[AISWorld] Call for Proposal - ACM CSCW 2023 Special Interest Groups (SIG)

[Sayan Sarcar]

[Apologies for the cross-posting]

Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) 2023—for the first time—will
offer Special Interest Groups (SIGs) as another way for people from diverse
backgrounds and interests to join together around shared research
initiatives. SIGs enable conference attendees to meet informally about a
common interest, which may include specific technologies, societal
concerns, curious human behaviors or any other topic where there has been
or could be CSCW research. A SIG can be an excellent space for dialog and
may incorporate novel facilitation strategies, from group discussion to
collective storytelling, roleplay, and even sketching activities to help
SIG participants creatively engage with a topic. While CSCW 2023 will be a
hybrid conference from October 16-18, the SIG sessions will all be
facilitated in-person in Minnesota, USA.

Submission Details

SIG proposals must be submitted via the PCS system as a single PDF by May
11, 2023.  Each submission must include a SIG Proposal (5-pages) as well as
Supplementary Materials describing the facilitation strategy and
requirements for the in-person session at the conference (2-pages).
Accepted proposals will be published as Extended Abstracts in the
Conference Proceedings. During the conference, CSCW will provide each SIG
with a meeting space for 75-minutes and will help to advertise the meetings
in various ways.


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   Online submission: PCS Submission System
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   Template: ACM Master Article Submission Templates (single column)
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   Submission format: A proposal including references (maximum 5-pages) and
   mandatory supplementary material describing the SIG (2-pages).
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   Selection Process:  Juried


How have other academic communities engaged with the topic of your SIG? The
SIG Proposal (5-pages) should clearly articulate a compelling reason for
the SIG. Authors are strongly encouraged to describe the topic in a maximum
of 20 primary references with approximately half of the references coming
from ACM publications and the other half from sources beyond the ACM. This
is not a hard rule as much as it is a challenge to seek out
interdisciplinary opportunities for collaboration.

Develop the proposal collaboratively with a group of people. While not
strictly required, we prefer that proposals be authored by a minimum of two
individuals representing at least two different organizations or
communities.

Clearly describe the activities you would like to facilitate during your SIG.
The Supplementary Material (also mandatory) using the same template should
be no more than 2-pages in length. Accepted SIGs will have a
scheduled, 75-minute
long session at the conference. After your SIG is accepted, we will notify
you what technical support will be available. Rooms will be set up to
facilitate discussion.

The following details about the SIG session should be included in the
Supplementary Material: (1) A brief description of the community (or
communities) to which this SIG would be of interest and why it is of
interest, (2) assumed attendee background, (3) the approach you will use
for organizing and presenting the SIG, (4) an informal schedule of
discussion topics, (5) your plan to attract a reasonable number of
attendees, and (6) which organizer should serve as the primary contact.

As you develop a plan for your SIG proposal, please pay attention to
accessibility considerations. Follow recommendations found in the Guide to
an Accessible Submission
<https://sigchi.org/conferences/author-resources/accessibility-guide/>. If
you have any questions or concerns about creating accessible submissions,
please contact the Accessibility Chairs at accessibility2023 at cscw.acm.org
<accessibility at chi2023.acm.org>.

All deadlines are 23:59 Anywhere on Earth (AoE) time

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   Deadline for submissions due: Thursday, May 11, 2023
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   Notification of acceptance: Thursday, June 15, 2023


Selection process

Although the process is highly selective, it does not necessarily follow a
reviewing process by a committee, and authors should not expect to receive
formal feedback on their submission other than the selection decision.
Specifically, we will consider the following criteria:


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   Appeal to the community: Is the topic both timely and of wide enough
   appeal to attract a significant audience? At the same time, is the topic
   sufficiently focused to allow for productive discussion during the SIG
   meeting? Too narrow, and the SIG might attract too few people; too broad,
   and it is difficult for progress to be made in the relatively short
   duration of a SIG.
   2.

   Format: Is the proposed format conducive to discussion and shared
   insight? Will it be possible to achieve its aims? SIGs are not workshops,
   nor project showcases, nor tutorials.
   3.

   Diversity of perspective: It helps to be able to show that the SIG will
   be able to encompass a wide perspective, and that the organizers can
   accommodate and facilitate discussion across this breadth. Places to show
   this are in the description of the intended community, the assumed attendee
   background, and the home institutions and disciplines of the organizers.
   4.

   Continuity: Does the SIG support the development of a longer term
   interest group, for example follow-on SIGs or other types of contributions
   at subsequent CSCW and other conferences? If the topic is a very recent or
   new one, or a revival of an old topic, then arguments will need to be made,
   to demonstrate that it is a topic that will persist, rather than simply
   being this year’s fashion. If the topic is a continuation of previous
   SIG(s), then it is necessary to present the latest developments of the
   topic and their projection into the future.
   5.

   Anonymity: Submissions should not contain sensitive, private, or
   proprietary information that cannot be disclosed at publication time.
   Submissions should NOT be anonymous. However, confidentiality of
   submissions will be maintained during the review process. All rejected
   submissions will be kept confidential in perpetuity. All submitted
   materials for accepted submissions will be kept confidential until the
   start of the conference, with the exception of title and author information
   which will be published on the website prior to the conference.


Upon Acceptance of Your Submission

The corresponding author of a conditionally accepted paper has to follow
the instructions on preparing and submitting a final version by the
Publication-Ready Deadline. If the authors cannot meet these requirements
by the Publication-Ready deadline, the venue chairs will be notified and
may be required to remove the paper from the program. The publication-ready
version has to follow the LaTeX and Word templates from ACM. Should you
need technical assistance, please direct your technical query to:
pubs2023 at cscw.acm.org.

For more details, check the website:

https://cscw.acm.org/2023/index.php/submit-sig/

Thanks for your time and we hope to see you at CSCW 2023!

Best,

Brian McInnis and Sayan Sarcar

sigs2023 at cscw.acm.org