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- - CALL FOR PAPERS CSCW '88 Second Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work September 26-28, 1988 Portland, Oregon Sponsored by ACM SIGCHI & SIGOIS with support from Lotus Development Corporation & Xerox Corporation This conference looks at computer-supported cooperative work from an interdisciplinary point of view that includes technological, socio-logical, organizational, cognitive, and task domain perspectives. CSCW '86 drew participants from computer science, organization design, cognitive science, anthropology, sociology, artificial intelligence, design theory, and practical engineering disciplines. We invite proposals for panels and discussion groups as well as papers. SUGGESTED TOPICS * Computer-based environments that support collaborative interaction: co-authorship, project management, group design activities, electronic mail * Empirical studies of collaborative work practices * Underlying technologies: data bases, structured documents and hypertext, access controls, privacy, networks and network services * Theories and frameworks for analyzing group work * Multi-media conferencing; group decision support systems * Practical experiences with technology for cooperative work: consequences for organizational structures and work practices * Collaboration in educational settings: campus-wide computing, computers in the classroom Conference Chair: Irene Greif, Lotus Development Corp. Program Chair: Lucy Suchman, Xerox PARC Program Committee: Daniel Bobrow, Xerox PARC Susanne Bodker, Aarhus University (Denmark) Bertram Bruce, BBN Barbara Grosz, Harvard University Frank Halasz, MCC Edwin Hutchins, Institute for Cognitive Science Randy Katz, UC Berkeley Thomas Malone, MIT Sloan School of Management Robert Kraut, Bell Communications Research Marilyn Mantei, Electronic Data Systems Corp James H. Morris, Carnegie Mellon University Brian Shackel, HUSAT Research Center (U.K.) Lee Sproull, Carnegie Mellon University Terry Winograd, Stanford University INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS Seventeen copies (17) of a double-spaced extended abstract of 10-12 pages should be submitted to: Dr. Lucy Suchman Xerox PARC 3333 Coyote Hill Road Palo Alto, CA 94304 EMAIL: suchman.pa@xerox.com Persons with 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 seventeen copies to the address above, or by mailing one copy to the EMAIL address above. IMPORTANT DATES: Submission deadline: February 26, 1988 Acceptance notification: May 2, 1988 Final version due: June 15, 1988 Conference date: September 26-28, 1988 FOR MORE INFORMATION, call Suzanne Sylvia at (617)225-1860 or send email to oa.cscw@xx.lcs.mit.edu. -------