DAI-List Digest Tuesday, 17 September 1991 Issue Number 56 Topics: Re: Multiagent Collaborative Design Third OC3 Program and Registration COCS'91 Program and Registration Please send submissions to DAI-List@mcc.com. Send other requests, such as changes in your e-mail address, to DAI-List-Request@mcc.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: blaasri@aar.alcatel-alsthom.fr ( Brigitte Laasri ) Subject: Re: Multiagent Collaborative Design Date: Tue, 17 Sep 91 9:17:40 MET DST > I am studying for a Ph.D. at the design computing unit of the > University of Sydney in Australia. My research topic is on > collaborative design based on multiple agents under DAI paradigm. > > Could you reply or send me papers to help my research if you have > related materials or comments? There is a book edited by D. Sriram, R. Logcher, and S. Fukuda about this domain : "Computer-Aided Cooperative Product Development," (Proceedings of the MIT-JSME Workshop, MIT, Cambridge, USA, November 1989), Springer-Verlag, 1991. --- Brigitte Laasri Alcatel Alsthom Recherche Route de Nozay 91460 Marcoussis France ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Sep 91 00:15:34 -0500 From: abw@emx.utexas.edu (Andrew B. Whinston) Subject: Third OC3 conference Third Conference on Organizational Computing, Collaboration and Coordination Supported by the Center for Information Systems Management U.T. Austin, IC2 Institute U.T. Austin, MCC, NCR Corporation, and the RGK Foundation The conference will be held at The University of Texas at Austin's IC2 Institute in Austin, Texas, February 23-25, 1992. A tentative program and registration materials are enclosed. The first OC3 Conference was held in October 1989 with about 100 people in attendance. The second conference was held in February 1991 and about 150 people attended. The papers presented at the first conference was published by Ablex of Norwood, New Jersey as special issues of the new journal "Organizational Computing." The papers presented at the second conference are forthcoming in "Organizational Computing. Papers presented at the forthcoming conference will also be published in a future issue of the same journal. Information about the journal is included at the end of this message. As in the past, the conference will explore the integration of CSCW with other disciplines as economics, distributed systems, and organization theory. A special emphasis will be placed on application to organizational tasks as auditing, and customer support in a client server computing environment. A panel on the possibilities of using artificial reality to support business activities will also be held. The conference registration fee of $150 covers the opening reception on Sunday, breakfast and lunch on Monday and Tuesday, and a banquet at MCC on Monday. Software demonstrations of the MCC Coordination system will be made before the banquet at MCC. Included in the registration fee are conference materials and ground transportation to and from the conference site. If you have any questions regarding the conference program, please call me at 512-471-8879. For questions regarding conference registration and logistics, please call the RGK Foundation at 512-474-9298. Arrangements for discounted airline fares are being made with American Airlines. Details of this arrangement will be shortly available. A block of rooms at the Radisson has also been booked. Rooms will be available at the conference rate of $65. We look forward to your participation in this conference. Day 1 Morning Session: Theories and models of organizational computing 0800-0830 Introduction and Welcome Craig Fields*(MCC), George Kozmetsky (U.Texas Austin) 0830-0930 James I. Cash*, Harvard Business School: Organizational design and Information Technology 0930-1030 Gerry DeSanctis*, University of Minnesotta: Adaptive Structuration Theory 1030-1100 Coffee Break 1100-1200 John Ledyard, CalTech: Recent developments and open research issues in the design of coordination mechanisms 1200-1300 Panel discussion. Panelist will be drawn from vendors (IBM, APPLE, NCR) 1300-1400 