[Asis-l] Call for Papers - HICSS Minitracks - Hawaii

[Professor Amanda Spink]

CALL FOR PAPERS 
DIGITAL MEDIA: CONTENT AND COMMUNICATION 
at the Fortieth Annual HAWAI'I INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SYSTEM SCIENCES
January 3 - 6, 2007
Hilton Waikoloa Village Resort 
Waikoloa, Big Island 
Hawaii 

This will be the thirteenth year in which HICSS has included a major focus on the topic of content and communication through Digital Media. This Track provides a unique forum for this interdisciplinary topic in bringing together research from computer science, information systems, linguistics and information systems, as well as other disciplines. 
The Track is made up of seven Minitracks and researchers are invited to submit electronic versions of their papers directly to the Chair(s) of the appropriate Minitrack(s). 

Minitracks and Chairs

*  Digital Divide 
Karine Barzilai-Nahon [Primary Contact] - University of Washington 

*  Genres of Digital Documents 
Dmitri Roussinov [Primary Contact] - Arizona State University 
Kevin Crowston - Syracuse University 
Carina Ihlstrom - Halmstad University 

*  Information Retrieval and Digital Library Applications 
Ray R. Larson [Primary Contact] - University of California, Berkeley 
Fredric C. Gey - University of California, Berkeley 

*  Persistent Conversation 
Thomas Erickson [Primary Contact] - IBM T. J. Watson Research Center 
Susan C. Herring - Indiana University 

*  Search Effectiveness: User Perspective 
Carolyn Watters [Primary Contact] - Dalhousie University 
Amanda Spink - Queensland University of Technology 

*  Using Information: New Technologies, Ways & Means 
Daniel M. Russell [Primary Contact] - Google Inc. 
Jonathan Grudin - Microsoft Research 

Important Deadlines
* Abstracts 
Authors may contact Minitrack Chairs for guidance and indication of appropriate content at anytime.
* June 15, 2006 

o Authors submit full papers to the Peer Review System, following Author Instructions found on the HICSS web site. All papers will be submitted in double column publication format and limited to 10 pages including diagrams and references. Papers undergo a double-blind review. 
* August 15, 2006 
o Acceptance/Rejection notices are sent to Authors via the Peer Review System.
* September 15, 2006 
o Authors submit Final Version of papers following submission instructions on the Peer Review System web site. At least one author of each paper must register by this date with specific plans to attend the conference to present the paper. 
Instructions for Paper Submission
* HICSS papers must contain original material not previously published, or currently submitted elsewhere 
* Do not submit the manuscript to more than one Minitrack Chair. If unsure which Minitrack is appropriate, submit the abstract to the Track Chair for guidance. 
* Submit your full paper according to the detailed formatting and submission instructions found on the HICSS website. Note: All papers will be submitted in double column publication format and limited to 10 pages including diagrams and references. HICSS will conduct double-blind reviews of each submitted paper. 
Tracks at HICSS'40
* Collaboration Systems and Technology 
o Co-Chair: Jay Nunamaker; E-mail: jnunamaker at cmi.arizona.edu 
o Co-Chair: Robert O. Briggs; E-mail: bbriggs at GroupSystems.com 
* Decision Technologies for Management 
o Chair: Dan Dolk; E-mail: drdolk at nps.navy.mil 
* Digital Media: Content and Communication 
o Chair: Michael Shepherd; E-mail: shepherd at cs.cal.ca 
* E-Government 
Chair: H. Jochen Scholl; E-mail: jscholl at u.washington.edu 
* Information Technology in Health Care 
o Chair: William Chismar; E-mail: chismar at cba.hawaii.edu 
* Internet & the Digital Economy 
o Co-Chair: David King; E-mail: david.king at jda.com 
o Co-Chair: Alan Dennis; E-mail: ardennis at indiana.edu 
* Knowledge Management Systems 
o Co-chair: Murray Jennex; E-mail: mjennex at mail.sdsu.edu 
o Dave Croasdell; E-mail: davec at unr.edu 
* Organizational Systems & Tech. 
o Chair: Hugh Watson; Email: hwatson at arches.uga.edu 
* Software Technology 
o Chair: Gul Agha; E-mail: agha at cs.uiuc.edu 
o Rick Kazman, E-mail: kazman at hawaii.edu 
HICSS conferences are devoted to advances in the information, computer, and system sciences, and encompass developments in both theory and practice. Invited papers may be theoretical, conceptual, tutorial or descriptive in nature. Submissions undergo a double-blind peer referee process and those selected for presentation will be published in the Conference Proceedings. Submissions must not have been previously published. 
For the latest information visit the HICSS web site at: http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu 
CONFERENCE ADMINISTRATION: 
Ralph Sprague, Conference Chair 
Email: sprague at hawaii.edu 

Eileen Dennis, Track Administrator 
Email: eidennis at indiana.edu 

Sandra Laney, Conference Administrator 
Email: hicss at hawaii.edu 

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Amanda Spink
Professor of Information Technology
Faculty of Information Technology
Queensland University of Technology
Gardens Point Campus
2 George St, GPO Box 2434
Brisbane QLD 4000 Australia
http://www.fit.qut.edu.au
Tel: 61-7-3864-9583 Fax: 61-7-3864-2703
Email: ah.spink at qut.edu.au
Homepage: http://sky.fit.qut.edu.au/~spinkah/