ECIS 2024 will be held in Paphos, Cyprus, from June 13-19 2024. We congratulate Gero Strobel and Leonardo Banh on this success and wish them an exciting conference with interesting discussions!

For more information about ECIS 2024, please visit https://ecis2024.eu/

Abstract:

„As global challenges, such as pandemics, population growth and widespread illnesses, continue to rise, healthcare systems are facing greater strain, resulting in a shortage of resources and increased demands for medical care. Effective communication between healthcare professionals and patients is essential for the provision of good services to prevent confusion and induced anxiety of patients, particularly when medical jargon is employed and not understood. Generative AI (GAI) presents a chance to transform healthcare communication by providing language processing capabilities that enhance patient-centered services. This paper examines how GAI-based conversational agents for explaining medical jargon in healthcare should be designed. We derived eleven design principles from a systematic literature review and evaluated them with nine clinical cardiological scenarios through a prototypical instantiation of an LLM-based conversational agent. The results provide insights for researchers and healthcare providers in form of prescriptive design knowledge to improve patient communication using GAI.“

Keywords: Generative AI, Conversational Agent, Healthcare, Design Science Research.

ICIS is the top conference in the field of IS, providing a platform for sharing cutting-edge research and insights on the latest developments in the field. This year, it is scheduled to take place from December 15 to December 18 in the city of Bangkok, Thailand. For more information about the conference, please visit:

icis2024.aisconferences.org

ICIS is one of the world's most prestigious conferences for academics and research-oriented practitioners in the field of information systems and has been held annually for over 40 years under a changing theme. This year, ICIS 2022 was themed "Digitization for the Next Generation" and took place December 9-14 in Copenhagen, Denmark with over 1,600 attendees from 53 countries.

The article "Four Shades of Customer: How Value Flows in Fintech Ecosystems" by Robert Woroch, Gero Strobel and Tobias Wulfert addresses the transition of the financial industry from a scale economy to a platform-driven network economy and examines value creation within fintech ecosystems. To this end, a multi-case study was used to analyze six business models from different industries in the fintech sector and, based on this, to identify key roles, value creation activities and value streams. The paper provides a holistic value network for the fintech ecosystem based on a systematic literature review and the analysis of a total of 171 fintech companies. The study shows that fintech platforms orchestrate multiple market sides and that customers occupy four different roles within the ecosystem when utilizing fintech services.

The second publication, "Unveiling the Cloak: Kernel Theory Use in Design Science Research“ by Gero Strobel in collaboration with co-authors Frederik Möller, Thorsten Schoormann and Magnus Rotvit Perlt Hansen, explores how kernel theories inform the development of design principles in design science research (DSR). Based on a systematic literature review, six mechanisms including associated activities and application points for operationalizing kernel theory are identified. The use of kernel theories is reflected afterwards, as well as a research agenda is developed. The paper provides guidance to researchers on how to use kernel theories more effectively, as well as an overview of options for operationalizing kernel theories.

For more information on ICIS, visit https://icis2022.aisconferences.org/.

The qualification program is coordinated by the Network for Higher Education Didactics NRW and is based on the guidelines of the German Association for Higher Education Didactics (dghd), higher education legislation and international standards. The program focuses on the following five topics

• Planning and designing teaching and learning processes to promote learning,
• conception and conduct of examinations as well as their integration into the teaching process,
• event-related and goal-oriented advising of students,
• Quality development of university teaching by means of feedback and evaluation procedures,
• Development of innovative teaching concepts in studying and teaching.

Further information on the University Didactic Certificate Program can be found on the ZHQE website under "Teaching and Learning".

ECIS is one of the world's most renowned conferences in the field of information systems and has been held annually since 1993 under a changing topic. This year, ECIS 2021 will be held under the motto "Human Values Crisis in a Digitizing World" and will not take place in Marrakech as originally planned, due to the COVID 19 pandemic, but online as part of the "AIS Virtual Conference Series" from June 14 - 16, 2021.

The paper "UNDERSTANDING VALUE CREATION IN DIGITAL COMPANIES – A TAXONOMY OF IOT-ENABLED BUSINESS MODELS" by Robert Woroch and Gero Strobel addresses the challenges in the context of identifying and developing value-adding, IoT-based offerings. As a link between strategy and business processes, business models provide a holistic view of organizations, but do not yet take IoT-specific characteristics into account. To address this shortcoming, a taxonomy for describing IoT-based business models was developed and evaluated using a sample of more than 100 empirical objects. The study also provides insights into the design of business models in the domains of consumer electronics and healthcare. On the one hand, the taxonomy serves as a tool for examining the integration of IoT into innovative business models and, on the other hand, as a basis for further research in this area.

