:
Bruce I. Blum, The Johns Hopkins University
Alex Borgida, Rutgers Univ.
Nick Bourbakis, IBM, San Jose
Ronald Brachman, AT&T Bell Labs
Michael Brodie, GTE Labs, USA
Janis Bubenko, University of Stockholm
Robert Colomb, CSIRO, Sydney
Richard Hull, Univ. of Southern California
Sushil Jajodia, George Mason Univ.
Matthias Jarke, RWTH Aachen
Dimitris Karagiannis, FAW Univ. of Ulm
Masaru Kitsuregawa, Univ. of Tokyo
Fred Lochovsky , Univ. of Toronto
Vincent Lum, Naval Postgraduate School
Ron Morrison, Univ. of St. Andrews
John Mylopoulos, Univ. of Toronto
Nick Roussopoulos, University of Maryland
Robin B. Stanton, Australian National University
Dennis Tsichritzis, Univ. of Geneva
Patrick Valduriez, INRIA-France
Norihiko Yoshida, Kyushu Univ.
CALL FOR PAPERS
IJICIS welcomes papers describing original ideas and new
results on the foundations and role of intelligent and coopera-
tive information systems. Methodology oriented or practical con-
tributions, solid theoretical results, and empirical studies that
are expected to have a potential impact on the emerging field of
ICIS are also invited. Suggested topics include but are not lim-
ited to:
+ Novel Architectures for ICIS,
+ Advanced Modeling and Reasoning Techniques for
Intelligent Information Processing,
+ Knowledge Engineering Techniques in ICIS,
+ Higher Level Descriptive Programming Languages for ICIS,
+ Data/Knowledge Representation and Management Techniques for
Coordinating Multiple Cooperating Agents,
+ Interoperability Issues in Distributed, Heterogeneous Knowledge Bases
+ Techniques for Cooperative Distributed Problem Solving,
+ Techniques for Partitioning and Composing Data and Knowledge,
+ Effective Techniques for Cooperative Problem Solving,
+ Active Decision Support Systems,
+ Cooperative User Interfaces for Problem Solving and Effective
Decision Making.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS
Please submit 5 copies of your paper to any Editor-in-
Charge.
Articles are to be in English and typed double-spaced on one
side of white A4 sized paper. Page 1 should contain the article
title (not more than 15 words), author(s), affiliation(s), and
the name and complete mailing address of the person to whom
correspondence should be sent. Page 2 should contain a short
abstract. References should be indicated in the text by numbers
in square brackets and listed at the end of the paper by number
in the order in which they are cited.
All contributions will be acknowledged and refereed.
Contributions accepted for publication are required to be
prepared by the author(s) in camera-ready format using computer
typesetting software. The preferred software package is PC TeX.
Detailed instructions for authors can be requested from the pub-
lisher:
World Scientific Publishing Co. PTE LTD
Farrer Road
P.O. Box 128
SINGAPORE 9128
If requested, the Editors-in-charge can send an electronic version
of the TeX format to the author(s) through electronic mail.
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