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CORG System for On-line Conference Organisation

SuviSoft Oy

Hermiankatu 3A FIN-33720 Tampere, Finland

Tel. +358 (03) 365 3093 Fax: +358 (03) 365 3920 http://www.suvisoft.com

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Outline

What is CORG?

CORG Major Subsystems

Existing Systems

Conferences and Organizations interested in CORG

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What is CORG? (1/3)

CORG (Conference Organiser) is a web-based system for online event management.

Browser HTTPWeb Server

Page Filter

HeiTML Pages

MySQL

Database

Processes

Requests

Results

Pages

HTML

CORG System

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CORG: Roles and Tasks (2/3)

Call for Papers

Notification

PaperSummary

Camera-Ready

Call for Participation

Registration

Authors

ParticipantsOrganisers

Assign Papers

Assigning Papers

Review Reports

PC MembersReviewers

Request additional Papers

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CORG: Conference Hierarchy (3/3)

Technical Program Chair

Symposium Chair 1

PC Member 2

Reviewer 1

Reviewer 3

Reviewer 2

Technical Committee Representative 2

Symposium Chair 2

PC Member 1

OptionalTechnical Committee Representative 1

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Existing Systems vs. corg

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

ConfMan Y Y Y Y Y? Y Y Y Y? ? 3 -

CyberChair Y Y Y Y Y Y Y - - Y 3 -

EDAS Y Y Y Y ? ? Y - - - 3 -

PCA - Y Y - - Y Y - - Y 3 -

Puma Y Y Y Y ? ? Y ? - ? 1 -

ReviewIt - Y S Y - - Y - - - 2 -

SIGACT EPC - - - Y Y Y Y - - - 2 -

SIGDA S/W Conf Y Y Y Y Y - Y - - Y 1 -

SIGGRAPH Online

Y Y ? Y - ? ? - ? ? 3 -

SIGPLAN S/W

Y Y Y Y S - Y - - - 2 -

START Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 3 -

WIMPE Y Y Y Y ? Y ? - - - 2 -

WitanWeb Y Y Y Y Y P Y - Y Y 3 -

CORG Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 3 Y

1 Submission of papers

2 Assignment to reviewers

3 Mailings to PC members

4 Submissions of reviews

5 Reviewer comment threads

6 Distributed PC meeting

7 Letters to authors

8 Conference registration

9 Handles associated workshops

10 Handles different tracks of submissions

11 Status: prototype: 1 to production quality: 3

12 Many additional functions

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CORG Subsystems (1/8)

CORG consists in the following subsystems: Paper Summary Submission Scientific Program Paper Distribution for Review Paper Review Local Organisation Registration Camera-ready Submission CD-ROM & Hard Copy Proceedings

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CORG: Paper Summary Submission (2/8)

Paper Summary Submission Personal Information Paper Information Paper Authors Paper Content

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CORG: Scientific Program (3/8)

Scientific Program

PC Members Information

Paper Assignment

to PC Members

Controlling the

Review Process

Sending messages

Creating sessions

and Schedule

Generating Reports

& Documents

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CORG: Paper Distribution for Review (4/8)

Paper Distribution for Review Reviewers Information Assignment of Papers to Reviewers Controlling the Review Process Sending Messages Generating Reports Request a Paper for

review

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CORG: Paper Review (5/8)

Paper Review Reading Papers On-line On-line Submission of Paper Reviews Sending Messages

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CORG: Local Organisation (6/8)

Local Organisation Participants Information Registration Information Payments Sending Messages Generating Reports &

Documents– Badges– Envelope Labels– Hotel Reservations– Different Lists

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CORG: Registration (7/8)

Registration: Personal Information Social Events Hotel Reservation requests Payment

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CORG: Camera-ready Submission (8/8)

Camera-ready Submission Viewing Reviewers Comments Submitting Camera-ready Paper Submitting Abstract

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Conferences Used/Using CORG

Conferences using CORG ICC 2001 Helsinki, Finland (1150 papers) EUSIPCO 2000 Tampere, Finland (900 papers) ECCTD 2001 Helsinki, Finland (450 papers) ICMC 2001 Havana, Cuba (350 papers) PEG 2001 Tampere, Finland

(100 papers) WIAMIS 2001 Tampere, Finland (50 papers) SMMSP 2001 Pula, Croatia (50 papers) NSIP 2001 Baltimore, USA

(200 papers) URSI 2001 Tampere, Finland (50

papers) FWCW 2001 Tampere, Finland (50 papers) NOMS 2002 Florence, Italy (200 papers) Biosignal 2002 Brno, Czech Republic (120 papers) ICEC19 2002 Grenoble, France (300 papers) ICME 2002 Lausanne, Switzerland (350 papers) ICMA 2002 Tampere, Finland (100 papers) ICIP 2003 Barcelona, Spain (800 papers)