3rd International Workshop on Adaptive Collaboration
(AC 2012)
Call for Papers and Participation
As part of
The 2012 International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems (CTS 2012)
May 21-25, 2012
Denver, Colorado, USA
In Cooperation with ACM, IEEE, and IFIP
Extended Submission Deadline: February 07, 2012
Submissions could be for full papers, short papers, poster papers, or posters
SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES
Adaptation is a special property of human beings as highly intelligent creatures. It is also an emerging requirement for contemporary collaboration-related and computer-based applications, such as Service Computing (SC) systems, Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) systems, Man-Machine (MM) systems, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) systems, Sensor Network (SN) systems, Social Networks (SN) and production systems. Adaptive Collaboration (AC) is to provide general methodologies and mechanisms to support adaptability of collaboration so as to improve the group performance of collaboration. Adaptive collaboration is significantly challenging. For instance, user/agent modelling, user/agent information acquisition, environment information acquisition, group structures, role/task models, user/agent evaluation, and dynamic role/task assignment must be addressed in order to facilitate adaptive collaboration.
The workshop will present techniques, methodologies, algorithms, system integrations, and architectures issues related to Adaptive Collaboration.
The Workshop topics include (but are not limited to) the following:
Adaptation Methods & Techniques
Adaptive Computing
Adaptive Group Structures
Adaptive Networks for Collaboration
Adaptive Services
Adaptive Man-Machine Systems
Dynamic Role/Task Assignment
Environment Information Acquisition
Individual Performance Models
Group Performance Models
Role Models for Adaptation
Role-Based Adaptation
Role-Based Collaboration
Role Engine Design for Adaptive Collaboration
Role/Task Models
User/Agent Evaluation
Adaptation Languages
Adaptive User Interfaces
Agent Adaptation
Infrastructures for Adaptive Collaboration
Support for Adaptive Collaboration
Adaptive Social Networks
User/Agent Modelling
User/Agent Information Acquisition
Adaptive Collaborative Learning
Adaptive Supply Chains and Logistics
Adaptive Production Systems
Self-Adaptation
Measures and Monitors for Adaptive Systems
Adaptation for e-Business Processes and Operations
Application and Extension of the E-CARGO Model
PAPER SUBMISSION
You are invited to submit original and unpublished research works on above and other topics related to Adaptive Collaboration. Submitted papers must not have been published or simultaneously submitted elsewhere. Submission should include a cover page with authors' names, affiliation addresses, fax numbers, phone numbers, and email addresses. Please, indicate clearly the corresponding author and include up to 6 keywords from the above list of topics and an abstract of no more than 400 words. The full manuscript should be at most 8 pages using the two-column IEEE format. Additional pages will be charged additional fee. Short papers (up to 4 pages), poster papers and posters (please refer to http://cts2012.cisedu.info/home/posters for the submission details) will also be accepted for submission. Please include page numbers on all preliminary submissions to make it easier for reviewers to provide helpful comments. Submit a PDF copy of your full manuscript via email to the Workshop organizers at roles@nipissingu.ca or haibinz@nipissingu.ca and hluong@uark.edu.
Only PDF files will be accepted, sent by email to the workshop organizers. Each paper will receive a minimum of three reviews. Papers will be selected based on their originality, relevance, technical clarity and presentation. Submission implies the willingness of at least one of the authors to register and present the paper, if accepted. Authors of accepted papers must guarantee that their papers will be registered and presented at the Workshop.
Accepted papers will be published in the Conference proceedings. Instructions for final manuscript format and requirements will be posted on the CTS 2012 Conference web site. It is our intent to have the proceedings formally published in hard and soft copies and be available at the time of the conference. The proceedings is projected to be included in the IEEE Digital Library and indexed accordingly.
If you have any questions about paper submission or the workshop, please contact the workshop organizers.
IMPORTANT DATES
Extended Paper Submissions: ----------------------------- February 07, 2012
Acceptance Notification: -------------------------------------- February 21, 2012
Camera Ready Papers and Registration Due: ------------- March 07, 2012
Conference Dates: ----------------------------------------------- May 21 - 25, 2012
WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS
Haibin Zhu Hiep Luong
Nipissing University University of Arkansas
100 College Drive Fayetteville, AR 72701
North Bay, ON P1B8L7, Canada USA
Phone : +1 (705)474-3450 ext 4434 Phone : +1 (479) 575-5996
Fax : +1 (705)474-1947 Fax : +1 (479) 575-5339
Email: haibinz@nipissingu.ca Email: hluong@uark.edu
International Program Committee:
All submitted papers will be reviewed by the workshop technical program committee members following similar criteria used in CTS 2012.
• Sherif Abdelwahed, Mississippi State University, MS, USA
• Giacomo Cabri, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy
• Mihaela Dinsoreanu, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania & University of Maryland University College, MD, USA
• Hongbin Dong, Harbin Engineering University, China
• Henri F. Eberspacher, Pontifical Catholic University of Parana, Brazil
• Luca Ferrari, Nipissing University, ON, Canada
• Susan Gauch, University of Arkansas, AR, USA
• Bill Gruver, Intelligent Robotics Corp., BC, Canada
• Keith Harrison-Broninski, Role Modellers Ltd., U.K.
• Weirong Jiang, Juniper Networks Inc. - Sunnyvale, CA, USA
• Serge Kernbach, University of Stuttgart, Germany
• Shin-Jie Lee, National Central University, Taiwan
• Linyuan Liu, Nanjing Audit University, China
• Xinjun Mao, National University of Defense Technology, China
• Vincent T. Y. Ng, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
• Alexandros Paramythis, Johannes Kepler University, Austria
• Juha Plosila, University of Turku, Finland
• Shaohua Teng, Guangdong University of Technology, China
• Stephan Weibelzahl, National College of Ireland, Ireland
• Bin Xu, Zhejiang Gongshang University, China
• Haiping Xu, Univ. of Massachusetts - Dartmouth, MA, USA
• Yu Zhang, Trinity University,TX, USA
(*Partial Committee. Will be completed shortly.)
For information or questions about Conference's paper submission, tutorials, posters, workshops, special sessions, exhibits, demos, panels and forums organization, doctoral colloquium, and any other information about the conference location, registration, paper formatting, etc., please consult the Conference’s web site at URL: http://cts2012.cisedu.info/ or contact one of the Conference's organizers or Co-Chairs: Geoffrey C. Fox at gcf@indiana.edu and Waleed W. Smari at Smari@arys.org.