IWCES-7 Program Schedule:

(Due to an unforeseen reason, Dr. Haifeng Shen will not be able to be present at the workshop. Many thanks to Dr. Du Li who will step in and chair this workshop.)

Welcome and introduction (9:10-9:25)

Session one: OT-alternative consistency maintenance techniques for real-time collaborative editing (9:30-11:00)
  1. Consistency Maintenance Based on the Mark & Retrace Technique in Groupware Systems. Ning Gu, Jiangming Yang and Qiwei Zhang, Fudan University, China.
  2. A Deadlock-Free Multi-Granular, Hierarchical Locking Scheme for Real-time Collaborative Editing. Jon A. Preston and Sushil K. Prasad, Georgia State University, USA.
Tea Break (11:00-11:15)

Session two
: Merging techniques for Asynchronous collaborative editing (11:15-12:00)
  1. Flexible Merging of Hierarchical Documents. Claudia-Lavinia Ignat and Moira C. Norrie, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
Lunch Break 

Session three: OT and transparent adaptation (14:00-15:30)
  1. A Lightweight Operational Transformation Approach. Rui Li and Du Li, Texas A&M University, USA.
  2. Talk on leveraging single-user interactive applications for multi-user real-time collaboration: opportunities and challenges. Chengzheng Sun and Haifeng Shen, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (subject to the availability of video conferencing facility).
Tea Break (15:30-15:45)

Session four: Open discussions on current trends and future directions (15:45-16:45)
*Du Li will lead the discussions