PREVIOUS TOPICS

Previous topics of Informatica Economica journal issues were the following:

• Volume 20, 4th Issue, 30 December 2016
  • Issue topic: Agile
  • Description: Topics included but not limited to: agile methodologies, agile software development, agile project management, test-driven development, Scrum, Extreme programming
  • Issue editor: Florin DUMITRIU, PhD
• Volume 20, 3rd Issue, 30 September 2016
  • Issue topic: Semantic processing of text
  • Description: Topics included but not limited to: information extraction, information retrieval, data mining, semantic web, knowledge representation, plagiarism detection
  • Issue editor: Madalina ZURINI, PhD
• Volume 20, 2nd Issue, 30 June 2016
  • Issue topic: Mobile applications maintenance
  • Description: Topics included but not limited to: mobile technologies, mobile applications develop-ment, software quality and maintenance, quality assurance
  • Issue editor: Constanta Nicoleta BODEA, PhD
• Volume 20, 1st Issue, 30 March 2016
• Issue topic: Business Intelligence
• Description: Topics included but not limited to: data analysis and design, data asset management, data visualization, data optimization, in-memory databases, ERP systems, business in-telligence software, reporting, performance management, mobile BI clients.
• Issue editor: Cristian CIUREA, PhD
• Volume 19, 4th Issue, 30 December 2015
  • Issue topic: Innovative Interfaces
  • Description: Topics included but not limited to: innovative interfaces, integrated systems, human-computer interaction, mobile devices interactions, intelligent interfaces, intelligent agents, multimedia interfaces, multimodal interfaces, mobile interfaces, interactive systems, hypertext systems, e-learning interfaces.
  • Issue editor: Mihai DOINEA, PhD
• VVolume 19, 3rd Issue, 30 September 2015
  • Issue topic:Knowledge Society
  • Description: Topics included but not limited to: information society, knowledge society, knowledge management, technologies for human use, technologies for common knowledge, knowledge-creating communities, technology in the service of the knowledge society, models for knowledge management, technologies for knowledge management, education in the knowledge economy, knowledge society in knowledge economy.
  • Issue editor: Marian STOICA, PhD
• Volume 19, 2nd Issue, 30 June 2015
  • Issue topic: Process Validation
  • Description: Topics included but not limited to: development process verification, audit validation, management validation, data quality validation, software quality validation, process quality validation, continuous verification, process improvement, software testing val-idation, business validation.
  • Issue editor: Alin ZAMFIROIU, PhD
• Volume 19, 1st Issue, 30 March 2015
  • Issue topic: Business Ontologies
  • Description: Topics included but not limited to: enterprise ontology, domain ontologies, ontology engineering and metadata management, ontology-based data management, sharing and reusing ontologies, ontology learning, ontology languages for business, knowledge representation, semantic web, ontology-enhanced search, ontology match-ing and standardization.
  • Issue editor: Liviu COTFAS, PhD
• Volume 18, 4th Issue, 30 December 2014
  • Issue topic: Cloud Computing for Business
  • Description: Topics included but not limited to: cloud resource management, cloud-based e-learning solutions, quality and complexity of cloud-based software solutions, security of cloud applications, migration of business information systems to cloud, perspective for business development through the adoption of cloud solutions, socialization/electronic democracy built on cloud infrastructure, developing e-business through cloud technologies, cloud computing solutions for mobile applications, digital business and e-government through cloud solutions.
  • Issue editor: Marian STOICA, PhD
• Volume 18, 3rd Issue, 30 September 2014
  • Issue topic: Business Analytics
  • Description: Topics included but not limited to: Data quality in business analytics, data exploration and preparation, tool and language support for business analytics, use of specific statistical and quantitative analysis techniques, in memory analytics for big data, embedded analytics in business processes, applications of descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analytics.
