[AISWorld] AIS Student Competition - Call for Track Proposals

[Tom Meservy]

 2012-2013 AIS Student Competition
Call for Track Proposals


As many of you know, earlier this year we had a successful inaugural AIS
Student Competition. Preparation for this year’s competition is underway
and we request your participation in making it an even greater success for
our students.

The student competition is divided multiple 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 December 1st.  This year’s onsite competition will
be held at Walmart in Bentonville, AR on April 19-20, 2013 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.

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

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)

Sample proposals can be found at
http://tmeservy.isyslab.com/AIS_Student_Competition-Example_Proposals.pdf*.
*Proposals should be submitted by filling out the following survey at
https://byu.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_ezZwACfrlCd4ULj or alternatively can
be submitted to tmeservy at byu.edu. Proposals are due one week from today
(November 2, 2012).
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
General Dates

The following are general dates for the competition.

·         November 2, 2012 – Deadline for Track Proposals

o   Acceptance notification within a week following deadline

·         November 15, 2012 – Track materials due

·         December 1, 2012 – Virtual competition begins

·         February 1, 2013 – Virtual competition materials due; judging
begins

·         February 15, 2013  - Notification of results

·         April 19-20, 2013 – Track Finalist Competition at Walmart in
Bentonville, AR
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