From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50, T_FILL_THIS_FORM_SHORT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,4d11b4520851279b,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "Richard A. Johnson" Subject: Call for papers Date: 1997/01/21 Message-ID: X-Deja-AN: 211337099 organization: The University of Arkansas x-sender: richardj@comp content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-01-21T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: ***************************************************************** *********** Call for Papers -- Mini-track for AIS 97 *********** ***************************************************************** Association for Information Systems 1997 Americas Conference Mini-track on THE TRANSITION TO OBJECT-ORIENTED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ***** Call for Papers ***** Indianapolis, Indiana August 15-17, 1997 Conference HomePage: http://hsb.baylor.edu/ramsower/ais.ac.97 Mini-track HomePage: http://www.uark.edu/depts/cisqinfo/hardgrave/ais97-oo.html *Important Dates* Paper Submission Deadline - February 28, 1997 Notification of Acceptance - April 14, 1997 Camera Ready Copy Due- May 5, 1997 * Mini-track Description * THE TRANSITION TO OBJECT-ORIENTED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT Mini-track chair: Bill C. Hardgrave University of Arkansas The purpose of this mini-track is to provide a forum for research addressing the transition to object-oriented software development (OOSD). Research including, but not limited to, the following topics would be fitting: * training OOSD developers / learning OOSD * adopting OOSD * managing the adoption of OOSD * comparing OOSD methodologies * current OOSD practices in industry * OO curricula in higher education All of the above areas contribute to an understanding of the transition to OOSD. Papers addressing any of the areas would be welcome. Various forms of research including conceptual, lab experiments, surveys, and case studies, among others, would be appropriate. More information about the mini-track can be found at: http://www.uark.edu/depts/cisqinfo/hardgrave/ais97-oo.html *Submission Guidelines* Each submission must be FORWARDED ELECTRONICALLY AS A WORD PROCESSING FILE (MS WORD OR WORDPERFECT FORMAT) ATTACHED TO AN E-MAIL MESSAGE to the mini-track chair. If this is not possible, then authors should contact the mini-track chair and arrange for a suitable workaround. Each submission is limited to THREE-PAGES IN LENGTH (APPROXIMATELY 1,750 WORDS) INCLUDING ALL FIGURES, TABLES, APPENDICES, AND REFERENCES, and must include the following: a) The name, e-mail address, mailing address, university/organizational affiliation, and phone/fax numbers of the contact person for the submission in the first few lines of the file, b) The submission title and the author's(s') name(s), the author's(s') e-mail address(es), mailing address(es), and author's(s') organization/university affiliation(s), c) An abstract of the submission, d) The body of the submission, and e) A list of references or a bibliography. All conference submissions and the submission review processes will be managed through e-mail. The receipt of submissions will be quickly confirmed by the mini-track chair. Submissions should follow the style guidelines of the MIS Quarterly. All camera-ready copy preparation details will be provided to submitting authors by the mini-track chairs through e-mail upon acceptance. Please send any questions and all submissions to THE TRANSITION TO OBJECT-ORIENTED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT mini-track to: Dr. Bill C. Hardgrave e-mail: whardgra@comp.uark.edu Phone: (501) 575-6099 Fax: (501) 575-7687 Address: CISQA Department College of Business Administration University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR 72701 *The AIS Americas Conference* The Association for Information Systems (AIS) is a relatively new professional organization whose purpose is to become the premier global organization for academicians specializing in Information Systems. AIS invites scholars and practitioners from throughout the Americas and the world to contribute to and participate in the program for the 1997 Americas Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana. The program for AIS'97 is diverse and will serve research and pedagogical interests of attendees. Consistent with the first and second Americas Conferences in 1995 and 1996 respectively, the AIS'97 Program is intended to be varied, where the only restriction is that submissions address organizational or technical research, practice, or pedagogy in information systems planning, design, development, management, acquisition, implementation, usage, or evaluation. All papers and proposals must be the original work of the authors. Accepted submissions will appear in the Proceedings, in one to three pages, at the discretion of the program committee. For additional information on the 1997 AIS Americas Conference, please see the homepages referenced above. -------- Bill C. Hardgrave, Ph.D. Computer Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis College of Business Administration University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR 72701 (501) 575-6099 - phone (501) 575-7687 - FAX whardgra@comp.uark.edu Home page: http://www.uark.edu/depts/cisqinfo/hardgrave/