From: Sabine Payr [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 11 September 2007 10:02
To: Interdisciplinary academic study of Cyber Society
Subject: [CSL] CfP: Socio-technical Systems - Design and Use, at
EMCSR'08
CALL FOR PAPERS
Symposium I: Socio-technical Systems - Design and Use
Organised by: Gerhard Chroust, Sabine Payr
at the
19th EUROPEAN MEETING ON CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS RESEARCH
(EMCSR 2008)
March 25 - 28, 2008
University of Vienna, Austria
The pervasiveness and ubiquity of Information and Communication
Technologies causes software-intensive systems to take over many,
previously 'human' tasks. The borders between the social and the
technical disappear progressively: while human-human relationships
become more and more technology-mediated, human-machine interactions
create illusions and expectations of sociality.
In this symposium we want to address three interrelated fields in this
continuum of socio-technical systems:
* 'Socio-technical systems in use': covering all aspects of social
interaction with intelligent systems, in particular conversational
artifacts
(robots, ECAs, dialog systems etc.); technology's role in shaping and
changing human relationships in social computing; qualitative and
quantitative studies and evaluation of socio-technical systems and their
users.
* 'Designing socio-technical systems': covering all aspects of the
design of such systems in order to satisfy the social expectations of
users. A clearer understanding of both human practices and technological
feasibility is needed.
* 'Socio-technical systems in a globalized world': socio-technical
systems allow and force people to cross cultural boundaries, be it in
collaboration, learning, entertainment or design. People both adapt to
foreign cultures and create new socio-technical subcultures. Design is
faced with the problem of accomodating multi-cultural user groups and of
navigating between glabalization and localization, between simulating
the old and fostering the new.
For this symposium we solicit contributions covering one or more of
above issues. Papers providing a systemic, holistic view of these
issues are especially welcome. A non-exhaustive list of of relevant
topics is:
* Human-Agent Interaction
* Embodying business and collaboration practices in agents
* Emergent cultural practices in interaction with socio-technical
systems; Social Computing
* Legal and ethical issues of agents
* Social identities, relationships and expectations in human-computer
interaction
* Gender issues
* Socializing conversational systems
* Cross-cultural human-computer interaction
* Cultural differences with respect to work attitude and social
behaviour
* Outsourcing of work across cultural boundaries - advantages, limits
and pitfalls
* Issues of cross-cultural technology-supported collaboration
* Embodying cultural differences in software intensive systems
(Localization)
* Mass-customisation across cultural boundaries
* Designing multicultural systems
... but any other topic related to the thematic area of the symposium is
also welcome!
Important Dates:
Deadline for submission: November 4, 2007
Notification of authors: December 16, 2007 (at the latest).
Camera ready papers): January 30, 2008.
Conference: March 25 - 28, 2008
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Further details and insdtructions are contained in the General Call for
Papers below
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An electronic version of this CfP can be found at
http://www.osgk.ac.at/emcsr/
NINETEENTH EUROPEAN MEETING
ON
CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS RESEARCH
(EMCSR 2008)
March 25 - 28, 2008
UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA
organized by the Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies
in cooperation with the
Institute of Medical Cybernetics and Artificial Intelligence,
Center for Brain Research, Medical University of Vienna
and the
International Federation for Systems Research
* * * * *
The international support of the European Meetings on Cybernetics and
Systems Research held in Austria in 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982,
1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004 and
2006
(when 500 scientists from more than 40 countries from all continents,
except the Antarctica, met to present, hear and discuss 137 papers)
encouraged the Council of the Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies
(OSGK) to organize a similar meeting in 2008 to keep pace with continued
rapid developments in related fields.
Submission Guidelines:
Acceptance of contributions will be determined on the basis of Draft
Final Papers. Each paper must explain clearly
- what problem it is trying to address,
- what has been tried before and why it isn't good enough,
- WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND WHY IT IS BETTER,
- some proof that your method is sound (or reference to it),
- how it will help others/apply to other problems,
- some results/proof it works.
Draft Final Papers must not exceed 6 pages (10-point, double column, for
style sheet see website), in English. They have to contain the final
text to be submitted, including graphs and pictures.
They must carry the title, author(s) name(s), and affiliation (incl.
e-mail address) in this order, and must include an abstract.
Please specify clearly the symposium you would like to submit your paper
to. Each scientist shall submit only ONE paper.
Authors should submit their manuscripts in electronic form by email to
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Please send your paper as attachment in .PDF format only! Use the
following subject header for your email:
EM08_<letter of the Symposium submitted to> _<Name of corresponding
author>,
(e.g. EM08_A_Meyer). This should also be the filename of the
manuscript.
Final Papers:
Electronic camera-ready copies of the final paper will be due by
January 30, 2008. Acceptance of the final paper will be based on
compliance with the reviewers' comments.
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Presentation:
It is understood that each accepted paper is to be presented personally
at the Meeting by one of its authors.
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Conference Fee:
EUR 250,-- if received before January 30, 2008 EUR 300,-- if received
later (only participants without paper
contribution)
EUR 350,-- if paid at the conference desk (only participants without
paper contribution)
The Final Paper must be accompanied by the payment of the Conference
Fee.
The Conference Fee includes participation in the Nineteenth European
Meeting, attendance at the official reception, coffee during breaks, and
the volumes of the proceedings available at the Meeting. Please send
cheque, or transfer the amount (free of charges for beneficiary) to the
account no. 0026-34400/00 of the Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies
at Bank Austria Creditanstalt, Vienna bank routing number: 12000, IBAN:
AT11 1100 0002 6344 0000, SWIFT/BIC Code: BKAUATWW
Please state your name clearly.
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Hotel Accommodation
will be handled by
AUSTROPA INTERCONVENTION,
Friedrichstra*e 7
A-1010 Vienna
phone +43-1-58800-514
fax +43-1-58800-520.
Scholarships
The International Federation for Systems Research is willing to provide
a limited number of scholarships covering the registration fee for the
conference for colleagues from weak currency countries.
Applications should be sent to the Conference Secretariat
***before*** November 4, 2007 under all circumstances.
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Insurance
The conference organizers can accept no liability for personal injuries,
or for loss or damage to property belonging to conference participants,
either during or as a result of the conference. Please check the
validity of your personal insurance.
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Chairman of the Meeting
Robert Trappl, President
Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies
Secretariat
I. Ghobrial-Willmann and U. Schulz
Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies
A-1010 Vienna 1, Freyung 6/6 (Austria)
Phone: +43-1-5336112-60
Fax: +43-1-5336112-77
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Programme Committee
S. Bandini (Italy) S. Payr (Austria)
R. Belohlavek (Czech Republic) P. Petta (Austria)
E. Buchberger (Austria) P. Prautsch (Czech Republic)
G. Chroust (Austria) Y. Rav (France)
G. Dorffner (Austria) D. Read (USA)
I. Ezhkova (Belgium) L. M. Ricciardi (Italy)
M. Fischer (UK) L. M. Ricciardi (Italy)
R. Glanville (UK) J. Scharinger (Austria)
J. Gratch (USA) O. Stepankova (Czech Republic)
V. Marik (Czech Republic) G.A. Swanson (USA)
M. Mulej (Slovenia) R. Trappl (Austria)
K. Oliva (Czech Republic) G. Vizzari (Italy)
Organizing Committee
E. Buchberger F. Kintzler
G. Chroust J. Matiasek
I. Ghobrial-Willmann P. Petta
W. Horn U. Schulz
J. Irran R. Trappl
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PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE: November 4, 2007
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REGISTRATION:
Electronic registration is possible via
http://www.osgk.ac.at/emcsr/
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