C5 2012 Call for Papers

             The 10th International Conference on Creating,
         Connecting and Collaborating through Computing (C5 2012)

                        18-20 January 2012
                       Playa Vista, CA USA
              http://www.cm.is.ritsumei.ac.jp/c5-12/

           Hosted by the USC Institute for Creative Technologies
                      http://www.ict.usc.edu         

                                         
Computers, networks, and other forms of technology are pervasive in our
information-based society. Unfortunately, most users of this technology use
it for passive consumption of information and entertainment.  To evolve into a
true knowledge society it is critical that we transform computer-based human
activities to engage users in the active process of creating, connecting, and
collaborating together.

The C5 conference is for anyone interested in the use of computers as tools to
develop and enable user-oriented creation, connection, and collaboration
processes.  Researchers, developers, educators and users come together at C5
to present new and ongoing work and to discuss future directions for creative
computing and multimedia environments.  We welcome the submission of
theoretical and technical papers, practitioner/experience reports, and papers
that bridge the gap between theory and practice or that encourage inter- and
cross-disciplinary study.

                        === Keynote Speakers ===

               "Helping Everyone Create with Computing"
                           Dr. Mark Guzdial
                           Georgia Institute of Technology
                 
           "C2P3: Creating and Controlling Personalisation
                    and Privacy in Pervasive Digital Ecosystems"
                            Dr. Judy Kay
                         University of Sydney
                               
                            === Topics ===
                               
C5 invites submissions of full papers in (but not limited to) the following
areas:
 
- Technology-enhanced human-computer and human-human interaction
  and collaboration
- Virtual worlds and immersive environments
- Educational environments for classroom, field work and online/distance
  learning
- New technologies for literature, music and the visual arts
- Technologies for collaborative and self-empowered learning
- Multimedia authoring environments
- Gaming/entertainment platforms, virtual characters, and software
  infrastructure
- Social networks and social networking
- Novel programming paradigms and languages for implementors
- Scripting or visual paradigms and languages for end-users
- Creating and maintaining online communities
- Tools for creating/managing online services/environments
- Distributed and collaborative working
- Social and cultural implications of new technologies
 
Papers should be submitted electronically in PDF format via EasyChair at:

  https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=c512

Submissions must be written in English (the official language of the
conference) and must not exceed eight (8) pages.  They should use the IEEE
10-point two-column format, templates for which are available at:

  http://www.computer.org/portal/web/cscps/home

                         === Proceedings ===

A preliminary version of the proceedings will be distributed during the
conference.  The formal version of the proceedings will be published by the
Conference Publishing Services (CPS) and sent to authors after the conference.
For each accepted paper, at least one of the authors needs to attend the
conference and deliver the presentation; otherwise the paper will not be
included in the formal proceedings.

                            === Dates ===

              Submission of papers:  October 7, 2011
              Author notification:   November 18, 2011
              Camera-ready copy:     December 16, 2011
              Conference:            January 18-20, 2012


          http://people.ict.usc.edu/~lane/C5/C5-12-CFP.pdf