Infosys v1n033 (August 30, 1994) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/infosys/infs-v1n033 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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 33 August 30, 1994 * * * * Editor: Dennis W. Viehland, Massey University, New Zealand * * Listowner: Greg Welsh, American University, Washington DC * * * * Current Subscribers = 3,240 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TABLE OF CONTENTS * * * * * * * * * * * * * NEWS - From EDUPAGE * * ANNOUNCEMENT - Stern School Info Systems PhD Program Description * * ANNOUNCEMENT - GATES: Greater Access to Tech, Engr and Science * * REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE - Computer Supported Environments * * REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE - Teaching a Course on the World Wide Web * * CONFERENCE - ASIDIC 1994 Fall Meeting * * CONFERENCE - Conference on Information and Knowledge Management * * CALL FOR PAPERS - Artificial Intelligence Applications * * CALL FOR PAPERS - Simulation of Information Systems (S&G) * * CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 0274* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * NEWS - From EDUPAGE * * Dennis Viehland, Massey University (d.viehland@massey.ac.nz) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CD SOFTWARE SALES QUADRUPLE: Sales of compact-disk software more than quadrupled in the first quarter of 1994, according to the Software Publishers Association. (Wall Street Journal 8/23/94 B6) RULES FOR CD-ROM PUBLISHERS: The Optical Publishers Association is combating complaints about buggy CD-ROM products with a set of guidelines for CD-ROM makers: 1) Create CD-ROM programs that work without tampering with the hard disk and without changing the computer's configuration. 2) Give the user a clear explanation if configuration files are to be changed and an option to block the change. 3) Write the program so the user doesn't need to make physical adjustments to hardware. 4) Be honest about hardware requirements for successfully running the CD-ROM. 5) Make sure that the program leaves no "artifacts" behind in the machine's memory that would prevent other programs from running correctly. (Washington Post 8/22/94 p.19) PIZZA ON THE INTERNET: For users who are too absorbed to get off the 'Net to order supper, Pizza Hut and software publisher Santa Cruz Operation are offering PizzaNet. The service, now being tested in Santa Cruz, requires customers have access to the Internet and Mosaic to view the menu provided by the PizzaNet server in Wichita, Kan. The order is then sent to the SCO Open Server system at the customer's nearest Pizza Hut. (Miami Herald 8/23/94 C1) DEC MAKES SOME CHANGES: Oracle Corp. has agreed to buy DEC's database software unit for about $100 million. The unit no longer fits into DEC's strategic plan to rebuild itself around its core computer-systems business. Separately, DEC sold its 7.8% stake in Italian computer maker Olivetti for $140 million. (Wall Street Journal 8/25/94 B8) HOLOGRAPHY-BASED STORAGE: Researchers at Stanford University demonstrated a prototype storage device that uses holographic technology to hold massive amounts of computer data in a three- dimensional space the size of two sugar cubes. Hologram technology uses lasers to record images on crystal materials in the form of two-dimensional "pages." A holographic device could store 1,000 times more data than today's computers and retrieve the data 100 to 1,000 times faster. (Washington Post 8/22/94 p.19) LOTUS POSITIONS ON THE INTERNET: Lotus is marketing its Notes groupware as a way to deploy and manage databases on the World Wide Web. "There is a stampede to put information on the Web, but it isn't easy to set up a Web server... We have the tools to make it easier," says Lotus's chief technology officer. "It makes sense," says a Yankee Group analyst. "Buy fashioning that kind of function in Notes, Lotus becomes a kind of gatekeeper on the Internet." (Information Week 8/29/94 p.31) CHICAGO DELAYED AGAIN: A report in InfoWorld says that Chicago, Microsoft's next version of its operating system for Windows, will be delayed until April or May of 1995 in order to resolve incompatibility problems with the current system. