We are proud to announce that Dr. Andreas Drechsler of SITM will be a Visiting Scholar at the University of South Florida in Tampa (USA) from March 2, 2015 until August 17, 2015. He will work with the two renowned senior scholars in the field of Information Systems, Prof. Alan Hevner and Prof. Grandon Gill, on two research projects to further advance the conceptual and methodological foundations of design science research in information systems. During his absence, Dr. Drechsler will still be available for inquiries, student advise, or thesis advise via e-mail. The University of South Florida is one of the USA’s top 73 high quality public research universities as designated by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. From 2008-2010, its Information Systems Decision Sciences department was ranked #14 in research publications in the world by leading journals (Management Information Systems Quarterly and Information Systems Research).