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CSCW
2008
ACM
13 years 6 months ago
Context-linked virtual assistants for distributed teams: an astrophysics case study
There is a growing need for distributed teams to analyze complex and dynamic data streams and make critical decisions under time pressure. Via a case study, we discuss potential g...
Sarah S. Poon, Rollin C. Thomas, Cecilia R. Aragon...
CSCW
2010
ACM
13 years 6 months ago
Mobile Technology and Action Teams: Assessing BlackBerry Use in Law Enforcement Units
Susan G. Straus, Tora K. Bikson, Edward Balkovich,...
CSCW
2010
ACM
13 years 6 months ago
PeerCare: Supporting Awareness of Rhythms and Routines for Better Aging in Place
Caring for the elderly is becoming a key challenge for society, given the shortage of trained personnel and the increased age of the population. Innovative approaches are needed t...
Yann Riche, Wendy E. Mackay
CSCW
2008
ACM
13 years 7 months ago
Imprint, a community visualization of printer data: designing for open-ended engagement on sustainability
We introduce Imprint, a casual information visualization kiosk that displays data extracted from a printer queue. We designed the system to be open-ended, and to support a workgro...
Zachary Pousman, Hafez Rouzati, John T. Stasko
CSCW
2008
ACM
13 years 7 months ago
Assistance: the work practices of human administrative assistants and their implications for it and organizations
Assistance – work carried out by one entity in support of another – is a concept of long-standing interest, both as a type of human work common in organizations and as a model...
Thomas Erickson, Catalina M. Danis, Wendy A. Kello...
CSCW
2008
ACM
13 years 8 months ago
A hybrid cultural ecology: world of warcraft in China
We analyze online gaming as a site of collaboration in a digital-physical hybrid. We ground our analysis in findings from an ethnographic study of the online game World of Warcraf...
Silvia Lindtner, Bonnie A. Nardi, Yang Wang 0005, ...
CSCW
2008
ACM
13 years 8 months ago
Steps toward a typology for health informatics
In this paper we outline a typology, which will be useful for those engaged in the design and customization of information systems in healthcare. Drawing on ethnographic case stud...
Ellen Balka, Pernille Bjørn, Ina Wagner
CSCW
2008
ACM
13 years 8 months ago
Cutting into collaboration: understanding coordination in distributed and interdisciplinary medical research
Coordinating goals, schedules, and tasks among collaborators is difficult, and made even more so when there are disciplinary, geographic and institutional boundaries that must be ...
Saeko Nomura, Jeremy P. Birnholtz, Oya Rieger, Gil...
CSCW
2008
ACM
13 years 8 months ago
Linguistic mimicry and trust in text-based CMC
This study examines the relationship between linguistic mimicry and trust establishment in a text-chat environment. Twenty-six participant pairs engaged in a social dilemma invest...
Lauren E. Scissors, Alastair J. Gill, Darren Gergl...
CSCW
2008
ACM
13 years 8 months ago
Enhancing collaborative web search with personalization: groupization, smart splitting, and group hit-highlighting
Collaboration on Web search is common in many domains, such as education and knowledge work; recently, HCI researchers have begun to introduce prototype collaborative search tools...
Meredith Ringel Morris, Jaime Teevan, Steve Bush