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Invitation to Participate

You are invited to contribute original work to CSCW'98, the 1998 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work.

The CSCW Conference is the preeminent venue for presenting research and development achievements covering the design, introduction, and use of technology that affects groups, organizations, and society. Since its inception a decade ago, CSCW has been on the leading edge of our extraordinary expansion in the uses of technology. CSCW'98 will play an important role in framing and extending the discussion about technology's role in work and the home.

CSCW is highly multi-disciplinary. If you think you might belong here, you do belong here. Examples of recent CSCW presentations include a study of large-scale deployment of Lotus Notes in a major accounting firm, improved algorithms for concurrency control, an ethnographic study of technology use in the fashion industry, and approaches to developing more flexible workflow systems. Topics include, but are not limited to:

• Technology use in specific work domains
• Innovations and experiences with Intranets, the Internet, WWW
• Theoretical aspects of coordination and communication
• New technologies and architectures to support group activity
• Social and organizational effects of introducing technology
• Methodologies and tools for design and analysis
• Ethnographic and case studies of work practice

Note: See the Student Volunteer homepage for a list of accepted student volunteers and more detailed information.

Students are invited to apply to volunteer at CSCW'98. In exchange for 20 hours of volunteer work, students will receive complimentary conference registration and an invitation to the conference reception. Space will be limited. Students enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate program for the 1998-1999 school year should request a volunteer application as soon as possible.

Send a message to:

Include full name, return address, Internet address if appropriate, name of school, which degree you are seeking, your discipline, and where you are in your education process (for example: junior, first year graduate student, etc.).

CSCW'98 is sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery/Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (SIGCHI) and the Special Interest Group on Supporting Group Work (SIGGROUP). For membership information, contact:

ACM
1515 Broadway
New York, NY 10036-5701
phone: +1 212 626 0500
email: acmhelp@acm.org
web: http://www.acm.org/

Committee:

Email: cscw-committee@acm.org

Conference Co-Chairs

Steve Poltrock, The Boeing Company

(poltrock@redwood.rt.cs.boeing.com)

Jonathan Grudin, University of California, Irvine

(grudin@ics.uci.edu)

Program Co-Chairs

Christine Neuwirth, Carnegie Mellon University

(cmn+@andrew.cmu.edu)

Saul Greenberg, University of Calgary

(saul@cpsc.ucalgary.ca)

Associate Program Chairs

Mark S. Ackerman, University of California, Irvine, USA

Tora K. Bikson, RAND Corp., USA

Giorgio De Michelis, University of Milano, Italy

Gerardine DeSanctis, Duke University, USA

Paul Dourish, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, USA

W. Keith Edwards, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, USA

Thomas A. Finholt, University of Michigan, USA

Hiroshi Ishii, MIT Media Lab, USA

Simon Kaplan, University of Queensland, Australia

Sara Kiesler, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

Robert Kraut, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

Alison Lee, IBM TJ Watson Research Center, USA

Ken-Ichi Okada, Keio University, Japan

John F. Patterson, Lotus Development Corp., USA

Atul Prakash, University of Michigan, USA

Mike Robinson, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland

Chris Schmandt, MIT Media Lab, USA

Norbert A. Streitz, GMD Integrated Publication and Information Systems Institute (IPSI), Germany

John C. Tang, Sun Microsystems, Inc., USA

Additional reviews by:

Lee Sproull

Scott Brave

Paul Yarin

Fiorella DeCindio

Christine Halverson

Charlotte Linde

M. Lynne Markus

Kevin Schlueter

Mike Travers

Susan Brennan

Doug Terry

Samuli Pekkola

A/V & Computing Co-Chairs

Randy Groves, The Boeing Company

(randy.groves@boeing.com)

Steve Russert, The Boeing Company

(steven.w.russert@boeing.com)

Chris Esposito, The Boeing Company

(christopher.esposito@boeing.com)

Demonstrations Chair

Beth Hetzler, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

(beth.hetzler@pnl.gov)

Doctoral Colloquium Co-Chairs

Gary Olson, University of Michigan

(gmo@umich.edu)

Judy Olson, University of Michigan

(jsolson@umich.edu)

Electronic Publishing Chair

Scott Mainwaring, Interval Research Corp.

