Main Conference: Call for Papers

The CAiSE’23 organization calls for full papers with a special emphasis on the theme of Cyber-Human Systems. This year’s theme reflects the increasingly coupled relationships between humans and computing, giving rise to cyber-human systems. The overall aim of these systems is to advance human abilities to work in complex environments. The theme refers to various aspects of the interface between humans and technology, with the intention to advance models, methods and theories relating to such systems. Examples include novel computing platforms (e.g., wearable devices), systems that interact with users through multiple modalities (e.g., brain-machine interfaces), human-in-the-loop approaches, local data processing in smart devices, and intelligent infrastructures for augmented life and society. 

In addition to offering an exciting scientific program, CAiSE’23 will feature a best paper award, a journal special issue, and a PhD-thesis award: 

• Best Paper Award‚ prize EUR 1000  (sponsored by Springer)
• A small selection of best papers will be invited to submit enhanced versions for consideration in a special issue of Elsevier Information Systems journal dedicated to this conference.
• PhD-Thesis Award‚ best PhD thesis of a past CAISE Doctoral Consortium author (co-sponsored by the CAiSE Steering Committee and Springer)

Papers should be submitted in PDF format. Submissions must conform to Springer‚ LNCS format and should not exceed 15 pages, including all text, figures, references and appendices. Submissions not conforming to the LNCS format, exceeding 15 pages, or being obviously out of the scope of the conference, will be rejected without review. 

The results described must be unpublished and must not be under review elsewhere. Three to five keywords characterizing the paper should be listed at the end of the abstract. Each paper will be reviewed by at least two program committee members and, if positively evaluated, by one additional program board member. The selected papers will be discussed among the paper reviewers on-line and additionally during the program board meeting. As the review process is not blind, please indicate your name and affiliation on your submission. Accepted papers will be presented at CAiSE’23 and published in the conference proceedings in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS). 

We invite three types of original and scientific papers. The type of submission must be indicated in the submission system. Each contribution should explicitly address the engineering or the operation of information systems, clearly identify the information systems problem addressed, the expected impact of the contribution to information system engineering or operation, and the research method used. We strongly advise authors to clearly emphasize these aspects in their paper, including the abstract. 

• Technical papers describe original solutions (theoretical, methodological or conceptual) in the field of IS Engineering. A technical paper should clearly describe the situation or problem tackled, the relevant state of the art, the position or solution suggested and its potential‚ as well as demonstrate the benefits of the contribution through a rigorous evaluation.
• Empirical papers evaluate existing problem situations including problems encountered in practice, or validate proposed solutions with scientific means, i.e., by empirical studies, experiments, case studies, experience reports, simulations, etc. Scientific reflection on problems and practices in industry also falls into this category. The topic of the evaluation presented in the paper as well as its causal or logical properties must be clearly stated. The research method must be sound and appropriate.
• Exploratory papers describe completely new research positions or approaches, in order to face a generic situation arising because of new ICT tools, new kinds of activities or new IS challenges. They must describe precisely the situation and demonstrate why current methods, tools, ways of reasoning, or meta-models are inadequate. They must also rigorously present their approach and demonstrate its pertinence and correctness to addressing the identified situation.

The topics of contribution include but are not limited to: