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7th IEEE Conference on E-Commerce Technology (IEEE CEC'05)

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

Sponsored by the ---------------- IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on E-Commerce (TCEC)

Supported by ------------ - IBM Deutschland GmbH - SAP AG

- Computerzeitung, IDS Scheer AG, o2 Germany, Roland Berger Strategy Consultants - Association for Information Systems (AIS) - Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI) TF 5.5 on E-Commerce

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IEEE Conference on E-Commerce Technology (CEC'05) is the 7th annual event (formerly WECWIS) and the flagship annual conference of the IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on E-Commerce. CEC is a 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. It is our pleasure to announce invited talks by

=> Stuart Feldman, Ph.D. (IBM Research) => Dr. Lutz Heuser (SAP AG) => John Riedl, Ph.D. (Univ. of Minnesota) => Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. August-Wilhelm Scheer (DFKI)

Submissions of high quality papers describing mature results or on-going work are invited. The main 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. Detailed submission instructions can be found at http://cec05.in.tum.de.

- Submissions deadline: January 20, 2005 - Notification of authors: March 25, 2005 - Camera-ready papers: April 26, 2005 - Conference start: July 19, 2005

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 journals such as the Journal on Information Systems and E-Business (ISeB), or the Electronic Commerce Research Journal (ECRJ).

* General Chairs: Martin Bichler, Technische Universität München, Germany Jen-Yao Chung, IBM Research, USA

* Program Chairs: Günter Müller, University of Freiburg, Germany Kwei-Jay Lin, UC Irvine, USA

* Industrial Chair: Markus Stolze, IBM Research, Switzerland

* Publication Chair: Sang Hyuk Son, Univ of Virginia

* Publicity Chairs: Patrick Hung, Univ. of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada Haifei Li, Union University, USA

* Workshop Chairs: Ramayya Krishnan, CMU, USA Andreas Wombacher, Fraunhofer Institute, Germany

* Tutorial Chair: Christof Weinhardt, Univ of Karlsruhe, Germany

* International Liaison: John Riedl, Univ. of Minnesota, USA (ACM SIG EC) Matthias Jarke, RWTH Aachen and Mareike Schoop, Univ. of Hohenheim (GI / GI FB 5.5) Mike Shaw, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, AIS SIGeBIZ

* Web Chair: Moritz Strasser, University of Freiburg, Germany

IEEE CEC Workshops ------------------ On the day before the conference there will be a day of workshops on specialized subjects such as

- Business Transformation - Electronic Contracting - Mobile Commerce and Services - Service oriented Solutions for Cooperative Organizations