[AISWorld] CfP HICSS 52 - Mini-Track on Internet-of-Things

Thu Apr 5 12:51:45 EDT 2018

CALL FOR PAPERS: HICSS-52 " Internet of Things: Providing Services Using
Smart Devices, Wearables, and Quantified Self Mini-Track " (in " Decision
Analytics, Mobile Services, and Service Science Track)

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IMPORTANT DATES
April 15: Paper submission begins.

June 15 | 11:59 pm HST: Paper submission deadline

August 17 | 11:59 pm HST : Notification of Acceptance/Rejection

September 22: Deadline for authors to submit final manuscript for
publication

October 1: Deadline for at least one author of each paper to register for
the conference

TRACK: Decision Analytics, Mobile Services and Service Science (Christer
Carlsson, Haluk Demirkan)
MINITRACK: Internet of Things: Providing Services Using Smart Devices,
Wearables, and Quantified Self
Instructions and submission link:
http://hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-and-minitracks/authors/

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OVERVIEW OF THE MINITRACK

Description: This mini-track addresses issues organizations face as they
seek to provide services to end-users through wearable or autonomous mobile
devices using the emerging Internet of Things (IoT) platform. The IoT
allows connectivity of billions of mobile devices that can perform
physical, sensing, and analytical services to users. Many of these devices
exist in physical proximity to the user making up part of the user’s
personal area network (PAN). Others are wearable devices that sense and
track metrics about the quantified self and make up the user’s body area
network (BAN). Finally, other mobile devices are semi-autonomous or
autonomous and can move and actuate on their surroundings in an effort to
provide services to users who may or may not be in physical proximity of
the devices. These scenarios create business opportunities for
organizations seeking to provide services to these users. However, these
opportunities create numerous questions that have not been adequately
researched:

1.      Applicable business models for these services.

2.      Technical issues that must be resolved to provide these services.

3.      Data analysis issues requiring big data management techniques.

4.      How value is co-created in these service settings.

5.      The role of externalities as the IoT grows to incorporate billions
of users and devices.

6.      Privacy issues as more and more data about the quantified-self are
collected.

7.      How mobile devices contact and form business relationships with
other devices to provide services.

8.      Security and privacy issues.

In addition, very few empirical studies have been conducted on using the
Internet of Things to provide such services. We encourage authors to share
new and interesting theoretical and methodological perspectives on topics
relevant to both academic researchers and practitioners. Among other
approaches, we welcome work-in-progress studies that examine existing and
extended theory using the business value of IT methodologies for business
models, service science in the context of mobile devices, and diffusion of
innovation studies on the adoption and acceptance of wearable or autonomous
mobile devices. We give special consideration to research submissions when
the author(s) commit to include an industry partner in their presentation.
We welcome any research that reflects a range of contemporary research
methods, including case studies, analytical models, conceptual studies,
econometrics, and frameworks.

*Topics. *The following areas are suggestive of the range of topics that
are considered suitable:

·        Case studies of IoT-enabled service provision using wearable or
autonomous mobile devices

·        Business models for services using wearable or autonomous mobile
devices

·        Forecasting the technical evolution of IoT-enabled wearable and
autonomous mobile devices

·        Application of service science and service-dominant logic to
wearable or smart devices

·        Methods to analyze data from wearable or autonomous mobile devices

·        Advances in the user interface when providing services through
mobile devices

·        Integrating wearable or autonomous devices into IoT and other
larger systems

·        Designing, planning, building and managing IoT-enabled
infrastructures and platforms

·        IoT-enabled wearable or autonomous mobile devices for supply chain
management (SCM)

·        Managing the technical integration of wearable or autonomous
mobile devices with other devices, wireless sensor networks, RFID systems,
and larger distribution systems

·        Cultural and social implications of IoT-enabled mobile computing
devices

·        Safeguarding security and privacy, personal safety, and quality of
life issues

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MINI-TRACK CHAIRS’ CONTACT INFORMATION:

*Fred Riggins* (primary contact)

Accounting & Information Systems Dept.

College of Business

North Dakota State University

Fargo, ND  58108-6050

Tel: (701) 231-5102

fred.riggins at ndsu.edu

*Tayfun Keskin *

Dept. of Information Systems

Robert C. Vackar College of Business & Entrepreneurship

The University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley

Edinburg, TX  78539-2909

Tel: (956) 665-2801

keskin at utexas.edu

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INSTRUCTIONS FOR PAPER SUBMISSION

·        HICSS papers must contain original material not previously
published, or currently submitted elsewhere.

·        Consult the conference website for the listing and description of
Mini-tracks for HICSS-52.

·        Contact the mini-track Chair(s) by email for guidance and
verification of appropriate content.

·        If unsure of which Mini-track is appropriate, submit abstract to
the Track Chair for guidance.

·        Submit your full paper according to the detailed formatting and
submission instructions found on the HICSS website to the reviewing website.
Note:  All papers will be submitted in double column publication format and
limited to 10 pages including diagrams and references.

·        For the latest information, visit the HICSS web site at
http://www.hicss.org