<div>Apologize for cross-posting</div><div><br></div>Call for Papers <br><br><span style="line-height:20px;color:rgb(45,68,86);font-size:13px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">The 6th Conference on Software, Knowledge, Information Management and Applications (SKIMA) will be held in Chengdu, China. </span> <br>
<br>Conference Web Site: <a href="http://www.epsrcham.org.uk/SKIMA2012/index.htm" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://www.epsrcham.org.uk/SKIMA2012/index.htm</a> <br><br>We are calling any paper aiming at addressing issues of <span class="il" style="background-image:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34);background-repeat:initial initial">user</span> experiences and enterprise systems. Here are hour track description and web address.<div>
<a href="http://www.epsrcham.org.uk/SKIMA2012/track8.htm" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://www.epsrcham.org.uk/SKIMA2012/track8.htm</a> </div><div><br></div><div>The deadline is 30th April.</div><div><br>
</div><div>We look forward to seeing you in Chengdu, China!</div><div><br></div><div>Honglei</div><div><div style><p style="padding-right:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-bottom:5px;padding-bottom:0px;margin-right:5px;line-height:1.6em;color:rgb(45,68,86);margin-left:5px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-top:5px">
<strong style="color:rgb(0,56,118)"> <span class="il" style="background-image:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34);background-repeat:initial initial">User</span> <span class="il" style="background-image:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34);background-repeat:initial initial">Experience</span> and Enterprise Systems<br>
Co-Chair: Honglei Li, NorthumbriaUniversity, <a href="mailto:honglei.li@northumbria.ac.uk" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">honglei.li@northumbria.ac.uk</a><br> Jian (Jeff) Guan, University of Louisville, <a href="mailto:jeff.guan@louisville.edu" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">jeff.guan@louisville.edu</a><br>
Ahmad Alibabaei, Shahid Beheshti University, Babaei@Gmail.com<br> Xin (Robert) Luo, The University of New Mexico, <a href="mailto:Luo@mgt.unm.edu" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">Luo@mgt.unm.edu</a><br>
</strong><strong style="color:rgb(0,56,118)">Description:</strong><br></p><p style="padding-right:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-bottom:5px;padding-bottom:0px;margin-right:5px;line-height:1.6em;color:rgb(45,68,86);margin-left:5px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;margin-top:5px">
Last decade has experienced a burgeoning growth of diversified social software including social networking software like Facebook, LinkedIn, and SecondLife. Smartphone interface such as IOS and android through iPhone and various other brands brings new perspective on human computer interactions. Users have been through completely new <span class="il" style="background-image:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34);background-repeat:initial initial">experience</span> with computer interface and information systems in mobile and social networking applications. However, most enterprise systems such as ERP systems are still using the legacy <span class="il" style="background-image:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34);background-repeat:initial initial">user</span> interface which is complex to learn and hard to navigate. With the fact that next generation growing up with the social media interface, their views and attitudes on <span class="il" style="background-image:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34);background-repeat:initial initial">user</span> interfaces of ERP systems will be different from the current generation. Their interactions with the enterprise systems with legacy interface will be challenging.</p>
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Big ERP provider such as SAP has already started their strategic plan to shift toward this direction. SAP is implementing a social media strategy to shift the perception of their ERP software from the company level to the individual level. Their recent plan to acquire Syclo, a leading provider of enterprise mobile applications and technologies, indicates their strategic move the enterprise software to the social level.</p>
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Should the enterprise systems be changed to meet the emergent needs of next generation? What's the relationship between the enterprise systems and <span class="il" style="background-image:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34);background-repeat:initial initial">user</span> <span class="il" style="background-image:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34);background-repeat:initial initial">experience</span>? Many interesting issues should centre around interactions of this new <span class="il" style="background-image:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34);background-repeat:initial initial">user</span> <span class="il" style="background-image:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34);background-repeat:initial initial">experience</span> based on social media software between the experiences of enterprise systems with legacy interface.</p>
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This track aims at discussing various issues between <span class="il" style="background-image:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34);background-repeat:initial initial">user</span> experiences and enterprise systems. We welcome high quality papers on the topics of, but not limited to, the following areas:</p>
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<li style="margin-left:30px">Interaction methods of Enterprise systems</li><li style="margin-left:30px">Enterprise systems' manual or documentation</li><li style="margin-left:30px">Ease of use of enterprise systems</li>
<li style="margin-left:30px"><span class="il" style="background-image:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34);background-repeat:initial initial">User</span> <span class="il" style="background-image:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34);background-repeat:initial initial">experience</span> requirements analysis for enterprise systems</li>
<li style="margin-left:30px">Influence of stakeholder's interest on their <span class="il" style="background-image:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34);background-repeat:initial initial">experience</span></li>
<li style="margin-left:30px">The relationship between <span class="il" style="background-image:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34);background-repeat:initial initial">user</span> <span class="il" style="background-image:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34);background-repeat:initial initial">experience</span> and employee productivity of enterprise systems</li>
<li style="margin-left:30px">Case study of <span class="il" style="background-image:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34);background-repeat:initial initial">user</span> <span class="il" style="background-image:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34);background-repeat:initial initial">experience</span> of enterprise systems</li>
<li style="margin-left:30px"><span class="il" style="background-image:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34);background-repeat:initial initial">User</span> interface analysis of existing enterprise systems such as ERP and BPM systems</li>
<li style="margin-left:30px">Development issues of enterprise systems <span class="il" style="background-image:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34);background-repeat:initial initial">user</span> interface</li>
<li style="margin-left:30px"><span class="il" style="background-image:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34);background-repeat:initial initial">User</span> interface design of enterprise systems based on <span class="il" style="background-image:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34);background-repeat:initial initial">user</span> <span class="il" style="background-image:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34);background-repeat:initial initial">experience</span></li>
<li style="margin-left:30px">Social media integration with enterprise systems</li><li style="margin-left:30px">Graphical design of enterprise systems</li><li style="margin-left:30px">Social <span class="il" style="background-image:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34);background-repeat:initial initial">experience</span> of enterprise systems</li>
<li style="margin-left:30px">Social identity in enterprise systems</li><li style="margin-left:30px">Internal and external factors influencing <span class="il" style="background-image:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34);background-repeat:initial initial">user</span> <span class="il" style="background-image:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34);background-repeat:initial initial">experience</span></li>
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All submissions will be evaluated for novelty, significance, and soundness. Papers should clearly state the purpose, theory, methodology, results, possible practical implications of the study, and be fully referenced with appropriate international citations.</p>
</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div><br></div>-- <br><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse"><div>Dr. <font color="#222222">Honglei Li</font></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse">--------------------------------------------------------<br>
Senior Lecturer in Enterprise Information Systems<br>School of Computing, Engineering, and Information Sciences<br>Northumbria University<br>Newcastle Upon Tyne<br>NE1 8ST<br>Phone: +44 091 243 7830 (O) +44 0787 2653330 (M)<br>
<a href="mailto:E-mail%3AHongleiLi@gmail.com" style="color:rgb(33,88,148)" target="_blank">E-mail:HongleiLi@gmail.com</a>; <a href="mailto:Honglei.Li@northumbria.ac.uk" target="_blank">Honglei.Li@northumbria.ac.uk</a></span></div>
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