CTS 2012 - International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems

The Conference will include invited presentations by experts from academia, industry, and government as well as contributed paper presentations describing original work on the current state of research in collaboration technologies, collaboration systems, social networks, virtual worlds, services computing, and related issues. There will also be tutorial sessions, symposia, workshops, special sessions, demos, panels and forums, posters, doctoral colloquium, and exhibits. Conference sponsorships are welcomed.

SCOPE:
During the conference, attendees will see and interact with a broad spectrum of methodologies and technologies that relate to cooperation, coordination, communication, and collaboration at both the client and backend (cloud) levels. This year’s conference targets a wide array of papers, posters, workshops, panels, demonstrations, exhibits, presentations, and tutorials addressing a broad range of topics including sensors, people, clouds, robots and social networks, e-learning, e-business, e-health, emergency response, knowledge management, decision making and support, global grids, P2P, multi-agent systems, trust and cyber security, mobile clients, Web 2.0, virtual environments, ubiquitous collaboration, user interfaces and related human and socio-technical collaboration issues.

Topics include (but are not limited to):

Collaboration Infrastructure, Tools and Technologies
Frameworks and Methodologies for Collaboration
Collaboration Enabling Technologies
Information Infrastructure for Collaboration
Intelligent & Autonomous Agents in Collaboration
Cluster-based Collaborative & Distributed Systems
Collaboration and Cloud Computing
Collaborative Enterprise Security & Access Control
Role-based, Privacy and IP Policies and Algorithms
Mobile and Wireless Collaboration Systems
Socio-Technical Information Spaces
Distributed Collaborative Trusted Sensor Systems
Soft Computing Solutions for Collaboration Systems
Information Exchange and Fusion in CE
Executable Models of Architectures
Architectures and Design of Collaboration Systems
Enterprise and CE Heterogeneity / Interoperability
Platforms for Collaboration
Multi Agent Systems in Collaboration
Grid-based Collaboration Environments
Service Oriented Architectures for Collaboration
Trusted and Reputation-based Collaboration
Management of Metadata for Collaboration
Web Infrastructure for Collaborative Applications
Electronic Artifacts and Notebooks
Data Mining & Warehousing for Collaboration Technologies
Requirements Engineering in CE
Modeling and Simulation of Collaboration

Human Systems and Collaboration
Coordination and Cooperation Mechanisms
Group Characteristics and Social Factors in CE
Cultural Aspects & Human Factors in Collaboration
Human-machine Collaborative Interaction
Social Multimedia and Networks
Awareness in Collaboration Systems
Collaborative Human-Centered Systems
Cognitive and Psychological Issues in Collaboration
Affective, Emotive & Conative Aspects of Collaboration
Interfaces for Collaborative Work
Social Software Based Collaboration
Visualization of Collaborative Processes & Applications

Collaboration Work and Processes
Work and Collaborative Virtual Worlds
Collaborative Conflict Management
Virtual and Remote Project Coordination
Distributed Team Management and Issues
Workflows in Collaborative Operations & Systems
Coordination, Cooperation and Collaboration
Ontologies and Ethnographic Approaches
Distributed Shared Design and Development
Designing Collaborative & Virtual Organizations
Contextual and Situation-based Collaboration

Collaboration Applications and Domains
Social Media Applications
Collaborative Knowledge Management
Collaborative Prototyping Environments
Collaborative Machines and Robots
Web- and Internet-enabled Collaboration
e- , Distance-, and Collaborative- Learning
Collaborative Applications in Financial Systems
Collaboration in Education and Sciences
Distributed Systems Engineering Environments
Collaborative and Virtual Simulation Environments
Collaborative Simulation for Distributed Mission Training
Collaborative (Global) Software Development
Shared Virtual Reality and Applications
Collaborative Decision Making and Support
Collaboration Technologies in Industry and Businesses
Collaborative Autonomous Systems & Vehicles
Collaboration and Shared Planning and Logistics
e-Business, e-Comm, e-Gov and Collaboration
Collaboration M&S for Exercise Support and Gaming
Tele- and Collaborative Medicine and Healthcare
Collaboration in Emergency and Disaster Response
Collaborative Open Innovation
Collaborative Environments for Simulation Based Acquisition

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS:
Papers reporting original and unpublished research results on above and any other related CTS topics are solicited. Manuscripts submitted should not be under simultaneous consideration by any other conference or venues. Submission should include a completed online web based form (or a cover page) with authors' names, affiliations, addresses, fax and phone numbers, and email addresses of all authors. Please indicate clearly the corresponding author(s), although all authors are equally responsible for the paper and its content. Include up to 6 keywords from the above list and an abstract of no more than 400 words. Please submit an electronic copy of your full draft manuscript, not to exceed 8 pages in the IEEE format (single-spaced, double-column, including figures, tables, and references) posted on the CTS 2012 web site using the conference web site submission (Upload) link at http://cts2012.cisedu.info. Additional pages will be charged additional fee. If accepted, the final camera-ready manuscript will follow the format posted, which will be made available to all authors.

Electronic submissions to main Conference track will be accepted only in PDF format, uploaded to the web site above. Consistent with standard practice, each submitted paper will receive a minimum of three reviews. Papers will be selected based on their originality, timeliness, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation and language. Initial selection will be based on full papers. Submission implies the firm willingness and availability of at least one of the authors to register and present the paper, if accepted. All accepted papers in the Conference are required to be presented and will be included in the conference proceedings. It is our intent to have the proceedings formally published and be available at the time of the conference.

For information or questions about Conference’s paper submission, please contact the organizers.