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution 8/28/94 F10) Editor's Note: Edupage, a summary of news items on information technology, is a service of Educom. This is an abbreviated list of news items of interest to the IS community from the August 23, 25, and 28, 1994 issues. \EOA 0275* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ANNOUNCEMENT - Stern School Info Systems PhD Program Description * * Edward Stohr, New York University (estohr@stern.nyu.edu) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Ph.D. Program Description Department of Information Systems Stern School of Business New York University A description of our Ph.D. program complete with course outlines and reading lists is now available on the Stern IS Department's WWW home page. The URL for the IS Department's home page is: http://is-2.stern.nyu.edu/ IS Case Abstracts The IS Case Abstracts Gopher that is being developed and maintained by Hank Lucas can also be accessed from this address. Note that the Case Abstracts database can still be accessed at the original address: gopher is.stern.nyu.edu \EOA 0276* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ANNOUNCEMENT - GATES: Greater Access to Tech, Engr and Science * * Danielle Bernstein, Kean College (dbernste@pilot.njin.net) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * GATES is a new international journal promoting Greater Access to Technology, Engineering and Science. GATES is directed to professionals committed to creating greater access to technology, engineering and science. The journal focuses on groups who are currently under-represented in education and employment in these areas, with a particular emphasis on women, people with disabilities, and people from minority ethnic backgrounds. This list is suggestive only, and articles relating to any group underrepresented in these disciplines will be considered for publication. The contents may be of interest to educators and careers advisers at the primary, secondary and post-secondary levels, parents, employers, and members of these under-represented groups. The journal is dedicated to advancing knowledge and to providing a forum for public debate on questions of access to technology, engineering and science. The first section of the journal contains refereed articles describing original research or reviews of research. The second section contains descriptions of case studies. The third section provides constructive comments on issues raised by authors of refereed articles, summaries of interviews, reviews of new books and other resources, announcements of conferences, and any matters which may be of interest to readers. Contributions are welcomed for any of the three sections. Contributions can be sent to The Editors, GATES (Joy Teague) Deakin University Victoria 3217 AUSTRALIA Fax: +61 52 27 2028 Email: gates@deakin.edu.au Further information regarding presentation and submission of manuscripts can be obtained from this address or by anonymous FTP from pub/gates at rana.deakin.edu.au. Subscribers and sponsors are welcomed also. The individual annual subscription rate is AUD30, approximately US$23, and the institutional rate is AUD60. \EOA 0277* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE - Computer Supported Environments * * Mark A. Fuller, Baylor University (mark_fuller@baylor.edu) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * I am in the middle of co-authoring a piece on facilitation in computer supported environments (with Terri Griffith and Greg Northcraft out of Arizona). The focus of the work is the creation of a model explaining how social influence plays itself out in this particular socio-technical context. Included will be a review of facilitation work thus far and how these works fit within our overall model. I would like this review to be as up-to-date as possible. If anyone has any work they have recently done (even over the last few years), work in press, or possibly even reasonably developed working papers, I would appreciate it if you would drop me a line (via e-mail). If I don't already have a copy of the piece, I may be contacting you to see if I can acquire one. Thus far, we've found relevant work in a variety of unique outlets. Pointers toward additional unique journals (or other ideas that I should check out) are also be appreciated. Mark A. Fuller Information Systems Dept. Baylor University B.U. Box 98005 Waco, Texas 76798 USA Phone: (817) 755-1111 extn 4753 Fax: (817) 755-2421 E-mail: mark_fuller@baylor.edu \EOA 0278* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE - Teaching a Course on the World Wide Web * * Robert P. Minch, Boise State Univ (risminch@cobfac.idbsu.edu) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * This is a request for ideas or participation related to an effort to teach a class which will use the World Wide Web (WWW) and other Internet resources: In Fall 1994, I plan to teach a course which will be highly reliant on the World Wide Web and the Internet. The topical area is business data communications/telecommunications technology and applications. Three books will be used as references: Keen/Cummings' Networks in Action, Rains/Palmer's Local Area Networking with Novell Software, and Armbruster's Internet Essentials. At present I anticipate