<div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">********************* CALL FOR PAPERS *********************<u></u><u></u></span></p>

</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The Research Track for the Pre-ICIS 2013 SIGDSS Workshop<u></u><u></u></span></p>

</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">"Reshaping Society through Analytics, Collaboration, and Decision Support: Role of BI and Social Media"<span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u><u></u></span></span></p>

</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><b><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">UPDATE - **</span></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> Very limited number of papers may be selected for virtual presentation session based on logistic constraints of the workshop. The review criteria will be the same for all submissions. If accepted for the virtual presentation session, the presentation mechanism details will be communicated to the authors by the track chairs.**<u></u><u></u></span></i></b></p>

<p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">Sunday, December 15, 2013</span></span> in Milan, Italy.<u></u><u></u></span></p>

</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">(<a href="https://sites.google.com/a/uncg.edu/sigdss/call-for-papers/research-track" target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/a/uncg.edu/sigdss/call-for-papers/research-track</a>)<u></u><u></u></span></p>

</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>

</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Keeping with the "Reshaping Society" theme of the ICIS conference, the Pre-ICIS 2013  SIGDSS workshop seeks forward-thinking research in the areas of analytics, collaboration and decision support with special focus on business intelligence and social media.<u></u><u></u></span></p>

</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Business Intelligence (BI)/ Decision Support (DSS)/ Analytics have become core to many businesses. The social media scape has come to modify and redefine not only businesses but also societal behavior and practices. Although addressed by research in the past few years, these domains are still evolving. For instance, the explosive growth in big data and social media analytics requires examination of the impact of these technologies and applications on business and society. Similarly, traditional approaches to collaboration and decision support are experiencing evolution and growth from BI and social media technologies and trends. As organizations in various sectors formulate IT strategies and investments, it is imperative to understand how various emerging technologies under the BI/DSS umbrella such as big data, mobile and wireless technologies, cloud computing, and recent collaboration tools can be used effectively for decision making in these organizations.<u></u><u></u></span></p>

</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">This research track aims to promote theoretical, design science, behavioral research and emerging applications in innovative areas of analytics, collaboration and decision support. We seek <b>comprehensive research and research-in-process</b> in topics including but not limited to:<u></u><u></u></span></p>

</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 47.25pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">  </span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Technical, behavioral, or managerial issues in the area of decision support, collaboration and analytics.<u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 47.25pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">  </span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Data-driven Decision Support, Reporting Analytics and Business Intelligence: Data modeling and database design; data warehousing and big data and large scale data storage; in-memory analytics; data visualization and analytics; OLAP and executive support.<u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 47.25pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">  </span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Knowledge-driven Decision Support, Data Mining and Management Expert Systems Applications: Application of knowledge technologies (e.g., text mining, data mining, rule-based systems, semantic web technologies) to address specific decision support needs; mobile technologies and applications for decision support.<u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 47.25pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">  </span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Model-driven Decision Support and Predictive Analytics: Model formulation, “what if?” analysis, model versioning and maintenance, model management in cloud computing and mobile technology environments.<u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 47.25pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">  </span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Document-driven Decision Support: Knowledge coding, analysis, search and retrieval for decision support for a variety of devices (e.g., tablets, smartphones).<u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 47.25pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">  </span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Design and Development of Decision Support: Designing for improved decision performance; metrics for data warehousing, BI, and analytics.<u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 47.25pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">  </span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Communications-driven and group decision support: impact of computer, collaboration and communication technologies in supporting group tasks including decision making; impact of social media on group decision making; socio-technical gaps in decision support systems.<u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 47.25pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">  </span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Decision Outcomes and Performance Evaluation: Effects of using decision technologies.<u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 47.25pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">  </span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Decision support user interface design, standards, features; impact of tablets and smart phones on usage.<u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 47.25pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">  </span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Decision Support Applications: Impacts of computerized decision support in businesses and organizations; real-time decision support; context-aware decision support; SaaS and BI (cloud computing); social networking, Web 2.0 and BI; inter-organizational BI.<u></u><u></u></span></p>

