Pre-ICIS International Symposium on Big Data and Social Network

December 15-16, 2013

Milan, Italy

Organized by AIS SIG -IS in Asia Pacific (ISAP), USA

Supported by College of Business, Ohio University, USA, and Data Science and Quality Research Center, Management School, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China

The symposium will be held in Milan, Italy in conjunction with ICIS 2013 conference. It is to provide a forum where international scholars and practitioners interested in IS/IT issues of Asia Pacific can come together for networking, sharing research and practice ideas and experiences, and promoting research collaborations. We invite quality submissions from all areas in information management, particularly original and leading-edge research examining issues in big data, information/ data quality, business intelligence, and management. We welcome both completed research papers, case studies, and research-in-progress papers that examine IS/IT issues from diverse theoretical perspectives and using a variety of research methodologies. Research topics include, but not limited to:

l  Organization Theory, Firm Performance, and Big Data

l  Information Quality, Data Quality

l  Social Computing and Big Data Related Issues

l  Business Intelligence

l  Knowledge Management Systems and Technologies in Big Data area

l  Economics of Big Data

l  Information security and privacy in Big Data area

l  Managing IT infrastructure in the global economy

l  IT-Business strategy alignment and IT governance

l  Information system design and development

l  Electronic commerce and mobile commerce

l  E-government

l  Cultural, social, and political issues in IS/Big Data

l  Business modelling techniques in Big Data

l  Emerging information technologies and other IS research issues

Paper Submission:

All submitted papers will undergo a blind peer review process. Please submit through: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aissigisap2013

All submissions should use Microsoft Word format only. Please do not include author names or other identifications in the manuscript, including document properties and tracked changes (blind the submission). Please use MISQ paper style for your paper and references, and limit your completed research and case study papers to 2 page extended abstracts (excluding references etc), single-spaced with 12-point Times New Roman font.

If you have difficulties, please contact the General Secretary, Zhang Tan (hizhangtan@qq.com).

Important Dates:

Submission Deadline for Extended Abstracts: Aug. 25, 2013

Notification of Acceptance of Extended Abstracts: Sept. 5, 2013

Submission Deadline for Full Paper: Oct. 5, 2013

Camera-ready Full Papers Proceeding: Nov. 5, 2013

Symposium Dates: December 15-16, 2013

Co-Chairs:

Wei Huang (Wayne), College of Business, Ohio University, USA and Xi’an Jiaotong University, China

Zhixiang Zhu, Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Informatization Engineering, China

Advisory Committee:

Yingluo Wang, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China (Co-Chair)

Zhongben Xu, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China (Co-Chair)

Richard Watson, University of Georgia, USA (Co-Chair)

Yong Shi, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Xiaohong Chen, Zhongnan University, China

Symposium Management Committee:

Hongyun Zhang, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China (Chair)

Tan Zhang, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China (General Secretary)

Xuguo Zhang, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China

International Program Committee

Qin Su, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China (Co-Chair)

Gengzhong Feng, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China (Co-Chair)

Robert Xin Luo, The University of New Mexico, USA

Yuewen Liu, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China

Jin Xu, West Region Economy Research Center, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China

Xiaoni Zhang, Northern Kansas University, USA

Dong Li, Beijing University, China

Ping Chen, University of Massechusets – Boston , USA

Kan Liang Wang, Renmin University, China

Nengmin Wang, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China

Y. Wang, Ohio University, USA

Feng Chen, Haibo Intelligent Systems Inc., China

Yangyong Zhu, Fudan University, China

Jim Quan, Salisbury University, USA

Steven S.Q. Wang, Credit Suisse, New York, USA

Feng Wu, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China

Wei Ding, University of Massechusets – Boston, USA

Xiuwu Liao, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China

Chang Liu, North Illinois University, USA

Qing Hu, Iowa State University, USA

Taolin Xie, Haibo Intelligent Systems Inc., China

Yong Lu, Penn State University, USA

Zhengwen He, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China

Dongming Xu, University of Queensland, Australia

Daming You, Business School, Central South Univ., China

Youjin Liu, Hunan Univ. of Science & Tech., China

Jiayin Wang, Washington University, St. Louis, USA

Zhifeng Liang, Economic Research & Information Center of Hunan Province, China

Min WU, Institute of Advanced Control & Intelligent Automation, Central Southern University

Jinhua She, Tokyo University of Technology, Japan

Xiaoping Shen, Ohio University, USA

(It is also supported by Big Data Management and Application Research Center, Management School, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China)