<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 Internation<wbr>al Conference on Computer <wbr>Supported Cooperative Work in <wbr>Design (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.org<wbr>/</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 r<wbr>eviewed by program committee m<wbr>embers and selected based on t<wbr>heir originality, significance<wbr>, relevance, and clarity of <wbr>presentation. Accepted papers <wbr>will be published in the IEEE <wbr>categorized conference proceed<wbr>ings and will be submitted <wbr>for indexing to EI (Compendex)<wbr>, DBLP and other indexing <wbr>services. Authors of selected <wbr>papers will be invited to <wbr>submit revised and expanded <wbr>version of their papers to be <wbr>considered for publication in <wbr>special issues of well-known <wbr>international 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>November 15, 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 an<wbr>d systems requires the coopera<wbr>tion of multidisciplinary <wbr>design teams. The 2018 IEEE <wbr>22nd International Conference <wbr>on Computer Supported Cooperat<wbr>ive Work in Design (CSCWD <wbr>2018) provides a forum for <wbr>researchers and practitioners <wbr>involved in different but <wbr>related domains to confront <wbr>research results and discuss <wbr>key problems. The scope of <wbr>CSCWD 2018 includes the <wbr>research and development of <wbr>collaboration technologies and<wbr> their applications to the des<wbr>ign of processes, products, <wbr>systems, and services in indus<wbr>tries and societies. Collabora<wbr>tion technologies include <wbr>theories, methods, mechanisms,<wbr> protocols, software tools, <wbr>platforms, and services that <wbr>support communication, <wbr>coordination and <wbr>collaboration among people, <wbr>software and hardware systems.<wbr> Related fields of research <wbr>include human-computer <wbr>interaction, business process <wbr>management, collaborative <wbr>virtual environments, <wbr>enterprise modeling, security <wbr>and privacy, as well as <wbr>social aspects and human <wbr>factors related to <wbr>collaboration and design. The <wbr>major topics of interest to <wbr>the conference include, but <wbr>are not limited 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 met<wbr>hodology</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 meth<wbr>ods, processes, mechanisms, <wbr>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 discipl<wbr>ines (design science, service <wbr>science and data 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 app<wbr>roaches (crowdsourcing, social<wbr> 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 (clo<wbr>uds, services, sensor networks<wbr>, 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 coll<wbr>aborative 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 app<wbr>lications</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 rese<wbr>arch results and experience <wbr>are solicited. Each paper, <wbr>written in English, is <wbr>limited to 6 pages (IEEE <wbr>proceedings format), <wbr>including references and <wbr>illustrations. Electronic subm<wbr>issions in PDF format are stro<wbr>ngly recommended. Submission <wbr>of a paper should be regarded <wbr>as an undertaking that, <wbr>should the paper be accepted, <wbr>at least one of the authors <wbr>will attend the conference to <wbr>present the paper. Submission <wbr>Web Site: <a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cscwd2018" target="_blank">https://easychair.<wbr>org/conferences/?conf=<wbr>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 the<wbr> conference, organizing commit<wbr>tee, submission instructions, <wbr>and venue please visit the <wbr>conference 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>