Infosys v2n010 (April 5, 1995) URL = http://hegel.lib.ncsu.edu/stacks/serials/infosys/infs-v2n010 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * INFOSYS: The Electronic Newsletter for Information Systems * * Volume 2, Number 10 ISSN: 1173-3764 April 5, 1995 * * * * Editor: Dennis W. Viehland, Massey University, New Zealand * * Listowners: Greg Welsh, American University, Washington DC * * Peter M. Weiss, Pennsylvania State University * * Sponsor: boyd & fraser publishing, Danvers, Massachusetts * * * * Current Subscribers = 3,741 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TABLE OF CONTENTS * * * * * * * * * * * * * EDITOR'S NOTE - INFOSYS Sponsored by boyd & fraser * * NEWS - From Edupage * * ANNOUNCEMENT - Lisp and Prolog Courses via Electronic Mail * * CONFERENCE - The 1995 Virtual Office Conference * * CONFERENCE - Enterprise Modeling and Knowledge Managemt Workshop * * CONFERENCE - Cooperative Information Systems (CoopIS-95) * * CALL FOR PAPERS - Hawaii Conf on Systems Sciences: Info Systems * * CALL FOR PAPERS - Hawaii Conf on Sys Sciences: Digital Documents * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 0569* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * EDITOR'S NOTE - INFOSYS Sponsored by boyd & fraser * * Dennis Viehland, Massey University * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * I am pleased to announce that INFOSYS now has a sponsor. Boyd & fraser publishing company, publishers of educational materials for computer and information education, has agreed to make a financial contribution to INFOSYS production and distribution. In return, b&f will be listed as a sponsor in the masthead and in "About INFOSYS" at the end of each issue. Representatives of boyd & fraser and I agreed that b&f will have no control over what is published in INFOSYS. Their attitude about INFOSYS sponsorship (low key; no hype) is commendable and a model that other sponsors of electronic publications should follow. Thanks to boyd & fraser for their assistance and support. The next time your b&f representative visits please tell them you are an INFOSYS subscriber and that you appreciate their support. \EOA 0570* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * NEWS - From Edupage * * Dennis Viehland, Massey University * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT MAKES ULTRA-TINY CHIPS Sandia National and AT&T Bell Laboratories have developed an experimental system that uses "extreme ultraviolet light" to etch circuit lines as small as 0.1 micron wide on computer chips -- one-fifth the width of the lines on today's best chips. The technique could be used to handle 16- and perhaps even 64-gigabit chips. (Business Week 3/20/95 p.103) THE FUTURE INFORMATION UTILITY: The chairman of Hewlett-Packard sees its future niche in the information utility business: "We describe the future in terms of an information utility and information appliances plugging into that utility. We like the word utility because it conjures up in most peoples' minds something that's ubiquitous, like electricity or telephones. We believe that in the next three to five years, the information utility is going to become as ubiquitous as the electric utility. HP is going to help those people building the information utility, which will be loaded with computers and network management... Our component business will supply a lot of the products to make these high-speed networks a reality." (Information Week 3/20/95 p.50) MOUSE ON A FINGER: The Spectrum RingMouse is a tiny cordless mouse that fits on your finger and allows you to move the mouse cursor by moving your hand in front of the screen. It works within a three- foot range, using a small flat receiver box that sits on top of the computer screen. Moving your hand away from the screen gives you 3- dimensional control over the Z axis, if you use software that incorporates that feature. Using the mouse causes minimum strain on the neck, shoulder, wrist and hand muscles, decreasing the chance of RSI. For info: 516-593-3212. (Miami Herald 3/20/95 p.29) FAX USE STILL EXCEEDS E-MAIL: A Gallup poll of Fortune 500 companies found that fax charges account for 40% of the average company's $34-million phone bill in 1994, with each corporate location now reporting about 27 fax machines, up from 19 last year. And the National Association of Purchasing Management reports that 75% of its members use fax machines more often than e-mail when procuring goods. (Wall Street Journal 3/23/95 A1) THE ENEMY WITHIN: COMPUTER ABUSE BY EMPLOYEES: A