The International Network for Postgraduate Students in the area of ICT4D (IPID) is an academic network doing research in ICT4D. IPID operates through inter alia support to doctoral as well as master students and increased visibility at international conferences. The network is administered at DSV - Department of Computer & Systems Sciences and funded by SPIDER - the Swedish Program for ICT in Developing Regions.
IPID was established during Spring 2006 with ambitions to become a research-meeting place as well as a social meeting place for students interested in ICT4D. The ambition is also to increase the existing network of SPIDER, national as well as international, and to increase collaboration among universities. With its more than 900 registered members representing over hundreds of universities/research organizations around the globe, the interest for the network has been met beyond all expectations.
CfP: M4D 2018 Conference (Submission deadline extended to 30th June, 2018)
November 15-16, 2018 at Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
M4D2018 will take up the mobile-technology-for-development quest along topics addressing (but not restricted to):
- mLearning
- mLivelihood
- mAgriculture
- mHealth
- mInclusion
- mGovernance
- mCommerce
- mHuman Computer Interaction
- mDevice – application areas of the mobile device (radio receiver, etc.)
- mInnovation
- Mobile app development
Important dates:
Paper submission deadline: 30 June 2018
Paper acceptance notification: 30 August 2018
Final papers due and registration deadline for presenting authors: 30 September 2018
Poster/Demo/workshop/panel submission deadline: 1 September 2018
Acceptance notification: 15 September 2018
Final Posters/Demos/workshops/panel submission deadline: 15 September 2018
Registration deadline for participants without presentations: 31 October 2018
Call for Papers to Doctoral Consortium of BIR 2018
The 17th International Conference on Perspectives in Business Informatics Research, Stockholm, Sweden
The Doctoral Consortium is intended to be a forum for researchers that are doctoral students with the purpose to present their research work. The participants in the Doctoral Consortium will have the opportunity to present their papers, engage in discussions with the faculty members and receive feedback from them in order to improve their research work. Moreover the participants in the Doctoral Consortium will have the opportunity to identify research issues that are related to their research interest and exchange knowledge with other doctoral students.
Important dates:
Deadline for papers submission (in pdf format): 15 June 2018
Notification of papers acceptance: 10 August 2018
Camera ready of the paper: 10 September 2018
Doctoral Consortium – Papers Selection:
All the papers submitted to the Doctoral Consortium will be reviewed by two faculty members that are senior researchers in business informatics area. The papers will be evaluated based on the following criteria: relevance, originality, appropriate research methodology, research contribution, and clarity. The accepted papers at the doctoral consortium will be presented and discussed with the faculty members. After the acceptance, the authors will be invited to revise their papers based on the feedback received from the reviewers of the Doctoral Consortium and resubmit it for publication in the CEUR-WS proceedings (a paper published in CEUR-WS proceedings is ranked 1 point in Norwegian register of scientific journals, series and publishers).
Submission Format and Publication:
The papers should be submitted via EasyChair (to be opened soon). We welcome to receive full papers (12 pages) or short papers (6 pages) that should be prepared using the Springer guidelines and the template available at this link: http://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines The proceedings of the BIR 2018 doctoral consortium and workshops are intended to be published together as one volume in CEUR-WS.org series (http://ceur-ws.org).
Doctoral Consortium Chairs:
Lazar Rusu, Stockholm University, Sweden (lrusu@dsv.su.se)
Doina Danaiata, West University of Timisoara, Romania (doina.danaiata@feaa.uvt.ro)
Doctoral Consortium Faculty Members
Björn Johansson, Lund University, Sweden
Marite Kirikova, Riga Technical University, Latvia
Anne Persson, University of Skövde, Sweden
Gianluigi Viscusi, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
CfP: Government Information Quarterly
Special issue on public value creation in digital government: How organizational capabilities, technological configuration, managerial practices and digital innovation shape the realm of public value creation
Special issue guest editors:
Panos Panagiotopoulos, Queen Mary University of London, UK (P.Panagiotopoulos@qmul.ac.uk)
Bram Klievink, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands (A.J.Klievink@tudelft.nl)
Antonio Cordella, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK (A.Cordella@lse.ac.uk)
Last call for papers: 10th International Conference e-Health 2018
Madrid, Spain, 17 - 19 July 2018
URL: http://www.ehealth-conf.org/
Part of the Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (http://www.mccsis.org)
(MCCSIS 2018)
Madrid, Spain, 17- 20 July 2018
Important Dates:
Submission Deadline (last call extension): 7 June 2018
Notification to Authors (last call extension): 25 June 2018
Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration (last call extension): Until 5 July 2018
Late Registration (last call extension): After 5 July 2018
CfP: "Big-Data on Healthcare Application" minitrack at HICSS
Maui, Hawaii on January 8-11, 2019.
