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Submission Requirements

All CSCW submissions must be in English. Unless otherwise noted in the submission category, submissions must conform to the ACM SIGCHI Conference Publications Format. The CSCW 2002 Conference Proceedings is the main archival publication of the conference, and offers a key reference document for researchers and practitioners in the field. All accepted full papers will be published in the Proceedings, which will be provided to all conference registrants and will be sold by ACM after the conference.

In addition to the Proceedings, a booklet containing accepted submissions in other categories will be published and distributed to conference attendees. However, this booklet is not an archival reference publication.

The CSCW audience is international; please ensure that your submission is written in clear and straightforward prose. Avoid regional expressions that would be difficult for an international audience to understand.

Authors are encouraged to consult the detailed instructions for their submission category, available from the CSCW 2002 Web site or the chairs of their submission category. CSCW 2002 requires online submission for all participation categories.

Student Volunteers

The Student Volunteer program is one of the most important parts of every CSCW conference. The student volunteers, SVs as we affectionately call them, take care of many essential tasks during the conference -- without them, many conference necessities wouldn't happen. In exchange for 20 hours of volunteer work, students receive a number of benefits, including complimentary conference registration, one free workshop of their choice, and an invitation to the conference reception. Also, volunteers from past years report that the 'social networks' they build with conference attendees and other student volunteers is the greatest benefit of being a volunteer.

Volunteers must be undergraduate, master's, or doctoral students during the 2001-2002 academic year. All students, regardless of discipline, are encouraged to apply. No experience is required. We are looking for enthusiastic, intelligent, reliable people. Volunteers must commit to a total of 20 volunteer hours of work at the conference.We request that some students arrive the day before the conference begins and stay a few hours after the conference ends. Any hours worked during these periods will count towards the 20-hour total.

If you are interested in being a CSCW 2002 student volunteer you may sign up using the online application form (see below). If you have difficulty using the online form, please contact the Student Volunteer Co-Chairs by email (cscw2002-svchairs @ acm.org).

If you are interested in volunteering, sign up soon! The number of student volunteer positions is limited. If positions are filled, we will put you on a wait-list.

What should a Student Volunteer expect? Here's an online handbook designed for CSCW'98.

For More Information:

Erin Bradner and Jon Herlocker, Student Volunteer Co-Chairs
email: cscw2002-svchairs @ acm.org

Contacting Us via Phone, Postal Mail, Faxes:

Jon Herlocker Dept. of Computer Science Oregon State University 102 Dearborn Hall Corvallis, OR 97331 USA

phone: +1 541 737 8894 fax: +1 541 737 3014

Student Volunteer Application:

Papers

Due date: March 22, 2002

Papers should present original, unpublished research on technological mediation of activities affecting groups of people. Potential areas of interest include theory, methodology, empirical investigations, architectures, prototypes and experiences related to the development, deployment and use of computer systems supporting all aspects of shared activities, including, but not limited to, activities at work, in the home, in education, and the arts.

Theory, methodology, systems and concept papers should present new theories, methodologies, empirical results, architectures, prototype systems, or design concepts that stimulate new ways of thinking about, studying or supporting, shared activities. Application and practice papers should describe experiences with systems that support shared activities. All papers should make the case, in the paper itself, for how the work relates to previous research or experience and what aspects of the work are new. Papers will be evaluated on the basis of originality, significance of the contribution to the field, quality of research, quality of writing and contribution to conference program diversity.

Papers should be no longer than 10 pages, including the abstract, all figures and references, and should be formatted according to the ACM SIGCHI Conference Publications Format. (In addition to the templates CHI provides, there is a style file cscw2002.sty available for LaTeX users.) Papers should include an abstract of no more than 100 words. All authors' names and affiliations should be blanked out on the copy that is submitted for review.

Final versions of papers should be formatted according to the instructions from the proceedings publisher, Sheridan Printing Company, Inc., available at http://www.sheridanprinting.com/typedept/cscw.htm

CSCW 2002 required online submission, which is now closed. All questions should be directed to cscw2002-papers @ acm.org.

All online submissions were due by 5pm Pacific Standard Time on Friday, March 22, 2002; new submissions are no longer being accepted. All submissions have been acknowledged by email.

