Masterclasses

Please use this link to go to the submission page. After logging in (you might need to make a user if you don’t have one), select Author submission and in the overview of tracks, select “Masterclasses”.

Masterclasses proposals are not anonymous and should include all authors’ names, affiliations, and contact information. 

Masterclass Description

Masterclasses provide the opportunity to learn about specific methods, concepts, and approaches from experts in the related field within small in-depth group discussions. Masterclasses facilitate a focused discussion on any CSCW related topic and enable organizers to elaborate on theoretical foundations in the form of lectures as well as engage participants in hands-on learning experiences. We also encourage proposals that address computing’s impact on societal issues and/or the ECSCW communities broad interest in theories, methods, and approaches from other disciplines interested in working across society and computing. While masterclasses are open to a broad range of participants, these are particularly targeted at early career researchers and Ph.D. students. Masterclasses may be half-day or full-day sessions.  

For inspiration, see the list of masterclasses at past ECSCW: 
https://ecscw.eusset.eu/2022/masterclasses-overview/

https://ecscw.eusset.eu/2023/masterclass/ 

https://ecscw.eusset.eu/2024/masterclass/

Submission Format & Process

Masterclasses submissions should:

• be no more than 1500-3000 words, excluding references,   
• include all authors’ names, affiliations, and contact information, as well as a description of the theme(s) of the master class, the background of the organizer(s), the length of the masterclass (half-day/ full-day), and the maximum number of participants,   
• specify any additional equipment needed (including laptops, tablets, speakers, headphones, projectors); unless explicitly confirmed by the Chairs, the additional equipment must be supplied by the masterclass organizers.  
• be formatted according to the ECSCW template, available in Latex (Overleaf template), RTF, or MS Word format. Submissions should be in PDF. 
• If you are submitting a masterclass on accessibility or assistive technology, please refer to the SIGACCESS guidelines on writing about disability. 

Masterclasses submissions are not anonymous. 

Selection Process

Proposals will be single-blind reviewed by the Masterclasses Chairs and selected members of the ECSCW program committee. Selection will be based on the relevance of the proposed topic for ECSCW and the organizer(s) expertise. 

Publication & Copyright Information

Accepted proposals and programs will be published in the European Society for Embedded Technologies (EUSSET) digital library http://www.eusset.eu/digital-library

The EUSSET digital library (DL) is an open access repository. The EUSSET DL does not ask for transfer of copyright from authors. The EUSSET DL does, however, require sufficient rights that allow “readers to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search and link to the full texts of articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose except where otherwise noted” (full info here: http://www.eusset.eu/digital-library).  

The authors will have several options when it comes to copyright upon paper acceptance: 

• grant EUSSET DL a non-exclusive and irrevocable license to distribute the article and certify that he/she has the right to grant this license; 
• certify that the work is available under one of the following Creative Commons licenses and that he/she has the right to assign this license: 
  1. Creative Commons Attribution license (CC BY 4.0) 
  2. Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license (CC BY-SA 4.0) 
  3. Creative Commons Attribution -Noncommercial-ShareAlike license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) 
  4. or dedicate the work to the public domain by associating the Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication (CC0 1.0) with the submission. 

In the most common case, authors have the right to grant these licenses because they hold copyright in their work.