Dear conference committee members
(especially Helmut, Sunir and Kouichirou, since you're the Publicity
People)
Could you please post our CFP out to as many people (who just might be
interested) as humanly possible?
I have already started sending this out to the following mailing
lists:
announcements(a)oopsla.acm.org
ecoop-info(a)ecoop.org
chi-announcements(a)listserv.acm.org
seworld(a)cs.colorado.edu
SIGWEB mailing list
semantic-web(a)w3.org
but it is really important for potential authors (and thus, the most
likely potential attendees) to see the CFP from as many different
directions as possible - and ideally from people they know and whose
judgement they trust. This means you!
I think three weeks out from the deadline gives people enough time to
decide to write a paper, and to get something in - so please, do
encourage your friends, colleagues (and strangers you meet in dark
alleys - says Dirk!) to consider submitting to WikiSym; or even
consider submitting yourself.
but for now, the most important thing is to distribute this CFP.
thanks (in adavnce) for your help.
cheers
James Noble,
programme chair WikiSym 2006
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
2006 International Symposium on Wikis (WikiSym 2006)
August 21-23, 2006, Odense, Denmark
Co-located with ACM Hypertext 2006
Sponsored by ACM SIGWEB
See http://www.wikisym.org/ws2006
Research paper submission deadline: April 15, 2006
OVERVIEW
The 2006 International Symposium on Wikis brings together wiki
researchers, practitioners, and users. The goal of the symposium is to
explore and extend our growing community. The symposium has a
rigorously reviewed research paper track as well as plenty of space
for practitioner reports, demonstrations, and discussions. Anyone who
is involved in using, researching, or developing wikis is invited to
WikiSym 2006! To learn more about the Wiki Symposium, feel free to
browse last year's program
(http://www.wikisym.org/ws2005/program.html), the proceedings
(http://www.wikisym.org/ws2005/proceedings), and its wiki
(http://ws2005.wikisym.org). For additional 2006 program information,
including confirmed speakers Angela Beesley, Doug Engelbart, Mark
Bernstein, and Ward Cunningham please see the main page
(http://www.wikisym.org/ws2006).
We are seeking submissions for
* research papers
* practitioner reports
* demonstrations
* workshops
* panels
Research paper and practitioner report
submissions as well as workshop proposals are due
* April 15, 2006
Panel and demonstration submissions are due
* May 1, 2006
Topics of interest to the symposium include, but are not limited to:
* wikis as social software
* wiki user behavior, user dynamics
* wiki user experiences, usability
* information dynamics in wikis
* work group processes, wiki-based collaboration
* reputation systems, quality assurance processes
* wiki implementation experiences and technology
* wiki administration, processes, dealing with abuse
* wiki scalability, social and technical
* wikis and the semantic web/ontologies, semantic wikis
* domain-specific/special-purpose wikis
* wikis in education
SUBMISSION DETAILS
Research papers will be reviewed by the committee to meet rigorous
academic standards of publication. Research papers are expected to
advance the state of the art by describing substantiated new research
or novel technical results or by reporting on significant experience
or experimentation. They are reviewed both with respect to conceptual
quality and clarity of presentation.
Accepted research papers will be provided as part of the conference
proceedings. They will be put into the ACM Digital Library and can be
referenced as papers that appeared in the Proceedings of the 2006
International Symposium on Wikis. At the symposium, the presenter will
be given a 25min + 5min Q&A presentation slot. Research papers should
not be longer than 10000 words and 20 pages and should meet the ACM
SIG Proceedings Format, see
http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html.
Practitioner reports will be reviewed for suitability of presentation
to the community. The primary evaluation criterion is the interest to
the community. Practitioner reports will be provided as part of the
conference proceedings handed out at the symposium and can be
referenced as papers that appeared in the Proceedings of the 2006
International Symposium on Wikis as well. Practitioner reports should
not be longer than 6000 words and 12 pages and should meet the ACM SIG
Proceedings Format.
Demonstration, workshop, and panel submissions will be reviewed for
their interest to the community. A submission should consist of two
pages describing what you intend to do and how you meet this
criterion. It should include a 100-word abstract and one-paragraph
bios of all people relevant to the submission. Demonstrations will be
presented in a joint demonstration session, workshops will get a
half-day or a full-day and a room of their own (depending on your
request), and panels will get a 90min slot at the symposium.
Please submit your papers or proposals in PDF format by the respective
deadline through our submission system, which will be available
through the WikiSym website. Questions should be directed respectively
at papers(a)wikisym.org (research papers and practitioner reports),
workshops(a)wikisym.org (workshops), panels(a)wikisym.org (panels), or
demos(a)wikisym.org (demonstrations).
