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<!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;mso-pagination:none;
mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:
32.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia;color:#244061">Fourteenth
Symposium on Systems Analysis and Design<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center;mso-pagination:none;
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color:#632423">SIGSAND 2015<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;
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32.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia;mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold">Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center;mso-pagination:none;
mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:
32.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia;mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold">May 14-15, 2015 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;
margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center"><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial Italic";
mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Call for Papers</span></i><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia">
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia">General SIGSAND Information</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;
margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
16.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia">SIGSAND is the special
interest group on systems analysis and design of the Association for
Information Systems (AIS). SIGSAND provides services such as news, announcement
of conferences and call for papers, portals for working papers, research, and
teaching, sponsorship of tracks at major conferences, an annual symposium,
listserv, and special issues in journals. SIGSAND also has an international
presence, that is growing, as evidenced by its international chapters.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:
Times"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia">Submission Guidelines</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;
margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
16.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia">Faculty, graduate
students, and independent scholars are invited to submit completed research
papers, research in progress papers, or extended position statements in the
area of Systems Analysis and Design. Issues addressed in submissions can range
from the creation of new systems analysis and design formalisms and development
methods (grammars and methods), to the evaluation of new or existing formalisms
and methods by examining issues involving their use (scripts and context), to
polemic arguments on the potential value of the approach. Given the broad range
of issues in this call, submissions can be anchored in any of a range of
research methods including: formal analysis, systems development (design
science), experiments, case studies, and field studies.
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:
Times"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;
margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;font-family:
Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia">Topics of Interest</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;
margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:11.0pt .5in;
mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia">Topics
of interest include, but are not limited to: agile methods, process modeling, analysis
and design of service-oriented systems, component based development, conceptual
modeling, database design and query languages, empirical studies in systems
analysis and design, object oriented methods and methodologies, ontological
foundations, project management issues in systems analysis and design, rapid
systems development, requirements engineering, security issues in systems
analysis and design, software testing and quality control, teaching systems
analysis and design, transition from structured approaches to object oriented
approaches, unified modeling language (UML), user participation, workflow
modeling.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;
margin-left:0in;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:
none"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:
Georgia">Submission Process</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Times"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.5pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Submissions
will be reviewed by the symposium organizers for relevance and contribution to
SA&D. Accepted submissions will receive in-depth feedback from symposium
participants and will be included in the proceedings. Authors will retain
copyright on their work, allowing them to submit revised versions of their
papers to other outlets. The following length limits apply:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.5pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Completed
research - 5,000 words<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Research in progress
- 3,000 words<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Position statements -
3,000 words<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;
margin-left:0in;text-align:justify;text-indent:0in;mso-text-indent-alt:0in;
mso-pagination:none;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:0in;mso-layout-grid-align:
none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
10.5pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Email
submissions to <a href="mailto:SIGSAND2015@vcu.edu">SIGSAND2015@vcu.edu</a> </span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Bold";
mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;
margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in;mso-text-indent-alt:0in;mso-pagination:none;
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none"><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:
16.0pt;font-family:"Arial Bold";mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia">Important Dates</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial Bold""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:1.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:1.0pt;
margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in;mso-text-indent-alt:0in;mso-pagination:none;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:0in;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:
none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia">Expressions of Interest (optional): February 28,
2015</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:1.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:1.0pt;
margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in;mso-text-indent-alt:0in;mso-pagination:none;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:0in;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:
none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia">Submission of Manuscript: March 15. 2015</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:1.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:1.0pt;
margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in;mso-text-indent-alt:0in;mso-pagination:none;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:0in;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:
none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia">Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: March 31,
2015</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:1.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:1.0pt;
margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in;mso-text-indent-alt:0in;mso-pagination:none;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:0in;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:
none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia">Final Paper Submission: April 30, 2015</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:1.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:1.0pt;
margin-left:0in;text-indent:0in;mso-text-indent-alt:0in;mso-pagination:none;
mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:0in;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:
none"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia">Symposium: May 14-15, 2015</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.0pt;
margin-left:0in;mso-pagination:none;tab-stops:0in;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-family:Arial">Contact:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Arial">Dr. H. Roland Weistroffer, Virginia Commonwealth
University (email: </span><a href="mailto:hrweistr@vcu.edu"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial">hrweistr@vcu.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial">)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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