IPID News: June (1) 2009

From IPID

Dear IPID Members, enjoy this latest issue of IPID News! If you have any ICT4D-related news, please send an e-mail to gudrun.wicander@kau.se

Contents 1 NEWS 2 JOURNALS 3 CALL FOR ARTICLES 4 BOOKS 5 CONFERENCES 6 OPEN POSITIONS 7 SCHOLARSHIPS 8 SUMMERSCHOOL 9 COURSES 10 OTHERS

[edit] NEWS

• News from IPID*

IPID 4th Annual Conference 2009 11th -12 th September 2009

Call for Papers and Themes

The 2009 Annual Conference of the International Network for Postgraduate Students in the Area of ICT4D will be held at Royal Holloway, University of London on 11th and 12th September 2009, hosted by the ICT4D Collective and UNESCO Chair in ICT4D (http://www.ict4d.org.uk).

Conference Format In line with previous IPID events, the conference is intended to be informal. Its main purpose is twofold: To let postgraduate students present short papers about their research in a supportive environment where they can gain positive feedback from other participants; and To provide an opportunity to discuss key themes of interest to ICT4D postgraduates. The conference organisers would be pleased to hear from potential participants about the themes they would like to have discussed. Paper presentations and themed discussions In order to maximise the number of presentations, each will be limited to a maximum of 15 minutes including questions. If more than 32 offers of papers are received, we will run parallel sessions.

It is envisaged that there will be 8 themed discussions on aspects of ICT4D research practice. These will run in parallel, so that smaller group interaction will be possible. Suggested themes include: Managing your supervisor Being multidisciplinary Combining theory and practice Writing ICT4D Working in partnership We welcome other suggested topics for themed discussion.

Keynote Speakers Ken Banks, Kiwanja Net Matti Tedre, Associate Professor, Tumaini University, Tanzania

Senior Panel A number of experienced senior researchers will participate in the conference and will provide comments on the presentations. The seniors are as follows: Tim Unwin, UNESCO Chair in ICT4D, Professor of Geography Royal Holloway, University of London, UK Erkki Sutinen, Professor of Computer Science and Educational technology, Head of department, Joensuu University, Finland Jarkko Suhonen, Joensuu University, Finland John-Sören Pettersson, Professor of Information Systems, Dean at Faculty for Economics, Communication and IT, Karlstad University, Sweden Robert Burnett, Professor of Media and Communication, Vice Dean at Faculty for Economics, Communication and IT, Karlstad University, Sweden Christian Christensen, Associate Professor of Media and Communication, Director for HumanIT, Karlstad University, Sweden Åke Grönlund, Professor of Information Systems, Örebro University, Sweden

Registration and Conference fee To register for the conference and submit offers of papers and topics for themed discussions, please complete the registration form now available at http://www.humanit.org/PID/wiki/index.php/ICT4D_Symposium_2009:_Registration . All enquiries should be directed to Uduak Okon (u.akpan-okon@rhul.ac.uk). A fee of £20 will be charged to cover lunches, refreshments and materials.

Travel and Accommodation The conference will be held at the splendid Royal Holloway, University of London campus, which is situated only 15 minutes from London’s Heathrow Airport, and 40 minutes by train from central London. Limited bed and breakfast accommodation in the Founder’s Building in single rooms with shared facilities is available on campus (at £28.70 a head B&B). Delegates preferring to make their own arrangements can avail themselves of a range of local bed and breakfast establishments and more expensive hotels in the vicinity.

Sponsorship Participants affiliated with a Swedish University can apply for funding to gudrun.wicander@kau.se in support of their attendance. Application for funding closes at 15th of July. All applications are dealt with on a “first come, first served-basis”.

Workshop Team Members of the ICT4D Collective with prime responsibility for delivering the conference will be Tim Unwin and Uduak Okon. Other colleagues involved in managing the event will be David Hollow, Ugo Vallauri and Win Tun. Gudrun Wicander, Annika Andersson, Mathias Hatakka, Ismael Peña-López and Marcus Duveskog from IPID will also be assisting with the conference preparations.

