Infosys v1n031 (August 15, 1994) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/infosys/infs-v1n031 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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 31 August 15, 1994 * * * * Editor: Dennis W. Viehland, Massey University, New Zealand * * Listowner: Greg Welsh, American University, Washington DC * * * * Current Subscribers = 3,149 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TABLE OF CONTENTS * * * * * * * * * * * * * HEARD ON THE NET - From BITS AND BYTES * * ANNOUNCEMENT - Association for Information Systems * * ANNOUNCEMENT - DAI Proceedings Available * * CONFERENCE - Conference on Participatory Design (PDC'94 ) * * CONFERENCE - Ethics in the Computer Age * * CALL FOR PAPERS - CIKM Workshop on Intelligent Information Agents * * CALL FOR PAPERS - Conference on Advanced Info Systems Engineering * * POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT - Head of Department, Management * * CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * \EOA 0255* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * HEARD ON THE NET - From BITS AND BYTES * * Dennis Viehland, Massey University (d.viehland@massey.ac.nz) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * BEST OF BOTH WORLDS (Kevin Kelly) No one has been more wrong about computerization than George Orwell in 1984. So far, nearly everything indicates that computers are not the beginning of authority but its end. In the process of connecting everything to everything, computers elevate the power of the small player. They make room for different, and they reward small innovations. Instead of enforcing uniformity, they promote heterogeneity and autonomy. Instead of sucking the soul from human bodies, turning computer users into an army of dull clones, networked computers -- by reflecting the networked nature of our own brains -- encourage the humanism of their users. Because they have taken on the flexibility, adaptability, and self-connecting governance of organic systems, we become more human, not less so, when we use them. (SOURCE: Harper's May 1994. The May 1994 issue of Harper's features a debate on network sociology. This was the conclusion to Mr. Kelly's article, "Embrace It". Thanks to Ken Laws for bringing this quote to my attention.) HOME PC UPDATE If you're thinking of buying a home computer, here's some free advice: wait until the fall. Prices are always dropping, but there are some especially sweet price points ahead. 486-based PCs with CD-ROM drives will be selling for around $1000 by year's end. In fact, Intel has announced it will cut prices on its 486 and Pentium chips twice in the third quarter. You can thank the competition from the new PowerPC consortium and from a variety of Intel chip clone makers, including one manufactured by IBM for Advanced Micro Devices. Editor's note: these two articles are from the July 25 issue of BITS AND BYTES. Mr Jay Machado (jaymachado@delphi.com) is B&B editor and Ken Laws is editor of Computists' Communique. \EOA 0256* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ANNOUNCEMENT - Association for Information Systems * * Bill King, University of Pittsburgh (billking@vms.cis.pitt.edu) * * Phillip Ein-Dor, Tel-Aviv University (eindor@taunivm.tau.ac.il) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The Association for Information Systems (AIS) Organizing Committee has adopted a Constitution and Bylaws, AIS is now incorporated as a non-profit entity and AIS will be soliciting members through a mailing to be conducted in early September. AIS MEETINGS The first business meeting of AIS will be held at ICIS on Thursday December 15 at 5:30 PM. The AIS Council will meet at ICIS on Saturday afternoon. The first AIS professional meeting is now tentatively planned for Pittsburgh on August 26-27, 1995. We intend to have a wide variety of activities, workshops, special interest tracks, sessions focusing on curricula and educational issues, etc. If you have any ideas or would like to volunteer to help, please contact Bill King at: Fax: 412 648-1693 Phone: 412 648-1587 E-mail: billking@vms.cis.pitt.edu AIS NOMINATING COMMITTEE The Association for Information Systems (AIS) Nominating Committee has been elected by the AIS Organizing Committee. The Nominating Committee will nominate the first slate of officers and Council members of AIS. The Committee needs to fill posts that are designated for the Asia and Pacific Region and the Europe/Africa/ Middle East Region, so suggestions concerning people from those areas are particularly welcome. The Nominating Committee is: Phillip Ein-Dor (Israel): eindor@taunivm.tau.ac.il (Chair) Niels Bjorn-Andersen (Denmark): nba@cbs.dk Gordon B. Davis (USA): gdavis@csom.spcs.umn.edu Frank Land (UK): best reached by fax +44-409-221 147 Boon Siong Neo (Singapore) absneo@ntuvax.ntu.ac.sg John F. Rockart (USA): jrockart@sloan.bitnet Edward A. Stohr (USA): estohr@rnd.stern.nyu.edu Ron Weber (Australia): weber@commerce.uq.oz.au TIME TABLE --The nominating committee has been charged to complete its work by September 15. --On September 1, solicitation of members will begin. --As member applications are reviewed, ballots will be sent so that all those who have joined by a particular date, probably November 15, will be able to vote for candidates. --The intention is to have officers in place well before ICIS 94. STRUCTURE The structure of AIS is intended to provide global representation by reserving a number of positions for representatives of each of three regions. This is specified in Article VII of the constitution, which reads: Article VII. Regions AIS is organized into three World Regions. Region 1. The Americas Region 2. Europe, Middle East, and Africa Region 3. Asia and the Pacific Each World Region is free, but not required, to develop its own governance structure. The Council must approve the plan for Regional governance prior to implementation. Each Region shall be entitled to at least one seat on the Council. In particular, the presidency will rotate between the three regions and council seats will be allocated to each of the regions. All other office holders - Secretary, Treasurer, and Vice-presidents - will be elected at large. In the first elections, office holders will be elected as follows: --President (from the Americas) --President Elect (from Europe/Asia/Middle East) --Secretary --Treasurer --VP Publications (1 year term) --VP Meetings (2 year term) --VP Affiliated Organizations (establishing arrangements with affiliated organizations; 3 year term) --VP Education (1 year term) --VP Member Activities (services to members; 2 year term) --VP Advanced Technology (communications among members; 3 year term) --VP Development (membership enhancement, funding; 3 year term) --2 Council Members from Asia Pacific (one for one year term and one for 2 year term) --2 Council Members from Europe/Africa/Middle East (one for one year term and one for 2 year term) --2 Council Members from Americas (one for one year term and one for 2 year term) \EOA 0257* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ANNOUNCEMENT - DAI Proceedings Available * * Mark Klein, Boeing Computer Services (mklein@atc.boeing.com) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * This note is to announce availability of copies of the proceedings for the 13th International Distributed AI workshop, which took place July 28-30 in Lake Quinalt, WA USA. This annual meeting brings together about 45 of the most prominent researchers in this field from all over the world. Distributed artificial intelligence (DAI) is concerned with the cooperative solution of problems in multi- agent intelligent systems with both computational and human agents. The central problem in DAI is how to achieve coordinated action among such agents, so that they can accomplish more as a group than individually. The DAI workshop is dedicated to advancing the state of the art in this field. The proceedings include 18 papers as well as addresses (and in some cases research bios) for all the participants. These papers will not be available through a DAI Workshop special issue or book this year (though some may appear in the upcoming ICMAS conference). Contact me if you'd like me the list of papers. Copies of the proceedings will cost around $25 (depending on the demand). If you are interested, please send me an e-mail message with the number of copies you want plus your e-mail and mailing addresses, and I'll get back to you with more details. Mark Klein DAI-94 Workshop Chair Boeing Computer Services Mailstop 7L-44 PO Box 24346 Seattle WA 98124-0346 USA Voice: 206) 865-3412 Fax: (206) 865-2965 E-mail: mklein@atc.boeing.com \EOA 0258* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CONFERENCE - Conference on Participatory Design (PDC'94 ) * * Barbara Katzenberg, Katzenberg Consulting (barbk@world.std.com) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The Third Biennial Conference on Participatory Design (PDC'94 ) October 27-28, 1994 Chapel Hill, North Carolina USA In the last decade, participatory approaches to design have gained adherents around the world. These approaches have at their core the involvement of users in the design and development of new technologies and work