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Speech Corpus Generation From Dvds Of Movies And Tv Series, Veton Z. Kepuska, Pattarapong Rojanasthien Jan 2011

Speech Corpus Generation From Dvds Of Movies And Tv Series, Veton Z. Kepuska, Pattarapong Rojanasthien

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

Speech corpus is a database of audio files containing spoken words/sentences and text transcriptions. In this work we present a data collection system for creating speech corpora from movies and TV series DVDs. Corpus generation from these DVDs is significantly lower- cost solution comparing to conventional way of obtaining a speech corpus. In addition, it also takes a shorter amount of time to collect the data and processes it into a corpus. In order to be able to perform this operation the Data Collection Toolkit is introduced. This toolkit is an application developed using C# .Net Framework 3.5 in Visual …


The Temporal Dimension Of Electronic Meetings: A Study Of Synchronous And Asynchronous Idea Generation, Mina Park, Milam Aiken Jan 2011

The Temporal Dimension Of Electronic Meetings: A Study Of Synchronous And Asynchronous Idea Generation, Mina Park, Milam Aiken

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

Electronic meeting systems can increase the efficiency and effectiveness of group discussions, but relatively little research has investigated use of the technology in asynchronous environments. In this study, five groups of 10 students participated in synchronous legislative sessions and five groups of 10 met in asynchronous settings. Results showed that there were no differences in meeting process satisfaction, production blocking, evaluation apprehension, and total and relevant comments generated, but synchronous groups believed there was more participation and were more satisfied with the comments. Although there could be less feeling of social presence, use of asynchronous, distributed meetings might become more …


A Mixed Mode Analysis Of The Impact Of Requirement Volatility On Software Project Success, Rahul Thakurta Jan 2011

A Mixed Mode Analysis Of The Impact Of Requirement Volatility On Software Project Success, Rahul Thakurta

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

Requirement volatility has been identified as a significant risk factor behind software project success. This paper describes our findings of a 2-phase study comprising of interviews and surveys on the preparedness of organizations in managing requirement volatility and the resultant effect on project success and failure. Findings illuminate on the current level of awareness and management response to the problem of requirement volatility affecting software projects. The subjective treatment of project success/failure is brought out, and the association with requirement volatility is explored. Results are expected to lead to better governance mechanisms and improve project success rates under requirement volatility.


Successful Introduction Of Cloud Computing Into Your Organization: A Six-Step Conceptual Model, Hossein Bidgoli Jan 2011

Successful Introduction Of Cloud Computing Into Your Organization: A Six-Step Conceptual Model, Hossein Bidgoli

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

Cloud computing is the fastest area of application within the information systems field. The adoption of cloud computing by businesses, government agencies, and academic institutions is on the rise. Cloud computing platforms could reduce cost, offer scale, and increase information systems responsiveness for those companies that are adopting it properly. However, still many decision makers do not really know what exactly cloud computing is, its unique capabilities, and how it may increase the efficiency and effectiveness of IT services. Also cloud computing may mean different things to different people. This paper first examines different applications within the cloud computing domain …


A Hybrid Machine Learning System For Stock Market Forecasting, Lokesh Kumar, Anvita Pandey, Saakshi Srivastava, Manuj Darbari Jan 2011

A Hybrid Machine Learning System For Stock Market Forecasting, Lokesh Kumar, Anvita Pandey, Saakshi Srivastava, Manuj Darbari

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

A hybrid machine learning system based on Genetic Algorithm (GA) and Time Series Analysis is proposed. In stock market, a technical trading rule is a popular tool for analysts and users to do their research and decide to buy or sell their shares. The key issue for the success of a trading rule is the selection of values for all parameters and their combinations. However, the range of parameters can vary in a large domain, so it is difficult for users to find the best parameter combination. In this paper, we present the Genetic Algorithm (GA) to overcome the problem …


The Evolution Of Information Systems Offshoring Research: A Past, Present And Future Meta Analysis Review, Peter Haried, Hua Dai Jan 2011

The Evolution Of Information Systems Offshoring Research: A Past, Present And Future Meta Analysis Review, Peter Haried, Hua Dai

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

This research article presents a past, present and future meta analysis of information systems offshoring (ISO) research over the 2000-2010 time period. ISO has emerged as a significant sourcing strategy adopted by many organizations to manage, support and deliver their information system needs. Across the selected academic articles our findings compare research methodologies applied, client vs. vendor perspectives studied and ISO topic areas investigated. Interesting results emerge in the range and evolution of ISO research. As a result of our analysis, our findings clearly indicate areas of need for future ISO researchers to consider when conducting future ISO research.


Managing Virtual Team Performance: An Exploratory Study Of Social Loafing And Social Comparison, Limin Zhang, Fang Chen, Joseph Latimer Jan 2011

Managing Virtual Team Performance: An Exploratory Study Of Social Loafing And Social Comparison, Limin Zhang, Fang Chen, Joseph Latimer

Journal of International Technology and Information Management

This study investigates the effects of social comparison and social loafing on virtual team performance when teams engage in asynchronous ideation process. The results of the study suggest that the effects of social comparison and social loafing co-exist in virtual teams. Team members may choose to engage in different behaviors (social loafing vs. social comparison) in different team interactions. Furthermore, team members tend to elaborate on the ideas generated by co-workers. As a result, teams with less social loafing will produce richer elaboration on ideas generated.