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Empirical Studies of Open Source Software Development
CALL FOR PAPERS
Part of the Internet and Digital Economy Track
Thirty-nineth Annual
Hawai'i International
Conference On System Sciences
January 4-7, 2006
Hyatt Regency
Kauai, Hawaii
Additional detail may be found on HICSS
primary web site: http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu
Mirror sites: http://hicss.sepa.tudelft.nl/ and http://www.is.cityu.edu.hk/hicss/
We invite papers for a Minitrack on Studies of Open Source Software (OSS) Development. OSS is a broad term used to embrace software that is developed and released under some sort of "open source" license. OSS development creates new challenges to software development, as team members work in a distributed environment and often as volunteers rather than employees. The empirical literature on software engineering, programmers and the social and technical aspects of software development suggests that such teams would face insurmountable difficulties in developing code, yet in fact some of these teams have been remarkably successful. Understanding how these teams work is important because a digital society entails an increased use of Internet-supported distributed teams for a wide range of knowledge work. As well, OSS is an important phenomena deserving of study in its own right. Millions of users depend on systems such as Linux and the Internet relies extensively on OSS tools.
In recent workshops addressing the OSS phenomenon, scholars and practitioners have identified the need for further research on the process of software engineering in OSS and the need to compare OSS to other software engineering paradigms and models. This need extends to studies of the deployment of OSS. Other commentators have suggested the need to study the work practices and social and organizational elements of OSS projects as a model for distributed work.
Suggested topics for the Minitrack include:
- Issues in distributed software development for OSS
- Distributed collaboration in and coordination of OSS development teams
- Distributed group development for OSS
- OSS teams as communities of practice
- Leadership in OSS groups
- Governance in OSS groups
- Distributed project management and distributed team management
- Knowledge Management and Learning in OSS development
- Group satisfaction and effectiveness in OSS development
- Software development processes for OSS
- Standards and OSS development (for a joint session with the Minitrack on Interorganizational and Intraorganizational Standards)
MINITRACK CHAIRS
| Hala Annabi |
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Syracuse University School of Information Studies 4-206 Centre for Science and Technology Syracuse, NY 13244-4100 |
The Information School University of Washington Box 352840, Suite 370 Mary Gates Hall Seattle, WA 98195-2840 |
Email: crowston@syr.edu |
Email: hpannabi@u.washington.edu |
IMPORTANT DEADLINES
| Abstracts | Authors may contact Minitrack Chairs for guidance and indication of appropriate content at anytime. |
| June 15 | Authors submit full papers to the Peer Review System, following Author Instructions found on the HICSS web site (www.hicss.hawaii.edu). All papers will be submitted in double column publication format and limited to 10 pages including diagrams and references. Papers undergo a double-blind review. |
| August 15 | Acceptance/Rejection notices are sent to Authors via the Peer Review System. |
| September 15 | Authors submit Final Version of papers following submission instructions on the Peer Review System web site. At least one author of each paper must register by this date with specific plans to attend the conference to present the paper. Early Registration fee $525 applies. |
| October 2 | General Registration fee $575 applies until December 10. |
| December 10 | Deadline to guarantee your hotel room reservation at conference rate.
Deadline to receive conference registration refund. Late registration fee $675 applies. |
INSTRUCTIONS FOR PAPER SUBMISSION
- HICSS papers must contain original material not previously published, nor currently submitted elsewhere.
- Consult the conference website (www.hicss.hawaii.edu) for the listing and description of Minitracks for HICSS-39.
- (optional) Contact the Minitrack Chair(s) by email for guidance and verification of appropriate content.
- Do not submit the manuscript to more than one Minitrack Chair. If unsure of which Minitrack is appropriate, submit abstract to the Track Chair for guidance.
- HICSS will conduct double-blind reviews of each submitted paper.
- Submit full paper according to detailed instructions found on the Peer Review System website.
HICSS-39 CONFERENCE TRACKS
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Co-chair: Robert O. Briggs bbriggs@GroupSystems; Co-chair: Jay Nunamaker nunamaker@cmi.arizona.edu |
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Chair: Dan Dolk drdolk@nps.edu |
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Chair: Michael Shepherd shepherd@cs.cal.ca |
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Chair: H. Jochen Scholl jscholl@u.washington.edu |
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Chair: William Chismar chismar@hawaii.edu |
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Co-chair: David King david.king@jda.com; Co-chair: Alan Dennis ardennis@indiana.edu |
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Co-chair: Murray Jennex murphjen@aol.com; Co-chair: Dave Croasdell davec@unr.edu |
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Chair: Hugh Watson hwatson@terry.uga.edu |
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Chair: Gul Agha agha@cs.uiuc.edu |
HICSS conferences are devoted to advances in the information, computer, and system sciences, and encompass developments in both theory and practice. Invited papers may be theoretical, conceptual, tutorial or descriptive in nature. Submissions undergo a double-blind peer referee process and those selected for presentation will be published in the Conference Proceedings. Submissions must not have been previously published.
For the latest information; visit the HICSS web site at: http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu or the mirror sites : http://hicss.sepa.tudelft.nl/ and http://www.is.cityu.edu.hk/hicss/
CONFERENCE ADMINISTRATION
Ralph Sprague, Conference Chair
Email: sprague@hawaii.edu
Sandra Laney, Conference Administrator
Email: hicss@hawaii.edu
Eileen Robichaud Dennis, Track
Administrator
Email: eidennis@indiana.edu
2006 CONFERENCE VENUE
Hyatt Regency Kauai
1571 Poipu Road
Koloa, Kauai HI 96756
1-808-742-1234
http://Kauai.hyatt.com/
