Abstract
Computer and related information and communication technologies have profoundly affected the shape of modern society. Shepherding the creation and utilization of effective and efficient computational technologies are the joint tasks of Computer Science and Information Systems researchers. Their realm is to understand and explicate the nature of those technologies and how and why they come into existence. This knowledge forms the foundation of theories to explain and, hopefully, to predict their impacts on individuals, groups, organizations, and society as a whole. The very creation of an innovative technology focused on a specific problem in a specific context can have far reaching effects, completely unpredicted and unintended by the innovator. We argue that researchers in Computer Science and Information Systems must be cognizant of the broader implications of their work and encourage their interaction with practitioners and researchers in a variety of disciplines to identify fruitful areas of scientific inquiry.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.
Buying options
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Learn about institutional subscriptionsPreview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Aboulafia, M., Philosophy, Social Theory, and the Thought of George Herbert Mead(SUNY Series in Philosophy of the Social Sciences), State University of New York Press, 1991.
Batra, D., Hoffer, J. A. and Bostrom, R. P., “A Comparison of User Performance Between the Relational and the Extended Entity-Relationship Models in the Discovery Phase of Database Design,” Communications of the ACM, (33, 2) February 1990.
Benbasat, I. And Zmud, R. W., “Empirical Research in Information Systems: The Practice of Relevance,” MIS Quarterly, Vol. 25, No. 1, March 1999, pp. 3–16.
Brooks, F. P., “The Computer Scientist as Toolsmith II,” Communications of the ACM, Vol. 39,No. 3, March 1996, pp. 61–68.
Bubenko, J., “The Temporal Dimension in Information Modeling,” in Nijssen, G (ed) Architecture and Models in Data base Management Systems, North-Holland, 1977.
Chen, P. P-S. “The Entity-Relationship Model-Toward a Unified View of Data.” ACM Transactions on Database Systems, (1, 1) 1976.
Davis, G. B., Management Information Systems, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York,1974.
Davis, G. B. and Olson, M. H., Management Information Systems, (second edition), McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1985.
Denning, Peter J., “Can There Be a Science of Information?” ACM Computing Surveys, Vol.27, No. 1, March 1995.
Denning, Peter J., “The New Social Contract for Research,” Communications of the ACM, Vol.40, No. 2, February 1997, pp. 132–134.
Denning, Peter J., “Computing the Profession,” Educom Review, Vol. 33, No. 6,November/December, 1998, pp. 26–30, 46–59.
Encarta, “Science,” Microsoft Encarta 98 Encyclopedia, Microsoft Corporation 1998.
Ferg, S., “Modeling the Time Dimension in an Entity-Relationship Diagram,” Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Entity-Relationship Approach, Chicago, IEEE Computer Society Press, Silver Spring, MD, 1985.
Hammer, M. and Champy, J., Reengineering the Corporation: A Manifesto for Business Revolution, Harperbusiness, reprint 1994.
Hartmanis, J., “On the Complexity and the Nature of Computer Science,” Communications of the ACM, Vol. 37, No. 10, October 1994, pp. 37–43.
Johnson, H. T. and Kaplan, R. S., Relevance Lost The Rise and Fall of Management Accounting, Harvard Business School Press, Boston, MA 1987.
Kim, Y-G. and March, S. T., “Comparing EER and NIAM Data Modeling Formalisms for Representing and Validating Information Requirements,” Communications of the ACM, December 1995.
Lee, A., “Inaugural Editor—s Comments,” MIS Quarterly, Vol. 23, No. 1, March, 1999, pp. v–xi.
Lee, J. Y. and Elmasri, R. A., “An EER-Based Conceptual Model and Query Language for Time-Series Data”, Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Entity-RelationshipApproach, Singapore, Springer, 1998.
Ling, T., “A Normal Form for Entity-Relationship Diagrams,” Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Entity-Relationship Approach, Chicago, IEEE Computer Society Press, Silver Spring, MD, 1985.
Madnick, S. E., “The Challenge: To Be Part of the Solution Instead of Being the Problem,” Proceedings of the Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems, Dallas, TX, Dec.12–13, 1992.
March, S. T. and Smith, G. F., “Design and Natural Science Research on Information Technology,” Decision Support Systems, Vol. 15, No. 4, 1995, pp 251–266.
McCarthy, W. E. “The REA Accounting Model: A Generalized Framework For Accounting Systems In A Shared Data Environment,” The Accounting Review. (58, 3) 1982.
Newell, A and Simon, H. A., “Computer Science as Empirical Inquiry: Symbols and Search,” Communications of the ACM, Vol 19, No 3, March 1976, pp. 113–126.
Peckam, J. and Maryanski, F., “Semantic Data Models,” ACM Computing Surveys, (20, 3)September 1988.
Petroski, H., “Making Headlines,” American Scientist, Volume 88, May-June 2000.
Rossi, M. and Brinkkemper, S. “Complexity Measures for Systems Development Methods and Techniques,” Information Systems, Vol 21, No 2, pp. 209–227, 1996.
Shapiro, C. and Varian, H. R., Information Rules: A Strategic Guide to the Network Economy,Harvard Business School Press, 1999.
Shoval, P. and Frumermann, I., “OO and ER Conceptual Schemas: A Comparison of User Comprehension,” Journal of Database Management, (5, 4) Fall 1994.
Simon, H. A., The Sciences of the Artificial, Third Edition, Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press,1996.
Stewart, N. F., “Science and Computer Science,” ACM Computing Surveys, Vol. 27, No. 1,March 1995.
Tarjan, R. E., “Algorithm Design,” Communications of the ACM, Vol 30, No 3, March 1987,pp. 205–212.
Teorey, T., Yang, D., and Fry, J. P., “A Logical Design methodology for Relational Databases Using the Extended Entity-Relationship Model,” ACM Computing Surveys, (18, 2) June 1986.
Tsichritzis, D., “The Dynamics of Innovation,” Beyond Calculation: The Next Fifty Years of Computing, Copernicus, 1997, pp. 259–265.
Tsichritzis, D., “Reengineering the University,” Communications of the ACM, Vol 42, No 6, June 1999.
Wand, Y. and Weber, R., “On the Ontological Expressiveness of Information Systems Analysis and Design Grammars,” Journal of Information Systems, (5, 3) July 1995.
Weber, R., “Toward a Theory of Artifacts: A Paradigmatic Base for Information Systems Research,” Journal of Information Systems, Spring 1987, pp 3–17.
Weems, Jr., C. C., “Computer Science,” Microsoft Encarta 98 Encyclopedia, Microsoft Corporation, 1998.
Wulf, W. A., “Are We Scientists or Engineers?” ACM Computing Surveys, Vol. 27, No. 1, March 1995.
Zak, A., “ Musings on Space Mission Development and Information Systems Support,” in Zupancic, J., Wojtkowsji, W., Wojtkowsji, W. G., and Wrycza, S. (eds) Evolution in System Development, Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers, New York, 1999.
Zelkowitz, M. and Wallace, D., “Experimental Models for Validating Technology,” IEEE Computer, Vol. 31, No. 5, May 1998.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2000 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
About this paper
Cite this paper
March, S.T. (2000). Reflections on Computer Science and Information Systems Research. In: Laender, A.H.F., Liddle, S.W., Storey, V.C. (eds) Conceptual Modeling — ER 2000. ER 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1920. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45393-8_2
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45393-8_2
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-540-41072-0
Online ISBN: 978-3-540-45393-2
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive