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The 2004 International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems
(CTS'04)
Catamaran Resort Hotel ,San Diego , California, USA
January 18-23, 2004
In conjunction with the 2004 Western Multi conference ( WMC'04 )
Special Session on Mobile Collaborative Work
New Paper Submission Deadline: October 15, 2003
Brief Description :
The Internet now has 350 million users. It is expected to be 3 billion
mobile phones world-wide in 2004, and 1/10 of these will have Internet
access and be attached to powerful computers (source: IDC). More and more
companies are therefore working as virtual organizations, where people are
distributed, and collaborate over several locations and time zones. That
is, distributed , collaborative, mobile and partly asynchronous technology
enables sharing of documents and work plans. However, the infrastructure
and tools for carrying out projects in virtual organizations are still
immature. We must deal with heterogeneity of tools, equipment (laptops,
PDAs , mobile phones) and work models. In addition, mobility of devices
and partial lack of connectivity require regular synchronization of such
devices against stationary servers and PCs. Hence, there are several
challenges that must be faced.
This special session on Mobile Collaborative Work - to be held as part of
the 2004 International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems
(CTS'04) - will focus on the area of mobile collaborative computing, with
emphasis on cooperative mobile devices, systems and work processes. The
aim is to have a dedicated session that fosters closer interactions among
researchers and users communities, providing an excellent opportunity for
them to meet and discuss their ideas. We invite original contributions
from researchers in academia and computer industry on these emerging and
important areas of information technology.
Topics of Interest include (but are not limited to) :
* Cooperative mobile systems/devices
* Cooperative mobile modeling
* Characterization of mobile work
* Requirement analysis
* Mobile work process environments
* Mobile modeling framework
* Usability of mobile systems
* Mobile databases
Instructions for Author :
Authors are invited to submit original papers to the special session
organizers by September 15, 2003 . Electronic (postscript or pdf )
submissions are encouraged and should be sent to [log in to unmask] or
[log in to unmask] . For other electronic formats, please check with the
organizers. Papers should not exceed 5000 words. Include up to 5
keywords and an abstract of no more than 250 words. Submissions should
also include the title, authors name, affiliation, e-mail address, fax
number and postal address. In case of multiple authors, an indication of
which author is responsible for correspondence should also be included.
For non-electronic submission, please send four copies of the manuscript
to one of the special session co-organizers. All accepted and presented
papers will be included in the CTS'04 Proceedings .
Important Dates :
Paper Submission Deadline:............................. October 15, 2003
Notification of Acceptance :........................... October 22, 2003
Registration & Camera-Ready Paper Due :................ October 31, 2003
Special session Organizers :
Dr. Heri Ramampiaro
Dept. of Computer and Information Science (IDI)
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
S. Saelandsv . 7-9
N-7491 Trondheim ,NORWAY
Email: [log in to unmask]
Dr. Alf Inge Wang
Dept. of Computer and Information Science (IDI)
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
S. Saelandsv . 7-9
N-7491 Trondheim ,NORWAY
Email: [log in to unmask]
If you have questions concerning session paper submission or the session
content, please contact the organizers. If you have questions concerning
symposium paper submissions or the symposium program, please contact the
symposium co-chairs: Bill McQuay at AFRL/IFSD, WPAFB (
[log in to unmask] ) or Waleed Smari at the Dept. of Electrical
and Computer Engineering, University of Dayton
([log in to unmask] ).
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