Toward Architecture-Driven Interdisciplinary Research Learnings from a Case Study of COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps

Fabian Burmeister; Mickey Zar; Tilo Böhmann; Niva Elkin-Koren; Christian Kurtz; Wolfgang Schulz

doi:10.1145/3511265.3550451

Toward Architecture-Driven Interdisciplinary Research Learnings from a Case Study of COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps

Fabian Burmeister, Mickey Zar, Tilo Böhmann, Niva Elkin-Koren, Christian Kurtz, Wolfgang Schulz

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Abstract

This paper explores the use of an architectural perspective to study complex data ecosystems and to facilitate a normative discourse on such ecosystems. It argues that an architectural perspective is helpful to bridging discursive and methodological gaps between information systems (IS) research and legal studies. Combining architectural and normative perspectives is a novel interdisciplinary research approach that provides a framework for analyzing techno-legal contexts. The merits and challenges of this approach are demonstrated and discussed in this paper using the example of COVID-19 contact tracing apps. We conceptualize our results on three levels of knowledge: the first is the actual knowledge of the exemplary contact tracing app we studied and its ecosystem; the second is knowledge of the architectural meta-model that we used, its benefits and its shortcomings; and the third is knowledge of the interdisciplinary research process of acquiring common knowledge shared by IS scholars and legal experts.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CSLAW 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 Symposium on Computer Science and Law
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages	143-154
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450392341
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3511265.3550451
State	Published - 1 Nov 2022
Externally published	Yes
Event	2022 ACM Symposium on Computer Science and Law, CSLAW 2022 - Washington, United States Duration: 1 Nov 2022 → 2 Nov 2022

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Name	CSLAW 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 Symposium on Computer Science and Law

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Conference	2022 ACM Symposium on Computer Science and Law, CSLAW 2022
Country/Territory	United States
City	Washington
Period	1/11/22 → 2/11/22

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Keywords

architecture
contact tracing app
covid-19
data ecosystem
hamagen
information systems
interdisciplinary research
law
privacy

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Computer Science
Law

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Burmeister, F., Zar, M., Böhmann, T., Elkin-Koren, N., Kurtz, C., & Schulz, W. (2022). Toward Architecture-Driven Interdisciplinary Research Learnings from a Case Study of COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps. In CSLAW 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 Symposium on Computer Science and Law (pp. 143-154). (CSLAW 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 Symposium on Computer Science and Law). Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1145/3511265.3550451

Burmeister, Fabian ; Zar, Mickey ; Böhmann, Tilo et al. / Toward Architecture-Driven Interdisciplinary Research Learnings from a Case Study of COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps. CSLAW 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 Symposium on Computer Science and Law. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2022. pp. 143-154 (CSLAW 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 Symposium on Computer Science and Law).

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Burmeister, F, Zar, M, Böhmann, T, Elkin-Koren, N, Kurtz, C & Schulz, W 2022, Toward Architecture-Driven Interdisciplinary Research Learnings from a Case Study of COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps. in CSLAW 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 Symposium on Computer Science and Law. CSLAW 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 Symposium on Computer Science and Law, Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, pp. 143-154, 2022 ACM Symposium on Computer Science and Law, CSLAW 2022, Washington, United States, 1/11/22. https://doi.org/10.1145/3511265.3550451

Toward Architecture-Driven Interdisciplinary Research Learnings from a Case Study of COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps. / Burmeister, Fabian; Zar, Mickey; Böhmann, Tilo et al.
CSLAW 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 Symposium on Computer Science and Law. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2022. p. 143-154 (CSLAW 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 Symposium on Computer Science and Law).

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Burmeister F, Zar M, Böhmann T, Elkin-Koren N, Kurtz C, Schulz W. Toward Architecture-Driven Interdisciplinary Research Learnings from a Case Study of COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps. In CSLAW 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 Symposium on Computer Science and Law. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. 2022. p. 143-154. (CSLAW 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 Symposium on Computer Science and Law). doi: 10.1145/3511265.3550451

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