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Subject: [AISWorld] Social Information Systems and Platforms: Designing
Complexity Minitrack HICSS 55
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2021 18:09:09 +0000
From: Rainer Schmidt <Rainer.Schmidt(a)live.com>
To: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org <aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org>
Call for Papers Social Information Systems and Platforms: Designing
Complexity Minitrack HICSS 55
https://hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-55/digital-and-social-media/#social-informa…
Papers from HICSS 54
https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/72172
Social information systems combine social media technologies and
principles of open collaboration. They comprise a large variety of
software including social networking platforms, online/content
communities, collaborative project management tools collaborative
technologies, blogs, wikis, and sites for crowdsourcing being among the
well-known. They can be defined as information systems that support
emergent interactions such as weak ties, social production,
egalitarianism, and mutual service provisioning.
The objective of this minitrack is to promote the scientific exchange on
social information systems and platforms regarding the economic,
organizational, and technological challenges. Possible themes are, but
are not limited to:
• How can organizations leverage social information systems and
platforms to create business value (e.g., in productivity or cost
efficiencies)?
• How may emergent interactions be assessed and measured
(quantitatively, qualitatively)?
• How are social information systems and platforms designed and what are
suitable methodologies in particular for strategic alignment?
• How can network effects be fostered on social information systems and
platforms?
• What approaches exist to cope with the complexity of social
information systems and platforms?
• Which actions could be used to foster emergent interactions if a
certain dimension of the business value should be strengthened?
• How may social information systems improve business processes and
workflows beyond increasing business value (e.g. by including meaning
and engagement for users or stakeholders)?
• How can actors be motivated to participate in social information
systems and platforms?
• How does the use of a specific social information system influence the
organization and its strategy?
• Is it possible to contain and prevent potential negative developments
via organizational learning?
• Which types of emerging interactions are used in which applications?
• Which (new) business models are enabled by social information systems
and how is this accomplished?
• How are social information systems used to create platforms and exchanges?
• What is the relationship between social networking and transaction
platforms?
• How does the context (technological, organizational, political,
cultural, situational…) of social information systems influence them?
• Which social impacts are created by social information systems and
which societal influences impact information systems?
• How are information systems helpful and/or harmful in societal crisis
(pandemics etc.)?
Selected papers will be invited for a fast-track in Electronic Markets –
The International Journal on Networked Business.
Important Dates
April 15 Paper submission system reopened for HICSS-55
June 15 Papers due
August 17 Notification of Acceptance/Rejection
September 22 Deadline for Authors to Submit Final Manuscript for Publication
October 1 Deadline for at least one author of each paper to register for
HICSS-55
Author Instructions
https://hicss.hawaii.edu/authors/
Minitrack Co-Chairs:
Rainer Schmidt (Primary Contact)
Munich University of Applied Sciences
Rainer.Schmidt(a)hm.edu
Rainer Alt
Leipzig University
rainer.alt(a)xn--unileipzig-st6e.de
Selmin Nurcan
University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne
nurcan(a)xn--univparis1-tt6e.fr
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Subject: [AISWorld] [IEEE ICHMS 2021] Call for Special Tracks: 2nd IEEE
Intl. Conf. on Human-Machine Systems
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2021 21:15:46 +0100
From: Andreas Nuernberger <andreas.nuernberger(a)ovgu.de>
To: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org
* Call for Special Tracks *
2nd IEEE International Conference on Human-Machine Systems (ICHMS 2021)
Magdeburg, Germany, 8-10 September 2021
Conference Theme: Human Centered Systems for our Digital World
https://www.ichms2021.de
The 2021 IEEE International Conference on Human-Machine Systems (ICHMS)
will be held in Magdeburg, Germany. ICHMS will provide a remarkable
opportunity for the academic and industrial communities to address new
challenges and share solutions, and discuss future research directions
in the important area of Human-Machines Systems.
The special tracks focus on well established “sub topics” of the Human
Machine Systems research area – mainly driven by activities of the SMC
Society HMS Technical Committees. The tracks are intended to collect
contributions from the HMS community, focusing on topics such as
Companion Technology, Brain-Machine Interfaces and Systems, Human-AI
Interaction and Cognitive Computing & Engineering, Interactive and
Wearable Computing and Systems, Collaborative Intelligent Systems and
Applications and Human Factors Engineering. An open call for special
tracks will enable researchers to enrich the conference program by
inclusion of upcoming hot topics and will increase visibility in their
community. Submitted papers will undergo the same review process as
regular contributions.
For further details on proposing a special track see:
https://www.ichms2021.de/cfp#special-tracks
* Deadlines *
Continues call for Special Track Proposals until April 1, 2021. Proposed
Special Tracks will be announced on a continuing basis as soon as
accepted; so we welcome early submission to increase visibility.
Deadline for submission of contributions for Regular Papers and Special
Tracks: May 15, 2021
Financial and Technical Sponsorship:
IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society (https://www.ieeesmc.org/)
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Subject: [AISWorld] Artificial Intelligence-based Assistants Minitrack
HICSS 55
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2021 15:17:26 +0000
From: Schmidt, Rainer <rainer.schmidt(a)hm.edu>
To: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org <aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org>
Call for Papers Artificial Intelligence-based Assistants Minitrack
https://hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-55/internet-and-the-digital-economy/#artifi…
This minitrack intends to promote the scientific exchange on AI-based
assistants for the Digital Economy. It serves as a platform for
researchers to present and discuss innovative approaches, methodologies,
models, processes, etc., to design, implement, deploy, operate and
optimize AI-based assistants as well as their broader aspects such as
platform and ecosystems of AI-based platforms.
This minitrack deals with the following topics, but contributions can
also be submitted on other topics.
* Applications of AI-based assistants in the digital economy
* Platforms and ecosystems of AI-based assistants
* Methods and models to design, develop, implement, deploy, manage and
monitor AI-based assistants
* Methods, tools, and approaches to capture the user behavior e.g.,
process mining and derive recommendations for actions
* New business models and processes based on AI-based assistants
* Fundamental questions on the use of AI-based assistants
* Research on the transparency of the behavior of AI-based assistants
* Integration of AI-based assistants with services and platforms
* Social and business implications of the use of AI-based assistants
Selected papers will be invited for a fast-track in Electronic Markets -
The International Journal on Networked Business.
