Call for papers - Special issue of "Information Systems"

Journal of Information Processing (JIP) is pleased to announce the call for papers for a special issue of Information Systems.
In the special issue of this journal, the program committee especially seeks paper submissions to information systems focusing on theory and practice. The information systems support collection, processing, transfer, and use of information required for the activity of an organism or society. The program committee thinks as important the necessity and usefulness of an information system which are used by the activity of an organization and society. Topics may cover a wide range of issues associated with communities, information system analysis, design, implementation and operation, these theories and practice, and the relation between information systems and social environment. Dr. Fukada, Otaru University of Commerce, has been invited to act as a guest editor for this special issue.
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Journal of Information Processing (JIP) is currently encouraging more submissions from outside of Japan.
Any papers electronically submitted to JIP before July 31, 2017 are eligible for 30% discount in publication charge when accepted.
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(1) All papers must be submitted electronically. Please access the following URL and proceed under the submission instructions:

https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ipsj

In the event you would like to make a submission, you must first create an account on the paper submission Web page. For detailed information, please refer to the manual available from the link “Submission Rules and Document Types” at the top of the submission page.

(2) All papers will be reviewed. The review process will be carried out in the same manner as regular issues. However, you have shorter time than usual (two months) for preparation of your responses to inquiries.

(3) Submission deadline is August 10, 2017 August 17, 2017. *Deadline extended

(4) The special issue will be published on the J-Stage website in May, 2018. Preprint will be published on the IPSJ Journal in May, 2018.

(5) The Editorial Committee of This Special Issue
Editor in-Chief: Hidemi FUKADA (Otaru Univ. of Commerce)
Editorial Board: Yoshio KAKIZAKI (Tokyo Denki Univ.)
Editorial Committee: Akihiro ABE (Iwate Prefectural Univ.), Michiko OBA (Future Univ. Hakodate), Shigeo KANEDA (Doshisha Univ.), Susumu KANEMUNE (Osaka Electro-Communication Univ.), Yasuko KAMINUMA (A Fellow of IPSJ), Kiminobu KODAMA (Information Systems Institute, Ltd.), Naohiko TAKEDA(MEXT), Makoto TACHIKAWA (Muroran Institute of Technology), Hidekazu TSUJI(NPO Study Group on M2M), Masaki TOMISAWA (Maebashi Institute of Technology), Michinori HATAYAMA (Kyoto Univ.), Masahiro HIJI (Hitachi Solutions East Japan, Ltd.), Yoshiaki Matsuzawa (Aoyama Gakuin Univ.), Hiroshi MARUYAMA(Aoyama Gakuin Univ.)