Technical Committee
on Computer Supported
Cooperative Work
in Design
Who
we are
TC Co-Chairs
Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France
Southeast University, China
National Research Council, Canada
Our
goals
Design of complex artifacts and systems requires
the cooperation of multidisciplinary design teams using multiple sophisticated
commercial and non-commercial engineering tools such as CAD tools, modeling,
simulation and optimization software, engineering databases, and knowledge-based
systems. Individuals or individual groups of multidisciplinary design
teams usually work in parallel and separately with various engineering
tools, which are located on different sites, often for quite a long
time. At any moment, individual members may be working on different
versions of a design or viewing the design from various perspectives,
at different levels of details. In order to meet these requirements,
it is necessary to have efficient computer supported collaborative design
systems. These systems should not only automate individual tasks, in
the manner of traditional computer-aided engineering tools, but also
enable individual members to share information, collaborate and coordinate
their activities within the context of a design project. This technical
committee focuses on research and development on CSCW techniques as
well as their applications to collaborative design, manufacturing, construction,
other businesses and industries. This technical committee is based on
the stand-alone international working group on the same topic established
in 1998. It provides a forum for researchers and practitioners involved
in different but related domains to exchange ideas and discuss key issues
on the development of CSCW techniques and their applications to collaborative
design, manufacturing, construction, businesses, and services.
What we are doing
Annual international conferences on Computer Supported Cooperative
Work in Design (CSCWD 2008 in Xi'an, China on April 16-18, 2008; CSCWD
2009 in Santiago, Chile, on April 22-24, 2009)
Annual Technical Committee member meetings at CSCWD conferences
Special session(s) at annual IEEE SMC conferences (a joint special
session with TC-DIS at IEEE SMC 2008 in Singapore, possible multiple
special sessions at IEEE SMC 2009 in San Antonio, TX)
Special issues based on CSCWD conferences with the IEEE Transactions
on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part A or C, International Journal
of Advanced Engineering Informatics, Computers in Industry, etc.
Why don't
you join us?
Interacting with researchers and practitioners within an established
international collaboration network with a history of 11 successful
international conferences.
Exchanging research ideas and developing collaborations.
Publishing research results in a timely manner through international
conferences and journal special issues.
Meeting old friends and making new friends from different parts
of the world
Members
Hamideh Afsarmanesh, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Marcos Borges, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Luis Camarinha-Matos, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
Stephen Chan, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
Kuo-Ming Chao, Coventry University, UK
Jinxiang Dong, Zhejiang University, China
Susan Finger, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Jerry Fuh, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Rajit Gadh, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Shuming Gao, Zhejiang university, China
Ricardo Goncalves, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
Ning Gu, Fudan University, China
Soonhung Han, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology,
Korea
Igor Hawryszkiewycz, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
Anne James, Coventry University, United Kingdom
Pingyu Jiang, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
Peter Kroph, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland
Tae-Eog Lee, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology,
Korea
Weidong Li, Coventry University, UK
Yinsheng Li, Fudan University, China
Zakaria Maamar, Zayed University, UAE
KL Mak, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong
Mary Lou Maher, University of Sydney, Australia
Bernhard Mitschang, University Stuttgart, Germany
Andrew Nee, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Vincent Ng, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China
Eugenio Oliveira, University of Porto, Portugal
Hwa Gyoo Park, Soonchunhyang University, Korea
Jose A. Pino, University of Chile, Chile
Ramana Reddy, West Virginia University, USA
Leonid Sheremetov, IMP, Mexico
Jano de Souza, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Kenji Sugawara, Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan
Proposed
ammendments to the SMCS Constitution
and Bylaws
The IEEE Technical
Activities Board has approved proposed ammendments to the SMCS Constitution
and Bylaws. These changes become effective on February 1, 2009, unless
there are objections as stated in Article XI of the Constitution.
[more]
Welcome
new senior members
The SMC Society welcomes
40 new senior members ... [more]
Congratulations
to the SMC Society members who were elected IEEE Fellows for 2009
Paolo Fiorin
Jong-Hwan Kim
Sebastiano Serpico
Munidar Singh
Satoshi Tadokoro
Shinichi Tamura
Xiaoou Tang
Affiliations and citations of the newly elected IEEE Fellows can be
viewed at [more]
SMC Society Awards for 2009
At the Awards Ceremony
held at the 2008 International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics,
outstanding volunteers were presented with awards to recognize their
outstanding achievements to the SMC Society. [more]