Track: Collaboration Systems and Technology
Minitrack: Collaborative Modeling

Papers are invited for the minitrack on "Collaborative Modelling" as part of the Collaboration Systems and Technology Track at the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS).

Modeling is a basic skill and practice in various disciplines. Modeling requires complex analytical skills. Various modeling methods and techniques are used in business and research, and they are often used as a vehicle for communication. However, often models are made by individuals. Collaborative modeling is challenging because it requires groups to create a very sophisticated level of shared understanding. Collaborative modeling has been practiced in various domains such as business process modeling, system dynamics, problem structuring methods, software engineering, gaming, simulation, etc. In each of disciplines it is vital that groups create joint models to achieve shared understanding of the concepts they design. This minitrack invites experiences and research focused on collaborative approaches to modeling.

This minitrack provides an international platform on which the following issues can be discussed:
* Modeling languages, facilitation methods, techniques, and patterns, to support (a)synchronous collaborative or group modeling for co-located and distributed people, teams, or groups
* The design, application, and evaluation of collaborative modeling technologies
* Experiences and strategies for deployment of collaborative modeling in organizations
* Theoretical foundations and practical approaches to collaborative modeling

Thus, papers that contain original ideas, approaches and methods for collaborative modeling are welcome. There are no preferred methodological stances for this minitrack: this minitrack is open to both qualitative and quantitative research, to research from a positivist, interpretivist, or critical perspective, to studies from the lab, from the field, or developmental in nature.

Topics and research areas include, but are not limited to:
Methods and Languages for Collaborative Modeling
* Specific modeling languages for collaborative modeling
* Modeling methods that can be used in a collaborative fashion
* Methods and patterns to facilitate collaborative modeling

Tool and Technology Support for Collaborative Modeling
* Technology that supports collaborative modeling
* Experiences with collaborative modeling tools
* Conceptual design of new collaborative modeling tools

Experience with Collaborative modeling
* Experiences with collaborative modeling in organizations
* Strategies for the implementation of collaborative modeling

Research and Conceptual Theories for Collaborative Modeling
* Research instruments and frameworks for collaborative modeling
* Theories related to outcomes and antecedents in collaborative modeling

Co-chairs:
Etiënne Rouwette (Primary Contact)
Research Methodology and Knowledge management
Radboud University Nijmegen
Postbus 9108, 6500 HK Nijmegen , The Netherlands
Phone: +31-24-3611468
Fax: + 31-24-3611933
Email: E.Rouwette@fm.ru.nl

Michiel Renger
Department of Systems Engineering
Delft University of Technology
Jaffalaan 5, 2628BX, Delft, The Netherlands
Phone: +31-15-278-9960
Fax: +31-15-278-3429
Email: d.r.m.renger@tudelft.nl

Gwendolyn L. Kolfschoten
Department of Systems Engineering
Delft University of Technology
Jaffalaan 5, 2628BX, Delft, The Netherlands
Phone: +31-15-278-3567
Fax: +31-15-278-3429
Email: g.l.kolfschoten@tudelft.nl