Authors who are submitting Papers are also encouraged to consider submitting videos that illustrate their work. Please refer to the submission procedure for Videos.

Additional dates

June 7, 2002: Notification of acceptance
August 16, 2002: Final versions of Papers due

Papers Co-Chairs

Christine Neuwirth, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Phone: +1 412 268 8702
Email: cmn@andrew.cmu.edu

Tom Rodden, University of Nottingham, UK
Phone: +44 115 951 4251
Email: tar@cs.nott.ac.uk

Videos

Due date: May 3, 2002

Videos are a great way to present work that involves dynamic interaction, ranging from demonstrations of new systems to complex aspects of group communication and work practice. The video program will be playing continuously at the conference and in the conference hotel, and will be published and sold by the ACM (although copyright will be retained by the authors). A panel of international reviewers will review videos for their technical content, interest and relevance to the CSCW community, communication effectiveness, and production quality.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to demonstrations of innovative research prototypes; demonstrations (but not marketing) of innovative aspects of commercial systems; studies of work practice that have implications for CSCW; retrospective collections of significant CSCW fields of work; and visions of future technologies.

Videos should not have been previously presented in any formal video program. Authors who are submitting papers are also encouraged to consider submitting formal videos that show their work. We also encourage people with innovative or novel ideas for video submissions to contact the program chairs.

Please submit ONE videotape for review in any of the following formats -- VHS, Super-VHS, 3/4-inch, Hi-8, 8mm, or PAL -- to the address listed below (under "Videotape Submissions"). If the video is accepted, a high quality format will be required for the final version (in decreasing order of preference: Beta SP, 3/4-inch, Hi-8, 8mm, and Super VHS). Videotapes should be 4 to 8 minutes long. Longer videos will be subject to stricter review criteria. Rough videos in progress will be considered, but will (if tentatively accepted) be subject to a second review process after final production.

In addition to submitting a videotape, authors must also submit the title, authors, affiliations and a short description of no more than 150 words for each video submission. All questions regarding Video submissions should be directed to cscw2002-videos @ acm.org.

Abstracts of accepted Videos, formatted according to the ACM SIGCHI Conference Publications Format, will be published in a booklet that will be circulated to attendees at the conference; they will not be incorporated into the main CSCW 2002 conference proceedings.

All online submissions and videotapes were due by 5pm Pacific Standard Time on Friday, May 3, 2002; new submissions are no longer being accepted. All submissions have been acknowledged by email.

Additional dates

Videotape Submissions

Video Co-Chairs

J.J. Cadiz, Microsoft Research, USA
Phone: +1 425 705 4824
Email: jjcadiz@microsoft.com

Hideaki Kuzuoka, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Phone: +81 298 53 5258
Email: kuzuoka@esys.tsukuba.ac.jp

Panels

Due date: May 3, 2002

Panels should examine innovative, provocative, controversial, or late-breaking issues. The best panels are often structured as a debate with an opportunity for audience participation. We also welcome novel suggestions of topics or formats such as impromptu design by a panel or comparative empirical analyses by expert panelists who have divergent perspectives. We are open to innovative formats including live demonstrations and/or technology competitions.

Panel proposals should be no longer than 4 pages, and should include the panel topic, the names of panelists who have agreed to participate, one paragraph biographical sketches describing each panelists' expertise, a position statement by each panelist, an overview of the ways in which the position statements relate to each other, and the proposed structure or format of the panel. If supporting technologies are required, proposals should clearly list these.

Abstracts of accepted Panel proposals, formatted according to the ACM utline, schedule for the tutorial, prior experience presenting this tutorial, and any other information that will help us evaluate its suitability for the conference. Please also supply a list of A/V and computer equipment required.

Abstracts of accepted Tutorials, formatted according to the ACM SIGCHI Conference Publications Format, will be published in a booklet that will be circulated to attendees at the conference; they will not be incorporated into the main CSCW 2002 conference proceedings.

CSCW 2002 requires online submission. Please use the following link to make your submission:

http://www.acm.org/cscw2002/submit-tutorial.html

All questions regarding Tutorial submissions should be directed to cscw2002-tutorials @ acm.org.