  • Issue editor: Anca ANDREESCU, PhD
• Volume 18, 2nd Issue, 30 June 2014
  • Issue topic: Data visualization
  • Description: Topics included but not limited to: Visualization theory, concepts and paradigms, scientific visualization, visual analytics, geographic visualization, information visualization, big data visualization, GPU-based visualization, empirical studies in visualization, visualization design and evaluation methods, text and document visualization, Internet, Web and security visualization.
  • Issue editor: Cristian IONITA, PhD
• Volume 18, 1st Issue, 30 March 2014
  • Issue topic: Business Process Management
  • Description: Topics included but not limited to: Business Process (BP) Modeling, BP Re-design, Process Mining, Artifact-centric BP, Data-driven BP, BP Orchestration and Choreography.
  • Issue editor: Razvan PETRUSEL, PhD
• Volume 17, 4th Issue, 30 December 2013
  • Issue topic: Distributed computing
  • Description: Topics included but not limited to: Distributed systems, Communication protocols, Data processing in distributed systems, Assessment and performance testing, Distributed computing characteristics, Distributed programming, Distributed algorithms, Distributed databases.
  • Issue editor: Mihai DOINEA, PhD
• Volume 17, 3rd Issue, 30 September 2013
  • Issue topic: Trading Architectures and Technologies
  • Description: Topics included but not limited to: trading architectures, trading technologies, price discovery and dissemination, web services for market analysis, mobile trading solutions, market data and portfolio services in the cloud.
  • Issue editor: Octavian DOSPINESCU, PhD
• Volume 17, 2nd Issue, 30 June 2013
  • Issue topic: Mobile Environments Trends
  • Description: Topics included but not limited to: mobile devices, mobile applications, mobile environments, mobile operating systems, mobile data access, mobile application development, mobile architectures, mobile learning, mobile information systems.
  • Issue editor: Paul POCATILU, PhD
• Volume 17, 1st Issue, 30 March 2013
  • Issue topic: Cloud Computing
  • Description: Topics included but not limited to: public and private cloud, security in the cloud, community cloud, Infrastructure as a service (IaaS), Platform as a service (PaaS), Software as a service (SaaS), Storage as a service (STaaS), Security as a service (SECaaS), Data as a service (DaaS), Database as a service (DBaaS), Test environment as a service (TEaaS), Desktop virtualization, API as a service (APIaaS), Backend as a service (BaaS).
  • Issue editor:: Paul POCATILU, PhD
• Volume 16, 4th Issue, 30 December 2012
  • Issue topic: Smart Cities
  • Description:Topics included but not limited to: green and smart buildings, smart grid and cloud computing, urban development, sustainable development, smart cities models, sustainability indicators for urban development, technology and innovation futures, smarter infrastructure, dynamic urban communications, knowledge on urban economy, sociocultural challenges in smart environments, costs associated with smart cities, water systems and waste water, waste as a resource, modern technologies.
  • Issue editor: Lorena BATAGAN, PhD
• Volume 16, 3rd Issue, 30 September 2012
  • Issue topic: Stock Exchange Information Systems.
  • Description:Topics included but not limited to: stock market prediction, portfolio optimization, trading engines, stock market map, stock exchange information systems security, recursive algorithms, divide and conquer strategies, market shares, continuous trading.
  • Issue editor: Claudiu VINTE, PhD
• Volume 16, 2nd Issue, 30 June 2012
  • Issue topic: Data Quality
  • Description: Topics included but not limited to theoretical aspects related to data metrics, data optimization, data quality characteristics, quality methods and techniques, quality economic analysis, data gathering, data processing, data representation, quality and quantitative data analysis, data validation, data interpretation and integration.
  • Issue editor: Cristian CIUREA, PhD
• Volume 16, 1st Issue, 30 March 2012
  • Issue topic: Web and Software Metrics
  • Description: Topics included but not limited to theoretical aspects related to metrics development, software quality characteristics metrics, Web application performance metrics, metrics refinement and validation, automated tools for performance assessment processes, quality characteristics correlation.