the following: --A listserver will be set up here for students to discuss homework assignments, projects, questions that come up, etc. --All documentation of students' work will be prepared with HTML (hypertext mark-up language) and put up on an existing machine with an HTTP (hypertext transport protocol) server so that anyone on the Internet can access student projects and other written work. This will also extend the DELTA (Distributed Electronic Telecommunications Archive project already in place (point your Mosaic or other WWW client to http://gozer.idbsu.edu/business/nethome.html to see the current version)) with many kinds of links including everything from those between local student project materials to those pointing to various network and telecommunications-related resources anywhere on the Internet. The emphasis will be on a sort of constructive learning where student teams create their own tutorials and project reports on the WWW. --Many of the class materials (e.g., the syllabus) also will be prepared with HTML and made available over the WWW. Also, lecture slides will probably be prepared using PowerPoint, and will be conveniently viewable by anyone who uses the PowerPoint run-time viewer (freely available) as a viewer under Mosaic or other compatible WWW client. This capability is already demonstrated in DELTA. --We will be investigating various tools for collaborative writing, group knowledge management, etc.-- probably with a bias toward tools that operate over the Internet rather than just over a LAN. For the next step I am soliciting ideas from anyone and participation from other groups such as similar classes at other universities. Responses I am looking for include: --Does anyone have salient experience with the techniques I plan to use, and wish to share some do's and don'ts? --Would anyone like to establish one or more "sister classes," which might involve innovative experiments such as group projects where members of a group are at different universities? --Is anyone familiar with additional technologies which might be appropriate and helpful? --Are there any other suggestions for how to promote student learning and a successful class experience in a context such as this? --Are there any other similar efforts going on which I should know about (I'm familiar with the Globewide Network Academy)? Replies should be e-mailed to me: Robert P. Minch, Professor College of Business Boise State University Boise, ID 83725 USA Voice: 208-385-3491 Sec: 208-385-1181 Fax: 208-385-3779 E-mail: risminch@cobfac.idbsu.edu URL: http://gozer.idbsu.edu/business/minch.html \EOA 0279* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CONFERENCE - ASIDIC 1994 Fall Meeting * * tdthk@mantic.ho.att.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ASIDIC 1994 Fall Meeting Internationalization of the Information Industry September 25-27, 1994 Washington DC The 90's have witnessed the emergence of multinational information companies serving international markets. Acquisitions and mergers, restructuring, and downsizing continue at an unsettling pace. Technological advances are redefining information as a product. Long standing business boundaries based on geography, market segmentation, and delivery methods are being set aside; and traditional distinct areas of publishing, entertainment and telecommunications are converging. The upcoming ASIDIC (Association of Information and Dissemination Centers) meeting affords an excellent opportunity to take a reflective look at where the industry is going and what it means to you. Registration costs: ASIDIC Member: $200.00 Non-member: 250.00 To register contact: Jeanette Webb ASIDIC Secretariat P.O. Box 8105 Athens, GA 30603 E-Mail: jwebb@uga.cc.uga.edu Voice: (706) 542-6820 Hotel reservations should be made directly with the Latham Georgetown (3000 M Street N.W., Washington, DC) by calling (202) 726-5000. ASIDIC Conference rates of $135/single and $155/double are guaranteed until September 1, 1994. \EOA 0280* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CONFERENCE - Conference on Information and Knowledge Management * * Abdelsalam Helal, Univ of Texas at Arlington (helal@cse.uta.edu) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Third International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM'94) November 29 - December 2, 1994 National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Gaithersburg, Maryland OBJECTIVE The objective of the conference is to provide an international forum for presentation and discussion of research on information and knowledge management, as well as recent advances on data and knowledge bases. The purpose of the conference is to identify challenging problems facing the development of future knowledge and information