WorldCIST'16 - Workshop Computer Supported Qualitative Analysis (CSQA2016) - Brazil

“Dear Professor/Researcher, We write you in the context of Workshop Computer Supported Qualitative Analysis – CSQA2016 (http://www.aisti.eu/worldcist16/index.php/workshops). WorldCIST'16 - 4rd World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, to be held at Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, 22th-24th of March 2016, is a global forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, results, experiences and concerns in the several perspectives of Information Systems and Technologies. This workshop focusses on the fast growing area of computer supported qualitative analysis. It is intended to discuss research results and new trends on this area, including new qualitative research/analysis software packages and new features available on these software packages. Also of interest is the relation between qualitative and quantitative analysis and the computer support for developing mixed studies. Case studies and practical applications of computer supported qualitative analysis are also of interest with emphasis on those in the engineering, information systems and education areas. We invite authors to submit unpublished work to the Computer Supported Qualitative Analysis – CSQA2016. Authors are invited to contribute with research papers, case studies and demonstrations that present original scientific results, methodological aspects, concepts and approaches in the multidisciplinary field of Quality Analysis. The authors of the best selected papers will be invited to extend them for publication in international journals indexed by ISI/SCI, SCOPUS and DBLP, among others, such as: • Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IF: 1.962) • IEEE Intelligent Systems (IF: 1.92) • Online Information Review (IF: 1.443) • Journal of Medical Systems (IF: 1.372) • Electronic Commerce Research and Applications (IF: 1.304) • Business & Information Systems Engineering (IF: 1.095) • Multimedia Tools and Applications (IF: 1.058) • Cluster Computing (IF: 0.949) • IEEE Security & Privacy (IF: 0.721) • Computer Science and Information Systems (IF: 0.575) • Ethics and Information Technology (IF: 0.520) • Journal of Global Information Management (IF: 0,483) • Journal of Web Engineering (IF: 0.444) • Journal of Internet Technology (IF: 0.418) • Universal Access in the Information Society (IF: 0,397) • Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging & Visualization • EAI Transactions on e-Learning • International Journal of Interactive Multimedia and Artificial Intelligence • Journal of Big Data Topics Topics of interest include any area related to Computer Supported Qualitative Analysis. In particular, topics of interest include (but are not limited to): • Computer Supported Qualitative Analysis/Research; • Qualitative Analysis Software (NVivo, Atlas.ti, webQDA, MaxQDA, C.T.A, Dedoose,…); • Computer Supported Cooperative Work; • Data types, formats and organization for qualitative software; • Coding schema and processes; • Searching and querying qualitative data bases; • Charting and outputting results with qualitative software; • Teamwork for qualitative analysis; • Usability Studies and User Experience; • Case studies and practical applications of computer supported qualitative analysis; • Impact of software on the quality of research and analysis; • Mix studies (qualitative/quantitative) supported by software; • Qualitative Research in Web Context (eResearch, virtual ethnography, interaction analysis, latent corpus on the internet, etc.); • Artificial Intelligence applied to qualitative analysis software; • Interaction Design applied to qualitative analysis software; • Quality of integration of software in human and social science. Submission and Paper Format Submissions must be of one of two types: Full paper: Finished and consolidated R&D works. These papers are assigned a 10-page limit and Short paper: Ongoing works with relevant preliminary results, open to discussion. These papers are assigned a 7-page limit. Submitted papers must comply with the format of Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing Series (see Instructions for Authors at Springer Website http://www.springer.com/series/11156 or download a DOC example) be written in English, must not have been published before, not be under review for any other conference, workshop or publication and not include any information leading to the authors’ identification. Therefore, the authors’ names, affiliations and bibliographic references should not be included in the version for evaluation by the Program Committee. This information should only be included in the camera-ready version, saved in Word or Latex format and also in PDF format. These files must be accompanied by the Publication form (http://www.aisti.eu/worldcist13/copyright.pdf) filled out, in a ZIP file, and uploaded at the conference management system. All papers will be subjected to a “double-blind review” by at least two/three members of the Program Committee. Based on Program Committee evaluation, a paper can be rejected or accepted by the Conference Chairs. In the later case, it can be accepted as the type originally submitted or as another type. Thus, full papers can be accepted as short papers. The authors of accepted full papers will have 15 minutes to present their work in a Conference Work Session; approximately 5 minutes of discussion will follow each presentation. The authors of accepted short papers and company papers will have 11 minutes to present their work in a Conference Work Session; approximately 4 minutes of discussion will follow each presentation. All papers should be submitted using the EasyChair system, available in the following link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=worldcist-workshops2 Publication and Indexing Workshop papers will be published in the Springer Conference Proceedings. To ensure that a paper is published in the Proceedings, at least one of the authors must be fully registered by 31th of December 2015, and the paper must comply with the suggested layout and page-limit. Additionally, all recommended changes must be addressed by the authors before they submit the camera-ready version. No more than one paper per registration will be published in the Conference Proceedings. An extra fee must be paid for publication of additional papers, with a maximum of one additional paper per registration. Full and short papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings by Springer, in Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing. Published full and short papers will be submitted for indexation by ISI, EI-Compendex, SCOPUS and DBLP, among others, and will be available in the SpringerLink Digital Library. The authors of the best selected papers will be invited to extend them for publication in renowned international journals indexed by ISI, SCOPUS and DBLP (see WorldCIST conference website for more details). Important Dates • Deadline for paper submission: November 20, 2015th • Notification of paper acceptance: December 20th, 2015 • Deadline for final versions and conference registration: December 31, 2015th • Conference dates: March 22th -24th, 2016 With our best wishes, CSQA2016 Organizing Committee António Pedro Costa (apcosta@ua.pt) “