Call for Participation

Group '10 continues with the expanded submission categories of posters and notes. Submissions to the conference can be in the form of papers, notes, workshops, panels, demonstrations, and posters. This year will also feature a dedicated technical track running across all submission categories to highlight innovative systems development projects. Accepted papers and notes will be published in the ACM Press Conference Proceedings and the ACM Digital Library.

Group '10 seeks to bring together researchers and practitioners from different areas working on the development, introduction, management, deployment, and analysis of computer-based collaborative systems. We particularly encourage submissions and participation from industry. Suggested topics

All submissions must use the ACM SIG template at: http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates. Please note that Group '10 Notes and Poster submissions use the same template. Notes are limited to 4 pages. Posters and Demos are limited to 2 pages.

Please use the PCS system (https://precisionconference.com/~group/) to upload your submissions. All papers/notes are double-blind reviewed by the program committee. Please remove any identifying information before uploading.



All categories for submissions are now closed.

Important Dates

21 May, 2010: Papers and Notes due via submission site

21 May, 2010: Workshops and Panels due, sent directly to co-chairs

28 June, 2010: Notification of Workshops and Panels

28 June, 2010: Doctoral Colloquium materials due, sent directly to co-chairs

19 July, 2010: Notification of Papers and Notes results

21 July, 2010: Student Volunteer Applications Due, sent directly to co-chairs

13 August, 2010: Poster and Demo Submissions due, sent directly to co-chairs

30 August, 2010: Camera Ready Submissions due

31 August, 2010: Student Volunteers Announced

7-10 November, 2010: Conference

Submission Categories

  • Papers 21 May
    Paper submissions are invited that report on original research or describe industrial experiences on any of the conference topics. Research papers should show the novel aspects of work they present, and their contribution to the development of system for supporting groups, organizations or social networks. Industrial papers should describe technical or key business issues in applying group technology. Papers will be 10 pages in length. Please find further information on the formatting below.

  • Notes 21 May
    The aim of the Notes category is to provide a forum to present unpublished work that does not fit into the traditional long paper format. Notes topics can present any research relevant to the conference theme. Notes may be smaller studies, novel pieces of technology, results from the replication or slight modification of a previously published study or other contributions that while original may not be as substantial as those found in a full length paper.  Notes will be 4 pages in length and will be more concise and focused than long papers. Notes will be reviewed alongside long papers and expected to be of a similar quality of work despite being a slightly smaller contribution.

  • Inviting Technical Systems Submissions for Paper/Notes

    This year will also feature a dedicated technical track running across all submission categories to highlight innovative systems development projects. This means that the papers will be managed by special technical track co-chairs. A technical paper may address correctness, performance, programming, and use of collaborative systems. If it proposes new features (for the programmer or end-user), then it need not provide a full evaluation of these features. Scenarios (use cases) illustrating novel features will be sufficient, though, of course, results of insightful pilot/lab/field studies of users/programmers will make the paper stronger, even if they are somewhat negative/inconclusive. The less complex/insightful the system, the more elaborate is the expected evaluation.

    A technical paper must present an implemented system, and describe enough details of the implementation to allow the readers to reproduce them. It may, of course, also include unimplemented designs/implications that address problems/limitations of the implemented system that is the subject of the paper. It should also include a clear description of the concepts/models embodied by the system. In addition, as with any research paper, it must include motivation, and survey of related work in enough detail to bring out the novelty of the contributions.

  • Workshops 21 May
    Workshops provide an informal and focused environment for the information exchange and discussion of GROUP related topics. A workshop proposal should contain a title, aim and objective, intended participants and workshop description. It should also specify the maximum number of participants, the planned duration (half-day/full-day) and the audio/visual equipment needed. We encourage diverse and experimental workshop formats, and we would be happy to discuss your innovative ideas in advance of the 14 May deadline. Please submit a maximum of four pages, using the conference paper format. Submissions should be emailed directly to the workshops co-chairs, Michael Muller, michael_muller (at) us (dot) ibm (dot) com, and Stacey Scott, s9scott (at) uwaterloo (dot) ca. Workshops will take place on Sunday November 7th. We look forward to your new ideas about creating spaces for deep and collaborative discussions.

