[Air-L] CFP: The Second International Workshop on Intercultural Collaboration

[Holly Kruse]

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Holly

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CALL FOR PAPERS

The Second International Workshop on Intercultural Collaboration (IWIC
2009)
http://langrid.nict.go.jp/iwic2009/

February 20-21, 2009
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA USA

Program Co-Chairs
Pamela Hinds (Stanford University, USA)
Susan R. Fussell (Carnegie Mellon University, USA)
Toru Ishida (Kyoto University, Japan)

The main theme of this workshop is intercultural collaboration, from both
technical and socio-cultural perspectives. Topics will include
collaboration support (such as natural language processing, Web, and
Internet technologies), social psychologicalscientific analyses of
intercultural interaction, and case studies that increase mutual
understanding in our multicultural world. Submissions will be considered
for papers, panels, demonstrations, and posters.

The workshop will feature several prominent invited speakers (to be
announced). 

Papers 
Papers are solicited on any aspect of intercultural communication and
collaboration. Papers can describe studies of intercultural communication
and collaboration or present new technologies to assess and support
intercultural interaction. Examples of suitable paper topics include:

- Field studies of intercultural collaboration in global organizations or
in local communities
- Laboratory studies of intercultural collaboration
- Surveys studies of cultural differences in collaboration styles
- Case studies of intercultural collaboration using information
technologies
- Cultural responses to cross-cultural interaction
- Computer supported intercultural collaboration
- Ubiquitous/ambient technologies for intercultural collaboration
- Internet and web technologies for intercultural collaboration
- Frameworks for manual or automatic measurement of properties of
intercultural communication
- Multilingual communication technologies
- Interoperability of language resources
- Usability of language resources for intercultural collaboration
- New methods or measures for the study of intercultural collaboration

All papers are expected to be suitable for a multidisciplinary audience
and focus on issues of intercultural collaboration. Long papers will be
published in the ACM Digital Library. Full papers should be no longer than
10 pages. Papers should be formatted according to the ACM SIGCHI template
and submitted in PDF format.  Details on the submission procedure will be
provided in the near future. Please see the SIGCHI author instruction page
(http://sigchi.org/chipubform/) for more information and downloadable
templates. 

All full papers will be evaluated using a double-blind review process.
Authors should omit their names and affiliations from the title area of
the paper and conceal references to their own prior work by referring to
it in the third person (e.g., authors should say ?In an earlier study,
Jones and Smith found ?? rather thaninstead of ?In an earlier study, we
found ??.??).  Papers that have not been appropriately anonymized will be
returned without review.

Panels, Demonstrations and Posters
IWIC will also feature three categories of nonarchival submissions:
Panels, demonstrations and posters.  Submissions for these categories
should be no longer than 3 pages in length using the ACM template (see
above). 

Unlike paper submissions, panels, demonstrations and posters will not be
blind reviewed.  Authors should include their complete names and contact
information at the top of their submitted PDF file.
 
Panels: Individuals may submit proposals for panels of three or four talks
on a related theme in intercultural communication. Panel submissions will
not be archival, so panelists may discuss previously published work.
Submissions should provide each panelist's background and contact
information, as well as a brief statement of his or her position on the
panel theme.

Demonstrations: Individuals may submit proposals to present demonstrations
of new technologies for intercultural communication.  Demonstration
proposals should clearly describe the motivation for the tool and how it
will be demonstrated at the workshop. Demonstration descriptions will not
be archival; therefore, demonstrations can include both previously
published work and work that is not yet ready for publication.

Posters: Individuals may submit proposals to present informal posters
during the workshop. Poster descriptions will not be archival; therefore,
posters can describe both previously published work and work that is not
yet ready for publication.

Review Process: 
Submitted papers, panels, and demonstrations will be reviewed by a panel
of distinguished researchers in the area of intercultural communication
and collaboration.

Important Dates:
Deadline for papers, panels, posters and demonstrations: June 30th, 2008
Author notification: September 30th, 2008
Deadline for camera ready papers: November 30th, 2008

Organizing Committee:
Susan Fussell, Carnegie Mellon University, General Co-Chair
Pamela Hinds, Stanford University, General Co-Chair
Toru Ishida, Kyoto University, General Co-Chair
Carolyn Rosé, Carnegie Mellon University, Treasurer
Chen Zhao, IBM Research China, Works-in-Progress Co-Chair
Qiping Zhang, Long Island University, Works-In-Progress Co-Chair
Vanessa Evers, University of Amsterdam, Panels Co-Chair
Mary Beth Watson-Manheim, University of Illinois at Chicago, Panels
Co-Chair
Masahiro Tanaka, Kyoto University, Demonstrations Co-Chair
Ravi Vatrapu, University of Hawaii, Demonstrations Co-Chair
Rieko Inaba, NICT, Publicity Chair


For further information, please contact iwic2009[at] khn.nict.go.jp


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