<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>
- Paper submission deadline (EXTENDED): 28 July 2014 (FIRM)<br>- Abstract submission: 21 July 2014 (highly recommended)<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 databases<br>
- Best papers will be invited to a special issue in the EAI Endorsed Transactions on Collaborative Computing<br>- Several STUDENT TRAVEL GRANTS available<br>- Keynote Speakers Confirmed<br> Keynote 1: Prof. M. Brian Blake,<br>
Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Graduate School,<br> University of Miami<br> Keynote 2: Prof. Zhaohui Wu<br> Qiushi Professor & Director, Institute of Computer System and Engineering<br>
Zhejiang University<br>- Four Workshops<br> C-Big 2014: <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/cbigworkshop/">https://sites.google.com/site/cbigworkshop/</a><br> C-IOT 2014: <a href="http://www.cs.txstate.edu/iot2014">http://www.cs.txstate.edu/iot2014</a><br>
CollabCloud 2014: <a href="http://www.sis.pitt.edu/bpalan/collabcloud2014/collabcloud2014.html">http://www.sis.pitt.edu/bpalan/collabcloud2014/collabcloud2014.html</a><br> TrustCol 2014: <a href="http://honeynet.asu.edu/trustcol2014/">http://honeynet.asu.edu/trustcol2014/</a><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>- 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>- Peer-to-peer and overlay networks, systems, 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>[Industry Track Papers]<br><br>The Industry/Government Track solicits papers describing implementations of Collaborative Computing solutions <br>relevant to industrial or government settings. The primary emphasis is on papers that advance the understanding of <br>
practical, applied, or pragmatic issues related to the use of Collaborative Computing technologies in industry and <br>government and highlight new research challenges arising from attempts to create such real applications. <br>
Applications can be in any field including, but not limited to: e-commerce, medical and pharmaceutical, defense, <br>public policy, finance, engineering, environment, manufacturing, telecommunications, and government.<br>
<br>The Industry/Government Track will consist of competitively-selected contributed papers. Submitters must clearly <br>identify in which of the following sub-areas their paper should be evaluated as distinct review criteria will be <br>
used to evaluate each category of submission.<br>- Deployed: Deployed systems that are providing real value to industry, Government, or other organizations or <br>professions. These deployed systems should point out how they explicitly leverage Collaborative Computing <br>
technologies or describe either qualitatively (lessons learned, deployment experiences, etc.) or quantitatively <br>the impact of using Collaborative Computing technologies for enhancing operational systems.<br>- Emerging: Emerging applications and technology must have clear user interest and demonstrable value to Industry, <br>
Government, or other users (e.g., scientific or medical professions) to distinguish them from research track papers, <br>or they must provide insight into issues and factors that affect the successful use of Collaborative Computing <br>
technology and methods. Papers that describe infrastructure that enables the large-scale deployment of Collaborative <br>Computing techniques or external validation of Collaborative Computing technologies are in this area.<br>
<br>[Awards]<br><br>As in previous years, CollaborateCom 2014 will feature a best paper award and a best student paper award (to be <br>selected by the program committee). A paper is eligible for the best student paper award if the first author is a <br>
full-time student at the time of submission. A partial travel grant will be offered to the winner student.<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 panelists 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: 21 July 2014 (highly recommended)<br>
Paper submission deadline (EXTENDED): 28 July 2014 (FIRM)<br>Notification of acceptance: 4 September 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>Ruzanna Najaryan, EAI, Italy - contact: ruzanna.najaryan[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>