PIM 2012 - Sixth International Workshop on Personal Information Management (PIM 2012)

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Category PIM 2012

Deadline: November 25, 2011 | Date: February 11, 2012-February 12, 2012

Venue/Country: Washington, U.S.A

Updated: 2011-10-15 17:25:49 (GMT+9)

Call For Papers - CFP

The theme for this year’s workshop is “PIM in a Socially Networked World.” While PIM 2012 is a forum for a wide range of topics related to personal information management, special focus will be given to topics from the perspective of sharing personal information, PIM used in collaborative settings, and how PIM is an extension of the self.

We encourage participation based on, but not limited to, the following PIM-related topics:

PIM in a Socially Networked World

Group information management

Information spaces that serve multiple users (at home, at work, at play)

Social and psychological aspects of sharing work space

Privacy and projection of personal information

Security, law and policies (public and corporate)

Defining and negotiating boundaries

Understanding PIM Activities

How people manage their personal information

How people find and re-find information

How people keep and organize information

Methods and methodologies for PIM field work

Teachable/learnable strategies of PIM

Tools and Techniques in Support of PIM

Desktop, Mobile, and Web-based PIM tools

Data representation and the unification of personal information

Tools for finding, re-finding, keeping, and organizing personal information

Methods and methodologies for the evaluation of PIM tools

We invite submissions related to the theme in the following categories:

Research papers (research or theoretical papers): 8,000 words maximum (8 pages)

Position papers: 2,000 words maximum (2-4 pages)

Submissions should be formatted using the ACM archival publications template (without page numbers) and submitted to: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=pim2012 no later than Midnight PDT on November 25, 2011.

Submissions will be peer-reviewed and participants will be notified of acceptance by December 15, 2011 (in time for the CSCW early registration deadline). At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the workshop.

For more information, please consult the PIM Workshop Web site at http://www.pimworkshop.org/2012 or contact the organizers directly.

Co-Chairs:

Robert Capra, University of North Carolina, USA, rcapraunc.edu

Jaime Teevan, Microsoft Research, USA, teevanmicrosoft.com

Organizing Committee

David Elsweiler, University of Regensburg, Germany.

Manas Tungare, Google, USA.

Kirstie Hawkey, Dalhousie University, Canada.

Deborah Barreau, University of North Carolina.