SYMPOSIUM LOGISTICS
The 2006 International Symposium on Wikis will be held at the Radisson
SAS H.C. Andersen Hotel in Odense, Denmark, August 21-23, 2006. A
special (reduced) hotel rate has been negotiated. WikiSym 2006 will be
co-located with the ACM Hypertext 2006 conference (back-to-back), and
participants may register for the symposium alone, or may jointly
register for WikiSym and Hypertext 2006. Registration is handled
through the ACM Hypertext website.
If you have any questions, please contact Dirk
Riehle through chair(a)wikisym.org.
SYMPOSIUM COMMITTEE
Dirk Riehle, Bayave Software GmbH, Germany (Symposium Chair)
Ward Cunningham, Eclipse Foundation, U.S.A.
Kouichirou Eto, AIST, Japan (Publicity Co-Chair)
Richard P. Gabriel, Sun Microsystems, U.S.A.
Beat Doebeli Honegger, UAS Northwestern Switzerland (Workshop Chair)
Matthias L. Jugel, Fraunhofer FIRST, Germany (Panel Chair)
Samuel J. Klein, Wikimedia Foundation, U.S.A.
Helmut Leitner, HLS Software, Austria (Publicity Co-Chair)
James Noble, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand (Program Chair)
Sebastien Paquet, Socialtext, U.S.A. (Demonstrations Chair)
Sunir Shah, University of Toronto, Canada (Publicity Co-Chair)
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
James Noble, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand (Program Chair)
Ademar Aguiar, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Robert Biddle, Carleton University, Canada
Amy Bruckman, Georgia Institute of Technology, U.S.A.
Alain Desilet, NRC, CNRC, Canada
Ann Majchrzak, University of Southern California, U.S.A.
Frank Fuchs-Kittowski, Fraunhofer ISST, Germany
Mark Guzdial, Georgia Institute of Technology, U.S.A.
Dirk Riehle, Bayave Software GmbH, Germany
Robert Tolksdorf, Freie Universitat Berlin, Germany
Dear **wiki-research list members**
so, I'm sorry for sending the wrong email just now: I hope most of you
are relieved that you are *not* on the conference committee.
I do stand by the sentiment of my previous message: the deadline for
WikiSym 2006 is quite soon, and I'd particularly like to encourage
people on this list to consider sending a paper to Wikisym 2006.
again, sorry for my mistake
regards
James Noble
programme chair WikiSym 2006 www.wikisym.org
For WikiSym 2006, we are proud to announce the following speakers:
- ANGELA BEESLEY: How and Why Wikipedia Works
- DOUG ENGELBART: Wikis and Dynamic Knowledge Repositories
(live webcast, incl. Q&A)
- MARK BERNSTEIN: Intimate Information: organic hypertext structure
and incremental formalization for everyone's everyday tasks
- WARD CUNNINGHAM: Design Principles of Wiki: How can so little do so much?
Also, WikiSym's conference series code in the ACM Digital Library has
been determined to be ISW. You can look up last year's proceedings here:
http://portal.acm.org/browse_dl.cfm?linked=1&part=series&idx=SERIES11299
----------------
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
2006 International Symposium on Wikis (WikiSym 2006)
August 21-23, 2006, Odense, Denmark
Co-located with ACM Hypertext 2006
Sponsored by ACM SIGWEB
See http://www.wikisym.org/ws2006
Research paper submission deadline: April 15, 2006
OVERVIEW
The 2006 International Symposium on Wikis brings
together wiki researchers, practitioners, and
users. The goal of the symposium is to explore
and extend our growing community. The symposium
has a rigorously reviewed research paper track as
well as plenty of space for practitioner reports,
demonstrations, and discussions. Anyone who is
involved in using, researching, or developing
wikis is invited to WikiSym 2006! To learn more
about the Wiki Symposium, feel free to browse
last year's program
(http://www.wikisym.org/ws2005/program.html), the
proceedings
(http://www.wikisym.org/ws2005/proceedings), and
its wiki (http://ws2005.wikisym.org). For
additional 2006 program information, including
confirmed speakers Angela Beesley, Doug
Engelbart, Mark Bernstein, and Ward Cunningham
please see the main page (http://www.wikisym.org/ws2006).
We are seeking submissions for
* research papers
* practitioner reports
* demonstrations
* workshops
* panels
Research paper and practitioner report
submissions as well as workshop proposals are due
* April 15, 2006
Panel and demonstration submissions are due
* May 1, 2006
Topics of interest to the symposium include, but are not limited to:
* wikis as social software
* wiki user behavior, user dynamics
* wiki user experiences, usability
* information dynamics in wikis
* work group processes, wiki-based collaboration
* reputation systems, quality assurance processes
* wiki implementation experiences and technology
* wiki administration, processes, dealing with abuse
* wiki scalability, social and technical
* wikis and the semantic web/ontologies, semantic wikis
* domain-specific/special-purpose wikis
* wikis in education
SUBMISSION DETAILS
Research papers will be reviewed by the committee
to meet rigorous academic standards of
publication. Research papers are expected to
advance the state of the art by describing
substantiated new research or novel technical
results or by reporting on significant experience
or experimentation. They are reviewed both with
respect to conceptual quality and clarity of presentation.
