CFP: HICCS minitrack on OSS

Hawai'i in the middle of winter? yes please.

--James
+1 315 395 4056

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CALL FOR PAPERS Studies of Open Source Software Development
Part of the Internet and Digital Economy Track

Thirty-Eight Annual
HAWAI'I INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SYSTEM SCIENCES

January 3 - 6, 2005
Hilton Waikoloa Village Resort
on the Big Island of Hawaii

Minitrack Chairs:
Kevin Crowston
Syracuse University School of Information Studies
4–206 Center for Science and Technology
Syracuse, NY 13244–4100 USA
[email protected] +1 (315) 443–1676

Hala Annabi
Syracuse University School of Information Studies
4–206 Center for Science and Technology
Syracuse, NY 13244–4100 USA
[email protected]
+1 (315) 443–6144


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
* Distributed project management and distributed team management
* Knowledge Management in OSS development
* Group satisfaction and effectiveness in OSS development * Software
development processes for OSS

IMPORTANT DEADLINES
March 31, 2004 Authors contact Minitrack Chairs for guidance and  
indication of
appropriate content.

June 15, 2004 Authors submit full papers to the appropriate Minitrack
following format and submission instructions on the web site.

August 15, 2004 Minitrack Chairs send Acceptance/Rejection notices to  
Authors.

October 1, 2004 Authors submit Final Version of paper electronically to
publisher. At least one author of each paper must register by this date  
to
attend the conference to present the paper.

December 1, 2004 Deadline to guarantee your hotel room reservation at  
the
conference rate.


INSTRUCTIONS FOR PAPER SUBMISSION
• HICSS papers must contain original material not previously published,  
or
currently submitted elsewhere.

• Consult the conference website for the listing and description of  
Minitracks
for HICSS-38.

• 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.

• Submit your full paper according to the detailed formatting and  
submission
instructions found on the HICSS website. Note: All papers will be  
submitted in
double column publication format and limited to 10 pages including  
diagrams
and references.


HICSS-38 CONFERENCE TRACKS
* Collaboration Systems and Technology
- Co-Chair: Jay Nunamaker; E-mail: [email protected];
- Co-Chair: Robert O. Briggs; E-mail: bob-PgEm5VLR3zIlJZD/[email protected]
* Complex Systems
- Chair: Robert Thomas; E-mail: [email protected]
* Decision Technologies for Management
- Chair: Dan Dolk; E-mail: [email protected]
* Digital Documents and the Media
- Chair: Michael Shepherd; E-mail: [email protected]
* Emerging Technologies
- Chair: Ralph H. Sprague; E-mail: [email protected]
* Information Technology in Health Care
- Chair: William Chismar; E-mail: [email protected]
* Internet & the Digital Economy
- Co-Chair: David King; E-mail: [email protected]
- Co-Chair: Alan Dennis; E-mail: [email protected]
* Organizational Systems & Technology
- Chair: Hugh Watson; Email: [email protected]
* Software Technology
- Chair: Gul Agha; E-mail: [email protected]

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 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: [email protected]

Sandra Laney, Conference Administrator
Email: [email protected]

Eileen Robichaud Dennis, Track Administrator
Email: [email protected]

2005 CONFERENCE VENUE
Hilton Waikoloa Village (on the Big Island of Hawaii) 425 Waikoloa  
Beach Drive
Waikoloa, Hawaii 96738 Tel: 1-808-886-1234
Fax: 1-808-886-2900
www.hiltonwaikoloavillage.com