Spatial Data Computation

3RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS (BIS'99) POZNAN, POLAND 14-16 APRIL 1999 ORGANIZERS The Poznan University of Economics, Poland and Poznan International Fair Co. Ltd., Poland TOPIC OF INTEREST BIS'99 invites researchers and practitioners to submit papers that contribute the results of research in business information systems as well as papers that report on industrial IT projects. The Program Committee particularly encourages the presentation of practical papers on industrial experience or on the validation of prototype implementations. Topics are only restricted by the scope of the conference as defined above and they include inter alia: - Integration of information systems: workflow, data warehouses, data replication, distributed databases, groupware, decision support systems, data mining, archiving and retrieval systems, CASE tools. - Electronic transactions and banking: commerce and payments on the Internet, standards, communication systems. - Virtual organizations, hypertext, distributed object computing. - Networks technologies: relational and object databases, the Internet, mobile computing, multimedia, interoperability issues, data security, patterns and frameworks, information superhighways. KEYNOTE SPEAKER - Kurt Bauknecht, President of IFIP INVITED SPEAKERS - Zbigniew Czerwinski, University of Economics in Poznan, Poland (title to be announced) - Klaus R. Dittrich, University of Zurich, Switzerland (title to be announced) - Johannes Eder, University of Klagenfurt, Austria (title to be announced) - Marek Holynski, formerly Silicon Graphics, USA: Computer Graphics in Internet-based Business Applications - Gary Klein, The University of Colorado, USA: Group Decision Support Systems - Jerzy Kisielnicki, University of Warsaw, Poland: Business Process Re-engineering - theoretical dilemma and practical experiences - Peter Lockemann, University of Karlsruhe, Germany: Information systems in customer-oriented, dynamic environments: The marketplace as a metaphor - Joseph E. Urban, Arizona State University, USA: Software Engineering on the Web - Robert Winter, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland: Data warehousing beyond tools and data: justification, organization, and structured development of data warehousing applications PRESENTATION CATEGORIES Scientific Sessions - Long papers -- max. 5000 words, not exceeding 16 double-spaced pages. Scientific papers on one of the mentioned topics or similar projects. - Work-in-progress short papers -- max. 2500 words (8 double-spaced pages). Industrial Sessions - Offer companies an opportunity to inform the audience of their future directions and to showcase noteworthy products. - Descriptions of new technologies. - Presentations of business projects. - Max. 2500 words (8 double-spaced pages). SUBMISSIONS - Papers must be sent by e-mail to the Organizing Committee. - We don't usually accept hard copies. - The text should be prepared in an A-4 format using Times New Roman or a similar one, 11pt font with the margins: top -- 5.7 cm, bottom -- 5 cm, left and right -- 4.2 cm. Preferably, the text should be prepared using a Microsoft Word or an RTF format. - Figures within the text should be in black and white /gray scale/ (max.12,6 x 19 cm). A separate graphic file will be appreciated. - Language of publication: English. - About 60-word abstracts should be included at the beginning of the paper. - The cover page must include: title, author(s)'s name, affiliation, complete address, and e-mail address. - Following the paper's submission, it is automatically understood that all the organizational approvals for the publication of it have been granted to the Conference Organizers. The author(s) will prepare the final manuscript in time for its inclusion in conference proceedings and will present the paper at the conference. IMPORTANT DATES - 30 November 1998 -- submission of contributions to Scientific Sessions. - 20 December 1998 -- notification of acceptance/rejection (Scientific Sessions). - 15 January 1999 -- submission of papers to Industrial Sessions. - 15 January 1999 -- submission of finally versions of contributions to Scientific Sessions. - 29 January 1999 -- notification of papers acceptance/rejection (Industrial Sessions). - 14-16 April 1999 -- Conference. PROGRAM COMMITTEE - Witold Abramowicz, The Poznan University of Economics, Poland W.Abramowicz@kie.ae.poznan.pl; Chairman - Hans-J'rgen Appelrath, University of Oldenburg, Germany - Andrzej Baborski, University of Economics in Wroclaw, Poland - Wojciech Cellary, The Poznan University of Economics, Poland - Peter Dadam, University of Ulm, Germany - Lechoslaw Drelichowski, Technical University of Agriculture in Bydgoszcz, Poland - Johann C. Freytag, Humboldt University, Germany - Hans-Peter Frei, Ubilab, Union Bank of Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland - Piotr Fuglewicz, Polish Information Association, Poland - Jan Golinski, Warsaw School of Economics, Poland - Andrzej Gospodarowicz, University of Economics in Wroclaw, Poland - Adam Grzech, Technical University of Wroclaw, Poland - Hele-Mai Haav, International University of Estonia - Magid Igbaria, Claremont Graduate University, USA - Adam Kopinski, University of Economics in Wroclaw, Poland - Bernard Kubiak, University of Gdansk, Poland - Leszek Maciaszek, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia - Heinrich C. Mayr, University of Klagefurt, Australia - Ludwig Nastansky, University of Paderborn, Germany - Elzbieta Niedzielska, University of Economics in Wroclaw, Poland - Marian Niedzwiedzinski, University of Economics in Lodz, Poland - Roumen Nikolov, Sofia University, Bulgaria - Adam Nowicki, University of Economics in Wroclaw, Poland - Tadeusz Nowicki, Military University of Technology in Warsaw, Poland - Toshio Okamoto, The University of Electronics and Communications, Japan - George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus - Marcin Paprzycki, University of Southern Mississippi, USA - Jaroslav Pokorny, Charles University of Prague, Czech Republic - Wilhelm Rossak, University of Jena, Germany - August-Wilhelm Scheer, University of Saarland, Germany - Heinz Schweppe, Freie University, Berlin, Germany - Miroslaw J. Skibniewski, Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA - Srini Srinivasan, University of Louisville, USA - Henryk Sroka, University of Economics in Katowice, Poland - Eberhard Stickel, Viadrina University, Frankfurt, Germany - Janusz Stoklosa, Technical University of Poznan, Poland - Andrzej Straszak, Institute of System Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland - Zdzislaw Szyjewski, University of Szczecin, Poland - A M. Tjoa, Technical University of Vienna, Austria - Thaddeus W. Usowicz, San Francisco State University, USA - Zygmunt Vetulani, Adam Mickiewicz University of Poznan, Poland - Wita Wojtkowski, Boise State University, USA - Viacheslav E.Wolfengagen, JMSUICE, Moscow, Russia - Xindong Wu, Colorado School of Mines, USA - Joze Zupancic, University of Maribor, Slovenia - Jozef Zurada, University of Louisville, USA ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Mahmoud Fagir (U