<div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)">******************************<wbr>******************************<wbr>********************</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)">The 2018 IEEE 22nd <wbr>International Conference on <wbr>Computer Supported <wbr>Cooperative Work in Design (<wbr>CSCWD 2018)</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)">May 9-11, 2018, Nanjing, China</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)">Website: <a href="http://2018.cscwd.org/" target="_blank">http://2018.cscwd.<wbr>org/</a></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)">******************************<wbr>******************************<wbr>********************</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51);min-height:16px"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)">-------------</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)">Publication</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)">-------------</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)">All submitted papers will be <wbr>reviewed by program committee <wbr>members and selected based on <wbr>their originality, <wbr>significance, relevance, and <wbr>clarity of presentation. <wbr>Accepted papers will be <wbr>published in the IEEE <wbr>categorized conference <wbr>proceedings and will be <wbr>submitted for indexing to EI (<wbr>Compendex), DBLP and other <wbr>indexing services. Authors of <wbr>selected papers will be <wbr>invited to submit revised and <wbr>expanded version of their <wbr>papers to be considered for <wbr>publication in special issues <wbr>of well-known international <wbr>journals.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51);min-height:16px"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)">--------------------</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)">Important Dates:</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)">--------------------</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)">- Paper submission deadline: <wbr>October 30, 2017</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)">- Notification of acceptance: <wbr>February 28, 2018</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)">- Camera Ready Due: March 31, <wbr>2018</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)">- Registration Due: March 31, <wbr>2018</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51);min-height:16px"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)">-------------------------</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)">Scope and Topics</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)">-------------------------</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)">Design of complex artifacts <wbr>and systems requires the <wbr>cooperation of <wbr>multidisciplinary design <wbr>teams. The 2018 IEEE 22nd <wbr>International Conference on <wbr>Computer Supported <wbr>Cooperative Work in Design (<wbr>CSCWD 2018) provides a forum <wbr>for researchers and <wbr>practitioners involved in <wbr>different but related domains <wbr>to confront research results <wbr>and discuss key problems. The <wbr>scope of CSCWD 2018 includes <wbr>the research and development <wbr>of collaboration technologies <wbr>and their applications to the <wbr>design of processes, products,<wbr> systems, and services in <wbr>industries and societies. <wbr>Collaboration technologies <wbr>include theories, methods, <wbr>mechanisms, protocols, <wbr>software tools, platforms, <wbr>and services that support <wbr>communication, coordination <wbr>and collaboration among <wbr>people, software and hardware <wbr>systems. Related fields of <wbr>research include human-<wbr>computer interaction, <wbr>business process management, <wbr>collaborative virtual <wbr>environments, enterprise <wbr>modeling, security and <wbr>privacy, as well as social <wbr>aspects and human factors <wbr>related to collaboration and <wbr>design. The major topics of <wbr>interest to the conference <wbr>include, but are not limited <wbr>to:</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)">- Collaboration theory and <wbr>methodology</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)">- Design of collaboration <wbr>methods, processes, <wbr>mechanisms, and protocols</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)">- Collaboration across <wbr>disciplines (design science, <wbr>service science and data <wbr>science)</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)">- Innovative collaborative <wbr>approaches (crowdsourcing, <wbr>social media)</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)">- Collaborative computing (<wbr>clouds, services, sensor <wbr>networks, blockchains)</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)">- Security and privacy in <wbr>collaborative systems</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)">- Collaboration technology <wbr>applications</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51);min-height:16px"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)">-----------------------</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)">Paper Submission</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)">-----------------------</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)">Papers reporting original <wbr>research results and <wbr>experience are solicited. <wbr>Each paper, written in <wbr>English, is limited to 6 <wbr>pages (IEEE proceedings <wbr>format), including references <wbr>and illustrations. Electronic <wbr>submissions in PDF format are <wbr>strongly recommended. <wbr>Submission of a paper should <wbr>be regarded as an undertaking <wbr>that, should the paper be <wbr>accepted, at least one of the <wbr>authors will attend the <wbr>conference to present the <wbr>paper. Submission Web Site: <a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cscwd2018" target="_blank">ht<wbr>tps://easychair.org/<wbr>conferences/?conf=cscwd2018</a>.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51);min-height:16px"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)">------------------------------<wbr>-----------</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)">General Conference  Chair</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)">------------------------------<wbr>-----------</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)">- Junzhou Luo (China)</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51);min-height:16px"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)">------------------------------<wbr>-----------</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)">Conference Co-Chairs</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)">------------------------------<wbr>-----------</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)">- José A. Pino (Chile)</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)">- Yun Yang (Australia)</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)">- Anne James (UK)</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)">- Jano de Souza (Brazil)</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)">- Amy Trappey (Taiwan)</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51);min-height:16px"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)">------------------------------<wbr>-----------</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)">Program Committee Chairs</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)">------------------------------<wbr>-----------</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)">- Weiming Shen (Canada)</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)">- Jean-Paul Barthès (France)</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)">- Junzhou Luo (China)</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)">- Jianming Yong (Australia)</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51);min-height:16px"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)">FOR MORE INFORMATION about <wbr>the conference, organizing <wbr>committee, submission <wbr>instructions, and venue <wbr>please visit the conference <wbr>website:</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:14px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:rgb(51,51,51)"><a href="http://2018.cscwd.org/" target="_blank">http://2018.cscwd.org/</a></p></div>