(mainwaring@acm.org)

Industrial Liaisons

Jane N. Mosier, MITRE Corp.

(jmosier@modavi.com)

Lucia M. Deus, MITRE Corp.

(lucy@mitre.org)

Local Arrangements Co-Chairs

Deborah Dubrow, Microsoft Corp.

(debdu@microsoft.com)

Gayna Williams, Microsoft Corp.

(gaynaw@microsoft.com)

Panels Co-Chairs

M. Lynne Markus, Claremont Graduate University

(markusm@cgs.edu)

Tora Bikson, The RAND Corp.

(tora@rand.org)

Proceedings Chair

David G. Durand, Boston University

(dgd@cs.bu.edu)

Publications Co-Chairs

George Engelbeck, The Boeing Company

(george.e.engelbeck@boeing.com)

Christoph Bussler, The Boeing Company

(christoph.bussler@pss.boeing.com)

Registration Chair

Steve Anderson, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

(Steve.Anderson@quickmail.llnl.gov)

Student Volunteers Co-Chairs

Christine Halverson, IBM, TJ Watson Research Center

(krys@watson.ibm.com)

Gail L. Rein, Xerox Corp.

(rein@wrc.xerox.com)

Eileen Kupstas Soo, University of North Carolina

(kupstas@cs.unc.edu)

Treasurer

Keith Lash, The Boeing Company

(keith.w.lash@boeing.com)

Tutorials Co-Chairs

Mark Ackerman, University of California, Irvine

(ackerman@ics.uci.edu)

Thomas Finholt, University of Michigan

(finholt@umich.edu)

Videos Co-Chairs

Steve Whittaker, AT&T Labs Research

(whittaker@research.att.com)

John C. Tang, Sun Microsystems, Inc.

(tang@eng.sun.com)

Workshops Co-Chairs

Mike Robinson, University of Jyväskylä

(mike@jytko.jyu.fi)

Paul Dourish, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center

(dourish@acm.org)

ACM Liaison

David Riederman, ACM

(riederman@hq.acm.org)

Asian Liaison

Ken-Ichi Okada, Keio University

(okada@inst.keio.ac.jp)

Australian Liaison

Simon Kaplan, The University of Queensland

(s.kaplan@dstc.edu.au)

European Liaisons

Gloria Mark, GMD Institute for Applied Information Technology (FIT)

(gloria.mark@gmd.de)

Norbert A. Streitz, GMD Integrated Publication and Information Systems Institute (IPSI)

(streitz@darmstadt.gmd.de)

Latin American Liaison

Hugo Fuks, Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro

(hugo@inf.puc-rio.br)

PDC Liaison

David Levinger, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

(levity@rpi.edu)

SIGCHI Liaison

Gerrit van der Veer, Vrije Universiteit

(gerrit@cs.vu.nl)

SIGGROUP Liaison

Dirk Mahling, University of Pittsburgh

(mahling@lis.pitt.edu)

Conference Management and Registration Contractor

Stephanie Benjamin, Convention Services Northwest

(stephanie@csnwseattle.com)

Tina Nathan, Convention Services Northwest

(tina@csnwseattle.com)

Publications Vendor

Bob Meador, Infinity Design

(infinity@infinitydesign.com)

April 3, 1998:		Papers due Tutorial proposals due
May 1, 1998:		Video proposals due Workshop proposals due Panel proposals due
June 19, 1998:		Notification of Papers, Panels, Tutorials, Workshops, and Videos accepted
July 10, 1998:		Doctoral Colloquium proposals due Demonstration proposals due
August 14, 1998:		Notification of Demonstrations and Doctoral Colloquia accepted Tutorial notes due

