[net.announce.arpa-internet] REVISED call for papers: OIS-86

Hewitt@MIT-MC.ARPA (10/29/85)

*******************       C A L L   F O R   P A P E R S
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*                 *          Third ACM Conference On
*                 *        OFFICE INFORMATION SYSTEMS
*     OIS-86      *
*                 *            October 6-8, 1986
*                 *           Biltmore Plaza Hotel
*                 *              Providence, RI
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General Chair:  Carl Hewitt,          Topics appropriate for this
                MIT                   conference include (but are not
                                      restricted to) the following as they
Program Chair:  Stanley Zdonik,       relate to OIS:
                Brown University          
                                         Technologies including Display, Voice,
Treasurer:  Gerald Barber,               Telecommunications, Print, etc. 
            Gold Hill Computers
                                         Human Interfaces
Local Arrangements: Andrea Skarra,       
                    Brown University     Deployment and Evaluation

An interdisciplinary conference on       System Design and Construction
issues relating to office
information systems (OIS) sponsored      Goals and Values
by ACM/SIGOA in cooperation with
Brown University and the MIT             Distributed Services and Applications
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.
Submissions from the following           Knowledge Bases and Reasoning
fields are solicited:
                                         Distributed Services and Applications
   Anthropology
   Artificial Intelligence               Indicators and Models
   Cognitive Science                     
   Computer Science                      Needs and Organizational Factors
   Economics                             
   Management Science                    Impact of Computer Integrated 
   Psychology                            Manufacturing
   Sociology                             
                                  

The following have confirmed their membership on the program
committee:

   Guiseppe Attardi                   Ray Panko
      University of Pisa                 University of Hawaii
   James Bair                         Robert Rosin
      Hewlett Packard                    Syntrex
   Gerald Barber                      Erik Sandewall
      Gold Hill Computers                Linkoping University
   Peter de Jong                      Walt Scacci          
      MIT                                USC
   Irene Greif                        Andrea Skarra
      MIT                                Brown University
   Sidney Harris                      Susan Leigh Star
      Georgia State University           Tremont Research Institute
   Carl Hewitt                        Luc Steels
      MIT                                University of Brussels
   Heinz Klein                        Sigfried Treu
      SUNY                               University of Pittsburgh
   Fred Lochovsky                     Dionysis Tsichritzis
      University of Toronto              University of Geneva
   Fanya Montalvo                     Eleanor Wynn
      MIT                                Brandon Interscience
   Naja Naffah                        Aki Yonezawa
      Bull Transac                       Tokyo Institute of Technology
   Margrethe Olson                    Stanley Zdonik
      NYU                                Brown University

The invited keynote speaker is Professor J.C.R. Licklider of MIT.

Unpublished papers of up to 5000 words (20 double-spaced pages) are
sought.  The first page of each paper must include the following
information: title, the author's name, affiliations, complete mailing
address, telephone number and electronic mail address where
applicable, a maximum 150-word abstract of the paper, and up to five
keywords (important for the correct classification of the paper).  If
there are multiple authors, please indicate who will present the paper
at OIS-86 if the paper is accepted.  Proceeedings will be distributed
at the conference and will later be available from ACM.  Selected
papers will be published in the ACM Transactions on Office Information
Systems.

Please send eight (8) copies of the paper to:

       Prof. Stan Zdonick
       OIS-86 Program Chair
       Computer Science Department
       Brown University
       P.O. Box 1910
       Providence, RI  02912

DIRECT INQUIRIES TO:   Margaret H. Franchi (401) 863-1839.

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                            IMPORTANT DATES

     Deadline for Paper Submission:                   February 1, 1986
     Notification of Acceptance:                      April 30, 1986
     Deadline for Final Camera-Ready Copy:            July 1, 1986
     Conference Dates:                                October 6-8, 1986
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