-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [AISWorld] CFP: IT goes Green: Systemic Approaches to IT Policy Making, Design, Evaluation and Management, IJITSA journal Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 19:47:45 -0600 (CST) From: Manuel Mora T. mmora@securenym.net Reply-To: mmora@securenym.net To: AISWorld@lists.aisnet.org CC: frank.stowell@port.ac.uk, ijitsa@gmail.com, J.R.Cordoba-Pachon@rhul.ac.uk
========================================================================= Call For Papers - Special Issue Submission Due Date: September 15, 2011 ========================================================================= Special Issue On: IT goes Green: Systemic Approaches to IT Policy Making, Design, Evaluation and Management
Guest Editor: Dr. José-Rodrigo Córdoba Pachón, Royal Holloway, University of London ========================================================================= Introduction
Economic recession, global environmental concerns and availability of mobile technologies among other factors have contributed to the emergence of alternative computing infrastructures, products and service that promise individuals and organizations cleaner and more responsible information processing. A scheme that is now being popularized and put forward by technology providers is that of ?cloud? computing, which could help organizations reduce their operation and capital expenses whilst giving flexibility to consumers and end users. The benefits of this and other schemes are yet to be realized in particular regarding their environmental impacts within and beyond data processing facilities. Concerns about availability of energy to fuel computing platforms, mobile devices, offices or households still remain. Technology providers are competing to provide sophisticated devices and services whilst trying to balance their production and recycling processes with their carbon footprints. There are opportunities and challenges lying ahead for technology designers, managers and users in taking environmental and green concerns forward. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Objective of the Special Issue
This special issue aims to facilitate debate and contributions on how the systems approach in its various forms and applications can help addressing issues of design, service use and implementation of computing infrastructures and facilities that emerge when environmental requirements are to be met. We intend to gather theoretical and practical contributions from academics practitioners, policy makers or planners who can provide systemic accounts of how technology can better conceived of or positioned in the wider societal and environmental spheres.
Recommended Topics
Topics to be discussed in this special issue include (but are not limited to) the following:
?Cloud computing, private or public clouds, mobile clouds ?Conceptualisations of relationships between regulation, production and reuse of information technologies ?Design of ?green? devices, computing platforms or computing infrastructures ?Evaluation of environmental impacts of information systems ?Green IT curriculum ?Green IT frameworks and metrics ?Green IT strategies (virtualization, consolidation, cloud computing, responsible disposal, 3Rs, among others) ?Green supply chains supported by information technologies ?Information technology recycling ?Systemic methodology to plan and implement green IT policies or regulations ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Submission
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit papers for this special theme issue ?IT goes Green: Systemic Approaches to IT Policy Making, Design, Evaluation and Management? on or before September 15, 2011. All submissions must be original and may not be under review by another publication. INTERESTED AUTHORS SHOULD CONSULT THE JOURNAL?S GUIDELINES FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS at http://www.igi-global.com/Files/AuthorEditor/guidelinessubmission.pdf. All submitted papers will be reviewed on a double-blind, peer review basis. Papers must follow APA style for reference citations.
All submissions and inquiries should be directed to the attention of:
Dr. José-Rodrigo Córdoba Pachón, Royal Holloway, University of London Guest Editor J.R.Cordoba-Pachon@rhul.ac.uk and ijitsa@gmail.com
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