WET ICE '98 will consist of parallel, three-day workshops on different topics related to collaboration technology. Each workshop will include paper presentations and working group discussions, with additional joint keynote sessions and a final joint session to summarize each groups' findings.

What sets WET ICE apart from larger conferences is that the workshops are kept small enough to promote fruitful discussions on the latest technology developments, directions, problems, and requirements. Each group will produce a summary report which will appear in the post-proceedings to be published by IEEE Computer Society Press.

Paper submissions are not required for participation in the workshops. However, check the home page of the workshop in which you are interested -- some workshop organizers may require you to submit a brief position paper.

Some of the papers accepted for the workshops, and which were peer-reviewed by a minimum of three people, will be included in the post-proceedings. Paper submissions should be sent directly to the organizers of the workshop in which you are interested; see the individual workshop pages, which are linked to the left column of this page, for submission information.

Important Dates

Chairs

General Chairs:
Miroslav Benda, Boeing Commercial Aircraft, USA
Charles Petrie, Center for Design Research, Stanford University, USA

Program Chair:
Sumitra Reddy, Concurrent Engineering Research Center, West Virginia University, USA

Steering Committee

Miroslav Benda, Boeing Commercial Aircraft, USA
Mark Fox, Enterprise Integration Laboratory, U. of Toronto, Canada
V. Juggy Jagannathan, Concurrent Engineering Research Center, West Virginia U., USA
Jintae Lee, Department of Decision Science, U. of Hawaii, USA
Charles Petrie, Center for Design Research, Stanford U., USA
Sumitra Reddy, Concurrent Engineering Research Center, West Virginia University, USA (ex officio)
Alexander Schill, Faculty of Computer Science, Technical U. of Dresden, Germany
Nahid Shahmehri, Department of Computer and Information Science, Linkvping University, Sweden
David Stotts, Computer Science Dept., U. of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, USA

WET ICE '97 Proceedings

The WET ICE '97 post-proceedings, which includes selected papers as well as the working group reports from all five workshops, are available from the IEEE Computer Society Press. The order number is PR07967 (ISBN 0-8186-7967-0), and the price is $50 for IEEE members and $120 for non-members. You can order a copy by calling 1-800-CS-BOOKS (1-800-272-6657) within the United States or 1-714-821-8380 from outside the United States, faxing an order to 1-714-821-4641, or via the web at http://www.computer.org:80/cspress/catalog/pr07967.htm. Some of the abstracts are online at http://www.computer.org:80/conferen/proceed/7967abs.htm.

Inquiries

Please send all inquiries regarding the WET ICE workshops to wetice@cerc.wvu.edu or call (U.S.) 304-293-7226.

http://www.cerc.wvu.edu/WETICE/index.html
updated 2 February 1999