Fw: Call for Papers CSCWD 2006

CALL FOR PAPERS
The 10th International Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work in
Design
 May 3-5, 2006, Nanjing, P.R. China

Organized by
    Southeast University, P.R. China

Co-Sponsored by
 IEEE Beijing Section
 National Natural Science Foundation of China (pending)
 CIMS Committee, National Hi-Tech R&D Program of China (pending)

Committees

General Conference Chair:
 Prof. Guanqun Gu (Southeast University, China)

Conference Co-Chairs:
 Prof. Zhiyong Liu (NSFC, China)
 Prof. Mengqi Zhou (IEEE Beijing Section, China)
 Prof. Linfu Sun (CIMS, China)
 Prof. Ramana Reddy (WVU, USA)

Program Committee Chairs:
 Prof. Weiming Shen (NRC, Canada)
 Prof. Junzhou Luo (Southeast University, China)
 Prof. Zongkai Lin (CAS, China)
 Prof. Jean-Paul Barthčs (UTC, France)

Organizing Committee Chairs:
 Prof. Jianming Deng (Southeast University, China)

Publicity Chairs:
 Dr. Xiaoping Li (Southeast University, China)
 Dr. Kuo-Ming Chao (Coventry University, UK)
 Dr. Jianming Yong (USQ, Australia)
 Dr. Qi Hao (NRC, Canada)

International Steering Committee
 Chair Prof. Zongkai Lin (China)
 Co-Chair Prof. Jean-Paul Barthčs (France)
 Secretary Prof. Weiming Shen (Canada)

Members
 Prof. Jano Moreira de Souza (Brazil)
 Prof. Tangqiu Li (China)
 Prof. Susan Finger (USA)
 Dr. Anne James (UK)
 Prof. Junzhou Luo (China)

Scope of Conference
 * Techniques, methods, and tools for CSCW in design
 * Knowledge intensive cooperative design
 * Intelligent agents and multi-agent systems for cooperative design
 * Workflows for cooperative design
 * VR technologies for cooperative design
 * Internet/Web and CSCW in design
 * Grids, Web Services and Semantic Web for CSCW in Design
 * Cooperation in virtual enterprises and e-businesses
 * Distance learning/training related to design
 * Applications and testbeds
 * Other areas related to CSCW in Design

Submission of Papers
 Papers reporting original research results and experience are
 solicited. Each paper, written in English, should be no more
 than 6 pages (IEEE proceedings format), including references
 and Illustrations. Electronic submissions in PDF or Postscript
 format are strongly recommended.
 Submission of a paper should be regarded as an undertaking
 that, should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors
 will attend the conference to present the paper.

Publication
 All submitted papers will be reviewed by program committee
 members and selected based on their originality, significance,
 relevance, and clarity of presentation. Accepted papers will be
 published in the IEEE categorized conference proceedings
 (EI/ISTP). Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit
 revised and expanded version of their papers to be considered
 for publication in special issues of well-known international
 journals (SCI). Up to 35% of the submitted papers will be
 selected for publication in an LNCS Volume, Springer-Verlag
 (SCI Expanded) (subject to final approval).

Contacts
 Prof. Jianming Deng / Dr. Xiaoping Li
 Department of Computer Sciences and Engineering,
 Southeast University
 Sipailou 2, Nanjing, 210096, P. R. China
 Tel: +86 25 8379 5733, Fax: +86 25 8379 4838
 Email:
 jmdeng@seu.edu.cn / xpli@seu.edu.cn

 Prof. Weiming Shen
 Integrated Manufacturing Technologies Institute
 National Research Council Canada
 800 Collip Circle, London, Ontario, Canada, N6G 4X8
 Tel: +1 519 430-7134, Fax: +1 519 430-7064
 E-mail: weiming.shen@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca

Important Dates
 November 30, 2005 Full paper submission due
 January 31, 2006 Notification of acceptance
 February 28, 2006 Final papers due
Received on Wed Nov 2 12:07:34 2005