2023 Systems Analysis and Design (SIGSAND) Symposium
Florida International University (FIU), Miami, FL
June 26-27, 2023
The AIS Special Interest Group on Systems Analysis and Design (SIGSAND) is a global organization focusing on all issues of information systems/information technology (IS/IT) planning, analysis, design and development.
The objective of the annual SIGSAND Symposium is to nurture high-quality research dedicated to SAND (Systems Analysis and Design). While we welcome completed research papers, we especially encourage work-in-progress and visionary papers to be submitted for further development and early feedback. Over the last two decades, SIGSAND has been a unique incubator of publications of the highest caliber, many of which ended up in leading journals, such as MIS Quarterly and Information Systems Research. See the official call for papers.
Join us for SIGSAND 2023!
Yours truly,
SIGSAND 2023 Conference and Program Co-Chairs
Arturo Castellanos (College of William and Mary), AIS SIGSAND President
Jon W. Beard (Iowa State University), AIS SIGSAND Vice-President
Dominik Bork (TU Wien), AIS SIGSAND Secretary
Debra VanderMeer (Florida International University), AIS SIGSAND Mentor
Roman Lukyanenko (University of Virginia), AIS SIGSAND Promotion Coordinator, Former President
Binny Samuel (University of Cincinnati), AIS SIGSAND Mentor, Former President
Important Dates:
− Submission of Manuscript – May 7, 2023 (11:59 PM EST)
− Notification of Acceptance/Rejection – June 7, 2023
− Final Paper Submission – June 20th, 2023 (for inclusion in Symposium Proceedings)
− Conference Date: June 26-27, 2023
Suggested hotel:
Holiday Inn Express & Suites Doral – Miami, an IHG Hotel
There are other great hotels within proximity to FIU, including downtown Miami.
SIGSAND Topics
SIGSAND topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
− Systems Analysis and Design: Methodologies and Processes
− Systems Analysis and Design: Modeling Methods, Techniques, and Languages
− Systems Analysis and Design: Requirements Elicitation, Modeling, and Validation
− Analysis and Design for Service-Oriented Enterprises
− Contemporary Issues in Agile Development
− Strategic Software Management: Issues, Experiences, and Theory
− Technical and Managerial Issues in Open-Source Development
− User Participation in Information Systems Development
− Impact of Systems Analysis and Design on IS use (e.g., adoption, information quality, etc.)
− Ontological foundations of Systems Analysis and Design
− Project Management Issues in Systems Analysis and Design
− Security Issues in Systems Analysis and Design
− Software Testing and Quality Control
− Workflow Modeling
– User Interface Design
− Organizational Issues in Systems Analysis and Design
− New, Emerging, and Innovative Approaches on Systems Analysis and Design (e.g., Design Science, DevOps, Micro-Services, Agile in Analytics, blockchain etc.)
– Development of analytics, machine learning, data mining
Paper Writing Track – Proposals
Be part of history; join the Paper Writing track at SIGSAND!
Whether you are planning to submit a paper to the regular track at SIGSAND 2021 or not, you can participate in the collaborative writing of a SAND-focused paper.
Submission categories for papers
You can also present your work during SISGAND 2023. We also solicit submissions of original research from both researchers and practitioners, welcoming any topic where SAND is a major theme.
Our review process is single blind, with reviewers knowing the identity of authors, but authors not knowing the identity of the reviewers.
Please include the author information for the papers including complete affiliation(s) (as per the SIGSAND template).
Full Papers
Full papers are for mature work, requiring explanations of the conceptual background, methodology, and data and analysis. Full paper submissions typically present: (a) the major issue(s) addressed, (b) discuss the novelty and/or significance of the work, (c) explain the theoretical and methodological approach(es) pursued, (d) report on empirical results and findings (e) discuss the findings and their implications, and contain (f) relevant references.
Full papers are limited to 8 pages, which includes all materials and references formatted according to the SIGSAND template.
Short / Research-in-Progress Papers
Short papers are for work that makes an important contribution which can be briefly reported.
Research-in-Progress submissions are for works that are in the early stages of development which offer novel and promising ideas. This is the preeminent category at SIGSAND, as we see our symposium as a unique incubator of top-quality research. Research in Progress papers may contain early results.
Short and Research-in-Progress papers are limited to 3 pages, including all materials and references formatted according to the SIGSAND template.
Proceedings
The SIGSAND Symposium aims to be a developmental workshop, focusing on providing feedback on research with the aim to facilitate further submission of papers to top journals and conferences. As a result, we will publish only the abstract and bibliographic information of the accepted papers on our website, SIGSAND.com. The Proceedings of SIGSAND which contain full papers are traditionally made available only to the conference attendees.
SAND Template
All submissions must be based on the SIGSAND submissions template.
Submissions
To submit your paper, please submit the following form:
https://wmsas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bg6qNELtt3xu5Uy
Research Opportunity and Agenda-setting papers related to SAND
To stimulate future SAND research, below, please find a list of some of the research opportunity and agenda-setting papers related to SAND (for a more complete list, visit our dedicated page curating SAND agenda papers):
Abbasi, A., Sarker, S., & Chiang, R. H. (2016). Big data research in information systems: Toward an inclusive research agenda. Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 17(2).
Beath, C., Berente, N., Gallivan, M. J., and Lyytinen, K. 2013. “Expanding the Frontiers of Information Systems Research: Introduction to the Special Issue,” Journal of the Association for Information Systems (14:4).
Becker, J., Vom Brocke, J., Heddier, M. and Seidel, S., 2015. In search of information systems (grand) challenges. Business & Information Systems Engineering, 57(6), pp.377-390.
vom Brocke, J., Winter, R., Hevner, A., and Maedche, A. 2020. “Accumulation and Evolution of Design Knowledge in Design Science Research: A Journey through Time and Space,” Journal of the Association for Information Systems. 21 (3).
Browne, G. J., and Parsons, J. 2012. “More Enduring Questions in Cognitive IS Research,” Journal of the Association for Information Systems (13:12), pp. 1000–1011.
Burton-Jones, A., and Grange, C. 2012. “From Use to Effective Use: A Representation Theory Perspective,” Information Systems Research (24:3), pp. 632–658.
Burton-Jones, A., Recker, J., Indulska, M., Green, P., and Weber, R. 2017. “Assessing Representation Theory with a Framework for Pursuing Success and Failure,” MIS Quarterly (41:4), pp. 1307–1333.
Chen, P. 2006. “Suggested Research Directions for a New Frontier – Active Conceptual Modeling,” in ER 2006, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 1–4.
Clarke, R., Burton-Jones, A. and Weber, R., 2016. On the ontological quality and logical quality of conceptual-modeling grammars: The need for a dual perspective. Information Systems Research, 27(2), pp.365-382.
Hansen, S., Berente, N., and Lyytinen, K. 2009. “Requirements in the 21st Century: Current Practice and Emerging Trends,” Design Requirements Engineering: A Ten-Year Perspective, pp. 44–87.
Indulska, M., Recker, J., Rosemann, M., & Green, P. (2009, June). Business process modeling: Current issues and future challenges. In International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (pp. 501-514). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.
Krogstie, J., Lyytinen, K., Opdahl, A. L., Pernici, B., Siau, K., and Smolander, K. 2004. “Research Areas and Challenges for Mobile Information Systems,” International Journal of Mobile Communications (2:3), pp. 220–234.
Lukyanenko, R., Castellanos, A., Parsons, J., Chiarini Tremblay, M., and Storey, V. C. 2019. “Using Conceptual Modeling to Support Machine Learning,” in Information Systems Engineering in Responsible Information Systems, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 170–181.
Lukyanenko, R., Parsons, J., Wiersma, Y. F., Sieber, R., & Maddah, M. (2016). Participatory Design for User-generated Content: Understanding the challenges and moving forward. Scand. J. Inf. Syst., 28(1).
March, S. T., & Allen, G. N. 2009. Challenges in requirements engineering: A research agenda for conceptual modeling. In Design requirements engineering: A ten-year perspective (pp. 157-165). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.
Recker, J., Lukyanenko, R., Sabegh, M. A., Samuel, B. M., and Castellanos, A. 2021. “From Representation to Mediation: A New Agenda for Conceptual Modeling Research in A Digital World,” MIS Quarterly (45:1), pp. 1–40.
Sengupta, B., Chandra, S. and Sinha, V., 2006. A research agenda for distributed software development. In Proceedings of the 28th international conference on Software engineering (pp. 731-740).
Storey, V. C., and Song, I.-Y. 2017. “Big Data Technologies and Management: What Conceptual Modeling Can Do,” Data & Knowledge Engineering (108), pp. 50–67.
Storey V. C., Lukyanenko R., and Castellanos A. (2023), “Conceptual Modeling: Topics, Themes, and Technology Trends.” ACM Computing Surveys. pp. 1-43.
Taipalus, T., & Seppänen, V. (2020). SQL education: A systematic mapping study and future research agenda. ACM Transactions on Computing Education (TOCE), 20(3), 1-33.
Tilson, D., Lyytinen, K., and Sørensen, C. 2010. “Research Commentary—Digital Infrastructures: The Missing IS Research Agenda,” Information Systems Research (21:4), pp. 748–759.
Topi, H. and Ramesh, V., 2002. Human factors research on data modeling: a review of prior research, an extended framework and future research directions. Journal of Database Management (JDM), 13(2), pp.3-19.
Wand, Y., and Weber, R. 2002. “Research Commentary: Information Systems and Conceptual Modeling – A Research Agenda,” Information Systems Research (13:4), pp. 363–376.
Winter, S., Berente, N., Howison, J., and Butler, B. 2014. “Beyond the Organizational ‘Container’: Conceptualizing 21st Century Sociotechnical Work,” Information and Organization (24:4), pp. 250–269.
Yoo, Y., Henfridsson, O., & Lyytinen, K. (2010). Research commentary—the new organizing logic of digital innovation: an agenda for information systems research. Information systems research, 21(4), 724-735.
