<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Accepted
papers for the upcoming<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Design
Science Research in Information Systems and Technology</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>(DESRIST 2012) conference in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Las Vegas, NV </b>(May 14-15, 2012)
will appear in<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Lecture Notes
of Computer Science</b><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>(LNCS)
published by Springer Verlag.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><br><br>Authors
of accepted papers will have two publication options:</span>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:40px"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">a)</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> <span class="apple-converted-space"></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Publication of full completed or
research-in-progress paper as reviewed for the conference (up to 15 printed pages)</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:40px"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">b)</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Publication of abridged version of
completed or research-in-progress paper (between 3 and 5 printed pages)</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Please
note that authors will chose the publication option<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><u>after</u><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>the acceptance of their full-length paper. All papers
will be subject to the same submission requirements. For details, please see
the call for papers below. Conference information is available at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://desrist2012.unlv.edu/">http://desrist2012.unlv.edu</a>.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Call
for Papers</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">DESRIST
invites contributions (research papers, demos and panels) that describe work in
all areas of Design Science research. These include but are not limited to:</span></p>

<ul><li><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Science of Design and Design Theory</span></li><li><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">P</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">hilosophical Foundations of Design Science</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"><span class="apple-converted-space"></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Evaluation of Design Science Research</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"><span class="apple-converted-space"></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Design Processes</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"><span class="apple-converted-space"></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Representations for Design</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"><span class="apple-converted-space"></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Design Evolution</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"><span class="apple-converted-space"></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Business and Organizational Design</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"><span class="apple-converted-space"></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Design for Innovation</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"><span class="apple-converted-space"></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Design Economics</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"><span class="apple-converted-space"></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Modularity and Rules in Design</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"><span class="apple-converted-space"></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Architectures for Design</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"><span class="apple-converted-space"></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Meta-Design Control in Design</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">D</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">esign of Software Intensive Systems</span></li>
</ul><p><br></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Submission
Format</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Submitted
manuscripts should follow the guidelines below:</span></p>



<ul><li><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Abstract up to 250 words</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"><span class="apple-converted-space"></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Papers should be double spaced with a font
size of 12 and one inch </span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"><span class="apple-converted-space"></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">margin on all sides.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""></span><span style="font-size:7.0pt"><span class="apple-converted-space"></span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Length: maximum of 20 pages for completed
papers and 10 pages for work-in-progress papers, including tables, figures, and
references.</span></li><li><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">A</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">nonymized (remove author names and
affiliations) for the double-blind review process.</span></li></ul>









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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Submission
deadline is January 31, 2012. Please submit papers on the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://desrist2012.unlv.edu/">DESRIST
web site</a>.</span></p>

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