    !!! Workshops have been announced. More information is available on the program page.

  • Panels 21 May
    Panels provide an interactive forum for debating or exploring innovative and emerging themes in the Group related topics. The best panels assemble diverse group of experts with differing points of view on the topic to frame the argument and incite audience participation. We encourage submissions featuring either the conventional debate format, or new and innovative approaches that explore diverse perspectives through non-debate processes -- especially formats that can increase audience participation. A panel proposal should contain a title, abstract, intended structure, list of invited panelists including a brief biographical sketch for each. Please submit a maximum of four pages, using the conference paper format. Submissions should be emailed directly to the panels co-chairs: Stacey Scott, s9scott (at) uwaterloo (dot) ca, and Michael Muller, michael_muller (at) us (dot) ibm (dot) com. Panels take place during the three days of the conference. We look forward to your new and challenging ideas.

  • Posters/Demos 13 Aug
    Posters and demos are an opportunity to present late-breaking and preliminary results, smaller results not suitable for a Paper or a Note submission, innovative ideas not yet validated through user studies, student research, and other research best presented in this open format. Posters and demos will be displayed at a special session in the conference when poster and demo authors will be available to discuss their work.

    Posters and demos are to be a maximum of 2 pages ACM format with concise submissions appreciated. Please email submissions to the posters and demos co-chairs: Sean Goggins,outdoors (at) acm.org, and Isa Jahnke, isa.jahnke (at) tu-dortmund.de.

Doctoral Colloquium

The Doctoral Colloquium is a forum in which Ph.D. candidates can meet and discuss their work with each other and with a panel of experienced researchers and practitioners. It's goals are to: (1) build a cohort of new researchers; (2) guide the work of the new researchers by having experts in their research fields give constructive criticism; (3) provide encouragement and support for the selection of Group research topics; (4) make it possible for promising new entrants to the field to attend a leading research conference; (5) illustrate the interrelationship and diversity of Group research; (6) make the new entrants' experience at the Group conference an enjoyable and rewarding experience, encouraging them to return and submit papers, panels, demonstrations, posters, etc. to future conferences.

It will convene with a full-day pre-conference event on Sunday, 7 November, 2010. Participants are expected to stay for the conference, as there will be a poster session on Monday and a wrap-up session on Wednesday.

We welcome applicants from a broad range of disciplines and approaches that inform the Group conference, including CSCW, information technology, information science, HCI, organizational studies, social informatics, sociology, psychology, anthropology, computer science, cognitive science, and related fields. (See related topics.) Applicants should have advanced to candidacy and be actively engaged in their dissertation research. The Colloquium committee will select approximately twelve participants who will be expected to give short, informal presentations of their work during the Colloquium, to be followed by a discussion.

Doctoral Colloquium papers will be circulated to attendees at the conference. Participants will also present a poster of their work during the interactive poster session.

Applicants selected to participate in the Doctoral Colloquium will be provided complimentary registration, lodging, and travel support. (Please note that we will not be able to cover international travel.)

Applications include (1) a two-page description of the applicant's dissertation research as a work-in-progress, including an abstract of no more than 150 words, formatted according to the ACM SIG Proceedings Template; (2) a current curriculum vita, resume or biosketch; (3) a brief letter of recommendation from the applicant's research adviser confirming their candidacy standing.

Doctoral Colloquium submissions should be e-mailed to the Doctoral Colloquium co-chairs at [group2010dc@uci.edu]. All submissions must be received by the chairs by midnight Eastern Time on Monday, 28 June, 2010. Submissions received after this date will not be considered. All submissions will be acknowledged by email.

Group 2010 gratefully acknowledges the funding support provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF).

!!! DC participants have been announced. More information is available on the Doctoral Colloquium page.