WIKISYM 2009 -- Call for Papers

WIKISYM 2009
The International Symposium on Wikis and Open Collaboration
http://www.wikisym.org/ws2009/
October 25-27 in Orlando, Florida, USA
In-cooperation with ACM SIGPLAN and ACM SIGWEB, co-located with ACM
OOPSLA 2009, peer-reviewed and archived in the ACM Digital Library

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The International Symposium on Wikis (WikiSym) is the premier
conference dedicated to wikis and related open collaboration systems
and processes.

WikiSym 2009 aims to explore and extend the thriving wiki community,
bringing together researchers, practitioners, writers and scholars to
gather, discuss and share knowledge and experience on all areas
related to wikis and wiki philosophy, ranging from social to
technical, and from theoretical to experience studies.

The symposium combines a rigorously reviewed research paper track
with plenty of space for experience reports, discussions of work in
progress, demonstrations, tutorials, and lively informal last minute
sessions in open space and WikiFest sessions.

This year, WikiSym will be held in Orlando, Florida, USA---a city
with a tropical climate, poolside fruity drinks, and world-class
entertainment opportunities for adults and families.

== IMPORTANT DATES ==

* March 27th: Submission deadline for research papers, experience
reports, workshops, and panels
* April 24th: Submission deadline for posters, demonstrations,
WikiFest and Doctoral Symposium proposals
* May 22nd: Notifications for all submission categories (workshops
earlier)
* October 25-27: WikiSym 2009!

== TOPICS OF INTEREST ==

WikiSym welcomes submissions of research papers (long and short),
experience reports, workshops, panels, posters, demonstrations,
WikiFest and Doctoral Symposium proposals.

Given the interdisciplinary nature of wiki and related systems,
WikiSym invites contributions in a wide range of fields:

* computer science and technology
* human-computer interaction
* communications and media studies
* education
* information and library science
* history, political science, geography
* linguistics, discourse analysis, language studies
* business, marketing, law
* natural sciences, medicine

Topics of special interest to the symposium include, but are not
limited to:

* social software for collaboration and work group processes
* wiki user experiences, usability, and discourse analysis
* reputation systems, quality assurance processes
* scalability---social and technical
* wiki technologies and implementations
* translation and multilingual wiki content
* educational applications
* wiki for non-textual media (images, video, audio)
* content dynamics and wiki evolution
* wiki journalism
* wiki archiving and versioning
* wiki administration: dealing with abuse and resolving conflict
* wiki and the semantic web, knowledge management, tacit knowledge
* wiki for small audiences (departmental and family wikis)
* legal issues (copyright, licensing)
* visualization of wiki structure
* wiki fiction

== RESEARCH PAPERS ==

Research papers present integrative reviews or original reports of
substantive new work: theoretical, empirical, or in the development
or deployment of novel systems. We encourage emphasizing lessons
learned and providing a clear concise message to the audience about
the relevance of the work. The paper must place your work in context
within the field, citing related work and indicating clearly what
aspects of the work are new.

Research papers will be reviewed by the Program Committee to meet
rigorous academic standards of publication. They should be written in
English and must not exceed 10 pages (for full papers) or 4 pages
(for short papers). Papers will be reviewed both with respect to
conceptual quality and clarity of presentation. Authors of accepted
papers are expected to attend the conference in order to present the
paper.

Accepted submissions will be published in the WikiSym proceedings and
archived in the ACM Digital Library. Submitted papers should use the
ACM SIG Proceedings Format, see: http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/
template.html

== EXPERIENCE REPORTS ==

Experience reports are an integral part of the conference program.
These reports provides a large group of peers the opportunity to
learn from a project's experience; they explore how concepts that
sound good on paper (and at conferences!) work on real projects. They
are a valuable means of communicating experiences, especially at the
"bleeding edge". Many attendees want to find out what it is like to
start a company wiki, use a wiki in classroom education, or build a
political campaign around a wiki. Experience reports present
experience and reflections, together with supporting evidence for any
claims made. And they particularly include reports that discuss both
benefits and drawbacks of the approaches used. Reports may focus on a
particular aspect of technology usage and practice, or describe broad
project experiences. Some reports focus on people, process or related
challenges.

== WORKSHOPS ==

Workshops provide an opportunity for researchers and practitioners to
discuss and learn about topics that require extended engagement such
as new systems, research methods, standards and formats. A workshop
should require participants to engage with each other for at least
half a day. For shorter sessions, please consider WikiSym's open
space format. A workshop proposal should consist of approximately two
pages describing what you intend to do and how your session will meet
the criteria described above. It should include a concise abstract,
proposed time frame (half-day, full-day) and one-paragraph
biographies of all people relevant to the submission. Workshop
proposals will be reviewed and selected for their interest to the
community. Each workshop will be allocated a half-day or a full-day
and a room.

== PANELS ==

Panels provide an interactive forum for bringing together people with
interesting points of view to discuss compelling wiki issues. Panels
involve participation from both the panelists and audience members in
a lively discussion. Proposals for panels should consist of
approximately two pages describing what you intend to do and how your
session will meet the criteria described above. It should include a
concise abstract and one-paragraph biographies of all people relevant
to the submission. A panel submission will be reviewed and selected
for their interest to the community. Each panel will be given a 90-
minute time slot.

== POSTERS ==

Poster presentations enable researchers to present late-breaking
results, significant work in progress, or work that is best
communicated in conversation. WikiSym's lively poster sessions let
conference attendees exchange ideas one-on-one with authors, and let
authors discuss their work in detail with those attendees most deeply
interested in the topic.

Poster proposals may describe original research, engineering, or
experience reports. Submissions should consist of two page extended
abstract outlining the content of the poster. Successful applicants
will be invited display a poster, 1x2m in size, at a special plenary
session of the Symposium.