The second publication "HONEY, I SHRUNK THE INTERNET OF THINGS: AN INTERNET OF NANO-THINGS TAXONOMY" by Gero Strobel addresses the next evolutionary stage of the Internet of Things, the Internet of Nano-Things. This approach combines the conventional IoT paradigm with methods and concepts from the nanotechnology field. The purpose is to exploit completely new, hitherto unprecedented application potentials by reducing the size of the objects and thus changing the material properties. The publication provides a first classification approach in the form of a taxonomy for the classification and description of the fundamental concepts of this field.

For further information on ECIS, please visit https://ecis2021.com/.

Involvement in research and education: In the context of working in research and education will you be actively involved in the key research areas of the chair like Digital Transformation, Internet of Things, Smart Services as well as domain specific business processes and help us with the preparation and follow-up of lectures.

SOFTEC IoT Lab: You will support us in our work within the SOFTEC IoT Innovation Lab in the context of reseach oriented findings and experience promotion in the context of modern IT solutions, like the Internet of Things or Augmented Reality. Part of your excercies will be to work on scientific publications and the conception as well as development of prototypes.

Digitalization and flexibilization of energy systems and grids: In your involvment in this working group you will apply the researched and developed software technical methods and tools (especially software agents) in different research projects and further develop them.

You will find more informations about the fields of activity, the application modalities and the contact persons for further questions here.

With us you are will work in a committed, continuous growing team, which offers you the flexible scheduling of your working times during the semester as well as during the exam periods. Regular team events, great technical equipment and a mentored onboarding with flat hierachies will give you an easy start. 

We are looking forward to your application!

In his paper "Information Systems in the Era of the Internet of Things: A Domain-Specific Modeling Language" Mr Strobel considers the increasing importance of the Internet of Things (IoT) on society and the resulting need for a domain-specific modelling language to develop IoT-based information systems. 

The second paper "Richard, Are We There Yet? An Internet of Nano Things Information System Architecture" Gero Strobel wrote in cooperation with his colleague Judith Mittnacht. Together they do research on the effects of combining nanotechnology with the Internet of Things and present an architecture for IoNT-based information systems based on a systematic literature analysis. 

In another article „Health in the Era of the Internet of Things: A Domain-Specific Modelling Language“ the author takes a domain-specific perspective and considers the impact of the Internet of Things on health sector. 

Further information about HICSS 2021 can be found here. 

The conference, which has been held annually since 1993, took place from 20 - 24 June not in Dubai as plannend, but in virtual form. 

In their paper, the two authors develop an architecture for a Smart Health Information System based on a comprehensive analysis of the literature and existing architectural approaches as well as taking into account system-relevant technologies and human aspects. 

At the PACIS, which annually discusses the latest research results and most innovative developments from all over the world, Gero Strobel und Juliane Perl make an interesting & valuable contribution to the topic of Smart Health by presenting their results. 

Under the central theme "Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity in a Digitizing World", this year's virtual ECIS from 15 - 17 June 2020 discusses the influences and effects of digital technologies on people as individuals, in organizations and in society.

In their jointly written paper "SERVICE SYSTEMS IN THE ERA OF THE INTERNET OF THINGS: A SMART SERVICE SYSTEM TAXONOMY" Gero Strobel and Tobias Brogt do research on the increasingly necessary transformation of service systems to smart service systems. In addition, Gero Strobel’s paper "AGRICULTURE IN THE ERA OF THE INTERNET OF THINGS: AN INFORMATION SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE FOR SMART AGRICULTURE" discusses the opportunities and possibilities of using intelligent products in agriculture and develops a generic information system architecture for their use.

Both papers can be accessed via the following link: https://aisel.aisnet.org/ecis/

The aim of the project is to promote the research-oriented knowledge and experience of students in the context of modern information technologies, such as the Internet of Things or augmented reality. In particular with regard to the increasing social relevance of intelligent products and services, the IoT Lab gives students the opportunity to creatively participate in concrete IoT-oriented scenarios beyond abstract teaching content, thus expanding their academic education with a practice-oriented perspective. 

The SOFTEC IoT-Lab will be integrated into several courses in the future and will thus expand the portfolio of seminar papers, final theses and study projects of the chair. Further information can be found on the IoT-Lab website (link).