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The 1998 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work

Seattle, Washington, USA
November 14-18, 1998

Sponsored by the ACM Special Interest Groups on Computer-Human Interaction (SIGCHI) and Supporting Group Work (SIGGROUP).

Post-Conference Information

Future CSCW Conferences. The next ACM CSCW conference, CSCW 2000, will take place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from December 2-6, 2000. Please see http://www.acm.org/cscw2000/ for details. (See also Related Conferences.)

Technical Program Abstracts. Information about all items in the technical program, including abstracts, is available within this website; see the Conference Program section.

CSCW'98 Conference Proceedings. Full text of the conference papers can be found in the printed conference proceedings, sold by ACM for $31.00 to members, $62.00 to nonmembers, plus shipping and handling. To order, please visit the CSCW Proceedings Section of the ACM e-store, or contact ACM:

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Welcome!

Prominent researchers at the MIT Media Lab, Andersen Consulting, Xerox PARC, Fujitsu Labs, Carnegie Mellon, IBM Watson, AT&T Labs, Sun, Lucent, and other universities, companies, and government labs from around the world will present at this highly selective conference.

Topics include infrastructures for collaboration, organizational culture, shared visual spaces, asynchronous communication, groupware primitives, awareness, sustaining relationships online, social filtering, web-based customer service, mobile computing, and new interaction paradigms. As we move beyond the initial exploration of new technologies and practices, understanding research results is critical.

A full technical and social program will introduce new participants to the field, deepen and broaden the expertise of those familiar with it, and encourage interdisciplinary discussions and collaborations.

Opening Plenary: The ACM Turing Award Lecture by Douglas Engelbart
The general technical sessions begin on Monday, November 16, with an opening address by Douglas Engelbart, who this year received ACM's most prestigious award and will present his acceptance lecture. Engelbart's vision of the potential of computing has ranged from technical innovations such as the invention of the mouse to early recognition of the need for technical, organizational, and social co-evolution.

The closing plenary will be given on Wednesday, November 18 by William J. Mitchell, Dean of the MIT School of Architecture and Planning and author of City of Bits, one of the first books published both digitally and in print.

These addresses bracket over 40 technical papers and 4 panels comprising leading researchers and practitioners. A video and demo program are also important conference features.

A tutorial program precedes the conference. On Sunday, November 15, leading experts in CSCW research and groupware development will share their knowledge in full-day and half-day tutorials. This is an invaluable opportunity to learn from internationally recognized figures at a relatively low cost.

Workshops will focus on selected topics on Saturday, November 14, organized in cooperation with the Participatory Design Conference. You must apply in advance to participate in these small group workshops.

Everyone registered for the conference will travel by monorail on Monday evening to a reception at the Pacific Science Center. We will explore exhibits while enjoying stimulating conversations and cuisine of the Pacific Northwest.

Benefactors and Sponsors enable us to provide conference participants with more than they pay for, significantly enhancing the experience. We especially thank our benefactors SMART Technologies, Lotus, and Microsoft Research. We also thank our sponsors Sun Microsystems and MITRE and our affiliate The Boeing Company. We are also grateful to the many volunteers whose efforts make the conference possible.

Take advantage of the early registration discount, and we will see you in Seattle!

Steve Poltrock and Jonathan Grudin
CSCW'98 Conference Co-Chairs