Eighth INFORMS Conference on Information
Systems and Technology (CIST)
www.bus.emory.edu/CIST03
October 2003
Atlanta, Georgia
 Call
for Papers 
We invite you to submit your research papers to the 8th INFORMS
Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST-2003) to
be held on October 18-19, 2003, preceding the Annual INFORMS Conference
(October 19-22, 2003) in Atlanta, Georgia. The theme of the Conference
is “IT as a Platform for Agility”.
The role of IT in organizations ranges from improving day-to–day
operations to providing advanced capabilities for deploying next-generation
technologies. Firms are increasingly relying on process, knowledge,
and other advanced technologies to enhance their competitive agility.
The goal of this conference is to engage academic and industry researchers
in a dialogue that examines a broad range of topics consistent with
the spirit of this theme. Some suggested topics are:
- Mobile and Collaborative Commerce
- Web Services
- E-Business
- Knowledge Management Technologies, Processes, and Systems
- Technologies for Customer Relationship Management
- Networking and Database Technologies
- Process Technologies including Enterprise Resource Planning and
Workflow Systems.
- Agent-based Systems and Autonomous Computing
- Economics of Mobile Commerce
- Technologies for Global Systems
- IT Resources and Capabilities for Advanced Technologies
- Business Value of Advanced Technologies
- Assimilation and Integration of Enabling Technologies
- Privacy and Security
The deadline for submitting your papers is May 19. Authors will
be notified about decisions regarding their submission by July 31.
All submissions will be refereed by at least two members of the Program
Committee. All accepted papers will be published in the refereed conference
proceedings to be distributed at the conference. Papers judged by
the review process to be the best candidates for journal publication
will be forwarded, with the approval of the authors, to a special
issue of Information Technology and Management to initiate
a review process. Authors will be required to register for and attend
the conference personally to present their papers.
Program
Co-Chairs
Anandhi
Bharadwaj
|
Sridhar
Narasimhan |
Radhika
Santhanam |
Decision
and Information
Analysis
|
Information
Technology Management |
School
Of Management |
Goizueta
Business School
|
DuPree
College Of
Management |
Gatton
School of Business |
Emory
University
|
Georgia
Institute
of Technology
|
University
of Kentucky |
Atlanta,
GA
30322
|
Atlanta,
GA
30332-0520 |
Lexington,
KY 40515-0034 |
404-727-1184
|
404-894-4378
|
859-257-4397 |
| Anandhi
Bharadwaj |
Sridhar
Narasimhan |
Radhika
Santhanam |
Research
Paper Awards
Of the submitted papers, three will be chosen to receive an award.
One paper will be chosen to receive an “Overall Best Paper”
award. Another paper that best reflects the theme of the conference
will be chosen as the “Best Conference Theme Paper”. A
third paper will be chosen to receive the “Best Doctoral Paper”.
To be eligible for the best doctoral paper, the paper must be authored
solely by one or more doctoral students.
Important
dates
Final Date for submission - May 19, 2003
Decision on Submissions - July 31, 2003
Presentation Dates - October 18 -19, 2003
Submission
guidelines
Submitted papers must conform to guidelines used in the journal
Management Science. Among the most important are:
Papers should not be more than 32 pages, all inclusive, that would
normally be printed on 8.5 x 11-inch paper;
- 12 point font, and one-inch margins on all four sides
- Double-spaced throughout, including abstract, references and footnotes
- A non-mathematical abstract (as understandable to readers as possible)
of not more than 200 words.
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