The 2008 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and
Cybernetics
(SMC
2008)
CALL FOR PAPERS
Special Session(s) on Role-Based
Collaboration
October 12-15, 2008
Suntec
Paper Submission Deadline: March 16, 2008
Role-Based Collaboration is an
emerging
methodology to facilitate an organizational structure, provide orderly system
behaviour, and consolidate system security for both
human and non-human entities that collaborate and coordinate their activities with
or within
systems. Role-Based
Collaboration Sessions (Workshops) have been organized for
8 times since
its inaugural session in 2003 in
The concept of role has been adapted from diverse
fields including behavioural science, management, sociology, and psychology. Distributed system architectures have
utilized roles to anthropomorphize software agents and systems so they
can integrate and interact more seamlessly with their human counterparts. By providing role conceptualizations we
can improve complex system understanding and management by providing the end
user a modelled environment they are more accustomed, resembling, objects and
activities they are exposed to daily like authority and organizational
structures, responsibilities, functions and interactions between peers and
management.
As in the human world where roles are used everyday,
ambiguities and conflicts occur, thus necessitating clear role specifications,
definitions
and conflict resolution mechanisms to provide proper and efficient collaboration. These same issues arise in multi-agent and
distributed intelligent systems, even more so when humans are included, and hence require related
effective software collaboration algorithms, techniques, and tools for the
implementation of a well organized system.
This session will present techniques,
methodologies, and architectures focusing on issues inherent to implementing
Role-Based Collaboration for specific environments. Collaborative Systems mentioned
here include
Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), Groupware, Group Support Systems
(GSS), Computer Mediated Communication (CMC), Social Computing Systems, Workflow
Systems, Distributed Intelligent Systems, and Collaborative Games.
Topics of Interest
Solicited topics should address roles and include, but are not
limited to: