Integrating research and problem solving: a call for papers

Dear James Castagnera:

As you know, there is a growing academic and societal need for the integration of academic activities among themselves and with Society, including private and public sectors. An increasing number of academics have noticed the importance of integrating Research, Education, and Problem Solving among themselves and with societal and corporate real life problems. To address these integrating processes is the purpose of the 2nd International Symposium on Integrating Research, Education, and Problem Solving: IREPS 2012 (http://www.2012iiisconferences.org/ireps), to be held in Orlando, Florida, USA, on March 25 - 28, 2012, jointly with ICETI 2012 (http://www.2012iiisconferences.org/iceti), ICSIT 2012 (http://www.2012iiisconferences.org/icsit), and IMCIC 2012 (http://www.2012iiisconferences.org/imcic)

The submission deadline for the four collocated events is November 23rd, 2011.

We would like to invite you to submit an extended abstract or a draft paper as a contribution to this important Symposium (or to any of its collocated events). Your contribution may be oriented to how any kind of partial or global integration might be done and/or why it is important or useful to be done. You can address via reflection why it should be done, or via reflective practice how it might be effectively achieved. Submissions related to Case Studies are also accepted, as well as Action Research in how to achieve some specific or general integration of academic activities.

Please, check the web site for acceptance and camera ready deadlines, as well as for details with regards to awards for best papers, two-tier peer reviewing, journal publication of the best 20% of the presented papers, technical keynote speakers, virtual participation, invited sessions organization, etc.

Some of the suggested topics are the following:

• Relationships between research and teaching. Teaching via collaborative research.
• Relationships between research and practice or consulting
• Relationships between teaching and practice or consulting
• Integrating research, teaching and consulting or practice
• Relationships between academic informing sciences and informing engineering
• Integrating Informing Science and Informing Engineering
• Action research applied to academic activities
• Research design
• Academic systems engineering
• Educational systems engineering
• Organizational engineering applied to educational or research organizations.

We hope we can count on your contribution in such an important issue,

IREPS 2012 Organizing Committee

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