Important Dates
April 15 Paper submission system reopened for HICSS-55
June 15 Papers due
August 17 Notification of Acceptance/Rejection
September 22 Deadline for Authors to Submit Final Manuscript for Publication
October 1 Deadline for at least one author of each paper to register for
HICSS-55
Author Instructions
https://hicss.hawaii.edu/authors/
Minitrack Co-chairs:
Rainer Schmidt (Primary Contact)
Munich University of Applied Sciences
Rainer.Schmidt(a)hm.edu
Rainer Alt
Leipzig University
rainer.alt(a)xn--unileipzig-st6e.de
Alfred Zimmermann
Reutlingen University
alfred.zimmermann(a)reutlingen-university.de
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Subject: [AISWorld] 40th International Conference On Conceptual
Modeling (Call for papers) - Deadline approaching and important dates
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2021 14:02:25 +0000
From: Arturo Castellanos <Arturo.Castellanos(a)baruch.cuny.edu>
To: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org <aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org>
Dear Conceptual Modelers,
ER is the premier academic venue for the discussion of foundational
aspects of conceptual modeling.
We are looking for submissions of original research, as well as
experience and vision papers, from both researchers and practitioners,
welcoming any topic where conceptual modeling is a major theme. The
conference theme is "Conceptual Modeling in an Age of Uncertainty".
Conceptual modeling has never been more important. As individuals,
organizations, and nations face new and unexpected challenges, software
and data must be developed that can cope with and help address this
uncertainty in an ever-faster changing world. Conceptual modeling can be
used to describe, understand and manage increasing levels of uncertainty
in our world.
Specific examples of topics of interest include, but are not limited to,
conceptual modeling as applied to:
- Ontological and Cognitive Foundations for Conceptual Modeling
- Integration of Conceptual Models and Database Schemas
- Big Data and Conceptual Modeling
- Data Warehousing, Data Mining, Business Intelligence and Analytics
- Service-Oriented Architectures
- Agile Development
- Requirements Engineering
- Methodologies and Tools for Conceptual Design
- Domain Specific Conceptual Modeling Languages, Methods and Frameworks
- Modeling Distributed Ledger Systems
- Enterprise Models and Architectures
- Business Process Modeling
- Economics and Conceptual Models
- Conceptual Models and Machine Learning
- Industry 4.0, Factory of the Future and Internet of Things (IoT)
- Semantic Web, Cloud Computing, and Web Information Systems
- Information Retrieval, Filtering, Classification, Summarization, and
Visualization
- Empirical Studies of Conceptual Modeling
- Experience Applying Conceptual Modeling
- and many others
Since the proceedings will be published by Springer in the LNCS series,
authors must submit manuscripts using the LNCS style. The page limit for
submitted papers (as well as for final, camera-ready papers) is 14.
Submission Link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=er2021
Authors of selected papers may be invited to submit extended versions of
their papers for review and possible publication in Data & Knowledge
Engineering. In addition, authors of papers related to BPMN may be
invited to submit extended versions of their work for consideration for
a special issue of Business & Information Systems. Engineering
(https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12599-021-00688-x<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__link.springer.com_arti…>).
Important dates:
============
Paper abstracts: March 31, 2021
Full papers: April 7, 2021
Author notification: June 9, 2021
Camera-ready papers: June 23, 2021
Workshop proposals: February 7, 2021
Workshop papers: June 16, 2021
WS author notification: July 15, 2021
Camera-ready WS papers: July 31, 2021
Tutorial/Panel proposals: June 16, 2021
Forum/Demo/Poster papers: June 16, 2021
F/D/P author notification: July 15, 2021
Camera-ready F/D/P papers: July 31, 2021
About the location:
==============
ER 2021 will be held as a blended conference, with participation both
on-site in the beautiful and vibrant city of St. John's, Canada, as well
as virtually from around the world.
Hosted by Memorial University of Newfoundland - Signal Hill Campus. St.
John's is the easternmost city in North America, located on the Atlantic
coast of Newfoundland. St. John's is the capital and largest city of the
Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Its name has been attributed to the Nativity of John the Baptist, when
John Cabot was believed to have sailed into the harbour in 1497.
Existing on maps as early as 1519, it is one of the oldest cities in
North America.
Fun fact: Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi received the first
transatlantic wireless signal in St. John's.
For more information go to: https://er2021.org/
Organizers
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Jeff Parsons (Conference Co-Chair)
Joerg Evermann (Conference Co-Chair)
Aditya Ghose (Program Co-Chair)
Jennifer Horkoff (Program Co-Chair)
Vítor E. Silva Souza (Program Co-Chair)
Iris Reinhartz-Berger (Workshop Co-Chair)
Shazia Sadiq (Workshop Co-Chair)
Roman Lukyanenko (Poster and Demo Chair)
Wolfgang Maass (Tutorial Chair)
Sudha Ram (Panel Co-Chair)
Il-Yeol Song (Panel Co-Chair)
Veda Storey (Doctoral Consortium Co-Chair)
Carson Woo (Doctoral Consortium Co-Chair)
Arturo Castellanos (Publicity Co-Chair)
Renuka Sindhgatta (Publicity Co-Chair)
Eric Yu (Steering Committee Liasion)
Thanks,
Renuka and Arturo (Publicity Co-chairs)?
Arturo Castellanos, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Paul H. Chook Department of Information Systems and
Statistics
Zicklin School of Business
Baruch College (CUNY)
One Bernard Baruch Way, VC11-226
Office: 646.312.3378
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Subject: [AISWorld] HICSS 2022 CFP: Blockchain cases and innovations
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2021 16:01:19 +0000
From: Paulo Rupino Cunha <rupino(a)dei.uc.pt>
To: ISWorld list <aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org>
Dear colleagues,
Please consider submitting your work to our minitrack on Blockchain
cases and innovations at the Hawai’i International Conference on System
Sciences (HICSS).
Blockchain, the technology underlying cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, has
been receiving considerable attention in recent years, as new use cases
in the public and private sector have been identified. What started as a
solution to the double spend problem with digital money, is being
explored as the backbone technology in scenarios where a trusted third
party (e.g., a notary or a bank) is normally required. Using this
technology, transactions are securely registered on a data structure
(aka the ledger) distributed across a network of peers that validate the
entries using a consensus mechanism. New records are cryptographically
linked to existing ones, rendering them virtually immutable. The
resulting auditability and transparency have been leveraged in proposing
innovative solutions to land registries, to stop the spread of conflict
diamonds, to fight the counterfeiting of medication, to make supply
chains less opaque, and, generally, to promote new financial services.