practices. CPSR's Third Conference on Participatory Design will be attended by an international community of researchers and practitioners. We encourage those who are using participatory approaches and those who may be interested in trying these approaches to attend. PDC'94 features paper sessions, workshops, panels, and discussion sessions from a wide range of industrial and university participants. Morten Kyng (Aarhus University, Denmark) and Bjorg Aase Sorensen (Oslo Work Research Institute) will deliver keynote addresses. REGISTRATION FEES Before 9/23/94 After 9/23/94 CPSR Member $120 $170 Non-member 170 220 Low-income 60 75 Conference Hotel Rates for the Sheraton Imperial Hotel and Conference Center are between $83 and $123. Please make your own reservations with the hotel; rooms are being held until 9/26/94. Hotel phone number: (919-941-5050) Be sure to mention PDC'94 to get group rates REGISTRATION For registration information contact: Information Fountain 46 Oakwood Dr. Chapel Hill, NC, 27514 E-mail: suchman@ncsu.edu Voice: 919-942-9773 ON-LINE INFORMATION Conference information is available via the World Wide Web at http://cpsr.org/cpsr/conferences/pdc94 or via anonymous ftp at ftp.cpsr.org in the /cpsr/conferences/pdc94 directory. \EOA 0259* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CONFERENCE - Ethics in the Computer Age * * Joseph Kizza, University of Tennessee (jkizza@utcvm.utc.edu) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Ethics in the Computer Age November 11-13, 1994 Days Inn, 504 Airport Road Galtinburg, Tennessee The technical program of the Ethics in the Computer Age Conference will consist of keynote lectures, invited papers, and contributed papers from around the world. A complete conference program is available by writing to the address shown below. REGISTRATION FEES Advanced Registration Registration (before Oct 15, 1994) (after Oct 15, 1994) ACM Member $200 $225 Non-ACM Member $225 $250 Student $50 $75 Payment must be enclosed with your registration. Checks/money orders should be made payable to ACM/Computer Ethics Conference. Checks/money orders in US dollars must be drawn against a USA bank; bank drafts of international money orders must be payable in US dollars. Do not mail registration after November 1, 1994. There will be on-site registration at the conference registration desk. Students will be required to show current picture ID cards at the conference registration desk. A block of rooms has been reserved at the Days Inn at a flat rate of $64 per night. Advance registration is requested. Upon request a place in the conference will be reserved for individuals who require time to obtain authorization. To reserve a place; send an e-mail to: jkizza@utcvm.utc.edu or fax 1-615-755-5229. Complete information about the conference including the conference program, transportation, tourist information, and registration form is available from: Joseph Kizza University of Tennessee E-mail: jkizza@utcvm.utc.edu \EOA 0260* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CALL FOR PAPERS - CIKM Workshop on Intelligent Information Agents * * Timothy Finin, U Maryland-Baltimore Cnty (tim.finin@cs.umbc.edu) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CIKM Workshop on Intelligent Information Agents Third International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM'94) December 2, 1994 National Institute of Standards and Technology Gaithersburg, Maryland The CIKM-94 workshop on Intelligent Information Agents will bring together 30 to 40 researchers who are working on or interested in exploring the use of agent-oriented paradigms in information systems. A partial list of topics relevant to the workshop is: --agent communication and messaging languages --agent programming and scripting languages --agent theories and architectures --security, privacy and authentication in agent systems --interaction and coordination protocols (negotiation, partial global planning etc.) --agent collaboration and integration --learning agents and trainable agents --information mediators and facilitators --interoperability and knowledge sharing among heterogeneous agents --the role of shared ontologies in agent systems --agent-human interfaces --agents on the world-wide-web --information filtering, retrieval, gathering and monitoring --resource discovery by and for agents --integrated agent testbeds --applications of agents to digital libraries, electronic commerce, education, command and control, information filtering, data mining, etc. CALL FOR PAPERS The workshop will consist of invited talks, individual presentations, and group discussion. If you