All submissions should be received by the chairs by 5pm Pacific Standard Time on Friday, May 3, 2002, though submissions received after this deadline may be considered. All submissions will be acknowledged by email.

Additional dates

June 7, 2002: Notification of acceptance
October 5, 2002: Notes for Tutorials due

Tutorials Co-Chairs

Jonathan Grudin, Microsoft Research, USA
Phone: +1 425 936 0784
Email: jgrudin@microsoft.com

Steven Poltrock, The Boeing Company, USA
Phone: +1 425 865 3270
Email: steven.poltrock@boeing.com

Workshops

Due date: May 3, 2002

Workshops provide an opportunity to discuss and explore emerging areas of CSCW research with a group of like-minded researchers and practitioners. Workshops may focus on any aspect of CSCW theory or practice, established concerns or new ideas. The goal of the workshop is to share understandings and experiences, to foster research communities, to learn from each other and to envision future directions.

Workshops typically run for one full day. Opportunities will be available for the outcome of workshops to be reported to the rest of the CSCW conference through posters, and for reports on the workshops to be published in SIGGROUP Bulletin.

Workshop proposals should consist of an introductory summary and a detailed proposal. The introductory summary should be no more than 150 words. The body of the proposal should be no more than 3000 words, and should include a description of the theme(s) of the workshop, the workshop activities and goals, the background of the organizer(s), the maximum number of participants, and the means of selecting participants. Please also indicate your A/V requirements for the workshop.

Abstracts of accepted Workshop proposals, formatted according to the ACM SIGCHI Conference Publications Format, will be published in a booklet that will be circulated to attendees at the conference; they will not be incorporated into the main CSCW 2002 conference proceedings.

CSCW 2002 required online submission, which is now closed. All questions should be directed to cscw2002-workshops @ acm.org.

All online submissions were due by 5pm Pacific Standard Time on Friday, May 3, 2002; new submissions are no longer being accepted. All submissions have been acknowledged by email.

Workshop Co-Chairs

Hilary Palmen, Microsoft Consumer Usability Group, USA
Phone: +1 425 705 7974
Email: hilaryp@microsoft.com

John Riedl, University of Minnesota, USA
Phone: +1 612 624 7372
Email: riedl@cs.umn.edu

Interactive Posters

Due dates: June 28, 2002 (abstracts) & July 12, 2002 (final)

Interactive Posters provide an opportunity for researchers to present work in a more open format where authors interact directly with groups of conference attendees. We especially encourage submission of late-breaking and preliminary results, smaller results not suitable for a full paper, innovative ideas not yet validated through user studies, student research, and other research best presented in this open format.

There will be a special Poster Session during the main conference, when poster authors will be available to discuss their work with other conference attendees individually (or in groups), although the posters themselves will be available throughout the conference.

Interactive Poster submissions should include a poster abstract of no longer than 2 pages, including all figures and references, which should be formatted according tothe ACM SIGCHI Conference Publications Format. (In addition to the templates CHI provides, there is a style file cscw2002.sty available for LaTeX users.) Submissions may also include a separate description of the poster for review purposes, also limited to two pages; this description is encouraged for posters that have an interactive or visual component that is not easily determined from the abstract.

Accepted Interactive Poster papers will be published in a booklet that will be circulated to attendees at the conference; they will not be incorporated into the main CSCW 2002 conference proceedings.

CSCW 2002 requires online submission. All authors must indicate their intention to submit by filling in the on-line submission form no later than 5pm Pacific Daylight Time on Friday, June 28, 2002. During this "intent to submit" stage, you should fill out the title and author information and provide a preliminary abstract (enough to allow us to identify appropriate reviewers, please). You may, however, select "Skip Upload" to delay submitting the complete poster abstract and description.

When the complete submission is ready, return to the site and select "Edit Paper" to upload the two-page paper and make any changes to the abstract field before the final deadline of 5pm PDT on Friday, July 12, 2002.

Please use the following link to make your submission(s):

http://www.acm.org/cscw2002/submit-poster.html

All questions should be directed to cscw2002-posters @ acm.org.

All final submissions must be received by the chairs by 5pm Pacific Daylight Time on Friday, July 12, 2002. Submissions received after this date will not be considered. All submissions will be acknowledged by email.

