[Air-l] CfP: "The Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Paradigm", Minitrack, HICSS-38, 2005, Hawaii, USA

[Kai Fischbach]

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                 CALL FOR PAPERS 
       "The Peer-to-Peer Paradigm" Minitrack

Part of the "Internet and the Digital Economy" Track
           at the Thirty-eighth Annual
 HAWAI'I INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SYSTEM SCIENCES
           on the Big Island of Hawaii
               January 3 - 6, 2005
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For more information: http://www.wim.uni-koeln.de/p2p/hicss-38/index.htm

This minitrack focuses on the analysis of potentials, challenges, recent
developments and current research issues applying to the Peer-to-Peer (P2P)
paradigm. The term Peer-to-Peer (P2P) refers to the concept that in a
network of equals (peers), two or more individuals are able to collaborate
spontaneously or share resources without necessarily needing a central
coordination. We invite contributions dealing with File Sharing, Grid
Computing, Collaboration, and Instant Messaging. Furthermore we have a
strong interest in papers regarding the economics of P2P and the
intersection of P2P, Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing. 

The minitrack is interdisciplinary by nature. We invite contributions from a
broad spectrum including economics, information systems, information
management, and computer sciences in order to incorporate the whole range of
economic as well as technical aspects of P2P. We would also like to involve
practitioners whose experiences with business applications of P2P could
certainly enrich the discussions. The minitrack focuses on but is not
limited to the following topics: 

- Economic analysis of P2P networks
- P2P business models
- P2P electronic business strategies
- P2P applications: file sharing, grid computing, instant messaging,
  collaboration
- Designing P2P information systems: system architectures, products,
  digital rights management
- Experiences with real-world implementations in various domains,
  i.e. knowledge and content management
- Coping with uncertainty: availability of resources and content
- Security and trust: identity management, authentication,
  accountability, reputation, reliability and attack resistance
- Payment and currency systems
- Metadata: describing the content, quality, condition and other
  appropriate characteristics of data
- Intelligent Agents in P2P Computing
- Adoption, integration and utilization of P2P systems by individuals
  and organizations including user behavior and system performance
- Policy and societal issues that need to be addressed and recognized
  as part of the adoption of P2P networking
- Knowledge sharing and communication in global, distributed networks
  of humans and computers including incentives and disincentives
  for sharing resources in P2P networks
- Management of resources and applications in a globally distributed
  environment
- Accounting and settlement mechanisms
- New theories of organizing and coordination in P2P environments
- The intersection of P2P, Mobile and Ubiquitous Computing: Working
  and living environments embedded with computing devices in a seamless,
  invisible way esp. for spontaneous interaction and machine-to-machine
  communication


IMPORTANT DEADLINES
March 31, 2004   Abstracts to be submitted to Minitrack Chairs for 
                 guidance and indication of appropriate content (optional).
June 15, 2004    Authors submit full manuscripts to Minitrack Chairs.
August 15, 2004  Minitrack Chairs send notices of accepted manuscripts 
                 to Authors. 
October 1, 2004  Deadline for Authors to submit the final version of 
                 their accepted papers electronically for publication.


CONTACT INFORMATION
Detlef Schoder and
Kai Fischbach (primary contact)
Department of Information Systems and Information Management University of
Cologne Pohligstr. 1, 50969 Cologne, Germany

Phone: +49 (221) 470-5394
Fax: +49 (221) 470-5393
E-Mail: fischbach at wim.uni-koeln.de


INSTRUCTIONS FOR PAPER SUBMISSION
1. Submit an electronic version of the full paper, consisting of no more
than 25 double-spaced pages, including diagrams, to Kai Fischbach
(fischbach at wim.uni-koeln.de). (NOTE: The final paper must be NO MORE THAN 10
pages, double-column, single spaced.)

2. Do not submit the manuscript to more than one Minitrack Chair.  Papers
should contain original material and not be previously published, or
currently submitted for consideration elsewhere. 

3. Each paper must have a title page to include title of the paper, full
name of all authors, and complete addresses including affiliation(s),
telephone number(s), and e-mail address(es). 

4. The first page of the manuscript should include only the title and a
300-word abstract of the paper.


For the latest information; visit the HICSS web site at:    
http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu 


HICSS conferences are devoted to advances in the information, computer, and
system sciences, and encompass developments in both theory and practice.
Invited papers may be theoretical, conceptual, tutorial or descriptive in
nature. Submissions undergo a peer referee process and those selected for
presentation will be published in the Conference Proceedings.  Submissions
must not have been previously published.

CONFERENCE ADMINISTRATION:

Ralph Sprague, Conference Chair                            
Email:  sprague at hawaii.edu 

Sandra Laney, Conference Administrator
Email:  hicss at hawaii.edu

Eileen Dennis, Track Administrator
Email: eidennis at indiana.edu