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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Konstantinos,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Please put the extended deadline on the title and the beginning of the posting … <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Replace your title “RE: [Collaboratecom2011] [CollaborateCom 2011 - Extended Deadline] CFP: Orlando, Florida, USA, October 15-18, 2011”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>With “[Collaboratecom2011] [Extended Deadline: July 8, 2011]”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>In the message content, simply put all the important dates and URL to the conf website. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>This way it will make sure people reads and remember the deadlines. I had to dig out the deadline by reading the entire long posting. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Also we may need to send the CFP to all the past authors to welcome to submit papers if we have such a list. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Just my 2 cents.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>--Ling--<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> collaboratecom2011-bounces@list.pitt.edu [mailto:collaboratecom2011-bounces@list.pitt.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Konstantinos Pelechrinis<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 22, 2011 10:10 AM<br><b>To:</b> collaboratecom2011@list.pitt.edu<br><b>Subject:</b> [Collaboratecom2011] [CollaborateCom 2011 - Extended Deadline] CFP: Orlando, Florida, USA, October 15-18, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><pre>COLLABORATECOM 2011<br>The 7th International Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking,<br>Applications and Work sharing<br> Sponsored by IEEE Computer Society (pending), Create-Net and<br> the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and<br><br><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Telecommunications Engineering<br> Orlando, FL, USA, Oct 15-18, 2011<br><br>**** NOTE THE EXTENDED DEADLINE ****<br><br>Over the last two decades, many organizations and individuals have relied<br><br><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>on electronic collaboration between distributed teams of humans, computer<br>applications, and/or autonomous robots to achieve higher productivity and<br>produce joint products that would have been impossible to develop without<br><br><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>the contributions of multiple collaborators. Technology has evolved from<br>standalone tools, to open systems supporting collaboration in<br>multi-organizational settings, and from general purpose tools to<br>specialized collaboration grids. Future collaboration solutions that fully<br><br><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>realize the promises of electronic collaboration require advancements in<br>networking, technology and systems, user interfaces and interaction<br>paradigms, and interoperation with application-specific components and<br><br><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>tools.<br><br>The Seventh International Conference on Collaborative Computing<br>(CollaborateCom 2011) will continue to serve as a premier international<br>forum for discussion among academic and industrial researchers,<br><br><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>practitioners, and students interested in collaborative networking,<br>technology and systems, and applications.<br><br>TOPICS OF INTEREST INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:<br>* Architectures, protocols, and enabling technologies for<br><br><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>collaborative<br>computing networks and systems<br>* Autonomic computing and quality of services in collaborative<br>networks,<br>systems, and applications<br>* Collaboration in pervasive and cloud computing environments<br><br><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>* Collaborative e-education, e-learning, and collaborative<br>computing in<br>large scale digital libraries<br>* Collaborative mobile networks and infrastructures<br>* Collaborative technologies for fast creation and deployment of new<br><br><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>mobile services<br>* Collaborative, location-aware mobile systems/applications<br>* Collaboration techniques in data-intensive computing and cloud<br>computing<br>* Collaborative sensor networks, unmanned air and ground vehicle<br><br><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>networks<br>& applications<br>* Collaborative, context-aware infrastructure<br>* Collaborative social networks & web-based collaboration<br>* Computer supported collaborative work with distributed systems<br><br><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>* Distributed collaborative workflows<br>* Data management and middleware support for collaborative information<br>systems<br>* Energy management for collaborative networks<br>* Group-driven composition of systems from components<br><br><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>* Human/robot collaboration<br>* Human-centric ubiquitous collaboration<br>* Methodologies and tools for design and analysis of collaborative<br>user<br>applications<br>* Models & mechanisms for real-time collaboration<br><br><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>* Multi-agent technology and software technologies for collaborative<br>networking and applications<br>* Peer-to-peer and overlay networks, systems, & applications<br>* P2P platforms for supporting collaboration<br><br><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>* Security, privacy and trust management in collaborative networks,<br>systems, and applications<br>* Simulation, performance evaluation, experiments, and case studies of<br>collaborative networks and applications<br><br><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>* Software design, testing, and experimentation technology for<br>collaborative networking and applications<br>* Theoretical aspects of distributed collaboration<br>* Theoretical foundations and algorithms for collaborative networks,<br><br><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>applications, and worksharing<br>* Tools for collaborative decision making processes<br>* Trustworthy collaborative business processing in virtual<br>organizations<br>* Visualization techniques, interaction devices and visual<br><br><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>languages for<br>collaborative networks and applications<br>* Web services technologies and service-oriented architectures for<br>collaborative networking and applications<br>* Workflow management for collaborative networks/systems<br><br><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><br>PAPERS: We invite original research papers that have not been previously<br>published and are not currently under review for publication elsewhere.