FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS ON
HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION IN HEALTH AND WELLNESS

- 2014 Research Workshop Jointly Hosted by AIS SIG-Health and SIGHCI
- Associated Special Issue of AIS Transactions in Human-Computer Interaction

IMPORTANT DATES:
- Research Workshop Submissions Due from Authors: May 1, 2014
- Acceptance Notifications Will Be Returned to Authors by: June 15, 2014
- Workshop Camera Ready Papers Due from Authors: July 15, 2014
- The Research Workshop will be hosted in conjunction with AMCIS 2014
in Savannah, GA, USA and is tentatively scheduled to be held on
Thursday, August 7, 2014

RESEARCH WORKSHOP OBJECTIVE:
The research workshop promotes the creation and refinement of
scholarship that addresses the intersection of Human-Computer
Interaction (HCI) and Health and/or Wellness fields.  Several selected
papers from the workshop will be invited for further development
toward publication in a special issue of AIS Transactions on
Human-Computer Interaction (THCI) to be titled “HCI in Health and
Wellness”.

All related research topics and methods are welcomed; priority will be
placed on selecting papers that:
- Clearly address topics relating to HCI and Health and/or Wellness
- Incorporate development and/or empirical evaluation of theory that
is testable (i.e., falsifiable)
- Are submitted in substantially complete form

RESEARCH WORKSHOP FORMAT:
Workshop participants will discuss their work in small groups led by
scholars with editorial experience in the areas of HCI, health, and
wellness.  Discussions will be facilitated so that each author has
equitable time to receive feedback.  This structure provides
opportunity to strengthen the submitted papers for future journal
submission.

SUBMISSION, REVIEWING, AND ACCEPTANCE PROCESSES:
- Submit papers as email attachments in Microsoft Word or Adobe
Acrobat (PDF) format to Vance Wilson (vancewilson@gmail.com). Expect
your submission to be acknowledged within 48 hours.
- All reviewing will be conducted in double-blind format and will be
primarily performed by program committee members selected for
expertise and interest in the topic area.
- Notification regarding acceptance will be sent via email to the
submitting author.
- Because this is a workshop rather than paper publication venue,
there is no restriction on concurrent submission of manuscripts to a
conference (such as AMCIS) or a journal.

SUBMISSION FORMAT:
Ideal papers will be no more than 35 pages in length (maximum 8000
words), double spaced, in 12-point Times New Roman font, following
THCI guidelines (http://aisel.aisnet.org/thci/authorinfo.html).
Longer papers will be considered if the length is well motivated.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
- Vance Wilson, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (vancewilson@gmail.com)
- Soussan Djamasbi, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (djamasbi@wpi.edu)

RESEARCH WORKSHOP PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
The Research Workshop Program Committee is currently being recruited.

E. Vance Wilson, Ph.D.
School of Business
102 Washburn
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
100 Institute Road
Worcester, MA 01609
Office: 508-831-5990
WPI Email: vwilson@wpi.edu
 
President
Special Interest Group on IT in Healthcare (SIG-Health)
Association for Information Systems

Supervising Editor
Information Systems and Healthcare Department
Communications of the Association for Information Systems