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Fwd: [AISWorld] AMCIS 2019: Call for Rhetoric, design, social media in (dis) information processing minitrack proposals - deadline Oct 19
by Gustaf Neumann 08 Oct '18

08 Oct '18

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] AMCIS 2019: Call for Rhetoric, design, social media in (dis) information processing minitrack proposals - deadline Oct 19 Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2018 03:43:01 +0000 From: Shah, Vishal <shah3v(a)cmich.edu> To: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org <aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org>, aisworld-request(a)lists.aisnet.org <aisworld-request(a)lists.aisnet.org> Track: Rhetoric, design, social media in (dis) information processing AMCIS 2019, the 25th Americas Conference on Information Systems, August 15 - 17, 2019, Cancun, Mexico Track Chairs: Vishal Shah, Assistant Professor, Central Michigan University, USA, shah3v(a)cmich.edu<mailto:shah3@cmich.edu> <mailto:shah3@cmich.edu>Carlo Gabriel Porto Bellini, Associate Professor, Federal University of Paraiba, Brazil, cgpbellini(a)ccsa.ufpb.br<mailto:cgpbellini@ccsa.ufpb.br> Track Description: Information processing has become increasingly cognitively demanding as we are confronted with information that comes to us in everyday contexts – everywhere, anytime, and anyplace –through our mobile devices and social media connections. The processing of information stems from the fundamental need to connect and be part of the world around us (Maslow 1971). Despite our need for social connection, information overload is a serious threat to our capacity to process information and make good decisions based on that information (Eppler & Mengis 2004). Accordingly, also at risk is our expectation of being effective in the digital society – i.e., of making use of technology-mediated information vis-à-vis a purpose and in a systemically healthy way (Bellini 2018). In this track, we focus primarily on the aspects that limit our effectiveness to deal with information, and how such practices may lead to bias and propaganda in society. Bias refers to prejudice for or against a personal/political/social issue despite the lack of objective evidence to support it. As recent events throughout the world have shown, social media platforms can be vehicles to promote false narratives that amplify bias and influence public opinion. We have almost 3.2 billion active social media users in a population of 7.5 billion individuals, of which 2.95 billion are active through their mobile device (Hootsuite 2018). Given the rise in the volume and sources of information and our limited cognitive capacity, the situation is ripe for the spread of false information aka “fake news” whether by misinformation or disinformation. By misinformation, we mean false information. By disinformation, we mean the deliberate spread of false information for malicious purposes. The ability of an individual, a collective, or state actors to use platforms like social media to spread disinformation has amplified, as evidenced recently in political campaigning and elections (Marchi 2012; Allcott & Gentzcow 2016). Misinformation is also relatively prevalent in the everyday use of social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter. As recent research (Lazer et al. 2018) points out, we need a new “system of safeguards” and novel frameworks to approach this problem. Our purpose in this track is to provide a forum for such safeguards. We encourage papers that address the broad area of information spread and technology use, and their effects in biasing personal and/or political decision-making. This track specifically encourages submissions of research exploring innovative ways to identify the mechanisms and causes of spreading disinformation and ways to deal with these mechanisms in the context of rhetoric, design, and social media. We invite submissions that elaborate causes and impacts of disinformation/misinformation such as conceptual and theoretical developments, empirical research findings, case studies, research in progress, methodology papers, and other high-quality contributions. Submissions detailing research on measures (either theoretical measures or behavioral interventions, or the design of novel artifacts) to prevent the spread of misinformation/disinformation are also welcome. Opportunities in Leading Journals: Promising papers will be fast-tracked to BAR – Brazilian Administration Review upon the authors’ consent. BAR is the international flagship journal of the Brazilian Academy of Management (ANPAD). It is indexed in Scopus. Developed Mini-Tracks: Mini-track 1: Rhetoric, technology, and disinformation Contact: James Melton, Central Michigan University, melto1jh(a)cmich.edu This minitrack seeks to explore the relationship between rhetoric, social media platforms, and disinformation. One of the ways to deal with disinformation and to avoid exacerbating biases is to have a general population trained in rhetoric. Because the discipline of rhetoric studies the effects of persuasion on audiences, it can help make those audiences more aware of mechanisms of spreading disinformation. For example, recent papers studied how to inoculate people against misinformation by asking them to play roles such as “clickbait monger” seeking to get clicks themselves or to act as “conspiracy theorist." It was found that when made aware of the ease that misinformation could be spread, people were more likely to be critical of it in the future (Roozenbeek et al. 2018; van der Linden et al. 2017). Such interventions demonstrate that rhetorical awareness of mechanisms that enable the spread of disinformation can help combat bias through awareness. We welcome papers at the intersection of rhetoric, psychology, and information systems that attempt to solve the problem of disinformation from an interdisciplinary standpoint. Mini-track 2: User experience, human-computer interaction, and design of (dis)information Contact: Gustav Verhulsdonck, Central Michigan University, verhu1g(a)cmich.edu This minitrack seeks papers at the intersection of User Experience (UX) design, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and disinformation. Design for user experiences is one way to tackle the problem of disinformation. Today’s technological devices may promote the engagement of a user by designers utilizing deep knowledge of the user’s behavior and psychology (Choi & Kim 2004; Chou & Ting 2003). Persuasive design and design for behavior motivate users to stay longer on a platform by “gaming” their behavior or decisions through the design of an interface (Fogg 2002; Lockton et