CFP: Supporting Scientific Collaboration

> Call for Papers: Special Issue of JCSCW
>
> SUPPORTING SCIENTIFIC COLLABORATION
> THROUGH CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE AND E-SCIENCE
>
> Guest Editors: Charlotte P. Lee, David Ribes, Matthew J. Bietz ,
> Marina
> Jirotka, and Helena Karasti
>
> Scientific collaboration using cyberinfrastructure (CI), or e-
> Science, is
> forward facing. e-Science projects aim to support the collaboration of
> research communities, whether by facilitating distanced
> collaboration or
> sharing data and computational resources. The most ambitious e-Science
> projects are creating entirely novel scientific fields, anticipating
> and
> actively cultivating new scientific communities and practices. Such
> endeavors present original challenges to researchers in CSCW fields:
> questions of large-scale technology development, of supporting
> communities
> in addition to groups, and of long-term sustainability.
>
> Cyberinfrastructure and e-Science projects are partially information
> technology research ventures, but they are also forms of applied
> sociology,
> e.g., building bridges across heterogeneous disciplinary traditions
> and
> scientific methods. Careful attention must be paid to the full range
> of
> participant's activities as they go about their work. How to establish
> reliable, accessible and appropriate information infrastructure is a
> challenge for contemporary CSCW.
>
> For this special issue on computer supported scientific
> collaboration, we
> welcome research on topics such as, but not limited to: case studies
> or
> comparative analyses of cyberinfrastructure & e-Science development
> or use;
> novel applications for large-scale scientific collaboration; and
> practices
> for supporting heterogeneous, distributed, or long-term
> collaborations. We
> seek empirically grounded studies with a sensibility for theoretical
> contributions to CSCW and closely related fields.
>
> SCHEDULE AND SUBMISSION PROCESS
> October 1, 2009: Deadline for submission of manuscripts
> November 1, 2009: Notification of acceptance
> January 15, 2009: Submission of finished manuscripts
> 2010: Publication
>
> INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS: http://www.springer.com/computer/journal/10606
>
> SUBMITTING MANUSCRIPTS: Authors should submit their manuscripts to the
> Editorial Manager (EM) system (at http://www.editorialmanager.com/cosu/
> )..
> Select the appropriate special issue under Article Type: "Scientific
> Collaboration Through Cyberinfrastructure."
>
> ABOUT THE JOURNAL: Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)
> disseminates
> innovative research results and provides an interdisciplinary forum
> for the
> debate and exchange of ideas concerning theoretical, practical,
> technical,
> and social issues in CSCW. Coverage ranges from ethnographic studies
> of
> cooperative work to reports on the development of CSCW systems and
> their
> technological foundations.
>
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