wish to present your work, please submit five copies of an extended abstract (up to 2000 words). To participate, please submit a one-page research statement with bibliography or relevant work or a position paper. All submissions should include an e-mail address. Graduate students who are engaged in a relevant research project are encouraged to participate. An informal proceedings will be compiled from the extended abstracts and research statements and distributed at the workshop. Participants will be encouraged to submit in advance electronic material or URLs for an online "proceedings" to be made available on the web. CALL FOR PARTICIPATION A modest registration charge (e.g., $75US) will cover the cost of refreshments during the workshop and a reception on Thursday evening, December 1, for the participants of the four CIKM workshops. To get more information on the workshop and to register your interest, send e-mail to iiaw-info@cs.umbc.edu. You can also find current information at http://www.cs.umbc.edu/~cikm/1994/iia/. To get more information on CIKM-94 and to register your interest, send e-mail to cikm-info@cs.umbc.edu. You can also find current information at http://www.cs.umbc.edu/~cikm/. SUBMISSIONS Please submit material by September 12, 1994 by sending to: Tim Finin CIKM-94 IIA Workshop Computer Science Department University of Maryland Baltimore County 5401 Wilkens Ave. Baltimore MD 21228 Invitations to participate will be sent on September 26, 1994. \EOA 0261* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CALL FOR PAPERS - Conference on Advanced Info Systems Engineering * * Erkki Lehtinen, University of Jyvaskyla (erkkil@tukki.jyu.fi) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The 7th Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE*95) 12-16 June 1995 Jyvaskyla, Finland The CAiSE*95 conference provides a forum for presentation and exchange of research results and practical experiences within the field of Information Systems Engineering (ISE). CAiSE*95 aims at bringing together researchers and practitioners in the ISE field. In addition to offering a three-day scientific programme, CAiSE*95 also features a specific industrial programme containing tutorials, as well as technical presentations of innovative products. The scientific programme consists of workshops, paper presentations and interactive panel sessions. The workshops and tutorials during the first two days of the conference will cover prominent topics in the area of Information Systems Engineering. The conference will also include a commercial exhibition of ISE products and a non-commercial poster track. CONFERENCE TOPICS The general theme of CAiSE*95 is Information Systems Engineering: Current Practice and Future Prospects. Concerning the current practice, CAiSE*95 aims specifically at soliciting empirical contributions describing and evaluating the current adoption and diffusion of ISE technologies (methods and tools) in practice. As regards the future prospects, CAiSE*95 invites contributions introducing new emerging ISE technologies, methods and tools, such as AI-support for ISE, CASE technologies, methodology engineering, hypermedia and ISE, object-oriented technologies, ISE process modelling, etc. More specifically, the topics addressed in the CAiSE*95 conference include, but are not limited to the following: --AI-supported ISE --Business process reengineering --CASE --Cognitive aspects of the design process --Dynamic modelling --Enterprise modelling --GIS --Groupware design --Information management and planning --Information modelling --Knowledge acquisition --Maintenance and reverse engineering --Meta-CASE --Method engineering --Multi-media information systems --Object-oriented analysis and design --Object-oriented database design --Prototyping --Quality management --Requirements engineering --Reuse --Software process modelling and support --Temporal information systems --User interface design --Workflow management The Programme Committee has issued the following calls for contributions with submission deadlines as shown: --papers 30 November 1994 --panel proposals 30 November --tutorials 30 November --workshops 30 October --posters 1 March 1995 A complete copy of the call for contributions including submission guidelines and addresses can be obtained from the following URL on the World Wide Web: http: //www.jyu.fi/~mor/ or from: Erkki Lehtinen Continuing Education Centre University of Jyvaskyla P.O. Box 35 FIN-40351 Jyvaskyla, Finland Tel: +358-41-603 702 Fax: +358-41-603 621 E-mail: erkkil@jyu.fi \EOA 0262* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT - Head