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UK CSCW-SIG

Design Issues in CSCW 
10.00 a.m., Tuesday, 17 March, 1992

Department of Trade & Industry
151 Buckingham Palace Road
London SW1 

"If you want to design a system to be used by people, start off by examining
the way they work and tailor the system to their needs."

This basic design principle is particularly relevant to the concerns of
the CSCW community, including researchers, system developers and, last but
not least, USERS.

The goal of bringing a user perspective to the core of systems analysis and design
has undoubtedly influenced the development of new methods, tools and techniques
to be used in design practice.  But this is not all: the development of CSCW
applications has also stimulated a search for a new orientation in such practice,
based on the view that the role of computer systems in real application areas
is more than that of a tool to provide solutions to a limited class of problems.
The proper role of a computer system in such applications is to support user
activities - which are intrinsically collaborative in nature.  Thus CSCW design
addresses real problems of technology in application and therefore requires
re-conceptualization not only of the known design issues, but also of the
associated methods, tools and techniques.  

How and why is design in the context of CSCW different from the established theories
and practices?  This workshop brings together participants from research and
development, industrial and commercial organisations,  as well as academic
institutions. They will present their work in developing CSCW applications,
discuss their views and argue their case.

The variety and the interdisciplinary nature of their contributions will provide
a framework for the consideration of design issues in CSCW.


P R O G R A M M E

MORNING

10.00	Arrival and Coffee

10.10	Chairperson's Introduction
	Duska Rosenberg (Brunel University)

10.20	Environmental Support for Cooperative Design
	I Sommerville & T Rodden (University of Lancaster)

	The Role of Workspace Replication in the Development of
 	Remote CSCW Systems
	S A R Scrivener, S Clark & N L Keen 
	(Loughborough University)

10.50	Discussion

11.00	TMPI - The Theory of Multi Party Interaction
	B Hewitt  & D Murray 
	(Queen Mary and Westfield College,
	University of Surrey, British Telecom)
		
	Group-based Work in Tools for CSCW 
	Rob Procter (University of Edinburgh),
	Oliver Masting (University of Edinburgh),
	Andy McKinlay  (University of Dundee), 
	Robin Woodburn (University of Edinburgh)
 
	A Framework for CSCW Research
	A Dix (University of York)

11.45	Discussion

12.00	Computational Reflection and CSCW
	Paul Dourish (Xerox Parc)

	A Foundational Framework for CSCW
	Keith  J Devlin (Colby College,  USA)

12.30	Discussion

12.40	LUNCH	

AFTERNOON

14.00	Discussion Panel - "Design Activity and Design Issues"
	Chair: Dan Diaper (University of Liverpool)
	Contributors: J T McDonnell (Brunel University),
	 Mike Hales (Brighton Polytechnic),  
	Cornelia Boldyreff (University of Durham),
	 R Stewart  (Kingston Polytechnic)
	& M Foskett (British Gas)

15.00	KnowledgeNET
	David Stroll  (Digital)

	Distributed Co-operative KBS - Design and Implementation
	J T Buchanan & P T Prosser (University of Strathclyde )

15.30	Discussion/Tea

15.45	A Toolkit for CSCW Applications
	M  Winnett (Kingston Polytechnic)

	Managing 'Nouvelle Design' - A Pragmatic Approach to CSCW
	System Building
	M E Morris (BNR Europe Limited)

16.15	Discussion

16.40	C L O S E 

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J O I N I N G   I N S T R U C T I O N S

All attendees - including speakers - must complete and return a registration form.
Please note that for this particular meeting the full registration fee applies
to all attendees, i.e. including speakers. (The exception remains bona fide
research students who may apply for a 50% discount.) 

For security reasons the DTI stipulates that attendance is by prior registration
only. Please complete and return a registration form or contact:

	Patrick Holligan
	LUTCHI Research Centre
	Tel. (0509) 222 694
	Fax: (0509) 610 815
	E-mail: P.J.Holligan@lut.ac.uk


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T h e  C S C W  -  S I G

The CSCW-SIG was formed by the UK Human Interface (HI) and Communications and
Distributed Systems (CDS) Clubs in 1990 as a special interest group supported by,
but separate from the UK Dept. of Trade and Industry. Membership is open to
anyone interested in CSCW. The current membership is several hundred people,
divided equally between commerce/industry and academia.  Anyone wishing to join
the SIG or be on its mailing list should contact:  S.A.Scrivener@ lut.ac.uk


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F U T U R E   E V E N T S

The SIG has opted for variety in its programme of meetings so as to air as many
different topics as possible and to emphasise the multi-disciplinary nature of CSCW.
It is the intention of the SIG to have seminar papers published either as a
book series or in a journal special issue, e.g. Interacting with Computers.

Tuesday, 30 June 1992 - 'AI, Autonomous User Agents and CSCW'
Organised by Prof Ernest Edmonds and John Connolly at LUTCHI Research Centre,
Loughborough, (e-mail): E.A.Edmonds@ lut.ac.uk  or J.H.Connolly@lut.ac.uk


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C A L L   F O R   P A P E R S

The DTI CSCW-SIG is committed to a policy of open membership and the representation
of the widest possible range of members' views on CSCW.  Anyone interested in
speaking at any of the above meetings should contact the organisers direct or
Colston Sanger of GID on 0428 654821 or (e-mail):  colston@ gid.co.uk.

Proposals for other CSCW meeting topics will also be gratefully received.

The SIG is in the process of establishing a CSCW book series and it is the
intention that one source of material for this series will come from the
meetings programme.

REGISTRATION FORM

Design Issues in CSCW 

10.00 a.m., Tuesday, 17 March, 1992

Department of Trade & Industry
151 Buckingham Palace Road
London SW1

All attendees - including speakers - must complete and return a registration form.
Please note that for this particular meeting the full registration fee applies to
all attendees, i.e. including speakers. (The exception remains bona fide research
students who may apply for a 50% discount.)

I wish to attend the CSCW-SIG seminar on 'Design Issues in CSCW' and enclose my
cheque for 35 pounds sterling to cover registration and refreshments.  Please make
cheques payable to the LUTCHI Research Centre.  (Invoices and/or receipts can be
provided on request.)

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Name:  ............................................................................

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For security reasons the DTI stipulates that attendance is by prior registration
only.  Please complete and return this form together with your remittance by
Thursday, 12 March 1992 to:

Patrick Holligan, LUTCHI Research Centre
Department of Computer Studies
Loughborough University of Technology
Loughborough LE11 3TU
UK

Tel.  direct:  (0509) 222 694
Fax:  (0509) 610 815
E-mail:  P.J.Holligan@lut.ac.uk


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