al. 2010). It can range from simplifying a design with a clear call-to-action so that the user makes a purchase, coax them into staying on the platform, or from deceptive practices where threatening language is used to prevent users from opting in/out of policies (aka “confirmshaming”). Often, design practices can serve to clarify things for the user, but they may also utilize disinformation and serve the underlying economic motive of the platform. What mechanisms can help prevent disinformation from a design point of view? Which design practices should UX designers consider to counter disinformation and develop more transparent, ethical design for users? We encourage all types of papers dealing with the design of disinformation exploring issues of agency, platforms, and design in light of the challenges of user experience. Mini-track 3: Social media and disinformation Contact: Rishikesh Jena, University of Alabama, rjena(a)cba.ua.edu This minitrack seeks papers that elaborate and/or address the underlying causes of disinformation through technological means. Researchers have identified how false information is spread more quickly, deeper, and further due to human nature accepting rumors more quickly over truthful statements (Vosoughi, Roy & Aral 2018). The use of social technologies, which allow for quick dissemination of information further encourages this dynamic by offering strong user engagement but little to no context to users. A balancing act is required in the use of these technologies between mechanisms for disseminating information while allowing us to check the validity of this information. Technological developments (algorithms, big data, artificial intelligence, Internet of Things and smart technologies) hold the promise of combating misinformation. At the same time, artificial intelligence, big data, and algorithms offer little to no access to information that they make inferences about our online actions that are often used to present advertisements or information to us. In this track, we are therefore looking for research on the diverse causes of misinformation/disinformation in social technologies and a variety of ways that these technologies can help us combat it. The above minitracks covers a broad range of research (rhetorical, psychological, behavioral, and technical/artifact-based) on disinformation, the spreading mechanism(s) behind it, its implications on political/social/personal decision making and formation of biases, and ways to prevent disinformation from entering everyday discourse. Interdisciplinary submissions are also encouraged. Further, we invite additional minitracks along the following lines: * Business models of internet companies and their relation to disinformation/misinformation * Political and societal impacts of disinformation/misinformation * Efficacy of measures to counter disinformation/misinformation * Social bots and spreading of propaganda * Characteristics of potential disinformation/misinformation * Policy frameworks to combat disinformation/misinformation * Proactive and reactive disinformation Minitrack chairs will be responsible for: a) promoting their minitrack to generate manuscript submissions to AMCIS 2019. b) soliciting/assigning reviewers for submitted manuscripts to the minitrack. c) providing recommendations to track chairs about each manuscript submitted to the minitrack. To submit a minitrack proposal, you must submit: a) minitrack chairs (names, emails, affiliation) b) minitrack title c) a short description of minitrack for the AMCIS 2019 website (up to 150 words) d) call for papers for your minitrack Important Dates: September 20, 2018: PCS opens for Minitrack submissions October 19, 2018: Minitrack submissions are due October 30, 2018: Minitrack decisions are complete November 5, 2018: Minitrack revisions are due January 7, 2019: Manuscript submissions for AMCIS 2019 begin March 1, 2019: AMCIS manuscript submissions closes for authors at 10:00am PST March 7, 2019: All papers have assigned reviewers April 15, 2019: Track Chairs recommendations are due April 24, 2019: Camera-ready papers are due May 1, 2019: Track session plans are due References Allcott, H., & Gentzkow, M. (2017). Social media and fake news in the 2016 election. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 31(2), 211-36. Bellini, C.G.P. (2018). The ABCs of effectiveness in the digital society. Communications of the ACM, 61(7), 84-91. Choi, D., & Kim, J. (2004). Why people continue to play online games: In search of critical design factors to increase customer loyalty to online contents. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 7(1), 11-24. Chou, Y.J., & Ting, C. C. (2003). The role of flow experience in cyber-game addiction. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 6(6), 663-675. Eppler, M.J., & Mengis, J. (2004). The concept of information overload: A review of literature from organization science, accounting, marketing, MIS, and related disciplines. The Information Society, 20(5), 325-344. Fogg, B.J. (2002). Persuasive technology: Using computers to change what we think and do (interactive technologies). San Francisco, CA: Morgan Kaufmann. Hootsuite. (2018). Global digital snapshot. Retrieved March 23, 2018, from https://wearesocial.com/blog/2018/01/global-digital-report-2018. Lazer, D. M., Baum, M. A., Benkler, Y., Berinsky, A. J., Greenhill, K. M., et al. (2018). The science of fake news. Science, 359(6380), 1094-1096. Lockton, D., Harrison, D., & Stanton, N.A. (2010). Design with intent: 101 patterns for influencing behaviour through design v.1.0, Windsor: Equifine. Marchi, R. (2012). With Facebook, blogs, and fake news, teens reject journalistic “objectivity.” Journal of Communication Inquiry, 36(3), 246-262. Maslow, A. H. (1971). The farther reaches of human nature. London, UK: Arkana/Penguin Books. Roozenbeek, J., & van der Linden, S. (2018). The fake news game: Actively inoculating against the risk of misinformation. Journal of Risk Research, DOI: 10.1080/13669877.2018.1443491 van der Linden, S., Maibach, E., Cook, J., Leiserowitz, A., & Lewandowsky, S. (2017). Inoculating against <http://science.sciencemag.org/content/358/6367/1141.2> misinformation<http://science.sciencemag.org/content/358/6367/1141.2>. Science, 358(6367), 1141-1142. Vosoughi, S., Roy, D., & Aral, S. (2018). The spread of true and false news online. Science, 2359, 1146-1151. Thank you, Vishal Vishal Shah Assistant Professor Department of Business Information Systems Central Michigan University Grawn Hall - 336 Mount Pleasant, MI - 48859 Office: 989-774-4350 Email: shah3v(a)cmich.edu<mailto:shah3v@cmich.edu> _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