Deadline for submissions: June 15, 2018
Minitrack: BIG-DATA ON HEALTHCARE APPLICATION MINITRACK
Track: Information Technology in Healthcare Track
This popular minitrack aims at providing an international and interdisciplinary forum that is dedicated to exploring the Big Data application in healthcare. We invite research papers presenting the original ideas focused on public health or global health. Potential topics include but are not limited to:
Digital Health with Mobile Platforms
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Application on Healthcare
Telemedicine for Patient Management
Impact of Environmental and Climate Changes for Health
Big-Data Architecture and Cloud Computing for Health Systems
Data Capturing Techniques on Personal Health Records
Image Processing and Voice Recognition for Data Extraction
Blockchain Application for Healthcare
Data Analytics on Worldwide and Open Source Health Data
Data Simulation for Scenario Modeling on Health System
Proceedings will be published through the HICSS-51 conference proceedings: Papers submitted could be accepted as REGULAR papers (8 to 10 pages) or SHORT papers (4 to 6 pages). Extended versions of selected papers will be invited for submission to BMJ Innovations.
Call for Participation: ICTD 2019
January 4-7, 2019, Ahmedabad, India
Deadline for Papers and Posters: July 22, 2018
The 10th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD 2019), being hosted at the Indian Institute of Management (Ahmedabad, India) January 4-7, 2019, invites you to submit your work. To be held in cooperation with ACM SIGCAS, ICTD 2019 will provide an international forum for scholarly researchers to explore the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the context of social, political, and economic development.
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have become more pervasive in the lives of people around the world. They are being used in various facets of daily life ranging from markets to health care, education to governance, family life to artistic expression. Diverse groups across the world interact with, are impacted by, and can shape the design of these technologies. The ICTD conference provides a forum for analyzing, critiquing, refining, and inventing new ways in which individuals, communities, and societies interact with and make use of these tools and platforms. There are multidisciplinary challenges associated with the engineering, application, and adoption of ICTs in “developing” regions and/or for development, with implications for design, policy, and practice.
For the purposes of this conference, the term “ICT” comprises electronic technologies for information processing and communication, as well as systems, use of big data, interventions, and platforms that are built on such technologies. “Development” includes, but is not restricted to, poverty alleviation, education, agriculture, healthcare, general communication, gender equality, governance, infrastructure, environment, and sustainable livelihoods. The conference program will reflect the multidisciplinary nature of ICTD research and publishing traditions, with anticipated contributions from fields including (but not limited to) anthropology, computer science, communication, data science, design, economics, electrical engineering, geography, human-computer interaction, information studies, information systems, political science, public health, and sociology.
FULL PAPERS
An ICTD Full Paper, 7-10 pages in the ACM two-column format (excluding references, but including figures and tables), must make a new and complete research contribution, articulate how it is advancing the field of ICTD, and provide complete and substantial support for its results and conclusions. Papers will be evaluated via double-blind peer review by a multidisciplinary panel of at least three reviewers, one of whom will come from outside the paper’s disciplinary domain in order to ensure broad readability. Authors of accepted papers will be invited to give an oral presentation at the conference. Papers are archived by default in the ACM Digital Library (unless otherwise requested by authors). A subset of these papers will be selected for publication in the Information Technology and International Development (ITID) journal as well. The submission link will be posted on the website at https://www.ictdx.org/participate/.
