Call for Papers: 7th International Conference of the International Society for Decision Support Systems (ISDSS'03), "DSS in the Uncertainty of the Internet Age", Ustron, Poland, July 13-16, 2003

January 31, 2003 - The 7th International Conference of the International Society for Decision Support Systems (ISDSS'03) will be held in Ustron, Poland, July 13-16, 2003. The theme of the conference is "DSS in the Uncertainty of the Internet Age". The Conference Chair is Prof. Tong X. Bui, University of Hawaii and the Conference Co-Chair is Prof. Henryk Sroka, University of Economics in Katowice, Poland. Based on the requests of some of the Program Committee members, the deadline for submissions to ISDSS'03 has been extended to Feb. 28, 2003. Please advertise this change.

The official ISDSS'03 Conference Web site is available at www.ae.katowice.pl/isdss .

Important dates

Deadline for submission: 28th February 2003
Notification of acceptance: 31st March 2003
Camera-ready copy due: 30th April 2003
Conference: 13-16th July 2003 Ustron, Poland

Topics of interest

Original research papers on the design, development and implementation, and use of decision support systems are solicited. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to: Knowledge-Based and intelligent systems, knowledge management; Workflow management, organizational support systems, executive systems; Data warehousing, data mining and knowledge discovery systems; Interorganizational systems, partnerships, networked and virtual enterprises; Electronic commerce, cybermarketing, electronic payment; Discovering structures in web data; Web security; Web agents and applications; Distributed decision making; Information and decision support via the web; Decision and business integration on the web (ERP, Supply Chain Management, etc.), Mobile - Decision Support Systems, Mobile commerce.

Instructions for Submitting Papers

Original, unpublished papers, limited to 5000 words, should be submitted electronically (in Microsoft Word RTF format) before February 28, 2003. All submissions will be double blind reviewed. Selection for presentation at the conference and publication in the proceedings will be based on originality, contribution to the field and relevance to the conference. We particularly invite papers related to distributed and remote decisions (Mobile - DSS), approaches to reasoning with uncertainty in the Internet Age, new patterns and solutions about decision making in organization and society (e-government), new web technologies, and emerging standards for web data management. A book of the full proceedings will be distributed at the conference. Submissions should be sent by e-mail to: isdss@ae.katowice.pl. The intention is that selected papers will be published in academic journals.

Conference Fee

The conference fee is EU 320 when fully paid before May 15, 2003, and EU 370 for late registrations. The fee includes the proceedings book, a CD-ROM version of the proceedings, refreshments, and social events. The cost of accommodation varies according to standard (hotel room, apartment), from EU 50 to EU 150.

Conference Site

ISDSS'03 will be hosted by the Department of Computer Science of the Karol Adamiecki University of Economics in Katowice. The Conference will be held in Ustron at the Hotel "BELWEDER" (http://www.hotelbelweder.pl). Ustron is situated 40 miles from Katowice, at 431 meters above sea level, in the picturesque valley of the Vistula (Wisla) river in the western part of the Silesian Beskid mountains. It is surrounded by forests and beautiful mountains from 640 to 1221 meters of height, full of perfect destinations for hikers and cyclists (from west it is surrounded by the lofty Mounts of Mala Czantoria and Wielka Czantoria (995m), from the east - by an arm of Mount Rownica (885)). There are excellent tourist facilities and a wide choice of conference centers. The University's DSS conferences have been held in the Wisla area for 20 years.

Conference Committee

Conference Chair - Tong X. Bui, University of Hawaii, USA

Conference Co-Chair - Henryk Sroka, University of Economics in Katowice, Poland

Steering Committee

Frada Burstain (Monash University)
Andrew McCosh (Florida International University)
Jerzy Goluchowski (University of Economics in Katowice, Poland)
Jerzy Kisielnicki (Warsaw University)
Jean-Charles Pomerol (Université Pierre et Marie Curie)
Stanislaw Stanek (University of Economics in Katowice, Poland)

Scientific Program Ccommittee

W. Abramowicz (University of Economics in Poznan, Poland)
F. Adam (University Collage Cork, Ireland)
F. Aleskerov (Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia)
D. Arnott (Monash University, Australia)
H. Bhargava (Penn State University, USA)
P. Brezillon (University Paris 6, France)
T. Bui (University of Havai'I, USA)
F. Burstein (Monash University, Australia)
S. Carlsson (Jönköping University, Sweden)
J. Golinski (Warsaw School Of Economics, Poland)
J. Goluchowski (University of Economics in Katowice, Poland)
T. Grabinski (Cracow University of Economics, Poland)
S. Gregor (Australian National University, Australia)
P. Gray (Claremont Graduate University, USA)
P. Humphreys (London School of Economics, UK)
M. Jarke (RWTH Aachen, Germany)
T. Jelassi (ENPC School of International Management, France)
J. Kisielnicki (Warsaw University, Poland)
M. Klein (HEC Group, France)
B. Kubiak (University of Gdansk, Poland)
H. Linger (Monash University, Australia)
C. Loebbecke (University of Cologne, Germany)
A. Lotov (Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia)
A. McCosh (Florida International University, USA)
P. Migliarese (Universita della Calabria, Italy)
A. Nowakowski (West Pomeranian Business School, Poland)
A. Nowicki (Wroclaw University Of Economics, Poland)
W. Olejniczak (West Pomeranian Business School, Poland)
G. Pervan (Curtin University of Technolog, Australia)
A. Petrovsky (Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia)
J. C. Pomerol (University of Paris 6, France)
D. Power (University of Northern Iowa, USA)
A. R. Probst (University of Lausanne, Switzerland)
H. Sol (Delft University of Technology, Netherlands)
H. Sroka (University of Economics in Katowice, Poland)
S. Stanek (University of Economics in Katowice, Poland)
A. Straszak (Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland)
A. Whinston (University of Texas, USA)
G. Widmeyer (University of Michigan, USA)
J. Zeleznikow (University of Edinburgh, UK)
J. Zielinski (University of Lodz, Poland)

For more information contact:

Henryk Sroka
Conference Co-Chair
University of Economics in Katowice, Poland
Phone: (+48) 32-2036823
Fax: (+48) 32-2036823
Email: sroka@ae.katowice.pl
e-mail: isdss@sulu.ae.katowice.pl
http://www.ae.katowice.pl/isdss