  In this paper we describe CyberChair, a web-based groupware application that
supports the review process for technical contributions to conferences.
CyberChair deals with most administrative tasks that are involved in the review
process, such as storing author information, abstracts, (camera-ready) papers
and reviews. It generates several overviews based on the reviews which support
the Program Committee (PC) in selecting the best papers. CyberChair points out
conflicting reviews and offers the reviewers means to easily communicate to
solve these conflicts. In his paper Identify the Champion, O. Nierstrasz
describes this review process in terms of a pattern language. CyberChair
supports PCs by using these patterns in its implementation.