Additionally, blockchains can also store and enforce the execution of
algorithmic code know as smart contracts – pieces of code that are
executed automatically once predetermined conditions are met – further
reducing uncertainty and promoting confidence among stakeholders that
would not normally trust each other. Nevertheless, we are still in the
early days of blockchain adoption, compared by some to the introduction
of the World Wide Web itself. Then, as now, few if any could predict the
full extent of the disruptive innovations that would emerge fostered by
this emerging technology.
For these reasons, it is important for academics to systematically
research this field, at various levels. Conferences play a key role in
disseminating knowledge about Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT -
including blockchains) due to the speed at which developments occur. The
proposed minitrack had a considerable attendance in the past three
editions, with the audience also registering to get information on new
editions or other related developments.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
· Blockchain case studies, applications, and implementations
· Blockchain and privacy, security, and identity
· Blockchain and digital transformation
· Decentralised Finance (DeFi)
· Decentralised Autonomous Organizations (DAOs)
· Decentralised Applications
· Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)
· The social and organizational impact of blockchain
· Barriers and enablers in blockchain adoption
· Blockchain and business model innovation
· Regulatory frameworks for Blockchain
· Governance and Blockchain
· Verticals using Blockchain (financial, healthcare, energy,
transportation, others)
· Blockchain in e-government and public administration
· Blockchain and the Internet-of-Things
· Blockchain in education
· Blockchain in solving migration and refugee issues
· Blockchain-driven marketplaces
· Uses of smart contracts
· Technology and infrastructure issues in Blockchain
On-line at:
https://hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-55/organizational-systems-and-technology/#b…
Important Dates for Paper Submission:
· June 15, 2021 | 11:59 pm HST: Paper Submission Deadline
· August 17, 2021: Notification of Acceptance/Rejection
· September 22, 2021: Deadline for Authors to Submit Final Manuscript
for Publication
· October 1, 2021: Deadline for at least one author of each paper to
register for HICSS-55
Minitrack Co-Chairs:
· Marinos Themistocleous (Primary Contact), University of Nicosia
themistocleous.m(a)unic.ac.cy
· Paulo Rupino da Cunha, University of Coimbra
rupino(a)dei.uc.pt
· Klitos Christodoulou, University of Nicosia
christodoulou.kl(a)unic.ac.cy
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Subject: [WI] CfP HICSS-55 Security and Privacy Aspects of
Human-Computer-Interactions Minitrack
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2021 15:49:28 +0000
From: Weber, Kristin <Kristin.Weber(a)fhws.de>
Reply-To: Weber, Kristin <Kristin.Weber(a)fhws.de>
To: wi(a)lists.kit.edu <wi(a)lists.kit.edu>
HICSS-55 Call for Papers
Track: Software Technology
Minitrack: Security and Privacy Aspects of Human-Computer-Interactions
Deadline: June 15, 2021
_____________________________________________
**
*Call for Papers*
*Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences – HICSS-55 Minitrack*
*Security and Privacy Aspects of Human-Computer-Interactions*
**
*Conference: *
January 4^th -7^th , 2022, Hyatt Regency Kauai
**
*Description:*
With increasing digitization, the security and privacy aspects of
information are a non-negotiable factor in information system design and
operation. Especially the human factor of information systems is a
pivotal role in information security and increasingly relevant in
establishing user-privacy concepts. More often than not, their knowledge
about security aspects and ways of user-manipulation tactics are the
last line of defense against cyber-attacks. However, studies show users
are also seen as the weakest link in information security. Therefore,
they are also the primary target of attackers.
In addition to the traditional forms of user-computer-interactions in
the form of mouse-keyboard-input-devices, new ways of
system-interactions, e.g., physiological data from fitness-trackers,
eye-tracking devices or even pupillary responses indicating
cognitive-load-levels, are increasingly feasible as everyday
HCI-components. With the interest in data privacy increasing, are users
aware how valuable those personal input data is and how do they value
data privacy measures?
Therefore, we have identified two main aspects relevant to researchers
within the domain of Software Technology: 1) how to securely deal with
input data (also focusing on privacy aspects) 2) how this data can be
utilized in order to increase secure behavior or to raise awareness
among users (help the users to make better security-related decisions)
In this minitrack we seek papers that explore concepts, prototypes and
evaluations of how users interact with information systems and what
implications these interactions have for information security and
privacy. Further, we welcome new and innovative ways of
human-computer-interaction and security-related concepts currently
examined in the field. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
* Security related devices
* Physiological sensors
* Human-Computer-Interaction
* Artificial intelligence
* Blockchain applications
* Sensor analysis
* Data visualization
* Biometrics authentication
* Security and privacy awareness
* Usable security design
* Privacy and security by design
* Privacy and smart contracts
* User valuation of privacy
* Validation of user data
*Organizers:*
Prof. Dr. Nicholas Müller, University of Applied Sciences
Würzburg-Schweinfurt (UASWS),
nicholas.mueller(a)fhws.de <mailto:nicholas.mueller@fhws.de>
Prof. Dr. Kristin Weber (UASWS),
kristin.weber(a)fhws.de <mailto:kristin.weber@fhws.de>
Prof. Dr. Paul Rosenthal, University of Rostock,
paul.rosenthal(a)uni-rostock.de <mailto:paul.rosenthal@uni-rostock.de>
*Publication of Papers:*
Presented papers will be included in the Proceedings of HICSS-55
*Important Dates:*
April 15, 2021: Paper Submission Opens
June 15, 2021: Paper Submission Deadline (11:59 pm HST)
August 17, 2021: Notification of Acceptance/Rejection
September 22, 2021: Deadline for Authors to Submit Final Manuscript for
Publication
October 1, 2021: Deadline for at least one author of to register for
HICSS-55
January 4-7, 2022: Paper presentations
*Author instructions:*
https://hicss.hawaii.edu/authors/
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*Link to Minitrack:*
https://hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-55/software-technology/#security-and-privac…
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Subject: [WI] [CFP] The 4th International Workshop on
Software-intensive Business (IWSiB 2021)
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2021 15:10:31 +0000
From: Herzwurm, Georg <georg.herzwurm(a)bwi.uni-stuttgart.de>
Reply-To: Herzwurm, Georg <georg.herzwurm(a)bwi.uni-stuttgart.de>
To: wi(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de <wi(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de>
<Apologies for cross-posting>
*The 4th International Workshop on Software-intensive Business: Fueling
a Software-driven Economy (IWSiB 2021) *
June 14, 2021, Online
*Important Dates*
Submissions due: April 23, 2021
Notifications to authors: May 21, 2021
Workshop date: June 14-18, 2021
Camera-ready copy: July 16, 2021 (tbc)
All dates are defined as AoE (Anywhere on Earth).
