ISM 2002 Topics

We invite the submission of original research contributions describing new results, original ideas and applications. The research should address issues concerning the theory, development, management and application of advanced information systems. In addition, we solicit contributions describing the development and maintenance of real systems. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:

• Theoretical Foundations for Information Systems Modelling:
  • information modelling concepts, including ontologies
  • formal specifications
  • data and object modelling
  • modelling of semistructured data
  • business process modelling
  • postrelational databases
  • information privacy and security


• Information System Development:
  • development methodologies and tools
  • UML-based development
  • reuse, analysis and design patterns
  • software metrics


• Modelling for Business Environments:
  • data warehousing and OLAP
  • data mining and knowledge discovery
  • information retrieval
  • workflow systems
  • Web application modelling


• Information System Modelling in Education