</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Paper Guidelines: Please use the ICIS formatting guidelines (<a href="http://icis2013.aisnet.org/index.php/submissions" target="_blank">http://icis2013.aisnet.org/index.php/submissions</a>) for your paper submission. The submission should ensure the following:<u></u><u></u></span></p>

</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 47.25pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">  </span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Topic is relevant to track's theme and will draw an audience.<u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 47.25pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">  </span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Objectives are clear and well-described.<u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 47.25pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">  </span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Paper is clearly written.<u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 47.25pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">  </span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Paper is well organized and flows logically.<u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 47.25pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">  </span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Literature review is appropriate.<u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 47.25pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">  </span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Methodology (or proposed methodology) is appropriate.<u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 47.25pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">  </span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Analyses are appropriate (if relevant, many RIP paper may not have data for analyses).<u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 47.25pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">  </span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Evidence supports authors' arguments.<u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 47.25pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">  </span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Paper makes contributions to the field, or has potential for contributions.<u></u><u></u></span></p>

</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Page Limit Requirements: Full research papers must not exceed 14 pages -- and research-in-progress papers must not exceed 7 pages. All submissions must conform to the ICIS 2013 submission template and follow the instructions document. The page limit must include all text, figures, and tables. The cover page, abstract, keywords, and references are excluded from this page count. Please use the template provided on the workshop website.<u></u><u></u></span></p>

</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">During the conference, select research-in-progress papers will be discussed in a round table format to help shape the research for future publication success and strong impact.<u></u><u></u></span></p>

</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">All accepted papers will be published in the Pre-ICIS SIGDSS workshop proceedings. Authors will retain copyright ownership. Quality papers will be selected for publication in the <b>Annals of Information Systems in a Special Issue on “Reshaping Society through Analytics, Collaboration, and Decision Support: Role of BI and Social Media” </b>(Springer); however, they will be subject to further review and editing as determined by the book editors.</span></i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>

</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> <u></u><u></u></span></p>

</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Important Dates:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>

</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 47.25pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">  </span></span><u></u><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">September 9, 2013</span></span>: Deadline for manuscript submission: by <span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">midnight PST</span></span><u></u><u></u></span></b></p>

<p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 47.25pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">  </span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">October 7, 2013</span></span>: Communication of Accepted Papers<u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 47.25pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">  </span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">October 28, 2013</span></span>: Camera ready papers for workshop due by <span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">midnight PST</span></span><u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 47.25pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">  </span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">December 15, 2013</span></span>: SIGDSS Pre-ICIS workshop from <span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">8.30 am to 4.30 pm</span></span><u></u><u></u></span></p>

<p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 47.25pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-size:7pt;font-family:'Times New Roman'">  </span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">February 10, 2014</span></span>: Selected manuscripts, camera ready version due for final editorial review for publication in special issue of <i>Annals of Information Systems</i> <u></u><u></u></span></p>

</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br>

</span></p><p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Submission Process:<u></u><u></u></span></p></div>

<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Prepare Manuscript using ICIS paper formatting guidelines (<a href="http://icis2013.aisnet.org/index.php/submissions" target="_blank">http://icis2013.aisnet.org/index.php/submissions</a>).<u></u><u></u></span></p>

</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Submit papers via email to: </span></p>

<p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Amit Deokar (<a href="mailto:amit.deokar@dsu.edu" target="_blank">amit.deokar@dsu.edu</a>) and Thilini Ariyachandra (<a href="mailto:ariyachandrat@xavier.edu" target="_blank">ariyachandrat@xavier.edu</a>).<u></u><u></u></span></p>

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</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Thilini Ariyachandra, Xavier University, <a href="mailto:ariyachandrat@xavier.edu" target="_blank">ariyachandrat@xavier.edu</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>

</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Amit Deokar, Dakota State University, <a href="mailto:amit.deokar@dsu.edu" target="_blank">amit.deokar@dsu.edu</a></span></p>

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