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| Call for Papers |
The 6th Annual National Conference on Digital Government Research: Emerging Trends
May 15 - 18, 2005 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.
The National Science Foundation and the Digital Government Research Center (DGRC) invite you to submit to dg.o2005, the 6th annual National Conference on Digital Government Research, May 16 - 18, 2005, in Atlanta, Georgia. The conference also serves as the annual meeting of all NSF digital government researchers. This year, we focus on:
Digital government research is interdisciplinary and multi-sector, with a focus on research at the intersections of computer and information sciences, social, political, and behavioral sciences, and the problems and missions of government agencies. Digital government research addresses problems in government in all sectors and at any scale - local, regional, national, and transnational. We invite researchers in relevant disciplines, government agency representatives, policy specialists, business experts, representatives from the software industry, and members of the public to attend, present papers, and participate in the many activities of this conference.
IT-Enabled Government Operations:
Citizen Interactions:
IT Research:
Social Science Research:
Government Application Domains:
For inspiration and guidance in drafting successful papers and proposals for the 2005 conference, you may wish to consult proceedings from past dg.o conferences available on the web at: http://www.digitalgovernment.org/library/library/dgo2004.
Lois Delcambre (Portland State University): lmd@cs.pdx.edu Genevieve Giuliano (University of Southern California and DGRC): giuliano@usc.edu Program Co-Chairs Judith Cushing (The Evergreen State College): judyc@evergreen.edu Theresa Pardo (SUNY University Albany): tpardo@ctg.albany.edu Finance Chair Yigal Arens (University of Southern California and DGRC): arens@isi.edu Government Liaison Lawrence Brandt (NSF): lbrandt@nsf.gov Communications Chair Mack Reed (University of Southern California and DGRC): mack@isi.edu IV. VENUE This year the conference will take place in Atlanta, Georgia. For more information, see http://dgrc.org/dgo2005/venue. V. SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS Method: The online submission system must be used for all conference submissions (research papers, posters, system demos, project highlights and Birds-of-a-Feather proposals). After submission, you will be able to use the system to track the progress of your paper through the review process, and to read comments made by the reviewers upon acceptance or rejection of your submission by the program committee. Deadlines: SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW CLOSED. The dg.o2005 submission deadline was 8 AM EST on January 24. The online submission system was shut down at that time. There will be NO EXCEPTIONS to this deadline. If your research paper, poster, demonstration, project highlight, or Birds-of-a-Feather proposal is accepted for the conference, you will be granted access to the system once again. You must make final revisions based on the recommendations of the reviewers and the program committee. Finally, you must submit a camera-ready copy of your work to the online submission system. Deadline for camera-ready copy is March 24, 2005, 8 PM EST. The online submission system will be shut down at that time. There will be NO EXCEPTIONS to this deadline. See below for paper review schedule. FORMAT: Final, camera-ready copy is required by NO LATER THAN MARCH 24. All research papers, system demo abstracts, poster abstracts and project highlight abstracts must follow file format requirements of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM): Authors MUST use ACM's "proceedings" templates for use in Microsoft Word and LaTeX, which can be downloaded here: http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html. Submissions must not exceed the maximum number of pages for each type of submission, as indicated below. Please use no page numbers. Paper headers should be incorporated onto the first page of text rather than on a separate cover page. Paper titles need not include the words "System Demonstration," "Project Highlight" or other category labels, but should consist of the paper's title and authors, and their institutions and email addresses. Research papers (maximum of 10 pages). These report innovative Digital Government research results, in the form of a formal scholarly paper. Relevance to digital government should be made explicit. Authors must identify the research topic(s) being addressed by the paper to assist the program committee in the review process. Student research papers (maximum of 10 pages). Research papers on any aspect of digital government that are authored by students alone should be submitted to the Student Session. Papers accompanied by system demonstrations are particularly welcomed; in this case, please submit both a paper and a demo submission. Student papers will be evaluated by the students organizing the student session and activities. The session will also include time for a discussion of graduate student issues. Demonstrations (maximum of 2 pages) of digital government projects. One of the highlights of dg.o conferences is the demonstration sessions, held in special sessions to the accompaniment of good food. We invite short papers outlining a system demo. We encourage demos that accompany papers or project highlights (in which case, please submit both a system demo description and a paper or project highlight). Each demo station will have a table, an easel, and Internet access. Posters (maximum of 2 pages) of digital government projects. Poster abstracts are meant to describe research contributions less substantial or complete than those described in research papers. Posters prepared for the conference proper should measure approximately 36" x 48." Birds-of-a-Feather proposals (maximum of 2 pages) about a topic of general interest. We invite short descriptions of themes for the Birds-of-a-Feather session, a set of roundtable discussions about relevant topics. This session serves to introduce people and support the formation of nationwide communities of people with like interests. Project highlights (10 MS PowerPoint slides by Jan. 24; Then, 2-page "camera-ready" abstracts per the above ACM format requirements by March 24) We invite presentations of projects funded by the NSF's Digital Government program. All currently active NSF Digital Government projects are strongly encouraged to submit a Project Highlight describing current activities, summarizing published or unpublished research contributions, and identifying successes, challenges, and plans for the coming year. Submissions may include urls referencing relevant project information. Prepare one MS Powerpoint (or equivalent) presentation with one slide addressing each of the following topics.