FULL PAPERS WITHOUT PUBLICATION
New this year! We recognize that, in some disciplines, papers in conference proceedings have less publication value. Handing over the copyright to ACM may also be undesirable. To allow scholars in these fields to present their research at ICTD, we welcome an additional kind of submission under Papers--papers accepted for publication in the preceding year and a half (from Jan. 1, 2017 through July 22, 2018). Inclusion of these papers into the conference program will depend on relevance to the conference program and availability of slots. Accepted papers will be invited for an oral presentation. Authors are requested to submit their paper as an email attachment with information about the (1) authors, (2) publication venue, (3) publication status, and (4) (expected) date of publication to submissions@ictdx.org by Sep 1, 2018.
POSTERS
An ICTD Poster, up to 4 pages in the ACM two-column format (excluding references, but including figures and tables), can report on practitioner projects, research work in progress, dissertation progress, and other content that would enrich the conference. A complete research contribution is not mandatory. Posters will be reviewed in the same timeline as (but differently than) Papers. Accepted Posters will be presented as posters at the conference and will be archived in the ACM Digital Library (unless otherwise requested by authors). The submission link will be posted on the website at https://www.ictdx.org/participate/.
OPEN SESSIONS
Open Sessions will welcome a variety of submissions and formats. These will be submitted in the form of extended abstracts and will include proposals for panels, workshops, doctoral colloquium submissions, and more. While some open sessions have been pre-decided (doctoral colloquium, young researchers, etc.), others are up to the authors to define. They can choose to submit to the sessions that have been determined in advance, or propose one of their own. A Google form for participation will be posted on the website at https://www.ictdx.org/participate/.
Dates & Deadlines:
Jul. 22, 2018: Deadline for Papers and Posters
Sep. 1, 2018: Notifications sent
Oct. 15, 2018: Camera-readies due
Jan. 4-7, 2019: Presentations at ICTD 2019 in Ahmedabad
All submissions are due at 11:59pm Indian Standard Time.
Open Positions
Two academic vacancies in EECS at Queen Mary University of London, of possible interest to members of this group (application deadline 10th June 2018):
eLearning Africa
The 13th International Conference on ICT for Development, Education & Skills
September 26-28, 2018, Kigali Convention Center, Rwanda http://www.elearning-africa.com/
ICT4D
The Information and Communication Technology for Development
8 - 10 May 2018, Lusaka, Zambia https://www.ict4dconference.org/
CfP Reminder: IFIP WG9.4 2019
The Working Group 9.4 of the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP)
Theme: Strengthening Southern-driven cooperation as a catalyst for ICT4D
May 1-3, 2019, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Important Dates:
- Full Paper submission: 3rd September 2018
- Notification of decision to authors: 17th December 2018
- Deadline for final (camera-ready) papers: 4th February 2019
- Conference dates: May 01-03, 2019 NOTE
Call for Paper Notes IFIP WG 9.4 - Masters & Doctoral Symposium in Sub-Saharan Africa
EXTENDED submission deadline to 14 May 2018.
Workshop Chairs: Caroline Khene and Gugulethu Baduza
Theme: Locally Relevant Application of Theory
Date: 22 August 2018, Tshwane (South Africa)
Keynote: Prof Geoff Walsham - Succeeding in Arguing/Justifying your Application of Theory
This M&D Symposium is co-located with the International Development
Informatics Association (IDIA) conference on 23-24 August 2018 at La'Wiida
Lodge & Conference Centre (http://www.lawiidalodge.co.za/) in South Africa.
CfP: IJHISI
International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics. Coverage of IJHISI:
- Clinical decision support design, development, and implementation
- E-health
- Healthcare
- Impact of HISI on public and social policy
- IT applications and measurements in health organizations and practices
- IT security and privacy issues
- Management of emerging healthcare technologies
- Medical informatics
- M-health
- Role of informatics specialists
- Telemedicine
- Virtual health technologies
CfP Reminder: M4D 2018 Conference
November 15-16, 2018 at Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
M4D2018 will take up the mobile-technology-for-development quest along topics addressing (but not restricted to):
- mLearning
- mLivelihood
- mAgriculture
- mHealth
- mInclusion
- mGovernance
- mCommerce
- mHuman Computer Interaction
- mDevice – application areas of the mobile device (radio receiver, etc.)
