On Tuesday, June 3, UZH Professor Abraham Bernstein and his former PhD student Prof. Katharina Reinecke (now at the University of Michigan) were awarded the European Research Paper of the Year Award of 2014.
On Tuesday, June 3, UZH Professor Abraham Bernstein and his former PhD student Prof. Katharina Reinecke (now at the University of Michigan) were awarded the European Research Paper of the Year Award of 2014.
As the Web Site States:
The CIONET European Research Paper of the Year Election identifies the European research paper that embodies most excellence in both rigour and relevance of research. In order to promote the exchange of ideas, experiences and knowledge among professionals and academics in the area of information and communications systems and technology management, the CIONET European Research Paper of the Year acclaims a yearly best research paper.
The paper was chosen from the 28 papers published by European authors in either MISQ or ISR — the two top journals in information systems — which ensures that only top-rated research studies qualify. What makes the award especially remarkable is that the jury is entirely composed of CIOs. Hence, the award goes to a top research paper that has a profound practical impact.
This year’s jury comprised the following highly regarded CIOs: Carsten Trapp (SICK AG), Manuel Fischer (Amazon Europe), Edwin Erckens (Teva Pharmaceuticals Europe), Jean-Claude Blaimont (McCain Foods), Roberto Parra (CIONET Spain), Jorge Coelho (Portuguese Institute of Process Business Management), Frédéric Charles (Lyonnaise des Eaux/Suez Environnement), and Gerry Pennell (London Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games) .
The paper called “Knowing What a User Likes: A Design Science Approach to Interfaces that Automatically Adapt to Culture” published in MISQ (PDF here) presents a method for automatically adapting to cultural differences between users. A brief interview with an explanation is available at o Youtube.
The award was announced at the CIOCITY annual convention of the European CIO association CIONET, which has roughly 4200 CIOs as members.
Full citation of the paper: Reinecke, Katharina and Bernstein, Abraham. 2013. “Knowing What a User Likes: A Design Science Approach to Interfaces that Automatically Adapt to Culture,” MIS Quarterly, (37: 2) pp.427-453.