This paper reports on a panel held during the 2006 International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS). The panel titled, “Social Activism in IS Research: Making the World a Better Place,” was organized to question whether and how Information System (IS) research is making tangible impacts to our society. More specifically, each panelist was asked to address: (1) How can IS research, and res...

Tuna is one of the abundant potentials in North Halmahera Regency, Tobelo. fish sold several markets city Tobelo form intact or have been handled, thus tuna waste innards and gills not utilized, causing a pungent odor at sales location. The use waste, which an can be used as alternative raw material for making feed. feed must good nutritional quality including protein sources. This study aims t...

Faculty load in the US varies from 40-40-10 (research-teaching-service) in research oriented institutions to 25-50-25 in teaching oriented institutions. Consulting is normally not part of the formula and case writing is generally not considered as part of the research load. Latin America is quite different. A 25-25-25-25 load (that includes consulting as a separate area) is not atypical and res...

GPSS (General Purpose Simulation System) is celebrating its 40 birthday this year. We recognize this notable birthday by assembling a panel of discussants consisting of some of the folks who have contributed significantly to GPSS and its use over the years. The panelists are Springer Cox (GPSS/PC and GPSS World), Jim Henriksen (GPSS/H and Proof Animation), Peter Lorenz (promoter of GPSS in Euro...

In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in the design of pattern recognition systems able to deal with labels coming from multiple sources. To avoid bias during the learning process, in some applications it is strongly recommended to learn from a set of panelists or experts instead of only one. In particular, two aspects are of interest, namely: discriminating between confident a...

Editors Hassan Masum and Mark Tovey put together a compilation of articles discussing the implications of social networking and other internet tools in the shaping of systems throughout the world in The Reputation Society: How Online Opinions Are Reshaping the Offline World. Hassan Masum is Innovation Lead at the McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health, Affiliate Researcher at the Waterloo I...

As BPM (Business Process Management) is gaining acceptance among academics and practitioners, questions remain about its role in Information Systems (IS) teaching and research. This panel continues and expands the dialogue within the IS community on how BPM is and should be integrated within IS. Initially proposed by Donald Chand, Alina Chircu and M. Lynne Markus (Information and Process Manage...

Background To establish a set of consensus statements for the management metastatic renal cell carcinoma, total 12 urologists and clinical oncologists from two professional associations in Hong Kong formed an expert panel. Methods Through series meetings using modified Delphi method, panelists presented recent evidence, discussed experiences, drafted on several areas focus regarding carcinoma. ...

Large-scale comparative effectiveness research studies require detailed clinical data collected across disparate clinical practice settings and institutions. Distributed research networks (DRNs) have been promoted as one approach to wide-scale data sharing that enables data sharing organizations to retain local data ownership and access control. Despite significant investments in distributed da...