For further information please see: http://www.humanit.org/PID/wiki/index.php/ICT4D_Symposium_2009 http://www.humanit.org/PID/blog/

• Research workshop at Örebro University, Sweden

IPID arranged a research workshop at Örebro University on June 8-9. Fifteen IPID members, representing seven different countries, attended for two full days of discussions and support for their research papers, project proposals and thesis work. The ICT4D-research discussed ranged from IT security for developing countries to civil mobilization with the use of social media. The aim of the workshop was to improve the researchers understanding of the most significant current research issues and share research ideas and practices within various different academic disciplines involved in the field of ICT4D. Another aim was to further strengthen the networking between researchers within ICT4D and we therefore had an informal dinner/BBQ in the evening with many interesting discussions. Our hopes are that these discussions will continue on our new wiki at http://www.humanit.org/PID/wiki/index.php/Main_page

News from ECREA (European Communication Research and Education Association)

• ECREA Newsletter Summer 2009

The Summer 2009 issue of the ECREA Newsletter has been published. It features a round-up of the association's activities including recent publications, ongoing initiatives, and forthcoming events that will take place in Europe throughout 2009. Table of contents include: - ECREA book series: Press Freedom and Pluralism in Europe published - ECREA summer school survey report published - Building research networks links: IPID, International Network for Post Graduate students in ICT for development, by Gudrun Wicander - New books from ECREA members: The Research Assessment Exercise in the UK, by Peter Golding Download the Summer 2009 ECREA Newsletter http://www.ecrea.eu/uploads/newsletter/ecrea_newsletter_issue_4_summer_2009.pdf

[edit] JOURNALS

• Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce (JOCEC)

Volume 19, Issue 2. This special issue, guest edited by Indranil Bose, deals with the theme of quantitative models for support of direct marketing through electronic channels. http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/journal.asp?issn=1091-9392&subcategory=CM480000&linktype=1

• International Journal of Web Portals (IJWP)

Volume 1, Issue 2, April-June 2009 www.igi-global.com/ijwp

• International Journal of Intelligent Information Technologies (IJIIT)

Volume 5, Issue 2, April-June 2009 www.igi-global.com/ijiit

• International Journal of Communication Networks and Information Security (IJCNIS)

Special Issue on Composite and Integrated Security Solutions for Wireless Sensor Networks http://ijcnis.kust.edu.pk

• Flow: A Critical Forum on Television and Media Culture

http://flowtv.org.

[edit] CALL FOR ARTICLES

• Information Technology and Management

Special Issue on "Theoretical and Methodological Advances for Research on the Adoption and Diffusion of New ITs and Technological Innovations" Two-page Abstract deadline: September 15, 2009 www.springeronline.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,11855,4-170-70-35612778-0,00.html.

• Journal of Information Privacy and Security

Special Issue Theme: E-health Information Security and Privacy Submission Deadline: August 1, 2009 Guest Editors: Dawn Medlin and Joseph Cazier, Appalachian State University

• Electronic Government

Special Issue on: “Strategic Management and Design in Electronic, Mobile, and Connected Government” Guest Editors: Dr. Chien-Chih Yu, National ChengChi University, Taiwan Dr. Marijn Janssen, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Full paper deadline: July 15, 2009 https://www.inderscience.com/eg)

• Electronic Government

Special Issue on E-Government: Past, Present, and Future Guest Editors: Dr. Vikas Jain, University of Tampa, FL, USA Dr. Yogesh Dwivedi, University of Wales, Swansea, UK Dr. Shirish C. Srivastava, HEC School of Management, Paris, France Dr. Mohini Singh, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia

The objective of this special issue of Electronic Government journal is to provide an outlet for publishing original research highlighting current issues related to technical, organizational, managerial and socio-economic aspects of e-Government adoption, evolution, implementation and impact. We seek to invite papers that address various aspects of e-Government projects from a theoretical, conceptual, or empirical perspective to set the stage for future research direction in e-Government. Both quantitative as well as qualitative studies on e-Government from developed and developing countries perspectives will be encouraged.

E-Government is an emerging paradigm to deliver government services to citizens, businesses, and other stakeholders through the use of Internet and information and communication technologies (ICTs). E-Government is an extension of e-business applications to the public sector. Increased adoption and application of e-Government across countries is being propelled by its potential to offer not only a convenient service to citizens but also related benefits such as reduced transaction costs and enhanced operational efficiency. Further, e-Government can help to improve e-Governance. Consequently, e-Government is being increasingly regarded as a panacea for overcoming many of the shortcomings of the traditional government set-up.

