[Air-L] cfp: Designing the Internet of Things for Workplace Realities

[Boos Daniel]

======================================================================
Social-IoT 2008 Call for Papers and Participation

International Workshop on Designing the Internet of Things for  
Workplace Realities: Social and Cultural Aspects in Design and  
Organisation, 26 March  2008, Zurich, Switzerland

In Conjunction with the Internet of Things Conference 2008 -  
International Conference for Industry and Academia

Submission Deadline: 12 January 2008

http://ubicomp.lancs.ac.uk/workshops/social-iot2008
PDF of this call: http://ubicomp.lancs.ac.uk/workshops/social-iot2008/assets/cfp.pdf

Conference Website: http://www.internet-of-things-2008.org/
======================================================================

The rise of the Internet of Things has important socio-technical  
implications for organisations. While ubiquitous and wireless  
technologies are developed to enable new ways of working, to increase  
safety and to facilitate coordination, they may interfere with  
established work practices, undermine productivity and individuals’  
satisfaction, and have an unforeseen impact on relations of power and  
control. These issues, however, are rarely addressed in development  
and research projects for the Internet of Things and in the public  
discourses surrounding it. We are interested in research, that   
addresses a wide range of social and organisational issues, such as  
organisational flexibility, organisational alignment, working roles,  
practices and strategies, and power and control.

The workshop has the goal to increase awareness of organisational  
issues of the Internet of Things and to provide a forum for discussion  
of design approaches to manage critical organisational issues.  
Furthermore we would like to build a bridge between the various  
research communities exploring organisational, social and cultural  
aspects of the Internet of Things and ubiquitous computing. A  
multitude of methods and guidelines (e.g. participatory design, work  
place studies, ethnomethodology, resilience engineering, socio- 
technical system approach, scenario-based design, ANT) have been  
developed to address organisational, human and social issues in  
technology design, deployment and use. However, those methods have  
often not yet been adopted and tested for the Internet of Things or  
ubiquitous computing. We encourage submissions presenting a particular  
design method to address social, cultural and organisational  
perspectives or relating experiences from modeling these processes
within research and development projects.

The Internet of Things is emerging as a powerful force for reshaping  
organisational and social realities, potentially affecting the  
(work)lives of millions of people. Current political agendas, a rising  
awareness of health and safety issues, security, and new legal  
requirements due to the European legislation often first cause the  
need for a new (ubiquitous) technological system and also have an  
impact on the role ubiquitous computing plays. We welcome especially  
attempts to gauge the wider implications of these developments on  
society and culture that then in turn have an impact on organisations  
and workplaces. We not only want to consider the impact of the  
Internet of Things but rather understand those technologies and the  
surrounding cultural and social logics in a co-constitutive process.


Scope of the Workshop
======================================================================

We welcome contributions that investigate the Internet of Things and  
ubiquitous computing from a technical, organisational, cultural and  
social perspective from areas such as organisational studies, science  
and technology studies, anthropology and human computer interaction.  
We are especially interested in papers by practitioners,  
technologists, designers and social scientists and contributions that  
are interdisciplinary.

Position papers on the following topics are welcome:
• Organisational drivers and issues of the Internet of Things
• Adoption and use of Internet of Things technologies in organisations
• Real world case studies of Internet of Things applications in  
organisations
• The Internet of Things as a socio-technical system
• The alignment of the Internet of Things to workplace realities
• Design methods and processes that address organisational, cultural  
and social issues
• Methods that address how to manage opportunities and risks  
associated with the Internet of Things
• Public perception of and discourse about the Internet of Things (and  
the impact on technology development and adoption)
• High level and general drivers of the internet of things such as  
risk and information society
• Conceptual frameworks for the Internet of Things


Format
======================================================================

The workshop will be highly interactive to maximize information  
exchange and foster collaborations. Three or four issues will be set  
as the agenda of the workshop. The activities will be based on the  
position papers and on the participants’ background. Major workshop  
activities will take place in discussion groups following  
presentations of workshop participants and invited keynote speakers.  
The selection of workshop participants is based on submitted position  
papers describing ongoing research and experiences.


Submission Guidelines
======================================================================

We solicit papers describing original research. Contributions should  
cover current, ongoing or recently concluded work and cannot in this  
version have been published elsewhere. The position paper should  
address at least one relevant organisational or social issue of the  
Internet of Things and will be peer reviewed by an international  
program committee.

All accepted workshop papers will be published in a single workshop  
proceedings volume. Submissions should be single-column and not exceed  
6 pages in Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) format.  
LaTeX-users should use the Springer LaTeX2e template. While we  
strongly recommend LaTeX for the preparation of your document, you can  
also use a Word template if needed. You can download the templates from:
http://www.springer.com/east/home/computer/lncs?SGWID=5-164-7-72376-0

Please forward the workshop paper to social-iot at comp.lancs.ac.uk in  
PDF format.


Important Dates
======================================================================

January 12, 2008: Submission Deadline
February 9, 2008: Notification of acceptance
February 18, 2008: Early registration deadline
March 1, 2008: Submission deadline for camera-ready papers
March 26, 2008: Workshop


Date and Place
======================================================================

This workshop will be held on March 26, 2007 in Zurich at the  
Conference Hotel of Internet of Things 2008 the International  
Conference for Industry and Academia.


Organisers
======================================================================

Daniel Boos, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Katharina Kinder, Lancaster University, United Kingdom
Gerd Kortuem, Lancaster University, United Kingdom


Program Committee
======================================================================

Abraham Bernstein, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Paul Devadoss, Lancaster University, UK
Gudela Grote, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Stephan Haller, SAP Research
Lorenz Hilty, EMPA, Switzerland
Erik Hollnagel, Ecoles des Mines de Paris, France
Kalle Lyytinnen, Case Western Reserve University, USA
Martina Merz, University Lucerne, Switzerland
George Roussos, University of London, UK
Saadi Lahlou, R&D, Laboratory of Design for Cognition, France
Craig Shepherd, University of Leeds, UK
Nils Zurawski, University of Hamburg, Germany

Additional PC members will be added on the website.

For further information please contact the workshop organisers at social-iot at comp.lancs.ac.uk 
.


Daniel Boos, lic. phil.
ETH Zürich
Forschungsgruppe Organisation - Arbeit - Technologie

Kreuzplatz 5
CH 8032  Zürich
Tel: +41- 44 -632-8921
Mob: +41-78-767-2238
e-mail: dboos at ethz.ch
www.oat.ethz.ch