DIMACS Workshop on Social and Collaborative Information Seeking (SCIS)

May 14 - 15, 2015
DIMACS Center, CoRE Building, Rutgers University

Organizers:
Chirag Shah, Rutgers University, chirags at rutgers.edu
Rob Capra, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, rcapra at unc.edu
Preben Hansen, Stockholm University, preben at dsv.su.se
Presented under the auspices of the Special Focus on Information Sharing and Dynamic Data Analysis.

Call for Participation:

To participate, please send a short abstract that indicates your interest and/or background relating to SCIS. The abstract should have a title and be no more than 500 words long. It should be submitted as a text/word/pdf file to Chirag Shah (chirags@rutgers.edu) by March 22, 2015.

Accepted participants will be notified by March 29, 2015. The early registration deadline for the workshop is May 7, 2015. See http://dimacs.rutgers.edu/archive/Workshops/SCIS/ for details.

We also have small funds available to support student participation in this workshop. If you are a student who wants to be considered for this support, please send your current CV in addition to the abstract. The support will include free registration, food, and limited funds to cover part of travel.

The workshop will last 1.5 days, with invited short talks, poster/demo session, and breakout groups to chart research agenda and discuss methods in the area of SCIS. Invited guests include distinguished scholars from industry and academia.

Attendance at the workshop is open to all interested participants (subject to space limitations). Please register if you would like to attend this workshop.


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