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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Hello <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>This is a</span><b> <span
style='color:red'>first</span><span style='color:red'> call</span> </b><span
style='color:black'>for papers for the inaugural</span> <b><u><span
style='color:red'>International Conference on Analytics Driven Solutions ICAS
2014 </span></u></b><span style='color:black'>which is being held at the </span><b><span
style='color:black'>Telfer School Centre of Business Analytics and Performance<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>University of Ottawa, Ottawa,
Canada on the 29-30 September 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Analytics are now a well
established multidimensional field of study and an area of application which
has attracted much interest in recent years. It has been successful in many
ways and is now a subject of academic study in Computer Science, Information
Management, Knowledge Management, Intellectual Capital, Investment Analysis,
and Corporate Strategy to mention only a few areas.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>ICAS 2014 </span></b><span
style='color:black'> aims to bring researchers and practitioners in analytics
from these different disciplines and more together. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Analytics has evolved from what
originally was called management science and operations research to a
multidisciplinary and multi-application field that in addition to mathematical
modelling and statistical methods, includes data mining, applied modelling,
actuary science, technology development, total quality management, Six Sigma,
Lean Analysis, constraints theory and various aspects of risk management. The
difference now is that there is an increased awareness that individuals are
doing analytics work in their own chosen field of study. This is due to many
factors, including access to better technology and a realisation of the need
for Analytics to be applied to deliver solutions to problems. This has resulted
in some stove piping which ICAS is designed to alleviate.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>ICAS brings together researchers
using Analytics from any field of study as well as practitioners involved in
the application of Analytics techniques to share ideas about the research and
application of this subject.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>For more information please go to:
</span><a
href="http://academic-conferences.org/icas/icas2014/icas14-call-papers.htm">http://academic-conferences.org/icas/icas2014/icas14-call-papers.htm</a>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Academic research, case studies and work-in-progress/posters
are welcomed approaches. PhD Research, Masters Research, proposals for
roundtable discussions, non-academic contributions and product demonstrations
based on the main themes are also invited. Please feel free to circulate this
message to any colleagues or contacts you think may be interested.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:black'>Following a double-blind peer
review process, those Papers accepted for presentation will be published in the
conference proceedings subject to author registration and payment. <o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='color:black'>Selected papers that have
been presented at the conference will also be considered for publication in a
number of high quality journals.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:black'>Papers presented at the
conference will be published in the conference proceedings with an ISSN and
ISBN, subject to author registration and payment. Selected papers that have
been presented at the conference will also be considered for publication in a
special issue of the Electronic Journal of Knowledge Management. The latest
issue is now available on the journal website. The conference proceedings are
indexed in the ISI World of Science.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Kind regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Sue Nugus<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Conferences Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://111.academic-conferences.org/">http://www.academic-conferences.org</a><span
style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:sue@academic-conferences.org">sue@academic-conferences.org</a><span
style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Tel: +44 (0) 118 972 4148<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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