<br><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Call for
Dissertations for the</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Annual Ballou-Pazer
Information Quality Dissertation Award Competition</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The International Conference on Information Quality
(ICIQ) presents </span><a href="http://mitiq.mit.edu/ICIQ/awards/ballou-pazer.aspx"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Donald
Ballou and Harald Pazer IQ Dissertation Award</span></i></a><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">for
the dissertation on data/information quality that demonstrates the most
significant contribution to the IQ field. The winner of this award receives a certificate
and a US$1,000 prize. The dissertation must be completed within two calendar
years prior to the current ICIQ conference. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Submission
Requirements</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The author must
submit evidence that the dissertation has been completely approved by his/her
Dissertation Committee and the University’s (or College) Graduate Office.
Preferably this will include direct mailings from the Dissertation Committee
Chair, from the relevant Graduate Office or copies of the Ph. D. Diploma or Certificate.
As an alternative, the advisor can nominate the candidate together with an
endorsement letter without additional evidence. The originator should send the evidence
documents on his/her office stationary to:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dr. Richard Wang</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">225 Crafts Road</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Chestnut Hill, MA, <span class="street-address">02467-1421, USA</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">ATTN: Ballou & Pazer D</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">issertation</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> Award</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:168.0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2. The author must
submit a CV and a list of publications, his/her dissertation, and the
endorsement of the student’s adviser/dissertation director confirming that the
dissertation is completed and has been successfully defended. The dissertation should be submitted to Dr.
Markus Helfert at <u><span style="color:blue"><a href="mailto:markus.helfert@computing.dcu.ie">markus.helfert@computing.dcu.ie</a></span></u> for loading on to </span><a href="http://www.iq-dissertations.net/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">www.iq-dissertations.net</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.25in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt">3. The author must submit an electronic executive
summary of 3-4 pages to Dr. Rolf Wigand at </span><a href="mailto:rtwigand@ualr.edu"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">rtwigand@ualr.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt">, Dr. Markus Helfert at </span><a href="mailto:markus.helfert@computing.dcu.ie"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">markus.helfert@computing.dcu.ie</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt">, and Dr.
Richard Wang at </span><a href="mailto:rwang@mit.edu"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">rwang@mit.edu</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">,</span></span><span style="font-size:11pt"> respectively. Topics
covered must include short statements for each of the following areas with a
reference to where these topics appear within the dissertation: </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-size:11pt">Clear statement of the contribution of this work to the
field of information quality</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-size:11pt">Define key terms and concepts used</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-size:11pt">Provide examples of constructs</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-size:11pt">Describe research methods / mathematics used</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span><span style="font-size:11pt">Summarize implications of this research </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Evaluation
Committee:</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dr. Rolf Wigand (Chair)</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">, </span><a href="http://ualr.edu/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">University of Arkansas at
Little Rock</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt">,
USA</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dr. Markus Helfert, </span><a href="http://www.dcu.ie/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dublin City University</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt">, Ireland</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dr. Yang Lee, </span><a href="http://www.northeastern.edu/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Northeastern University</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt">, USA</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dr. Stuart Madnick, </span><a href="http://web.mit.edu/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt">, USA</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.75in;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">5.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dr. Felix Naumann,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><a href="http://www.hpi.uni-potsdam.de/willkommen.html?L=1&cHash=7e31f9324645305286dc6c9c443d7730"><span lang="DE" style="font-size:11.0pt">Hasso Plattner Institute</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt">, Germany</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Submission Deadline: <u>September 1, 2012</u></span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Please include dissertations,
executive summaries and independent statements of evidence of dissertation
completion. Submitted dissertations for the competition will be loaded to the IQ
Dissertation Web Page Site at this time.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The <b>Evaluation
Committee Chair</b> will announce the <b>Ballou-Pazer
IQ Dissertation Award</b> winner(s) at the opening of the Annual ICIQ
Conference (</span><a href="http://mitiq.mit.edu/ICIQ"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">http://mitiq.mit.edu/ICIQ</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt">).</span></p><div><br></div><br>