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Office Knowledge: Representation, Management and Utilization
University of Toronto
IFIP WG8.4 Workshop Program
For information contact: Fred Lochovsky, fred@csri.toronto.edu
Monday, August 17th, 1987
8:00-9:00 Registration
9:00-9:15 Workshop Opening Remarks
9:15-10:45 Session: Invited Talk
Objects and Things. D. Tsichritzis, Universite de Geneve,
Switzerland
11:15-12:45 Session: Supporting Organizational Activities
Ubik: A System for Conceptual and Organizational Development.
P. de Jong, MIT, U.S.A.
KNOOM - KNowledge Oriented Office Model Representation of
Knowledge in the Office. M. Hofmann, Universitaet Wien,
Austria
OTM: A Language for Representing Concurrent Office Tasks.
J. Hogg, University of Toronto, Canada
2:00-3:30 Session: Invited Talk
Representing Office Work with Goals and Constraints.
W.B. Croft, University of Massachusetts, U.S.A.
4:00-5:30 Session: Representing, Querying and Generating
Office Objects
Time Management in the Office-net System. R. Maiocchi,
R. Zicari, Politecnico di Milano, Italy, M. Fugini,
Universita di Brescia, Italy
Towards a Graphic Query Interface for Complex Objects.
G. Lausen, Universitaet Mannheim, West Germany, A. Oberweis,
Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, West Germany
Knowledge Representation and Utilization in Automatic Office
Form Generation. K. Watabe, K. Tsuruoka, NEC Corporation,
Japan
5:30-6:30 Reception
6:30-7:30 Demonstration
Meta-Data for Automating the Management of Office Information.
R.E.A. Mason, A. Benjamin, J.R. Tessier, Online People Inc.,
Canada
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Tuesday, August 18th, 1987
9:00-10:30 Session: Invited Talk
Organizational Semantics. C. Hewitt, MIT, U.S.A.
11:00-12:30 Session: Problem Solving
An Office Environment to Support Problem Solving.
P.W.G. Bots, H.G. Sol, Delft University of Technology,
Netherlands
Generic Knowledge in Office Activities. A.A. Araya,
M.J. Stefik, Xerox PARC, U.S.A.
EXPERTNET: An Approach to Resource Sharing on a Network of
Workstations. A. Allam, Northern Telecom Canada Ltd.,
Canada, G.M. White, University of Ottawa, Canada
2:00-3:30 Session: Text and Pictures
Semantics and Conceptual Modelling of Documents. F. Barbic,
S. Daneluzzi, F. Garzotto, S. Mainetti, P. Paolini,
Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Knowledge-Based Text Processing in Office Environments: The
Text Condensation System TOPIC. U. Hahn, Universitaet
Passau, West Germany, U. Reimer, Universitaet Konstanz, West
Germany
Knowledge Base for Storage and Retrieval of Pictures.
B. Beetz, SEL Research Center, West Germany
4:00-5:30 Session: Poster Session
Artificial Intelligence and Organizational Design: Prospects
of Integrating Two Perspectives. U. Frank, Universitaet
Mannheim, West Germany
Intermediate Knowledge Representation for Extended Office
Systems. E.S. Cordingley, University of Surrey, England
Intelligent Interfaces for Office Information Systems.
B.C. Desai, Concordia University, Canada, C. Frasson,
J. Vaucher, Universite de Montreal, Canada
Managing Office Knowledge through Conceptual Structures.
G. Berg-Cross, Advanced Decision Systems, U.S.A.
Picture Management on Optical Disks: A Practical Approach on
Micro-computers. S. Miranda, N. Le Thanh, A.C. Salgado,
E. Borelli-Vittori, Universite de Nice, France
Managing Replicas in Distributed Telephone/Address
Directories. H.M. Gladney, IBM Almaden Research Center,
U.S.A.
7:30 Banquet
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Wednesday, August 19th, 1987
9:00-10:30 Session: Invited Talk
NICK: Intelligent Computer Supported Cooperative Work.
C. Ellis, MCC, U.S.A.
11:00-12:30 Session: Office Communication
Solving the Connection Problem. M.S. Mazer, University of
Toronto, Canada
Viewing Communication as a Problem Solving Activity: An
Enrichment Towards Supporting Cooperative Office Work.
C.C. Woo, F.H. Lochovsky, University of Toronto, Canada
CHAOS: A Knowledge-Based System for Conversing Inside Offices.
F. De Cindio, C. Simone, R. Vassallo, A. Zanaboni,
Universita di Milano, Italy
2:00-3:30 IFIP WG8.4 Business Meeting