Over years, e-Government development has transitioned from cataloging, transaction processing to vertical and horizontal integration in both developed and developing nations. The evolution of e-Government from the informational interfaces of the yester years to the transformational applications of today has in large measures been influenced by many of the contingent environmental factors. The development of e-Government has not been uniform across the world. For example, there are only a few countries like Singapore, Canada and the U.S.A. which lead the e-Government initiatives across the world. Most nations are still struggling with their e-Government programs. Despite their tremendous transformational potential, the evidence about the success of e-Government efforts across various countries is mostly sporadic and diffused. Consequently, the full potential of e-Government remains largely unexploited.

Almost a decade after the first e-Government implementations in the world were initiated, it is an opportune time to reflect on the past and present so that the future of e-Government can be charted out. There is a need to examine issues surrounding e-Government today and challenges for the future. The e-Government evolutionary models of the past may have become redundant in the face of rapidly changing technological options. Some of the suggested topics include, but are not limited to, following topics: • The development and implementation of e-Government. • Frameworks for successful e-Government implementation • Social and economic impacts of e-Government • Effect of socio-economic factors in e-Government implementation and adoption • Cross country comparisons of e-Government projects • E-Government projects in developing countries and developed countries • Enablers and inhibitors of e-Government success • Models of electronic service delivery • Frameworks for e-Government evaluation • E-Government and E-Governance • E-Government readiness of government and citizens across countries • Role of technological and regulatory environment in e-Government implementation • E-Citizen and e-democracy • Emerging e-Government issues • E-government using mobile technologies Submission deadline: June 30, 2009 To submit a paper, please email Dr. Vikas Jain at vjain@ut.edu. The e-mail subject should be “E-Government Special Issue Paper Submission”. You will receive an acknowledgment within a day of submission. Please provide email addresses for all authors.

[edit] BOOKS

• Encyclopedia of Networked and Virtual Organizations

Edited By: Goran D. Putnik, University of Minho, Portugal; Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha, Polytechnic Institute of Cavado and Ave, Portugal http://www.igi-global.com/reference/details.asp?id=6954

• Online a Lot of the Time: Ritual, Fetish, Sign

Ken Hillis Duke University Press, 2009

[edit] CONFERENCES

• The 7th @WAS International Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing and Multimedia (MoMM2009)

Date: 14-16 December 2009 Place: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Submission of papers: 3 July 2009 Information: http://www.iiwas.org/conferences/momm2009/

• The 13th IBIMA Conference

General Theme: Knowledge Management and Innovation in Advancing Economies Date: 9-10 November 2009 Place: Marrakech, Morocco Submission of papers: 10 July 2009 Information: http://www.ibima.org/MA2009/index.html

• HWID2009 working conference on usability in social, cultural and organizational contexts - in conjunction with the 4th Cultural Usability project seminar

Date: 7-8 October 2009 Place: Pune, India. Submission of papers: 3 August 2009 Information: http://ilex.cbs.dk/hwid/

• The 9th International Conference on Electronic Business (ICEB 2009)

Theme: Ubiquitous e-Services in Digital Society Date: 30 November – 4 December 2009 Place: Wynn Macau, Macau Submission of papers: 30 July 2009 Information: http://dse.baf.cuhk.edu.hk/iceb/

• 8th Global Mobility Roundtable (GMR2009)

Conference Theme: Transformation through Mobility Date: 1-3 November 2009 Place: Cairo Marriott Hotel Submission of papers: 15 July 2009 Information: www.gmr2009.org

• The Global Communication Association (GCA) 2009 Conference

Themes and Topics: Global Village: Are we there yet? Date: 26 – 27 November 2009 Place: Bangalore, India Submission of papers: 15 August 2009 Information: www.globalcomassociation.com

• 14th International Conference on Information Quality (ICIQ)

Date: 7-8 November 2009 Place: Potsdam, Germany Submission of papers: 6 July 2009 Information: www.iciq2009.org

• ICISSE '09: The First International Conference on Information Systems and Software Engineering

Date: 28 – 30 December 2009 Place: Chennai, India Information: http://www.icisse.org

• 5th IEEE Workshop on Broadband Wireless Access

Co-located with IEEE Globecom 2009 Date: 30 November 2009 Place: Hilton Hawaiian Village, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA Submission of papers: 6 July 2009 Information: http://www.bwaws.org/GLOBECOM2009/

• WORLD 2009!