== DEMONSTRATIONS ==

Wikis are intended to be used, and no format is better suited for
demonstrating the utility of new wiki research and technology than
showing and using it. If you would like to demonstrate new features
or products, this is the place! Demonstrations give presenters an
opportunity to show running systems and gather feedback. Demo
submissions will be reviewed based on their relevance to the
community. A submission should be one page in length, with a title,
and a short description of the demo. The description should include
what you plan to demo, what you hope to get out of demoing, and how
the audience will benefit. A short note of any special technical
requirements may be included.

== WIKI FEST ==

WikiFest is a conference session devoted to helping you start and
grow a successful wiki in your organization. Proposals should
showcase a wiki adoption strategy or example, with emphasis on how
others can apply your strategy to their own wiki.

Topics to be covered:

* Tools---Choose the right wiki software for your needs
* Adoption---How to run a pilot, establish a core group of users, and
grow usage.
* Uses---How does your team use a wiki? How has it helped your
productivity?
* Obstacles---What are they, and how can you avoid or fix them?

== DOCTORAL SYMPOSIUM ==

The Doctoral Symposium is an interactive forum for doctoral students
to receive present and discuss their doctoral work. Students who are
at least one year away from dissertation completion are invited to
submit to the Doctoral Symposium. Students beginning their research
are especially invited to attend.

To submit a proposal send a 2-3 pages description of your
dissertation research, including:

* A description of your work
* The goals---what contributions will your research generate?
* The approach---what is being performed to achieve the goals? How
will results be validated?

Additionally, your adviser must send a brief statement of your
dissertation progress to date and a statement of recommendation to
the Doctoral Symposium chair.

== HOW TO SUBMIT ==

Please submit your papers or proposals in PDF format through our
submission system at the WikiSym website (available in early 2009).

* http://www.wikisym.org/ws2009

All accepted submissions will be published in the proceedings and
archived in the ACM Digital Library. Submitted work of all categories
should use the ACM SIG Proceedings Format, see: http://www.acm.org/
sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html

Questions regarding submissions may be directed at the respective
chair using the following email addresses:

* Research papers: papers@wikisym.org
* Experience reports: reports@wikisym.org
* Panels: panels@wikisym.org
* Workshops: workshops@wikisym.org
* Demonstrations: demos@wikisym.org
* Posters: posters@wikisym.org
* WikiFest: wikifest@wikisym.org
* Doctoral Symposium: docsym@wikisym.org

General questions should be directed at chair@wikisym.org.

== SYMPOSIUM COMMITTEE ==

* Dirk Riehle, SAP Labs LLC, USA, Symposium Chair
* Amy Bruckman, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA, Program Chair
* Ademar Aguiar, FEUP, Universidade do Porto, Portugal, Sponsorships
Chair
* Luca de Alfaro, University of California at Santa Cruz, USA,
Doctoral Symposium Chair
* Claus Atzenbeck, Aalborg University Esbjerg, Denmark, Posters Chair
* Phoebe Ayers, University of California at Davis, Wikimedia Liason
* Robert Biddle, Carleton University, Experience Reports Chair
* Martin Cleaver, Blended Perspectives, Canada, Publicity Co-Chair
* Ward Cunningham, AboutUs.org and Cunningham & Cunningham, USA,
Honorary Member
* Alain Desilets, National Research Council of Canada, Canada,
Tutorials Chair
* Ted Ernst, AboutUs.org, USA, Open Space Facilitator
* Marc Laporte, TikiWiki CMS/Groupware, Webmaster
* Stewart Mader, Future Changes, WikiFest Chair
* James Noble, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand,
Honorary Member
* Felipe Ortega, Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain, Publicity Co-Chair
* Sebastien Paquet, Universite du Quebec a Montreal, Canada, Panels
Chair
* Pattarawan Prasarnphanich, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand,
Demonstrations Chair
* Christian Wagner, City University of Hong Kong, China, Workshops Chair

== PROGRAM COMMITTEE ==

* Ademar Aguiar, FEUP, Universidade do Porto, Portugal
* Luca de Alfaro, University of California at Santa Cruz, USA
* Panagiota Alevizou, London School of Economics and Political
Science, UK
* Mark Bernstein, Eastgate Systems, USA
* Robert Biddle, Carleton University, Canada
* Amy Bruckman, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
* Thomas N. Burg, BlogTalk, Socialware, MindMeister, Austria
* Ed H. Chi, PARC, USA
* Ulrike Cress, Knowledge Media Research Center, Tuebingen, Germany
* Kevin Crowston, Syracuse University, USA
* Chris Dent, Peermore Limited, UK
* Alain Desilets, National Research Council of Canada, Canada
* Andrea Forte, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
* Frank Fuchs-Kittowski, Fraunhofer ISST, Germany
* Andreea D. Gorbatai, Harvard Business School, Harvard University, USA
* Susan C. Herring, Indiana University, USA
* Brian Ingerson, Socialtext, USA
* Benjamin Mako-Hill, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
* Aniket Kittur, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
* Marc Laporte, TikiWiki CMS/Groupware, Canada
* Sky Marsen, Macquarie University, Australia
* David W. McDonald, University of Washington, USA
* Paulo Merson, Software Engineering Institute, USA
* David Millard, University of Southampton, UK
* Stuart Moulthrop, University of Baltimore, USA
* Pattarawan Prasarnphanich, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
* Joseph Reagle, New York University, USA
* Camille Roth, CNRS, France
* Frank Shipman, Texas A&M University, USA
* Dario Taraborelli, University of Surrey, UK
* Fernanda B. Viegas, IBM Research, USA