Organizing Committee

The 2013 International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems

(CTS 2013)

May 20-24, 2013

The Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina

San Diego, California, USA

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Conference Honorary General Chairs:

John M. Carroll, The Pennsylvania State University - University Park, Pennsylvania, USA

Elizabeth F. Churchill, eBay Research Labs, California, USA

Bill McQuay, Air Force Research Laboratory, WPAFB, Ohio, USA

Conference General Co-Chairs:

Geoffrey C. Fox, Indiana University, Indiana, USA

Waleed W. Smari, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Ohio, USA

Program Co-Chairs:

Xiaoqing (Frank) Liu, Missouri University of Science & Technology, Missouri, USA

Mads Nygård, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

Symposia, Workshops and Special Sessions Co-Chairs:

Gregorio Convertino, Xerox Research Center Europe, Grenoble, France

Daniel Sonntag, DFKI, Saarland University, Germany

Tutorials Co-Chairs:

Matthew Bietz, University of California - Irvine, California, USA

Claudia Diamantini, Universita' Politecnica delle Marche, Italy

Doctoral Dissertation Colloquium Co-Chairs:

Gordon K. Lee, San Diego State University, California, USA

Anna Squicciarini, The Pennsylvania State University - University Park, Pennsylvania, USA

TBA, TBA

Panels Co-Chairs:

Rex E. Gantenbein, University of Wyoming, Wyoming, USA

Kathleen Kramer, University of San Diego, California, USA

TBA, TBA

Posters Co-Chairs:

Yusuf Ozturk, San Diego State University, California, USA

Domenico Potena, Universita' Politecnica delle Marche, Italy

Chuan Yue, University of Colorado - Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

Demos Co-Chairs:

Amin H. Atrash, University of Southern California, California, USA

Yuri Demchenco, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Ricky Sethi, University of Southern California, California, USA

Awards Co-Chairs:

Gert-Jan De Vreede, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Prasun Dewan, University of North Carolina, North Carolina, USA

Steven Poltrock, Boeing Company, Washington, USA

Industry Liaisons and Sponsorships Co-Chairs:

Ammar Rayes, Cisco Systems, Inc., California, USA

Hasib Siddiqui, Qualcomm Inc., California, USA

TBA, TBA

Exhibits Co-Chairs:

Brian Drabble, DMM Ventures, Inc., Oregon, USA

Darrell L. Talley, GeoEye Analytics Inc., McLean, Virginia, USA

Government Liaisons:

Richard M. Keller, NASA Ames Research Center, California, USA

Kevin A. Kwiat, Air Force Research Laboratory, New York, USA

Stuart Rubin, SPAWAR, California, USA

TBA

Publications Co-Chairs:

David Barnett, St. Louis University, Missouri, USA

Junaid A. Zubairi, State University of New York at Fredonia, New York, USA

Assistant Editor:

Alessandra Agostini, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy

Registration Co-Chairs:

Lindsey K. McIntire, Air Force Research Laboratory, WPAFB, Ohio, USA

John McIntire, Air Force Research Laboratory, Ohio, USA

Barbara Frantom, Air Force Research Laboratory, WPAFB, Ohio, USA

Publicity Co-Chairs:

Al-Sakib Khan Pathan, International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Malaysia

Carlos Westphall, UFSC - Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil

TBA, TBA

Local Arrangements Co-Chairs:

Felicia Harlow, Air Force Research Laboratory, WPAFB, Ohio, USA

Mahasweta Sarkar, San Diego State University, California, USA

TBA, TBA

Local Support and Social Events Co-Chairs:

Felicia Harlow, Air Force Research Laboratory, WPAFB, Ohio, USA

Mary Thomas, San Diego State University, California, USA

TBA, TBA

Accounting & Finances:

Shelley L. Denney, Clayton, Ohio, USA

Conference Software System & Web Master:

Abdul Habra, Technology Exponent LLC, Michigan, USA