CFP: Data-Driven Decision Support for Digitized Work Environments @ IKNOW 2017 (Graz, Oct 11-12, 2017)

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*Workshop: Data-Driven Decision Support for Digitized Work Environments 
@ IKNOW 2017*


Work paradigms change significantly in the era of digitization. Due to 
the increasing complexity raised by personalization of products, shorter 
innovation cycles and more connected supply chains, requirements for 
employees are rising steadily. On the one hand, more knowledge needs to 
be learned in shorter time and on the other hand, the knowledge needed 
for work tasks is less predictable. As a consequence, increased decision 
support is needed during the execution of business processes. Further, 
trends such as the delimitation of employment and employee empowerment 
require more decentralized decision support. However, digitization also 
offers opportunities to address these challenges. Especially, the 
increasing availability of (sensor) data about work process offer 
manifold opportunities to provide suitable decision support in work 
processes.

This workshop discusses challenges in regard to digitization in industry 
as well as office environments and how data-driven solutions can address 
these challenges. Key questions are: How to make sense of the 
increasingly growing amount of (sensor) data available in production as 
well as office environments? How to provide meaningful decision support 
in work situations? Which data can be used for situation specific 
decision support and how can this context data be collected, especially 
with new sensors for retrofitting existing production equipment?

Workshop papers are considered for the special issue “Data-Driven 
Decision Support“ of the journal “Information Technology” 
(https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/itit) to be published in 4/2018. The 
workshop is intended, among others, to give feedback on how to 
prepare/revise the paper for consideration by the journal.


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*Dates*
Workshop Paper Submission Deadline:             June 26, 2017
Notification of Acceptance:                               July 31, 2017
Camera-ready Version of Workshop Papers:    September 15, 2017
i-KNOW Conference in Graz:                            October 11-12, 2017


*Submission:*

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iknow2017

Full Paper to be considered for fast-tracking to IT 8 pages according to 
(http://www.editorialmanager.com/itit/account/s21967032_Instructions_for_authors.pdf) 


Extended Abstract up to 2 pages, for discussion about an research-in 
progress paper


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Workshop Organizers:

Stefan Thalmann, TU Graz, Know Center GmbH & Pro2Future GmbH
Daniel Bachlechner, Fraunhofer ISI
René Peinl, Hochschule Hof
Michael Kohlegger, FH Kufstein
Sebastian Bader, AIFB
Philipp Gölzer, Fraunhofer IIS
Eric, Schoop, Tu Dresden
Markus Vorderwinkler, Profactor