We invite you to participate in the 21th International Conference on Collaboration and Technology (CRIWG 2015), taking place in Yerevan, Armenia, on September 22 – 25, 2015. The conference is supported and governed by the Collaborative Research International Working Group (CRIWG), an open community of collaboration technology researchers. The American University of Armenia, College of Science and Engineering will host this year’s edition.
Traditionally, CRIWG conferences offer a strong focus on collaboration technology design, development, and evaluation. The conferences bring together researchers from the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Oceania who present papers that report on innovative combinations of technical, human, and organizational approaches to expand collaboration support. Their work is often grounded in theory from various disciplines such as computer science, management science, information systems, engineering, psychology, cognitive sciences, and social sciences.
The papers presented at CRIWG 2015 will be published by Springer, LNCS series. The authors of the best papers presented at the Conference will be invited to submit extended versions for journal special issues. At this time, the following ISI-listed journals have confirmed special issues with CRIWG´2015 papers: Educational Technology and Society, and IEEE Latin America Transactions.Others may be announced later on.
Please note that the deadline for submitting papers was extended to 22 of May.
1. Regular registration USD 550, for anyone registering after June 30
At least one author of each paper should register with this option
Registration includes:
- a copy of the proceedings
- pick-up from airport to your chosen hotel
- welcome reception at the AUA (Sept. 22 evening)
- coffee breaks, lunches, entrance to sessions
- conference dinner (Sept. 23 evening)
- social event (Café Mezzo, Sept 24 evening)
- full day tour (Sept. 25, including Thakhgazor, Sevan, Dilijan, Haghatsin, lunch at Hotel Hrasnakar, on the shore of lake Sevan)
2. Early second author registration USD 430
For authors of a paper which has been already registered with option 1, it includes same as above regular early registration
3. Accompanying person: USD 200
It includes
- welcome reception
- pick-up from airport to your chosen hotel
- conference dinner
- social event on Sept 24
- full day tour on Sept 25
Regular Registration
September 22, 2015 (Day 1)
Time Event
17:30-18:30 Registration
18:30-20:30 Welcome Cocktail
September 23, 2015 (Day 2)
Time Event
09:00-09:30 Registration
09:30-10:00 Opening Ceremony
10:00-11:00 Keynote Speech by RJ. Vassileva
11:00-11:30 Coffee-break
11:30-13:00 Paper Session 1
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:30-16:00 Paper Session 2
16:00-16:30 Coffee-break
16:30-18:30 Paper Session 3
18:30-20:00
20:00-23:00 Conference Dinner
September 24, 2015 (Day 3)
Time Event
10:00-11:00 Invited Speech by Y. Zorian
11:00-11:30 Coffee-break
11:30-13:00 Paper Session 4
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:30-16:00 Paper Session 5
16:00-16:30 Coffee-break
16:30-18:30 Paper Session 6
18:30-20:00
20:00-23:00 Social Event: Café Mezzo (http://mezzo.am)
Septemeber 25, 2015 (Day 4)
Day tour (9:30-20:00)
– Tsaghkazor
– Sevan
– Dilijan
– Goshavank
Sessions
CONFERENCE PROGRAM DETAILS | ||
September 23, 2015 (Day 2) | ||
Time | Event | Authors |
09:00-09:30 | Registration | |
09:30-10:00 | Opening Ceremony | |
10:00-11:00 | Keynote Speech by J. Vassileva | |
11:00-11:30 | Coffee-break | |
Paper Presentation Session 1 | ||
11:30-12:05 | Evaluating Anchored Discussion to Foster Creativity in Online Collaboration | Georg J.P. Link, Dominik Siemon, Gj De Vreede and Susanne Robra-Bissantz; |
