[Air-L] ACM GROUP'16 CFP: Posters, Demos and Doctoral Consortium Submissions (AUGUST 01, 2016)

Fri Jul 15 05:42:12 PDT 2016

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          ACM Conference on Supporting Groupwork (Group 2016)

         Call for Poster, Demo and Doctoral Consortium Submissions

             November 13-16, 2016, Sanibel Island, Florida, USA

              Submission deadline: August 01, 2016

     http://www.acm.org/conferences/group/conferences/group16/

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For over 25 years, the Group conferences have showcased the work of
researchers and practitioners on the design, development, management,
deployment, and analysis of computer-based collaborative systems, as
well as explorations of the ethical, social, and political dimensions of
such systems. A strong emphasis of GROUP conferences is to foster a
discourse on collaborative technology that bridges the fields of
Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) Information Systems (IS), and
Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) among others. Relevant issues include
the design, implementation, deployment, and evaluation of the impact of
these systems as well as examinations of relevant research
methodologies.

UPCOMING DEADLINES, AUGUST 01 2016: 

- Posters and Demos:
http://oldwww.acm.org/conferences/group/conferences/group16/publish.html#poster

- Doctoral Consortium:
http://oldwww.acm.org/conferences/group/conferences/group16/student.html#dc

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POSTERS AND DEMOS AT GROUP 
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Posters and demos are an opportunity to present late-breaking and
preliminary results that may not suitable for a Paper or a Note
submission, innovative ideas not yet validated through user studies,
student research, and other research best presented in an open and
interactive format. Demos are expected to present design and
implementations of new CSCW systems and concepts. The peer-reviewed
demonstrations allow conference participants to view novel and
noteworthy CSCW systems in action, try them out, and discuss the systems
with those who created them.

SUBMISSION:
Poster and demo submissions should include an extended abstract that is
no longer than 4 pages, including all figures and references, in the ACM
Standard Format (available at:
http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates). In
addition, submissions may include a separate Tabloid sized (11 x 17
inches) draft of the poster for review purposes. Please note that the
poster draft is optional and not required for review purposes. The
submission is NOT anonymous and both the extended abstract and the
poster draft should include the author(s)’ names. 

Posters and demos will be displayed during a special session at the
conference. Poster and demo authors are expected to be available to
discuss their work. In addition, the audience will vote on the top three
posters and/or demos. Accepted poster and demo submissions will be
published in the ACM Digital Library.

Please send submissions directly to the poster and demo co-chairs at:
posters at group2016.org.

DEADLINE: 
August 1, 2016

POSTERS/DEMOS CO-CHAIRS:
Adriana Vivacqua, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Alexander Boden, Fraunhofer FIT, Germany
Nassim JafariNaimi, Georgia Tech, USA

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DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM AT GROUP
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The Group’16 Doctoral Research Consortium (DC) provides a forum for
late-stage doctoral students to advance their dissertation projects and
career planning through guided interaction peers and distinguished
faculty mentors. The program will begin with a full-day
dissertation-focused session on Sunday, November 13th, culminating in a
career-focused dinner with the mentor team. On Monday, all DC
participants will participate in the poster and demo session to engage
the entire Group’16 conference with their projects. The program will
conclude with a closing meal on WedWe encourage applicants from a broad range of disciplines and approaches
that inform Group, including HCI, CSCW, anthropology, sociology,
information science, computer science, information systems, cognitive
science, organizational studies, design and related fields. We are
particularly interested in applications from institutions and programs
that have not traditionally been well-represented at past Group
conferences. We also encourage applications from non-US institutions.

Applicants should be late-stage Ph.D. students with an already
well-established direction of research, but whose research would benefit
from guidance provided by peers and senior colleagues. Preference will
be given to students who have a clearly defined topic and program of
work underway. They have likely proposed their topics and are within 2
years of graduation within a 5 year program or are half way through a 3
(or 4) year program.

The DC committee will select up to 10 participants. These scholars will
be expected to present their research for critique at the main DC event,
interact with the conference around their poster at the reception,
attend the full technical program, and the wrap-up meeting.

APPLICATION:
Applicants should submit the following items by email to
DC at group2016.org with the subject line "GROUP 2016 DC Application" This
should include TWO PDF attachments: overview and bio/cv.
• A FOUR-page overview of your doctoral research project that describes
your research question, work in progress, and expected contributions.
This includes an abstract of no more than 100 words. Please submit your
overview in the SIGCHI Extended Abstract Format (Word, Latex).
• A short 1-paragraph biographical sketch (on its own page) appended to
your up-to-date curriculum vitae.
• Separately your supervisor should send an e-mail to DC at group2016.org
indicating that they support your application and that they agree that
your research is at an appropriate stage for participation. These
letters should also make reference to how you might personally benefit
from the DC and how you might contribute to the advancement of other
participants. The email should have "GROUP 2016 DC: " + YOUR NAME in the
subject header. 

DEADLINE: All submissions must be received by the chair by 11:59pm PDT
on August 1, 2016. Submissions will be acknowledged by email once they
have been checked for completeness.

FUNDING
We are hoping to offer financial support to DC participants. The details
of this support will be announced in the future once sponsorship has
been finalized. We anticipate that it will cover all on-site expenses
for all participants including conference registration (at the “early
bird” student rate), four nights of lodging in the conference hotel in a
shared unit, meals during the working meetings, and ground
transportation to/from RSW airport. We also may be able to offer a
modest travel allowance for domestic students. 

DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM CHAIR:
Wayne Lutters, UMBC

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Hanna Maurin Söderholm, Ph. D.
Swedish School of Library and Information Science 
University of Borås
SE-501 90 Borås
SWEDEN     
Tel. +46 33 435 59 89