CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
                    CHI 2002 WORKSHOP 

              "Mobile Ad Hoc Collaboration"
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                 Minneapolis, Minnesota
                    April 22, 2002
 
	   Submission Deadline: January 25, 2002
     http://www.cs.uoregon.edu/research/wearables/chi2002ws
      

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION 

This workshop aims to provide a forum for the discussion of 
human-factors issues related to the design and evaluation of 
collaborative applications for mobile ad-hoc and personal-area networks. 
In particular, it tries to advance the understanding of how ad-hoc 
network applications can facilitate spontaneous collaboration.

The emergence of mobile ad-hoc networks (MANET) creates opportunities 
for new forms of mobile collaboration involving interaction between 
people who are co-located and organized in an unforeseeable way. The 
acceptance of MANET devices and networks will depend on the applications 
they facilitate and the social benefits they provide.

Workshop topics include, but are not limited to:

- Presence-based and face-to-face collaboration 
- Support for opportunistic meetings 
- Spontaneous collaboration 
- Mobile and wearable communities 
- Groupware for mobile collaboration
- Security and privacy aspects
- Usability aspects
- Social impacts
- Design and evaluation methods 


ORGANIZERS

- Gerd Kortuem, University of Oregon, USA 
- Hans-Werner Gellersen, Lancaster University, UK 
- Mark Billinghurst, University of Washington, USA  

 
SUBMISSIONS

We seek contributions in the form of case/design studies, evaluations of 
existing systems or theoretical work. The intention is to bring together 
researchers from a wide variety of disciplines such as CSCW, HCI, 
Mobile/Wearable Computing, Ubiquitous/Distributed Computing and Wireless 
Networking, to discuss issues related to the design, development, and 
evaluation of MANET applications.

By January 25th, send a position paper of no more than four (4) pages 
describing ongoing research or research interests. Send submissions in 
PDF or postscript format to Gerd Kortuem at kortuem@cs.uoregon.edu.

We plan to publish accepted submissions as part of workshop proceedings.


FOR MORE INFORMATION

- Contact Gerd Kortuem at kortuem@cs.uoregon.edu
- Web site: http://www.cs.uoregon.edu/research/wearables/chi2002ws