GREIF@XX.LCS.MIT.EDU (Irene Greif) (02/08/86)
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PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PAPERS
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CONFERENCE ON
COMPUTER-SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK
Austin, Texas December 3-5, 1986
sponsored by
Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation (MCC)
Software Technology Program (STP)
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CONFERENCE CHAIR: Herb Krasner, MCC STP
PROGRAM CHAIR: Irene Greif, MIT Laboratory for Computer Science
PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
John Seely Brown, Xerox PARC
Christine Bullen, MIT Center for Information Systems Research (CISR)
Paul Cashman, DEC
Bill Curtis, MCC STP
Clarence A. Ellis, MCC STP
Douglas C. Engelbart, McDonnell Douglas
George Huber, University of Texas
Thomas Malone, MIT Sloan School of Management
Margarethe Olson, NYU Graduate School of Business Administration
Ben Shneiderman, University of Maryland
Mark Stefik, Xerox PARC
Lucy Suchman, Xerox PARC
Terry Winograd, Stanford University
LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS: Bryan Fugate, MCC STP
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CONFERENCE THEME -- SUGGESTED TOPICS
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This conference takes an interdisciplinary look at
computer-supported cooperative work from technological,
sociological, organizational, cognitive and task domain points
of view. It grows from two past conferences: the DEC/MIT
Workshop on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work in August, 1984
and the MCC Interdisciplinary Design Symposium in May, 1985.
The previous conferences drew participants from computer science,
organization design, cognitive science, sociology, artificial
intelligence and practical engineering disciplines. We hope to
incorporate an even broader range of research and application
perspectives on groups and group work at this meeting.
We are soliciting new papers on the following
representative topics:
* Experiences with technology for cooperative work
* Computer-based environments that support cooperation:
co-authorship, project management, large-scale design of
computer systems
* Empirical studies of cooperation/teamwork
* Impact of computer technology on group behavior, organizational
structures and work practices
* Underlying technologies: data bases, structured documents and
hypertext, access controls and privacy
* Theoretical models for analyzing group work: "roles",
communication protocols, coordination constraints
* Multi-media conferencing
* Group decision support systems
* Domain-specific requirements for computer-supported group work
In order to encourage an informal and informative atmosphere, the
conference's size will be limited. The program will include invited
speakers, paper sessions, panel sessions and informal interest groups.
We invite proposals for panels and discussion groups as well as papers.
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INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS
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IMPORTANT DATES
Submission deadline: July 1, 1986
Acceptance Notification: Sept 1, 1986
Final Version Due: Oct 1, 1986
Conference Date: Dec 3-5, 1986
Fifteen (15) copies of a double-spaced extended abstract of
10-12 pages in length should be submitted to:
Dr. Irene Greif
MIT Laboratory for Computer Science
545 Technology Square
Cambridge, MA 02139
phone (617)- 253-5987
e-mail: greif@mit-xx.lcs.mit.edu
People who have limited access to copiers, or for whom overseas
airmail costs will be a burden, should submit only one copy.
Suggestions for panels and interest group meetings should be
1-2 pages long. Submit these short proposals either by sending
fifteen copies to the address above, or by mailing one copy
to the email address above.
A conference proceedings will be available at the meeting and
published by Ablex.
COOPERATING SOCIETIES:
Software Psychology Society
College of Information Systems of The Institute for Management Sciences
ACM SigOA (pending)
ACM SigCHI (pending)
ACM SigSOFT (pending)
IEEE Computer Society (pending)
For more information call Barbara Smith, MCC STP at 512-834-3336
or by netmail to basmith@mcc.arpa
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