Accepted research papers will be provided as part
of the conference proceedings. They will be put
into the ACM Digital Library and can be
referenced as papers that appeared in the
Proceedings of the 2006 International Symposium
on Wikis. At the symposium, the presenter will be
given a 25min + 5min Q&A presentation slot.
Research papers should not be longer than 10000
words and 20 pages and should meet the ACM SIG
Proceedings Format, see http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html.
Practitioner reports will be reviewed for
suitability of presentation to the community. The
primary evaluation criterion is the interest to
the community. Practitioner reports will be
provided as part of the conference proceedings
handed out at the symposium and can be referenced
as papers that appeared in the Proceedings of the
2006 International Symposium on Wikis as well.
Practitioner reports should not be longer than
6000 words and 12 pages and should meet the ACM SIG Proceedings Format.
Demonstration, workshop, and panel submissions
will be reviewed for their interest to the
community. A submission should consist of two
pages describing what you intend to do and how
you meet this criterion. It should include a
100-word abstract and one-paragraph bios of all
people relevant to the submission. Demonstrations
will be presented in a joint demonstration
session, workshops will get a half-day or a
full-day and a room of their own (depending on
your request), and panels will get a 90min slot at the symposium.
Please submit your papers or proposals in PDF
format by the respective deadline through our
submission system, which will be available
through the WikiSym website. Questions should be
directed respectively at papers(a)wikisym.org
(research papers and practitioner reports),
workshops(a)wikisym.org (workshops),
panels(a)wikisym.org (panels), or demos(a)wikisym.org (demonstrations).
SYMPOSIUM LOGISTICS
The 2006 International Symposium on Wikis will be
held at the Radisson SAS H.C. Andersen Hotel in
Odense, Denmark, August 21-23, 2006. A special
(reduced) hotel rate has been negotiated. WikiSym
2006 will be co-located with the ACM Hypertext
2006 conference (back-to-back), and participants
may register for the symposium alone, or may
jointly register for WikiSym and Hypertext 2006.
Registration is handled through the ACM Hypertext website.
If you have any questions, please contact Dirk
Riehle through chair(a)wikisym.org.
SYMPOSIUM COMMITTEE
Dirk Riehle, Bayave Software GmbH, Germany (Symposium Chair)
Ward Cunningham, Eclipse Foundation, U.S.A.
Kouichirou Eto, AIST, Japan (Publicity Co-Chair)
Richard P. Gabriel, Sun Microsystems, U.S.A.
Beat Doebeli Honegger, UAS Northwestern Switzerland (Workshop Chair)
Matthias L. Jugel, Fraunhofer FIRST, Germany (Panel Chair)
Samuel J. Klein, Harvard University, U.S.A.
Helmut Leitner, HLS Software, Austria (Publicity Co-Chair)
James Noble, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand (Program Chair)
Sebastien Paquet, Socialtext, U.S.A. (Demonstrations Chair)
Sunir Shah, University of Toronto, Canada (Publicity Co-Chair)
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
James Noble, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand (Program Chair)
Ademar Aguiar, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
Robert Biddle, Carleton University, Canada
Amy Bruckman, Georgia Institute of Technology, U.S.A.
Alain Désilet, NRC, CNRC, Canada
Ann Majchrzak, University of Southern California, U.S.A.
Frank Fuchs-Kittowski, Fraunhofer ISST, Germany
Mark Guzdial, Georgia Institute of Technology, U.S.A.
Dirk Riehle, Bayave Software GmbH, Germany
Robert Tolksdorf, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
FYI
Just a bit of context for those who don't know: Wikimania will be
happening this August in Harvard, Boston, USA. Call for participation
has been distributed, text at:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania_2006_Call_for_Participation -
see below for workshop idea. All the best,
Cormac
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: phoebe ayers <brassratgirl(a)gmail.com>
Date: Mar 8, 2006 5:44 PM
Subject: Re: Social science speakers and workshops
Cormac & all,
One of the workshops you brought up Sunday is something that I would
really like to see -- a breakout session about researching wikipedia -
e.g, a more informal forum for researchers who study wikipedia to talk
about techniques, problems, current ideas, future studies... (am I
getting the general idea right?) I know you & I and Andrew Lih (who
I'm cc'ing in on this) have talked about it briefly, and it was also
brought up last year but never happened.
I guess this could be a workshop format or maybe a birds-of-a-feather.
At any rate, I'd like to be able to schedule it in. Any volunteers :)
or suggestions for who could lead such a thing? It shouldn't be too
difficult to put together; more a matter of scheduling a time & making
sure interested parties can show up, and possibly arranging specific
demonstrations of techniques. It could be social-science oriented, or
(this might be better) open to all researchers in all topics, as long
as they're trying to figure out how to study the site.
phoebe