PIM 2008 Workshop

Submission

The deadline has passed. If you have any questions about this workshop, please contact the chairs at chairs@pim2008.org.

Interested participants should submit to one of the following submission categories:

Position statement (Maximum 2000 words)
Full paper (Maximum 8000 words)

Which should I submit, a position statement or a full paper?

Position statements and full papers will be judged for acceptance by the same basic set of criteria. Both will be included on the PIM 2008 web site. A subset of the accepted full papers will also be selected for inclusion in one of the two morning sessions and the paper's first author (or a designated alternate) will have the opportunity to give a related presentation.

Paper format

Submissions will be accepted in a CHI format. Notice, however, that the reviewing process will NOT be double-blind so please add your name, affiliation and contact details to the submitted paper.

Submission Category

Please indicate the intended submission category and which of the three topic areas best applies to your submission:

Understanding PIM
Tools and Techniques in Support of PIM
PIM in the Larger World

Position papers will be used to form panels and identify topics of interest for break out group discussion. Full papers will be presented during the morning sessions. Upon acceptance, each participant will be asked to provide a slide to be presented during an introduction period at the beginning of the first day. Participants will also be encouraged to bring a poster covering their PIM-related research. Posters will be presented during breaks and used to spawn discussion.

Workshop Topics

We encourage participation based on, but not limited to, the following PIM-related topics:

Understanding PIM

How people manage their personal information beyond their desktop
How people find and re-find information
How people keep and organize information
Methods and methodologies of PIM fieldwork: How do we study PIM?

Tools and Techniques in Support of PIM

Mobile and Web-based PIM tools
Underlying data representation and the unification of personal information
Tools for finding and re-finding personal information
Tools for keeping and organizing personal information
Methods and methodologies for the evaluation of PIM tools
Teachable/learnable strategies of PIM

PIM in the Larger World

Group information management
Privacy and projection of personal information
Security, law and policies (public and corporate)
PIM for different people and situations (e.g., patients, aging populations)

Workshop Theme: The Disappearing Desktop

The traditional desktop computer and even the desktop computing metaphor may soon be relics of our digital information past. Many people now rely primarily on mobile computers, docking only on occasion to a larger keyboard and display. Other people do not rely on a single device, but rather access, organize, and manage their personal information through any device that provides access the Web. A rush of developments with mobile and Web-based computing are pulling the traditional digital desktop apart. As this happens, we face new challenges and opportunities in personal information management.

PIM 2008 will provide a forum for discussion of a wide range of PIM-related issues. However, in keeping with the "disappearing desktop" theme, special focus will be given to challenges and opportunities created by an ongoing revolution in mobile and Web-based tools and technologies for information management.