  • Issue editor: Floarea NASTASE, PhD
• Volume 15, 4th Issue, 30 December 2011
  • Issue topic: Technologies for the Semantic Web and Software Agents
  • Description: The World Wide Web is trying to extend to Semantic Web, transforming a web for human users into a web for Software Agents as well, where Software Agents provide great assistance to users. Before realizing a ubiquitous and Software Agent-enabled Semantic Web, there are a lot of challenging issues coming from a number of divergent disciplines, issues that must be solved. Here we include topics to explore novel, multidisciplinary research in these and other broad issues related to the Semantic Web and applications of Software Agents: Software Agents and Multi-agent Systems, Semantic Web and Web Services, Grid Computing, Global Information Grid, and Semantic Grid, Textual, Imagery, and Sensor Data Analysis, Scientific, Business, and Military Data Analysis, Usability, Ontology Research, Agent and Semantic Web Service Security, Agent-based Information systems.
  • Issue editor: Catalin BOJA, PhD
• Volume 15, 3rd Issue, 30 September 2011
  • Issue topic: Economic Information Systems
  • Description: Starting from the concepts and systems will be addressed the most interesting problems regarding the methodologies, methods and techniques of systems development. Particular attention will be given to current concerns and the prospect, such as implementation of ERP systems, SOA as an alternative development of integrated systems, RAD (Rapid Application Development), and efficiency systems.
  • Issue editor: Gheorghe SABAU, PhD
• Volume 15, 2nd Issue, 30 June 2011
  • Issue topic: Data Mining
  • Description: Topics included, but not limited to recently researches in data mining, data analysis, data warehousing and the useful applications of data mining algorithms in various fields.
  • Issue editor: Cristian CIUREA, PhD
• Volume 15, 1st Issue, 30 March 2011
  • Issue topic: Genetic Algorithms
  • Description: Topics included but not limited to using genetic and evolutionary algorithms in software optimization, model refinement, production process and development, metrics building and validation, software testing, information systems audit, mobile application security, business intelligence, data compression, large databases management.
  • Issue editor: Adrian VISOIU, PhD
• Volume 14, 4th Issue, 30 December 2010
  • Issue topic: Software Reliability
  • Description: Topics included, but not limited to recent researches and practice on software reliability models, metrics, optimization and measurements.
  • Issue editor: Alexandru ISAIC-MANIU, PhD
• Volume 14, 3rd Issue, 30 September 2010
  • Issue topic: Mobile Applications
  • Description: Topics included: mobile application development, mobile applications testing, mobile applications interface design, mobile applications design, m-learning, m-applications project management, mobile applications security.
  • Issue editor: Paul POCATILU, PhD
• Volume 14, 2nd Issue, 30 June 2010
  • Issue topic: Information Systems Optimization
  • Description: Topics related to software optimization, information systems and computer based information systems optimization, evolutionary algorithms used in optimization, database optimization.
  • Issue editor: Ion LUNGU, PhD
• Volume 14, 1st Issue, 30 March 2010
  • Issue topic: Informatics Audit
  • Description: Topics include the following: informatics audit processes for information systems and their lifecycle development, informatics audit for information system security, techniques and methods for audit implementation, quantitative methods used in informatics audit processes, use of automatic tools in in-formatics audit and their quality analysis, quality evaluation of the informatics audit processes, and impact evaluation of the informatics audit on information system quality and information system lifecycle development quality.
  • Issue editor: Marius POPA, PhD
• Volume 13, 4th Issue, 30 December 2009
  • Issue topic: Knowledge Management
• Volume 13, 3rd Issue, 30 September 2009
  • Issue topic: Multimedia Technologies
• Volume 13, 2nd Issue, 30 June 2009
  • Issue topic: Collaborative Systems
• Volume 13, 1st Issue, 30 March 2009
  • Issue topic: Information Security