Collaborative Innovation Networks Conference
(COINs)
When: March 12-14, 2015
Where: Keio University, Japan
Papers: Paper submission deadline Nov 30, 2014
Workshops: Proposal submission deadline Nov 30,
2014
Artifacts: Proposal submission deadline Nov 30,
2014
Web: http://www.coinsconference.org
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The
Collaborative Innovation Networks Conference (COINS) invites you to submit your
papers, workshop proposals, and artifacts to the 5th annual international
conference to be held in Japan, hosted by Keio University from March 12 to 14,
2015. COINS15 brings together practitioners, researchers and students of the
emerging science of collaboration to share their work, learn from each other,
and get inspired through creative new ideas. Conference activities will take
place throughout the Tokyo area. Attendees will be encouraged to engage with
the community, meet local entrepreneurs, artists, and designers, take a guided
tour of the city, and participate in hands-on workshops and interactive
sessions.
Where
science, design, business and art meet, COINS15 looks at the emerging forces
behind the phenomena of open-source, creative, entrepreneurial and social
movements. Through interactive workshops, professional presentations, and thought-provoking
keynotes, COINS15 combines a wide range of interdisciplinary fields such as
social network analysis, group dynamics, design and visualization, information
systems, collective action and the psychology and sociality of collaboration.
Last year’s COINS13 conference in Santiago de
Chile followed the success of the previous three COINS conferences in Savannah
GA (2 times), and Basel Switzerland.
The best papers will be selected for a special
issue of the International Journal of
Organisational Design and Engineering (IJODE;
http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=ijode
Conference Chair: Takashi Iba (Keio University)
Program Chair: Keiichi Nemoto (Fuji Xerox)
Creative Networks
The
COINS15 conference committee seeks original paper submissions, creative
workshop ideas and concepts, unique artifacts or installations, and engaging
rapid-fire presentations celebrating the theme “Creative Networks”. This year we are asking what is relevant with regard
to the innovative powers of creative swarms, what are the observable qualities
of virtual collaboration and global consciousness, and how does the quest for
global cooperation affect local networks. We invite both theoretical and
practice-based dialogues, case studies, scientific papers, technological
solutions, research studies, and interactive artifacts that reflect this year’s
conference theme.
We
invite researchers and designers to submit their latest scientific results and
experimental design solutions as full research papers, workshop proposals, and
artifact demonstrations in the following conference themes:
·
Networks & Collaboration in a Global
Context: Optimization through
Collaboration | Teamwork through virtually enhanced Collaboration | Measuring
the performance of COINs | Patterns of swarm creativity
·
Group Dynamics, Social Movements &
Net Activism: Collaborative Learning | Collaborative Leadership | Design & visualization of
interdisciplinary collaboration |
Virtual Teaming
·
Individual & Social Learning: The psychology and sociality of
collaboration and collective action |
Social Behavior Modeling | Social Intelligence and Social Cognition
·
Tools and Methods: Social System Design
and Architectures | Dynamic Social
Network Analysis | Semantic Social
Network Analysis | Actor Network Theory | Pattern Languages
The
increase of online networks opens up unprecedented opportunities to read the
collective mind, revealing trends while they are still being hatched by small
groups of creative individuals. The Web has become a mirror of the real world,
allowing researchers, in fields of social & behavioral science as well as
design, to study and better understand why some new ideas change our lives,
while others never make it from the drawing board of the innovator.
Collaborative Innovation Networks, or COINs, are cyberteams of self-motivated
people with a collective vision, enabled by technology to collaborate,
challenge the status-quo and innovate by sharing ideas, information, resources
and work. COINs are powered by swarm
creativity, wherein people work together in a structure that enables a fluid
creation and exchange of ideas. ‘Coolhunting’ – the discovering, analyzing, and
measuring of trends and trendsetters, and ‘Coolfarming’ –supporting trendsetters
in making their creative ideas come true – puts COINs to productive use.
Below
are the details and deadlines for the submission of Papers, Workshops, and
Artifacts sessions.
For
up to date information and additional details please visit our website: http://www.coinsconference.org
To
engage with the broader COINs community, follow us on twitter @coinsjapan and join our
Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/coinsconference).
Papers:
We
seek original, high-quality papers that reflect the full breadth and scope of
collaboration science and design including: bold research ideas, conceptual
developments, research investigations, methodological & theoretical
advances, design ideas, development experiences and more. Submissions should
report original research, reflections on theoretical concerns, methodological
advances, or other insights that contribute to our understanding of all aspects
of collaboration and help advance collective wisdom. We encourage perspectives
from diverse disciplinary backgrounds.
Format:
Papers should be submitted in .doc or .pdf format at a maximal length of two
pages, using this
template. Authors should indicate if they would like to
present their paper as a conventional lecture, or as a poster.
