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Research Track

Best papers from the SIGDSA Symposium will be highlighted in Invited Sessions with Editors and considered for Fast-Track Publication opportunities.

• Invited Sessions with Editors: This session is designed to provide authors with direct, face-to-face feedback and dedicated interaction time with editors from leading journals including Dr. Andrew Chen from Decision Support Systems (DSS), Dr. Paul Zhang from Journal of Information Systems Education (JISE), Dr. Ashish Gupta from Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education (DSJIE), and Dr. Ciara Heavin from Journal of Decision Systems (JDS).
• Fast-Track Publication: Best papers will be faciliated for fast-track submissions to renowned journals, including Decision Support Systems (DSS), Journal of Information Systems Education (JISE), Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education (DSJIE), and Journal of Decision Systems (JDS).

SIGDSA provides a community for researchers, educators, and practitioners interested in decision support systems (DSS), business analytics, data science, and AI-enabled decision making. The pre-ICIS SIGDSA 2025 Symposium theme is “Unifying Insights: Analytics for Seamless Digital Integration in the Age of AI”. This theme reflects the increased emphasis on understanding how organizations, industries, and even societies can successfully integrate analytics and generative digital technologies with artificial intelligence to create value, drive innovation, and remain competitive.

The research track focuses on promoting methodological, computational linguistics, empirical, and theoretical studies in data analytics, business intelligence, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and their applications in various domains. We seek comprehensive Completed Research or early-stage Research-in-Progress papers on topics including, but not limited to:

• AI-enabled data analytics in various business sectors (e.g., financial services, manufacturing, retail, pharmaceutical - healthcare, government, agribusiness, hospitality and entertainment, supply chain, etc.)
• Integration of big data analytics and enterprise AI for digital transformation
• Artificial Intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, reinforcement learning, and active learning methodologies - and applications for decision support
• Social media, network, and digital ecosystem analytics for consumer and stakeholder insight in the age of Generative AI
• Network and collaborative analytics for decision support using AI-driven integration
• AI-enhanced process mining and analytics connecting data, workflows, and platforms
• Data analytics for sustainability powered by AI and generative models
• IoT-based analytics with AI for digitally connected environments (e.g., wearables, RFID)
• Data mining with blockchains and cryptocurrencies in the age of generative AI
• Data analytics and business intelligence theory and applications
• Innovative data-driven decision support tools and techniques
• Data analytics in behavioral research
• Predictive, descriptive, and prescriptive approaches to analytics
• Natural language processing and generation
• LLMs, generative AI, chatbots, virtual agents
• Data analytics and AI technologies, and applications
• Risks and benefits of interconnected decision-making (e.g., privacy and ethical considerations in the use of AI, data and analytics, dark side of AI and analytics, etc.)
• Algorithmic bias and approaches to mitigate such bias in the era of AI
• Model explainability, interpretability, and reproducibility
• Model sharing and deployment issues and the role of MLOps
• AI-enhanced data and analytics for diverse societal applications (e.g., smart cities, smart and connected communities, smart health, smart energy management)
• Data, analytics, and AI in shaping public policy
• Methodological issues of developing systems based on connected big data in the age of AI

Authors of accepted papers will have the option of publishing: (a) the complete manuscript OR (b) an extended abstract (single-spaced 2–3 pages) as part of the symposium proceedings on AIS eLibrary. If authors choose to publish only the extended abstract, authors will retain the copyright of the original manuscript submitted for review and feedback. Please see the details below.

Completed research

Completed research papers are full-length papers documenting the results of finished research projects. For empirical work, completed research papers should have completed analyses and documentation of results. Completed research papers must be at most (16) single-spaced pages (all-inclusive) and must conform to the paper submission template. The page limit covers everything in the submission, including the title, text, tables, figures, appendices, and references. Submissions that exceed this limit will be automatically rejected.

Research-in-progress

Research-in-progress papers typically describe work that is yet to be completed but is promising. Short papers could take various forms. For example, they can be theoretical (presenting promising frameworks), empirical (with some preliminary results), or present a design of novel and useful concepts, artefacts (testing need not be done). Short papers should include a paragraph describing what work remains to complete the paper and the authors’ plan for the next steps. Please note that the progress described is expected to be substantive in nature. Short papers must be at most eight (8) single-spaced pages and must conform to the paper submission template. The page limit covers everything in the submission, including title, text, tables, figures, appendices, and references. Submissions that exceed this limit will be automatically rejected. If accepted, research-in-progress papers will be presented as part of a slam presentation session.

Important Dates, Submission Guidelines, Publication Opportunities, and Awards

Thank you for your interest and we look forward to your participation in the symposium! Please make note of the following important dates by visiting this link.

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• For submission guidelines, template, and submission instructions please click here.
• For publication opportunities and awards, please click here.

Research Track Co-Chairs

For questions regarding the submissions to the research track, please contact:

• Biljana Mileva Boshkoska, biljana.mileva@ijs.si, Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia
• Pankush Kalgotra, pzk0031@auburn.edu, Auburn University, USA
• Zhilei Qiao, qiaozl@uab.edu, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA

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