Infosys v1n020 (May 25, 1994) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/infosys/infs-v1n020 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * IIIII N N FFFFF OOO SSSSS Y Y SSSSS * * I NN N F O O S Y Y S * * I N N N FFF O O SSSSS Y SSSSS * * I N NN F O O S Y S * * IIIII N N F OOO SSSSS Y SSSSS * * * * INFOSYS: The Electronic Newsletter for Information Systems * * Volume 1, Number 20 May 25, 1994 * * * * Editor: Dennis W. Viehland, Massey University, New Zealand * * Listowner: Greg Welsh, American University, Washington DC * * * * Current Subscribers = 2,940 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TABLE OF CONTENTS * * * * * * * * * * * * * NEWS - From EDUPAGE (May 20, 22, 24, 1994) * * ANNOUNCEMENT - Free Edition of The Computists' Communique * * ANNOUNCEMENT - ICIS 94 Meetings in Vancouver * * ANNOUNCEMENT - TIMS Best Dissertation Proposal Award * * CONFERENCE - Tech and Shifting Roles and Organizatnal Boundaries * * CALL FOR PAPERS - East-West Conference, Info Technology Design * * CALL FOR PAPERS - International Office of the Future * * CALL FOR PAPERS - The Network Services Conference 1994 (NSC'94) * * POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT - Associate Lecturer, Information Systems * * POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT - Visiting Faculty, Decision Sciences * * CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 0166* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * NEWS - From EDUPAGE (May 20, 22, 24, 1994) * * Dennis Viehland, Massey University (d.viehland@massey.ac.nz) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * NUMBERS TO GO...FROM AT&T: AT&T will issue personal phone numbers allowing customers to be reached in any of 127 countries. The Easyreach 700 Service will cost $10 to get a number, then $7 a month, plus the cost of calls made. (Miami Herald 5/18/94 C3) RECYCLING TECHNOLOGY: A student group at Pennsylvania State University has found a new use for old computers. They donate them to elementary and secondary schools in rural and inner-city areas. The group makes sure the units are in working condition and that compatible machines are shipped to each location. (Chronicle of Higher Educ 5/18/94 A19) PASSWORD PRIMER: The Computer Law Association has some advice on choosing passwords. Don't choose any word in the dictionary, or one that relates to you personally (i.e., birth dates, license plate numbers, etc.). Do use a password with at least eight characters that has a mix of numbers, upper-and lower-case letters, and if possible special characters such as &$@*. (Bottom Line Personal 6/1/94 p.8) AMERICANS LIKE TECHNOLOGY: Almost one of every three households has a personal computer, and 65% of computer users say they would miss their machine "a lot" if they no longer had it. The study, which was done by Times Mirror Center for the People and the Press, also found that people with computers spend less time watching TV entertainment. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution 5/24/94 A1) MAGAZINES FOR NON-TECHIES : Ziff-Davis is branching out into new markets with two new publications aimed at the non-technical home PC owner. "Computer Life" will cover computer hardware and software dos and don'ts, and "Family PC" will team Ziff with Walt Disney Co. to cover the same topics from a child's point of view. "Our studies show that people are into computers for two reasons: themselves or their kids," says Apple's consumer marketing manager. Both titles are due out this fall. (Wall Street Journal 5/24/94 B4) \EOA 0167* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ANNOUNCEMENT - Free Edition of The Computists' Communique * * Ken Laws, Computists International (laws@ai.sri.com) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The Computists' Communique is now available free on the day of each full moon. Just reply to laws@ai.sri.com and ask to be added to the Full Moon distribution. The Communique is a weekly 32KB newsletter from Computists International, a mutual-aid association for AI/IS/CS researchers, founded in 1991. Members get job ads, NSF announcements, grant and research news, journal calls, business tips, software industry analysis, and leads to online resources. (Ask me if you'd like to hear more about it.) Dr. Kenneth I. Laws Computists International Palo Alto, CA (Editor's Note: I will add my personal recommendation for INFOSYS subscribers to take Ken up on his offer. Ken captures information from an amazing number of electronic sources and delivers it to his readers in short well-written bursts. I consider The Computists' Communique to be one of the best information filters on the Net and number one among Computer