Authors are required to attend the conference
to present their work.
Submit papers on EasyChair: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=coins15
Important Dates:
Nov 30, 2014 | Deadline for Paper Submissions
Jan 15, 2015 | Author(s) will be notified of
provisional acceptance of the paper
Feb 28, 2015 | Final copy for conference to
publications chair
March 12- 14, 2015 | Paper presentations at COINs15,
Keio University, Japan
Workshops:
Workshops
will take place during the conference and will form part of the main program.
This year we are accepting proposals for both two-hour and four-hour sessions.
Workshops
are intended to provide a forum for exchanging ideas, sharing experiences,
fostering conversation and research communities, learning from each other,
exploring controversies, engaging in debate, envisioning future directions and
elaborating new methods and perspectives.
Workshop
activities can range from open forum discussion, to demonstrations or
presentations with discussion, to collaborative activities such as structured
brainstorming, illustrative games or role-plays. Although we envision most
workshop activities to take place in one setting, let us know if your workshop
will venture out into other sites in Tokyo.
Workshop proposals should include:
·
a summary of 500 words describing the
theme(s) of the workshop
·
a longer detailed description of the
workshop structure, activities and goals
·
the names, contact information and
background of the organizer(s)
·
the maximum number of participants you'd
like to attend the workshop
·
anticipated A/V requirements.
Please be as specific as possible as it helps
us in selection, and in helping you plan the workshop.
Workshop
participants will be registered on a first come first served basis by the
conference committee, so the workshop organizers will not be able to select
their participants.
Accepted
workshops will be publicized via the COINS15 website within a month after
organizers are notified. Workshop organizers will also be encouraged to promote
COINS15 and their workshops to potential attendees.
Submit proposals to: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=coins15.
Important Dates:
Nov 30, 2014 | Deadline for Workshop
Submissions
Jan 15, 2015 | Author(s) will be notified of
provisional acceptance of the workshop
March 12- 14, 2015 | Workshops held at COINs15,
Keio University, Japan
Artifacts:
The
artifacts category seeks to provide participants with an opportunity to present
work in a forum that facilitates open discussion and enables direct interaction
with conference attendees. A dedicated session will be held during the
conference to present the artifacts.
Artifacts
can be anything from design sketchbooks, to reformed organizational processes,
to ads you’ve produced, to products you’ve made, to short films, to conceptual
objects, etc. We encourage submissions that are thought provoking and visually
engaging, and which cover exploratory/speculative work, smaller projects,
unusual representations of ethnographic work, and so on. The form of the
presented materials is open. In keeping with the category title artifacts
though, we encourage submissions based on some material instantiation that can
be exhibited at the conference. Our hope is that it will be the ‘thinginess’ of
the artifacts that will, in part, prompt interaction with and between
conference attendees.
Submissions
should include a single page describing or illustrating the proposed submission
(the one page inclusive of any and all figures and references, where
appropriate). This page should convey to reviewers what the artifact being
submitted is and how it is hoped to provoke discussion. The page will also be
included in the published conference proceedings.
Also
included in the submissions should be a paragraph and image (no more that 150
words) that can be displayed on the conference website.
Please submit these materials to: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=coins15.
Important Dates:
Nov 30, 2014 | Deadline for Artifact
Submissions
Jan 15, 2015 | Author(s) will be notified of
provisional acceptance of the Artifact
March 12-14, 2015 | Artifact shown at COINs15,
Keio University, Japan
Program Committee:
Jana Diesner, UIUC, USA
Koichiro Eto, National Institute of
Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan
Kai Fischbach, Bamberg University, Germany
Ville Heikkilä, Aalto University, Finland
Hideyuki Inoue, Claremont Graduate
University, USA
Eila Järvenpää, Aalto University, Finland
Ioanna Lykourentzou, CRP Henri Tudor,
Luxembourg
Yutaka Matsuo, The University of Tokyo,
Japan
Yoshiaki Matsuzawa, Shizuoka University,
Japan
Takis Metaxas, Wellesley & Harvard, USA
Keiichi Nemoto, Fuji Xerox (Chair), Japan
Detlef Schoder, Cologne University, Germany
Yuka Shiratsuchi, Sanno University, Japan
Yang Song,
University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Virpi
Tuunainen, Aalto University, Finland
Tsvi Vinig, University of Amsterdam,
Netherlands
Hidenori Watanave, Tokyo Metropolitan
University, Japan
Steering Committee:
Cristobal Garcia, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile
Peter Gloor, MIT, USA
Julia Gluesing, Wayne State University, USA
Takashi Iba, Keio University, Japan
Casper Lassenius, Aalto University, Finland
Christine Miller, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA
Maria Paasivaara, Aalto University, Finland
Ken Riopelle, Wayne State University, USA
More information: http://www.coinsconference.org