- mInnovation
- Mobile app development
Important dates:
Paper submission deadline: 30 May 2018
Paper acceptance notification: 30 August 2018
Final papers due and registration deadline for presenting authors: 30 September 2018
Poster/Demo/workshop/panel submission deadline: 1 September 2018
Acceptance notification: 15 September 2018
Final Posters/Demos/workshops/panel submission deadline: 15 September 2018
Registration deadline for participants without presentations: 31 October 2018
CfP: Open Educational Resource Discovery and Delivery
Special issue call for papers from Information Discovery and Delivery
Topics may include, but not limited to:
- Finding, Seeking and Sharing OER
- OER Delivery and Management
- OER and digital library
- Users: behavior in OER such as information seeking behavior
- Learning analytics and data mining of OER
- Recommendation systems for OER
- OER accessibility
- Effective use of OER
- OER design and evaluation
- OER quality
- OER localization or adaptation in and across courses
- Open assessment
- Global impact
- Systematic review of OER research
- Advances in OER
- Case studies related to OER discovery and delivery
IJEDICT
Don’t miss the latest publications from the International Journal of Education and Development using ICT. Access is free:
Toward an online MPH degree in Kenya: Moi University’s path
Peter Kipkorir Koskei, Moi University, Kenya
Rose Ruto-Korir, Moi University, Kenya
Carol Carrier, University of Minnesota, USA
Gregory C. Sales, University of Minnesota, USA http://ijedict.dec.uwi.edu/viewarticle.php?id=2387
Building and evaluating logistic regression models for explaining the choice to adopt MOOCs in India
Sangeeta Trehan, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, India
Rakesh Mohan Joshi, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, India http://ijedict.dec.uwi.edu/viewarticle.php?id=2376
Feasibility of cloud computing implementation for eLearning in secondary schools in Tanzania
Kennedy F Mwakisole, University of Dar es Salaam
Mussa M Kissaka, University of Dar es Salaam
Joel S Mtebe, University of Dar es Salaam http://ijedict.dec.uwi.edu/viewarticle.php?id=2396
Understanding factors affecting primary school teachers’ use of ICT for student-centered education in Mongolia
Shengru Li, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Shinobu Yamaguchi, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Jun-ichi Takada, Tokyo Institute of Technology http://ijedict.dec.uwi.edu/viewarticle.php?id=2381
Implementing small scale ICT projects in developing countries – how challenging is it?
Thashmee Karunaratne, Stockholm University, Sweden
Colombage Ranil Peiris, Stockholm University, Sweden
Henrik Hansson, Stockholm University, Sweden http://ijedict.dec.uwi.edu/viewarticle.php?id=2384
Determinants of students’ e-learning acceptance in developing countries: An approach based on Structural Equation Modeling (SEM)
Pee N Vululleh, Regent University and Wilmington University, USA http://ijedict.dec.uwi.edu/viewarticle.php?id=2433
Factors affecting asynchronous e-learning quality in developing countries university settings
Kennedy Ochilo Hadullo, Technical University of Mombasa, Kenya
Robert Oboko, University of Nairobi, Kenya
Elijah Omwenga, University of Nairobi, Kenya http://ijedict.dec.uwi.edu/viewarticle.php?id=2313
Lessons learned from introducing social media use in undergraduate economics research
Martin John O'Brien, University of Wollongong, Australia
Katarina Freund, Australian National University, Australia http://ijedict.dec.uwi.edu/viewarticle.php?id=2320
The development of an innovative resonance experiment using smartphones with free mobile software applications for tertiary education
Nurul Aina Syakirah Zainal Abidin, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, Malaysia
Siew Wei Tho, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, Malaysia http://ijedict.dec.uwi.edu/viewarticle.php?id=2373
Open Positions
Faculty lecturer position at McGill University
The Information Systems (IS) Area of the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University invites applications for a one-year Contractual Academic Staff (CAS) appointment; the contract is renewable.