Renowned World ICT Exhibition and Forum Place: Geneva-Palexpo, Geneva, Switzerland Date: 5-9 October 2009 Information: http://www.itu.int/WORLD2009/

• 1st ETICA International Conference 2010

Ethical Issues of Emerging ICT Applications (ETICA The Future as we see it: Emerging ICTs and resulting ethical issues Date: 13 April 2010. Place: Rovira and Virgili University, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain Submission of papers: 31 July 2009 Information: http://moriarty.tech.dmu.ac.uk/webapps/conf/index.php/ETICA/E2010

ETICA is a European research project funded under the Science in Society 7th Framework (FP7) programme. It will run from April 2009 to May 2011. The main aim of the project is: . to explore which technologies are likely to be dominant in the medium

	term future (10 to 15 years)

. to investigate ethical issues they are likely to raise and . to then provide recommendations for governance arrangements suitable to

	address such issues.

As part of the ETICA project, there will be two international conferences. The first one at approximately the half-way point will take place in spring 2010. It will be held in conjunction with the ETHICOMP 2010 conference which takes place on Wednesday 14th April to Friday 16th April 2010. The ETICA conference will be a 1-day event which will take place on Tuesday 13th April 2010, a day before the ETHICOMP conference.

The prospect of new and emerging technologies is an exciting one, not least because of the potential developments and improvements they promise to bring to our lives. Enhanced better health, the allure of new forms of friendships, the fight against crime, the potential for better and more accessible education, an improved environment as a result of new technologies; all give a sense of excitement and optimism of what might be. However, this sense of what might be often overshadows the need to critically examine the ethical issues that may result. To explore these issues and because ethical issues of emerging technologies are global and cross-cultural, ETICA is inviting position papers from international scholars with an interest in emerging technologies and their ethical relevance to submit position papers of 3500 words. Papers may cover themes that broadly address but are not limited to the following topics:

Trends in emerging technologies . Current and future technologies . Use of identified emerging technologies . Anticipated impact of emerging technologies . Application areas of emerging technologies . The problem of identifying future developments

Potential ethical issues . Ethical concerns of emerging technologies . Ways of addressing future ethical issues . Values, ethics and morality under conditions of uncertainty

Papers submitted must describe original work that has not been submitted to another conference or under consideration for journal publication. Submitted papers will be considered for a special issue of Journal of Information, Communication & Ethics in Society (www.emeraldinsight.com/jices.htm).

• The International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services (MobileHCI 2009)

The program is available now: http://www.mobilehci09.org/program

• 3rd Workshop on Networked Systems for Developing Regions (NSDR)

To be held with the 22nd ACM Symposium on Operating Systems Principles (SOSP) Date: 11 October 2009 Place: Big Sky, Montana Information: http://www.dritte.org/nsdr09 Following on two workshops hosted with ACM SIGCOMM in 2007 and 2008, the 3rd Workshop on Networked Systems for Developing Regions (NSDR '09) will provide a venue for researchers to present ideas and results concerning the design, implementation and evaluation of new computing and communications technologies serving developing regions. The decreasing cost and increasing access to information and communication technologies (e.g., mobile phones) are rapidly enabling access to new services and markets for previously disconnected populations. However, due to a variety of factors, including cost, literacy, education, and organizational capacity, conventional approaches to technology design and implementation are often not relevant. Moreover, empirical evidence for the impact of such technologies is largely anecdotal, beyond a few well-known and well-cited examples. Addressing this requires engagement of several disciplines, including but not limited to economics, sociology, anthropology, and political science, and expertise in a variety of application areas – including government, health, finance and agriculture. NSDR focuses on addressing significant technical challenges (e.g., communication infrastructure in rural areas, novel caching techniques for challenged networks, security issues arising in such contexts), and on the deployment and evaluation of novel technologies or applications that address a specific need (e.g. providing remote financial services or health care).