<br>Contributions addressing all areas related to collaborative networking,<br><br><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>technology and systems, and applications are solicited. The submitted<br>manuscript should closely reflect the final paper as it will appear in the<br>Proceedings. Submitted papers should be 10 pages in two-column IEEE<br><br><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>proceeding format.<br>POSTERS: The conference will include a poster session that highlights<br>recent and on-going research, experiments, and provocative ideas that have<br>not been published elsewhere. Poster submissions will be reviewed and one<br><br><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>page summaries of accepted posters will appear in the conference<br>proceedings.<br>WORKSHOPS: Proposals for half-day or full day workshops that focus on<br>CollaborateCom 2011 related themes are solicited. Workshop proposals<br><br><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>should be at most five pages, including a biographical sketch of each<br>instructor, and submitted to the Workshop Chairs. Proposals will be<br>evaluated based on the expertise and experience of the organizers and the<br><br><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>relevance and importance of the subject matter. Please refer to call for<br>workshop proposals for details.<br>PANELS: Proposals for panel discussions that focus on future visions for<br>collaborative networking, applications, and worksharing are preferred.<br><br><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Potential panel organizers should submit a panel proposal of at most five<br>pages, including biographical sketches of the proposed panellists to the<br>Panel Chairs.<br>TUTORIALS: Proposals for full and half-day tutorials are solicited.<br><br><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Tutorials are intended to enhance the technical program, and as such they<br>should be relevant to collaborative computing, networking, worksharing,<br>and applications. Potential tutorial presenters should submit a tutorial<br><br><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>proposal of at most three pages, including: description of potential<br>audience and background knowledge expected from the audience, if any;<br>tutorial description; biographical sketch of presenter(s).<br>SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: All paper, poster, panel, and workshop<br><br><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>submissions will be handled electronically. Please visit the conference<br>website <a href="http://www.CollaborateCom.org">www.CollaborateCom.org</a> for detailed submission requirements and<br>procedures.<br>PUBLICATION: All submitted papers and posters will be rigorously reviewed<br><br><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>by technical program committee members and the reviewers they invite. All<br>accepted papers will made available in IEEE Xplore. Approval has been<br>granted for a special issue on CollaborateCom'11 to be published on<br><br><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>ACM/Springer MOBILE NETWORKS & APPLICATIONS (MONET). 4-6 papers on the<br>themes related to MONET will be selected for publication on this issue.<br>Other Journal venues are being pursued.<br><br><br>ORGANIZING COMMITTEE<br><br><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><br>General Chairs:<br>Dimitrios Georgakopoulos, CSIRO, Australia<br>James Joshi, University of Pittsburgh, USA<br><br>Technical Program Chairs:<br>Calton Pu, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA<br>James Caverlee, Texas A&M University, USA<br><br><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><br>Panels Chairs:<br>Ling Liu, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA<br>Barbara Carminati, University of Insubria, Italy<br><br>Workshop Chairs:<br>Mohamed Eltoweissy, Pacific Northwest National Lab and Virginia Tech, USA<br><br><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Lotzi Boloni, University of Central Florida, USA<br><br>Industrial Chairs:<br>Venu Vasudevan, Motorala Mobilty, USA<br>Heri Ramampiaro, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway<br><br>Publicity Chair:<br>Heri Ramampiaro, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway<br><br><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Konstantinos Pelechrinis, University of Pittsburgh, USA<br><br>Publication Chair:<br>Surya Nepal, CSIRO, Australia<br><br>Local Arrangements Chair:<br>Damian Dechev, University of Central Florida, USA<br><br>Conference Coordinator:<br><br><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Hugo Estrella ICST/EAI<br><br>STEERING COMMITTEE:<br>Imrich Chlamtac (Chair), Create-Net, Italy<br>Tao Zhang (Vice Chair), Telcordia Technologies, USA<br>Ken Birman, Cornell University, USA<br>Nim Cheung, Telcordia Technologies, USA<br><br><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Arun Iyengar, IBM T.J. Watson, USA<br>Pradeep Khosla, Carnegie Mellon Univ., USA<br>Ling Liu, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA<br>James Joshi, University of Pittsburgh, USA<br><br><br>TIMELINE:<br><br>April 15, 2011<br><br><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Workshop and tutorial proposals due<br><br>July 1, 2011<br>Posters and panel proposals deadline<br><br>July 8, 2011<br>Paper submission deadline<br><br>August 14, 2011<br>Notification of acceptance<br><br>August 30, 2011<br><br><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>Camera-ready versions due<o:p></o:p></pre><p class=MsoNormal><br><br clear=all><br>-- <br>------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><br>Konstantinos Pelechrinis<br>Assistant Professor<br>School of Information Sciences<br>Telecommunications and Networking Program<br>University of Pittsburgh<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Web: <a href="http://www.sis.pitt.edu/%7Ekpele" target="_blank">http://www.sis.pitt.edu/~kpele</a><br>Tel : (412) 624 9417<br>Fax : (412) 624 2788<br>----------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>