Questions about the position should be directed to Dr. Kunsoo Han (kunsoo.han@mcgill.ca).
Courses
International PhD course on Theories of Information Systems
Jointly offered by the University of Oslo and the University of Agder, Norway
The University of Oslo (UiO) and the University of Agder (UiA) jointly offers a 2 week intensive course on Theories of Information Systems.
The course is open for national and international PhD-candidates.
The course has its foundation in contemporary theories of Information Systems research, and focuses on the relationship between key theoretical approaches and research methodology, ontology, and epistemology; the appropriateness and usability of these approaches; the relationship and impact of Information System theories in relation to the topics of the candidates; comparing, appraising and critiquing theoretical/conceptual frameworks and the relationship between information technology (IT) and organization; and the various traditions of information systems research.
Application deadline, schedule and venues:
Registration deadline: 15.06.2018
Registration:
Students not registered at UiA and UiO must register as guest student either at UiO or UiA.
For more information, please contact one of the administrative responsible.
Participants must arrange their own travel and accommodation.
The course is approved as a 10 ECTS at UiO and UiA.
There are no tuition fees.
Applicants should apply for the scholarship by 27 April. More information can be found at: https://www.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/study/taught-masters/funding-opportunities/gdi-merit-awards/
New ICT4D Teaching Materials
Key conference/journal/blog sources; class activities; and links to ICT4D videos have been added to the existing teaching slide packs and session guides for those teaching modules or sessions on ICTs and development.
ICT4SDGs – Call for participation
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is pleased to invite you to participate in the ICT④SDGs: ITU Academia Partnership Platform: ICT-enabled Economic Growth, Innovation and Job Creation for Sustainable Development. This event is being organized in London, United Kingdom, by ITU with the generous support of the London School of Economics (LSE), on May 22-23, 2018.
The event will bring together some of the leading scholars and authors of the ITU Book on “ICT- centric economic growth, innovation and job creation” https://www.itu.int/pub/D-GEN-ICT_SDGS.01-2017. This book highlights the challenges and opportunities that information and communication technologies (ICTs) bring in the areas of innovation, governance, education, job creation and economic growth. ICTs cut across all Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and are enablers of growth and development. As the international community works towards achieving these goals, it is important to remember that access to ICTs is key to socio-economic as well as sustainable development.
This event will also provide an opportunity for interactive dialogue with authors, and networking, knowledge sharing and partnership opportunities amongst all stakeholders within the ICT-centric ecosystem and the development community. ITU membership from public and private sectors and academics to partners ranging from funding agencies, regional and international organizations to financial institutions amongst others will focus on existing and new complementary areas and perspectives for additional collaborative research and partnerships in the digital ecosystem.
CfP: HICSS-52
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences-52 (HICSS-52)
Minitrack: Advances in Trust, Identity, and Trusted Systems in Technology-Mediated Environments
8-11 January, 2019, Grand Wailea Maui
Important date:
June 15, 2019 - Paper Submission DEADLINE
August 15, 2019 - Acceptance Notifications
September 15, 2019 - Submission camera-ready paper
October 1, 2019 - Early Registration fee deadline
JISE Publication
The Journal of Information Systems Education (JISE) is pleased to announce
that Volume 29, Issue 1 has been published. The index for all papers in
this issue can be found at http://jise.org/Volume29/index.html.
Contents of Volume 29, Issue 1 include:
Teaching Tip: Adding Intercultural Communication to an IS Curriculum - http://jise.org/Volume29/n1/JISEv29n1p1.html
Alanah Mitchell and Rob Benyon
Student Attitudes toward Information Systems Graduate Program Design and Delivery - http://jise.org/Volume29/n1/JISEv29n1p25.html
Mark F. Thouin, William E. Hefley, and Srinivasan Raghunathan
JISE is the leading academic journal dedicated to IS education and is the
official journal of the Education Special Interest Group (EDSIG) of AITP
(the Association of Information Technology Professionals).
