CollabViz 2013 - Special Issue on Collaborative Usage and Development of Models and other Visualizations (CollabViz)- International Journal of e-Collaboration

Special Issue on
Collaborative Usage and Development of Models and other Visualizations
(CollabViz)

Guest Editors:

* Michael Prilla, Ruhr University of Bochum, Germany
* Alexander Nolte, Ruhr University of Bochum, Germany
* Thomas Herrmann, Ruhr University of Bochum, Germany
* Stephan Lukosch, TU Delft, Netherlands
* Gwendolyn Kolfschoten, TU Delft, Netherlands
IJeC editor:

Ned Kock, Texas A&M International University, USA
Important Dates:

* Submissions due on January 6, 2012
* Special Issue out in Winter/Spring 2012/2013
Links:

* IJeC: http://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-jo...
* Topic of Special Issue:
http://www.imtm-iaw.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/events/ecsc...
Theme and Topics:

Graphical representations are commonly used tools in many
organizations, ranging form process models to conceptual models and
mind maps. They are used to support multiple tasks such as software
development, design and engineering, process optimization and
reengineering, knowledge explication and transfer as well as
marketing, strategic development and cooperation planning. These
representations should not only be used by single users for special
purposes, but rather to support a wide range of users and
organizational issues such as shared understanding of work practices.
This accounts for their development and their usage for everyday
tasks. However, in practice they are hardly used by or available for
non-experts ? even if they are created collaboratively they still have
little impact on actual work in these processes.
Today, we only know little about the interaction of non-expert users
with models, that is, how people can make use of them in practice and
interact with them. Supporting such interaction needs insights on
means for increasing the usage and availability of models after their
creation and on suitable tools and modes of interaction with models
for people who are not modeling professionals. Also, there is a lack
of knowledge on collaborative development of graphical
representations, including processes of cooperation and settings for
such development. Fostering the collaborative development of models
and including non-expert users into this process needs ways to enable
users to contribute actively to creation and maintenance, whether they
are co-located or dislocated, synchronous or asynchronous in time or
possess different levels of expertise in modeling.
This special issue intends to shed light on the collaborative usage
and development of graphical representations such as models. For this,
we welcome submissions dealing with theoretical frameworks, empirical
and case study research as well as applications in the context of this
area. Examples of topics for submissions include, but are not limited
to the following:
* Designing means and functionality for user interaction with models
and visualizations, e.g. contributing to models (formally and
informally) and using them in daily work.
* Supporting work and collaboration with models and visualizations,
e.g. communicating about models, using them for learning, reflection,
documentation or knowledge transfer as well as collaborative design
and engineering.
* Supporting collaborative development of models and visualizations,
e.g. tools supporting collaborative modeling in collocated and remote
settings, typical settings and roles in collaborative modeling.
* The influence of users on models (e.g. collaborative modeling
participants’ influence on model outcomes) and the influence of models
on users (e.g. users discussing a model and behavior changes)
Additional information:

Additional information, news, updates and the extended Call for Papers
on the Special Issue can be found on the CollabViz website:
http://www.imtm-iaw.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/events/ecsc...
Submission:

All submissions must be in English, and should represent the original
work of the authors. Improved versions of papers previously published
in conference proceedings are welcome, provided that no copyright
limitations exist. Submissions must be made electronically via e-mail
to the guest editors (collabviz-AT-iaw.rub.de). The manuscript should be
included as an attachment in MS Word format. Further information on
submission format etc. can be found in the extended Call for Papers
available from the CollabViz website.
Contact

The editors of the Special Issue can be contacted via collabviz-AT-iaw.rub.de
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Dr. rer. nat. Stephan G. Lukosch
Associate Professor
Delft University of Technology
Faculty of Technology, Policy, and Management
Systems Engineering Section
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P: +31 (0)15-2783403
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