<div dir="ltr">[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message]<br><br>Call for Papers<br>=====================================================================<br><br>The 10th IEEE International Conference on Collaborative Computing: <br>
Networking, Applications and Worksharing -- CollaborateCom 2014<br><br>22-25 October 2014<br>Miami, Florida, USA<br><a href="http://www.collaboratecom.org/">http://www.collaboratecom.org/</a><br><br>=====================================================================<br>
<br>Highlights<br><br>- CollaborateCom 2014 is co-sponsored by IEEE Computer Society and EAI<br>- Proceedings will be submitted for indexing by Google Scholar, ISI, EI Compendex, Scopus and many more<br>- Conference content will be submitted for inclusion into IEEE Xplore as well as other Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) databases<br>
- Best papers will be invited to Special Issues in the EAI Endorsed Transactions on Collaborative Computing<br><br>- Submission Deadline: 23 June 2014 (Abstract due 16 June 2014)<br><br>[Scope]<br><br>Over the last two decades, many organizations and individuals have relied on electronic collaboration <br>
between distributed teams of humans, computer applications, and/or autonomous robots to achieve higher <br>productivity and produce joint products that would have been impossible to develop without the <br>contributions of multiple collaborators. Technology has evolved from standalone tools, to open systems <br>
supporting collaboration in multi-organizational settings, and from general purpose tools to specialized <br>collaboration grids. Future collaboration solutions that fully realize the promises of electronic <br>collaboration require advancements in networking, technology and systems, user interfaces and interaction <br>
paradigms, and interoperation with application-specific components and tools.<br><br>The Tenth International Conference on Collaborative Computing (CollaborateCom 2014) will continue to <br>serve as a premier international forum for discussion among academic and industrial researchers, <br>
practitioners, and students interested in collaborative networking, technology and systems, and applications.<br><br>[Topics]<br><br>Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: <br> <br>- Participatory sensing, crowdsourcing, and citizen science<br>
- Peer-to-peer and overlay networks, systems, and applications<br>- Architectures, protocols, and enabling technologies for collaborative computing networks and systems<br>- Autonomic computing and quality of services in collaborative networks, systems, and applications<br>
- Collaboration in pervasive and cloud computing environments<br>- Collaboration in data-intensive scientific discovery<br>- Collaboration in social media<br>- Big data and spatio-temporal data in collaborative environments/systems<br>
- Collaboration techniques in data-intensive computing and cloud computing<br>- Collaborative e-education, e-learning, and collaborative computing in large scale digital libraries<br>- Collaboration in health-care environments<br>
- Collaborative information seeking<br>- Collaborative mobile networks and infrastructures<br>- Collaborative technologies for fast creation and deployment of new mobile services<br>- Collaborative sensor networks, unmanned air and ground vehicle networks and applications<br>
- Collaborative, context-aware infrastructure<br>- Collaborative, location-aware mobile systems/applications<br>- Computer supported collaborative work with distributed systems<br>- Cyber-physical systems<br>- Distributed collaborative workflows<br>
- Data management and middleware support for collaborative information systems<br>- Energy management for collaborative networks<br>- Group-driven composition of systems from components<br>- Human-centric ubiquitous collaboration<br>
- Human-robot collaboration<br>- Internet of Things (IoT) and collaboration<br>- Methodologies and tools for design and analysis of collaborative user applications<br>- Models and mechanisms for real-time collaboration<br>
- Multi-agent technology and software technologies for collaborative networking and applications<br>- Security, privacy and trust management in collaborative networks, systems, and applications<br>- Simulation, performance evaluation, experiments, and case studies of collaborative networks and applications<br>