• HICSS 43 Minitrack on Open Movements: FLOSS, Open Content and Open Communities

Date: 5-8 January 2010 Place: Hawaii Information: http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_43/apahome43.htm This Minitrack focuses on research about Open Movements phenomena, including FLOSS (Free/libre Open Source Software), Open Content (OC) and Open Communities (OComm), as studied from diverse perspectives. We are seeking papers on topics such as social networks, coordination and distributed collaboration in OC and OComm, community development and its evolution, knowledge management and learning, content development in these environments, as well as analysis and assesment of open processes.

• Theories of International and Intercultural Communication International

Conference and PhD Workshop Date: 29-31 October 2009 Place: University of Mannheim, Germany Information: http://niik2009.uni

• 8th Global Mobility Roundtable (GMR2009)

Conference Theme: Transformation through Mobility Date: 1-3 November 2009 Place: Cairo Marriott Hotel Submission of papers: 15 July 2009 Information: www.gmr2009.org The Global Mobility Roundtable (GMR) is an annual, international event, which brings together experts and decision-makers from industry, academia and policy-making agencies. The conference provides an opportunity to build and support sustainable international networks of researchers and practitioners working in the mobile communications and wireless data industry. It also aims to enable the exchange of knowledge about best practices in this industry and facilitate communication and collaboration among global players. The first Mobility Roundtable was held in 2002 in Tokyo. Over the years, GMR was hosted in Sweden, USA, China, Finland, USA and New Zealand. In 2009, GMR will be held in Cairo, Egypt and hosted by the International Executive Education Institute (IEEI) of the American University in Cairo (AUC). The best research papers from GMR2009 will be invited to be fast-tracked in regular as well as special issues in the following journals: -International Journal of E-Services and Mobile Applications (IJESMA) -International Journal of Mobile Computing and Multimedia Communications (IJMCMC) -Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries (EJISDC) -International Journal of Mobile Information Systems (IJMIS)

• Mobile Money Transfer World Conference 2009

Developing the Best Business Model and New Business Partnership in Delivering Mobile Financial Services to the Mass Market Date: 28-30 July 2009 Place: Shangri-La New Delhi, India Information: http://www.neo-edge.com/events

• Annual Conference of the South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists

Date: Place: Information: http://saicsit.wits.ac.za

• 3rd International Conference on Sustainability in Higher Education

Date: 20-22 Nov, 2009 Place: Penang, Malaysia Submission of papers: 15 July 2009 Information: (www.hesd09.org). After five years of the UN Decade 'Education for Sustainable Development' this conference provides the opportunity to critically reflect on what has been achieved so far and which tasks and challenges remain to be addressed. Thus, it seems natural to take stock and consider achievements to date, as well as to identify tasks and challenges and to highlight promising strategies and solutions. The central question remains, what value does integrating questions of sustainability have for teaching and learning in higher education? Education for sustainable development can be an impulse for innovation to advance teaching and learning in higher education, at the same time it requires constant renewal in education for sustainable development itself to meet the manifold challenges. The third international conference - hosted by the UNESCO Chair 'Higher Education for Sustainable Development'in cooperation with the Universiti Sains Malaysia - is asking for the specific implications for higher education, focusing on higher education practice, research and teaching/learning. Locating the regional focus of this year's conference on the Asia-Pacific region will continue the international dimension of the conference and will highlight the intent of cross-cultural dialogue. At the same time, the conference links to the prior two conferences held in Lüneburg/Germany and San Luis Potosi/Mexico and continues the discussions among sustainability in higher education stakeholders.

• The 3rd Annual Conference of Indian Subcontinent Region

Date: 28-30 December 2009. Place: Hyderabad, India Information: http://www.asci.org.in/icdigs.asp

• eINDIA 2009

Date: August 2009 Place: Hyderabad Submission of papers: Information: <http://www.eindia.net.in/2009/>

• The 7th International Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing and Multimedia (MoMM2009)

Date: 14 – 16 December 2009 Place: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Submission of papers: 20 July 2009 Information: http://www.iiwas.org/conferences/momm2009/

[edit] OPEN POSITIONS

• The PReCISE Research center of the University of Namur (FUNDP) - Belgium (http://www.fundp.ac.be/en/precise) announces the opening of two research positions in (1) dynamic and intelligent management of Web services communities (http://sapporo.eco.fundp.ac.be/) and (2) semantic interoperability of health data.