systems, and to shape future directions of research through presentation of high quality, applied and theoretical research findings. The conference will feature: --Keynote addresses: Al Aho, Dan Atkins, J. Bredekemp, and others. --Panels: Making Money on the Internet, Standards - Interoperability, Manufacturing, Standards for Digital Libraries, and others. --Workshops: Geographic Information Systems, Intelligent Agents, Hypertext, Electronic Commerce --Sessions: query processing, knowledge bases, transaction processing, storage systems, text databases, spatial databases, indexing/caching, and others. LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS CIKM94 will be held in the NIST Administration Building in Gaithersburg, MD. A block of rooms is reserved at the Gaithersburg Hilton Hotel, 620 Perry Parkway, Gaithersburg, MD 20877, (301) 977-8900, or 1-800-599-5111, Fax: (301)869-8597 (US$70per night; please make your reservation early). A special convention discount (5 or 10%) is available via USAir's Meeting and Convention Reservation Office at (800) 334-8644; refer to Gold File Number: 39240001. For further information contact the CIKM Local Arrangement Chair: Elizabeth Fong, NIST Voice: (301) 975-3250 Fax: (301)948-6213 E-mail: fong@speckle.ncsl.nist.gov REGISTRATION Received by Sept 23: ACM Member Non-Member Student Registration fee $290 $340 $190 Workshop 150 150 75 Received after Sept 23: Registration fee $340 $390 $220 Workshop 180 180 100 Further information and a registration form is available from: Dr. E.K. Park Computer Science Department US Naval Academy Annapolis, MD 21402 USA Voice: (410)293-6806 Fax: (410)293-2686 E-Mail: eun@usna.navy.mil \EOA 0281* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CALL FOR PAPERS - Artificial Intelligence Applications * * Dan Oleary, Univ of Southern California (oleary@cwis.usc.edu) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The Eleventh IEEE Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications (IEEE CAIA) February 19-22, 1995 Holiday Inn, Crowne Plaza Los Angeles This conference is concerned with applying artificial intelligence (AI) to real-world problems and to specific domains. As a result, this conference solicits papers that are case studies of AI applications that solve significant problems and stimulate the development of theory and methods. Further, this conference is interested in theory and methods that underlie AI, and in turn enable ever more ambitious applications. Finally, this conference is also concerned with analyzing the impact of artificial intelligence when we take it out of the lab and put it in organizations. Thus, the conference is interested in papers that study the impact of AI on organizations, and conversely. Papers are solicited along the following tracks: Domain Tracks --Business Track --Engineering Track --Manufacturing Track --Biological/Medical Track --Miscellaneous applications (eg, law enforcement, environmental applications) Enabling Technology Tracks: --Bayes Nets, Influence Diagrams, Fuzzy Sets, etc. --Cognitive Psychology --Explanation --Intelligent Databases --Knowledge Representation and Acquisition --Learning and Discovery --Natural Language --Software Engineering --Verification and Validation --General technologies and tools Organizational Impact Track: Papers in this track should employ rigorous methods in order to study the impact of AI on organizations. Typically, such studies are theory-based and might study the impact of AI on productivity of organizations, attitudes towards AI, diffusion of AI, etc. PAPERS Papers should be 4000 - 6000 words, not including the references, tables and other exhibits. The first page should include title; author names, address, and e-mail; track (Domain, Enabling Technology, Organization Impact); and subtrack (e.g., if domain, then Business, Engineering or Manufacturing). If the paper discusses an application, then the title page should include information regarding the language, the status of the system, the effort (e.g., person years) and impact. PROPOSALS In addition to papers, we will be accepting the following proposals --Panel Discussions: topic and desired participants in a summary of up to 1000 words. --Demonstrations. Video and/or live presentation generally 15-30 minutes. IMPORTANT DATES --November 1, 1994: Six copies of papers and proposals are due. Electronic submissions will not be accepted. --December 2, 1994: Author notifications will be mailed. --January 6, 1995: Accepted papers due in revised format --January 27, 1995: Cut-off date for hotel reservations --February 19, 1995: Tutorials --February 20-22, 1995: Conference SUBMIT PAPERS AND PANEL PROPOSALS TO Daniel E. O'Leary 3660 Trousdale Parkway University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089-1421 Voice: 213-740-4856 Fax: 213-747-8241 E-Mail: oleary@cwis.usc.edu Additional information about the conference will be periodically posted to the gopher at the University of Southern California (cwis.usc.edu), obtained in the following tree: University Information Academic Divisions School of Business Administration Research and Meetings IEEE CAIA \EOA 0282* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CALL FOR PAPERS - Simulation of Information Systems (S&G) * * James Warren, Univ of South Australia (james.warren@unisa.edu.au) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Call for Papers Simulation and Gaming: An International Journal of Theory, Design, and Research (S&G) Special Issue on Simulation of Information Systems (SIS) Guest editors: James R. Warren and Jerzy A. Filar Increasingly, information systems serve active roles as in on-line systems, decision support applications, real-time control and EDI. Success depends upon complex interactions of hardware, software, people and procedures. Unacceptably long delays in system response can have substantial monetary or human costs. We are looking for papers that represent state-of-the-art method and practice in SIS, including: --Interorganizational and logistics system dynamics --Validation of dynamic models --Simulation as a BPR tool --Evolving and adaptive IS --Integration of CASE and simulation --Data, process, and behavior modeling in an integrated framework --Object orientation in the analysis of IS dynamics S&G is an interdisciplinary journal. Authors should consider the human and organizational context as well as the computer-based system. Papers may be technical in nature, but only as necessary to draw out the principles and concepts. Authors should identify: (a) the referent of their models; (b) the information provided (e.g., reachable states, performance rates, animation); and (c) the role in the decision process (e.g., determine throughput, assess system safety). Submission deadline is October 21, 1994. Submit 3 copies to: Dr. James R. Warren School of Computer and Information Science University of South Australia The Levels, SA 5095, Australia Voice: +61 8 302 3446 Fax: +61 8 302 3381 \EOA 0283* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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 and the September Calendar of Upcoming Events will be published within a few days. September 5-7, 1994 2nd All-Ireland Conference on the Teaching of Computing Dublin City University, Dublin Ireland Contact: cticomp@uk.ac.ulster.ujvax September 5-9, 1994 East-West Conference Information Technology Design International Centre for Scientific and Technical Information Moscow, Russia Contact: a.j.h.lucas-smith@open.ac.uk September 9, 1994 Call for papers, submission deadline 1995 Office Systems Research Association Reengineering for Emerging Technologies March 10-12, 1995 Las Vegas, Nevada Contact: fac_cbilbrey@vax1.acs.jmu.edu (see article 0190, INFOSYS v1 n23) September 12, 1994 Call for papers, submission deadline CIKM Workshop on Intelligent Information Agents Third International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM'94) December 2, 1994 Gaithersburg, Maryland (see article 02260 INFOSYS v1 n31) September 12-16, 1994 Decision Support - 2001 Toronto, Canada Contact: dss2001@pnfi.forestry.ca, dss2001@ccit.arizona.edu September 12-16, 1994 European Remote Sensing and Geographic Info Systems Conference Boat Cruise on the Vulgar River, Russia Contact: elgyj@aston.ac.uk (see article 0120, INFOSYS v1 n14) September 13-14, 1994 The First European Conference on IT Investment Evaluation Henley on Thames, England Contact: Chris Barrett (see article 0212, INFOSYS v1 n26) September 14-16, 1994 4th International Conference on Computers for Handicapped Persons Vienna, Austria Contact: ocg@vm.univie.ac.at (see article 0240, INFOSYS v1 n29) September 15, 1994 Call for papers, submission deadline Groupware '95 Boston March 5-8, 1995 Boston Sheraton and Hynes Convention Center Contact: davidc121@aol.com (see article 0215, INFOSYS v1 n26) September 15, 1994 Call for papers, submission deadline Intelligent Manuf Processes and Sys Congress: Managerial Issues Track February 13-17, 1995 Mayaguez/San Juan, Puerto Rico Contact: tg5596@tntech.edu (see article 0269, INFOSYS v1 n32) September 15-18, 1994 1994 Asia-Pacific Conference Computing in Chaos - Gain from Change Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia Contact: acsozcompsoc@uqvax.cc.uq.oz.au (Angela Laffey) (see article 0250, INFOSYS v1 n30) \EOA * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * INFOSYS is an electronic newsletter for faculty, students, and * * practitioners in the field of Information Systems. 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