Lunch Day 1 Afternoon Session: Application of organizational computing 1400-1500 Vijay Mahajan*, University of Texas at Austin: A theory based approach to the design of computer-based systems to help manage coordination in customer support teams 1500-1600 Gail Rein, MCC: Towards a computational basis for studying organizational change and design 1600-1630 Coffee Break 1630-1730 Ai-Mei Chang, University of Arizona: Building organizational accounting systems 1830 Banquet and demos of coordination systems at MCC Day 2 Morning Session: Theories and models of organizational computing 0900-1000 John Quarterman and Smoot Carl Mitchell,Texas Internet Consulting, The pains and pleasures involved in developing client server architectures 1000-1100 Anthony Gorry, Baylor College of Medicine: Applications of a hospital wide hypertext system to aid physicians. 1100-1130 Coffee Break 1130-1230 Lynda Applegate, Harvard Business School: Team based organizations: A retrospective chronicle of past successes and failures 1230-1330 Lunch Day 2 Afternoon Session: Applications of organizational computing 1330-1430 Panel drawn from end-users of organizational computing and client-server technologies (P&G, TEXACO, NCR) 1430-1530 Bob Johanssen*, The Institute for the Future,: Organizational computing and client-server technologies: Do they have a commercial future? 1530-1600 Coffee Break 1630-1730 Panel "On the possibilities of using artificial reality in Organixational computing" - Don Fussell/Andrew Whinston (chairs) * Prospective speakers Currently the titles of the presentations are tentative. REGISTRATION FORM: THE THIRD CONFERENCE ON ORGANIZATIONAL COMPUTING, COORDINATION, AND COLLABORATION THEORIES AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR COMPUTER-SUPPORTED WORK FEBRUARY 23-25, 1992 AUSTIN, TEXAS CIRCLE PREFERENCE: Dr. Mr. Mrs. Ms. Prof. NAME: ______________________________________________ Last First M.I. TITLE: ___________________________________________ ORGANIZATION: ____________________________________________ ADDRESS: _____________________________________________ ______________________________________________ City State ______________________________________________ Zip Code Country E-MAIL ADDRESS: ____________________________________________ TELEPHONE: Work (_____) _______________ Home (_____) _______________ (For emergency use only) Fax (_____) _______________ Which days do you plan to attend? Sunday, February 23 ______(Reception) Monday, February 24 ______ Monday, February 24 ______(Dinner) Tuesday, February 25 ______ REGISTRATION FEE: Please send a check or money order for $150 U.S. made payable to the RGK Foundation. In order to receive a refund, cancellations must be made before February 15, 1992. Please mail this registration form along with the registration fee of $150 U.S. before February 8, 1991 to: OC3 Conference RGK Foundation 2815 San Gabriel Austin, TX 78705-3594 Phone: 512-474-9298 Fax: 512-499-0245 Confirmation of registration will be sent in January and will include hotel and related conference information. THE JOURNAL OF ORGANIZATIONAL COMPUTING Contents of the first 2 issues Technology Support for Cooperative Work: A Framework for Studying Introduction and Assimilation in Organizations,Lynda M. Applegate A Layered Model of Organizations: Communication Processes and Performance, James H. Bair Issues and Obstacles in the Development of Team Support Systems, Elizabeth Busch, Clyde Holsapple, Matti Hamalainen,Yongmoo Suh and Andrew Whinston Distributed Group Support Systems: Social Dynamics and Design Dilemmas, Starr Roxanne Hiltz, Donna Dufner, Michael Holmes and Scott Poole Groupware: Future Directions and Wild Cards, Robert Johansen Coordination in Shared Facilities: A New Methodology, John O. Ledyard Communication Costs in the Performance of Unrelated Tasks: Continuum Models and Finite Models, Thomas Marschak and Umesh Vazirani User-Centered Design of Collaboration Technology, Gary M. Olson and Judith S. Olson A Two-Level Perspective on Electronic Mail in Organizations, Lee Sproull and Sara Kiesler Computer Mediated