特定非営利活動法人 ヒューマンインタフェース学会

Information Processing Society of Japan, Special Interest Group on Groupware and Network Services (IPSJ SIG-GN)

Human Interface Society, Special Interest Group on Communication Enhancement (HIS SIG-CE)

The Virtual Reality Society of Japan, Special Interest Group on Cyberspace (VRSJ SIG-CyberSpace)

CollabTech 2012 will be the sixth international conference on

collaboration technologies. Due to marked advances in networking,

computing and interaction technologies, we are at the cusp of

collaboration technologies being a part of an intricate network of

various types of everyday collaborative processes. The conference will

provide a platform for the international collaboration technology

community to showcase, discuss and deliberate on state-of-the art,

emerging new technology developments and understanding the social 

use of　these technologies to improve collaborations.

*Topics include, but not limited to:

    -CSCW system architectures and applications

    -Web-based groupware

    -Social computing and inter-cultural collaboration

    -Collaborative communication systems

    -Embodied communication systems

    -Shared virtual/augmented environments

    -Smart device-based groupware

    -Computer supported collaborative learning (CSCL)

    -Collaborative entertainment systems

    -Computer supported cooperative design (CSCD)

    -Social science studies on collaboration

*Important Dates

Submission of the paper for review: March 19, 2012

Notification of acceptance: May 28, 2012

Submission of camera-ready manuscripts: June 25, 2012

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