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*Minitrack: Cloud Computing and Sustainability*
Green IS (SIGGREEN)
AMCIS 2022 (
https://amcis2022.aisconferences.org/)
Minneapolis, Minnesota, August 10-14, 2022
*Call for Papers*
Cloud computing—providing IT services (both
infrastructure/hardware and
software) on demand over a network—has been widely adopted by
businesses
across industries due to such benefits as flexibility,
scalability,
always-on availability, and pay-as-you-go pricing. The widespread
adoption
of cloud computing over the past decade has sparked debates on its
environmental impacts among practitioners and academics alike.
From the
perspective of sustainability, cloud computing is differentiated
from
traditional IT investments and IT outsourcing in that it has
transformed
the way IT resources (both infrastructure/hardware and software)
are
procured, thereby altering IT’s implications for sustainability
and energy
consumption not only for cloud service providers (vendors), but
for service
users, which calls for research from novel perspectives.
On one hand, cloud services may come at a significant cost to the
environment, as data centers consume a massive amount of energy
for
supporting cloud services. On the other hand, cloud computing can
allow
business organizations to optimize IT resource utilization by
replacing
internal IT infrastructure with cloud-based IT services accessible
on
demand over a network, potentially enhancing energy efficiency.
Moreover,
on-demand cloud services can provide low-cost access to scalable,
high-powered software running on the cloud that confers
sustainability
benefits, which could not be achieved through in-house development
or
traditional software licensing. Cloud-based services (e.g.,
cloud-based
collaboration tools) also help organizations build climate
resilience for
adapting to climate change, in a similar way that it has played a
role in
coping with COVID-19.
This mini-track provides a forum for presenting and discussing
original
research highlighting the opportunities and challenges toward
sustainability related to designing, deploying, and using cloud
computing
from the IS perspective. In particular, we encourage submissions
that
address broad topics of Green IT and Green IS from the
perspectives of not
only cloud service vendors (e.g., data centers), but also cloud
service
users and other stakeholders (across various levels including
individuals,
organizations, and nations). This mini-track welcomes empirical
(qualitative and quantitative) studies as well as design-oriented
research
and conceptual/theoretical papers that leverage the multiple
perspectives
of IS toward sustainability in the era of cloud computing.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
· Adoption and diffusion of cloud computing by organizations and
individuals to address sustainability concerns
· Sustainability implications of in-house and outsourced IT
· Use of cloud computing to support sustainable business processes
· Performance implications of cloud computing and sustainability
· Development of cloud-based services and systems for
sustainability
· Energy-efficient data centers
· Cloud-based environmental/energy management systems
· Application of cloud computing to climate change adaptation
· Application of cloud computing for sustainability in different
sectors, such as smart grids, transportation, agriculture, smart
manufacturing, smart cities, and others
· Public policy related to cloud computing with implications for
sustainability
· Global and cross-border issues in cloud computing and
sustainability
*Important Dates:*
· January 15, 2022: Submission Open at PCS (
https://new.precisionconference.com/submissions)
· March 1, 2022: Submission Deadline
· April 15, 2022: Acceptance Notification
· April 25, 2022: Revised, Camera-Ready Paper Deadline
We look forward to receiving your best work for the minitrack of
*Cloud
Computing and Sustainability*. If you have any questions, feel
free to
contact the minitrack co-chairs.
*Minitrack Co-Chairs*:
Jiyong Park (
jiyong.park@uncg.edu, University of North Carolina at
Greensboro)
Kunsoo Han (
kunsoo.han@mcgill.ca, McGill University)
Nigel Melville (
npmelv@umich.edu, University of Michigan)
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*Jiyong Park*
Assistant Professor of Information Systems
Bryan School of Business and Economics
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
jiyong.park@uncg.edu | https://jiyong-park.github.io/