Congratulations to All of the ICIS 2013 and AIS Award Winners!

Each year, AIS recognizes some of the exceptional talent in the field of information systems. We are extremely grateful to all of the award winners for their commitment to the field and the association, as well as to the committees that oversaw the arduous task of selecting awardees from an extremely talented pool!

LEO Awards

• Rudy Hirschheim, Louisiana State University
• Kalle Lyytinen, Case Western Reserve University

Fellow Awards

• Richard Boland, Case Western Reserve University
• Wynne Chin, Sogang University & The University of Houston
• Guy Fitzgerald, Loughborough University
• Patrick Chau, The University of Hong Kong
• Christina Soh, Nanyang Technological University
  

Technology Awards

• Technology Challenge Award: Michael Myers, University of Auckland
  
• Technology Challenge Award: Stacie Petter, University of Nebraska at Omaha
  
• Atlas Award: Jie Tao

Education Awards

• Outstanding Contribution to IS Education: Mary Granger. George Washington University
• Outstanding Contribution to IS Education: Alan Dennis, Indiana University
• Innovation in Teaching: Jam vom Brocke, University of Liechtenstein
• Best Conference Paper in IS Education: "A Field Experiment in Blended Learning: Performance Effects of Supplementing the Traditional Classroom Experience with a Web-based Virtual Learning Environment” Tim Hill, Laku Chidambaram, and Jama Summers

Doctoral Dissertation Award

• The Dynamics of Digital Platform Innovation: A Study of Modular and Architectural Innovation in Apple’s iOS” Ben Eaton (University of Oslo)

2012 Best Publication Awards/Senior Scholar Awards

• Business & Information Systems Engineering:"Raising and Rising Voices in Social Media – A Novel Methodological Approach in Studying Cyber-Collective Movements” Nitin Agarwal, Merlyna Lim, Rolf Wigand
• AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction: "Trends in Website Design” Gili Korman Golander, Noam Tractinsk, Ilanit Kabessa-Cohen
• Information Systems Research: "Social Networks and the Diffusion of User-Generated Content: Evidence from YouTube” Anjana Susarla, Jeong-Ha Oh, Yong Tan
• Information Systems Journal: "Perceived Discontinuities and Constructed continuities in Virtual Work” Mary Beth Watson-Manheim, Katherine M. Chudoba, Kevin Crowston
• Journal of the Association for Information Systems: "A Glorious and Not-So-Short History of the Information Systems Field" Rudy Hirschheim, Heinz K. Klein

ICIS 2013 Best Paper Awards

• Best Research-in-progress Paper: "Early Mover Advantage in an Industry with Low Entry Barrier: Evidence from Etailers on Third Party eCommerce Platforms” Shan Wang, Hasan Cavusoglu, Ziliang Deng
• Best Conference Theme Paper: "Shaping a Sustainable Society: How Information Systems Utilize Hidden Synergies between Green Technologies” Tobias Brandt, Stefan Feuerriegel, Dirk Neumann
• Best Conference Papers: "A Sensemaking Approach to Tablet Users’ Accommodating Practices” Efpraxia D. Zamani, George Giaglis, Nancy Pouloudi AND "Free vs. For a Fee: The Impact of Information Pricing Strategy on Pattern and Effectiveness of Word-of-Mouth via Social Media” Hyelim Oh, Animesh Animesh, Alain Pinsonneault

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