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Deadline for Submission: January 8, 2020, 24:00 PST

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ISSIP-IBM-CBA-JST-CISCO STUDENT PAPER AWARD
FOR “BEST INDUSTRY STUDIES PAPER”
Let’s Move the Field Forward

 

The International Society of Service Innovation Professionals (ISSIP), International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) and the Center for Business Analytics (CBA) at Milgard School of Business, University of Washington-Tacoma, Japan Science and Technology Agency, and Cisco Systems announce the 2020 (HICSS 53) “Move the Field Forward Best Paper Award”, intended to recognize research excellence in the areas of major understanding of smart/wise service systems at business and society.

  • The ISSIP (http://www.issip.org/) is a non-profit organization co-founded by IBM, Cisco & HP to promote human-centered “smart” services for value and outcome.
  • IBM (https://www.ibm.com/us-en/) is an American multinational technology company. For more than a century IBM has been dedicated to every client’s success and to creating innovations that matter for the world.
  • The vision of CBA (http://www.tacoma.uw.edu/cba) is to be the premier inter-disciplinary university center for business innovation at the interface of data, analytics and smart machines.
  • Japan Science & Technology Agency (JST) (https://www.jst.go.jp/EN/index.html) plays a central role in Japan’s Science and Technology Basic Plan by funding basic research, commercialization of new technologies, and distribution of science and technology information.
  • CISCO Systems (https://www.cisco.com/) helps seize the opportunities of tomorrow by proving that amazing things can happen when you connect the unconnected.

ISSIP, IBM, CBA, JST & CISCO collaborated to promote and disseminate research and applications among academicians and practitioners interested in practical theory, methodologies and applications in major understanding of smart/wise service systems (artificial intelligence, intelligence augmentation, collaborative intelligence, cognitive, wisdom, cloud & fog computing, business analytics, big data, mobile, social, security, internet of things, digital transformation, service science, service innovation, block chain,  etc.). The award also can encourage a cultural shift by scholars toward explicit recognition of their collaboration with industry practitioners and demonstrate the benefits of such interaction for scholarly research.

The AWARD

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS AND AUTHOR GUIDELINES

  • One of authors of the paper must be a student at the time of submission, or have been a student during academic year prior to the HICSS Conference. Students must not have completed their degree (e.g. PhD, master’s or undergraduate degree) prior to August 1 of the year prior to the HICSS Conference.
  • At least one industry person must be a co-author.
  • Papers must show industry-university collaboration (industry co-author, student co-author, faculty co-author).
  • We are interested in papers that move the field forward – major understanding of smart/wise service systems (AI, IA, cognitive, wisdom, cloud and fog computing, analytics, mobile, social, security, internet of things, digital transformation, service & design science etc.).
  • The paper’s level of analysis can be individual, group, organizational, industry, or cross-industry, but it must explore and provide insight into issues of significance at the industry level of analysis.
  • Authors must be a member of the ISSIP (complimentary individual membership is available through http://www.issip.org/pages/home/membership/) at the time of the award announcement at HICSS.
  • The paper needs to be accepted for a presentation at HICSS (will be included in the proceedings).

NOMINATION AND SELECTION PROCESS

We will consider nominations for any eligible paper accepted for a presentation in HICSS. Each minitrack/ track chair can nominate papers for this award. Self-nominations are also welcome. The award committee will work with a panel of distinguished scholars to determine the quality, fit and rank ordering of winners. The winners will be announced at the HICSS Conference.

THE AWARD COMMITTEE CONSISTS OF

  • Rama Akkiraju, Distinguished Engineer at IBM Watson & ISSIP 2018 President
  • Ralph Badinelli, Ralph Medinger Lenz Professor in Business in the Department of Business Information Technology of the Pamplin College of Business of Virginia Tech, Board of Director of ISSIP
  • Sergey Belov, University Relations Coordinator, IBM Central & Eastern Europe
  • Haluk Demirkan, Milgard Endowed Professor of Service Innovation & Business Analytics, and Director of Center for Business Analytics at Milgard School of Business, University of Washington – Tacoma, Board of Director of ISSIP & Track Co-Chair of HICSS
  • Yassi Moghaddam, Executive Director of ISSIP
  • Jim Spohrer, Director, Cognitive Opentech Group (COG), IBM Research – Almaden & Board of Director of ISSIP
  • JoAnn Winson, Program Director, IBM Global University Programs
  • Heather Yurko, ISSIP 2019 President
  • Ammar Rayes, Distinguished Engineer / CTO Analytic, Cysco Systems