[資訊] Call for Book Chapter Proposals

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Call for Book Chapter Proposals: Open Information Management - Applications
of Interconnectivity and Collaboration

CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS

Proposal Submission Deadline: May 30, 2008

Open Information Management: Applications of Interconnectivity and
Collaboration

A book edited by Samuli Niiranen, Jari Yli-Hietanen and Artur Lugmayr
Tampere University of Technology, Finland

Introduction

Computers, the Internet and other contemporary digital tools have
revolutionized the storing, transfer and processing of information. However,
chiefly for reasons of adaptability, alternatives to current formalisms in
information management are needed for domains where the operational
environment is complexly coupled, principally unbounded and constantly
evolving.  This is especially true when information to be managed is closely
related to the domain of human collaboration and where hierarchical
organizations are still required in the management of complex activities.
Natural language based mechanisms give tools for a fundamentally new kind of
organization of complex activities. An iteratively, collectively and
semi-autonomously built ability to link pieces of information together
enables each user of an information mass to obtain an individualized meaning
and to understand various possibilities for utilizing the information. This
ability also enables the emergence of ad hoc, self-organized networks of
micro-enterprises and, even more essentially, makes them competitive
compared to large hierarchical enterprises with employees having time-based
salary compensation. The competitive advantage of these micro-enterprises
comes from the automation of venture management and the possibility to avoid
overheads associated with the utilization of employees having a time-based
salary. Design-while-use, fluent use of natural language and
goal-orientation are projected key artifacts of open information management.
Open Information Management provides tools to handle richer information
masses than earlier management systems, resulting in potentially more
efficient improvements and advances, especially, for example, in the fields
of medicine and the life sciences. In addition, ubiquitous, pervasive and
ambient technologies will help to further embed the use of information
management tools in the natural human environment. The goal of the book is
to collect a group of visionary thinkers coming from fields such as
technology, science, and art to present emerging technologies that reshape
the way we think about information management.


Objective of the Book

The book gives a practical-level reference on and discusses the impact of an
emerging trend in information technology towards solutions capable of
managing information within open, principally unbounded, operational
environments. These developments - evident in many contemporary areas of
research including artificial intelligence, computational linguistics,
pervasive and ubiquitous media - are projected to bring about a new breed of
tools for the management of information going beyond the conventional
paradigms. The emergence of search-driven information management, best known
through the GoogleTM search engine, is one initial illustration of this
trend.


Target Audience

The book is primarily intended for scientists, professionals and consultants
in touch with cross-disciplinary research and strategic management in
information technology, marketing, media, manufacturing, education and the
life sciences and medicine. The approach is multi-disciplinary, including
perspectives from the following fields: information technology, business,
education, health sciences and media studies. It also draws from research in
sociology and psychology. The book can be utilized in advanced courses as
supplements to course materials in knowledge management, information
technology, and business education, and also serve as an addition to library
reference sections. A secondary market is the lay public following trends in
technology, business and society.

Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

. Hierarchical organization as a facilitator of information management
  in human collaboration

. Self-organization in different human activities in the context of
  information management

. Complexity of information management in human collaboration

. The history of information management tools and impact on man

. Natural language as a tool in human and machine-human collaboration

. Search-driven information management in contrast to tailored
  software applications

. Natural language and modern computing

. The power of massive linking as an information management mechanism
  - or how everything relates to everything

. Human-machine interface as an information exchange process

. Emerging media technologies, such as ambient/pervasive media or
  ubiquitous computation embedding technology seamlessly into the natural
  human environment

. Productivity, workflow and information management

. Creativity and information management and tools to improve artistic
  creation

. Personalized marketing from the point of view of information
  management

. Logistics and process optimization from the point of view of
  information management

. Manufacturing mass-customization from the point of view of
  information management

. Comparison of information management in micro-enterprises and
  hierarchical corporations

. Information exchange and feedback: mass media vs. consumer-driven
  media

. Information exchange and feedback: mass education vs. need-driven
  learning

. Information management in consumer-driven, personal health care

. Biological systems as emergent entities exchanging and processing
  information



Submission Procedure

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before May 30,
2008, a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and
concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will
be notified by June 10, 2008 about the status of their proposals and sent
chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by August 10,
2008. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review
basis. This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea
Group Inc.), publisher of the "Information Science Reference" (formerly Idea
Group Reference) and "Medical Information Science Reference" imprints. For
additional information regarding the publisher, please visit
www.igi-global.com.

Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document) or
by mail to:
Samuli Niiranen
Department of Signal Processing
Tampere University of Technology
FIN-33101 TAMPERE
Tel.: [phone]  .  Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]


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