PHIS-NZ

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  • 10th Anniversary in 2019

    PHIS-NZ commemorated 10 years in 2019, at the University of Waikato, Hamilton, with a special cake.

    Professors Michael Myers and Felix Tan – two of the founding members of PHIS-NZ – recall the first conference

  • 2019 Best Thesis Award

    The panel convened to award the 2019 PHIS-NZ Information Systems Doctoral Thesis Award and is pleased to announce the winner is:

    Dr. Haibo Yang,
    Victoria University of Wellington

    for his thesis: In a Quest to Solve Information Systems Agility Problems: A SaaS Experience

    Supervisors: Associate Professor Pedro Antunes (Main supervisor), Associate Professor Mary Tate (HRA), Dr. David Johnstone (Co-supervisor), and Emeritus Professor Sid Huff

    In 2019 the panel faced a difficult decision on the top thesis. Four theses were nominated by their respective institutions – each showed significant contributions in several respects and offered a diverse range of research questions, methodologies, approaches and formats. Selected comments from the panellists about Dr. Yang’s research includes:

    • A very interesting PhD with significant implications for industry and academia.
    • The thesis successfully addresses the long-lasting question of IS agility and benefits of adopting SaaS.
    • Very clear articulation and justification of the research problem and its importance, the gap/challenge/issues, and the research questions, goals & objectives.
    • Artefact development well-informed by existing methods/ theories. Very clear contributions including implications for practice, and future research

    Dr. Yang, currently Head of Business Intelligence at IMPAC, has been invited to receive the award and to make a brief presentation at the New Zealand Information Systems Doctoral Consortium in Hamilton on 27th July 2019. An abstract of the thesis is included below. A summary of the thesis will be available on the PHIS-NZ Web site.

    The panel also acknowledges the outstanding quality of research evident in the nomination of:

    Dr. Sahar Sabbaghan, The University of Auckland

    for her thesis: Principles and Techniques for Creating and Validating Computer-Adaptive Surveys (CAS)

    Supervisors: Professor Cecil Chua (primary supervisor) and Associate Professor Lesley Gardner

    Dr. Sabbaghan’s thesis will be recognised with a Certificate of Merit.

    The members of the award panel for 2019 are:

    • Professor David Sundaram, The University of Auckland*
    • Professor Antonio Diaz-Andrade, Auckland University of Technology
    • Associate Professor William Wang, University of Waikato
    • Associate Professor Annette Mills, University of Canterbury (Chair)

    * To avoid a conflict of interest Professor Sundaram abstained from voting on Dr. Sabbaghan’s thesis.

  • NZISDC 2019 Call for Papers

    Introduction

    The 10th New Zealand Information Systems Doctoral Consortium (NZISDC) will be held on 27th July 2019 at University of Waikato.

    The annual New Zealand Information Systems Doctoral Conference (NZISDC) has been developed as a forum for New Zealand Information Systems doctoral students to present their research-in-progress — current research ideas, approaches, interests, issues, and methodologies — and to receive feedback from fellow students and leading academics in the field.

    NZISDC offers IS doctoral students the opportunity to learn what their peers are focusing on in their research and meet with distinguished faculty in Information Systems from New Zealand’s eight universities. NZISDC is open to all New Zealand Information Systems PhD or DBA students (at any stage of their research), their supervisors and Information Systems academic staff at all New Zealand universities.

    NZISDC is being organised under the auspices of the Professors and Heads of Information Systems in New Zealand (PHIS-NZ), a peer network of the IS professoriate (professors and associate professors) and heads of departments / schools who are responsible for administering IS research and education in New Zealand universities.

    Call for Papers

    The New Zealand Information Systems Doctoral Consortium (NZISDC) 2019 invites all Doctorate students in the field of Information Systems and Information Science from all New Zealand universities to participate in the 10th Annual Information Systems Doctoral Conference at University of Waikato in Hamilton, New Zealand.

    NZISDC presents an excellent platform for doctoral students to meet with peers and leading academics from around the country, present their research and receive constructive feedback for further development of their research. The participants will also have an opportunity to expand their understanding of the academic research career path.

    • Submissions should be written by the doctoral students. Supervisors can be acknowledged in the submission, but should not be added as co-authors.
    • There is NO registration fee for NZISDC.
    • Participation requires the presentation of a paper or a poster.
    • Each paper presentation may have an approx. 15 to 20 minutes presentation plus Q&A. The actual time would be decided based on the number of participants and rooms available.
    • Students who wish to participate have an option of submitting either a three-to-five page paper or a poster.
    • Please note that posters are typically more suitable for students who started their studies recently, i.e. in the last six months.

    Submission Guidelines

    • Before submitting, please check the poster guidelines and the paper submission template.
    • Paper/poster should be submitted to nzisdc2019@waikato.ac.nz so that we could know your content to prepare the programme.
    • Please remember to finish the registration on the website to get a confirmation response. Many thanks.

  • 2018 ICIS SIGMIS Doctoral Dissertation Award

    The receiver of the 2018 PHIS-NZ Doctoral Thesis Award also received an ICIS SIGMIS Doctoral Dissertation Award. Abhijith Anand, supervised by Rajeev Sharma, from The University of Waikato, received these awards for the dissertation “New Perspectives on Understanding the Business Value of Business Analytics Systems.”

  • NZISDC 2018 Call for Papers

    Introduction

    The Ninth New Zealand Information Systems Doctoral Consortium (NZISDC) will be held on Saturday 14 of July 2018 at Auckland University of Technology. This annual event is open to all New Zealand information systems and information science PhD or DBA students (at any stage of their research), their supervisors and information systems academic staff from all New Zealand universities.

    The consortium is a full-day event that offers doctoral students the opportunity to present their research projects, receive feedback and exchange ideas in a supportive environment. The consortium is the ideal forum for meeting doctoral students and academics from New Zealand’s eight universities.

    The NZISDC event series is an initiative by the Professors and Heads of Information Systems, New Zealand (PHIS-NZ) group.

    Call for Papers

    Meet with peers and academics from around the country, present their research and receive constructive feedback for further development of their research. The consortium participants will also have an opportunity to expand their understanding of the academic research career path.

    • Consortium submissions should be written by doctoral students; supervisors can be acknowledged in the submission but should not be added as co-authors
    • NZISDC is a free event. There is NO registration fee
    • Participation requires the presentation of either a three-to-five page paper a paper or a poster; please note that posters are typically more suitable for students who started their studies recently – e.g., in the last six months

    Submission instructions:

    Important dates:

    • ASAP: Intent to participate
    • 25 June: Paper/poster submission deadline
    • 14 July: NZISDC-2018 at Auckland University of Technology

    After the event:

    Accepted papers and posters will appear in the proceedings. The authors should incorporate feedback received through the peer review process and at the event in their camera-ready papers.

    Please email your queries to:

    Dr Lena Waizenegger, Lecturer, Auckland University of Technology – lena.waizenegger@aut.ac.nz

    Dr Hadi Karimikia, Researcher, Auckland University of Technology – hadi.karimikia@aut.ac.nz