CALL FOR PAPERS ** Deadline Extended** - NOW OCTOBER 14, 2008
The Seventh International Conference on Creating, Connecting and Collaborating through Computing (C5 2009)
January 19-22, 2009, Kyoto, Japan http://www.cm.is.ritsumei.ac.jp/c5-09/
Sponsored by Kyoto University Global COE (Centers of Excellence) Program: Informatics Education and Research Center for Knowledge-Circulating Society Viewpoints Research Institute European Smalltalk User Group Hewlett-Packard
SCOPE
Computers, networks, and other forms of technology are now pervasive in our information-based society. However, most users still function as passive consumers of technology. To evolve into a true knowledge society, it is critical that we transform computer-based human activities to engage users in the active process of creating, connecting, and collaborating together.
The C5 conference is for researchers, technology developers, educators, and technology users who are concerned about developing and enabling human-oriented creation, connection, and collaboration processes. C5 is an international forum for presenting ongoing work as well as new work currently under development and for discussing future needs and directions in creative computing and multimedia authoring environments. We welcome equally the submission of technical papers and practitioner/experience reports for paper presentations. In addition, we have added workshops to the conference and are now soliciting proposals fro interactive workshops.
Hosted in Japan, this conference builds on the successes and high standards held by previous C5 conferences: 2003-2005, 2007 in Kyoto (Japan), 2006 in Berkeley (USA), 2008 in Poitiers (France).
TOPICS OF INTEREST
Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
- Development and applications of collaboration tools and environments - User collaboration using 3D, multimedia, and animation objects - Technologies for creating educational environments - Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) and Technology- Enabled Learning (TEL) - Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), distributed work, and virtual teaming - Hybrid technology activities, such as scientific experiments, instrumentations, participatory design (PD) or simulations , robots, and game playing - Development of applications/content for non-traditional learning and support environments, including mentoring, role-playing, peer-to-peer, "teacherless" environments, low-cost and sustainable technologies (e.g. $100 laptop), and gerontechnology applications, among others. - Applications and tools for education from K-12 through higher education, system design by children, digital library and search environment for children
Conference sessions will include invited talks, including one from Dr. Alan Kay (Viewpoints Research Institute), 2003 ACM Turing awards, one from Dr. Allison Druin, Human-Computer Interaction Lab, University of Maryland as well as formal paper presentations, hands-on workshops, informal "un-conference" and "lightning" sessions and social and sightseeing events.
PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
C5 2008 invites submissions of full papers in the following categories:
- Theoretical papers - Case studies, experiments reports - 'Bringing theory into practice or practice into theory' papers focus on building a bridge between practices and theories in the fields of C5.
Full papers must report original work that has not been previously published. Papers must present reports of significant work in research, development and applications with regards to one or more of the conference topics of interest. All submissions will be reviewed by a distinguished international program committee.
A full paper with 8 page limit formatted in two columns and 10 point font should be submitted by the paper submission deadline. The papers are reviewed by the program comittee and authors will be notified about acceptance. Accepted authors have to submit a camera ready version of the full paper with 8 page limit by the camera-ready copy deadline.
Accepted papers should be revised according to the review reports and the wording should be checked by a native English speaker.
Papers should follow the formatting instructions provided by 8.5" x 11", Two-Column Format of "IEEE Computer Society Press - Proceedings Author Guidelines" (please refer to INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS in Conference Publishing Service). Submitted papers and camera-ready papers should be sent electronically through our online submission site (will be available soon). The PDF, Postscript and MS-WORD formats are acceptable.
PUBLICATION OF THE PROCEEDINGS
Preliminary version of the proceedings will be distributed during the conference. The formal version of the proceedings will be published by the IEEE Computer Society and sent to authors after the conference. For each accepted paper, at least one of the authors needs to attend the conference and give the presentation, otherwise the paper will not be included in the formal proceedings.
IMPORTANT DATES
Full paper submission: October 14, 2008 **Extended** Notification of acceptance: November 21,2008 Full paper camera-ready copies: December 15, 2008
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Honorary Co-Chairs - Alan Kay, Viewpoints Research Institute, USA - Makoto Nagao, National Diet Library, Japan
Advisory Chairs - Kim Rose, Viewpoints Research Institute, USA - Katsumi Tanaka, Kyoto University, Japan
Conference Co-Chair - Benay Dara-Abrams, Kinnexxus inc., USA - Hajime Kita, Kyoto University, Japan
Program Co-Chairs - Rieko Kadobayashi, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Japan - Rick McGeer, Hewlett-Packard Company, USA - Serge Stinckwich, Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement, Vietnam
Local Arrangement Chair - Hajime Kita, Kyoto University, Japan
Publicity and Publication Chair - Hideyuki Takada, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
Program committee - Alec Dara-Abrams, Kinnexxus inc., USA - Sidney Fels, University of British Columbia, Canada - Takeshi Fujioka, Kyoto Municipal Horikawa Senior High School - Michael Haupt, Hasso Plattner Institute, Germany - Robert Hirschfeld, Hasso-Plattner-Institut Potsdam, Germany - Ton Kalker, HP Labs, USA - Shinichi Konomi, University of Tokyo, Japan - Tsuneo Jozen, Osaka Electro-Communication University, Japan - Julian Lombardi, Duke University, USA - Shinya Nakagawa, HP Labs, Japan - Yoshiki Ohshima, Viewpoints Research Institute, USA - Ian Piumarta, Viewpoints Research Institute, USA - Shin'ichi Ueshima, Kansai University, Japan - Serge Stinckwich, Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement, Vietnam - Kazutoshi Sumiya, University of Hyogo, Japan - Hiroyuki Tarumi, Kagawa University, Japan