survey of more than 200 programmers and other information technology professionals at nine Ohio-based manufacturing and service companies found that 41% would illegally copy software for themselves or a friend, 7% would adjust a bank account system to avoid incurring a service, and 10% saw nothing wrong with sending a virus program that would output the message, "Have a nice day." (Computerworld 3/20/95 p.16) SUPERCOMPUTER FALLOUT: Cray Computer Corporation, founded in 1989 by famed supercomputer designer Seymour Cray, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. (New York Times 3/25/95 p.17) HIGH-TECH RESIDES IN HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARIES A new survey by the American Electronics Association's National Information Infrastructure Task Force reports that tomorrow's college students likely will not have had much experience with computer technology when they show up on campus, unless they've spent a lot of time hanging out with the school librarian. Only 59% of teachers surveyed reported access to multimedia computers, and only 20% had an Internet connection. However, half of the school librarians surveyed had Internet accounts and 85% had multimedia computers. (Chronicle of Higher Education 3/31/95 A19) E-MAIL GROWTH: Business-oriented e-mail services, without the bells and whistles of commercial online services, could grow as much as 20% this year. Such services as AT&T Mail, MCIMail and SprintMail offer better security than the Internet and more reliability than consumer services. (Wall Street Journal 3/30/95 A1) 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 March 19, 21, 23, 26, and 31, 1995 issues. \EOA 0571* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ANNOUNCEMENT - Lisp and Prolog Courses via Electronic Mail * * William Leigh * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The Open University in the UK is offering limited enrollment on its two popular Common Lisp and Prolog courses to students outside the UK and Europe. Two of our AI-oriented MSc-level courses are DMZX862 (Intensive Prolog) and DMZX863 (Introduction to Common Lisp Prologramming for Artificial Intelligence). These are quarter-credit or 15-point courses (= one half semester in North American universities), requiring approximately 100 to 120 hours of study. The Lisp course includes ALL the material in downloadable form (text book, reference manual, software, study guide), so there are no extra items to buy, although these materials can optionally be obtained separately from us. The Prolog course includes custom designed texts, a two-hour videocassette illustrating Prolog concepts and a case study, a study guide and workbook, all of which must be purchased in order to participate in the course. These courses can be used as preparation for higher level MSc courses, and eventually as part of the 'Computers for Commerce and Industry' MSc degree, depending on the other courses taken. The courses begin in early May and run until the final exam in October. Further presentations begin in November, and run until the exam period in April. In the 1995 academic year we are offering a limited extension of DMZX862 and DMZX863 to students outside the UK and Europe via e-mail and electronic conferencing. This group of students will be treated as regular Open University students but their interaction with their tutor, including assignment submission and return, will be via e-mail. They will have the opportunity to interact with their tutor and other fellow students via the university's electronic conferencing system and indirectly with the other students taking the course. These students will also be able to attend the final examination at an agreed site as close to their home as possible (e.g. at a British Embassy) and get full credit for their work. For more information: Lisp...........: http://kmi.open.ac.uk/courses/dmzx863.html Prolog.........: http://kmi.open.ac.uk/courses/dmzx862.html Generic OU info: http://www.open.ac.uk/ or send e-mail to: kmi-courses@open.ac.uk We will send you a syllabus for the course(s) you request and an application form. (Residents of Hong Kong and Singapore have their own local Open University Course Providers and are ineligible to participate in this offer.) \EOA 0572* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CONFERENCE - The 1995 Virtual Office Conference * * askumar@indiana.edu * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The 1995 Virtual Office Conference April 11-12, 1995 Indianapolis, Indiana USA The 1995 