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Fwd: [AISWorld] IEEE Record # 45039 CTEMS 2018, KLS Gogte Institute of Technology - CFP
by Gustaf Neumann 08 Oct '18

08 Oct '18

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] IEEE Record # 45039 CTEMS 2018, KLS Gogte Institute of Technology - CFP Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2018 09:22:03 +0530 From: Dr. S K Niranjan Aradhya <dr.niranjan.sk(a)gmail.com> To: AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org *<< Apologies for cross-postings >> <<< Please circulate among your friends, peers and researchers >>>* IEEE Conference Record No.: # 45039 *2018 International Conference on Computational Techniques, Electronics and Mechanical Systems (CTEMS)* *KLS Gogte Institute of Technology* Conference Date : 21-23 December 2018 Submission Deadline: 20 October 2018 Submission Link: http://itekcmsonline.com/ctems/index.php/ctems/ctems/login IEEE ISBN : 978-1-5386-7709-4 IEEE Part No. : CFP18R14-ART Selected, accepted and extended papers will be published in the UGC approved International Journal of Advances in Arts, Sciences and Engineering (IJOOASE) All accepted and presented papers will be submitted to the IEEE for possible publication in IEEE Xplore Digital Library If you like to join the TPC or propose a special session or symposiums please write to: secretariat(a)ctems-conference.org <http://secretariat@icatcct.org> General Chair(s) CTEMS'18 Conference ---------------------- Disclaimer: We have clearly mentioned the subject lines and your email address won't be misleading in any form. We have found your mail address through our own efforts on the web search and not through any illegal way. If you wish to remove your information from our mailing list or no longer receive future announcements, please email with REMOVE in subject. Your request to opt-out will be effective within a reasonable amount of time. ctems-CFP.pdf <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZHlYY48VISZHaEerxuzm7NU6ssKz_0AD/view?usp=…> _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

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Fwd: [AISWorld] CFP "Design Research in Information Systems" at ECIS 2019
by Gustaf Neumann 07 Oct '18

