RCIS 2025 19th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science

Call for Forum Papers

The 19th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science welcomes proposals for Forum papers.

As in previous years, Forum papers should aim to showcase new research ideas and prototypes in information science. This track provides a forum for researchers and practitioners to present their work, interact with conference participants, and obtain feedback on on-going research. We invite two types of submissions:

Research idea papers are intended to present new ideas, challenges, and work in progress where at least some preliminary results are available.

Tool demonstration papers are intended to describe tools or prototypes that are relevant for facing information science challenges.

Topics of Interest

RCIS aims to bring together scientists, researchers, engineers and practitioners from a wide range of information science fields and to provide opportunities for knowledge sharing and dissemination. RCIS 2025 will continue paying attention to traditional topics at the conference; in addition, we solicit submissions aligned to the special theme “Advancing Information Science and Information Systems Quality in the Era of Complexity” to be in the center of its reflections and discussions. RCIS welcomes forum papers from any domain of information science. The list of interested topics includes, but is not limited to:

Information Systems and their Engineering Requirements Engineering Model-Driven Engineering Web-Based Applications and Services Data-Driven (R)evolution Method Engineering Software Engineering	User-Oriented Approaches Social Computing and Social Network Analysis User-Centred Design Collaborative Computing Human Factors in Information Systems Technology Acceptance
Data and Information Management Databases and Information Information Search and Discovery Information Security and Risk Management Conceptual Modelling and Ontologies Knowledge Graphs	Enterprise Management and Engineering Business Process Engineering and Management Process Mining Enterprise Modelling Digital Transformation
Domain-specific IS Engineering E-Health, E-Government, E-Commerce Smart Cities Industry 4.0 News and media production Digital Humanities Virtual Worlds Sustainability & Climate change	Data Science Big Data and Business Analytics Decision Information Systems Machine-Learning Applications Knowledge Discovery and Management Information and Value Management Misinformation and fake news
Information Infrastructures Information Systems for an Information Science Revolution Cyber-Physical Systems Web Information Systems Grid, Cloud, Fog, and Edge Computing Internet of Things Pervasive and Mobile Computing Quantum Computing	Reflective Research and Practice Responsible Research in and for an Information Science Revolution Impact of Information on the Enterprise and the Individual Information Science Education Research Methodologies in Information Science Lifecycle Models Design Science and Rationale Action Research and Case Studies in Information Science Critical, Socio-political Studies of Information Science

Submission Instructions

Forum papers must be submitted as a single PDF file with no more than 8 pages in Springer LNCS/LNBIP format including references and appendices. The forum papers will be included in the proceedings of RCIS 2025 which will be published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing series. Papers that exceed the limit of 8 pages will be rejected without review. Papers that have already been accepted or are currently under review for other conferences or journals will not be considered for publication at RCIS. Authors are invited to submit their paper in English using the conference submission site EasyChair , where they should choose “RCIS 2025 Forum”.

Presentation Guidelines

The two Forum paper types are intended to be presented during the conference as follows:

Idea Papers Authors of accepted research idea papers will receive an opportunity to present their paper as a poster. Authors should prepare a wellcrafted poster that is self-contained. The authors are expected to be available to describe and discuss the poster with the attendees during the Forum. The poster dimensions will be of A0 type, that is 84 cm by 119 cm (33” by 47”), with poster content mounted on the rectangular poster board we will provide. The layout may consist of several individual sheets of paper or a monolithic large sheet.

Tool Demonstration Papers Authors of accepted tool demonstration papers will have a chance to present a demo of their tool. Authors are expected to be available to demonstrate their tool/prototype during the Forum. Authors should bring to the session all hardware they need to present the demo. Any special request should be communicated sufficiently in advance and agreed upon with the conference’s local organizing committee.

By submitting a paper to the Forum, authors implicitly agree that at least one of them will register for the conference and present their paper (i.e., at least one registration for each accepted paper is required).

Important Dates

Paper submission deadline	January 26, 2025
Notification to authors	March 11, 2025
Camera-ready submission	March 23, 2025
Author registration deadline	March 23, 2024
Conference:	May 20-23, 2025

Forum Chairs

Greta Adamo, Universitat Politècnica de Valencia, Spain

Beatriz Marín, Universitat Politècnica de Valencia, Spain

Program Committee

Victoria Döller, University of Vienna

Riccardo Coppola, Politecnico di Torino

Georgios Koutsopoulos, Stockholm University

Istvan David, McMaster University

Clara Ayora, Universidad de Castilla la Mancha

Michalis Pavlidis, University of Brighton

Abdelaziz Khadraoui, University of Geneva

Christoforos Ntantogian, Ionian University

Francisca Pérez, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia

Ben Roelens, Open Universiteit, Ghent University

Mark Mulder

Giovanni Meroni, Technical University of Denmark

Patricia Martin-Rodilla, Spanish National Research Council

Dominik Bork, TU Wien

Elena Kornyshova, CNAM

Cinzia Cappiello, Politecnico di Milano

Sotirios Liaskos, York University

Giovanni Giachetti, Universitat Politecnica de Valencia

Yves Wautelet, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Gianluigi Viscusi, Linköping University

Pedro Valderas, Universitat Politècnica de València

Jose Luis de la Vara, University of Castilla-La Mancha

Judith Barrios Albornoz, University of Los Andes

19th Research Challenges in Information Science

Advancing Information Science and Information Systems Quality in the Era of Complexity

Seville, Spain, 20 - 23 May, 2025