CFP HICSS 2010 Minitrack "Context-aware Computing and Collaboration"

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> HICSS-43 Call for papers for the minitrack on:
> "CONTEXT-AWARE COMPUTING AND COLLABORATION"
> Part of the Collaboration Systems and Technology Track of the
> Forty-Third Annual Hawai'i International Conference on Systems
> Sciences (HICSS)
> Kauai, HI - January 5 - 8, 2010
>
> Submission deadline:
> June 15, 2009 (abstract appreciated by May 15)
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> http://hicss43.wineme.fb5.uni-siegen.de/index.php
>
> We invite submissions for the minitrack on "Context-aware
> Computing and Collaboration" as part of the Collaboration
> Systems and Technology Track at the Hawaii International
> Conference on System Sciences (HICSS).
>
> Context-aware computing refers to computing systems that adapt
> their behavior based on context information of the users, the
> environment and the system itself. Context-aware systems often
> have emerged from research settings to products and use
> practice. The systems support user interaction, coordination
> and collaboration in professional and domestic settings.
> Complementing research on the technological feasibility of
> context-aware systems, questions regarding the manageability
> and transparency of context-based services from a user
> perspective come to the fore. In particular, ubiquitous
> computing applications help bridge between virtual and
> real-world context dimensions (both, concerning virtual and
> real context sensors and virtual and real context factors). The
> resulting systems often remain opaque to users, and their
> workings and reactions are difficult to interpret and use based
> on traditional computer usage experience.
>
> This minitrack aims to contribute, on the one hand, to the
> collection of use-oriented problems in context-based
> collaboration. Furthermore, we aim to discuss resulting
> implications regarding the technical design of interfaces as
> well as software and hardware architectures. Special attention
> is given to context modeling and implementation of the various
> collaborative scenarios as well as to the associated
> possibilities of manual (adaptability) or automatic
> (adaptivity) in-use-adjustment. A further special area of
> interest within a user-oriented perspective is the
> understanding of problem dynamics in scenarios with
> multiple-context systems and technologies, and problem dynamics
> of emergence or evolution of context-based systems,
> particularly as they relate to collaboration.
>
> We would like to invite contributions of researchers and
> practitioners on (but not limited to) the following questions:
> - What practical experiences ñ positive as well as negative ñ
> have been made with regard to the usage of context-aware
> computing and collaboration in real organizational settings?
> What experiences have been made with adaptation mechanisms
> (automatic as well as interactive) of such systems in these
> settings?
> - How can relations between context descriptions/models,
> context sensors and context-based services for context-aware
> collaboration be described in a way that they can be inform end
> users? What challenges have to be met with regard to
> visualization and manipulation interfaces?
> - What experiences have been collected with ontologies and
> folksonomies in use? When do we need standardized, defined
> ontologies, and when can we use folksonomies providing rich
> context descriptions? How do systems have to be designed to
> support the adaptation of context descriptions over their
> lifecycle?
> - What are suitable models for context management? How can
> context concepts be retrieved and represented?
> - How can context architectures be effectively designed for
> sustainable usages (context evolution, context adaptation,
> traceability for end-users) in collaborative settings?
> - What do appropriate architectures for the realization of
> context-adaptive collaboration systems that remain modifiable
> in-use look like? What services have to be provided by such a
> context-adaptive collaboration system? What interfaces are
> needed for a context-dependent adaptation of the system
> behavior?
>
> We are looking for contributions on those topics in relation to
> research as well as practice. Thus, contributions are welcome
> that contain original ideas on context modeling, analysis,
> design and evaluation for collaboration processes and systems.
> There are no preferred methodological stances for this
> minitrack: this minitrack is open to both qualitative and
> quantitative research, to research from a positivist,
> interpretivist, or critical perspective, to studies from the
> lab, from the field, or developmental in nature.
>
> Themes and topics of relevance to this minitrack include, but
> are not limited to (related topics not listed are especially
> welcome):
> - Context-based Information Retrieval
> - Location-based Services
> - Mixed-Media Environments
> - Tagging Systems, other Semantic Web Applications
> - Mobility Services
> - Knowledge Management and Knowledge Media Creation
> - Community Applications
> - Collaborative Virtual Environments
>
> Extended versions of selected papers will be considered for a possible
> Special Issue of the Journal on Personal and Ubiquitous Computing and/
> or a book publication.
>
> MINITRACK COORDINATORS:
>
> Dr. Anind K. Dey
> Assistant Professor
> Carnegie Mellon University
> HCI Institute
> 5000 Forbes Ave.
> Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3891
> USA
> P: +1 (412) 268-9378
> F: +1 (412) 268-1266
> E: anind@cs.cmu.edu
> W: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~anind/
>
> Dr. Stephan Lukosch
> Assistant Professor Collaboration Technology
> Delft University of Technology
> Faculty of Technology, Policy, and Management
> Department of Systems Engineering
> PO box 5015, 2600 GA Delft
> The Netherlands
> P: +31 (0)15-2783403
> F: +31 (0)15-2783429
> E: s.g.lukosch@tudelft.nl
> W: http://www.tudelft.nl/sglukosch
>
> Prof. Dr. Volkmar Pipek
> Assistant Professor for CSCW in Organizations
> University of Siegen
> Institute for Information Systems
> Hˆlderlinstr. 3
> 57068 Siegen
> Germany
> P: +49 271 740 4068
> F: +49 271 740 3384
> E: volkmar.pipek@uni-siegen.de
> W: http://www.cscw.uni-siegen.de/
>
> The purpose of HICSS is to provide a forum for the interchange
> of ideas, research results, development activities, and
> applications among academicians and practitioners in
> computer-based systems sciences. The conference consists of
> tutorials, advanced seminars, presentations of accepted papers,
> open forum, tasks forces, and plenary and distinguished guest
> lectures. There is a high degree of interaction and discussion
> among the conference participants because the conference is
> conducted in a workshop-like setting.
>
> Instructions for submitting papers:
> 1. Submit an electronic copy of the full paper, 10 pages
> including title page, abstract, references and diagrams using
> the review system available at the HICSS site, make sure that
> the authorsí names and affiliation information has been removed
> to ensure an anonymous review.
> 2. Do not submit the paper to more than one minitrack. The
> paper should contain original material and not be previously
> published or currently submitted for consideration elsewhere.
> 3. Provide the required information to the review system such
> as title, full name of all authors, and their complete
> addresses including affiliation(s), telephone number(s) and
> e-mail address(es).
> 4. The first page of the paper should include the title and a
> (max) 300-word abstract.
>
> DEADLINES:
> - May 15: OPTIONAL: Abstracts submitted to Minitrack Chairs
> for guidance, indication of appropriate content and to receive
> instructions on submitting full paper.
> - June 15: Full papers uploaded in the directory of the
> appropriate minitrack.
> - August 15: Notification of accepted papers mailed to
> authors.
> - September 15: Accepted manuscripts, camera-ready, uploaded;
> author(s) must register by this time.
>
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> Prof. Dr. Volkmar Pipek
> Juniorprofessur für Computerunterstützte Gruppenarbeit in Organisati
> onen/FB 5
> Universität Siegen
> Hölderlinstr. 3
> 57068 Siegen
> http://www.cscw.uni-siegen.de/
> Tel.: +49 271 740 4068
> Fax.: +49 271 740 3384
> volkmar.