The rapid digital transformation of businesses and society creates new challenges and opportunities for Information Systems (IS) research with a strong focus on design. There has been a surge of interest in design science research in IS in the last few years, and we conclude that this is now a mature field. The goal of the design science research paradigm is to extend the boundaries of human and organizational capabilities by designing new and innovative constructs, models, methods, processes, and systems. Scholars having different backgrounds such as information systems, computer science, software engineering, energy informatics, and medical informatics are actively engaged in generating novel solutions to interesting design problems in IS.

With this year's theme, we hope to focus attention on design science research on digital transformation of businesses and society. In addition to a Best Paper Award, the conference will provide an award to the best paper addressing the conference theme.

Scientific Themes

DESRIST 2017 will feature seven selected scientific themes:

    DSR IN BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT
    DSR IN HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION
    DSR IN DATA SCIENCE & BUSINESS ANALYTICS
    DSR IN SERVICE SCIENCE
    METHODOLOGICAL CONTRIBUTIONS
    DOMAIN-SPECIFIC DSR APPLICATIONS
    EMERGING THEMES AND NEW IDEAS

PUBLICATIONS

The DESRIST Proceedings will be published in LNCS - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (www.springer.com/lncs). Authors of selected papers will be invited to subsubmit revised and extended versions of their work for upcoming special issues and fast-tracked submissions in prestigious journals of our discipline:

    AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction: fast track opportunity
    Business & Information Systems Engineering: special issue
    Electronic Markets: fast track opportunity
    Information Systems and e-Business Management: fast track opportunity
    Journal of the AIS: special issue 

For further information, please contact the Proceedings Chair at submission@desrist2017.kit.edu.

BEST PAPER AWARD

An award will be allotted for the best regular Design Science Research Paper of the conference. In addition to a Best Paper Award, the conference will provide an award to the best paper addressing the conference theme.