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Call For Participation
CSCW '90
THIRD CONFERENCE ON
COMPUTER-SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK
Date: October 7-10, 1990
Location: Los Angeles, California
Sponsored by: ACM, ACM SIGOIS, ACM SIGCHI
Supported by: Apple Computer, Lotus Development Corporation, Xerox Corporation
This conference looks at computer-supported cooperative work from an
interdisciplinary point of view that includes technological, sociological,
organizational, cognitive, and task domain perspectives. CSCW draws
participants from computer science, organization design, cognitive science,
anthropology, sociology, artificial intelligence, design theory, and
practical engineering disciplines.
SUGGESTED TOPICS
We are soliciting papers, panel proposals, videos and demos concerning
CSCW, including those focusing on the following 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, hypertext,
access controls, privacy, networks
-- Theories and frameworks for analyzing group work
-- Multi-media conferencing; group decision support systems
-- Practical experiences with technology for cooperative work
-- Collaboration in educational settings
CONFERENCE STEERING COMMITTEE
Conference Chair: Tora K. Bikson, Rand Corporation
Program Chair: Frank G. Halasz, Xerox PARC
Past Chair: Irene Greif, Lotus Development Corp.
Arrangements Chair: M. Lynne Markus, UCLA
Treasurer: J.D. Eveland, Rand/Claremont
Registration Chair: Cynthia Beath, U. Minnesota & UCLA
Publicity Chair: Jon Turner, NYU
Demos & Video Chair: Isaac Salzman, Rand Corp
Proceedings: Deborah Tatar, Xerox PARC
International Advisor: Claudio Ciborra, Institut Theseus &
Universita di Trento
SIGOIS Liaison: Clarence Ellis, MCC
SIGCHI Liaison: Marilyn Mantei, U. Toronto
IMPORTANT DATES
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: POSTMARKED BY MARCH 5, 1990
Acceptance notification: May 14, 1990
Final versions due: June 30, 1990
Advance meeting registration: September 10, 1990
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Ian Benson, University of Cambridge
John Bowers, The University of Nottingham
Giorgio De Michelis, Universita di Milano
Clarence Ellis, MCC Software Technology Program
Irene Greif, Lotus Development Corporation
Jonathan Grudin, Aarhus University
Frank Halasz, Xerox PARC
Hiroshi Ishii, NTT Human Interface Laboratories
Robert Kraut, Bell Communications Research
Keith Lantz, Olivetti Research Center
Thomas Malone, MIT Sloan School of Management
Marilyn Mantei, University of Toronto
Denis Newman, BBN Laboratories
Gary Olson, University of Michigan
Walt Scacchi, University of Southern California
Lee Sproull, Carnegie Mellon University
Lucy Suchman, Xerox PARC
Terry Winograd, Stanford University
INFORMATION FOR AUTHORS
Submit 10 copies of papers and panel proposals
POSTMARKED by March 5, 1990 to:
Frank Halasz, CSCW 90
Xerox PARC
3333 Coyote Hill Rd
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Electronic submissions should be sent to halasz@xerox.com
Paper submissions should be about 4,000 words in length. They should be
complete papers, but may refer to work in progress providing it will be
finished in time for CSCW 90.
Suggestions for panels should be 1-2 pages in length and include a
description of the topic/issue to be discussed and a preliminary list of
panelists. Panels will be creatively crafted by the program committee
based on these suggestions.
CALL FOR VIDEOS AND DEMOS
We are also soliciting videos and live demonstrations of CSCW systems.
Please submit a 1 page proposal to:
Isaac Salzman, CSCW 90
The RAND Corporation
Information Sciences Dept.
1700 Main St,
Santa Monica, CA 90406-2138
(email: salzman@rand.org)
(phone:213-393-0411 x6421)
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Frank Halasz
Xerox PARC
3333 Coyote Hill Rd
Palo Alto, CA 94303
email: halasz@xerox.com
phone: 415-494-4750
Tora Bikson
The RAND Corporation
1700 Main St.
Santa Monica, CA 90406-2138
email: tora@rand.org
phone: 213-393-0411 x7227
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