Collaborative Online Organizations

Call for Papers For COOS'13

This workshop aims to bring together experts from scientists, researchers and engineers interested in the theory and practice of computational models of online organizations. The objective is to advance understanding and crafting of online and virtual organizations. Substantial amount of research work is ongoing in distributed knowledge. This workshop intends to emphasize the life on social networks that facilitates elements of online organization. Papers describing advanced prototypes, systems, tools and techniques and position papers indicating future directions are also encouraged. Papers describing original work are invited in any of the areas listed below. Accepted papers, presented at the workshop by one of the authors, will appear in the proceedings of AAMAS 2013 workshop. Acceptance will be based on quality, relevance and originality. Both full research reports and work-in-progress reports are welcome. Best papers will be selected to submit extended versions to a special issue in the “Journal of Advanced Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Informatics”.

 

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Workshop Main Areas

Each of these topic areas is expanded below but the sub-topics list is not exhaustive. Papers may address one or more of the listed sub-topics, although authors should not feel limited by them. Unlisted but related sub-topics are also acceptable, provided should fit in one of the following main topic areas. All topics and submission formats are open to both research and industry contributions.

• Networked Organizations
• Social networks and community discovery
• Cooperation and collaboration mechanisms
• Collaborative architectures and mechanisms
• Collaborative infrastructures
• Collaborative services

• Workshop Update

• * NOTE: The complete proceeding can be downloaded from here.
• . Program announced
• . The workshop will be organized in the afternoon of May 6
• . Extended deadline will be until February 22, 2013
• . The selected papers will be published as "joint agent special issue" from JACIII.

• . At least one of the authors of accepted paper must attend and present the paper at the workshop.

• . Workshop notes including all accepted papers will be distributed to AAMAS-2013 registrants in electronic form. Printed workshop notes will NOT be made available to workshop participants. COOS'13 will upload the proceeding on this website after the workshop.
• . Paper Submission start Dec 1st, 2012, and end by the end of Jan 25, 2013.

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