07 Oct '18

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] CFP "Design Research in Information Systems" at ECIS 2019 Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2018 09:35:15 +0000 From: Morana, Stefan (IISM) <stefan.morana(a)kit.edu> To: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org <aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org> CALL FOR PAPERS - ECIS 2019 Track "Design Research in Information Systems" ########################################################################## 27th European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2019) June 8th - 14th 2019 / Stockholm and Uppsala, Sweden (http://ecis2019.eu/) Track "Design Research in Information Systems" http://ecis2019.eu/programme/research-tracks/design-research-in-information… ########################################################################## ## Track Description ## Interacting with information technology (IT) has become a pervasive element in private and business life. In a sharing society with the advanced development of IT, humans need to constantly adjust to the latest technological circumstances and adapt their routines and habits accordingly. Similarly, system designers need to build on a profound theoretical and methodological knowledge base for the design, implementation, and evaluation of novel artefacts in a highly competitive and dynamic market environment. The interdisciplinary area of design research in Information Systems is concerned with informing the design of IT artefacts by establishing and applying comprehensive (design) theories, exploring and testing models with rigorous research, providing validated evaluation methods and design guidelines, as well as designing and evaluating IT artefacts. In information systems, scholars can follow different approaches when engaging in design-oriented research. Firstly, researchers can engage in artefact creation following design science research (DSR). Here, the focus is to identify and understand an important real-world problem and provide a solution for it by building and evaluating artefacts. Researchers thereby can contribute with theory-grounded and artefact-centric design knowledge to the scientific knowledge base. Secondly, researchers can engage in understanding and investigating specific design elements of an information system by conducting empirical research, both qualitatively and quantitatively (e.g., interviews, laboratory experiments, surveys). By doing so, researchers can also contribute valuable design knowledge. The aim of this track is to stimulate research that extends the scientific knowledge base for design research in information systems in general and for the sharing society in particular. We thereby seek research that produces novel design knowledge about IT artefacts for addressing real-world problems (e.g., data-driven design, digital assistants, socially influencing systems), methodological contributions for the design of such systems (e.g., cross-disciplinary research, participatory-design, user experience engineering), as well as research addressing the implications of specific design elements of information systems (e.g. flow, privacy). We welcome a diversity of submissions focusing on designing, developing, and evaluating IT artefacts, adding to the theoretical and methodological knowledge base about design research in information systems and the role of design research in problem domains (Rai, 2017), and exploring tool support for design science research (Morana et al., forthcoming). - Morana, S., vom Brocke, J., Maedche, A., Seidel, S., Adam, M., Bub, U., Fettke, P., Gau, M., Herwix, A., Mullarkey, M. T., Nguyen, H. D., Sjöström, J., Toreini, P., Wessel, L., Winter, R. (in press). Tool Support for Design Science Research - Towards a Software Ecosystem: A Report from a DESRIST 2017 Workshop, Communications of the Association for Information Systems. - Rai, A. (2017). Editor's comment: Diversity of design science research. MIS Quarterly, 41(1), iii-xviii. ## Suggested Topics ## - Action design research - Behavior design, gamification, and persuasive systems - Conversational interfaces, chatbots, and digital assistants - Data-driven design of information systems - Designing human behavior in electronic markets and the sharing society - Design processes, principles of design, and modularity in design in information systems - Design science and cross-disciplinary research - Designing tools for the sharing society - Emerging methods and tools for design science research - Ethics in design science research - Considering emotion, flow, and technostress in information systems design - Evaluation of design science research - Using NeuroIS methods and tools for design science research - Participatory design and human-centered design of information systems - Usability and user experience (UX) engineering - Theorizing in design science research ## Publishing Opportunities in Leading Journals ## High quality and relevant papers from this track will be considered for selection for fast-tracked development towards publication in one of two journals, namely AIS Transaction on Human-Computer Interaction (http://aisel.aisnet.org/thci/) and Internet Research (http://www.emeraldinsight.com/loi/intr). Selected papers will need to expand in content and length in line with the requirements for standard research articles published in the respective journal. Although the track co-chairs are committed to guiding the selected papers towards final publication, further reviews may be needed before final publication decision can be made. Track description online: http://ecis2019.eu/programme/research-tracks/design-research-in-information… _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

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Fwd: [AISWorld] COMPSAC 2019: Call for Workshop Proposals
by Gustaf Neumann 07 Oct '18

07 Oct '18

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] COMPSAC 2019: Call for Workshop Proposals Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2018 19:34:10 +0000 From: Hossain Shahriar <hshahria(a)kennesaw.edu> To: 'aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org' <aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org> COMPSAC 2019: The 43rd Annual IEEE Conference on Computer Software and Applications, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. July 15-19, 2019 https://ieeecompsac.computer.org/2019/<http://www.computer.org/portal/web/COMPSAC/> Please submit your proposal for a new workshop during COMPSAC 2019. -‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐ Workshop Schedule and Important Dates -‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐ Workshop proposal deadline October 1, 2018 DEADLINE EXTENDED October 20, 2018 Workshop proposal acceptance notification October 30. 2018 Workshop paper submission deadline April 15, 2019 Author notification deadline May 1, 2019 Camera-‐ready paper submission deadline May 17, 2019 -‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐ Workshop Proposal Submission -‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐ Workshop themes should be closely related to COMPSAC main conference topics. We also encourage workshops in emerging areas, including, but not limited to the following: * smart grids * big data * social network and crowd sourcing * digital cities and public places * e-‐health and web wellbeing * sustainable computing * mobile computing * cloud computing * green computing * online education * intelligent learning environments A COMPSAC workshop can complement the main COMPSAC conference or provide deeper insight into COMPSAC topics. Workshop proposals should include the following: * workshop title * workshop organizers' names, affiliations, and email addresses * workshop goal, theme, and topics of interest (i.e., workshop scope) * workshop program committee (PC) member names and affiliations * prospective invited speakers (optional) * expected number of workshop sessions * information about previously organized workshops (if any) Please use the proposal template to create your proposal and send it to the COMPSAC 2019 workshop chairs at compsac-2019-ws-chairs(a)ml.nict.go.jp<mailto:compsac-2019-ws-chairs@ml.nict.go.jp> no later than October 20, 2018. -‐‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐ Workshop Paper Reviewing Process and Event Promotion -‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐ Every submitted workshop paper is reviewed by three reviewers from the workshop's PC that are assigned by the workshop organizers. Organizers of the accepted workshops are responsible for promoting and advertising their workshops on mailing lists and personal professional networks with proper reference to COMPSAC 2019. -‐‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐ Workshop Organizers’ Responsibility -‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐ Workshop organizers should organize their workshops under the direction of the COMPSAC workshop chairs. The responsibilities of the workshop organizers include (i) distributing a Call For Papers on appropriate mailing lists and to relevant research groups, (ii) updating the workshop’s webpage when needed (with the help of the COMPSAC webmaster), (iii) configuring the workshop’s paper submission system (with the help of the COMPSAC General Chair and team), and most importantly (iv) ensuring that the accepted papers are of high quality while striving for an acceptance ratio of less than 70%. -‐-‐‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐ Workshop Paper Handling -‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐ COMPSAC 2019 uses a web-‐based paper review system. Workshops must use the same system for paper review. COMPSAC workshop chairs are responsible for configuring the dedicated workshop review system and adding the workshop organizers and PC members to the workshop’s review system. Workshop papers must be processed as follows: 1. Workshop organizers have to maintain list of PC members and templates on the review system before submission is open. 2. Workshop authors submit papers to the corresponding workshop. Workshop papers are limited up to 6 pages (without additional charge). Extra up to 2 pages can be added (with additional charge). 3. Workshop organizers provide COMPSAC workshop chairs with a list of submitted papers (i.e., paper title, author name[s], and author email address [es]). 4. Workshop organizers start the paper reviewing process by assigning papers to PC members. (At least three reviewers should be assigned to each submitted paper.) Each reviewer reports evaluation with detailed comments. 5. Workshop organizers provide a list of accepted and rejected papers (i.e., paper title, author name[s], author email address[es], and a short justification of why the paper has been accepted/rejected) to the COMPSAC workshop chairs. 6. Some main symposia papers, rejected for the main symposia yet refereed as enough quality and worth discussing on the workshop, will be accepted as workshop papers (main-symposium-to-workshop papers). The main-symposium-to-workshop papers are “forwarded” to the relevant workshop. Workshop organizers have to accept all of these forwarded papers (except the case when the author of the paper declines to be accepted as a workshop paper). 7. Authors are notified of accept/reject decisions and IEEE Computer Society Press sends an Author's Kit to the authors of accepted papers. 8. Workshop authors make author registration and send their camera-‐ready papers to the IEEE Computer Society according to an instruction in the Author's Kit. 9. The IEEE Computer Society publishes the papers as conference proceedings. 10. Workshop organizers send a workshop program (i.e., timetable, session names, session chairs, paper titles, and name[s] of author[s]) to the COMPSAC workshop chairs. Such information will be included in the final COMPSAC Program. Workshop organizers also send a Message from Workshop organizers to the COMPSAC workshop chairs. 11. Each accepted paper is allocated a time slot to present during the workshop sessions. Registering for and presenting the paper in the workshop is obligatory for inclusion in the workshop proceedings. Presented papers will be included in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. Workshop organizers have to report to the COMPSAC workshop chairs whether all papers in the workshop sessions have been presented or not. -‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐ COMPSAC 2019 Workshops Chairs * Yuuichi Teranishi, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan * Ji-Jiang Yang, Tsinghua University, China * Hong Va Leong, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Contact: compsac-2019-ws-chairs(a)ml.nict.go.jp<mailto:compsac-2019-ws-chairs@ml.nict.go.jp> --------------------------------------------------- Hossain Shahriar, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Information Technology Kennesaw State University Marietta, GA 30060, USA Phone: 470-578-3866 _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

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Fwd: [AISWorld] Call for papers: Special Issue: Information Systems Journal
by Gustaf Neumann 05 Oct '18

05 Oct '18

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] Call for papers: Special Issue: Information Systems Journal Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 10:45:26 +0000 From: Boyka Simeonova <B.Simeonova(a)lboro.ac.uk> To: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org <aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org> Special Issue: Information Systems Journal Power dynamics in organisations and the role of information systems While power is described as an integral part of organisations, it is also stressed that power dynamics are under-theorised (Blackler, 2011; Contu and Willmott, 2003; Jasperson et al., 2002; Marabelli and Galliers, 2017). The aim of this special issue is to unpack power dynamics in organisations and explore the role of information systems in these dynamics. An ambiguous concept, there is a plethora of views on what constitutes power (Jasperson et al., 2002). The following provides a summary. Power has been explained variously as legitimate, expert and referent (French and Raven, 1959); functionalist, interpretive and radical (Bradshaw-Camball and Murray, 1991); episodic and systemic (Kärreman, 2010; Lawrence et al., 2012). Legitimate power relates to power stemming from organisational hierarchies, where people occupying higher levels have the 'legitimate' right to influence the behaviours of others. Expert power stems from the expertise and knowledge people possess, while referent power is related to the access to resources (French and Raven, 1959). Within the functionalist perspective, Bradshaw-Camball and Murray (1991) differentiate between the pluralist view, which "focuses on overt stakeholder behaviours such as coalition formation and bargaining" and the rationalist view, which "focuses on the legitimate authority of top management and the intended rationality of its decision making activities" (Bradshaw- Camball and Murray, 1991, p. 381). The interpretivist view of power sees it as being exercised by controlling others without them being aware of the control mechanisms being used to achieve goals. From the radical perspective, power is found in social relationships and it is embedded in a structure of rules (Bradshaw-Camball and Murray, 1991). From an episodic/'power over' perspective, power is seen as a restraining force and is linked, for example, to control, coercion, influencing others and authority (Clegg et al., 2006; Kärreman, 2010; Lawrence et al., 2012). From a systemic perspective power, can be seen as a productive force with systemic 'power to' being embedded in social relations (Clegg et al., 2006; Kärreman, 2010; Lawrence et al., 2012). Power issues and dynamics are often conceptualised as tensions, paradoxes and conflicts (e.g., Smith et al., 2017), and are analytically manifested in the form of, inter alia, status effects, majority issues, conformance pressure, deviance and non-conformity, gender, and generational differences that can have a negative impact in organisations (e.g., Bunderson and Reagans, 2011; Heizmann, 2011; Raman and Bharadwaj, 2012). Examples of power dynamics in organisations are evident in the following contexts and activities: * - Organisational change; * - Strategising; * - Knowledge management; * - Coordination, learning and collective action; * - Inter- and intra-organisational work and across organisational hierarchies; * - Organisational structure, rules, social networks; * - Communities of practice; * - Leadership, interpersonal power; * - Technology use and technology implementation; * - Roles, social relationships, empowerment. Notwithstanding this extensive research on power and power dynamics in organisations, and the seminal work of Markus (1983) for example, research on the role of IS in this regard is still limited. This is surprising given the increasing role of digital technology in organisations and the consequent research undertaken on the use of social computing and collaborative tools to transform organisations (e.g., Baptista et al., 2017; Forsgren and Byström, 2018). While some research on power issues in the IS field has considered, for example, the role and use of boundary objects, communication and collaboration (Sapsed and Salter, 2004), knowledge sharing (Simeonova, 2017), how technology impacts organisational power relations (Allen et al., 2013; Jasperson et al., 2002) and workarounds (Malaurent and Avison, 2016), few other studies have been undertaken. In light of this, scholars have argued for further research on power dynamics in organisations specifically in relation to the role that IS might play (Koch et al., 2013). Moreover, it has been stressed that the predominant orientation taken on power within the IS, Management and Organisation Studies literature remains the episodic/'power over' perspective (Hislop, 2013). In order to rebalance and advance research on power dynamics in organisations and IS, this special issue encourages submissions exploring different forms and manifestations of power. We make this call in the belief that such research is particularly pertinent and timely in light of the emergence and growth of digital innovation, online communities; work transformations, and new ways of organising. Objectives and Criteria for Submissions for the Special Issue Thus, the objective of this Special Issue is to examine issues around IS and power by drawing on extant research in the fields of IS, Management and Organisation Studies. We seek relevant and rigorous submissions that address a combination of the following in the context of power dynamics as outlined above: · Effects of IS on transformations of power dynamics in organisations; · Power dynamics in organisations. Effects of different forms of power (episodic/power over and systemic/power to) as well as status effects, majority issues, conformance pressure, deviance and non-conformity, gender, and generational differences; * Dimensions (different levels of analysis, multiple perspectives) - individual, organisational, social, technological; * Novel theoretical and methodological approaches; * The role of technology in reinforcing power structures or emancipating actors; * Consequences for the field of IS, and reflections on its trans-disciplinarity. Submissions should broadly address or relate to the aforementioned aspects in their contribution to theory and practice. Ideally, submissions will provide new understandings of IS in work and social settings and the transformations taking place. Submissions will be evaluated using rigorous criteria associated with high quality academic research. Authors are encouraged to submit an extended abstract for early feedback. The extended abstract should not exceed 5 pages, including a cover page (containing title, keywords, and author details), an explanation of the rationale for the study/paper, an overview of the research and analysis undertaken, details of expected contributions, consideration of fit with the special issue, and a list of illustrative references. The extended abstracts and the full papers should meet the ISJ formatting guidelines and be submitted using the online submission system. Indicative Timetable 1st December 2018: Deadline for full papers February 2019: Reviews returned August 2019: Revised papers submitted November 2019: Second reviews returned March 2020: Final papers submitted Special Issue Guest Senior Editors Dr Boyka Simeonova, Loughborough University, UK Prof. Bob Galliers, Bentley University, USA and Loughborough University, UK Dr Stan Karanasios, RMIT University, Australia Special Issue Guest Associate Editors Dr Alessia Contu, UMass Boston, USA Prof. Jason Dedrick, Syracuse University, USA Prof. Niall Hayes, University of Lancaster, UK Prof. Ola Henfridsson, Warwick Business School, UK Prof. Donald Hislop, Loughborough University, UK Dr Marco Marabelli, Bentley University, USA Dr Stella Pachidi, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, UK Dr Arisa Shollo, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark Bibliography Allen, D. K., Brown, A., Karanasios, S., & Norman, A. (2013). How should technology- mediated organizational change be explained? A comparison of the contributions of critical realism and activity theory. MIS Quarterly, 37, 835-854. Baptista, J., Wilson, A. D., Galliers, R. D., & Bynghall, S. (2017). Social media and the emergence of reflexiveness as a new capability for open strategy. Long Range Planning, 50, 322-336. Blackler, F. (2011). Power, politics, and intervention theory: Lessons from organization studies. Theory & Psychology, 21, 724-734. Bradshaw-Camball, P. & Murray, V. V. (1991). Illusions and other games: A trifocal view of organizational politics. Organization Science, 2, 379-398. Bunderson, J. S. & Reagans, R. E. (2011). Power, status, and learning in organizations. Organization Science, 22, 1182-1194. Clegg, S., Courpasson, D. and Phillips, N. (2006). Power and Organizations. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Contu, A. & Willmott, H. (2003). Re-embedding situatedness: The importance of power relations in learning theory. Organization Science, 14, 283-296. Forsgren, E. and K. Byström (2018). Multiple social media in the workplace: Contradictions and congruencies. Information Systems Journal, doi:10.1111/isj.12156. French, J. R. & Raven, B. (1959). The Bases of Social Power. In: Shafritz, J. M., Ott, J. S., & Jang, Y. S. (eds). Classics of Organization Theory, Cengage Learning. Heizmann, H. (2011). Knowledge sharing in a dispersed network of HR practice: Zooming in on power/knowledge struggles. Management Learning, 42, 379-393. Hislop, D. (2013). Knowledge Management in Organizations: A critical introduction, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Jasperson, J. S., Carte, T. A., Saunders, C. S., Butler, B. S., Croes, H. J. & Zheng, W. (2002). Review: Power and information technology research: A metatriangulation review. MIS Quarterly, 26, 397-459. Kärreman, D. (2010). The Power of Knowledge: Learning from 'Learning by Knowledge- Intensive Firm'. Journal of Management Studies, 47, 1405-1416. Koch, H., Leidner, D. E. & Gonzalez, E. S. (2013). Digitally enabling social networks: Resolving IT-culture conflict. Information Systems Journal, 23, 501-523. Lawrence, T. B., Malhotra, N. & Morris, T. (2012). Episodic and systemic power in the transformation of professional service firms. Journal of Management Studies, 49, 102-143. Malaurent, J. & Avison, D. (2016). Reconciling global and local needs: A canonical action research project to deal with workarounds. Information Systems Journal, 26, 227-257. Marabelli, M. & Galliers, R. D. (2017). A reflection on information systems strategizing: The role of power and everyday practices. Information Systems Journal, 27, 347-366. Markus, M. L. (1983). Power, politics, and MIS implementation. Communications of the ACM, 26, 430-444. Raman, R. & Bharadwaj, A. (2012), Power differentials and performative deviation paths in practice transfer: The case of evidence-based medicine, Organization Science, 23, 1593- 1621. Sapsed, J. & Salter, A. (2004). Postcards from the edge: local communities, global programs and boundary objects. Organization Studies, 25, 1515-1534. Simeonova, B. (2018). Transactive memory systems and Web 2.0 in knowledge sharing: A conceptual model based on activity theory and critical realism. Information Systems Journal, 28, 592-611. Smith, W. K., Erez, M., Jarvenpaa, S., Lewis, M. W. & Tracey, P. (2017). Adding Complexity to Theories of Paradox, Tensions, and Dualities of Innovation and Change: Introduction to Organization Studies Special Issue on Paradox, Tensions, and Dualities of Innovation and Change. Organization Studies, 38, 303-317. _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

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Fwd: [AISWorld] CFP: Special issue of Information Systems Frontiers on "Being (more) Human in a Digitized World"
by Gustaf Neumann 05 Oct '18

05 Oct '18

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] CFP: Special issue of Information Systems Frontiers on "Being (more) Human in a Digitized World" Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 23:00:28 +0530 From: Saji K Mathew <sajiplusjolly(a)gmail.com> To: AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org CC: mahesh(a)aisnet.org Announcing a special issue of *Information Systems Frontiers* <https://www.springer.com/business+%26+management/business+information+syste…> on BEING (MORE) HUMAN IN A DIGITIZED WORLD Everyday living in the digitized world is undergoing rapid change. In recent times the spread of mobile phones has greatly expanded access to basic telephony and internet based services. This has provided plenty of opportunities to individuals, families, corporations and governments to communicate and collaborate while on the move. The positive impact of technology such as ICT and digital platforms, in improving livelihood and reducing exploitation in certain areas of human life is addressed well in the information systems literature. For example, the impact of digital platforms in developing countries like mPesa in Kenya, eKutir in India, mFish in Indonesia, have been highlighted in recent academic research. Here, digital technologies play a critical role in bringing about financial inclusion, access to markets, access to healthcare and the empowerment of women and the marginalized in certain cultures and geographical regions. While digitization has opened up such opportunities for uplifting human values, there has also been concerns about how living in the digital era results in invasion of rights to privacy, building of the surveillance nation (panopticon), shift of power to the digitally advantaged, creation of the digitally left-behind, ability to intrude into politics and democratic processes of countries and proliferation of rumours during extreme events. Many contemporary debates in information systems and technology are centred around ethical and social implications arising from the use of information technology devices, applications and platforms. The shifting discourse in the information systems literature demands greater attention to the reframing of human values (values that make human beings human and will make them more distinctly human), given the changing nature of the social fabric. The dualities and paradoxes that technology’s pervasiveness gives rise to, such as inclusion and exclusion; empowerment and dependence are yet unresolved and are likely to remain so. This special issue aims to encourage both academic scholars and practitioners to share their research on the theme of social implications of information systems in an increasingly digitized world. We welcome research papers which could potentially contribute to the body of knowledge related to this theme especially in contexts such as politics, government, education, industry and not for profit organizations. We are interested in exploring the theme through the following topics, although this is not a restrictive list: => Social Implications of Information Systems => Digitally enabled Social Innovations => Digital Social In/Ex-clusion => Social Shaping of Technology => Politics in(of) a Digital Society => Social Affordances of Technology Platforms => Work Fragmentation and Digital Bricolage => Social Consequences of Telework => Consumption of the Digital => Human-Computer Interaction => Ungendering Technology Education and Use => Designing Technology that is more Human(e) => Technology for the non-user: the elderly, the marginalized and the differently abled => Information Technology for the Informal Sector Author guidelines for submission of papers to ISF can be accessed at “Instructions for Authors” section of the journal website <https://www.springer.com/business+%26+management/business+information+syste…>. Manuscripts must be submitted online at http://www.editorialmanager.com/isfi/ Please select “Special Issue: Being (more) human in a digitized world”. *Timelines:* Submission deadline: March 1, 2019 Notification of first round reviews: June 1, 2019 Revised Manuscripts due: August 1, 2019 Notification of second round reviews: September 1, 2019 Final Version Due: October 1, 2019 *Guest Editors:* Priya Seetharaman, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, priyas(a)iimcal.ac.in Saji K Mathew, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, saji(a)iitm.ac.in Maung K. Sein, University of Agder, maung.k.sein(a)uia.no T. Ravindra Babu, Flipkart, ravindrababu.t(a)gmail.com Link to the CFP for the Special Issue is also available on the ISF Journal Website <https://static.springer.com/sgw/documents/1643843/application/pdf/attachmen…> . Best regards, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Saji K Mathew, PhD Professor Department of Management Studies INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS Chennai, TN 600 036, INDIA Email: saji(a)iitm.ac.in <saji(a)iitm.ac.in> Homepage: http://www.doms.iitm.ac.in/index.php/skm Phone: +91 44 2257 4573 (O) +91 44 2257 6573 (R) Fax: +91 44 22574552 (DoMS) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

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Fwd: [AISWorld] The Inaugural Case Workshop on Digital Innovation
by Gustaf Neumann 05 Oct '18

05 Oct '18

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] The Inaugural Case Workshop on Digital Innovation Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 14:49:31 -0400 From: Youngjin Yoo <yxy23(a)case.edu> To: AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org The Inaugural Case Workshop on Digital Innovation <https://weatherhead.case.edu/events/digital-innovation/> Cleveland, OH, October 18 - 20, 2018 The Inaugural Case Workshop on Digital Innovation will be held at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH on October 18-20, 2018. Digital innovation is inherently an interdisciplinary topic and calls for ideas and insights from a wide range of fields and disciplines including business, engineering, economics, communication, sociology, design and life sciences. Such a broadened perspective has become imperative as we seek to advance our understanding of the implications of digital innovation for customers and markets, organizations, industries as well as for the broader economy and society. The Inaugural Case Workshop is aimed at formulating a state-of-the-field understanding of digital innovation that is informed by diverse disciplinary perspectives and advancing a joint research agenda. The 3-day Workshop will bring together around 30 digital innovation scholars from different fields and areas including management/strategy, information systems, entrepreneurship, marketing, economics, design, data analytics, engineering, robotics, and life sciences. An edited collection of the papers presented at the Workshop will be published in the form of a Handbook of Digital Innovation (Edward Elgar) in 2019. Please visit the Workshop website for additional details including the schedule and the list of participants - https://weatherhead.case.edu/events/digital-innovation/ <https://weatherhead.case.edu/events/digital-innovation/>. Youngjin Yoo (@youngjinyoo) Elizabeth M. and William C. Treuhaft Professor in Entrepreneurship Professor of Information Systems Department of Design & Innovation The Weatherhead School of Management Case Western Reserve University WBS Distinguished Professor for Research Environment Warwick Business School, UK m. 1.215.307.0001 | o. 1.216.368.2471 | youngjin(a)case.edu http://youngjinyoo.com | http://playbigdata.org | http://www.orgDNA.net _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

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Fwd: [AISWorld] Call for Papers for Journal of Enterprise Information Management: Special Issue on - The Shift to a Circular Economy: Separating Hype from Reality
by Gustaf Neumann 05 Oct '18

05 Oct '18

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] Call for Papers for Journal of Enterprise Information Management: Special Issue on - The Shift to a Circular Economy: Separating Hype from Reality Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 13:03:46 +0000 From: Sankar Sivarajah <U.Sivarajah(a)bradford.ac.uk> To: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org <aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org> Dear Colleagues, Journal of Enterprise Information Management (CABS 2* with impact factor of 2.5) is currently inviting submissions for consideration to a special issue on: The Shift to a Circular Economy: Separating Hype from Reality Link to call for papers: http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/products/journals/call_for_papers.htm… Paper submissions deadline: January 2019 Special Issue Guest Editors: * Dr Uthayasankar Sivarajah, School of Management, University of Bradford, UK * Dr Zahid Hussain, School of Management, University of Bradford, UK * Dr Manoj Dora, Brunel Business School, Brunel University London, UK Call for paper description: Do we have a dawn of a new business paradigm? It has been increasingly emphasised that our current linear economic system modelled around a "take-make-dispose" approach is unsustainable. Although the linear economic model has led to significant economic growth since the industrial revolution for over two centuries, as many researchers have pointed out (McDonough and Braungart, 2009; Stahel, 2010; Webster, 2013), this growth was pursued on the assumption of indefinite resources and non-renewable and polluting sources of energy; on the other hand, on the oblivious production of large quantities of waste. Evidence shows that anthropogenic activities are decreasing the capacity of ecosystems to deal with dramatic disruption and change (Malone et al., 2015). The conventional modus operandi and the related management tools that have supported business development thus far seem to be not effective anymore (Reeves and Deimler, 2011; Ries, 2017) as the assumptions underpinning the common busi ness beliefs about running organisations are deeply flawed (McGrath, 2013). Value creation within a supply chain can provide the impetus for organisations to adopt a Circular Economy model (CE), for competitive reasons. Potentially, adopting CE, companies could capture value from using resources that are under pressure and are driven by prices, political and environmental factors. Circular Economy has emerged as a viable solution and an alternative paradigm to the de facto linear approach where waste is drawn out from the system, resource use is optimised, materials flow at their highest economic value, only renewable energy is used and natural resources are constantly replenished (EMF, 2012). A circular economy instead is believed to be regenerative and restorative by design where inputs and materials are kept in economic cycles for longer at their highest value (via closed loops) and waste is designed out. Waste is actually considered as "input" for further cycles. Therefore, such an alternative economic model is sustainable in the sense that allows decoupling economic growth from resource use (EMF, 2012, 2013, 2014). A CE is an economy that thrives with diversity since it embraces a system view of our economy and by looking at nature, considers diverse systems as resilient and adaptive (EMF, 2012). CE is fast becoming an important agenda for technological, organizational and social innovation as it offers many opportunities, and will enable the world's societies and economies to become more sustainable (Ghisellini et al., 2016; Bocken et al., 2016). With CE firmly at the peak of the hype curve, all stakeholders (public, policymakers, organisations, NGOs) must be collectively conscious that the concept delivers tangible benefits rather than empty claim of promises. Hence there are some central questions to be explored when it comes to moving towards CE: * How can companies begin to make this shift towards circular economy? What did they have to do to get started and what kinds of results are they seeing? * What are the environmental implications of circular production systems in terms of energy use, pollution, resource efficiency and waste recovered when compared to a traditional linear production paradigm? * What are the potential market dynamics, policy and societal implications that could arise by the implementation of circular production systems? * Do new technologies help or harm circular pathway for the organisations? * What are the implications of user/consumer behaviour in moving towards a circular economy? * Is the Circular Economy compatible with a context of free-market neo-liberalism? What role should be played by central, regional and local governments to favour the large-scale application of such a paradigm in the current European context? A shift toward CE implies the engagement of the whole economic system, including all stakeholders. Specifically, businesses should generate new ideas and integrate them coherently with processes, methods, tools and solutions through a system vision. There is limited scholarly research investigating business that contributes to the implementation of CE principles at a system level per se such as Waste to Energy (WTE). WTE supply chain could be one viable circular model to solve the energy demand (Pan et al., 2015). CE business models are argued to be essential to generate energy in urban environments too (Pan et al., 2015). Due to increase in urbanisation worldwide, there is a substantial increase in energy and material consumption as well as anthropogenic waste generation. Organisations should integrate different technologies as it acts as advantage in boosting CE and improving resource use efficiency (McDonough et al., 2016). Issues such as waste to landfill, plastic waste, non-rene wable energy, food production and chemical fertilisers need to be overcome (Tiwary et al., 2015). There is also a potential need to develop new CE based standard or indeed use and adapt the existing one such as International Organization for Standardization standard ISO14000/1. CE is a way forward for organisations and businesses need to play a very proactive role in it as key stakeholders (Zamfir et al., 2017). In moving towards Circular Economy, there is a need to innovate as well as thinking about the process and strategy at all levels (Sarkis and Zhu, 2017), and furthermore to educate all stakeholders to engage at grass root levels. CE has the ability to generate a myriad of opportunities for the betterment of our society, in spite of this, challenges and unfounded assumptions remain. As such, this special issue welcomes conceptual or empirical in-depth research studies to help separate hype from reality surrounding the concept of circular economy by drawing on any suitable approach (quantitative, qualitative or mixed, cross-industry comparison, structured literature review papers that are quantitative in nature). Some of the indicative topics include but are not limited to the following: * Circular value chain Analysis * Collabration and formation of new stakeholder networks and partnerships * Customers as users and end-of-life care * Feasibility study on household plastic waste behaviour change * Incentivising consumtion and user behavioural change for a circular economy * International Organisational Standards for CE and their adaption * Mangerial andy policy implications for a circular econmy * New business models that advance practices of circular economy * Oppurtunities, Barriers and Risks of circular economy * Pressures on scarce resources (e.g. oil, copper, lithium, etc.) as crucial commodities for production and consumption * Public awareness and educating the population to engage with circular economy at grass root levels * Role of innovation for a movement towards circularity * Role of technology in enabling a circular economy approach * Servitization, remanufacturing and closed-loop recycling practices for a circular economy * Socio-economic and environmental implications of circular economy * The circular economy and systemic transformations of consumption * The circular economy as paradigm shift * Waste to Energy (WTE) and Food waste Submission format and timelines: Papers submitted to the special issue will be subject to the Journal of Enterprise Information Management (JEIM) review process and submission guidelines. More information and instructions are available at: http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/products/journals/author_guidelines.h… Paper submissions deadline: January 2019 Complete first round of review: April 2019 Selected authors submit revision: July 2019 Complete second round of review (with accept/reject decision): October 2019 Special Issue ready for submission to JEIM: early January 2020 Many thanks, Sankar Dr Uthayasankar Sivarajah BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD, FHEA, MCILT Reader, Technology Management and Circular Economy Head of Logistics, Supply Chain and Technology (LogiST) Research Center Faculty of Management, Law and Social Sciences Emm Lane, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD9 4JL (UK) Tel: +44 (0)1274 234496 Tweet: @sankarsivarajah Web: https://www.brad.ac.uk/management/ _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

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Fwd: [AISWorld] Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Positions at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
by Gustaf Neumann 05 Oct '18