The global pandemic has shown, thanks to advanced software technologies,
society and businesses were able to quickly respond to environmental
disruptions. Demands in software-based service offerings facilitating
remote work drastically increased. For example, the revenue for a Check
Point, a company specializing on VPN solutions, increased by 4% in 2020
(Cohen, 2020). The revenue of Zoom, a video conferencing solution, even
jumped by 30% in 2020 (Malara & Nellis, 2020). Consequently, software
producing organizations face increasing demands and evolving
requirements from businesses that seek innovative solutions for new
realities that are enforced by physical distancing guidelines. The
International Workshop on Software-intensive Business: Fueling a
Software-driven Economy (IWSiB) brings together communities working on
software-intensive business research and bridges the gap between
software engineering and business research. The workshop provides a
forum for academics and practitioners alike to shape a research agenda,
identify contemporary challenges and best practices, and explore new
avenues for research and practice at the intersection of both
disciplines, business and software engineering..
*Topics of Interest*
IWSiB seeks submissions describing novel research, experience reports,
as well as emerging ideas. We are interested in studies describing
original and unpublished results in the field of software-intensive
business. The focus of the workshop is to have vivid and energizing
discussions. Hence, we welcome very much new promising ideas and
work-in-progress reports.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited, to the following
aspects of software-intensive business (cf. Abrahammson et al, 2018;
Jansen, 2019):
* Software product management (e.g., strategy, planning, pricing)
* Software ecosystem (e.g., engineering ecosystems, analysis of
ecosystem data, modeling of ecosystem structure and behavior,
management of developer ecosystems and platforms)
* Continuous practices (e.g., experimentation, innovation, improvement)
* Agile & lean projects & portfolio (e.g., methods & practices,
management and organizing, behavioral and cognitive factors)
* Organizational management (e.g., managing technical and social debt,
integrating product and business development, managing human-AI
symbiosis)
* Software startups (e.g., scaling, privoting, funding, business models)
* Software platform (e.g., orchestration, governance, architecture,
evolution and lifecycle)
* Software engineering economics (e.g., in engineering of software or
in the software industry)
* Emerging trends and research areas (e.g., implications of COVID-19
to the software industry, AI ethics, digital twins, etc. )
*Evaluation*
Submissions will be first screened on rigor and relevance and then
evaluated by at least three members of the program committee based on
soundness, significance, novelty, verifiability, and presentation quality.
*Submission Guidelines*
We encourage submissions of contributions describing different stages of
research, from position papers to full research reports. We welcome both
research and industry papers. The workshop proceedings will be published
in a separate volume of the XP proceedings, which will be prepared to be
archived by Springer (open access).
All submissions must conform to the LNBIP formatting and submission
instructions. Authors should consult Springer’s author guidelines
<https://www.springer.com/gp/authors-editors/conference-proceedings/conferen…> and
use their proceedings templates, either for LaTeX or for Word, for the
preparation of their papers. Springer encourages authors to include
their ORCIDs in their papers. In addition, the corresponding author of
each paper, acting on behalf of all of the authors of that paper, must
complete and sign a Consent-to-Publish form.
The paper length should not exceed 8 pages.
* There is no limit on the number of submissions an author may submit,
but authors are advised to focus on quality rather than on quantity.
* By submitting to the IWSiB workshop, authors acknowledge that they
are aware of and agree that papers submitted to IWSiB workshop must
not have been published elsewhere and must not be under review or
submitted for review elsewhere while under consideration for IWSiB
workshop.
* Papers must be submitted electronically via EasyChair by the defined
deadline.
*Organisers*
Karl Werder, University of Cologne, Germany
Sami Hyrynsalmi, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland
Xiaofeng Wang, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
*Program Committee (tbc) *
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Ville Alkkiomäki, F-Secure Corporation
Stefan Biffl, Vienna University of Technology
Jan Bosch, Chalmers University of Technology
Sjaak Brinkkemper, Utrecht University
Christoph Bussler, Google
Christoph Elsner, Siemens AG
Paul Grünbacher, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz
Robert Heinrich, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Georg Herzwurm, University of Stuttgart
Helena Holmström Olsson, University of Malmo
Slinger Jansen, Utrecht University
Hans-Bernd Kittlaus, InnoTivum Consulting
Andrey Maglyas, Maglyas Consulting
Juergen Muench, Reutlingen University
Alexander Mädche, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Anh Nguyen Duc, University College of Southeast Norway
Alexander Nolte, University of Tartu
Rafael Prikladnicki, PUCRS
Jurka Rahikkala, Vaadin Ltd
Bala Ramesh, Georgia State University
Guenther Ruhe, University of Calgary
Kari Smolander, LUT University
Pasi Tyrväinen, University of Jyväskylä
For more details of the workshop, please contact: Karl Werder
(werder(a)wiso.uni-koeln.de <mailto:werder@wiso.uni-koeln.de>), Sami
Hyrynsalmi (Sami.Hyrynsalmi(a)lut.fi <mailto:Sami.Hyrynsalmi@lut.fi>), or
Xiaofeng Wang (xiaofeng.wang(a)unibz.it <mailto:xiaofeng.wang@unibz.it>).
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Subject: [WI] CfP Workshop@ECSCW 2021: Studying Technical Mechanisms
for Supporting Sharing Communities
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2021 14:46:04 +0000
From: Pakusch, Christina <Christina.Pakusch(a)h-brs.de>
Reply-To: Pakusch, Christina <Christina.Pakusch(a)h-brs.de>
To: wi(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de <wi(a)aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de>
<Apologies for cross-posting>
Studying Technical Mechanisms for Supporting Sharing Communities
Workshop at ECSCW 2021, June 7th, 2021, Zurich, Switzerland
(Due to the circumstances related to COVID-19, the workshop will follow
an online format that allows remote participation)
https://www.verbraucherinformatik.de/ecscw21-workshop
<https://www.verbraucherinformatik.de/ecscw21-workshop>
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IMPORTANT DATES
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Submit position paper: 9 April, 2021.
Notification: 30 April, 2021.
Pre-workshop preparation package by 31 May, 2021.
Workshop at ECSCW (online format): 7 June, 2021.
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CALL FOR PAPERS
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Technology is a key component in the emergence of the commercial sharing
economy and community-oriented collaborative economy initiatives.
