Cross posting this announcement on the education list for any folks
interested in proposing an Open Education topic.
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Tighe Flanagan
Senior Manager, Wikipedia Education Program
Wikimedia Foundation
tflanagan(a)wikimedia.org
education.wikimedia.org
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From: Nicolas Jullien <Nicolas.Jullien(a)telecom-bretagne.eu>
Date: Wed, Jan 17, 2018 at 11:57 AM
Subject: [Wiki-research-l] OpenSym 2018 | August 22-24, 2018 | Paris,
France | General Call for Papers | Deadline March 15, 2018
To: Research into Wikimedia content and communities <
wiki-research-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Dear all,
it's my pleasure to inform you that the call for paper for OpenSym 2018 is
available.
Conference Website and call for papers:
http://opensym.org
Papers are due by March 15, 23h59 (any time on Earth).
Submission:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=opensym2018
(accepted rate in 2017: 45%)
Topics: The conference provides peer-reviewed research tracks on subjects
related to open collaboration including:
- Open Collaboration Research, esp. Wikis and Social Media
- Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS)
- Open Data, Open Access, and Open Science
- Open Education
- IT-Driven Open Innovation
- Open Policy/Open Government/Open Law
- Wikipedia and Wikimedia Research
Looking forward to seeing your paper's presentation in Paris
Nicolas Jullien, general chair of OpenSym 2018
About the Conference
--------------------
OpenSym is the only conference that brings together the different strands
of open collaboration research and practice, seeking to create synergies
and inspire new collaborations between people from computer science,
information science, social science, humanities, and everyone interested in
understanding open collaboration and how it is changing our society.
This year’s conference will be held in Paris, France on August 22-24,
2018. A Doctoral Symposium will take place on August 21, 2018.
OpenSym is held in-cooperation with ACM SIGWEB and ACM SIGSOFT and the
conference proceedings will be archived in the ACM digital library like all
prior editions.
Submission Information and Instructions
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Topics: The conference provides peer-reviewed research tracks on subjects
related to open collaboration including:
- Open Collaboration Research, esp. Wikis and Social Media
- Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS)
- Open Data, Open Access, and Open Science
- Open Education
- IT-Driven Open Innovation
- Open Policy/Open Government/Open Law
- Wikipedia and Wikimedia Research
Paper Presentation: OpenSym 2018 will be organized as a one track
conference in order to emphasize the interdisciplinary character of this
conference and to encourage discussion.
Submission Deadline: The research paper submission deadline is March 15th
2018. Submitted papers should present integrative reviews or original
reports of substantive new work: theoretical, empirical, and/or in the
design, development and/or deployment of novel concepts, systems, and
mechanisms. Research papers will be reviewed to meet rigorous academic
standards of publication. Papers will be reviewed for relevance, conceptual
quality, innovation and clarity of presentation.
All the submissions are done via the EasyChair platform, here:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=opensym2018
Paper Length: There is no minimum or maximum length for submitted papers.
Rather, reviewers will be instructed to weigh the contribution of a paper
relative to its length. Papers should report research thoroughly but
succinctly: brevity is a virtue. A typical length of a “long research
paper” is 10 pages (formerly the maximum length limit and the limit on
OpenSym tracks), but may be shorter if the contribution can be described
and supported in fewer pages—shorter, more focused papers (called “short
research papers” previously) are encouraged and will be reviewed like any
other paper. While we will review papers longer than 10 pages, the
contribution must warrant the extra length. Reviewers will be instructed to
reject papers whose length is incommensurate with the size of their
contribution. Papers should be formatted in ACM SIGCHI paper format.
Reviewing is not double-blind so manuscripts do not need to be anonymized.
Posters: As in previous years, OpenSym will also be hosting a poster
session at the conference. To propose a poster, authors should submit an
extended abstract (not more than 4 pages) describing the content of the
poster which will be published in a non-archival companion proceedings to
the conference. Posters should use the ACM SIGCHI templates for extended
abstracts. An example of a poster abstract can be found here. Reviewing is
not double-blind so abstracts do not need to be anonymized.
Paper Proceedings: OpenSym is held in-cooperation with ACM SIGWEB and ACM
SIGSOFT and the conference proceedings will be archived in the ACM digital
library like all prior editions. OpenSym seeks to accommodate the needs of
the different research disciplines it draws on including disciplines with
archival conference proceedings and disciplines where authors usually
present at conferences and publish later. Authors, whose submitted papers
have been accepted for presentation at the conference have a choice of:
having their paper become part of the official proceedings, archived in the
ACM Digital Library,
having their paper published in the conference website only, with no
transfer of copyright from the authors,
having no publication record at all but only the presentation at the
conference.
Response from authors: For the second time at OpenSym, authors will be
given the opportunity to write a response to their reviews before final
decisions are made. This should be treated as an opportunity to correct any
mistakes or misconceptions in the reviews as well as to propose minor
changes that the authors can make during the two weeks between notification
and the camera-ready deadline.
Important Dates
Submission deadline: March 15, 2018
Reviews sent to authors: May 11, 2018
Response to reviews from authors due: May 20, 2018
Final decision notification: June 15, 2018
Camera-ready papers due: June 22, 2018
Papers available online: July 13, 2018
Conference Organization
The general chairs of the conference are Nicolas Jullien and Olivier
Berger, IMT, France. Feel free to contact us with any questions you might
have at info(a)opensym.org.
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Maître de Conférences (HDR) / Associate Professor.
https://nicolasjullien.wp.mines-telecom.fr/
Directeur de M@rsouin
http://www.marsouin.org
Membre du LEGO
http://labo-lego.fr
Responsable du M2 management innovation
parcours Mgt du SI et des données @ischool IMT Atlantique
https://innovationmanagement.wp.imt.fr/
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Maître de Conférences (HDR) / Associate Professor.
https://nicolasjullien.wp.mines-telecom.fr/
Directeur de M@rsouin
http://www.marsouin.org
Membre du LEGO
http://labo-lego.fr
Responsable du M2 management innovation
parcours Mgt du SI et des données @ischool IMT Atlantique
https://innovationmanagement.wp.imt.fr/
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