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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">We invite the submission of
manuscripts to the Research Track in <span style="color:black">Business
Intelligence (BI), Decision Support (DS), and Analytics organized by SIG
Decision Support and</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Analytics (SIGDSA) at
the Pre-ICIS Conference to be held on Sunday December 14, 2014 at the
University of Auckland Business School, Auckland, New Zealand.<br>
</span><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Building a Better World through
Information Systems <br>
SIGDSA Pre-ICIS Conference<br>
Sunday December 14, 2014<br>
The University of Auckland Business School, Auckland, New Zealand<br style>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Research
Track CFP <span style="color:black">Description </span></span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br>
</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="https://sites.google.com/a/uncg.edu/sigdsa/call-for-papers/research-track">https://sites.google.com/a/uncg.edu/sigdsa/call-for-papers/research-track</a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Keeping with the </span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">"</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Building a Better World through Information
Systems</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">"</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"> theme of the ICIS conference, the Pre-ICIS
SIGDSA workshop seeks forward-thinking <span style>research<b> </b></span>in the areas of analytics, collaboration and
decision support with special focus on business intelligence and social
media. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Business Intelligence
(BI)/ Decision Support (DS)/ 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/DS 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. </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">This research track
aims to promote theoretical, design science, behavioral research and emerging
applications in innovative areas of analytics, collaboration and decision
support. <b>We seek comprehensive completed research and research-in-process
(RIP) papers</b> in topics including but not limited to:<br></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"><b style><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Design and Development
of Decision Support Models and Tools</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">, such as</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"><i style><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">--- Data-driven Decision Support</span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">: reporting analytics; data modeling and
database design; data warehousing; OLAP and executive support; big data and
large scale data storage; in-memory analytics; </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">data
visualization and analytics.<span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"><i style><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">--- Knowledge-driven Decision Support</span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">: data mining and management expert systems applications;
</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Application of knowledge management
technologies such as text mining, data mining, rule-based systems, semantic
web technologies to address specific decision support needs; mobile
technologies.<span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><i style><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">--- Model-driven Decision Support and Predictive Analytics</span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">: model formulation, “what if?” analysis,
model versioning and maintenance, model management in cloud computing and
mobile technology environments.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"><i style><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">--- Document-driven Decision Support</span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">: knowledge coding, analysis, search and
retrieval for decision support for a variety of devices (e.g., tablets,
smartphones). </span></p>
<p class="" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"><i style><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">--- Communications</span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">-<i style>driven
and Group Decision Support:</i> impact of computer, collaboration and
communication technologies in supporting group tasks including decision
making; impact of social media on group decision making; </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">socio-technical gaps in decision support systems.<span style="color:black"></span></span></p>
<p class="" style="margin:0in 0in 6pt 1.25in;line-height:normal;background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="" style="margin:6pt 0in;line-height:normal;background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"><b style><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Decision Outcomes and Performance Evaluation: </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">effects of using decision technologies, designing
for improved decision performance; metrics for data warehousing, BI, and
analytics.</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin:6pt 0in 6pt 0.25in;line-height:normal;background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"><b style><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"></span></b></p>
<p class="" style="margin:6pt 0in;line-height:normal;background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"><b style><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Decision Support User Interface Design: </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">standards, features of decision support user
interface; impact of tablets and smart phones on usage.</span></p>
<p class="" style="margin:6pt 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% white"><b style><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Decision Support Applications</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">: Impacts of computerized decision support in
businesses and organizations; real-time decision support; context-aware
decision support; SaaS and BI (cloud computing); social media, Web 2.0 and
BI; inter-organizational BI.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Paper Guidelines:
Please use the </span><a href="http://icis2014.aisnet.org/index.php/submissions/paper-submission"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">ICIS formatting guidelines</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"> for your paper submission.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br>
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* <span style="color:black">Topic is relevant to track's theme and will draw
an audience.<br>
* Objectives are clear and well-described.<br>
* Paper is clearly written.<br>
* Paper is well organized and flows logically.<br>
* Literature review is appropriate.<br>
* Methodology (or proposed methodology) is appropriate.<br>
* Analyses are appropriate.<br>
* Evidence supports authors' arguments.<br>
* Paper makes contributions to the field, or has potential for contributions.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">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 2014
submission template (available at </span><a href="http://icis2014.aisnet.org/index.php/submissions/paper-submission"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">http://icis2014.aisnet.org/index.php/submissions/paper-submission</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">) 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.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">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.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">All accepted papers will be published in the Pre-ICIS SIGDSA workshop
proceedings. Authors will retain copyright ownership. Quality papers will be
selected for publication in the<b> Information Systems Frontiers </b>in a <b>Special
Issue on </b></span></i><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">"</span><b><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Building a Better World through Information
Systems</span></i></b><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">"</span><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"> (Springer); however, they will be subject to
further review and editing as determined by the book editors.</span></i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><br>
Important Dates:</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Monday, September 1, 2014 --------
Deadline for manuscript submission: by midnight PST</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Monday, September 29, 2014<span style> </span>------- Communication of Accepted Papers <br>
Friday, October 25, 2014 ------------- Early Registration Deadline</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Monday, October 27, 2017
---------- Camera ready papers for workshop due by midnight PST</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Sunday, December 14, 2014
--------- SIGDSA Pre-ICIS workshop from 8.30 am to 4.30 pm</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Monday, February 9, 2015
------------ Selected manuscripts, camera ready version due for final
editorial review for publication in special issue of Information Systems
Frontiers<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Submission Process:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br>
<span style="color:black">Prepare Manuscript using </span></span><a href="http://icis2014.aisnet.org/index.php/submissions/paper-submission"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">ICIS paper formatting guidelines</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">.<br>
Submit papers to: Babita Gupta (<a href="mailto:bgupta@csumb.edu">bgupta@csumb.edu</a>) and Sagnika Sen (</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="mailto:sagnika.sen@psu.edu">sagnika.sen@psu.edu</a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">).</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Research Track Chairs:</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Babita Gupta,
California State University Monterey Bay, <a href="mailto:bgupta@csumb.edu">bgupta@csumb.edu</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Sagnika Sen, Pennsylvania
State University- Great Valley, </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="mailto:sagnika.sen@psu.edu">sagnika.sen@psu.edu</a></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p>
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</div><div><div dir="ltr">-------------------------------------------------------<br>Dr. Babita Gupta<br>Director of AACSB Accreditation<br>Professor of Information Systems<br>College of Business<br>California State University Monterey Bay<br>
Seaside, CA 93955<br><a href="http://amcis2014.aisnet.org/index.php/track-list/77-amcis-2014/88" target="_blank">AMCIS 2014: Business Intelligence, Analytics, & Knowledge Management (SIGDSA) Track</a><br></div></div>
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