Civic Intelligence and CSCW

The CSCW Lab for Groupware Evaluation

The aim of this paper is to report the initiative of a research project called the CSCW Lab. The CSCW Lab is an approach for applying evaluation methodologies in the context of a groupware research group. We identify the major dimensions of groupware evaluation and describe how the CSCW Lab addresses them. The first experiments using CSCW Lab are also described.

Fair Information Practices with Computer Supported Cooperative Work by Rob Kling

The term "CSCW" was publicly launched in the early 1980s. Like other important computing terms, such as artificial intelligence, it was coined as a galvanizing catch-phrase, and given substance through a lively stream of research. Interest quickly formed around the research programs, and conferences identified with the term advanced prototype systems, studies of their use, key theories, and deb...

Cscw Experience for Distributed System Engineering

CSCW is a multidisciplinary domain that includes skills and projects from human sciences (sociology, human group theories, and psychology), cognitive sciences (distributed artificial intelligence), and computer science (human/computer interfaces; distributed systems; networking; and, recently, multimedia). The main goal of the CSCW domain is to support group work through the use of networked co...

Draft of January 19, 2001 Smart Communities and the Geo-Governance of Social Learning

Introduction 1. Why smart communities are important and how they work Distributed governance and multiple accountabilities Milieu and discovery Collective intelligence Social learning 2. How can one make communities smarter Agenda for civic architects Agenda for civic engineers Agenda for civic entrepreneurs, D. Agenda for practice-enhancing governance Conclusion Notes for an address to the sym...

Online Deliberation and Civic Intelligence