Call for Papers

Minitrack on

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE TECHNOLOGIES

part of the Software Technology Track of HICSS-32

32nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
Maui, Hawaii - January 5-8, 1999

Introduction

Electronic Commerce (E-Commerce) is the ability to conduct business via electronic networks such as the Internet and the World Wide Web. Although Electronic Commerce is based on the principles of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) it goes far beyond EDI in that it aims at supporting the complete external business process, including the information stage (electronic marketing, networking), the negotiation stage (electronic markets), the fulfillment (order process, electronic payment) and the satisfaction stage (after sales support).

Emphasis these days is on business-to-business E-Commerce applications: taking orders, scheduling shipments, providing customer service and so on. However, present E-Commerce implementations automate only a small portion of the electronic transaction process. Moreover, E-Commerce is hampered by closed (self-contained) markets that cannot use each other's services, incompatible frameworks that cannot interoperate or build upon each other, and a bewildering collection of security and payment protocols. In general, E-Commerce applications do not yet provide the robust transaction, messaging and data access services typical of contemporary client/server applications. While there is considerable interest in developing robust Internet applications, protection of significant investments in client/server technology and interoperation with mainframe transaction servers and legacy systems is a serious requirement.

The purpose of this mini-track is to cover enabling technologies, critical technical approaches and business-centered design methodologies that address shortcomings of contemporary E-Commerce applications and that can have a major impact on the evolution of business-to-consumer and mainly of business-to-business E-Commerce. Emphasis is given to distributed systems technologies and in particular how these meet the requirements of business (vertical) applications that span locational as well as organizational boundaries.

Topics addressed by this mini-track include but are not limited to the following:

• Architectures for E-Commerce Marketplaces
• Middleware & Interoperable Platforms
• E-Commerce Security Protocols & Architectures
• Transaction technologies for E-Commerce
• Workflow Systems & E-Commerce
• Coordination Models and Frameworks for seamless integration
• E-Commerce Brokering & Matchmaking
• Negotiation Protocols & Services
• Intelligent Searching Techniques
• Contracting & Billing Services
• Business Languages for E-Commerce
• Multi-Agent Systems and E-Commerce
• Multi-Media Shopping Malls & Kiosk Systems
• Integrated/Virtual Enterprises
• Inter-Corporate Business Engineering Methodologies

Important Deadlines

• A 300-word abstract by March 16
  
• Feedback to author on abstract by April 15
  
• Eight copies of the manuscript by June 1
  
• Notification of accepted papers by August 31
  
• Camera-ready copies of accepted manuscripts are due by October 1

Instructions for Authors

Submit a 300-word abstract by e-mail in ascii form to one of the minitrack coordinators by March 16, 1998. Feedback on the appropriateness of the abstract will be sent to you by April 15, 1998.

Submit eight (8) copies of the full manuscript by June 1, 1998 and a Postcript version of your manuscript by e-mail to one of the coordinators.

Manuscripts should have an abstract and be 22-25 typewritten, double-spaced pages in length. Papers must not have been previously presented or published, nor currently submitted for journal publication. Each manuscript will be subjected to a rigorous refereeing process involving at least five reviewers. Individuals interested in refereeing papers should contact the minitrack coordinators directly.

Minitrack Coordinators

• Michael (Mike) Papazoglou, E-mail: mikep@kub.nl
  Tilburg University, Director INFOLAB, P.O. Box 90153, 5000 LE Tilburg,
  The Netherlands Phone: +31 13 466-2349, Fax : +31 13 466-3069
• Aphrodite Tsalgatidou, E-mail: afrodite@di.uoa.gr
  University of Athens, Department of Informatics,
  TYPA Buildings, Panepistimiopolis, Athens 157 71, Greece
  Phone: +30-1-7217941 ext. 5206, Fax: +30-1-7219561
• Maria Tsakali, E-mail: tsakali.intracom@mail.interpac.be
  INTRACOM S.A., 20, Av. des Arts B-1000 Brussels BE
  Phone: +32-2-2820391, Fax: +32-2-2308306

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Created and maintained by  Aphrodite Tsalgatidou. Last updated 17-Feb-98.

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