Housing cooperatives, community gardens, food coops, tool libraries,
skill swapping arrangements and other citizen initiatives use digital
technologies for collaboration, communication and coordination purposes,
and are included under the same umbrella of the collaborative economy.
In the latter cases, reuse, recycling, mobilisation of existing
resources and initiatives have a real impact on the local economy.
The workshop is a follow-up of a workshop from ECSCW 2020, where we
sought to examine and explore the relationship between these enabling
technologies and the emerging initiatives and communities (see
https://cio.cs.au.dk/ecscw-workshop/
<https://cio.cs.au.dk/ecscw-workshop/>). The aim of this year’s
follow-up workshop is to further engage with these research themes, and
work towards a better understanding of core technical mechanisms and
issues that we have identified.
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WORKSHOP TOPICS
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We particularly invite submissions that engage with the following issues:
- Novel socio-technical approaches: How can mechanisms enable effective
and flexible sharing of digital goods and services and how will these
affect business models and user behavior?
- Digital consumer and worker protection: How can we help to protect the
rights of users, both of consumers and gig workers?
- Emergent challenges and opportunities: How can we improve existing
designs, for instance in terms of enhancing collectivity, sustainability
and resilience?
Furthermore, we invite works about the topics from the initial
workshop, such as studies about platform taxonomies, ideals and
conflicts of communities, (un)intended dark designs as well as how
communities organise on and around platforms.
See the website for more background and details on the themes.
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PARTICIPATION AND SUBMISSION
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We invite researchers and practitioners to participate by submitting a
short paper (2-4 pages) on their research or experiences using the ECSCW
Exploratory Paper template.
Submitted papers should relate to the research questions outlined in the
call. We are especially interested in empirical studies of sharing
economy platforms and their socio-technical implications. Both reports
of research in progress and completed studies will be accepted. We are
also inviting practitioners to submit experience reports about existing
technologies.
The workshop organisers will select the position papers based primarily
on their ability to generate fruitful discussion of important issues and
also to provide examples of practice related, high quality case studies.
At least one author of each accepted paper must attend the workshop. The
accepted papers will be made available to the participants in advance
and discussants will be assigned to each paper.
Submissions and questions should be emailed to Christina Pakusch
(christina.pakusch[at]h-brs.de).
Upon acceptance, at least one author of each accepted position paper
must attend the workshop. See the main conference site for more
information on registration etc. https://ecscw.eusset.eu/2021/
<https://ecscw.eusset.eu/2021/>.
Due to the circumstances related to COVID19, the workshop will follow an
online format with remote participation.
Depending on the outcome of the workshop’s discussions and on the
interest of the participants, we may explore further publication outlets
for the workshop papers. The contributions will be made available on the
workshop website, given participant consent.
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WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS
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Gabriela Avram, University of Limerick, Ireland
Alexander Boden, Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Science and
Fraunhofer FIT
Susanne Bødker, Aarhus University, Denmark
Henrik Korsgaard, Aarhus University, Denmark
Myriam Lewkowicz, Troyes University of Technology, France
Christina Pakusch, Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Science
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CONTACT
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Web: https://www.verbraucherinformatik.de/ecscw21-workshop
<https://www.verbraucherinformatik.de/ecscw21-workshop>
E-Mail: christina.pakusch[at]h-brs.de
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Subject: [AISWorld] Call for Papers: 15th IFIP TC9 Human Choice and
Computers Conference
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2021 12:04:10 +0000
From: Robert M Davison <isrobert(a)cityu.edu.hk>
To: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org <aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org>
"Human Choice and Digital by Default: Autonomy vs Digital Determination"
Tokyo, Japan, 9th-11th September 2022
www.hcc15.net<http://www.hcc15.net>
Venue: Faculty of Global Informatics (iTL), Chuo University, Tokyo.
http://global.chuo-u.ac.jp/english/siteinfo/visit/ichigaya/
Since the advent of COVID-19, whole sectors of the economy in many
countries, or at least those that can, have been working remotely, from
home. This has brought a whole new meaning to the maxim 'digital by
default' and brought home some of the potential pitfalls. Not only are
we now missing the paralinguistic benefits of body language and location
context in our communication, but the trend towards digital meetings -
already strong - has accelerated, meaning fewer and fewer of us have any
choice whether or not to embrace the digital alternative to in-person
meetings. The encroaching influence, moreover, of machine learning based
systems, that can embed the biases inherent in the data they have learnt
from, threatens to entrench the societal problems of the past, rather
than redress them, in this new online world. Issues of privacy,
accountability, fairness and access are all coming more and more to the
fore of discussions around the digital, with face-offs between the Tech
Giants unfolding over their fundamental business models.
Since 1974, the Human Choice and Computers (HCC) conference series has
consistently fostered innovative thinking about the interfaces between
society and technology. At this time, HCC15 in 2022 focuses on "Human
Choice and Digital by Default: Autonomy vs Digital Determination" and
welcomes inputs from members of academia and research, civic society,
computing associations, industry, and the IT professions on the
following (and related) themes:
* Ethical and Legal Issues for Data Analytics and Big Data
* Social Accountability and Responsibility for Computing and Data
Utilization
* Digitalization, embodiment, mobility and repairment in relation to
Gender and Diversity, Work, Educational and Daily Life
* How data can support rather than infringe personal liberty
* Harnessing Information with Unconscious Bias
* Legal Systems for Criminal Offences and Abuse
* Ethical governance models for new data economy ecosystems
* How did we get here? Precedents, and lessons from the past
* Personal Autonomy in Information Systems: where is the human in our
models?
* How culturally diverse interpretations / understandings of life-work
balance can help us shape a more human-centric computing environment
* Personal freedom and informational security
* Can our personal choices add up to an environmental impact?
* ICT for Development: how much choice outside the developed world?
* Global or local? How are the lived experiences of the marginalized and
dispossessed citizens of developing countries affected by government
reactions and policies?
* Security and privacy for Data Analytics and Big Data
* Using collaborative skills to work with team members in order to
ensure reliability, availability and performance of applications
* Working, playing, entertaining and relaxing at home: seamless
integration in our working and private digital lives
* * *
HCC15 will also welcome co-located TC9 Working Group Workshops:
WG9.2 - Social Accountability and Computing
Need for Social Accountability - Art Nouveau of digitalization?