Virtual Office Conference offers Information Systems executives an in-depth perspective on the application of emerging Virtual Office technologies. This conference features speakers from leading firms and consultants who are futurists, practitioners, and technology enablers. The keynote address will be by Samuel Bleeker, Futurist. The program includes technology presentations and panels, practitioner presentations and panels, and exhibits. The registration fee is $495. For more information: Voice: 812-855-7330 Fax: 812-855-7332 E-mail: basey@indiana.edu \EOA 0573* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CONFERENCE - Enterprise Modeling and Knowledge Managemt Workshop * * Mike Shaw, University of Illinois * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * INFORMS Workshop on Enterprise Modeling and Knowledge Management April 23, 1995 Los Angeles, California USA This workshop is offered as part of the INFORMS National Meeting, April 23-26, 1995. The location is the Westin Bonaventure Hotel. The workshop will adopt a format to foster interactions among the participants and the speakers. Sessions include: --Organizational Design and Simulation --Organizational Modelling in the ACTION Project --Next-Link: An Experiment in Coordination in Distributed Agents --Tabu Search: Methods and Applications --Representing Organizational Cognition in Decision Support Systems --Modeling work processes of an enterprise as projects: Issues, Risks and Rewards To register use the registration form in the INFORMS L.A. Meeting Bulletin, or in the February 1995 issue of ORMS Today. You can call the INFORMS business office at 401-274-2525 if you have any question on registration. \EOA 0574* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CONFERENCE - Cooperative Information Systems (CoopIS-95) * * Steve Laufmann, US West * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Third International Conference on Cooperative Information Systems (CoopIS-95) May 9-12, 1995 Vienna, Austria The paradigm for the next generation of information systems (ISs) will involve large numbers of ISs distributed over large, complex computer/communication networks. Such cooperative information systems (CISs) will manage or have access to large amounts of information and computing services. They will support individual or collaborative human work. The CoopIS-95 conference will provide a forum for the presentation and dissemination of research and practical experience covering all aspects of CIS design, requirements, functionality, implementation, deployment, and evolution. The conference will be held in a retreat- like setting, providing a collegial atmosphere fostering discussion and interaction. The CoopIS-95 conference programme includes technical sessions, invited presentations, panels, and tutorials that deal with CISs and the integration of relevant technologies. Highlights include: --Keynote addresses by Clarence "Skip" Ellis (Next Generation Workflow: Promises and Problems) and Gio Wiederhold (The Conceptual Technology for Mediation). --Paper Sessions on integration, workflow, applications, queries, and modeling. --Pre-conference seminars on "Computer Support Systems for Business Processes" and "On The Design and Development of Large-Scale Cooperative Information Systems" Registration Fees: before April 21 after April 21 Conference General US$340 ATS3400 US$375 ATS3750 Student $150 1500 $190 1900 Single day $150 1500 $190 1900 Preconference Seminars Single seminar US$150 ATS1500 US$190 ATS1900 Both seminars $225 2250 $285 2850 (US$ = US dollars or ATS = Austrian schillings) General Chair: Dimitris Karagiannis Dept. Knowledge Engineering University of Vienna Bruenner Str. 72 A-1210 Vienna, Austria E-mail: dk@dke.univie.ac.at A complete conference program, hotel information, registration form, and additional information about the conference can be obtained from coopis@cs.toronto.edu. \EOA 0575* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CALL FOR PAPERS - Hawaii Conf on Systems Sciences: Info Systems * * Ralph Sprague, Univ of Hawaii * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 29) Information Systems Track January 3-6, 1996 Maui, Hawaii USA Editor's Note: Announcing HICSS tracks and minitracks has always been difficult for INFOSYS due to the number of announcements and their length. Thanks to Ralph Sprague and Eileen Dennis for assisting me in developing this comprehensive CFP for INFOSYS. The purpose of the HICSS conference is to provide a forum for the interchange of ideas, research