Communication Requirements for Group Support, Murray Turoff Cooperative Communication P Computerware P Humanware, Tibor Vamos *** Call for Papers *** Readers are encouraged to submit manuscripts to the Journal of Organizational Computing. Manuscripts should be submitted in quadruplicate to Andrew Whinston, Editor, Journal of Organizational Computing, Department of Management Science and Information Systems, CBA 5.202, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712- 1175 or to one of the Associate Editors. The Journal will follow the style found in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 3rd Edition. *** Subscriptions *** The Journal of Organizational Computing is a quarterly publication. Institutional subscription rates are $95; personal subscription rates are $45. For postage and handling outside the U.S. and Canada, please add $15. To receive more information about the Journal of Organizational Computing, or to place a subscription, please check the appropriate box below. The Journal of Organizational Computing _____Please enter an institutional subscription beginning with Vol. 1, No. 1 ($95.00) _____Please enter a personal subscription beginning with Vol. 1, No. 1 ($45.00) _____Please send a sample copy for my review. Name: Address: City: Country State Zipcode Return coupon to: Ablex Publishing Corporation, 355 Chestnut St., Norwood, NJ 07648 Note: All subscriptions must be prepaid. Please add $15.00 to cover postage and handling outside the U.S. and Canada. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Date: Tue, 17 Sep 91 09:21:51 EDT From: "Peter de Jong" Subject: COCS'91 electronic registration form CONFERENCE ON ORGANIZATIONAL COMPUTING SYSTEMS November 5-8, 1991 Atlanta, Georgia Sponsored by ACM SIGOIS and IEEECS TC-OA In cooperation with IFIP W.G. 8.4 This conference brings together researchers who are investigating new methodologies, tools, and technologies for using computer systems in organizations. The papers in this conference cover topics such as supporting organizational applications in large distributed, parallel, and open computer systems; distributed AI and multiple computational agents; coordination and collaborative technologies; organizational modeling; multimedia information handling; data base; organizational interfaces; and organizations of objects. REGISTRATION FORMS AT END OF MESSAGE ------------------------------------------------------------ GENERAL CHAIR Fred Lochovsky Hong Kong U of Science and Technology PROGRAM CHAIRS Sid Ahuja Peter de Jong AT&T Bell Labs IBM Cambridge Scientific Center PROGRAM COMMITTEE Gul Agha U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA Bob Allen Bellcore, USA Dave Anderson U. California, USA W. Bruce Croft U. Massachusetts, USA J. R. Ensor AT&T Bell Laboratories, USA Steve Feiner Columbia U., USA Les Gasser Universite de Paris VI, France Simon J. Gibbs Centre U. d'Informatique, Geneva Saul Greenberg U. Calgary, Canada Heikki Hammainen Nokia Research Center, Finland Paul Hart Florida Atlantic U., USA Carl Hewitt MIT, USA Yukata Matsuchita Keio U. Japan Murray Mazer Digital Equipment Corporation CRL, USA John Patterson Bellcore, USA Barbara Pernici U. Udine, Italy Ken Pier Xerox PARC, USA Carson Woo U. British Columbia, Canada Stan Zdonik Brown University, US TREASURER Sid Harris The Claremont Graduate School REGISTRATION AND LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS COORDINATOR Cherian Thachenkary Georgia State University CONFERENCE COMMITTEE Robert B. Allen Bellcore, USA Skip Ellis U. Colorado, USA Fred Lochovsky HKUST, Hong Kong Vincent Lum Naval Postgraduate School, USA Alex Verrijn-Stuart U. Leiden, The Netherlands ------------------------------------------------------ INVITED SPEAKERS: Organizational Computing and Organizational Process: Momma Told You Not to Take Such big Bites Bill Curtis Director, Software Process Program Software Engineering Institute Carnegie Mellon University Future Directions in User-Computer Interface Software James D. Foley Graphics, Visualization and Usability Center