Covid-19 forced interaction at work and private life to go digital so
fast that it could not be seen beforehand. However, we can raise the
question, is this a desirable outcome or not? By taking a digital leap,
what did we achieve from the viewpoint of environment, equality and
wellbeing? Is there a need for starting to see what good and beauty we
could achieve using technology, instead of focusing on efficiency? What
does social accountability mean while digitalization is progressing at a
different pace in a different context? What would it mean from an
organizational or societal perspective? Do we need a new Art Nouveau for
digitalization to ensure the digital society is good for people and the
environment?
The objective of Art Nouveau was to create beautiful yet sustainable
things for people with arts and craftsmanship. One of the reasons for
the birth of Art Nouveau was the resistance towards industrialization
that offered cheap standardised products to everybody. Digital Art
Nouveau could be the rise of human-centric digitalization, where other
values than economy and efficiency could also flourish.
We encourage the submission of papers focusing on the following and
related themes.
* Slow tech
* Artificial intelligence helping human intelligence
* Sustainability of digitalization
* Human-centric digitalization
WG9.4 - The Implications of Information and Digital Technologies for
Development
Digital Approaches to Development Issues during COVID-19: Global
Perspectives
The COVID-19 pandemic has created a plethora of new needs, encompassing
the domain of health infrastructures and those of emergency assistance,
social protection and socio-economic development measures. Digital
approaches have been largely leveraged in COVID-19 responses, creating
solutions that cover all such domains: COVID-19 tracking has been
delegated to digital systems that have raised advocacy, but also
concerns of privacy and data governance related to mobile-based apps
(Taylor et al., 2020). Emergency assistance and social protection have
been linked to algorithmic approaches that have facilitated distribution
of subsidies, but also raised concerns of algorithmic justice (Cerna
Aragon, 2020; Lopez, 2020). More at large, digital routes to
socio-economic development have been adapted in the ongoing pandemic,
seeking to tailor digitality in ways that seek to meet the needs of the
new poor and of those whose vulnerability has increased.
Against this backdrop, this track invites papers that deal with digital
approaches to the solution of issues posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. We
are especially interested in issues that pertain to the domain of
socio-economic development, and their configurations at this time of
global crisis. We invite submissions on topics that include, but are not
limited to:
· Digital health infrastructures in the pandemic
· COVID-19 tracking in developing countries
· Datafied social policies in the Global South
· Algorithmic justice in relation to emergency assistance
· Digital social protection during COVID-19
· Digital inequalities in the COVID-19 context.
References:
Cerna Aragon, D. (2020). On not being visibile to the state: The case of
Peru. COVID-19 from the Margins,
https://data-activism.net/2020/06/bigdatasur-covid-on-not-being-visible-to-…
Lopez, J. (2020). The case of the Solidarity Income in Colombia: The
experimentation with data on social policy during the pandemic. COVID-19
from the Margins,
https://data-activism.net/2020/05/bigdatasur-covid-the-case-of-the-solidari…
Taylor, L., Sharma, G., Martin, A., and Jameson, S. (2020). What does
the COVID-19 response mean for data justice? In Taylor, L., Sharma, G.,
Martin, A., and Jameson, S. (Eds.), Data Justice and COVID-19: Global
Perspectives, London: Meatspace Press, pp. 8-18.
WG9.5 Our Digital Lives
Given the prevalence of connectivity and digital work in its various
forms, we are interested in studies (including work-in-progress)
exploring any aspect of 'Our Digital Lives' following our Working
Group's general theme. Example topics include (but are not limited to):
· digital work in its social context
· digital health
· digital education
· digital labor
· digital games
· digital tourism
· online communities
· social media
· augmented or virtual reality
· emerging technologies
· artificial intelligence
Submissions are welcomed that offer fresh theoretical or empirical
insights into how our digital lives have transformed the way we work,
communicate, and play together.
WG9.8 Gender, Diversity and ICT
Digitalization, embodiment, mobility and repairment in relation to
Gender and Diversity, Work, Educational and Daily Life
The Covid-19 pandemic makes visible the intersecting positions and
hierarchies of embodied work, as well as the merits and limits of the
digital. We invite feminist techno-science approaches to themes of
gender, diversity, and inclusion vis-a-vis the societal-scale shifts to
online platforms (Zoom, Microsoft Meetings, etc.) and more digitalized
lives and labor in response to the pandemic that foregrounds how
everyday life depends on materialities and embodied labor. Doctors,
nurses, drivers, teachers, social workers, cleaners, cashiers,
researchers and many others are essential to fighting the pandemic and
meeting lives' and societies' basic necessities.
Hence our broad question: how should we conceptualize, design for, and
speak about "recovery" from the pandemic? Who should / will be included
in a "recovery" of pre-pandemic practices of travel and affiliated
conceptions of place and mobility as privileges tied to class, gender,
ethnicity, etc? How are we to conceptualize and thereby shape how we
think and feel about possible futures and the role of digital
technologies therein? What happens, moreover, if we shift from
"recovery" to "repairment"? Repairment can further implicate notions of
entanglement and co-generation, evoking new questions. What is needed is
to repair unjust social, cultural, spiritual, economic, and political
structures and systems, and most especially the climate and ecosystems
of the planet we live on - can we discern and better design for our
interrelationality via computational and network technologies?
WG9.9 ICT and Sustainable Development
Covid-19 - Missed opportunity or the transition to a sustainable and
fair society?
For a couple of decades now researchers within fields related to ICT
have discussed the sustainability-related potential of the technology.
Conventional approaches include for example optimization of energy and
resource use in production and transportation, and dematerialization
(i.e. replacing physical goods with digital ones). However, despite the
potential of ICT to contribute to sustainability, we have not yet seen
this potential being fully exploited. Instead, the environmental
footprint of ICT products (energy consumption, resource use, disposal)
is increasing, among other things due to the short useful life of many
ICT products, its linear value chain ("take-make-waste") and various
more or less unexpected rebound effects of ICT development. Among other
things, it has recently been estimated that data centers world-wide
consume around 200 TWh yearly, and this figure is likely to increase in
the coming years with among other things the increased popularity of
video and game streaming and crypto currencies such as Bitcoin (which
currently consumes as much electricity as the Netherlands to maintain).
In summary, while there is certainly potential for ICT to do good for
the environment, current trajectories show that the footprint of ICT is
increasing while the full sustainability-related potential of the
technology is not exploited.
