elena gaudioso qpxufdiaunedes call papers user modeling useradapted interaction journal personalization research special issue user modelling support groups communities collaboration httpwwwiaunedeselenaumuaispecialissue multiuser environments provide necessary tools allow individuals communicate share information examples environments found computer supported collaborative work learning management systems communities common interests peertopeer systems great number diversity users types information system facilitate users interaction supporting users multiuser adaptive environments requires understanding interaction takes place shaped individuals characteristics also group members individual behaviors relationships dynamics interaction new information represented includes information users groups collaboration relationships users models could used different purposes eg supporting collaboration supporting group awareness multiuser environments sustainability groups different areas eg collaborative environments communities common interest multiagent environments encourage researchers report construction application user models group models calling contributions special issue user modeling useradapted interaction journal personalization research umuai httpwwwumuaiorg topics interests include limited group model specifications usage data acquisition representation analysis interactions modeling social relationships groups support coordination cooperative multiagent systems support coordination motivation group decision collaborative environments multiuser plan recognition evaluation collaboration within multiuser collaborative scenarios social network learning analysis analysis interactions within peertopeer environments support group awareness umuai user modeling useradapted interaction umuai publishes mature substantiated research results dynamic adaptation computer systems human users role systems model user plays context papers present untested research ideas ready submitted umuai instead ideas first presented workshops get feedback colleagues demonstrate ideas backed results ready umuai results may generated building partial computer implementation either analyze behavior run empirical experiments analyze idea using formal means many articles umuai therefore quite comprehensive describe results several years work consequently umuai gives unlimited space authors long write important also mind research submitted umuai previously published bits pieces workshops conferences long synthesis provides significant new insights umuai published since 1991 kluwer academic publishers merged springer verlag based isi impact factor journal currently ranked 6 among 451 computer science journals 20 2002 submissions detailed instructions submission manuscripts found via journal home page httpwwwumuaiorg submitting please make clear manuscript considered special issue user modelling support groups communties collaboration potential authors encouraged submit tentative title abstract guest editors sept 1 2005 information help us advise authors suitability planned paper help journal set wellqualified team reviewers issue send relevant information authors becomes available submission deadline october 1 2005 review process submissions undergo normal review process reviewed three established researchers selected panel reviewers formed special issue guest editors elena gaudioso artificial intelligence department uned madrid spain qpxufdiaunedes amy soller institute defense analyses science technology division washington usa mwfbtomidaorg julita vassileva department computer science university saskatchewan saskatoon canada hkrcsusaskca elena gaudioso phone 3413988450 dpto inteligencia artificial fax 3413988895 uned juan del rosal16 mailtoqpxufdiaunedes 28040 madrid spain _______________________________________________ uai mailing list faqengrorstedu httpssecureengroregonstateedumailmanlistinfouai wed 06 aug 2008 165919 0200 uai 2nd cfp umuai special issue user modeling support groups communities collaboration