Zero-In Magazine: Building Insights; Breaking Boundaries

Submit your articles for Issue 2! Zero-In showcases the research and development activities in the world of e-Infrastructures and is a forum for news, comment and analysis on this exciting new research paradigm.

The audiences of the publication include national and international policy makers as well as key projects and individuals using or developing e-Infrastructures across the world.

The inaugural issue of Zero-In was launched in January2009. Each issue of Zero-In has a “thematic” section, as well as one featuring “insights from the global virtual research community”, and another ‘diary’ section for news. The “thematic” section of this second edition will focus on Earth Sciences and Astronomy as an e-Infrastructures application
For this second issue we would love to receive your articles – we are looking for a total of twelve on the following topics, split into these three sections: Thematic:

- 6 articles (3 from Europe and 3 from overseas countries) focusing on Earth Sciences and Astronomy as an e-Infrastructures application
Insights:

- 1 article focusing on eSociety : we would welcome in particular some articles on social science as an e-Infrastructure application

- 1 article focusing on eHealth

- 1 article focusing on Data/Provenance

- 1 article focusing on Interoperability across e-Infrastructures

- 1 article focusing on e-Infrastructure technology issues

- 1 article focusing on Standards

Diary:
- e-Infrastructure News and Events are welcome for the diary section! Feel free to send them to [e-mail] to be included in the next publication

Prospective authors are invited to submit an expression of interest by sending a short abstract (approximately 100 words) reporting recent developments and opinions, analysis and visions for the section you choose. When submitting your abstract, please make clear which section you would like it to feature in.
The Review Panel will coordinate the selection of the abstracts and, once accepted, authors will be notified and invited to send the full papers. These will be evaluated by the Review Panel which may request any eventual adjustments by the authors. Submission Requirements:
o Abstracts are to be 100 words, submitted to http://www.beliefproject.org/forms/abstract-submission
o Once your abstract is accepted, corresponding final papers should be no more than 500 words in length and submitted to [e-mail]
o Final articles should include further details for readers to go into more depth on the topic, such as web addresses, phone and email details of project interfaces.
o Final Submitted papers should be written in English. They should include 5-10 keywords
o Contributions should not have been previously published.
o Note that our readers prefer accessible analysis, opinions and outlines of projects’ value, rather than technical project descriptions.
Important Dates Abstract submission deadline: February 28th Abstract acceptance notification deadline: March 13th Full papers submission deadline: March 27th Authors should submit their abstract at
http://www.beliefproject.org/forms/abstract-submission