*Call for Papers/Participation

WISE Workshop on Web-Based Collaborative Editing Systems
(The Second International Workshop on Collaborative Editing Systems)
http://www.cs.ucla.edu/~lidu/iwces2/

In conjunction with
The 1st International Conference on Web Information Systems Engineering
(WISE'2000)
( http://www.cs.cityu.edu.hk/~wise2000/ )
Hong Kong, China, June 18, 2000


*Description 

Collaborative editing (CE) is an important topic in the area of computer
supported collaborative work (CSCW). Collaborative editing systems (CES)
allow multiple users to edit the same set of documents collaboratively
over the computer networks synchronously or asynchronously. Traditional
topics include the design and implementation of multi-user text file
editors and graphics editors (e.g. whiteboard). Other document types such
as image, multimedia, hypertext, hypermedia are emerging as the target of
group editing in recent years. Applications of CES can be widely found in
teleconferencing, distance learning, collaborative authoring,
collaborative CAD/CASE, and so forth. 

As a special type of distributed systems, CESs inherit many technical
challenges which have been actively addressed in the literature of
distributed computing and database systems. However, due to the
omnipresence of human factors, CESs present a unique set of problems and
issues not addressed in traditional distributed systems and single-user
interactive applications. For example, high responsiveness is expected by
a user when he or she is performing local operations. Timely propagation
of user operations across computer networks promotes mutual awareness of
users and user activities. A CES not only needs to maintain consistency
across different sites but also needs to take into account the original
user intentions i.e. the context of operations. As a collaborative editing
session scales up from LAN to the Internet, those problems aggravate due
to the non-negligible network latencies. Algorithms and techniques (e.g.
transformation, multi-versioning, optional locking) proposed in CESs can
also bring new insights into the design of other distributed applications,
e.g., Internet-based multi-player games, collaborative virtual
environments, mobile computing, etc. 
  

*Participants 

We invite researchers and practicioners from different areas such as
distributed computing, human-computer interaction, and CSCW in general.
Researchers with experience in designing, implementing, or intensive using
group editors are especially encouraged to participate. One author of each
accepted paper is expected to give a 30-minute presentation. To promote
more indepth discussion in one day, the number of participants is expected
to be less than 20. 


*Submissions 

We invite submissions which address issues related to collaborative
editing, especially web-based collaborative editing systems. Interesting
topics include but are not limited to the following: 

- Collaborative text/graphics/image/multimedia/hypertext editors 
- Collaborative CAD/CASE, documentation, debugging, database design, etc. 
- Application of group editing techniques and algorithms in distributed 
  applications 
- Usability study of group editors and human factors 

Each participant is encouraged to submit a paper. Short position papers
should be no longer than four pages and regular papers be eight pages.
Submissions should be sent to Du Li ([log in to unmask]) or David Chen
([log in to unmask]). Electronic copies should be sent by email in MS
Word, PDF, Postscript, or HTML format. Hard copies can be sent to the the
mailing addresses of Du Li or David Chen as indicated above. 
 
 
*Important dates 

Submission Due: March 15, 2000 
Notification of acceptance: April 15, 2000 
Workshop: Hong Kong, China, June 18, 2000 
  

*URLs 

Web site of this workshop (IWCES-2): 
http://www.cs.ucla.edu/~lidu/iwces2/ 
Web site of previous workshop (IWCES-1): 
http://www.cit.gu.edu.au/~scz/sigce/conferences/group99ws.html 
Web site of SIGCE (An International Special Interest Group on
Collaborative Editing) 
http://www.cit.gu.edu.au/~scz/sigce/ 
The First International Conference on Web Information Systems Engineering
(WISE'2000) 
http://www.cs.cityu.edu.hk/~wise2000/


*Organizing Committee 

Du Li (Program Chair, primary contact) 
Computer Science Department
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA 90024, USA
Email: [log in to unmask]

David Chen (Program Co-Chair) 
School of Computing & Information Technology
Griffith University
Brisbane, Qld 4111, Australia
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Dr. Clarence (Skip) A. Ellis 
Department of Computer Science
University of Colorado, Boulder
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Dr. Chengzheng Sun 
School of Computing & Information Technology
Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia
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Dr. Matthias Ressel 
Advanced Engineering Center
UBS AG, Basel, Switzerland.
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Dr. Yanchun Zhang (general chair of WISE'2000) 
Department of Mathematics and Computing
University of Southern Queensland, Australia
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Dr. Hiroyuki Tarumi 
Dept. of Social Informatics
Kyoto University, Japan
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