Grief@XX.LCS.MIT.EDU (09/15/86)
Following is the program for CSCW '86: the Conference on
Computer-Supported Cooperative Work . Registration material can
be obtained from Barbara Smith at MCC (basmith@mcc).
*** CSCW '86 ***
DECEMBER 3 - 5, 1986
AUSTIN, TEXAS
Tuesday, December 2, 1986
6:00pm - 10:00pm Registration
6:00pm - 10:00pm Reception/Refreshments
Wednesday, December 3, 1986
8:00am - 5:00pm Registration
8:30am - 9:00am Opening Remarks
Welcome: Herb Krasner, Conference Chair
Conference Themes: Irene Greif, Program Chair
9:00am - 10:30am Supporting Face-to-Face Groups
Chair: George Huber
University of Texas, Austin
- Project NICK: Meetings Augmentation and Analysis
Michael Begeman, Peter Cook, Clarence Ellis, Mike Graf,
Gail Rein, and Tom Smith
MCC
- Cognoter, Theory and Practice of a Colab-orative Tool
Gregg Foster
University of California, Berkeley
- A Group Decision Support System for Idea Generation and
Issue Analysis in Organizational Planning
Lynda M. Applegate, Benn R. Konsynski, J. F. Nunamaker
University of Arizona
10:30am - 11:00am Break
11:00am - 12:30am Empirical Studies
Chair: Bill Curtis
MCC
- The Variable Impact of Computer Technologies on the
Organization of Work Activities
Jeanette Blomberg
Xerox
- Cognitive Science and Organizational Design: A Case Study of
Computer Conferencing
Kevin Crowston, Thomas W. Malone, and F. Lin
M. I. T.
- Narratives at Work, Story Telling as Cooperative Diagnostic
Activity
Julian Orr
Xerox
12:30pm - 2:00pm Lunch
2:00pm - 4:00pm Supporting Distributed Groups
Chair: Irene Greif
M. I. T.
- Constraints on Communication and Electronic Messaging
Martha Feldman
University of Michigan
- Evolving Electronic Communication Networks: An Empirical
Assessment
J. D. Eveland and Tora Bikson
The Rand Corporation
- Semi-Structured Messages as a Basis for Computer-Supported
Coordination
Thomas W. Malone, Kenneth R. Grant, Kum-Yew Lai, Ramana Rao,
and David Rosenblitt
M. I. T.
- The Amigo Project: Advanced Group Communication Model
for Computer-Based Communications Environment
Thore Danielsen, University of Tromsoe, Norway
Uta Pankoke-Babatz and Wolfgang Prinz, Institute for
Applied Information Technology, West Germany
Ahmed Patel, University College Dublin, Ireland
Paul-Andre Pays, Department Informatique Appliquee, France
Knut Smalland, University of Oslo, Norway
Rolf Speth, Commission of the European Communities, Belgium
4:00pm - 4:30pm Break
4:30pm - 6:00pm Panel Sessions in Parallel
Panel I: Cooperative Work in the Office
Moderator: Clarence Ellis, MCC
Panel II: Collaborative Design: Technology Futures
Moderator: Herb Krasner, MCC
8:00pm Special Session with Doug Engelbart:
High Performance Teams
Thursday, December 4, 1986
9:00am - 10:30am Hypertext Systems
Chair: Lucy Suchman
Xerox
- Contexts -- A Partitioning Concept for Hypertext
Norman Delisle and Mayer Schwartz
Tektronix Laboratories
- Supporting Collaboration in NoteCards
Randall Trigg, Lucy Suchman and Frank Halasz
Xerox
- Intermedia: Issues, Strategies, and Tactics in the Design of a
Hypermedia Document System
L. Nancy Garrett, Karen Smith and Norman Meyrowitz
Brown University
10:30am - 11:00am Break
11:00am - 12:30pm Underlying Technology for Collaborative Systems
Chair: Thomas Malone
M. I. T.
- Data Sharing in Group Work
Irene Greif, M. I. T.
Sunil Sarin, Computer Corporation of America
- Network-based Systems for Asynchronous Group Communication
Nancy F. Jarrell and Bill Barrett
IBM Cambridge Scientific Center
- Tools Help People Co-operate Only To The Extent That They Help
Them Share Goals and Terminology
Robert Neches
USC Information Sciences Institute
12:30pm - 2:00pm Lunch and CSCW '88 Planning Meeting (Open)
2:00pm - 4:00pm Collaboration Research
Chair: Margrethe Olson
N. Y. U.
- A Language Perspective on the Design of Cooperative Work
Terry Winograd
Stanford University
- A Framework for Studying Research Collaboration
Lucy Suchman and Randall Trigg
Xerox
- Relationships and Tasks in Scientific Research Collaborations
Robert Kraut, Bell Communications Research,
Jolene Galegher, University of Arizona
Carmen Egido, Bell Communications Research
- Collaboration Research in SCL
George Goodman and Mark Abel
Xerox Palo Alto Research Center Northwest
4:00pm - 4:30pm Break
4:30pm - 6:00pm Panel Sessions in Parallel
Panel I: From Theories to Systems
Moderator: Paul Cashman, Digital Equipment Corporation
Panel II: Computer-Supported Groups: Trends & Markets
Moderator: Robert Johansen, Institute for the Future
7:00pm Banquet
Friday, December 5, 1986
9:00am - 10:30am Interfaces: Multi-media and Multi-user
Chair: Ben Shneiderman
University of Maryland
- A Performing Medium for Working Group Graphics
Fred Lakin
Stanford University
- An Experiment in Integrated Multimedia Conferencing
Keith Lantz
Stanford University
- WYSIWIS Reconsidered: Early Experiences with Multi-User
Interfaces
Mark Stefik, Gregg Foster, Stan Lanning, Deborah Tatar
Xerox
10:30am - 11:00am Break
11:00am - 12:30am Industrial Experiences with Computer-Supported
Groups
Chair: Mark Stefik
Xerox
- Computer Teleconferencing: Experience at Hewlett Packard
Tony Fanning and Bert Raphael
Hewlett Packard Company
- Achieving Sustainable Complexity Through Information
Technology: Theory and Practice
Paul Cashman and David Stroll
Digital Equipment Corporation
- Computer-Supported Cooperative Work: Examples and Issues in One
Federal Agency
Cathleen Stasz and Tora Bikson
The Rand Corporation
12:30pm - 2:00pm Lunch
2:00pm - 4:00pm Coordination and Decision Making
Chair: Chris Bullen
M. I. T.
- CHAOS as a Coordination Technology
F. De Cindio, G. De Michelis, C. Simone, R. Vassallo, and
A. Zanaboni
Universita di Milano
- Using a Computer Based Tool to Support Collaboration: A
Field Experiment
Robert Dunham, Management Effectiveness and Planning
Bonnie M. Johnson, Aetna Life and Casualty
Grady McGonagill, Merron & McGonagill Associates
Margrethe Olson, New York University
Gerladine M. Weaver, Aetna Life and Causalty
- Computer-Based Systems for Group Decision Support: Status of Use
and Problems in Development
Kenneth Kraemer and John King
University of California, Irvine
- SYNVIEW: The Design of a System for Cooperative
Structuring of Information
David Lowe
New York University
4:00pm - 4:30pm Break
4:30pm - 5:30pm Invited Speaker: John Seely Brown
Vice President, Advanced Research
Xerox Palo Alto Research Center
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