results, development activities, and applications among academicians and practitioners in computer-based system sciences. The conference consist of tutorials, advanced seminars, presentations of accepted papers, open forums, tasks forces, and a distinguished guest lecture. There is a high degree of interaction and discussion among the conference participants because the meeting is conducted in a workshop-like setting. This year there are three major tracks: Information Systems, Software and Digital Documents.The Information Systems Track is divided into three themes: Collaboration Technology, Decision Support and Knowledge-Based Systems, and Organizational Systems and Technology. Under each of these themes there are various minitracks that focus on specific research areas. Contact the appropriate minitrack coordinator directly for more information on each minitrack. Collaboration Technology includes: --Group Support Systems Joe Valacich: valacich@ucs.indiana.edu Alan Dennis: adennis@uga.cc.uga.edu --Distributed Communication Systems Laku Chidambaram: laku@dscience.cba.hawaii.edu --Organizational Memory Lorne Olfman: olfmanl@cgs.edu Joline Morrison: jmorriso@scout-po.biz.iowa.edu WWW: http://drucker.cgs.edu/0/focus/olfmanl.html --Negotiation Support Systems Tung Bui: tbui@usthk.ust.hk Melvin Shakun: mshakun@stern.nyu.edu --Technology-Support Learning Bob Briggs: bbriggs@bpa.arizona.edu Brad Wheeler: bwheeler@bmgtmail.umd.edu WWW: http://www.bmgt.umd.edu/Business/AcademicDepts/IS/ Learning/hicss29.html --Needs-Driven Telework Kunihiko Higa: khiga@usthk.ust.hk Tung Bui: tbui@usthk.ust.hk --Group User Experience Jay Nunamaker: nunamaker@bpa.arizona.edu --Business Process Re-engineering Doug Vogel: vogel@bpa.arizona.edu --Geographic IS Martin Crossland: mdc299f@vma.smsu.edu Brian Mennecke: dcbrian@ecuvax.cis.ecu.edu WWW: http://ecuvax.cis.ecu.edu/~dcbrian/hicss.html n this position should contact: Decision Support and Knowledge-Based Systems includes: --Logic Modeling Steve Kimbrough: kimbrough@wharton.upenn.edu Hemant Bhargava: bhargava@cs.nps.navy.edu --Management of Technology Robert Mason: rmm3@pyrite.som.cwru.edu Louis Lefebvre: lefebvrl@cirano.umontreal.ca --Executive Information Systems Joseph Walls: 313-741-4268 fax: 313-741-5333 Hugh Watson: hwatson@uga.cc.uga.edu --Hypermedia in IS Tomas Isakowitz: tisakowtiz@gba.nyu.edu Michael Bieber: bieber@cis-gw.njit.edu --Emerging Paradigms for Intelligent Systems Christer Carlsson: ccarlsson@abo.fi Pirkko Walden: pwalden@abo.fi Deepak Kumar: dkumar@cc.brymarw.edu --Methods and Tools for IS Developmnet Alan Hevner: ahevner@cis01.cis.usf.edu Rick Linger: rlinger@sei.cmu.edu --Multi-Media IS Hong-Mei Chen Garcia: hcgarcia@dscience.cba.hawaii.edu --Risks in End User Computing Ray Panko: panko@dscience.cba.hawaii.edu --Modeling Technologies and IS Dan Dolk: 0541P@vm1.cc.nps.navy.mil --Neural Networks in Business W. "RP" Raghupathi: rpraghupathi@oavax.csuchico.edu Shashi Shekhar: shekhar@cs.umn.edu --Internet and The Superhighway Dave King: dave@comshare.com Bob Blanning: blannirw@vuctrvax Organizational Systems and Technology includes: --Creativity/Innovation in IS Organizations Dan Couger: jdcouger@uccs.edu --Organizational DSS Sree Nilakaanta: nilakant@iastate.edu Anil Aggarwal: aaggarwal@ubmail.ubalt.edu --Measuring the Effectiveness of Emerging Technology Don Amoroso: amoroso@uccs.edu --Systems of Technology Transfer David Gibson: davidg@icc.utexas.edu Sul Kassicieh: kasicieh@triton.unm.edu --Strategic and Competitive IS Eric Clemons: clemons@wharton.upenn.edu Michael Row: mrow@rnd.stern.nyu.edu Bruce Weber: 215-574-3670 --Modeling the Dynamics of Organizations and IS Pieter Bots: hicss@sepa.tudelft.nl Henk Sol: hicss@sepa.tudelft.nl Alexander Verbraeck: hicss@sepa.tudelft.nl --Electronic Commerce Steve Kimbrough: kimbrough@wharton.upenn.edu Ron Lee: rlee@euridis.fbk.eur.nl --Computer-Mediated Inter-Organizational Systems Ted Clark: tclark@uxmail.ust.hk Ho Geun Lee: hlee@uxmail.ust.hk Donna Stoddard: Harvard University --IS in Global Business Bill Chismar: chismar@busadm1.cba.hawaii.edu Christopher Holland: c.holland@fs2.mbs.ac.uk Geoff Lockett: agl@bess.leeds.ac.uk Instructions for submitting papers: --Submit 6 (six) copies of the full paper, consisting of 22-26 pages double-spaced including title page, abstract, references and diagrams directly to the minitrack coordinator or if in doubt, the Track Coordinator. --DO NOT submit the paper to more than one Track Coordinator. Papers should contain original material and not be previously published or currently submitted for consideration elsewhere. --Each paper must have a title page which includes the title, full name of all authors, and their complete addresses including affiliation(s), telephone numbers(s), and e-mail address(es). --The first page of the paper should include the title and a 300-word abstract. Deadlines: --June 1, 1995: Six (6) copies of the full papers must be submitted to the appropriate minitrack or track coordinator. --August 31, 1995: Notification of accepted papers mailed to authors. --October 1, 1995: Accepted manuscripts, camera-ready, sent to minitrack coordinators. One author from each paer MUST BE REGISTERED by this time. --November 15, 1995: All other registration must be received. Registration received after this deadline may not be accepted due to space limitations. Hotel reservations should also be made by this time. Track Coordinators Jay F. Nunamaker, Jr Ralph H. Sprague, Jr. MIS Department Department of Decision Sciences School of Management University of Hawaii University of Arizona 2404 Maile Way Tucson, AZ 85721 Honolulu, HI 96822 Voice: (602) 621-4475 (808) 956-7082 Fax: (602) 621-2433 Fax: (808) 956-9889 nunamaker@bpa.arizona.edu E-mail: sprague@hawaii.edu For information on the Digital Documents track see the following article. For information on the Software track, please contact: Hesham El-Rewini Bruce D. Shriver rewini@unocss.unomaha.edu b.shriver@genesis2.com For more information on the Conference, please contact the Conference Coordinator: Pamela Harrington HICSS Conference Office Center for Executive Development University of Hawaii 2404 Maile Way, B-101 Honolulu, HI 96822 Voice: (808) 956-7396 Fax: (808) 956-3766 E-mail: hicss@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu \EOA 0576* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CALL FOR PAPERS - Hawaii Conf on Sys Sciences: Digital Documents * * Ralph Sprague, Univ of Hawaii * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS 29) Digital Documents Track January 3-6, 1996 Maui, Hawaii USA Editor's Note: This article announces the Digital Documents Track for HICSS 29. See the previous article (Information Systems Track) for general information about the conference, instructions for submitting papers, deadlines, etc. Documents lie at the interface of content, format, use, and technology. Whether in print, sound, video, electronic, or multimedia formats, documents are social and cultural artifacts, whose use and interpretation vary with content and context. Cyberspace is giving rise to new forms of documents - digital documents - as well as new ways of manipulating traditional documents. These new forms and the rapidity of change - as well as new technologies that improve and speed the effectiveness and efficiciency with which they are handled - promise to have a profound effect on a wide range of human endeavor, breaking down barriers, of form, time, and space. The Digital Documents track will focus on critical research issues underlying digital documents in the transition to a digital culture. Recognizing the convergence of disciplines that bear on this transition, preference will be given to inter-disciplinary papers spanning fields such as computer science, library science, organizational theory, sociology, cultural anthroplogy, law, linguistics, communications and public policy. There will be three minitracks reflecting three of the domains at the cusp of change catalyzed by this transition: --Digital documents in organizations and the workplace --Digital documents in home and family life --Digital documents in scholarship and learning Although many issues straddle all of these domains, the application focus is intended to sharpen consideration of the cultural context of research topics in accepted papers. Digital Documents Track Chairman: M. Stuart Lynn Vice President for Technology Commission on Preservation and Access 1400 16th St NW, Suite 740 Washington, DC 20036 Voice: 202-939-3400 or 510-548-2244 Fax: 202-939-3407 or 510-548-2241 E-mail: mslynn@cpa.org \EOA * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ABOUT INFOSYS * * INFOSYS is an electronic newsletter for faculty, students, and * * practitioners in the field of Information Systems. INFOSYS * * publishes news items, requests for assistance, calls for papers * * announcements of professional meetings and conferences, position * * announcements, journal table of contents, 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. 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