Additional dates

August 16, 2002: Notification of acceptance
October 5, 2002: Final version of Interactive Poster abstract due

Interactive Posters Co-Chairs

Christine Halverson, IBM T.J. Watson & Almaden Research Centers, USA
Phone: +1 408 927 3620
Email: krys@us.ibm.com

Joseph A. Konstan, University of Minnesota, USA
Phone: +1 612 625 1831
email: konstan@cs.umn.edu

Demonstrations

Due date: July 12, 2002

Demonstrations allow conference participants to view novel or noteworthy CSCW systems in action, discuss the systems with those who created them, and perhaps to try them out. Appropriate demonstrations include applications, technologies, research prototypes and products. Demonstrations are spaced around a large room and run concurrently within a set block of time, with attendees free to visit demos of interest. This promotes informal interaction and in-depth information exchange among demo presenters and attendees.

This forum is not an opportunity for marketing or sales presentations. Presenters must have been directly involved with the development of the system and be able to explain the differentiating and novel contributions of the system.

Demonstration proposals should be a maximum of 4 pages and should include an abstract no longer than 150 words. The proposal should include descriptions of the product, application, etc.; the kind(s) of cooperative work it is intended to support; the noteworthy and distinguishing ideas or approaches it embodies; and what will be shown in the demonstration. Also include information about the presenter(s), including their relationship to the project and a detailed description of needed space, equipment support, and Internet connectivity.

Abstracts of accepted Demonstration proposals, formatted according to the ACM SIGCHI Conference Publications Format, will be published in a booklet that will be circulated to attendees at the conference; they will not be incorporated into the main CSCW 2002 conference proceedings.

CSCW 2002 requires online submission. Please use the following link to make your submission:

http://www.acm.org/cscw2002/submit-demo.html

All questions should be directed to cscw2002-demos @ acm.org.

All submissions must be received by the chairs by 5pm Pacific Standard Time on Friday July 12, 2002. Submissions received after this date will not be considered. All submissions will be acknowledged by email.

Additional dates

August 16, 2002: Notification of acceptance:
October 5, 2002: Final Demonstration abstract due

Demos Co-Chairs

Rick Borovoy, MIT Media Lab, USA
Phone: +1 617 253 4191
Email: borovoy@media.mit.edu

Beverly Harrison, IBM Almaden Research Center, USA
Phone: +1 408 927 1958
Email: beverly@almaden.ibm.com

Doctoral Colloquium

Due date: July 12, 2002

The Doctoral Colloquium is a forum in which Ph.D. students can meet and discuss their work with each other and a panel of experienced CSCW researchers and practitioners.

We welcome applicants from a broad range of disciplines and approaches that inform CSCW, including sociology, computer science, cognitive science, and related fields. Applicants should be beyond the proposal stage and into their dissertation research. The Colloquium committee will select approximately 10 participants who will be expected to give short, informal presentations of their work during the Colloquium, to be followed by a discussion.

Submissions should be no longer than 2 pages, including an abstract of no more than 150 words and a description of the work in progress. In addition, a 2-3 paragraph biographical sketch should be supplied. Submissions should be formatted according to the ACM SIGCHI Conference Publications Format. (In addition to the templates CHI provides, there is a style file cscw2002.sty available for LaTeX users.)

Doctoral Colloquium papers will be published in a booklet that will be circulated to attendees at the conference; they will not be incorporated into the main CSCW 2002 conference proceedings.

CSCW 2002 requires online submission. Please use the following link to make your submission:

http://www.acm.org/cscw2002/submit-doctoral.html

All questions should be directed cscw2002-doctoral @ acm.org.

All submissions must be received by the chairs by 5pm Pacific Standard Time on Friday July 12, 2002. Submissions received after this date will not be considered. All submissions will be acknowledged by email.

Additional dates

August 16, 2002: Notification of acceptance
October 5, 2002: Final versions of papers due

Doctoral Colloquium Co-Chairs

Paul Dourish, University of California Irvine, USA
Phone: +1 949 824 8127
Email: jpd@ics.uci.edu

Wendy Mackay, INRIA, France
Phone: +33 (1) 39 63 59 12
Email: wendy.mackay@inria.fr

cscw2002-info @ acm.org