ubicomp 2007 town hall
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Topics for discussion at the UbiComp 2007 Town Hall meeting.TRANSCRIPT
UbiComp 2007 Town Hall
Joe McCarthyNokia Research Center
Informal Chair,Informal UbiComp Steering Committee
UbiComp Steering Committee
http://www.ubicomp.org/sc
Known Issues (5 min max)• UbiComp 2008 CfP• Number of tracks• Re-introducing short papers / notes• ACM Press vs. Springer LNCS• Electronic and/or paper proceedings• Conference / workshop proliferation• To affiliate, or not to affiliate• Commemorating our 10th meeting (2008)• UbiComp 2009?• Dinner: 18:30 (hard stop: 18:00)
http://www.ubicomp.org/ubicomp2008
Number of Tracks
• 1
Short Papers / Notes
• 4 ACM 2-column pages vs 10 for full papers• Tech Notes category in UbiComp 2001-03• New: Papers + Notes judged by the same PC
and at the same PC meeting• Interspersed in proceedings with full papers• Referenced simply as “In Proceedings of
UbiComp 2008”• Presented as a shorter presentation in main track• Benefit: increase # of papers in single track
ACM Press vs. Springer• Springer proceedings have been removed from the
“SCI list” (rating system for Korea, Japan, etc.)– Using Springer may be detrimental to local submission
and participation• UbiComp 2008 will be in-cooperation with the ACM
(SIGMOBILE accepted; SIGCHI, SIGWEB,SIGSOFT pending)– UbiComps in the past have had in-cooperation status
• Proceedings will be published by ACM Press• No financial tie to ACM other than for proceedings
production (finances managed by SungkyunkwanUniversity) … for 2008
Electronic and/or Paper?
Motivation to move to electronic proceedings:• Reduce lead time from >6 months to 3 months• Get research in front of the community more
quickly• Promote UbiComp’s active, dynamic atmospherePotential Changes:• Electronic version [only] at conference• Paper version available some weeks later• Move deadline from March/April to June (?)
Venue Proliferation• HotMobile
– 9th ACM Workshop on Mobile Systems and Applications– Napa, CA, 26-27 February 2008
• IEEE PerCom– 6th Int’l Conf. on Pervasive Computing and Communications– Hong Kong, 17-18 March 2008
• Pervasive– 6th Int’l Conf. on Pervasive Computing– Sydney, 19-22 May 2008
• MobiSys– 6th ACM/USENIX Conf. on Mobile Sys., Apps. and Services– Breckenridge, CO, 10-13 June 2008
• Mobiquitous– 4th Annual Int’l Conf. on Mobile & Ubiquitous Systems– Philadelphia, PA, 6-10 August 2007
• LoCA– 3rd Symposium on Location- and Context-Aware Systems– Munich, 20-21 September 2007
• UbiComp– 10th Int’l Conf. on Ubiquitous Computing– Seoul, 21-24 September 2008
Affiliation• We can reconsider requesting ACM sponsorship in 2009• “ACM UbiComp” only if sponsored, “UbiComp” otherwise• SIG(s) must financially underwrite the conference to be
ACM sponsored, separate finances for in-cooperation– Removal of financial risk currently taken on by local organisation– 18% fee added to expenses by ACM, covering admin services etc
• Proceedings can be published by the ACM if in-cooperation with at least one SIG
• There exist other conferences which maintain independentsteering committees and identities, yet are ACM-sponsored, typically by >1 SIG– MobileHCI, DUX, CSCW, UIST– SIGMOBILE exec has indicated support for this approach
UbiComp 2009?
• Proposals– Conference Chair(s)– Venue (locale, site)– Program outline (dates, categories)– Finances (underwriter, budget)
• Preference: North America• Send to: [email protected]
– Who will formally forward to the informal UbiCompsteering committee
UbiComp #10 (2008)
• Ways of commemorating thismilestone?
Unknown Issues?
