Knowledge Discovery and Management in Biomedical Information Systems=

Knowl= edge Discovery and Management in Engineering Design and Manufacturing

A Special Issue with

JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT MANUFACTURING

Overview=

Very recently, knowledge discovery and management using various advanced techniques, e.g. data\text\web\multimedia mining, computational neuroscience, ontology, and corporate search engine, in engineering and manufacturing has emerged as a very new research area. It has witnessed a v= ery strong demand in engineering design and manufacturing professionals who are eager to enhance their capability in information processing and knowledge management using the aforementioned techniques. A series of very challenging topics have emerged. For some examples, the effective management of design knowledge in the given context of globalization (= outsourcing) at both personal and enterprise wide level, the knowledge integration from manufacturing processes to systems through data\text mining and ontology, a= nd how to enhance the agility of manufacturing enterprise by taking advantage of t= he latest research in artificial intelligence, informatics, WWW and knowledge management. With all these queries and aspirations, we would like to gather= the state-of-the-art which targets on the research and technology of knowledge discovery and management in the context of engineering design and manufacturing. Through this special issue, we wish to share the latest rese= arch endeavors with the design and manufacturing community, and explore how they= can benefit from such initiatives, and where they should start. Furthermore, lo= oking forward, we also wish to point out future research directions, interesting topics as well as challenges.

Topics and Scopes<= /o:p>

In this special issue, we focus on the research and application of various advanced techniques in the context of engineering design and manufacturing. Interesting topics include, but are not limited to,

· Data\Tex\Web\Multimedia mining

· Computational neuroscience

· Information retrieval and corporate search engine

· Enterprise knowledge management portal

· Semantic web and Web 2.0

· Social networking in design and manufacturin= g, e.g. customer relationship management and supplier management

· Knowledge based\agent based\hybrid intellige= nt system

· Knowledge guided intelligent human computer interaction, particularly in design

· Data acquisition and preprocessing in design= and manufacturing

· Ontology engineering and ontology based syst= em integration

· AI based decision support in design and manufacturing

· Knowledge management in OEM and ODM

· Radio-frequency identification (RFID) and mobile database, mobile computing and management

· Privacy and legal issues in design and manufacturing information and knowledge management systems

· Case studies

· …

The target audience of this special issue includes academic researchers, engineers, professionals working on the relevant topics in eng= ineering design, mechanical, manufacturing and industrial engineering, computer scie= nce, information system, and the graduate students who wish to learn and spot the research opportunities in this rapidly growing area.

Important Dates

· Manuscript submission deadline, 1^{st Dec,
2007}

· Notification to authors, 15^th Feb, 2008

· Second draft submission, 15^th Mar= ch, 2008

· Final acceptance notification, 15^{th
Apr, 2008}

· Publication, 4^th Quarter of 2008 = (Tentative)

Submission

All papers must be original and are not published, submitted and/or currently under review elsewhere. Each submission will be peer reviewed acc= ording to the JIM’s standard and requirement.

Authors are first invited to forward a brief intent which clearly addresses the main content, issues and potential contributions of your final manuscript to the Guest Editors before 1^st November, 2007. For the manuscripts, authors should follow the JIMR= 17;s format requirement, in preparing their full papers. More details= can be found at Springer’s JIM Instructions for Authors.

Please direct all your correspondence, intent and manuscript submissions to the Guest Editors through email. We will acknowledge you upon our receipt of your intent and full paper.

Guest Editors

Ying LIU (PhD)<= /p>

Lecturer

Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Email: mfyliu@polyu.edu.hk

Jenny HARDING (PhD)

Senior Lecturer

Wolfson School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

Loughborough University

Email: j.a.= harding@lboro.ac.uk