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IBIC Challenge: Call for Papers and Case Studies:
We invite Bachelor and Master students to submit Papers and real-live Case
Studies illustrating how technological solutions were developed and applied for
effective information systems to solve the business needs of organisations.
The paper might be a summary of the final year research project, but must document real-life
cases or systems based on the application of informatics in organisations. It can
describe successful utilisation of IT applications, but also failures and mismanagement
of ICT resources and applications. Organisations might include companies, government
organisations, educational institutions or non-profit organizations.
Conditions for eligibility:
- The International Business Informatics Challenge and Conference is open to all Bachelor and Master Students registered at Universities or equivalent
Third level institutions. Entrants must be registered in 2008 or have graduated in autumn 2007. Students currently registered at PhD / Doctorate level are not eligible to enter the competition.
- Individuals or teams typically not more than 4 students can submit a paper.
- Only one entry can be submitted by a student.
- Submissions must be the original work from Bachelor or Master Students and not
submitted in this form to or accepted by any other competition, conference or journal. (We will publish selected papers in the conference proceedings with ISBN number)
- Some assistance by other individuals (such as the student's faculty advisors) is encouraged and permitted as long as the student is the "first author" on the paper. Student(s) and Supervisor(s) should be stated and made clear on the first page (under Authors details).
- The research must have been conducted while the participant(s) is/are registered as a student.
Main Topics
Areas of particular interest include, but are not limited to:
- Methods and Methodologies
- Reference Models and Modelling
- Business Process Management and Modelling
- Supply Chain Management and Logistics
- Analytical Information Systems and Data Warehousing
- Cost-benefit and Impact Analysis
- IT and IS Architectures
- Data Management
- Security and Privacy
- IT and IS Management
- Information Systems Development
- Social Networks and Knowledge Communities
- Digital World
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- Performance Indicators and Measurement system
- Process Simulation and Optimization
- Knowledge Management and Discovery
- Tool development and Software Engineering
- Information Quality Management
- Project Management and ICT
- E-Learning
- Database Systems
- Mobile Computing
- Innovation and ICT
- E- Business and E-Government
- Data Integration
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Submission and Selection process:
- Papers must be written in English and should be appropriately proof-read prior to submission.
- Entries must follow the formatting guidelines provided on our web page.
- The cover sheet must contain the following:
- Title of submission
- Name of author(s) and University with indication of Student Author(s)
- E-mail address(es) and phone number(s)
- E-mail address and phone number of Supervisor(s)
- All submitted papers will be reviewed by experienced researchers and members of the International Review Committee.
Selection criteria include relevance for Business Informatics, Importance of Topic, Originality of Work, Presentation
and Clarity, Writing style, Referencing and Contribution to Practice.
- Durring the review process, we might contact the author(s) to clarify some aspects of the paper.
- Each participant will receive valuable feedback for their paper from experienced researchers.
Formatting Guidelines:
- Full Papers should not exceed 5000 words (completed paper with references section and appendix).
- Short Papers should not exceed 2000 words (completed paper with references section and appendix).
- All Submissions must be submitted via our
paper submission system
- The paper must be submitted as a Microsoft Word document (97 or higher),
formatted according to the guidelines (Please see Challenge_Format doc) or use the Word document
template BIChallenge_Template.dot. Submitting the paper as a Microsoft Word document helps the reviewers to insert comments and suggestions directly in the document.
- See also previous IBIC Proceedings
IBIC Conference:
Thursday, 25th September 2008, Dublin City University, Ireland
We are organising a one day international conference for participants of the Business Informatics Challenge and Conference.
The conference will be held on Thursday, 25th of September 2008 at Dublin City University, Ireland.
Authors of accepted papers can present and discuss their work
with other participants, researchers, faculty members and postgraduate research students of
Dublin City University. The talks take place in a friendly, helpful and constructive atmosphere.
Each attendee, who presented a paper will receive a certificate!
The participation of the conference is free of charge for participating students and supervisors, students of the European MSc in Business Informatics, members of Partner Universities and members of the Programme Committee. Travel and accommodation must be paid by the participants or other sponsoring organisation.
Virtual participation:
Conference participation is encouraged and recommended; however it is not required to attend the Conference in Dublin in
order to submit a paper to and participate in the Business Informatics Challenge
(All accepted papers (full and short) are published in the proceedings regardless the form of participation).
Those who are unable to attend the workshop in person but wish to participate in
this international competition, virtual participation is available. Virtual
participation allows participants to submit papers for refereeing and publication
in the proceedings.
Unfortunately, this year we do not offer a video conference facility for virtual participation. If you wish to participate virtually, you may send us your presentation in PowerPoint and we will distribute it to the attendees for comments and discussions on the workshop day. Please send the presentation file directly to
Markus Helfert
Deadline for receiving the presentation file is 15th of September 2008.
Workshop for Faculty on Supervising Projects
This year’s International Business Informatics Challenge and Conference 2008 includes a Workshop on supervising Student Projects. We are inviting Faculty members to submit life experience reports on topics regarding "Supervising Student Projects".
Topics include but are not limited to:
- How to initiate student project
- How to motivate and guide students
- Research Issues
- How to assess student projects
- Challenges and approaches with Collaborative Projects with Industry
Aim is to provide a platform and panel for discussion of these topics at the International Business Informatics Challenge and Conference 2008. We encourage Faculty members to submit reports on these topics and attend the Workshop and Conference on September 25th 2008, at Dublin City University. Selected reports will also be included and published in the conference proceedings.
Chair: Fred L. Kitchens, Miller College of Business, Ball State University, U.S.A.
Important Key Dates:
| Submission of full paper (Extended): | 31 July 2008 (*) |
| Final Notification and Feedback: | 25 August 2008 |
| Submission of short papers: | 31 August 2008 (**) |
| For selected papers: Submission of camera ready version: | 15 September 2008 |
| Business Informatics Conference and Workshop at Dublin City University: | 25 September 2008 |
| Indicative publication date for proceedings: | March 2009 |
(*) If the submission is part of a course at a University or equivalent third level institution, the deadline might be extended to facilitate submission deadlines during the semester. In this case, the faculty member should contact the conference organisers.
(**)reviews on an on-going basis, so early submission is recommended
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