But with the Covid-19 pandemic currently ongoing - to recite Naomi Klein
and the title of the HCC13 conference - this (surely) changes
everything! We have been forced to drastically change our unsustainable
transportation and consumption patterns and have instead relied on
ICT-supported, more sustainable, alternatives. Well, according to the
EEA Briefing "COVID-19 and Europe's environment: Impacts of a global
pandemic", the environmental impacts have not been as radical as many
researchers hoped for and believed when the almost world-wide lockdown
started around one year ago. Many now instead argue that the pandemic
was a "missed opportunity" to radically transform our society into a
more sustainable one. But perhaps it is still not too late?
We encourage the submission of papers focusing on the relation between
ICT and sustainable development in general, but reflect on the role of
ICT in a sustainable and fair post-Corona society in particular.
* * *
Paper Submission
The conference is open to attendees at all stages of career and
education, whether you are at the start, middle or peak of your career,
either as academics or practitioners. Submitted papers should be
approximately 3,000-5,000 words in length. Please return your paper,
using the appropriate format, through hhttp://www.hcc15.net/
There are no video conferencing facilities at the venue. Remote
presentation via Zoom will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Please be sure to indicate whether you are submitting to the conference
general theme, or to one of the specific workshops. Papers must be
anonymized for blind peer review.
Important Dates
January 31, 2022 - Submissions due
March 31, 2022 - Notification of acceptance/rejection
April 30, 2022 - Submission of camera-ready papers
July 31, 2022 - Deadline for early bird registration
September 9 - 11, 2022 - Conference dates
Chairs:
Conference Chairs: Taro Komukai, David Kreps
Programme Committee Chair: Robert Davison
Organizing Committee Chair: Kaori Ishii
Proceedings Editor: David Kreps
Proceedings Co-Editors: Taro Komukai, Robert Davison, Kaori Ishii
Workshop Chairs:
WG9.2: Jani Koskinen, Anne-Marie Tuikka
WG9.4: Johan Ivar Sæbø, Silvia Masiero
WG9.5: Brad McKenna, Petros Chamakiotis, Kathrin Bednar
WG9.8: Charles Ess, Johanna Sefyrin, Sisse Finken
WG9.9: Per Fors
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Subject: [AISWorld] Third CFP: JAIS Special Issue on Data Science for
Social Good (with the updated Editorial Board)
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2021 13:28:46 -0400
From: Jennifer Xu <jiexu2(a)gmail.com>
To: aisworld(a)lists.aisnet.org
Dear Colleagues,
We cordially invite you to submit your research to the special issue on
Data Science for Social Good at the Journal of Association for Information
Systems (JAIS).
https://aisel.aisnet.org/jais/JAISSIonDataScienceforSocialGood.pdf
Submission deadline: April 15, 2021
Special Issue Co-Editors
- Ahmed Abbasi, University of Notre Dame (aabbasi(a)nd.edu<mailto:
aabbasi(a)nd.edu>)
- Roger H.L. Chiang, University of Cincinnati (roger.chiang(a)uc.edu<mailto:
roger.chiang(a)uc.edu>)
- Jennifer Xu, Bentley University (jxu(a)bentley.edu<mailto:jxu@bentley.edu>)
Scope and Focus
Data science is an interdisciplinary field that applies mathematics,
statistics, machine learning, and data visualization techniques to extract
insights and knowledge from data that are normally big and encompass both
structured and unstructured formats. Jim Gray, a 1998 Turing Award winner,
promoted data science as a new, fourth paradigm for scientific discovery in
response to the large amounts of data generated by scientific experiments
in many disciplines (Hey et al., 2009). In this vein, data science
complements experimental, theoretical, and computational science as an
emerging research paradigm for understanding nature and society (Bell et
al., 2009). The inherently interdisciplinary nature of data science, and
the fact that it is a catalyst for business transformation and technology
disruption, presents many research opportunities for a diverse discipline
such as Information Systems (IS). This has spurred a call for greater IS
research on business data science (Saar-Tsechansky 2015). Similarly, there
is a need for IS research on the development and evaluation of data science
artifacts (e.g., models, methods, and systems) that address broader
societal challenges. A lingering question remains: what societal challenges
can IS-oriented data science research contribute towards - and how can we
conduct such research to maximize impact and relevance?
It is generally accepted that the primary goal of scientific discovery and
technological innovation are to improve the human condition and the overall
well-being of society. As the world deals with unprecedented pandemics and
grapples with painful centuries-old social justice inequities, the
importance of data science for social good has once again come front and
center. For example, the U.S. National Institute for Health's data science
resource page lists many available datasets and computational resources (
https://datascience.nih.gov/covid-19-open-access-resources). This data is
being used to develop models and methods to diagnose likelihood of
infection, detect outbreak hot spots, and forecast intensive care unit bed
capacities. Similarly, social justice projects are attempting to
democratize data science in key contexts such as crime analytics. However,
it must be pointed out that data science for social good (DSSG) is not
merely about applying data science techniques to data sets of societal
importance. As a recent McKinsey report noted, data science/AI work
exploring social good use cases cannot rely solely on a "social-first" or
"tech-first" approach, but rather, must consider the amalgamation of these
two perspectives (Chui et al., 2018). The IS field has noted the importance
of taking a more holistic approach to such research that encompasses a
socio-technical lens (Abbasi et al., 2016) spanning context, people,
process, and technology. Accordingly, for this special issue, some of the
major themes include:
Novel Data Science Artifacts for Social Good
IT artifacts include constructs, models, methods, and instantiations
(Hevner et al., 2004). Novelty lies at the intersection of artifact design
as well as its application (Gregor and Hevner 2013). Whereas application
domains like health and the environment have received some attention, many
key areas remain underexplored (Chui et al., 2018). Examples include
education, economic empowerment, security and justice, crises response,
infrastructure, and hunger. For DSSG, the novel data science artifacts
include new models, methods, and systems applied to interesting and timely
social good use cases that enhance our knowledge and understanding of the
state-of-the-art in meaningful ways.
Measuring Social Impact
Data science artifacts are often evaluated and validated based on how well
they perform across a set of well-established performance metrics (e.g.,
accuracy and sensitivity). The importance of such metrics has been further
amplified in recent years with the rise of data analytics competitions,
crowd-sourcing platforms, and leaderboards. While such metrics are
important, and in some respects, they constitute the "price of admission"
for artifact design, they often fail to consider key downstream
implications - humanistic outcomes and societal impact. This is what some
IS scholars have described as "going the last research mile...using
scientific knowledge and methods to address important unsolved classes of
problems for real people with real stakes in the outcomes" (Nunamaker et
al., 2015, p. 11). Research geared towards measuring social impact might
include (but is not limited to) new methods, constructs, or case studies
that enhance our understanding of how to quantify and assess the social
impact of data science artifacts.
