kaplan@marula.cs.uiuc.edu (Simon Kaplan) (06/24/91)
CSCW Developers Workshop ======================== Developing Open CSCW Systems ECSCW'91, Amsterdam, 24th September, 1991 A CSCW Developers Workshop will be held in conjunction with ECSCW'91 the 2nd European Conference on CSCW in Amsterdam on the 24th September, 1991. The workshop is being organised in conjunction with the COST-14 COTECH working group on Models of Open Cooperative Applications and will focus on the problems of developing open CSCW systems. What are Open CSCW Systems ? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Open CSCW systems are systems designed to support cooperative work in an open manner. "Open" can be interpreted in several ways * Systems which can be tailored to particular work practices, models or conventions. * Systems which support the integration of families of tools to provide an integrated work environment for both individuals and groups. Many CSCW open systems are designed with the intention of supporting cooperative processes: activities performed by groups and with specific (although not necessarily well articulated) goals, such as paper writing or software development. Goals of the Workshop ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The goals of the workshop are to: * Bring together researchers and practitioners on all aspects of the problems associated with conceptualizing, designing and implementing open CSCW systems. * Identify and discuss appropriate theoretical and practical models which are suitable to describe the tailoring of open CSCW systems.. This applies both to tailoring to support work practices and models and mechanisms for tool integration. * Identify and discuss the "hard issues" related to implementing open CSCW systems. * Identify problems with current approaches and suggest possible solutions. * Identify open issues, both theoretical and practical, related to open CSCW systems, and identify directions for future work. Examples of such issues include: - Supporting Interoperability among open CSCW systems - Self-adapting open CSCW systems - Integrating open CSCW systems into existing support environments and process models: How should this be achieved and what are the effects ? This list of goals is not intended to be complete, but rather an indication of the kinds of topics we wish to discuss at the workshop. Participation ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ To ensure a coherent workshop, and because attendance is limited, admission will be by invitation only. Invitations will be issued in response to a 3-5 page position paper. The paper should address your work relative to the issues outlined above. We encourage position papers from anyone working in the field with a vested interested in the development of CSCW systems. If you wish to participate send 4 copies of your position paper to: In the USA: Simon Kaplan ECSCW-CSCW-Developers Workshop Department of Computer Science University of Illinois 1304 W. Springfield Avenue Urbana, Illinois Fax: +1 217 333 3501. Email: kaplan@cs.uiuc.edu In Europe:- Tom Rodden ECSCW-CSCW-Developers Workshop Computing Department Lancaster University Baillrigg Lancaster LA1 4YR U.K. Fax: +44 524 65201 x 3823 Email: tom@comp.lancs.ac.uk Position Papers should arrive no later than Monday 8th July 1991. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Invitations will be mailed by Friday 30th August 1991.. -- Simon Kaplan kaplan@cs.uiuc.edu Department of Computer Science uiucdcs!kaplan@uunet.uu.net University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1304 W. Springfield Ave phone: +1 217 244 0392 Urbana Illinois 61801, USA fax: +1 217 333 3501