Submissions must be in English and conform to the specific guidelines for their category. Formatting should conform to the SIGCHI Conference Publications Format. (Note: Unlike CHI conference papers, papers for CSCW'98 may be up to 10 pages long.) Each submission (send 6 copies) must have a cover sheet that includes:

• Title and authors
• Name, affiliation, addresses (telephone, fax, email)
• Category of submission (Paper, Workshop, Tutorial, Video, Panel, Demonstration, or Doctoral Colloquium)
• Name of primary contact person

• Papers
• Panels
• Workshops
• Tutorials
• Demonstrations
• Videos
• Doctoral Colloquium

Due date: Friday, April 3, 1998

For more detailed information, see the Guide to Successful Paper Submissions in the Author Kit.

Papers should present original reports of substantive new work or integrative reviews of some aspect of CSCW. Theory, methodology, systems and concept papers should present new theories, methodologies, empirical results, architectures, prototype systems, or design concepts that stimulate new ways of thinking about, studying or supporting, CSCW. Application and practice papers should describe experiences with CSCW systems. All papers should provide a concise message to the audience about how the work relates to previous research or experience and what aspects of the work are new. Papers will be evaluated on the basis of originality, significance of the contribution to the field, quality of research, contribution to conference program diversity, and quality of writing.

Submission requirements:

• Submit 6 copies, each with a cover sheet (see General Submission Requirements)
• Papers must include an abstract of no more than 100 words.
• Papers must be 10 pages or fewer, including abstract, figures, and references, and formated according to the SIGCHI Conference Publications Format.
• The full paper must be submitted by regular mail (i.e., no email or fax submissions). In addition, send email to cmn@andrew.cmu.edu containing only the title, authors, affiliations (including email addresses), and abstract in ASCII format.

Additional dates:

Submissions:

Requests for information:

Due date: Friday, May 1, 1998

Panels should examine innovative, provocative, controversial, or late-breaking issues. The best panels are often structured as a debate with an opportunity for audience participation.

Submission requirements:

• Submit 6 copies, each with a cover sheet (see General Submission Requirements)
• Panel proposals should be a maximum of 3 pages
• Proposals should include the panel topic, the names of panelists who agree to participate, descriptions of each panelists' expertise, a position statement by each panelist, and the proposed structure or format of the panel.

Additional dates:

Submissions and requests for information:

Due date: Friday, May 1, 1998

Workshops provide an opportunity to discuss and explore emerging areas of CSCW research with a group of like-minded researchers and practitioners. Workshops may focus on any aspect of CSCW theory or practice, established concerns or new ideas. The goal of the workshop is to share understandings and experiences, to foster research communities, to learn from each other and to envision future directions.

Workshops typically run for one full day. Opportunities will be available for the outcome of workshops to be reported to the rest of the CSCW conference through posters, and for reports on the workshops to be published in SIGGROUP Bulletin.

Since CSCW will directly follow PDC (the Participatory Design Conference) in Seattle, we are looking forward to the opportunities to bring these two groups together through shared conference workshops. As a result, we particularly encourage submissions of interest to both the CSCW and PD communities.

Submission requirements:

• Submit 6 copies, each with a cover sheet (see General Submission Requirements)
• An abstract of no more than 150 words
• The theme of the workshop
• A description of activities and goals
• Background of the organizer(s)
• Maximum number of participants, the means of soliciting participation, and the means of selecting participants

Submissions:

Requests for information:

Due date: Friday, April 3, 1998

CSCW 98 will offer tutorials designed to give participants the opportunity to learn about CSCW concepts and techniques in intensive sessions. Proposals are solicited for half-day and full day tutorials.

Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

• An introduction to CSCW
• A technical overview of CSCW
• Specific methodologies for understanding CSCW contexts and applications
• Techniques for developing CSCW applications
• Theories and/or practices in participatory design
• Specific CSCW applications (e.g., collaborative games, collaborative writing tools, group meeting tools, media spaces, community data systems, virtual communities, social information filtering technology)

Submission requirements:

• Submit 6 copies, each with a cover sheet (see General Submission Requirements)
• Four short paragraphs for potential attendees stating goals and objectives of the tutorial, content of tutorial and kinds of activities, intended audience (including level, e.g., "beginners"), and qualifications of each instructor
• A maximum of 5 pages describing the tutorial, including its duration (half-day or full-day) and a topic outline of the tutorial content
• A/V and computer equipment required
• Any other information that will assist the review committee

Additional dates:

Submissions and requests for information:

Due date: Friday, July 10, 1998

Demonstrations allow conference participants to view novel or noteworthy CSCW systems in action, discuss the systems with those who created them, and perhaps to try them out. Appropriate demonstrations include applications, technologies, research prototypes and products. Demos are spaced around a large room and run concurrently within a set block of time, with attendees free to visit demos of interest. This promotes informal interaction and in-depth information exchange among demo presenters and attendees.

This forum is not an opportunity for marketing or sales presentations. Presenters must have been directly involved with the development of the system and be able to explain the differentiating and novel contributions of the system.

Submission requirements:

• Submit 6 copies each with a cover sheet (see General Submission Requirements)
• The demo proposal should be a maximum of 4 pages
• The proposal should include an abstract no longer than 150 words
• The proposal should include descriptions of the product, application, etc.; the kind(s) of cooperative work it is intended to support; the noteworthy and distinguishing ideas or approaches it embodies; and what will be shown in the demonstration.
• Include information on the presenter(s), including their relationship to the project.
• Include detailed description of needed space, equipment support, and Internet connectivity
• Send an email message containing the title, authors, affiliations (including email address), and abstract to beth.hetzler@pnl.gov

Additional dates:

Submissions and requests for information:

Due date: (for submissions) Friday, May 1, 1998

For more detailed information, see the Guide to Successful Video Submissions in the Author Kit.

Videos are a great way to present work that involves dynamic interaction, ranging from demonstrations of new systems to complex aspects of group communication and work practice. A panel of international reviewers will review videos for their technical content, interest to the CSCW community, communication effectiveness, and production quality. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Demonstrations of innovative research prototypes
• Demonstrations (but not marketing) of novel aspects of commercial systems
• Studies of work practice that have implications for CSCW
• Retrospective collections of significant CSCW fields of work
• Visions of future technologies

Submission requirements:

• Submit 6 copies each with a cover sheet (see General Submission Requirements) and an abstract of no more than 150 words.
• Submit ONE videotape for review in any of the following formats: VHS, Super-VHS, 3/4-inch, Hi-8, 8mm, in NTSC or PAL. If the video is accepted, a high quality format will be required for the final version (in decreasing order of preference: Beta SP, 3/4-inch, Hi-8, 8mm, and Super VHS).
• Videotapes should be 4 - 8 minutes long. Longer videos will be subject to stricter review criteria. Rough videos in progress will be considered, but will (if tentatively accepted) be subject to a second review process after final production.

Additional dates:

Submissions:

Requests for information:

Due date: Friday, July 10, 1998

CSCW'98 will offer a Doctoral Colloquium. This Colloquium is a forum in which Ph.D. students can meet and discuss their work with each other and a panel of experienced CSCW researchers and practitioners.

We welcome applicants from a broad range of disciplines and approaches which inform CSCW, including sociology, computer science, cognitive science, and related fields. Applicants should be beyond the proposal stage and into their dissertation research. The Colloquium committee will select about 10 participants who will be expected to give a short, informal presentation of their work during the Colloquium, to be followed by a discussion.

Submission requirements:

• Submit 6 copies, each with a cover sheet (see General Submission Requirements)
• Proposals should include an abstract of no more than 150 words, a 2-3 page description of work in progress, and a 2-3 paragraph biographical sketch

Additional Dates:

Submissions and requests for information:

Judith S. Olson
email: jsolson@umich.edu
phone: +1 313 647 4606

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