College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology Capturing Meeting Dynamics to Support Collaboration Marcial Losada Director, Center for Machine Intelligence Electronic data Systems Corporation Panels: Locator technology in distributed systems: the Active Badge Chair: Ken Pier, Xerox PARC, USA Panelists: William Newman, Rank Xerox, UK David Redell, DEC Systems Research Center, USA Chris Schmandt, MIT Media Laboratory, USA Marvin Theimer, Xerox PARC, USA Roy Want, Xerox PARC, USA Wireless Applications and Portable Computing Chair: Rich Wolff, Bellcore, USA Panelists: Geoff Baehr, Sun Microsystems, USA B. Gopinath, Rutgers University, USA Colin Harrison, IBM Watson Labs, USA Peter Hortensius, IBM Watson Labs, USA ------------------------------------------------------- TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1991 TUTORIALS (see next section) WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1991 9:00-10:30 Keynote Address: Bill Curtis 11:00-12:30 Paper Session: Organizational Support Systems Chair: Murray Mazer, DEC CRL Language and Distributed System Support for Complex Organizational Services Alexander Schill, University of Karlsruhe, Germany Ashok Malhotra, IBM Thomas J.Watson Research Center, USA Direct End-User Access to Remote Information Steven C. Laufmann, Richard L. Blumenthal, Laura M. Thompson, Beth Bowen, US West, USA OASIS: A Programming Environment for Implementing Distributed Organizational Support Systems Clarence Martens, University of British Columbia, Canada Frederick H. Lochovsky, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 2:00-3:30 Paper Session: Groups within Organizations Chair: Sid Ahuja,AT&T Bell Laboratories Hierarchical Conferencing Architectures for Inter-Group Multimedia Collaborations Harrick M. Vin, P. Venkat Rangan, and Srinivas Ramanathan, University of California San Diego, USA A Formal Study of Distributed Meeting Scheduling: Preliminary Results Sandip Sen, Edmund H. Durfee, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA Supporting Collaborative Processes with ConversationBuilder Simon M. Kaplan, Alan M. Carroll and Kenneth J. MacGregor, University of Illinois, Urbana, USA 4:00-5:30 Panel: Active Badges THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1991 9:00-10:30 Paper Session: Organizational Interfaces Chair: Bob Allen, Bellcore Organizational Modeling and Problem Solving Using an Object-Oriented Knowledge Representation Server and Visual Language Brian R. Gaines, University of Calgary, Canada Form and Room: Metaphors for Groupware Heikki Hammainen, Nokia Research Center, Finland Chris Condon, BICC Technologies, England The Influence of Video in Desktop Computer Interactions Ronald H. Nowaczyk, Terri L. Thomas, Darryall O. White, Clemson University, USA 11:00-12:30 Invited Speaker, Marcial Losada 2:00-3:30 Poster Session Group Relations Psychology and Computer Supported Work, Some New Directions for Research and Development William L. Anderson, Xerox Corporation, USA A Goal Oriented Office Form System Heyun Liu, Ian Draffan, Frank Poole, Sheffield City Polytechnic, United Kingdom GMAL: A Reflective langauge for Distributed AI Salima Hassas, Universite Claude Bernard-Lyon, France Dynamic Objects Michel Augeraud, I.U.T. La Rochelle, France Bjorn N. Freeman-Benson, University of Victoria, USA An Approach to Formalizing Organizational Open Systems Concepts Yair Wand, Carson C. Woo, University of British Columbia, Canada A Minimalist Approach to the Development of a Word Processor Supporting Group Writing Activities Nicholas Malcolm, Brian R. Gaines, University of Calgary, Canada Extending Electronic Mail with Conceptual Modeling to Provide Group Decision Support M.L.G. Shaw, Brian R. Gaines, University of Calgary, Canada Classification and Retrieval of Documents Using Office Organization Knowledge A. Celentano, Universita di Brescia, Italy M.G. Fugini, Universita di Brescia and Politecnico di Milano S. Pozzi, CEFRIEL, Italy Distributed Brokerage Offices Through Information Technology Maxine L. Rockoff, Clark, Rockoff and Associates, USA Rich Malone, Edward D. Jones & Co., USA 4:00-5:30 Paper Session: Objects Chair: Peter de Jong, IBM Cambridge Scientific Center The Representation of Policies as System Objects Jonathan D. Moffett, Morris S. Sloman Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine, United Kingdom Linguistic Supports for Development of Distributed Organizational Information Systems in Object-Oriented Concurrent Computation Frameworks Ken Wakita and Aki Yonezawa, University of Tokyo, Japan Method Precomputation in Object-Oriented Database E. Bertino, Universita'di Genova, Italy 7:00-10:00pm Banquet - Jim Foley, speaker FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1991 9:00-10:30 Paper Session: Collaboration Chair: J. Robert Ensor, AT&T Bell Laboratories, USA A Process Model and System for Supporting Collaborative Work Sunil K. Sarin, Kenneth R. Abbott, Dennis R. McCarthy, Xerox Advanced Information Technology, USA A Conceptual Modelling Approach to Authoring-in-the-Large for Hypertext Documents Rick Sobiesiak, IBM Canada Ltd. Laboratory and Univ. of Toronto, Canada John Mylopoulos, University of Toronto, Canada MACE: A Fine Grained Concurrent Editor R.E. Newman-Wolfe, Harsha K. Pelimuhandiram, The University of Florida, USA 11:00-12:30 Panel: Wireless Communications 2:00-3:00 Paper Session: Coordination Chair: Carson Woo, U. British Columbia, Canada Multi-Level Specification and Protocol Design for Distributed Multimedia Communication Taieb F. Znati, Yi Deng, Brian Field, Shi-Kuo Chang, University of Pittsburgh, USA What Can Computer Programs Do To Facilitate Negotiation Process ? Abhijit Chaudhury, University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA H. Raghav Rao, State University of New York, Buffalo, USA Sukumar Rathnam, University of Texas, Austin, USA ------------------------------------------------------------ TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1991 - TUTORIALS 9:00-12:30 Knowledge Acquisition for Organizational Computing Systems Dr. Brian R. Gaines Knowledge Science Institute University of Calgary, Canada 1:30-5:00 Social Factors of Computer System Design Dr. Charles Grantham University of San Francisco 9:00-5:00 Computer-Supported Meeting Environments Prof. Marilyn M. Mantei Dept. of Computer Science, University of Toronto, Canada ------------------------------------------------------------ COCS'91 Registration Form (November 5-8, Atlanta, Ga) Name: ________________________________________________ Address:________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ ________________________________________________ Affiliation: ___________________________________________ Telephone: ___________________________________________ Fax: ___________________________________________ Email: ___________________________________________ Before Oct. 14 After Oct. 14 ACM [] IEEE [] IFIP8.4 [] $295 $350 Non-members $375 $440 Full Time Student* $150 $150 One Day $150 $150 * Must include copy of valid student ID Registration includes proceedings, reception, banquet, breaks, and lunches. Additional banquet ticket $50 Extra Proceedings $20 TUTORIALS, November 5 B. Gaines (9:00am - 12:30pm) Before Oct. 14 After Oct. 14 ACM [] IEEE [] IFIP8.4 [] $130 $160 Non-members $165 $200 C. Grantham (1:30am - 5:00pm) Before Oct. 14 After Oct. 14 ACM [] IEEE [] IFIP8.4 [] $130 $160 Non-members $165 $200 M. Mantei (9:00am - 5:00pm) Before Oct. 14 After Oct. 14 ACM [] IEEE [] IFIP8.4 [] $200 $240 Non-members $250 $300 Fee includes tutorial notes, coffee break TOTAL _________ Please make check payable to COCS'91, and send with this form to: Cherian Thachenkary Dept. of Decision Sciences College of Business Administration Georgia State University Atlanta, GA 30303 Remittance in U.S. dollars please. For more information, phone: (404) 651-4078 email (bitnet): qmdcst@gsuvm1 COCS'91 Conference Hotel Please contact hotel directly for reservations ATLANTA MARRIOTT MARQUIS 265 Peachtree Center Avenue Atlanta, GA 30303 (800) 228-9290 (404) 521-0000 Conference rate for COCS'91 participants (Nov. 5-8) honored until October 14. 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