[Air-l] CFP "Pervasive Information Systems" NY August 2004

[Quentin (Gad) Jones]

This year for the first time ever the Americas Conference on 
Information Systems (AMCIS), the largest Information Systems 
conference, will have a Pervasive Computing Mini Track.

Research paper acceptance rates to AMCIS are typically high and 
research in progress papers are strongly encouraged.

Regards
Quentin (Gad)

AMCIS 2004
Americas Conference on Information Systems

New York , USA
August 6th - 8th, 2004

Call for Papers for the Mini Track

"Pervasive Information Systems"
(Sponsored by SIG HCI)
Keywords: pervasive information systems, ubiquitous computing, 
wireless devices, tracking devices, location-aware systems

Pervasive information systems use increasingly ubiquitous and 
connected computing devices to allow people to work with information 
anywhere, at any time. These systems can be embedded in the 
environment, augment user's everyday experiences in a "contextualized" 
fashion, or be worn. Just as the PC transformed both business and 
personal life in the 1990s, a new generation of information appliances 
is transforming our lives including how we work, are entertained and 
study, manage our home environment, and are governed.

This Mini Track solicits papers on the social issues and impacts 
associated with any "pervasive" or "highly mobile" system. In 
particular, it calls for studies of pervasive information systems and:

Privacy. Ubiquitous computing conjures visions of big and little 
brother, and ever-diminishing privacy. But it also opens up new forms 
of communication, collaboration and social relations.
Community. Pervasive information systems can be used to support 
communities of practice, geographic community, and virtual community 
by enabling location or context aware data capture and retrieval. They 
can be used to support social interaction and face-to-face 
communication. Such services could be based on the ability to either 
track individuals as they go from one location to another or detect 
when they interact with each other or with various "smart" objects 
embedded in the space.

Commerce. Ubiquitous computing enables new forms of commerce including 
M-commerce (mobile), L-Commerce (location), and S-Commerce (silent). 
This mini-track is interested in ubiquitous computing enabled commerce 
with a direct user or social impact.

Mini-track Chair
Starr Roxanne Hiltz
Hiltz at njit.edu
Distinguished Professor, Information Systems Department
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Newark, NJ, 07102

Quentin Jones (primary contact)
qgjones at acm.org
Asst. Prof., Information Systems Department
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Newark, NJ, 07102

Guidelines for Submission
See the AMCIS Website for paper submission 
http://howe.stevens.edu/amcis2004; everything is done electronically.
February 1, 2004