-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [AISWorld] Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems (WITS 2012) Call For Papers Datum: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 13:30:44 -0400 Von: Rees, Jacquelyn M jrees@purdue.edu An: aisworld@lists.aisnet.org aisworld@lists.aisnet.org

*22^nd Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems in Orlando, Florida *

*December 15-16, 2012*

Conference Theme: Digital Innovation for Sustainability

Conference URL: http://site.warrington.ufl.edu/wits/

Electronic Submission System: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wits2012

The 22^nd Annual Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems will be held in Orlando, Florida, on December 15-16, 2012, just prior to the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS). The purpose of the workshop is to provide a forum for discussion and interaction among scholars with research interests in the cutting edge issues of information technologies and systems. The theme of the conference is "Digital Innovation for Sustainability*.*"

Sustainability is the capacity of systems to endure over time. Even though this definition is intended mostly for ecosystems, it obviously extends to systems created and impacted by humans such as information systems. Unconstrained human economic development has lead not only to destruction of delicate ecosystems, but in the end has contributed to volatile economic cycles and economic damage from natural disasters. Information technology is both a contributor and a potential solution to the challenges of managing sustainable development. Better decision support for public policy planners, businesses and consumers can lead to better long-term decisions. Examples are numerous and include inefficiencies in power systems which can be identified by data mining tools and solutions which can be generated by optimization. Virtualization, used properly, can reduce the carbon footprint of existing information systems. Understanding the economic and environmental impact of information systems, can lead to greater sustainable adoption, use, and retirement of information systems and technologies.

Since it is a workshop, WITS actively solicits papers describing novel research ideas that may be at a relatively early stage of development. Research topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Agent-based Systems

Agile System Development

Cloud Computing

Collaboration and Recommender Systems

Computational Ontology

Conceptual Modeling

Databases and Information Integration

Data, Text and Web Mining

Data Warehousing & OLAP

E-Business and E-Commerce

Enterprise Resource Planning

Enterprise Application Integration

Enterprise Systems and Architecture

Green IT

Grid Computing

Healthcare Information Systems and Technology

Human-Computer Interface

Information Personalization Technology

Information Quality, Privacy, and Security

Intellectual Property Protection

Intelligent Systems and Technologies

Knowledge Management Technologies

Mobile Commerce and Wireless Technologies

Multi-Media Computing

Peer-to-peer Technologies

Process management and mining

Recommender Systems

Resource and organizational modeling

Search Engines

Security techniques for information systems

Semantic Web

Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Services

Supply Chains and IT

Systems Analysis and Design

Systems to Support Collaboration & Negotiation

IT Infrastructure for Evolving Business Models

Virtualization

Web-Based Information Systems

Workflow Management Systems

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*SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS*

Submitted research papers are limited to 6 single-spaced, Times New Roman, 12-point font, 8.5" by 11" pages (including tables, figures, and references and 1" margins on all sides). All submissions will be subject to double blind review. Selection for presentation at the workshop and publication in the proceedings will be based on originality, contribution to the field, and workshop interest.

Research paper submissions must be sent in electronic form using the WITS 2012 submission system (https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wits2012). The electronic submission system, as well as instructions, will be available in July 2012.

Research prototypes, and instructional technology submissions should be sent directly to the prototype demo chair, Kaushik Dutta (duttak@nus.edu.sg mailto:duttak@nus.edu.sg).Prototype submissions should include links to any associated software or demo. We will accept instructional technology submissions that emphasize innovative use of IT in the classroom as well as innovations in teaching IS/IT topics. All accepted prototypes and instructional technology papers will be presented as posters during the workshop.

*PANEL ORGANIZATION*

In the last two decades many new business ventures related to information technology have launched. Many of the innovative ideas in IS research, including sustainability-related topics, have the potential to start new businesses. The panel's charge is to discuss entrepreneurship opportunities in converting IS research to viable businesses.

We welcome additional panel proposals. Please submit your panel proposals directly to the program co-chairs.

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*JOURNAL PUBLICATION OPPORTUNITY*

Authors of selected workshop papers and research prototypes will be invited to submit complete versions of their research for review and possible publication in a special issue of /ACM Transactions on Management Information Systems/ (ACM TMIS, http://tmis.acm.org/). We will invite papers for the review of this special issue.

*IMPORTANT DATES*

Deadline for paper submissions: August 1, 2012

Notification of paper acceptance: September 26, 2012

Prototype and panel submission: October 10, 2012

Notification of prototype and panel: October 24, 2012

Camera-ready copy due: October 24, 2012

*WORKSHOP & PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS *

Haldun Aytug (Haldun.aytug@warrington.ufl.edu), University of Florida, USA

Jackie Rees Ulmer (jrees@purdue.edu), Purdue University, USA

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*LOCAL ARRANGEMENT CHAIR*

Joni L. Jones (jonijones@usf.edu), University of South Florida, USA

*PROTOTYPE DEMO CHAIR*

Kaushik Dutta (duttak@nus.edu.sg), National University of Singapore, Singapore//

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*PROGRAM LIAISONS*

_Asia*: *//_

Guoqing Chen (chengq@sem.tsinghua.edu.cn mailto:chengq@sem.tsinghua.edu.cn), Tsinghua University, Beijing, China//

Jae Kyu Lee (jklee@business.kaist.ac.kr mailto:jklee@business.kaist.ac.kr), KAIST, Korea//

Rahul Roy (Rahul@iimcal.ac.in mailto:Rahul@iimcal.ac.in), IIM Calcutta, India//

Chih-Ping Wei (cpwei@im.ntu.edu.tw mailto:cpwei@im.ntu.edu.tw), National Taiwan University, Taiwan//

Leon Zhao (jlzhao@cityu.edu.hk mailto:jlzhao@cityu.edu.hk), City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China//

_Australia and New Zealand: //_

Cecil Chua (aeh.chua@auckland.ac.nz mailto:aeh.chua@auckland.ac.nz), University of Auckland, New Zealand

Ron Weber (ron.weber@monash.edu mailto:ron.weber@monash.edu), Monash University, Australia//

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_Europe: //_

Wil van der Aalst (W.M.P.v.d.Aalst@tm.tue.nl mailto:W.M.P.v.d.Aalst@tm.tue.nl), Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands//

Matti Rossi (matti.rossi@aalto.fi mailto:matti.rossi@aalto.fi), Aalto University School of Economics, Finland

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_South America_

Paulo Goes (pgoes@email.arizona.edu mailto:pgoes@email.arizona.edu), Univeristy of Arizona, USA