12:05-12:40 | Where to begin? Using Network Analytics for the Recommendation of Scientific Papers | Laura Steinert, Irene-Angelica Chounta and Ulrich Hoppe; |
12:40-13:15 | Dynamic Credibility Threshold Assignment in Trust and Reputation Mechanisms Using PID Controller | Mohsen Mohkami, Zeinab Noorian and Julita Vassileva; |
13:15-14:30 | Lunch | |
Paper Presentation Session 2 | ||
14:30-15:05 | A Behaviour Awareness Mechanism to Support Collaborative Learning | Esunly Medina, Roc Messeguer, Sergio F. Ochoa and Humberto Medina; |
15:05-15:30 | XCuteKIP: Support for Knowledge Intensive Process Activities | Ednilson Moura, Fernanda Baião and Flavia Santoro; |
15:30-16:05 | Every answer has a question: exploring communication and knowledge exchange in MOOCs through learning analytics | Irene-Angelica Chounta, Tobias Hecking and Ulrich Hoppe; |
16:05-16:30 | Coffee-break | |
Paper Presentation Session 3 | ||
16:30-16:55 | Sketchpad: A learning tool supporting creativity in collaborative learning activities | Gustavo Zurita, Catalina Cárdenas and Nelson Baloian; |
16:55-17:20 | Exploiting the use of wikis to support collaborative writing: a case study of an undergraduate Computer Science class | Oluwabunmi Adewoyin, Kewen Wu and Julita Vassileva; |
17:20-17:55 | Measuring the effort demanded by CSCL design processes supporting a consistent artifact flow | Osmel Bordiés López and Yannis Dimitriadis Damoulis; |
18:30-20:00 | Visit to Tumo Center | |
20:00-23:00 | Conference Dinner | |
September 24, 2015 (Day 3) | ||
10:00-11:00 | Keynote Speech by Y. Zorian | |
11:00-11:30 | Coffee-break | |
11:30-13:00 | Paper Presentation Session 4 | |
11:30-12:05 | Synchronizing Dining Progress in Video-Mediated Time-shifted Table Talk Induces More Engagement | Tomoo Inoue and Yasuhito Noguchi; |
11:35-12:10 | Contrasting People’s Attitudes towards Self-disclosure in Online Social Networks and Face-to-face Settings | Maria Lucia Bento Villela, Simone Isabela De Rezende Xavier, Raquel Prates, Marcos Prates, Frank Shipman, Antonio A. P. Prates and Alexandre Cardoso; |
12:10-13:05 | Supporting Collaborative Decision Making in Geo-collaboration Scenarios | Nelson Baloian, Jonathan Frez, Jose A. Pino and Gustavo Zurita; |
13:00-14:00 | Lunch | |
14:30-16:00 | Paper Presentation Session 5 | |
14:30-15:05 | Crowdsourcing and Knowledge Co-creation in Virtual Museums | Nelson Baloian, Daniel Biella, Wolfram Luther, Daniel Sacher, Tobias Schreck and Benjamin Weyers; |
15:05-15:30 | BESIDE: Immersive System to Enhance Learning within a Museum | Ryuichi Yoshida, Haruya Tamaki, Tsugunosuke Sakai, Ryohei Egusa, Machi Saito, Shinichi Kamiyama, Miki Namatame, Masanori Sugimoto, Fusako Kusunoki, Etsuji Yamaguchi, Shigenori Inagaki, Yoshiaki Takeda and Hiroshi Mizoguchi; |
15:30-15:55 | An Integrative Tool Chain for Collaborative Virtual Museums in Immersive Virtual Environments | Daniel Sacher, Benjamin Weyers, Torsten W. Kuhlen and Wolfram Luther; |
16:00-16:30 | Coffe-break | |
Paper Presentation Session 6 | ||
16:30-17:05 | Analysis of Question and Answering Behavior in Question Routing Services | Zhe Liu and Bernard J. Jansen; |
17:05-17:30 | Secure Collaboration in Public Cloud Storages | Aram Jivanyan, Roland Yeghiazaryan, Azat Manukyan and Armen Darbinyan; |
17:30-17:55 | Using real-time gaze sharing methods to enhance collaboration | Christian Schlösser, Philipp Schlieker-Steens, Andrea Kienle and Andreas Harrer; |
17:55-18:20 | A Subscription Overlay Network for Large-Scale and Efficient File Parallel Downloading | Patricio Galdames, Claudio Gutiérrez-Soto and Cristopher Barrientos; |
18:30-20:00 | ||
20:00-23:00 | Social Event: Café Mezzo |