[AISWorld] AIS Student Competition – Call for Track Proposals

[Tom Meservy]

2011-2012 AIS Student Competition
Call for Track Proposals

The AIS student chapter initiative is gaining momentum, and many of you have
been actively involved with AIS student chapters. We are excited to announce
this year’s inaugural AIS Student Competition, and we request your
participation in making it a success for our students. ****

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The student competition is divided into one or more tracks based on
submitted and approved track proposals.  Competition within each track is
divided into two main phases: 1) an initial virtual component that any
student/team can participate in and 2) an onsite, face-to-face student
competition for the top teams in each track from the virtual competition.
The virtual competition will begin November 1st.  This year’s onsite
competition will be held at BYU in Provo, UT on April 26-28, 2012 and will
co-occur with the AIS Student Leadership conference.****

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*With this call, we are requesting proposals for competition tracks from you
and your students.*  Content areas for each track may vary from year to year
depending on the interest of the students and the faculty track chairs.  ***
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Competition Tracks****

The AIS student competition seeks to provide competition tracks in a wide
variety of content areas related to the Information Systems discipline.  The
precise format of the competition will likely vary between these tracks.
Possible competition content areas may include but are not limited to:****


   - Foundations of IS
   - Enterprise Architecture
   - IS Strategy, Management and Acquisition
   - Data and Information Management
   - Systems Analysis and Design
   - IT Infrastructure
   - Project Management
   - Application Development
   - Business Process Management
   - Collaborative Computing
   - Data Mining/Business Intelligence
   - Enterprise Systems
   - Human-Computer Interaction
   - Information Search and Retrieval
   - IT Audit and Controls
   - IT Security and Risk Management
   - Knowledge Management
   - Social Informatics

Proposals
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Track proposals should consist of the following information:****


   - Topic
   - General description of your vision of what would be required for the
   virtual component and also the face to face component (not necessarily the
   same)
   - Suggested track chair (self-nominations preferable)

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Sample proposals can be found at *http://tinyurl.com/3qnntvc**. *Proposals
should be submitted by filling out the following survey at
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/PHLW6XM or alternatively can be submitted to
tmeservy at memphis.edu. Proposals are due by September 15.****
Track Chair Responsibilities****

We are also seeking track chairs to oversee each content area. Come join us
and share with us your expertise.  Track chairs are generally responsible
for all aspects of the competition for that track.  Responsibilities
include:****


   - Creating competition content for the track
   - Assembling a panel of judges including a representative from industry
   - Determining judging criteria for submissions
   - Evaluating track submissions

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General Dates****

The following are general dates for the competition.****


   - September 15, 2011 – Deadline for Track Proposals (acceptance
   notification within a week following deadline)
   - October 15 – Track materials due
   - November 1 – Virtual competition begins
   - January 1 – Virtual competition materials due; judging begins
   - First week of February  - Notification of results
   - April 26-28 – Onsite Competition

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Event Website****

For more information about the competition and the leadership conference
that will occur April 26-28, 2012, please see the event website:****

http://www.ais2012.com/****

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Thomas Meservy****

Assistant Professor of MIS and ****

FedEx Institute of Technology STEP Research Fellow****

University of Memphis****

Memphis, TN 38152****

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