Science e-publications.) \EOA 0168* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ANNOUNCEMENT - ICIS 94 Meetings in Vancouver * * Wendy Bishop, Univ of British Columbia (wbishop@pop.unixg.ubc.ca) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The ICIS'94 Committee is currently making plans for the upcoming Conference to be held in Vancouver, BC, Canada, December 14 - 17, 1994. Please contact Wendy Bishop at the following numbers if you are planning any ancillary meetings before, during or after ICIS'94. We are trying to finalize room requirements over the next few weeks, and would like to make sure everyone is accommodated. Please provide as many details as possible (ie, name and contact person for group, size of group, preference for time, date and duration of meeting, type of room set-up required - classroom, theatre style, etc.) We hope to see you at ICIS'94 in Vancouver! Address: 10066 Fundy Drive Richmond, BC V7E 5M7 Canada Phone: (604)272-4964 Fax: (604)272-4964 E-mail: wbishop@unixg.ubc.ca \EOA 0169* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ANNOUNCEMENT - TIMS Best Dissertation Proposal Award * * P Anderson, Dartmouth College (philip.c.anderson@dartmouth.edu) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 1994 TIMS College on Organization Best Dissertation Proposal Award The TIMS College on Organization Best Dissertation Proposal Award recognizes the Ph.D. candidate with the best dissertation proposal in the Organizations area (see the Policy Statements in Management Science, March 1990, and Organization Science, February 1990, for guidance). Applicants should submit a proposal, limited to 15 double-spaced pages of text, by September 12, 1994. The proposal should develop the theory and method for the proposed research. The applicant's dissertation adviser should also submit a nominating letter certifying that the applicant has been admitted to candidacy and is likely to complete the dissertation research in 1995. Students expected to complete the dissertation before 1995 are not eligible. Each university department may nominate an unlimited number of students for the award, but no more than two students from any university may be selected as finalists. Ten finalists will be invited to present their research in a workshop on Sunday, October 23, 1994. At the workshop, finalists will have an opportunity to get detailed feedback from a panel of expert organizational scholars. There will also be opportunities for informal discussion with panel members and other finalists. The winners of the award will be selected and announced at the end of the workshop. The student with the best dissertation proposal will receive a $500 award and the runner-up will receive a $250 award. All finalists will receive a free one-year subscription to Organization Science. Please direct submissions, nominating letters and inquiries to: Professor Philip Anderson Amos Tuck School of Business Dartmouth College Hanover, New Hampshire 03755 (603) 646-2725 philip.c.anderson@dartmouth.edu \EOA 0170* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CONFERENCE - Tech and Shifting Roles and Organizatnal Boundaries * * Carolyn Dahl, Univ of Ill at Urbana-Champaign (crcarson@uiuc.edu) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Technology and Shifting Roles and Organizational Boundaries July 14-16, 1994 Levis Faculty Center University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, Illinois PURPOSE: This conference will provide an opportunity for participants to examine the conscious and unconscious processes that influence work in a networked environment. Conference members will have the opportunity to explore the ways in which electronic communication affects their roles and ability to work within and between groups. The conference will also provide opportunities to increase members' understanding of the ways in which use of computers may affect the exercise of authority and leadership in organizations. The conference is designed as a temporary educational institution. Different types of events, varying in size, task and authority structure, provide opportunities for members to examine the immediate "here and now" of the conference as it unfolds. Some events are also designed to give participants time to review and reflect on conference learning. An Introduction to Computing Resources will be held on the first day of the conference to introduce all conference members to the electronic network and mail system that will be used during the conference. REGISTRATION: Pre-registration is required. Call 217-333-2880 or e-mail lynn_padilla@ceps.uiuc.edu for a complete brochure. FEES A fee of $390, including registration and meals, will