ADI - Information Management

Theme 1: Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Aspects of Information Systems (IS)
Leader: Eduardo Henrique Diniz - FGV/EAESP
Impacts of Information Systems (IS) on work and decision making processes. Adoption, diffusion, and use of Information & Communication Technology (ICT). Market analyses of ICT use including the impacts on economic and social development. ICT and innovation in products and services, technological trends, and free software. IS, culture, and power in organizations.

Theme 2: Development of Information Systems
Leader: Simone Bacellar Leal Ferreira - DIA/UNIRIO
Human-Computer Interaction: accessibility, usability, motivation, and satisfaction of users, user analysis. Telecommuting and virtual teams in the development of IS. Processes, methods, and tools of quality in information systems, maturity, evaluation, certification, testability.

Theme 3: Information Management
Leader: Rodrigo Baroni de Carvalho - PPGA/PUC Minas
Content analysis, use, architecture, and information requirements. Information systems for competitive & anticipative intelligence and Business Intelligence. Quality systems, sharing, and information security. Datamining, textmining, datawarehouse and datamart, data classification, database, and data management in general. Analysis of information for collaborative chains.

Theme 4: Knowledge Management (KM)
Leader: Alexandre Graeml – PMDA/UP and PPGCA/UTFPR
Creating and sharing knowledge within organizations and between organizations from the perspective of Information Systems (IS). Models and systems for KM. Systems for group work, documentation systems. Capacity for absorbing knowledge by organizations. KM mechanisms in organizations, intranets, portals, virtual communities, and communities of practice. Analysis of impacts, implications, and the critical success factors of the knowledge management process.

Theme 5: Governance and Information Technology Management
Leader: Carlo Gabriel Porto Bellini - PPGA/UFPB
IT Governance and IT Management. Strategic alignment between IT and performance. IT planning, procurement, and outsourcing. IT's competitiveness, value, and productivity. Operational risk and IT security. Cloud computing and data centers.

Theme 6: Decision Making Process and Decision Support Systems (DSS)
Leader: Denise Lindstrom Bandeira - PPGA/UFRGS
Modeling, conceptual models, systems and techniques to support decision-making. Modeling of processes with mathematical models. Metrics, simulation, optimization, network models, stochastic processes, queues, data analysis, multi-criteria methods. Specialized and artificial intelligence systems, artificial neural networks, fuzzy logic, and DSS evaluation.

Theme 7: Methodologies, Methods, and Techniques
Leader: Gilberto Perez - PPGC/Mackenzie
Scientific research methods and techniques in IS. Analysis of methodologies, models, and research practices in IS. Analysis of scientific literature in IS. Development and validation of research tools and data analysis methodologies in IS.

Theme 8: Organizational and Inter-organizational Information Systems
Leader: Amarolinda Iara da Costa Zanela Saccol - PPGAdm/UNISINOS
Management Information Systems (MIS), Executive Information Systems (EIS), ERP Systems (Enterprise Resource Planning), CRM (Customer Relationship Management), SCM (Supply Chain Management), WMS (Warehouse Management System), inter-organizational systems for collaborative chains. Systems for managing virtual environments, mobile computing, electronic business, Internet banking, EDI (Electronic Data Interchange), and traceability. Automation and redesign of administrative, business, and industrial processes.

Theme 9: IS/IT in Public Organizations and NGOs / Social-environmental Aspects of IS/IT
Leader: Ernani Marques dos Santos – NPGA/UFBA
IT governance in public organizations and NGOs. Uses, applications, and implementation in public organizations and NGOs. IS and democratic practice in participation and in transparency. IS in providing services to citizens. IS in management (including modernization) and public policies. Social implications of governmental use of IS. Digital inclusion. IT, movements, and social networks. Green IT, junk mail, and reducing the consumption of energy, paper, and other inputs. IT and the low carbon economy.