Context-linked virtual assistants for distributed teams: An astrophysics case study

Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 361-370

  Poon, Sarah S ^a   Thomas, Rollin C ^b   Aragon, Cecilia R ^b   Lee, Brian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c GATAN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrophysics; Collaboratories; Computer mediated communication; Context aware computing; Cross cultural collaboration; Notification systems; Social awareness

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATORIES; COMPUTER-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION; CONTEXT-AWARE COMPUTING; CROSS-CULTURAL COLLABORATION; NOTIFICATION SYSTEMS; SOCIAL AWARENESS;

COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; DECISION MAKING; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; GROUPWARE; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; RESEARCH; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 77950854120     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1460563.1460623     Document Type: Conference Paper

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