The 8th Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems (WITS'98) will be
held in Helsinki, Finland, December 12-13, 1998, just prior to the
International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS). The purpose of the
workshop is to promote discussion and interaction among members of the
Information Systems community with research interests in cutting-edge
information technologies and systems. We are particularly interested in
exchanging research ideas and results which will not only contribute to
academic areas, but will also benefit the business community in the
foreseeable future. The theme of WITS'98 is Information Technologies in
Support of Business Processes.
TOPICS
We solicit condensed research papers describing original ideas, new
results, novel applications, or "experience reports" describing lessons
learned in the development, operations, and maintenance of actual systems.
The research should address issues concerning the theory, development,
management and application of advanced information technologies and
systems. We also encourage proposals for panels that examine emerging,
innovative, or otherwise provocative issues. Suggested topics include, but
are not limited to:
The length of submitted papers should be limited to double-spaced, 12-point
font, 10 A4 pages (including tables, figures, and references). Panel
proposals, are limited to 5 pages, and should include a summary of the
topics to be covered, names, and affiliations of 3-4 panelists who have
made a commitment to participate, a summary of their position statements,
and a brief biography of each. A mix of industry and academic panel members
is encouraged. Submissions violating the above requirements will be
rejected without going through the review process. All submissions,
excluding panel proposals, will be reviewed double blind. Selection for
presentation at the workshop and publication in the proceedings will be
based on originality, contribution to the field, and workshop interest. The
program committee may select papers as posters in which case the authors
will have to condense them to 5 pages for the conference proceedings.
Authors of selected research papers may be invited to submit complete
versions of their work for possible journal publication after the workshop.
Send five (5) copies of each submission to:
Salvatore T. March, Information and Decision Sciences
University of Minnesota
321 19th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
IMPORTANT DATES
Deadline for paper submissions:................. July 12, 1998
Notification of acceptance:..................... September 20, 1998
Camera-ready copy due:.......................... October 15, 1998
WEB SITE: http://isr.berkeley.edu/wits
WORKSHOP & PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS
Janis Bubenko, Jr, Department of Computer and Systems Science, Royal
Institute of Technology and Stockholm University, e-mail: janis@dsv.su.se
Salvatore T. March, Information and Decision Sciences, University of
Minnesota, e-mail: smarch@csom.umn.edu