[WMS] Re: Call for Submissions: 2005 International Symposium on Wikis
- From: Michael Sparks <zathras@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: wiki@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2005 14:54:09 +0000 (GMT)
Pity that conference is in a country that treats any visitors to it like
criminals. WikiMania appeals instead. (I can think of a few topics I'd
like to be shot down on^W^W^W^W present in public :)
Thanks for forwarding that Sunir !
Michael.
On Thu, 3 Mar 2005, Sunir Shah wrote:
> I'll likely be presenting or schmoozing on some
> WikiMarkupStandard related work there. I'm almost
> done my Monkey parser.
>
> Wikipedia is also about to announce their Wikimania
> conference for August 8 in Frankfurt.
>
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimania:Call_for_papers
>
> Best,
> Sunir
>
> ---------
>
>
> CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
>
> 2005 International Symposium on Wikis
> Oct 17-18, 2005, San Diego, California, U.S.A.
> Co-located with ACM OOPSLA 2005
> http://www.wikisym.org
>
>
>
> OVERVIEW
>
> The 2005 International Symposium on Wikis brings together wiki researchers,
> implementers, and users for the first time. The goal of the symposium is to
> find a voice for the community. The symposium has a rigorously reviewed
> research paper track as well as plenty of space for practitioner reports,
> demonstrations, and discussions. We are honored to announce that Ward
> Cunningham, the inventor and host of the original WikiWikiWeb, will present
> the opening keynote talk at WikiSym 2005. Anyone who is involved in using,
> researching, or developing wikis is invited to WikiSym 2005!
>
> We are seeking submissions for
>
> * research papers
> * practitioner reports
> * demonstrations
> * workshops
> * panels
>
> Research paper and practitioner report submissions are due
>
> April 29, 2005
>
> Workshop, and panel submissions are due
>
> April 8, 2005
>
> Demonstration submissions are due
>
> July 1, 2005
>
> 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
> * wiki implementation experiences and technology
> * wiki administration, processes, dealing with abuse
> * wiki scalability, social and technical
> * domain-specific/special-purpose wikis
>
>
>
> 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 2005
> 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 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 companion to
> the conference proceedings handed out at the symposium and can be referenced
> as papers that appeared in the Companion to the Proceedings of the 2005
> International Symposium on Wikis. Practitioner reports should not be longer
> than 6000 words and should meet the ACM SIG Proceedings Format.
>
> Demonstration, workshop, and panel submissions will be reviewed for their
> interest to the community. Submit two pages of description of what you
> intend to do and how you meet this criterion. Please include a 100-word
> abstract and one-paragraph bios of all people relevant to the submission.
> Demonstrations will get 45min slots in a booth of their own, workshops will
> get a half-day and a room of their own, and panels will get a 90min slot at
> the symposium.
>
> Please submit your papers or proposals in PDF format (or postscript, if you
> must) by the respective deadline to submissions@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> SYMPOSIUM LOGISTICS
>
> The 2005 International Symposium on Wikis will be held at the Town and
> Country Resort & Convention Center, San Diego, California, on Oct 17 and 18,
> 2005. WikiSym 2005 will be co-located with the ACM OOPSLA 2005 conference,
> and participants may register for the symposium alone, or may jointly
> register for OOPSLA 2005.
>
> If you have any questions, please contact Dirk Riehle through
> chair@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> SYMPOSIUM COMMITTEE
>
> Dirk Riehle, Independent (chair)
>
> Ward Cunningham, Microsoft
> Mark Guzdial, Georgia Institute of Technology
> Matthias Jugel, Fraunhofer FIRST
> Helmut Leitner, HLS Software
> James Noble, Victoria University of Wellington
> David Ornstein, Microsoft
> Sebastien Paquet, National Research Council of Canada
> Stephan Schmidt, Fraunhofer FIRST
> Sunir Shah, University of Toronto
> /
>
>
>
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