Each project described in a Project Highlights submission will be invited to write a 2-page project description of their project that will appear in the printed proceedings for the dg.o 2005 Conference. The 2-page description will be submitted through the website as a "camera ready" version of the Project Highlight, per the Format instructions outlined above.
(Download Tutorials CfP) New for dg.o2005, tutorials are half-day presentations offering insight into the scientific and government domains, research topics or methods, technologies or field experience of veteran Digital Government researchers. Topics International Research Workshops at dg.o2005 dg.o2005 invites proposals for workshops on any topic of shared interest among digital government researchers in different countries. Of particular relevance are topics of interest to researchers in the U.S. and the European Union. TopicsVI. REVIEWING Review of all submissions will be performed by the Program Committee. Program Committee Judith Cushing, The Evergreen State College, Program Committee Co-Chair Theresa Pardo, Center for Technology in Government, SUNY University at Albany, Program Committee Co-Chair Lawrence Brandt, National Science Foundation, Project Highlights Chair Eduard Hovy, Digital Government Research Center, USC Information Sciences Institute, Demo and Poster Chair Stuart Shulman, University of Pittsburgh, Birds-of-a-Feather Chair J. Ramon Gil-Garcia, Center for Technology in Government, SUNY University at Albany, Student Session Chair Rodrigo Sandoval Almazan, Instituto Tecnologico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Mexico Jose Luis Ambite, University of Southern California and DGRC Peggy Agouris, University of Maine Yigal Arens, University of Southern California and DGRC Chaitan Baru, University of California San Diego Shirley (Annie) Becker, Northern Arizona University Shawn Bowers, San Diego Supercomputer Center, UC, San Diego Alan Borning, University of Washington Laura Bright, OGI School of Science & Engineering/OHSU Jamie Callan, Carnegie Mellon University Hsinchun Chen, University of Arizona Sharon S. Dawes, Center for Technology in Government, University at Albany/SUNY Lois Delcambre, Oregon Health & Science University Kristin Eickhorst, University of Maine (student member) Jose Fortes, University of Florida Jane Fountain, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University J. Ramon Gil-Garcia, University at Albany/SUNY, USA Genevieve Giuliano, University of Southern California Mike Goodchild, University of California - Santa Barbara Ake Grönlund, Örebro University, ESI/Informatics, Sweden Andy Hamilton, University of Salford, UK Teresa Harrison, University at Albany/SUNY Natalie Helbig, University at Albany/SUNY (student member) Carol A. Hert, affiliate of Syracuse University Eduard Hovy, University of Southern California and DGRC Bill Howe, OGI School of Science & Engineering Marijn Janssen, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Alan Karr, National Institute of Statistical Sciences Bernhard Katzy, Center for Technology and Information Management, Germany Hyun Joon Kim, Syracuse University Marianne Koch, OGI School of Science & Engineering/OHSU Kincho Law, Stanford University Man-Sze Li, IC Focus Ltd., UK Ann Macintosh, Napier University, UK Gary Marchionini, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Anu Mundkur, Syracuse University Juliet Musso, University of Southern California John O'Flaherty, The National Microelectronics Applications Centre Ltd, Ireland Manuel Joao Pereira, INA-National Administration Institute/UCP-Catholic University of Portugal, Portugal Charlie Rothwell, National Center for Health Statistics Alexander Schellong, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Germany Ben Shneiderman, University of Maryland, College Park Stuart Shulman, University Center for Social and Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh Anthony Stefanidis, NCGIA, University of Maine Giancarlo Succi, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy Vassilis Tsotras, University of California, Riverside Roland Traunmüller, University of Linz, Austria Luis Valadares, INA-National Administration Institute/IST-Technical Institute of Portugal, Portugal Tullio Vernazza, Università di Genova, Italy Christopher Weare, University of Southern California Maria, Wimmer, Federal Chancellery of Austria, Austria Dawn Wright, Oregon State University VII. DEADLINES, IMPORTANT DATES, INFORMATION Conference: May 15 - 18, 2005 Submissions: International Research Workshops proposal deadline (via email): Dec. 24, 2004 International Research Workshops proposal notification of acceptance: Dec. 31, 2004 Website open for all other submissions: January 1, 2005 Submission deadline: January 24, 2005, 8 AM EST Notification of Acceptance: March 11, 2005 Camera ready, submitted through the submission website: March 24, 2005, 8 PM EST PLEASE NOTE -- NO LATE SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED NSF PI Reception: Sunday, May 15, 7 PM Student Reception: Sunday, May 15, 7 PM Tutorials: Sunday, May 15 and Wednesday, May 18 International Workshop: Wednesday, May 18 IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics: May 19 - 20, 2005 INQUIRIES: For up-to-date conference information please visit the conference Web site at http://dgrc.org/dgo2005 For detailed inquiries please contact the appropriate person (see Points of Contact above) or send an e-mail to info@dgrc.org. |