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Subject: Group'05 - Sanibel Florida, Preliminary Call for Papers


        Call for Papers GROUP 2005
International Conference on Supporting Group Work
       November 6-9, 2005
     Sanibel Island, FL USA

GROUP `05 is interested in topics related to computer-based systems that
have an impact on groups,
organizations and social networks.  A strong emphasis of GROUP `05 is the
integration of multiple
computer-based tools and technologies.  Relevant issues include the design,
implementation, deployment, evaluation, research methodologies, and impact
of these systems.
GROUP'05 is sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery Executive
Committee and the ACM Special Interest Group on
Supporting Group Work (ACM SIG
GROUP).http://www.acm.org/sigs/siggroup/conferences/group05/

Scope
    GROUP '05 attempts to integrate two themes of research: the
organizational and behavioral issues
and the modeling and implementation issues associated with collaborative
activity.  It brings together
researchers and practitioners from different areas working on the
development, introduction, management,
deployment, and analysis of computer-based collaborative systems.  We
particularly encourage
submissions and participation from industry.  Suggested topics include but
are not limited to:

Social Impact Issues:

- Experiences with the computing systems applications that support group or
organizational processes
- New forms of education, entertainment and social relations based on
cooperation technologies
- Understanding and modeling of groups or organizations
- Strategies and solutions for the combination or integration of the
emerging Internet businesses
- Social aspects of globally distributed computing and new cooperative work
technologies
- Digital communities: experiences and evaluation
- Impacts of wireless, mobile and wearable technologies on cooperative work
- Field-based analyses of work, entertainment, and domestic environments
- Ethnographic descriptions of new or novel domains, including new
industries and entertainment worlds
- Social aspects of medical or bio- informatics.
- Privacy and security
- New forms of Internet behavior, including peer-to-peer, blogs, and social
network-based systems
- Collaboratories and scientific work
- Organizational re-use of information

Technical Implementation Issues:

- Organizational computing systems and infrastructure
- New groupware solutions and technologies
- Computer-supported collaboration and negotiation
- Coordination and workflow technology
- Cooperative knowledge management, organizational learning and
organizational memory
- Cooperative technologies for education, entertainment and social life
- Innovative forms of human-computer interaction for cooperative
technologies

Submission categories

This year, Group'05 has expanded its submission categories to include
posters and short papers.
Submissions to the conference can be in the form of papers, demonstrations,
workshops, short papers,
posters, or tutorials.  Accepted papers will be published in the ACM Press
Conference Proceedings and the
ACM Digital Library.

Papers
   Paper submission on original research or industrial papers on any of the
conference topics are
invited.  Research papers should make clear the novel aspects of work they
present, and their
contribution to the development of system for supporting groups,
organizations or social
networks.  Industrial papers should describe technical or key business
issues in applying group
technology.  Further information will be soon available concerning on-line
submissions.

Posters
   Posters are a new submission category this year. Posters are an
opportunity to present late-breaking
and preliminary results, smaller results not suitable for a full or short
paper, innovative ideas not
yet validated through user studies, student research, and other research
best presented in this open
format. Posters will be displayed at a special session in the conference
when poster authors will be available to
discuss their work.

Short Papers
   Short papers are also a new submission category this year. The aim of
short papers is to provide a
forum to present new, original and unpublished work that does not fit into
the traditional long
paper format. Short paper topics can present any research relevant to the
conference theme.
They will be four pages in length, and will be more concise and focused than
long papers.

Workshops
    Workshops provide an informal and focused environment for the
information exchange and discussion of
Group related topics. A workshop proposal should contain a title, aim and
objective, intended participants
and workshop description. It should also specify the maximum number of
participants,
the planned duration (half-day/full-day) and the audio/visual equipment
needed. Workshops will take
place on Nov. 6th.

Tutorials
    The tutorial program will offer the opportunity to learn about concepts,
methods, systems, and
techniques for specific aspects of supporting group work. Experts on any
field of the conference scope
are encouraged to submit a tutorial proposal.  The proposal should contain a
title, aim and objectives,
content outline, intended audience and description of the qualification and
expertise of the instructors.
In addition it should also specify the maximum number of participants, the
planned duration
(half-day, full-day) and the audio/visual equipment needed.  Tutorials will
take place on Nov. 6th.

More detailed information about paper format and electronic submission can
be found at the conference web site:
http://www.acm.org/sigs/siggroup/conferences/group05/

Important Dates
All submissions must arrive: May 16, 2005 at 2400 EST
Notification of acceptance:  July 16, 2005
Camera ready paper due: Aug 15, 2005
Conference dates: Nov. 6-9, 2003

Conference Committee
Conference Co-Chairs:  Kjeld Schmidt and Mark Pendergast
Program Co-Chairs:     Mark Ackerman and Gloria Mark
Short Papers Chair:     Christine Halverson
Posters Co-Chairs:     Pamela Hinds and Jon Hindmarsh
Workshop/Tutorials Chair:    Carla Simone
Registration Chair:  Julian Newman
Treasurer:   Stephen Hayne
Information and Promotions: Myriam Lewkowicz


Dr. Mark Pendergast
CIS/CS Dept
Florida Gulf Coast University
(239) 590-7361 (239) 590-7330 fax
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