[AISWorld] CFP: Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS) 2016; Track #20 "Social Computing and Innovative eServices" (deadline 04/March/2016; Taiwan)

[Babak Abedin]

*Call For paper: Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS)
2016; Taiwan (27 June-1 July 2016)   *http://www.pacis2016.org


*Track #20:* *"Social Computing and Innovative eServices"*

*Introduction*
Social computing is a broad research area concerned with the intersection
of social behavior and computational systems. It includes both harnessing
human intelligence for computational tasks and the design of computational
systems that support social behavior and interactions (Manoj & Whinston,
2007). Therefore various applications of social media and online
communities such as blogs, email, instant messaging, social network
services, wikis, and social bookmarking illustrate ideas from social
computing, but also other kinds of software applications where people
interact socially.
Social computing has applications in variety of information systems
serviced provided in a society. Recent studies have particularly stressed
on the role of social computing and social media on co-creation of
innovation through active social processes (Piller et al., 2012), business
impact, and business transformation (Aral, et al., 2013). Businesses have
been encouraged to change their mindset about social computing section from
“a dumping ground for their spare cash, obsolete equipment, and tired
executives” to a platform that facilitates corporate social innovation
which is more R&D than it is charity (Kanter, 2015). Yet, despite the
potential for broad applications, little is known about the methodologies
for designing effective and efficient social computing systems and their
limitations.  This track is looking for full research papers as well as
research in progress papers about innovative social services and social
systems that can benefit the people, society, and businesses.
The papers included in this track could include, but not limited, to the
following areas:
● Innovative social systems and software
● Impacts of social media on society
● Intersection of IS value and innovation theories and social media
● Social computing theories and principles
● Business values of social computing platforms
● Online Communities
● eParticipation and Engagement
● Computer Mediated Communication (CMC)
● Design and evaluation methodologies for social computing and social media
● Applications of social computing and social media in Education
● Applications of social computing and social media in eGovernment
● Ethical and legal issues in social computing and social media
● Virtual social gaming and communities
● Healthcare and wellbeing communities
● Culture in social computing
● Mobile social computing
● Online special interest communities

*Journal Publication Opportunities:*
Selected papers in this track will be considered for an upcoming special
issue at the journal of Organisational Computing and Electronic Commerce
(Impact Factor 0.89)

*Important Dates:*
January 5, 2016 Start of Paper submissions
March 4, 2016 Paper Submission Deadline
April 22, 2016 Notification of Paper Acceptance
May 13, 2016 Early Registration Deadline
June 15, 2016 On-line Registration Deadline
June 27-28, 2016 Doctoral Consortium

*Track Chairs:*
Dr Babak Abedin, University of Technology Sydney, Australia (
Babak.Abedin at uts.edu.au)
Dr Farhad Daneshgar, University of New South Wales, Australia (
F.daneshgar at unsw.edu.au)
*More information:*
Please contact Track Chair or visit http://www.pacis2016.org/Page/Index/71

Regards


*Babak Abedin, PhDSenior Lecturer, Information Systems*
*School of Management, Leadership & Systems, **Faculty of Engineering & IT*
*University of Technology, Sydney, Australia*
*Phone: *+61 2 9514 1834