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Cooperative Information Systems (CIS) facilitate the cooperation between individuals, organisations, smart devices, and systems of systems, by providing flexible, scalable and intelligent services to enterprises, public institutions and user communities. As a result, people and smart devices can interact, share information and work together across physical barriers. The domain of CIS integrates research results from different related computing areas, such as: distributed systems, coordination technologies, collaborative decision making, enterprise architecture, business process management and conceptual modelling.

In recent years, several innovative technologies have emerged: Cloud Computing, Service Oriented Computing, the Internet of Things, Linked Open Data, Semantic Systems, Collective Awareness Platforms, Block Chain, Processes as a Service, etc, that enable the next generation of CISs.

In developing the next generation CISs, research is needed towards (1) the applicability and use of the above mentioned innovative technologies, (2) approaches to develop CISs in particular catering towards the multitude of stakeholders involved in the development of socio-cyber-physical systems, and (3) associated modelling techniques to express and analyse the different aspects of these systems in cohesion.

The CoopIS conference series is an established international event for presenting and discussing scientific contributions about technical, economical, and societal aspects of distributed information systems at scale.

CONFERENCE AREAS

Each of these topic areas is expanded below but the sub-topics list is not exhaustive. Papers may address one or more of the listed sub-topics, although authors should not feel limited by them. Unlisted but related sub-topics are also acceptable, provided they fit in one of the following main topic areas:

1. KNOWLEDGE GRAPHS, DATA, INFORMATION, AND KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING
2. INDUCTIVE LEARNING, MACHINE-LEARNING AND KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY
3. PROCESS ANALYTICS AND TECHNOLOGY
4. SEMANTIC INTEROPERABILITY AND OPEN STANDARDS
5. HUMAN-CENTRIC SECURITY AND PRIVACY IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS
6. INTERNET OF THINGS AND DIGITAL TWINS
7. ARCHITECTURE AND MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS
8. HUMAN ASPECTS AND SOCIAL INTERACTION IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS
9. SERVICES AND CLOUD IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS
10. APPLICATIONS OF HUMAN-CENTRIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN A DIGITAL WORLD

AREA 1: KNOWLEDGE GRAPHS, DATA, INFORMATION, AND KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING

    Semantic Data Integration
    Ontology Learning and Engineering
    Ontology and Schema Matching
    Knowledge Graph Creation Techniques
    Evolution and Maintenance of Knowledge Graphs
    Quality Assessment over Knowledge Graphs

AREA 2: INDUCTIVE LEARNING, MACHINE-LEARNING AND KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY

    Neuro-Symbolic Systems over Knowledge Graphs
    Rule and Data Mining
    Knowledge Graph Embeddings
    Entity Recognition and Linking
    Semantic Annotation

AREA 3: PROCESS ANALYTICS AND TECHNOLOGY

    Performance Measurment
    Trace Encoding
    Process Discovery
    Conformance Analysis
    Process Improvement
    IT for work innovation
    Robotic Process Automation

AREA 4: SEMANTIC INTEROPERABILITY AND OPEN STANDARDS

    Vocabularies for the Semantic Web
    Formalisms and Syntaxes
    Querying Graph Data and Query Languages
    Inference and Reasoning
    Open Data Architectures and Ecosystems

AREA 5: HUMAN-CENTRIC SECURITY AND PRIVACY IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS

    Access Control
    Data Proteciton and Privacy
    Blockchain-based Approaches
    Cryptocurrencies
    Information Entropy
    Certified Distributed Access and Management
    Privacy over Knowledge Graphs

AREA 6: INTERNET OF THINGS AND DIGITAL TWINS

    Connectivity, Interfaces, and Protocols
    Data Structures for IoT and Digital Twins
    Storage and Data Management
    Computing and Processing in IoT Environments
    Sensors and Actuators

AREA 7: ARCHITECTURE AND MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS

    Information Architecture
    Enterprise Architecture Management
    Software Design
    Digital Transformation
    Monitoring Tools And Techniques

AREA 8: HUMAN ASPECTS AND SOCIAL INTERACTION IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS

    Economics of Cooperative Information Systems
    Visualization
    Human-Computer Interaction
    Incentives and User Contributions
    Reputation Management

AREA 9: SERVICES AND CLOUD IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS

    Web Services, APIs
    Services Science, Engineering, Management
    Microservice-oriented architecture (MOA), Service Mesh
    Cloud service management, Cloud workflow management
    Cloud and fog computing, Edge service orchestration

AREA 10: APPLICATIONS OF HUMAN-CENTRIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN A DIGITAL WORLD

    Applications of Knowledge Graphs (e.g., healthcare, industry 4.0, science, energy)
    Human-centric Information Systems (e.g., healthcare, industry 4.0, science, energy)
    Ontologies in the Digital World