CollabTech 2016 / CRIWG 2016 Call for papers
http://www.collabtech.org

September 14-16, 2016, Kanazawa, Japan

IMPORTANT DATES:
 Paper submission: April 27, 2016
 Notification of acceptance: May 26, 2016
 Camera-ready submission: June 9, 2016

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Introduction
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    CollabTech 2016 will be the eighth international conference on
collaboration technologies. Due to marked advances in networking,
computing and interaction technologies, we are at the cusp of
collaboration technologies being a part of an intricate network of various
types of everyday collaborative processes. The conference will provide a
platform for the international collaboration technology community to
showcase, discuss and deliberate on state-of-the art, emerging new
technology developments and understanding the social use of these
technologies to improve collaborations.

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Joint with CRIWG 2016 in Japan
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    This year CollabTech will be co-located organized with CRIWG 2016
which means that participants registered for one conference can get both
proceedings and can attend both sessions. CRIWG and CollabTech
communities have similar research topics and goals, but have been
geographically located in different regions. This will be an interesting
opportunity to meet each other.
    The conferences will be held in Kanazawa, which is known in its
culture, history, seafood, a castle, gardens, etc. in Japan.

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Keynote Speakers
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    The keynote for CollabTech is Prof. Jun Rekimoto from the University
of Tokyo (https://lab.rekimoto.org/members-2/rekimoto/), and for CRIWG
is Prof. Stephen J.H. Yang from the National Central Univerisity, Taiwan
(http://jhyang.lst.ncu.edu.tw:8080/).

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Workshops
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    Two workshops will be held with the conference.
* The International Workshop on Technology-Enhanced Collaborative Learning
* The International Workshop on Learning Analytics and Educational Data Mining

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Topics
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    Contributions are solicited in all areas of collaboration technology
research and applications.
    Topics include, but not limited to:

- CSCW system architectures and applications
- Social computing
- Crowdsourcing
- Inter-cultural collaboration
- Ubiquitous collaboration
- Mobile collaboration
- Collaborative communication systems
- Embodied collaboration systems
- Shared virtual/augmented environments
- Shared physical environments
- Smart devices for collaboration
- Computer supported collaborative learning (CSCL)
- Computer supported cooperative design (CSCD)
- Social science studies on collaboration

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Papers
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    The proceedings will be published by Springer CCIS series.
    Full paper (10-16 pages) and work-in-progress paper (6-8 pages) are
solicited, but submission to full paper is encouraged.
    Papers must be unpublished and not considered elsewhere for
publication. All submitted papers will undergo a rigorous review process
managed by the program committee.
    Authors should follow the instructions and apply Springer conference
paper templates
(http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0).
    The papers should be submitted in PDF using the EasyChair
(https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=collabtech2016).

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Awards
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    Awards will be granted to the best papers.

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Journal Special Issue
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    Special Journal Issues are planned for the extended versions of the papers.

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Important Dates
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Paper submission
        April 27, 2016
Notification of acceptance
        May 26, 2016
Camera-ready submission
        June 9, 2016
Conference
        September 14-16, 2016

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Conference Co-Chairs
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Nelson Baloian, University of Chile, Chile
Tomoo Inoue, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Takaya Yuizono, JAIST, Japan

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Program Co-Chairs
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Gwo-Dong Chen, National Central University, Taiwan
Takashi Yoshino, Wakayama University, Japan
Gustavo Zurita, Universidad de Chile, Chile

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Sponsors
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Sponsored by:
   IPSJ SIG-GN
In Cooperation with:
   HIS SIG-CE
   VRSJ SIG-CyberSpace
Under the auspices of:
   JAIST
   Faculty of Library, Information and Media Science, University of Tsukuba
Supported by:
   Hitachi, Ltd.
   SCAT Foundation
   Ishikawa Prefecture
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