of Department, Management * * Karen Ruhleder, Worcester Polytech Instit (ruhleder@wpi.wpi.edu) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) invites applications and nominations for Head of the Department of Management. The Management Department is one of 14 departments at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and offers courses in each of the management disciplines. The Department's mission is consistent with the technological focus of the Institute, emphasizing productivity and quality improvement, management of technology development, organizational implications of information technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship. The Department has 14 full-time faculty positions. The faculty are committed to teaching and conduct research in economics, finance, management information systems, management science, marketing, operations management, and organizational behavior. The Department currently offers the bachelor's degree in Management Engineering, Management Information Systems, and Management, and has 100 undergraduate majors. At the graduate level, the Department offer M.B.A. and M.S. degrees, and has 130 full- and part-time students. The Head is expected to provide leadership in strategic planning, faculty development, program development, and external relationships; represent the Department within and outside WPI; and develop and administer Department budgets and programs. Ideally, candidates should have a PhD/DBA, demonstrated leadership ability, and demonstrated ability as a teacher and a scholar. Some administrative and /or industrial experience is desirable, as is a record of success in fund raising. Full consideration will be given to candidates whose applications are complete by December 1, 1994. Applicants should send a letter of interest and a curriculum vitae, as well as arrange to have three letters of recommendation sent by their references, by the above date. All correspondence should be addressed to: Dr. Richard D. Sisson, Jr. Chair, Management Department Head Search Committee Worcester Polytechnic Institute 100 Institute Road Worcester, MA 01609-2280 \EOA 0263* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS * * Dennis W. Viehland, INFOSYS Editor (d.viehland@massey.ac.nz) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Editors note: This is an abbreviated Calendar of Upcoming Events. A full Calendar was published in v1 n27. August 23-25, 1994 Software Process Improvement Seminar: The Realities of the CMM Portland, Maine Contact: mrabideau@aol.com (see article 0230, INFOSYS v1 n28) August 28 - September 2, 1994 13th IFIP World Computer Congress "Computer and Communications Evolution - The Driving Forces" Hamburg, Germany August 29, 1994 Call for papers, submission deadline Diffusion Interest Group in Information Technology (DIGIT) Workshop December 17, 1994 Vancouver, British Columbia Contact: mary@cfrvm.cfr.usf.edu (see article 0105, INFOSYS v1 n12) August 29-31, 1994 Concurrent Engineering: Research and Applications (CE 94) "A Global Perspective" Pittsburgh, PA, USA Contact: paul@ctc.com (see article 0147, INFOSYS v1 n18) August 30, 1994 IFIP WG8.4 Workshop The International Office of the Future: A Problem Analysis IFIP World Congress (August 28 - September 2, 1994) Hamburg Germany Contact: bots@sepa.tudelft.nl August 31, 1994 Call for papers, submission deadline Decision Support Systems: An International Journal Special Issue on Model Formulation: Theory, Process, Support Systems Contact: sen@tamvm1.tamu.edu (see article 0123, INFOSYS v1 n14) August 31, 1994 Call for papers, submission deadline The Journal of Management Systems (JMS) Special Issue on Leadership in the Context of Technological Change Contact: klenke@urvax.urich.edu (see article 0151, INFOSYS v1 n17) August 31, 1994 Call for papers, submission deadline ETHICOMP95: Conference on the ethical issues of using IT 28-30 March 1995 Leicester, UK Contact: srog@dmu.ac.uk (see article 0232, INFOSYS v1 n28) August 31, 1994 Call for papers, submission deadline Beijing International Symposium on Computerized Info Mgmt (BISCIM'94) October 14-18, 1994 Beijing, People's Republic of China Contact: li@asiainfo.com (see article 0243, INFOSYS v1 n29) August 31 - September 2, 1994 BCS Specialist Group on Information Systems Methodologies (ISM) Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh Contact: nimal@uk.ac.hw.cee \EOA * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * INFOSYS is an electronic newsletter for faculty, students, and * * practitioners in the field of Information Systems. 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