Working Groups Overview

Six working groups will convene during ITiCSE 2007. These working groups will consist of five to ten people who share a common interest in one of the six areas described below.

Working group members, under the direction of their group leader(s), will work intensively for the three months prior to the conference date. Working groups will the meet at the conference site beginning two days before the conference and continue throughout the conference.

Each working group will determine its own meeting schedule. The importance of making effective use of this time cannot be overstated. The intention of the working group experience is NOT to produce a meaningful report in five days. The goal is for working groups to work intensively - in a distributed though collaborative fashion - for three months prior to meeting in person in Dundee. T he final five days spent at the conference site is meant to be the conclusion of this process.

All working group members are expected to arrive at the conference site three days prior to the conference (Friday June 22nd). For five days, June 23-27, each working groups is expected to work in a collaborative fashion to conclude both their research and report writing. The final three days of this period overlap with the conference.

Working group members should feel free to attend talks and other conference activities, although should be prepared to spend most of their time on working group activities. All working group members are expected to stay at the conference site until the end of the conference to fulfil their responsibilities to their working group.

Intermediate working group results will be presented to conference attendees at a dedicated conference session. By the end of the conference each working group will have produced a robust draft of a report. Within four weeks the groups will submit a polished version of the report, which will be reviewed, possibly revised, and edited under the supervision of the working group coordinator. Suitable reports will be published in a SIGCSE Bulletin and become part of the ACM Digital Library.

For the first time this year we have a working group that is solely for postgraduate students. The group will run along the same lines as the other groups: application will be by the same procedure; work will commence three months prior to the conference; a draft report will be expected at the end of the conference; if the final report is accepted by reviewers it will be published in the SIGCSE Bulletin along with other accepted reports.

Applying to be a Working Group Member

To apply to participate in a working group, please send an email to the leader(s) of the working group you wish to join, cc'ing the working group coordinators, by March 26, 2007. Early application is encouraged.

Your email message should include:

Your name, email address, telephone number and postal address
Any special requirements you have, for example accessibility, mobility, dietary etc, which we need to know about before and/or during the conference
In a few sentences, state why you are interested in participating in the particular working group
In a few sentences, describe the specific expertise in the area you bring to the working group. This should include background and prior contributions to the topic of the group
If possible, include a short bibliography of your prior work in the area

Working group leaders will select, in consultation with the working group coordinator, group members based the perceived level of potential contribution they can make to the success of the working group.

ITiCSE 2007 Working Groups

Questions? Contact the Working Groups Coordinators

Janet Carter (University of Kent at Canterbury, UK) and June Amillo (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid)