Organizing Committee

The 2016 International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems

(CTS 2016)

October 31 - November 04, 2016

The Florida Hotel and Conference Center

Orlando, Florida, USA

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE - CTS 2016

Conference Honorary General Chair:

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

Conference General Co-Chairs:

Gregorio Convertino, Informatica Corporation, California, USA

William McQuay, The Design Knowledge Company, Ohio, USA

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

Program Co-Chairs:

Claudia Diamantini, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy

Mads Nygård, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

Symposia, Workshops and Special Sessions Co-Chairs:

Jameela Al Jaroodi, Robert Morris University, Pennsylvania, USA

Marcos Baez, University of Trento, Italy

Tutorials Co-Chairs:

Effie Lai-Chong Law, University of Leicester, U.K.

Nada Matta, University of Technology of Troyes, France

Anna Squicciarini, Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania, USA

Doctoral Dissertation Colloquium Co-Chairs:

Alessandra Agostini, University of Milano Bicocca, Italy

Teng Moh, San Jose State University, California, USA

Pamela Wisniewski, University of Central Florida, Florida, USA

Panels Co-Chairs:

Cynthia K. Pickering, Science Foundation Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Eleanor Wynn, Ronin Institute, Portland State University, Oregon, USA

Posters Co-Chairs:

Effie Lai-Chong Law, University of Leicester, U.K.

Nader F. Mohamed, Middleware Technologies Lab., Bahrain

Domenico Potena, Universita' Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy

Demos Co-Chairs:

Shah Rukh Humayoun, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany

Ricky J. Sethi, Fitchburg State University, Massachusetts, USA

Awards Co-Chairs:

Gert-Jan De Vreede, University of South Florida, Florida, USA

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

Robert Neches, Robert Neches Consulting Services, California, USA

Industry Liaisons and Sponsorships Co-Chairs:

Gregorio Convertino, Informatica Corporation, California, USA

Zhe Liu, IBM Almaden Research center, California, USA

William McQuay, The Design Knowledge Company, Ohio, USA

Exhibits Co-Chairs:

Gregorio Convertino, Informatica Corporation, California, USA

Zhe Liu, IBM Almaden Research center, California, USA

William McQuay, The Design Knowledge Company, Ohio, USA

Government Liaisons:

Craig Locatis, National Library of Medicine, NIH, Maryland, USA

Stuart Rubin, SPAWAR, California, USA

TBA, TBA

Publications Co-Chairs:

David W. Barnett, Lakehead University, Ontario, Canada

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

Assistant Editor:

Joseph Natarian, Air Force Research Laboratory, Ohio, USA

Registration Co-Chairs:

Barbara Frantom, IEEE Dayton Section and Region 2, Ohio, USA

Felicia Harlow, IEEE Dayton Section and Region 2, Ohio, USA

Publicity Co-Chairs:

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

TBA, TBA

Social Media Co-Chairs:

Nader Nassar, CIO Lab, IBM Inc., New York, USA

TBA, TBA

Local Arrangements Co-Chairs:

Felicia Harlow, IEEE Region 2 and AFRL, WPAFB, Ohio, USA

TBA, TBA

Local Support and Social Events Co-Chairs:

Felicia Harlow, IEEE Region 2 and AFRL, WPAFB, Ohio, USA

TBA, TBA

Accounting & Finances:

Shelley L. Deney, Clayton, Ohio, USA

Steve Gellen, Gellenbek Insurance and Financial Services, Ohio, USA

Ted Gudderf, Gudderf Law Group, LLC, Ohio, USA

Conference Software System & Web Master:

Abdul Habra, Technology Exponent LLC, Michigan, USA

Committee Members at Large and International Liaisons:

TBA, TBA