[Gzz] CFP: GROUP '03 International Conference on Supporting Group Work (fwd)

[Alatalo Toni]

GROUP '03 International Conference on Supporting Group Work
call for papers, deadline May 15, 2003 at 2400 GMT

was interesting to see how the ex-gzz dev. process was described by you in
the UMLLink (-> navidoc?) paper submitted to ht03, not least in the
context of my previous work (development methodology development in
http://owla.oulu.fi/ - a bit connected to the metaphor group at jyu)

am going to present (lecture to students in the course of human
communication) about how irc can be used for work, using (&netppl and)
#fenfire (and #kyperjokki, #appelsiini (companies)) as examples next
wednesday, probably focusing on how the Storm article was written by
a geographically separated group of people (some of whom have never met :)
Internet-based communication environments were/are also the topic of my
(unfinished) master thesis, that am repackaging now again..

as collaboration (i.e. group work, right?) is a central aspect of Storm
and much of Fenfire in general, and the project is bootstrapping it(?),
thought that this call for paper might be relevant. disclaimer: i don't
know your publication strategy, and my own is quite unclear now too..

but there certainly is a lot of substance: this list, PEGs, cvbot on irc,
umllink/navidoc .. the combination of that all and supporting policies.

(uh, perhaps i should pay more attention to the students here, now :)

~Toni

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Call for Papers

GROUP '03
International Conference on Supporting Group Work

November 9-12, 2003
Sanibel Island, FL USA

GROUP '03 is interested in topics related to computer-based systems
that have an impact on groups, organizations and social networks.  A
strong emphasis of GROUP '03 is the integration of multiple
computer-based tools and technologies.  Relevant issues include the
design, implementation, deployment, evaluation, research
methodologies, and impact of these systems.
GROUP'03 is sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery's
Special Interest Group on Supporting Group Work (ACM SIG GROUP).

http://www.acm.org/siggroup/conferences/group03

Scope
GROUP '03 attempts to integrate two themes of research: the
organizational and behavioral issues and the modeling and
implementation issues associated with group work.  It brings together
researchers and practitioners from different areas working on the
development, introduction, management, deployment, and analysis of
computer-based systems supporting group work within organizations.
We particularly encourage submissions and participation from
industry.  Suggested topics include but are not limited to:

Social Impact Issues:
… Experiences with the computing systems applications that support
group or organizational processes
… New forms of education, entertainment and social relations based on
cooperation technologies
… Understanding and modeling of groups or organizations
… Strategies and solutions for the combination or integration of the
emerging Internet businesses
… Social aspects of globally distributed computing and new
cooperative work technologies
… Digital communities: experiences and evaluation
… Impacts of wireless, mobile and wearable technologies on cooperative work
… Qualitative analyses of cooperative work

Technical Implementation Issues:
… Organizational computing systems and infrastructure
… New groupware solutions and technologies
… Computer-supported collaboration and negotiation
… Coordination and workflow technology
… Cooperative knowledge management, organizational learning and
organizational memory
… Cooperation technologies for education, entertainment and social life
… Innovative forms of human-computer interaction for cooperative technologies

Submission categories
Submissions to the conference can be in the form of papers,
demonstrations, workshops, or tutorials..   Accepted papers will be
published in the ACM Press Conference Proceedings and the ACM Digital
Library.

Papers
Paper submission on original research or industrial papers on any of
the conference topics are invited.  Research papers should make clear
the novel aspects of work they present, and their contribution to the
development of system for supporting groups, organizations or social
networks.  Industrial papers should describe technical or key
business issues in applying group technology.  Please reference the
web site for details in the spring.

Workshops
Workshops provide an informal and focused environment for the
information exchange and discussion of Group related topics. A
workshop proposal should contain a title, aim and objective, intended
participants and workshop description. It should also specify the
maximum number of participants, the planned duration
(half-day/full-day) and the audio/visual equipment needed. Workshops
will take place on Nov. 9th.

Tutorials
The tutorial program will offer the opportunity to learn about
concepts, methods, systems, and techniques for specific aspects of
supporting group work. Experts on any field of the conference scope
are encouraged to submit a tutorial proposal.  The proposal should
contain a title, aim and objectives, content outline, intended
audience and description of the qualification and expertise of the
instructors.  In addition it should also specify the maximum number
of participants, the planned duration (half-day, full-day) and the
audio/visual equipment needed.  Tutorials will take place on Nov. 9th.

More detailed information about paper format and electronic
submission can be found at the conference web site after March 15,
2003.

Important Dates
All submissions must arrive:    May 15, 2003 at 2400 GMT
Notification of acceptance:     July 15, 2003
Camera ready paper due: Aug 15, 2003
Conference dates:               Nov. 9-12, 2003

Conference Committee
Conference Co-Chairs:  Kjeld Schmidt and Mark Pendergast
Program Co-Chairs:      Marilyn Tremaine and Carla Simone
Workshop Chair: Kjeld Schmidt
Tutorials Chair:        Gloria Mark
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Dipartimento di Informatica, Sistemistica e Comunicazione
Universita' di Milano Bicocca
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