[AISWorld] CFP - ISCRAM Social Media and Collaborative Systems Track

[Linda Plotnick]

*ISCRAM 2011*

*From early-warning systems to preparedness and training**
8th International Conference on
Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management*

*May 8-11 2011
LNEC Congress Centre
Lisbon, Portugal
http://iscram2011.lnec.pt*
TRACK: SOCIAL MEDIA AND COLLABORATIVE SYSTEMS

*Introduction of the track*

The convergence of information and communication technologies, the growth of
the Internet including the mobile Internet, and the advent of technologies
known under the general heading of Web 2.0 have all contributed to our
ability to collaborate over great distances, both synchronously and
asynchronously.  Our aim in this track is to explore how these new
approaches to and support for collaboration can help in crisis management
and response.  How might such collaboration technologies help:



·         preparation for disasters?

·         the crisis management team in their decision making on the
handling the event?**

·         the crisis management team in their interactions with a wide range
of responders, government bodies, various publics and stakeholders and, of
course, the victims and their families?**

·         all parties build a picture and share information about a
developing crisis?**

·         widen the range of stakeholders who can join fully in handling the
crisis and recovery?

·         involve communities fully during the recovery phase to rebuild and
return to normality?

·         communities to work together, alongside but independently of
government and non-governmental agencies, to inform and help themselves,
co-ordinating citizen-led efforts?

·         virtual teams and virtual communities develop processes and
software for emergency management and recovery?



*Track topics*

Papers are invited that provide rich description and/or evaluation of the
actual use of novel web based and other systems for collaboration and/or
widespread participation in any phase of emergency management, from initial
planning and preparedness, through detection, response, and recovery phases.
This might include, among others:



   - Studies of the use of virtual teams or virtual communities or “social
   software” (e.g., social networking sites, knowledge gathering  systems
   such as Wikimapia) in the design or use of emergency management information
   systems, with data collection methods ranging from laboratory or field
   experiments to qualitative case studies.
   - Exploration and assessment of any problems that occur when virtual or
   partially distributed teams or the general public use information technology
   to coordinate disaster management related tasks, and how can they be
   resolved.
   - Assessment of the advantages of collaborative systems compared to
   closed “command and control” systems created for ‘official’ involvement
   only.
   - Investigations of the role these sorts of forums could have in future
   disaster preparation and response. How could their efforts be better
   facilitated? What socio-technical conditions should be in place to make them
   most beneficial?
   - Behavioral studies of collaboration which have implications for the use
   of networking and web technologies in crisis response and management,
   including experimental studies.



*Track Chair and Co-Chairs*





*Starr Roxanne Hiltz

  Hiltz at njit.edu



  NJIT



Paloma Diaz

Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

pdp at inf.uc3m.es





Linda Plotnick

Jacksonville State University

lplotnick at jsu.edu



**Corresponding Chair*

*Types of Submissions*

ISCRAM 2011 is soliciting three types of submission:



1.      *Full research papers*, which will be double-blind peer-reviewed.  It
is intended that these will report completed work which can be assessed to
the highest academic standards.  Such papers should be no more than 10 pages
with figures & tables (~5000 words)

2.      *Work in progress papers*, which will be subjected to a light peer
review to ensure clarity.  Such papers should be no more than 5 pages with
figures & tables (~2500 words)

3.      *Practitioner papers*, which will be subjected to a light peer
review to ensure clarity and should be no more than 5 pages with figures &
tables (~2500 words)

Note that the type of the paper will be indicated in the conference
proceedings, along with a description of the reviewing process.

*Paper Submission Process and Deadlines*

Submitted papers must conform to the ISCRAM  guidelines for submission,
available at http://iscram2011.lnec.pt/.



*Submissions must be made online at *www.conftool.com/iscram2011* by*
15 *November
2010 (for full research papers) or 15 December 2010 (for work in progress
and discussion papers).*

*Schedule of Important Dates*

01 October 2010 - Submission of proposals for panels and other special
sessions

01 November - Notification of acceptance for panels and other special
sessions



15 November 2010 - Submission of full research papers

15 December 2010 - Submission of work-in-progress papers and practitioner
papers



Mid January 2011 - Notification of acceptance for full research papers

End January 2011 - Notification of acceptance for work-in-progress and
practitioner papers



15 January 2011 - Submission of proposals for demonstrations

01 February 2011 - Submission of applications for Doctoral Colloquium



End February 2011 - Submission of revised, camera-ready full research
papers; notification of acceptance for Doctoral Colloquium and
demonstrations



18 March 2011 - Deadline for early registration

*About ISCRAM:*

The ISCRAM Community is a worldwide network of researchers, scholars,
teachers, students, practitioners and policy makers interested or actively
involved in the subject of Information Systems for Crisis Response and
Management. At its annual international conference (which alternates between
US and European locations), the ISCRAM Community gathers to present and
discuss the latest research and developments in this growing area during an
interactive and stimulating three-day program. The ISCRAM Community also
organizes an International Summer School for PhD students and ISCRAM-CHINA,
an annual conference for ISCRAM research in China.  Full information on
ISCRAM can be found at www.iscram.org.




-- 
Linda Plotnick, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Computer Information Science
Jacksonville State University
http://sites.google.com/site/LindaPlotnick
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