Phoenix, AZ, June 21, 2005 -- The Association for Information Systems (AIS) Special Interest Group on Decision Support Systems (SIGDSS) is sponsoring a workshop prior to the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) annual meeting. The Third Annual Pre-ICIS Workshop on Decision Support Systems has the theme "Designing Complex Decision Support: Discovery and Presentation of Information and Knowledge". The workshop is planned for Sunday, December 11, 2005 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Workshop URL: http://mis.temple.edu/sigdss/icis05/

SIGDSS URL: http://www.sba.oakland.edu/faculty/sugumaran/sigdss/

Workshop Chairs:

Karen Corral (Karen.Corral@asu.edu), Arizona State University

David Schuff (David.Schuff@temple.edu), Temple University

Overview

Organized by SIGDSS, the purpose of this annual workshop is to explore issues surrounding the design and use of Decision Support Systems. The workshop provides a forum for presentation and discussion of research regarding systems that support managerial decision-making. This includes the design, history, theory, practice, methods and techniques, new developments, and applications of computing technologies to support decision processes and decision-making by individuals, groups, and organizations.

This Year's Topic

The abundance of information available to today's managers makes it essential to efficiently represent, filter, and present information for effective decision making. The rapid advances in hardware and software development have made it possible to discover patterns in data and present that knowledge visually from multiple perspectives. However, the challenge is to identify relevant and important information enhance organizational decision making. The analysis and graphical presentation of information applies to a variety of topics, including (but not limited to):

- Data modeling
- Interface design
- Data and text mining
- Data warehousing
- Data quality
- Geographic information systems
- Applications of business intelligence

Format of Submissions

Both in-progress and completed research papers are welcome. Submissions will be double-blind peer reviewed. People who submit to the workshop may be asked to review one or two papers.

In-progress submissions should be no more than seven double-spaced pages (using Times Roman, 12 point font). Completed research should be no more than fifteen double-spaced pages. Microsoft Word or Rich Text Format (RTF) is preferred). The author must remove all author information from the submitted document. The specified lengths include the abstract, references, and figures.

Authors should submit their papers via email to the workshop chairs (Karen Corral and David Schuff) by Monday, September 1, 2005. The email should include all author information (with their affiliations), along with the contact information for the corresponding author. Authors will receive a confirmation of receipt of their paper upon submission.

The program committee will notify the corresponding author of the decision regarding their paper by Monday, October 17, 2005. This will give the authors time to register before early registration for ICIS ends.

Cooperative Agreement with the Journal of the AIS

The Journal of the AIS (JAIS) is one of the premier outlets for MIS research. Selected papers presented at the workshop will be chosen, based on reviewers' feedback and the input of the workshop chairs and the JAIS Editor-in-Chief) for further review and potential submission to JAIS.

Papers presented at the workshop will be considered to be "preliminary" versions and may require significant revision before submission to JAIS. Papers selected for submission will receive "fast-track" status during the review process.

For more information:
David Schuff,
email: schuff@TEMPLE.edu