be charged for those registering by June 15, 1994. The conference fee after that date is $425. A limited number of scholarships are available and must be received by June 15, 1994. \EOA 0171* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CALL FOR PAPERS - East-West Conference, Info Technology Design * * John Grogan (j.grogan@lmu.ac.uk) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * East-West Conference Information Technology Design 5-9 September 1994 International Centre for Scientific and Technical Information Moscow, Russia CONFERENCE AIMS: The conference is concerned with the creative human activity of designing artifacts such as systems, structures, machines and a variety of objects. It aims to reconsider an important question: How could we use information technology (IT) to enhance human creativity and improve the effectiveness of designers? The conference will build upon achievements and learn from limitations of current systems. Examples of important questions which we shall discuss in Moscow include: --Why is it that we do not know how to employ information technology at the conceptual stage of design when a major creative effort is required? --Do we know how to support concurrent engineering (i.e., teams of designers from a variety of disciplines co-operating on the development of new products with customers and marketing specialists)? --What is the best way of using IT to aid the strategic evolution of products, i.e. designing products that can evolve with the changing requirements of customers? Conference Language: Abstracts and papers should be written in English. Presentations can be made in English or in Russian. Professional interpreters will be available for sequential interpreting during the conference. The deadline for abstracts/papers is 30 May 1994. Submit to: Dr Anthony Lucas-Smith The Open University Design Discipline Walton Hall Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA UK Tel: (+44 908) 65 5022 Fax: (+44 908) 65 4052 E-mail: a.j.h.lucas-smith@open.ac.uk \EOA 0172* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CALL FOR PAPERS - International Office of the Future * * A Verbraeck, Delft Univ of Tech (a.verbraeck@is.twi.tudelft.nl) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * IFIP WG8.4 Workshop The International Office of the Future: A Problem Analysis 30 August, 1994 IFIP World Congress (August 28 - September 2, 1994) Hamburg Germany AIM AND SCOPE: Globalization of business, internationalization of trade and the increasing prevalence of multi-cultural interdis- ciplinary teams are beginning to redefine the nature of office work. Different-time/different-place/different culture workgroups will become the norm. This emerging paradigm of office work gives rise to numerous questions. What are these issues? What design options or solution strategies exist to address these issues? How might these design options be best implemented? What are their implications? The aim of this workshop is to surface, discuss and synthesize such specific issues in three different areas: --IT platform requirements (global telecommunications, IS infrastructure) --Business systems and processes (methods, models, and tools for process design and implementation in organizations) --Social and political implications (the impact of international- ization and global communications on organizations, policy, multi-cultural team productivity, etc.) A monograph of presented papers will serve as the basis for future IFIP WG8.4 events on "IOF: Design options and solution strategies" (Arizona, April 1996) and "IOF: Studies in practice" (a global multi-site conference, September 1997). CFP: The session will be organized around 8 position papers presented and discussed in four 90 minute sessions. We need short (6 page or so) and crisp (but not flimsy) statements that point out one or more specific problem areas that are relevant to the objective of making the International Office really happen. The papers need not be well-wrought scientific articles, but should not ignore previous work, either. Vision combined with healthy criticism is what we look for. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: Send your contribution by e-mail, fax or regular mail to: Dr. Pieter W.G. Bots Systems Engineering, Policy Analysis and Management Delft University of Technology P.O. Box 5015 2600 GA Delft, the Netherlands FAX: +31 15 783429 E-mail: bots@sepa.tudelft.nl All contributions will be acknowledged by May 30, 1994. \EOA 0173* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CALL FOR PAPERS - The Network Services Conference 1994 (NSC'94) * * Nadine Grange, EARN Office, Paris (grange@frmop11.cnusc.fr) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The Network Services Conference 1994 (NSC'94) 28-30 November 1994 London, England The Program Committee for NSC'94 is soliciting proposals for papers, tutorials, demonstrations and posters in all fields related to network services. Subject areas for presentations include, but are not limited to, the following: --Network Resource Tools --Network Directory Services --Multimedia Communications --Electronic Publishing --Libraries and Networking --Special Interest Communities --Groupware, Cooperative Work over the Network --Networking for Schools --User Support --Delivering Services to the Desktop --Quality of Network Services --Commercialization of Network Services --Businesses on the Network --Providing Network Services to New Countries and Communities Papers and proposals for tutorials, demonstrations or posters, including a short biography and an abstract should be sent by mail, fax or PREFERABLY by e-mail, to the address shown below. For each author/presenter include name, affiliation, e-mail address, postal address, and biographical sketch (5-15 lines). Also include title, type (paper, etc), abstract (10-30 lines) and equipment required. VENUE: We invite you to browse the information on London on the EARN World-Wide Web server at: http://www.earn.net/nsc94/venue.html The conference will be held at the Great Western Hotel. DATES Deadline for papers and tutorials 1 July 1994 Notification of acceptance (papers, tutorials) 1 August 1994 Deadline for demonstrations and posters: 16 September 1994 Notification of acceptance (demos, posters) 30 September 1994 FEE Early Registration by 1 October 200 Pounds Late Registration by 10 November 224 Pounds Desk Registration 248 Pounds FURTHER INFORMATION will be available through the conference mailing list, nsc94-l@earncc.earn.net (or nsc94-l@earncc.bitnet). Join the list by sending e-mail to: listserv@earncc.earn.net (or listserv@earncc.bitnet) with the line: sub nsc94-l your name Conference information is also available from the EARN anonymous FTP server (ftp.earn.net), Gopher server (gopher.earn.net), and WWW server (http://www.earn.net/nsc94/nsc94.html). You can contact the conference organizers at: NSC'94 EARN Office PSI - Batiment 211 91405 Orsay CEDEX FRANCE Tel: +33 1 6941 2426 Fax: +33 1 6941 6683 E-mail: nsc94@earncc.earn.net or nsc94@earncc.bitnet \EOA 0174* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT - Associate Lecturer, Information Systems * * Rodney Topor, Griffith University (r.topor@cit.gu.edu.au) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Associate Lecturer Information Systems Griffith University (Ref. No. A6-94) The School of Computing and Information Technology at Griffith University wishes to appoint an Associate Lecturer to support undergraduate teaching in the area of Information Systems. Applicants should possess an appropriate Honours degree and be working towards or intending to work towards a higher degree. Knowledge of the more social and organisational aspects of infor- mation systems analysis, design, development and implementation would be particularly welcomed. The appointee will be expected to contribute to teaching in all undergraduate areas of Information Systems, and to participate in the School's active research program. The position is for a fixed term of three years and is available immediately. The salary range is A$29,117 to $39,495. The position is located on the Nathan Campus, 10km from the centre of Brisbane. Applications must clearly state the position being applied for, include a curriculum vitae and the names and addresses of at least three referees and be addressed to: Mr James Walden Faculty Manager Faculty of Science and Technology Griffith University Queensland 4111, Australia Enquiries should be addressed either to: Professor Rodney Topor, Head of School Phone: +61 7 875 5042 Fax: +61 7 875 5051 E-mail: rwt@cit.gu.edu.au or Associate Professor Lynda Davies Deputy Head of School Phone +61 7 875 5002 E-mail: ljd@cit.gu.edu.au. The closing date for applications is 30 June 1994. (Editor's note: an Associate Lecturer is a relatively junior position, generally one that provides teaching experience while completing a PhD.) \EOA 0175* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT - Visiting Faculty, Decision Sciences * * Laku Chidambaram, Univ of Hawaii (laku@dscience.cba.hawaii.edu) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The Decision Sciences Department in the College of Business Administration at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, will have a visiting faculty slot available for the 1994-95 academic year. The main criterion is research synergy. The visitor should be