DESRIST 2007: DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS AND SPONSORS

The second International Conference on Design Science Research builds on the interest spurred by the first DESRIST conference held successfully at Claremont in 2006. We strongly believe that design science is a key research paradigm in mainstream information systems research. Like the Claremont conference, this second conference will bring together a community of academics, researchers and practitioners that are involved in every aspect of Design Science. The importance of design was first brought to light by Herbert Simon’s famous “Sciences of the Artificial” book. Since then, a whole body of research whose goal is to design and invent methods, processes and systems has emerged. The creation of IT artifacts and their evaluation is central to this paradigm. This conference will explore both the design methodology aspects as well as research conducted using design science.

The objective of the conference is to bring together researchers from diverse backgrounds ranging from computer science, information systems, and software engineering to social ethnography and artistic disciplines to create a forum for discussing novel solutions to emerging problems.

We encourage contributions in all areas of design science. We are seeking design theory papers, design research methodology papers and topics papers with special emphasis on the science of design. We encourage contributions (papers, panels, teaching ideas) in all areas of design science, and especially excellent examples of design science applications. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Science of Design and Design Theory


• Design of Software-Intensive Systems


• Evaluation of Design Science Research


• Design Processes


• Representation of Design Problems


• Exemplars of design research in the areas of:

    Software Design
    Database Design
    Business Process Design
    Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining
    Medical, Health and Bio-Informatics
    Emerging Designs for Social and Virtual Collaboration
    Networking and Multimedia Systems
    Grid Computing and Peer-to-Peer Computing
    Design of Knowledge Management Systems
    Pervasive Computing System Design
    Design of Systems to Enhance Creativity