[AISWorld] CFP HICSS Minitrack: Organizational Issues for Big Data, Business Analytics and Business Intelligence

[Olivera Marjanovic]

[Apologies for cross-posting]

CFP HICSS minitrack: Organizational Issues for Big Data, Business Analytics and Business Intelligence
Track: Organizational Systems and Technology

48th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) 48, January 5-8, 2015, Kauai, Hawaii http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/

Minitrack Co-Chairs:
Associate Professor Olivera Marjanovic, University of Sydney Business School, Australia (Primary chair) <olivera.marjanovic at sydney.edu.au>
Associate Professor Thilini Ariyachandra, Williams College of Business, Xavier University, USA <ariyachandrat at xavier.edu>
Assistant Professor Barbara Dinter, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany <barbara.dinter at wirtschaft.tu-chemnitz.de>

Minitrack focus:
The provision of the right data with appropriate quality according to the needs of decision makers or automated processes is crucial for successful operations of companies and government agencies. Management Information Systems, Decision Support Systems, Executive Information Systems, interactive online analysis (OLAP), data mining, dashboards, predictive analytics and recently ‘big data’ analytics are examples for the historic advancement of business analytics / business intelligence (BA/BI) concepts for the front-end, while databases, data warehousing and recently ‘big data’ are examples for the development of the underlying technical infrastructure concepts. The smart combination of task-oriented front-end innovations and technology-driven infrastructure innovations allows for enhanced decision speed, more efficient extracting, cleaning, and aggregating data from source systems, maintaining and analyzing larger data sets, and demand-oriented access to data.

>From an information systems perspective, business analytics, business intelligence and ‘big data’ constitute a dynamic, fascinating and highly relevant field of research. This includes managerial considerations (BA/BI strategy, BA/BI organization and governance, BA/BI value, data quality management, etc.), process-centric business intelligence, and inter-organizational aspects. As organizations are learning how to leverage ‘big data’ (including social media data, mobile data, web data and network data) new innovative applications are expected to emerge, and with them new research challenges, yet to be discovered.

This minitrack will accept papers with a managerial, an economic, a methodological or a design perspective on the above topics. The main emphasis is placed on the business and organizational aspects of BA/BI and ‘big data’ rather than technology. Contributions from the fields of theory building, design research (methods and models), action research as well as analyses of existing or innovative applications are welcome.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
*Emerging Trends:
-Big Data analytics
-Real-time warehousing and operational business intelligence
-Mobile and pervasive BA/BI
-Social media analytics
-Innovative applications of advanced business analytics
-Cloud, Big Data, BA/BI
-Self-service BA/BI
-Agile BI

*Applications:
-Collaborative BA/BI and collaborative big data analytics
-Performance management and dashboards
-Predictive and prescriptive analytics
-Customer Relationship Management
-Supply Chain Management
-E-commerce
-Data mining
-Decision support systems
-Graphical information systems and spatial analytics
-Social BI (Social media & BI)
-Open data and BA/BI
-Visual analytics

*Managerial Issues
-Business challenges of Big Data
-Maturity models
-BA/BI and big data strategy
-Security, privacy and ethical issues
-Industry-specific data warehousing
-Integration of structured and un-structured data
-Development methodologies
-Business value and BA/BI success
-BA/BI and Big data governance
-BA/BI challenges in  non-profit organizations
-Data quality

Excellent papers will be encouraged to be submitted to the Journal of Business Intelligence and other relevant journals.

Papers Due: June 15, 2014 via the HICSS conference system http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_48/apahome48.htm

About HICSS conferences:
http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_48/apahome48.htm
Now in its 48th year, the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) is one of the longest-standing continuously running scientific conferences. This conference brings together researchers in an aloha-friendly atmosphere conducive to free exchange of scientific ideas. Unique characteristics of the conference include:
*      A matrix structure of tracks and themes that enables research on a rich mixture of computer-based applications and technologies.
*      Three days of research paper presentations and discussions in a workshop setting that promotes interaction leading to additional research.
*      A full day of Symposia, Workshops, and Tutorials. See Program Components for additional detail.
*      A truly international experience with participants usually from over 40 countries, (approximately 50% non-US).
*      Papers published in the Proceedings by the IEEE Computer Society Press and carried in the IEEE digital library Xplore. Access to HICSS papers is in the top 2% of IEEE Conferences.
*      Paper presentations and discussions which frequently lead to revised and extended papers that are published in journals, books, and special issues.
*      A keynote address and distinguished lecture which explore particularly relevant topics and concepts.

*      Best Paper Awards<http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_47/bestpapers2014.htm> in each track which recognize superior research performance.

*      HICSS is the #1 IS conference in terms of citations as recorded by Google Scholar.
Recent research that shows HICSS ranked second in citation ranking among 18 Information Systems (IS) conferences, ranked third in value to the MIS field among 13 Management Information Systems (MIS) conferences, and ranked second in conference rating among 11 IS conferences. The Australian Government's Excellence in Research project (ERA) has given HICSS an "A" rating.

Important deadlines for authors:
*      June 15: Submit full manuscripts for review. Review is double-blind.
*      Aug 15: Review System emails Acceptance Notices to authors.
*      Oct 1: Early Registration fee deadline. (Fees will increase
on Sept 16 and Dec 1.) Early Registration fee: $625
*      Oct 2: General Registration Fee begins: $695 (Registration price remains through December 1, 2014)
*      Oct 15: Papers without at least one registered author will
be deleted from the Proceedings; authors will be so notified.
*      Dec 2: Late Registration fee beings: $795 (Registration price remains through conference)