Computer-Supported Cooperative Work: Concepts and Tools
Duration:
Half day
Schedule:
Saturday, 20th March 2010, Afternoon
Fee:
Rs. 3,000
Participants: 10-50
Aim
The aim of this tutorial is to present basic concepts and paradigms
of Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) as well as its design principles
and prototypes. It primarily focuses on the support of cooperative work
with computerised artefacts such as groupware, cooperation technology,
global information systems like the WWW, and so forth.
Content
In particular the following areas are covered: introduction
and scenario of CSCW; basic concepts; CSCW and groupware systems; analysis
of cooperative environments; design and implementation of CSCW and groupware;
and CSCW in a broader context and future perspectives.
Who should attend?
This tutorial is of interest to people from academia and industry,
and beginners and experts likewise.
A short biography of the tutor
Dr. Tom Gross chair of Computer-Supported
Cooperative Work, and Vice Rector of the Bauhaus-University Weimar, Germany.
His research
interests are particularly in Computer-Supported Cooperative Work, Human-Computer
Interaction, and Ubiquitous Computing. He has published numerous articles
in journals, conference proceedings, books and book chapters. And he
has been teaching at various universities across Europe. He was the Opening
Keynote Speaker at the 9th International Conference on Innovative Internet
Community Systems (I2CS 2009) and at the International Conference on
Interfaces and Human-Computer Interaction (IHCI 2008). He has participated
in and coordinated activities in various national and international research
projects. He is an expert member of the IFIP Technical Committee on ‘Human
Computer Interaction’ (TC.13). He has been conference co-chair and organiser
of many international conferences (e.g., most recently papers co-chair
of the ACM GROUP 2010, and of the PDP 2010). Further information can
be found at: http://www.tomgross.net.
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