05 Oct '18

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Positions at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 15:48:25 +0000 From: Sankaranarayanan, Balaji <sankarab(a)uww.edu> To: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org <aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org> *Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Positions at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Department of Information Technology and Supply Chain Management The Department of Information Technology and Supply Chain Management at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater anticipates two full-time tenure-track Assistant Professor level openings beginning August 21, 2019. The hired candidates will teach graduate and undergraduate courses in the information technology and business analytics domains. Successful candidates must demonstrate a commitment to teaching, clear evidence of scholarly potential, commitment to working with diverse populations and serving as an active member of the university community. Complete applications include submission of: * Cover letter/letter of interest * Statement of teaching philosophy * Curriculum Vita * Names and contact information for three professional references (letters of recommendation may be solicited at a later time), and * Copies of unofficial graduate transcripts (official transcripts will be required if offered the position). Email letters of recommendation to Dr. Balaji Sankaranarayanan at itscm(a)uww.edu<mailto:itscm@uww.edu>. Complete applications received by October 20, 2018 are ensured full consideration. Applications received after that date may be given consideration at the discretion of the search committee. See full announcement and apply at http://www.uww.edu/employment/academic-staff-instructional/posting?listing=… . UW-Whitewater is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. DEPARTMENT INFORMATION: The Department of Information Technology and Supply Chain Management (http://www.uww.edu/cobe/itscm) is one of the seven departments in the College of Business and Economics (http://www.uww.edu/cobe). There are 19 full-time faculty and staff members supporting nearly 400 undergraduate majors and 100 undergraduate minors with emphases in business analysis, data analytics, networking and security, and project management. The College of Business and Economics at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater is the largest business school in the state of Wisconsin. The College enrolls over 4,700 business undergraduate students with over 30 majors/emphases in the 2017-18 academic year. Graduate programs offered include Masters of Business Administration (with 11 unique emphases), Masters of Professional Accountancy, Masters of Science in Finance, Masters in Environmental Safety and Health, and Doctorate of Business Administration. CAMPUS INFORMATION: UW-Whitewater (http://www.uww.edu) is the largest regional comprehensive university within the UW System and enjoys a reputation as a high quality residential campus located near the scenic Kettle Moraine State Forest in southeastern Wisconsin. UW-Whitewater is situated on 400 acres of land and has an annual budget of more than $219 million. UW-Whitewater is located in the community of Whitewater, which has 14,622 residents and is within convenient driving distance to the metropolitan areas of Madison, Milwaukee and Chicago. The university enrolls more than 12,000 students in more than 50 majors housed within four academic colleges. UW-Whitewater also offers 16 master's degrees and a Doctorate in Business Administration. The university's strategic plan can be found at: www.uww.edu/strategic-plan<http://www.uww.edu/strategic-plan>. It has a special mission within the UW System to serve students with disabilities and, as such, embraces the principles of universal design and is one of t he most accessible campuses in the state. UW-Whitewater is a Division III NCAA university and member of WIAC (http://wiacsports.com). The campus has over 200 student organizations and is a vital economic engine for southeastern Wisconsin. UW-Whitewater is committed to seeking and sustaining a culturally and ethnically diverse campus environment, building a diverse faculty and staff with expertise and interest in serving students with diverse needs, backgrounds, ethnicities, abilities and other distinct characteristics in respectful, sensitive and understanding ways. The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and actively seeks and encourages applications from women, people of color, persons with disabilities, and veterans. _______________________________________________ AISWorld mailing list AISWorld(a)lists.aisnet.org

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Fwd: [WI] Algorithms Open Access Journal, Special Issue on "Humanistic Data Mining: Tools and Applications" - deadline extended!
by Gustaf Neumann 05 Oct '18

05 Oct '18

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [WI] Algorithms Open Access Journal, Special Issue on "Humanistic Data Mining: Tools and Applications" - deadline extended! Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2018 09:53:40 +0300 From: smap-publicity(a)image.ntua.gr Reply-To: smap-publicity(a)image.ntua.gr [This is an automated e-mail. Apologies for cross-postings. Please forward this e-mail to anyone interested.] --------------------------- Call for Papers --------------------------- Algorithms Special Issue on "Humanistic Data Mining: Tools and Applications" http://www.mdpi.com/journal/algorithms/special_issues/Humanistic_Data_Minin… **Submission Deadline: October 31, 2018 (extended)** ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Digital data mining could be described as one of the most important, computationally intensive and challenging tasks of our era. As this observation applies both to the research community, which is faced with enormous challenges derived from (big-)data management as well as new emerging disciplines like, for instance, precision agriculture, and the applied world, in terms, for instance, of social data handling and related social apps, it is becoming evident that new approaches have to be followed and new tools and applications have to invented in order to efficiently handle the vast amounts of information. The aim of the “Mining Humanistic Data Workshop”, and by association of the proposed Special Issue, is formed around two main pillars. The first pillar focuses on the primitive information and knowledge analysis, as well as the extraction of the inherited knowledge. The task here is to achieve a better understanding of human activities associated to the respective computational tasks. The second pillar aims to exploit the extracted knowledge by incorporating it into smart tools and applications; the latter will ultimately make the life of involved users easier with respect to their everyday life. This Special Issue aims to bring together interdisciplinary approaches that focus on the application of innovative as well as existing humanistic data mining and knowledge discovery and management methodologies. Since humanistic data typically are dominated by semantic heterogeneity and are quite dynamic in nature, computer science researchers are obliged and encouraged to develop new suitable algorithms, tools and applications to efficiently tackle them, whereas existing ones need to be adapted to the individual special characteristics using traditional methodologies, such as decision rules, decision trees, association rules, ontologies and alignments, clustering, filtering, learning, classifier systems, neural networks, support vector machines, preprocessing, post processing, feature selection and visualization techniques. The Special Issue is devoted to the exploitation of the multiple facets of the above research fields and will explore the current related state-of-the-a! rt. Its topics of interest cover the scope of the MHDW workshop series (https://conferences.cwa.gr/mhdw2018/). Extended versions of papers presented at MHDW 2018 are sought, but this Call for Papers is also fully open to all who want to contribute by submitting a relevant research manuscript. -------------- Aim and topics -------------- Scientific areas of interest include, but are not limited to the following: - humanistic sciences - data mining - knowledge discovery - knowledge representation and management - artificial intelligence - information retrieval - context - social data analytics ----------------- Papers submission ----------------- Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website. Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Algorithms is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI. Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 850 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions. All submissions and inquiries regarding the special issue should be directed to the attention of the Guest Editors: - Prof. Dr. Phivos Mylonas, e-mail: fmylonas(a)ionio.gr - Prof. Dr. Katia Lida Kermanidis, e-mail: kerman(a)ionio.gr - Prof. Dr. Christos Makris, e-mail: makri(a)ceid.upatras.gr - Prof. Dr. Spyros Sioutas, e-mail: sioutas(a)ionio.gr - Prof. Dr. Vasileios Megalooikonomou, e-mail: vasilis(a)ceid.upatras.gr --------------------------------- Prospective schedule of deadlines --------------------------------- Paper submission deadline: October 31, 2018 (extended!) Notification of the first review: November 30, 2018 Final manuscript due: December 2018 Expected publication: January 2019

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