Data Science Ethics and Governance Considerations
Important data science considerations related to trust, explainability,
bias, fairness, privacy, and ethical use are beginning to garner a fair
amount of attention from policy makers, academia, and the business
community - and for good reason. However, much work has taken a univariate
tunnel-vision perspective that fails to consider the interplay between
these factors. As one example, through immersive longitudinal field
research, we know that DSSG projects examining the efficacy of
interventions geared towards health disparate populations should consider
the intersections between factors such as trust, bias, privacy, and
fairness (Abbasi et al., 2018; Taylor et al., 2018). We welcome research
that explores the complexity of ethical challenges and governance
considerations related to the application of data science in interesting
societally impactful contexts.
Topics of Interest
The DSSG follows a tradition of IS research that examines how the
advancement of information technology and systems address societal
challenges such as digital divide and social inclusion. Data science has a
great potential to provide tremendous social benefits in the future. This
special issue advocates the need for more IS research in studying DSSG, and
encourages the creation and evaluation of data science artifacts to examine
and address societal challenges in a variety of contexts and domains. In
addition, this special issue seeks to promote collaborations between IS
researchers that are technically focused and those with more of a
social/people focus. Our hope is that this special issue sparks in-depth
examination about where data science capabilities can be applied to address
societal challenges in ways that are unique, thought-provoking, and
impactful.
This JAIS special issue welcomes original research for addressing societal
challenges in various domains and areas, including, but not limited to, the
following:
- Crises response
- Healthcare and welfare
- Public transportation and safety
- Education and employment
- Security and law enforcement
- Urban planning and development
- Environmental protection, clean energy, and sustainability
- Not-for-profit organizations and government agencies' services
- Ethnical and social biases embedded in datasets and analytics methods
- Social justice, disparities, inequality and poverty
Submission Process and Timelines
In the extended abstract and full paper submission, authors should clearly
justify the novelty and significance of their work. We encourage
prospective authors to read the recent JAIS editorial on "What's in a
Contribution?" to justify their research's significant and novel
contributions to the IS discipline regarding Data Science for Social Good
(Leidner 2020). All submissions must be original and not be published or
under review elsewhere. Papers should be submitted following the standard
JAIS submission procedure (http://aisel.aisnet.org/jais/). All JAIS
submission guidelines must be met. Although optional, authors are strongly
encouraged to contact the co-editors with a 1-3 page extended abstract by
November 15, 2020 to evaluate research fit with the special issue. The
co-editors also plan to organize an online paper development workshop in
the summer of 2021. Authors of invited to submit a revision for a second
round of review will have an opportunity to present their work at this
workshop. The exact date and format of this online workshop will be
determined after the first round of review.
April 15, 2021: Full paper submission
August 15, 2021: Notification of first round review
December 15, 2021: Revised manuscript submission
March 15, 2022: Notification of second round review
June 15, 2022: Second revision submission
September 15, 2022: Notification of final decision
Special Issue Editorial Board
Alan Abrahams, Virginia Tech
Victor Benjamin, Arizona State University
Nick Berente, University of Notre Dame
Michael Chau, University of Hong Kong
Ray Chen, Iowa State University
Maria De'Arteaga, University of Texas at Austin
Weiguo (Patrick) Fan, University of Iowa
Monica Garfield, Bentley University
Tomer Geva, Tel-Aviv University
Steven Johnson, University of Virginia
Brent Kitchens, University of Virginia
John Lalor, University of Notre Dame
Karl Lang, Baruch University
Xin Li, City University of Hong Kong
Aron Lindberg, Stevens Institute of Technology
Raymond Lau, City University of Hong Kong
Yang Lee, Northeastern University
Xiaobai (Bob) Li, University of Massachusetts at Lowell
Ee-Peng Lim, Singapore Management University
Xiao Liu, Arizona State University
Asil Oztekin, University of Massachusetts at Lowell
Jeff Proudfoot, Bentley University
Shawn Qu, University of Notre Dame
Sagar Samtani, Indiana University
Donghyuk Shin, Arizona State University
Ryan Schuetzler, Brigham Young University
Alan Wang, Virginia Tech
Chih-Ping Wei, National Taiwan University
Yi Yang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Victoria Yoon, Virginia Commonwealth University
Jacob Young, Bradley University
Kang Zhao, University of Iowa
Wenjun Zhou, University of Tennessee
Yilu Zhou, Fordham University
References
Abbasi, A., Sarker, S., & Chiang, R. H. (2016). "Big Data Research in
Information Systems: Toward an Inclusive Research Agenda," Journal of the
Association for Information Systems, 17(2), i-xxxii.
Abbasi, A., Li, J., Clifford, G., & Taylor, H. (2018). "Make "Fairness by
Design" Part of Machine Learning," Harvard Business Review.
Bell, G., Hey, T., & Szalay, A. (2009). "Beyond the Data Deluge," Science.
(323:5919), 1297-1298.
Chui M. et al. (2018). "Notes from the AI Frontier: Applying AI for Social
Good," McKinsey Global Institute.
Hevner, A. R., March, S. T., Park, J., & Ram, S. (2004). "Design Science in
Information Systems Research," MIS Quarterly, 28(1), 75-105.
Hey, T, Tansley, S., & Tolle, K. (2009). The Fourth Paradigm:
Data-Intensive Scientific Discovery. Microsoft Research.
Leidner, D. E. (2020). "What's in a Contributions?," Journal of the
Association for Information Systems, 21(1), 238-245.
Nunamaker Jr, J. F., Briggs, R. O., Derrick, D. C., & Schwabe, G. (2015).
"The Last Research Mile: Achieving both Rigor and Relevance in Information
Systems Research," Journal of Management Information Systems, 32(3), 10-47.
Saar-Tsechansky, M. (2015). "Editor's comments: The Business of Business
Data Science in IS journals," MIS Quarterly, 39(4), iii-vi.
Taylor, H. A., Henderson, F., Abbasi, A., & Clifford, G. (2018).
"Cardiovascular Disease in African Americans: Innovative Community
Engagement for Research Recruitment and Impact," American Journal of Kidney
Diseases, 72(5), S43-S46.
Jennifer Jie Xu, Professor
Computer Information Systems
Bentley University
Waltham, MA 02452
Tel: 781-891-2711