The positions are available in the context of a Walloon project E-health (http://www.cetic.be/article798.html, in French) which runs during 3 years. Within this project, the PReCISE Research center is responsible of the management of distributed health services as well as the management of the patient data through different e-health providers. Positions will first be given for a probationary period of one year, before confirming the successful candidate for the full term. The salary is competitive. The candidates are expected to start on September 1st, 2009. Priority will be given to candidates wishing to start or pursue a doctorate. The PReCISE research centre (http://www.fundp.ac.be/en/precise) is the Belgian centre of excellence in Information systems management and engineering. The group involves more than 40 researchers including professors, post-doc's and PhD students.

• The Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science (DISI)

at the University of Trento has 72 open PhD positions in the ICT area, almost all of them covered by scholarship. The deadline for applications is June 30, 2009. The Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science is one of the leading and faster-growing research institutions, characterized by a young and international faculty and by a large, international student population. DISI web site: http://disi.unitn.it Research at DISI: http://disi.unitn.it/research PhD School: http://ict.unitn.it/ Online application for PhD Positions: http://disi.unitn.it/edu/appform/login.xml

• Part-time PhD studentship in internal communication research

University of Central Lancashire, Lancashire Business School http://www.uclan.ac.uk/information/research/research_degrees/studentships.php Closing date: Monday 6 July 2009

• PhD student positions SimTel Innovation, Oslo, Norway,

PhD student positions within the area of data communication, computer networks and distributed systems at SimTel Innovation, Oslo, Norway, a joint research project between Simula and the telecom operator, Telenor. Applications should be submitted by July 31st 2009. Info: http://simula.no/jobs/SimTel09

• NDF Seeks Program Manager for Helsinki

NDF is a Nordic multilateral development finance institution with offices in Helsinki. Since its establishment in 1989, NDF has extended financing on concessional terms for projects of high priority and Nordic interest with a focus on poor countries and with the objective of promoting economic and social development. From 2009, under a new mandate, NDF shall provide grant financing to climate change projects through co-financing with multilateral development banks and other institutions. For further information about NDF, please consult NDF’s webpage: www.ndf.fi. Deadline: 17 August 2009

[edit] SCHOLARSHIPS

• PhD student and scholarship

(http://www-sop.inria.fr/teams/mascotte/Contrats/DIMAGREEN/)

[edit] SUMMERSCHOOL

• Late-Summer School 2009

The University of Applied Science Magdeburg-Stendal offers you ¬ right before the start of Winter Semester 09/10 ¬ a Late Summer School - 2009 ¬17. 09. - 30. 09. 2009. This Late Summer School offers an intensive language course as well as introductory research projects and cultural highlights. In addition, you may attend intercultural courses and get to know your new university and host country before the semester actually begins. You will meet university lecturers and students from different fields of study and work together with international and German students in the projects you choose. http://www.hs-magdeburg.de/Late%20Summer%20School%20-%20English.pdf

[edit] COURSES

• Two new PhD courses in Media, Communication and Journalism

The Danish National Doctoral School in Media, Communication and Journalism announces two new PhD courses for September and October 2009 Participatory governance, civic inclusion and community empowerment: The role of mediated communication initiatives 8 – 10 September, Pappersbruket, Osby, Southern Sweden Communicating risk and crisis in an age of uncertainty 5 - 7 October, Centre for Corporate Communication, Aarhus School of Business. For further information about these and other courses, see http://www.fmkj.dk/eng/>http://www.fmkj.dk/eng/

• Master programm in Human Computer Interaction (HCI)

A new Master programm in Human Computer Interaction (HCI) at the University of Siegen, Germany. The program will start from fall 2009 (mid october 2009). It is a two years program. Further information can be found at: http://hci.wineme.fb5.uni-siegen.de/index.php?id=en&sid=startseite

[edit] OTHERS

• Call for Nominations

ACM SIGMIS Doctoral Dissertation Award Competition 2009

The International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) invites nominations for the ACM SIGMIS Doctoral Dissertation Award Competition 2009. We look for outstanding doctoral dissertations around the globe in the field of information systems that have been completed in the time period from July 1, 2008, to June 30, 2009. The competition is sponsored by SIGMIS, the ACM Special Interest Group on MIS.

Nominations should be submitted no later than 5:00 PM US EDT, July 28, 2009. The candidate’s Ph.D. advisor or department chair should make the nomination. Only one nomination can be made from an institution. www.pitt.edu/~galletta

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