someone working in the same area as one of our current faculty, with preference given to those with a joint research project. We prefer established researchers. For accreditation purposes, a candidate must have a Ph.D. The visitor would be expected to teach two courses each semester from courses in the undergraduate MIS program, statistics, and quantitative methods. The University of Hawaii at Manoa is located in Honolulu. In addition to the MIS undergraduate program, the Decision Science Department participates in programs offering an MBA and Ph.D. in communications and information science. If you are interested in applying for the visiting position, send a statement of interest along with a short biographical sketch containing teaching and research experience and interests to Bill Chismar (chismar@dscience.cba.hawaii.edu). \EOA * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS * * Dennis W. Viehland, INFOSYS Editor (d.viehland@massey.ac.nz) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Editor's Note: This is an abbreviated Calendar of Upcoming Events. A full Calendar was included in INFOSYS v1 n19 (previous issue) and will be published again in n22 or n23. May 26-28, 1994 6th International Conference on Computing and Information Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario Canada Contact: icci@flame1.trentu.ca May 27, 1994 Call for papers, submission deadline Ethics in the Computer Age Conference November 11-13, 1994 Days Inn - Airport Road, Gatlinburg, Tennessee Contact: jkizza@utcvm.utc.edu (see article 0140, INFOSYS v1 n16) May 30, 1994 Call for papers, submission deadline East-West Conference Information Technology Design 5-9 September 1994 International Centre for Scientific and Technical Information Moscow, Russia Contact: a.j.h.lucas-smith@open.ac.uk (see article 0171, INFOSYS v1 n20) May 30, 1994 Call for papers, submission deadline IFIP WG8.4 Workshop The International Office of the Future: A Problem Analysis 30 August, 1994 IFIP World Congress (August 28 - September 2, 1994) Hamburg Germany Contact: bots@sepa.tudelft.nl (see article 0172, INFOSYS v1 n20) May 30-31, 1994 Second European Conference on Information Systems Nijenrode University, Breukelen, The Netherlands Contact: brunenberg@nijenrode.nl (see article 0128, INFOSYS v1 n15) May 31, 1994 Call for papers, submission deadline The International Journal of Applied Expert Systems Special Issue on Neural Network Applications Contact: a.sangster@aberdeen.ac.uk (see article 0096, INFOSYS v1 n11) May 31, 1994 Call for papers, submission deadline Tenth Annual Computer Security Applications Conference December 5-9, 1994 Orlando, Florida (see article 0121, INFOSYS v1 n14) May 31, 1994 Call for applications, submission deadline Academy of Mgmt, MIS Camp (Jnr Faculty Consortium) August 13, 1994 Loews Anatole, Dallas, USA Contact: cbeath@mail.cox.smu.edu (see article 0129, INFOSYS v1 n15) June 1, 1994 Call for papers, submission deadline Information Systems Track Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences - HICSS 28 January 3-6, 1995 Maui, Hawaii Contact: edennis@uga.cc.uga (see article 0058, INFOSYS v1 n7; article 0094, INFOSYS v1 n11; and article 113, INFOSYS v1 n13) June 1-3, 1994 Computing for the Social Sciences 1994 Conference University of Maryland at College Park, Maryland USA Contact: wbainbri@nsf.gov June 1, 1994 Call for papers, submission deadline Forecasting Support Systems Minitrack Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences - HICSS 28 January 3-6, 1995 Maui, Hawaii Contact: remus@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu (see article 0070, INFOSYS v1 n8) \EOA * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * INFOSYS is an electronic newsletter for faculty, students, and * * practitioners in the field of Information Systems. INFOSYS * * publishes news items, requests for assistance, announcements of * * professional meetings and conferences, position notices, a * * calendar of upcoming events, comments on recent publications, * * abstracts of papers that authors are willing to share, and other * * items of interest to the Information Systems community. * * * * INFOSYS is published biweekly, more frequently if volume requires * * it. INFOSYS operates as an electronic mailing list on listserv * * software at American University in Washington, DC. The editor is * * Dennis W. Viehland (d.viehland@massey.ac.nz). * * * * To subscribe to INFOSYS send the following one-line electronic * * mail message to listserv@american.edu (Internet) or listserv@auvm * * (Bitnet): subscribe infosys yourfirstname yourlastname * * (e.g., subscribe infosys John Smith). 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