[AISWorld] EXTENDED DEADLINE for Research Track CFP for Pre-ICIS Business Analytics (BA) Congress, Dec 12-13, 2015

[Babita Gupta]

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION EXTENDED TO MIDNIGHT PST, SEPTEMBER 1, 2015!!!




*Business Analytics Congress Research Track Description*

The theme of this year's BA Congress is "Exploring the Analytics Frontier."
The Business Analytics Congress, co-sponsored by the Association for
Information Systems Special Interest Group on Decision Support and
Analytics (SIGDSA) and Teradata University Network (TUN), seeks
forward-thinking research in the areas of analytics and business
intelligence, with special focus on the role of business intelligence and
analytics in the creation, spread, and use of information (
https://sites.google.com/a/uncg.edu/bac2015/call-for-papers/research-track).


Business Intelligence and Analytics (BI&A) have become core to many
businesses as they try to derive value from data. Although addressed by
research in the past few years, these domains are still evolving. For
instance, the explosive growth in big data and social media analytics
requires examination of the impact of these technologies and applications
on business and society. As organizations in various sectors formulate IT
strategies and investments, it is imperative to understand how various
technologies and applications under the BI&A umbrella such as business
intelligence, data warehousing, big data and big data analytics, data and
text mining, predictive modeling, decision support, and data visualization
contribute to organizational information processing, and ultimately
organizational success.

This research track aims to promote theoretical, design science, behavioral
research and emerging applications in innovative areas of business
intelligence and analytics, big data and decision support. *We seek
comprehensive completed research and research-in-process (RIP) papers* in
topics including but not limited to:

*BI&A Theory*

·         *Conceptualizations of BI&A*: construct development; theoretical
frameworks; typologies and classifications.

·         *Information and BI&A*: delineating the relationship between
information and BI&A, conceptualizing the role of BI&A in the creation,
spread and use of information.

*BI&A Systems and Technologies*

·         *Data management:* data modeling and database design; data
security and privacy; data warehousing; OLAP and executive support; big
data and large scale data storage; Hadoop.

·         *Analytic approaches and methodologies:* data mining; text
mining, sentiment analysis, rule-based systems, in-memory analytics,
high-performance analytics, real-time forecasting, algorithms.

·         *Modeling:* mathematical modeling, simulations, model versioning
and maintenance.

·         *Data visualization and user interface design: *visualization
design, dashboard design, report design, UI design for data analysts; features
of BI&A user interface, BI&A UI design for mobile devices.

*BI&A Development, Use and Impact*

·         *BI&A Development:* approaches to BI&A development and
implementation, agile development of BI&A applications, management of BI&A
projects; implementation issues.

·         *Organizational use and impact:* organizational adoption and use
of BI&A technologies, strategic role of BI&A, BI&A management, BI&A
evaluation, BI&A and business performance, metrics for data warehousing,
BI, and analytics.

·         *Individual use and impact**: *adoption of BI&A tools, effects of
using BI&A and decision support on decision performance, designing for
improved decision performance, collaborative use of BI&A tools, personal
analytics.

·         *New business models for BI&A:* data driven innovation, the role
of open data.

*BI&A Applications and Environment*

·         *BI&A applications:* process analytics, supply chain analytics,
market intelligence, social media and web analytics, security and public
safety, mobile analytics, network analytics, enterprise analytics,
healthcare analytics, geo-spatial analytics, inter-organizational BI&A.

·         *BI&A environments:* SaaS and BI&A in the cloud, BI&A on mobile
devices.

Download the template
<https://sites.google.com/a/uncg.edu/bac2015/manuscript-submission>for the
BA Congress modeled after ICIS template (apply most of ICIS formatting
guidelines
<http://icis2014.aisnet.org/index.php/submissions/paper-submission> for
your paper submission with the exception of footer).

§  Topic is relevant to track's theme and will draw an audience.

§  Objectives are clear and well-described.

§  Paper is clearly written.

§  Paper is well organized and flows logically.

§  Literature review is appropriate.

§  Methodology (or proposed methodology) is appropriate.

§  Analyses are appropriate (if relevant, many RIP paper may not have data
for analyses).

§  Evidence supports authors' arguments.

§  Paper makes contributions to the field, or has potential for
contributions.

Page Limit Requirements: Full research papers must not exceed 14 pages and
RIP papers must not exceed 7 pages. All submissions must conform to the
submission template and follow the instructions document. The page limit
must include all text, figures, and tables. The cover page, abstract,
keywords, and references are excluded from this page count.

During the conference, select research-in-progress papers will be discussed
in a round table format to help shape the research for future publication
success and strong impact.

Plan to be a part of this unique event. Mark your calendars for the
afternoon of Saturday December 12 for the opening sessions of the BA
Congress, the social event on the evening of Saturday December 12 and a
full day of presentations, keynotes and panels on Sunday December 13.

*PUBLICATION AND AWARDS OPPORTUNITY*

The following opportunities are also available:

•       Journal Publication Opportunity:  We are excited to announce that
the best completed research and research-in-progress papers in the 2015
Business Analytics Congress (BAC) will be considered for fast tracking to
the Decision Sciences Journal (DSJ). Authors of the selected papers will be
notified of this decision soon after the acceptance decisions are
communicated, and will be invited to attend a DSJ manuscript development
workshop that is part of the 2015 Business Analytics Congress.

•       SIG Decision Support and Analytics (SIGDSA) is sponsoring awards
for best research track papers.  There will be one $200 award for Best
Research Paper and two $100 awards for runners-up.

Submit papers to:
Babita Gupta (bgupta at csumb.edu),
Barbara Dinter (barbara.dinter at wirtschaft.tu-chemnitz.de) and
Anna Sidorova (anna.sidorova at unt.edu).



We look forward to seeing you in Ft. Worth, Texas!  We also send a very
special thank you to Teradata and SAS for sponsoring and supporting the BA
Congress!!

*Important Dates:*

September 1, 2015      Extended Deadline for manuscript submission: by
midnight PST

October 5, 2015          Communication of Accepted Papers

November 2, 2015      Early Registration deadline

November 9, 2015      Camera ready papers due by midnight PST

December 12, 2015     BA Congress from Noon to 5 pm, Evening Social TBD

December 13, 2015     BA Congress from 8 am to 5 pm



*Research Track Chairs:*

Barbara Dinter, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany

Babita Gupta, California State University Monterey Bay, USA
Anna Sidorova, University of North Texas, USA
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Babita Gupta, Ph.D.
Director of AACSB Accreditation
Professor of Information Systems
College of Business
California State University Monterey Bay
Seaside, CA 93955