[Call for Papers] CollaborateCom 2014 : Collaborative Computing

Oct 22, 2014 – Oct 25, 2014
Miami, Florida, USA
Abstract Registration Due: Jun 16, 2014
Submission Deadline: Jun 23, 2014
Notification Due: Jul 31, 2014
http://collaboratecom.org/2014

Scope

Over the last two decades, many organizations and individuals have relied on electronic collaboration between distributed teams of humans, computer applications, and/or autonomous robots to achieve higher productivity and produce joint products that would have been impossible to develop without the contributions of multiple collaborators. Technology has evolved from standalone tools, to open systems supporting collaboration in multi-organizational settings, and from general purpose tools to specialized collaboration grids. Future collaboration solutions that fully realize the promises of electronic collaboration require advancements in networking, technology and systems, user interfaces and interaction paradigms, and interoperation with application-specific components and tools.

The Tenth International Conference on Collaborative Computing (CollaborateCom 2014) will continue to serve as a premier international forum for discussion among academic and industrial researchers, practitioners, and students interested in collaborative networking, technology and systems, and applications.

Topics

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Participatory sensing, crowdsourcing, and citizen science
Architectures, protocols, and enabling technologies for collaborative computing networks and systems
Autonomic computing and quality of services in collaborative networks, systems, and applications
Collaboration in pervasive and cloud computing environments
Collaboration in data-intensive scientific discovery
Collaboration in social media
Big data and spatio-temporal data in collaborative environments/systems
Collaboration techniques in data-intensive computing and cloud computing
Collaborative e-education, e-learning, and collaborative computing in large scale digital libraries
Collaboration in health-care environments
Collaborative information seeking
Collaborative mobile networks and infrastructures
Collaborative technologies for fast creation and deployment of new mobile services
Collaborative sensor networks, unmanned air and ground vehicle networks and applications
Collaborative, context-aware infrastructure
Collaborative, location-aware mobile systems/applications
Computer supported collaborative work with distributed systems
Cyber-physical systems
Distributed collaborative workflows
Data management and middleware support for collaborative information systems
Energy management for collaborative networks
Group-driven composition of systems from components
Human-centric ubiquitous collaboration
Human-robot collaboration
Internet of Things (IoT) and collaboration
Methodologies and tools for design and analysis of collaborative user applications
Models and mechanisms for real-time collaboration
Multi-agent technology and software technologies for collaborative networking and applications
Peer-to-peer and overlay networks, systems, and applications
Security, privacy and trust management in collaborative networks, systems, and applications
Simulation, performance evaluation, experiments, and case studies of collaborative networks and applications
Software design, testing, and experimentation technology for collaborative networking and applications
Theoretical foundations and algorithms for collaborative networks, applications, and worksharing
Tools for collaborative decision making processes
Trustworthy collaborative business processing in virtual organizations
Visualization techniques, interaction devices and visual languages for collaborative networks and applications
Web services technologies and service-oriented architectures for collaborative networking and applications
Workflow management for collaborative networks/systems

Paper Submission

We invite original research papers that have not been previously published and are not currently under review for publication elsewhere. Contributions addressing all areas related to collaborative networking, technology and systems, and applications are solicited. The submitted manuscript should closely reflect the final paper as it will appear in the Proceedings. Submitted papers should be 10 pages in two-column IEEE proceeding format. The papers can be submitted in regular track or Industry/Application track.

Workshops Proposals

Proposals for half-day or full day workshops that focus on CollaborateCom 2014 related themes are solicited. Workshop proposals should be at most five pages, including a biographical sketch of each instructor, and submitted to the Workshop Chairs. Proposals will be evaluated based on the expertise and experience of the organizers and the relevance and importance of the subject matter. Please refer to call for workshop proposals for details.

Panels Proposals

Proposals for panel discussions that focus on future visions for collaborative networking, applications, and worksharing are preferred. Potential panel organizers should submit a panel proposal of at most five pages, including biographical sketches of the proposed panellists to the Panel Chairs.

Tutorials Proposals

Proposals for full and half-day tutorials are solicited. Tutorials are intended to enhance the technical program, and as such they should be relevant to collaborative computing, networking, worksharing, and applications. Potential tutorial presenters should submit a tutorial proposal of at most three pages, including: description of potential audience and background knowledge expected from the audience, if any; tutorial description; biographical sketch of presenter(s).

Important Dates

Abstract submission deadline: 16 June 2014

Full Paper submission deadline: 23 June 2014

Notification of acceptance: 31 July 2014

Conference Organizing Committee

General Co-Chair

Elisa Bertino, Purdue University, USA

Shu-Ching Chen, Florida International University, USA

Program Co-Chairs

Karl Aberer, EPFL, Switzerland

Prashant Krishnamurthy, University of Pittsburgh, USA

Murat Kantarcioglu, University of Texas at Dallas, USA

Panels Chair

Calton Pu, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Anna C. Squicciarini, Pennsylvania State University, USA

Industrial/Gov Program Co-Chairs

Aameek Singh, IBM Research Almaden, USA

Surya Nepal, CSIRO, Australia

Mei-Ling Shyu, University of Miami, USA

Workshop Co-Chairs

Jinpeng Wei, Florida International University, USA

Sangeetha Seshadri, IBM Research Almaden, USA

Bugra Gedik, Bilkent University, Turkey

Sponsorship Co-Chairs

Ling Liu, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Dimitrios Georgakopoulos, CSIRO, Australia

Local Arrangements Chair

Tao Li, Florida International University, USA

Publications Chair

Balaji Palanisamy, University of Pittsburgh, USA

Publicity Chair

Amirreza Masoumzadeh, University of Pittsburgh, USA

Conference Coordinator

Erica Polini, EAI, Italy – contact: erica.polini[at]eai.eu

Steering Committee

Imrich Chlamtac (co-chair), Create-Net, Italy

James Joshi (co-chair), University of Pittsburgh, USA