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COOP'98 is the Third International Conference on the Design of Cooperative Systems (following on COOP'95 and COOP'96). It will take place in Cannes, France, from 26-29th May, 1998.


Objectives

The main goal of COOP'98 is to contribute to the solution of problems related to the design of cooperative systems, and to the integration of these systems in organizational settings. The conference will contribute to:
  • a better comprehension of human-human and human-machine cooperative work processes;

  • the development of models of ccoperation and cooperative work from different perspectives;

  • the development of appropriate design methodologies and of new functionalities for cooperative systems.


The main assumption behind the COOP conferences is that cooperative systems design requires a deep understanding of the cooperative work of dyads, groups and organizations, involving both artefacts and social conventions.

So we solicit a variety of contributions from the human and social sciences (e.g. Ergonomics, Management, Sociology, Cognitive and Social Psychology, Linguistics) and contribu tions from the engineering sciences (e.g. Distributed Artifi cial Intelligence, Knowledge Engineering, Human-Machine Interaction, GDSS, Control Systems,Computer Supported Cooperative Work).

Contributions on such topics as analyses of complex work situations, and the elaboration of conceptual frameworks for understanding cooperative work as well as guidelines for modelling collective activities, methodological elements for cooperative system design, and innovative technological solutions-theoretical, and empirical are acceptable.




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Suggested topics for submissions include, but are not limited to:

  • What models of cooperation can be achieved for human-computer interaction (in particular for collective problem solving in workplaces)?

  • What are the characterizations of cooperative, heterogeneous agents (i.e. human agents and software agents)?

  • What lessons do we learn from empirical studies of cooperative work?

  • What frameworks/methodologies can be offered for building cooperative systems (for example, for knowledge acquisition and validation or evaluation of cooperative systems)?

  • How to identify appropriate agents to involve in a task, and the cooperative interactions required to perform a task (e.g. synchronous or asynchronous interactions) ?

  • Which techniques are helpful for collective problem solving?

  • What are the possible architectures for cooperative systems?

  • What communication skills are required for the use of cooperative systems? What kinds of dialogues, negotiation or explanation techniques, or user models, are relevant for cooperative systems?

  • How to provide a cooperative system for supporting a workgroup? In particular, how to build intelligent computer environments for facilitating cooperation among users of diverse abilities during a problem-solving process?

  • What lessons have been learned from the implementation and integration of actual cooperative systems?



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INDEX OF SUBMISSIONS:
   Full and Short Papers
   Posters
   Workshops
   Panels
   Doctoral Colloquium


Full Papers and Short Papers

Two kinds of papers on Cooperation topics are solicited: (1) Full Papers (10 pages max.), which present completed research, and (2) Short Papers (3 pages max.), which present research in progress.
Accepted papers will be included in the Conference Proceedings.
Send 5 copies of your paper in the correct format to:
    Françoise Darses (COOP'98 Proceedings Co-Chair)
    Laboratoire d'Ergonomie, CNAM
    41 rue Gay-Lussac, 75005 Paris, France
    Tel : +33-1 44 10 78 19 or (33-1) 44 10 78 07
    Fax : +33-1 43 25 36 14
    E-mail: darses@cnam.fr

Deadline for long papers: December 15, 1997.
Deadline for short papers: December 31, 1997.

(NOTE: Deadline refers to arrival date at CNAM, not postmarked date. Also, for the paper category, electronic submissions are NOT acceptable.)

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