- Software design, testing, and experimentation technology for collaborative networking and applications<br>- Theoretical foundations and algorithms for collaborative networks, applications, and worksharing<br>- Tools for collaborative decision making processes<br>
- Trustworthy collaborative business processing in virtual organizations<br>- Visualization techniques, interaction devices and visual languages for collaborative networks and applications<br>- Web services technologies and service-oriented architectures for collaborative networking and applications<br>
- Workflow management for collaborative networks/systems<br><br>[Paper Submission]<br><br>We invite original research papers that have not been previously published and are not currently <br>under review for publication elsewhere. Contributions addressing all areas related to collaborative networking, <br>
technology and systems, and applications are solicited. The submitted manuscript should closely reflect the <br>final paper as it will appear in the Proceedings. Submitted papers should be 10 pages in two-column IEEE <br>
proceeding format. The papers can be submitted in regular track or Industry/Application track. <br>Please visit the conference website <a href="http://www.collaboratecom.org">www.collaboratecom.org</a> for detailed submission requirements and procedures. <br>
<br>[Workshops Proposals]<br><br>Proposals for half-day or full day workshops that focus on CollaborateCom 2014 related themes are solicited.<br>Workshop proposals should be at most five pages, including a biographical sketch of each instructor, and submitted <br>
to the Workshop Chairs. Proposals will be evaluated based on the expertise and experience of the organizers and the <br>relevance and importance of the subject matter. Please refer to call for workshop proposals for details. <br>
<br>[Panels Proposals]<br><br>Proposals for panel discussions that focus on future visions for collaborative networking, applications, <br>and worksharing are preferred. Potential panel organizers should submit a panel proposal of at most five pages, <br>
including biographical sketches of the proposed panellists to the Panel Chairs. <br><br>[Tutorials Proposals] <br><br>Proposals for full and half-day tutorials are solicited. Tutorials are intended to enhance the technical <br>
program, and as such they should be relevant to collaborative computing, networking, worksharing, and applications. <br>Potential tutorial presenters should submit a tutorial proposal of at most three pages, including: description of <br>
potential audience and background knowledge expected from the audience, if any; tutorial description; biographical <br>sketch of presenter(s). <br><br>[Important Dates]<br><br>Abstract submission deadline: 16 June 2014<br>
Full Paper submission deadline: 23 June 2014<br>Notification of acceptance: 31 July 2014<br><br>[Conference Organizing Committee] <br><br>General Co-Chair<br>Elisa Bertino, Purdue University, USA<br>Shu-Ching Chen, Florida International University, USA<br>
<br>Program Co-Chairs<br>Karl Aberer, EPFL, Switzerland<br>Prashant Krishnamurthy, University of Pittsburgh, USA<br>Murat Kantarcioglu, University of Texas at Dallas, USA<br><br>Panels Chair<br>Calton Pu, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA<br>
Anna C. Squicciarini, Pennsylvania State University, USA<br><br>Industrial/Gov Program Co-Chairs<br>Aameek Singh, IBM Research Almaden, USA<br>Surya Nepal, CSIRO, Australia<br>Mei-Ling Shyu, University of Miami, USA<br><br>
Workshop Co-Chairs<br>Jinpeng Wei, Florida International University, USA<br>Sangeetha Seshadri, IBM Research Almaden, USA<br>Bugra Gedik, Bilkent University, Turkey<br><br>Sponsorship Co-Chairs<br>Ling Liu, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA<br>
Dimitrios Georgakopoulos, CSIRO, Australia<br><br>Local Arrangements Chair<br>Tao Li, Florida International University, USA<br><br>Publications Chair<br>Balaji Palanisamy, University of Pittsburgh, USA<br><br>Publicity Chair<br>
Amirreza Masoumzadeh, University of Pittsburgh, USA<br><br>Conference Coordinator<br>Erica Polini, EAI, Italy - contact: erica.polini[at]<a href="http://eai.eu">eai.eu</a><br><br>[Steering Committee] <br><br>Imrich Chlamtac (co-chair), Create-Net, Italy<br>
James Joshi (co-chair), University of Pittsburgh, USA<br>Calton Pu, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA<br>Elisa Bertino, Purdue University, USA<br>Arun Iyengar, IBM, USA<br>Tao Zhang, Cisco, USA<br>Dimitrios Gerogakopolous, CSIRO, Australia</div>