OpenSym 2016 General Call for Submissions (Papers)
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OpenSym 2016, the 12th International Symposium on Open Collaboration
August 17-19, 2016 | Berlin, Germany
http://opensym.org/os2016
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
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The 12th International Symposium on Open Collaboration (OpenSym 2016) is the
premier conference on open collaboration research and practice, including open
source, open data, open education, wikis and related social media, Wikipedia,
and IT-driven open innovation research.
OpenSym is the first conference series to bring together the different strands
of open collaboration research and practice, seeking to create synergies and
inspire new collaborations between computer scientists, social scientists,
legal scholars, and everyone interested in understanding open collaboration
and how it is changing the world.
OpenSym 2016 will be held in Berlin, Germany, on August 17-19, 2016.
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.
The research paper submission deadline is March 25th, 2016.
RESEARCH TRACK CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS
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The conference provides peer-reviewed research tracks on
- Free, libre, and open source software research, chaired by Stephan Koch,
Boğaziçi Üniversitesi, and Daniel German, University of Victoria. For more
information see
http://www.opensym.org/os2016/call-for-papers/free-libre-and-open-source-so…
- Open data research, chaired by Dirk Riehle, Friedrich-Alexander University
Erlangen-Nürnberg, and Ina Schieferdecker, Fraunhofer FOKUS and TU Berlin. For
more information see
http://www.opensym.org/os2016/call-for-papers/open-data-research-track/
- Open education research, chaired by Astrid Wichmann, Ruhr-University Bochum,
and Johannes Moskaliuk, University of Tübingen. For more information see
http://www.opensym.org/os2016/call-for-papers/open-education-research-track/
- IT-driven open innovation research, chaired by Albrecht Fritzsche,
Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, and Srinivasan R, Indian
Institute of Management Bangalore. For more information see
http://www.opensym.org/os2016/call-for-papers/it-driven-open-innovation-res…
- Wikipedia research, chaired by Claudia Müller-Birn, Freie Universität
Berlin, and Benjamin Mako Hill, University of Washington. For more information
see
http://www.opensym.org/os2016/call-for-papers/wikipedia-research-track/
- Open collaboration (wikis, social media, etc.) research, chaired by Oscar
Diaz, Universidad del Pais Vasco, and Dirk Riehle, Friedrich-Alexander
University Erlangen-Nürnberg. For more information see
http://www.opensym.org/os2016/call-for-papers/open-collaboration-research-t…
Research papers 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 by a research track program committee to meet rigorous academic
standards of publication. Papers will be reviewed for relevance, conceptual
quality, innovation and clarity of presentation.
Each track has its own call for papers, which you can find at
http://www.opensym.org/os2016/call-for-papers/. Submission deadline is March
25th, 2016.
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 no publication record at all but only the presentation at the conference.
OpenSym seeks to accommodate the needs of the different research disciplines
it draws on.
DOCTORAL SYMPOSIUM CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
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OpenSym seeks to explore the synergies between all strands of open
collaboration research. Thus, we will have a doctoral symposium, in which
Ph.D. students from different disciplines can present their work and receive
feedback from senior faculty and their peers.
The doctoral symposium is lead by Lutz Prechelt, Freie Universität of Berlin.
The call for papers for the doctoral symposium can be found at
http://www.opensym.org/os2016/call-for-papers/doctoral-symposium-at-opensym/.
Submission deadline is May 6th, 2016.
INDUSTRY AND COMMUNITY TRACK CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
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OpenSym is also seeking submissions for experience reports (long and short),
tutorials, workshops, panels, industry and community posters, and demos. Such
work accepted for presentation or performance at the conference is considered
part of the community track. It will be put into the proceedings in a
community track section; authors can opt-out of the publication, as with
research papers.
The industry and community track is lead by Simon Dückert of Cogneon GmbH and
Lorraine Morgan of Maynooth University.
The call for submissions to the community track can be found at
http://www.opensym.org/os2016/call-for-papers/industry-and-community-track/.
The first submission deadline is April 22nd, 2016. A second submission
deadline for late-comers (at the risk of not getting a seat) is June 2nd, 2016.
THE OPENSYM CONFERENCE EXPERIENCE
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OpenSym 2016 will be held in Berlin on August 17-19, 2016. Research and
community presentations and performances will be accompanied by keynotes,
invited speakers, and a social program in one of the most vibrant cities on
this planet.
The open space track is a key ingredient of the event that distinguishes
OpenSym from other conferences. It is an integral part of the program that
makes it easy to talk to other researchers and practitioners and to stretch
your imagination and conversations beyond the limits of your own
subdiscipline, exposing you to the full breadth of open collaboration
research. The open space track is entirely participant-organized, is open for
everyone, and requires no submission or review.
CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION
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The general chair of the conference is Anthony "Tony" Wasserman, CMU Silicon
Valley.
Feel free to contact us with any questions you might have at info(a)opensym.org.
The conference committee can be found at
http://www.opensym.org/os2016/organization/.
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Prof. Dr. Dirk Riehle, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg
Open Source Research Group, Applied Software Engineering
Web:
http://osr.cs.fau.de, Email: dirk.riehle(a)fau.de
Cell phone: +49 157 8153 4150 or +1 650 450 8550
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Website:
http://dirkriehle.com - Twitter: @dirkriehle
Ph (DE): +49-157-8153-4150 - Ph (US): +1-650-450-8550