Computational Mechanisms of Interaction for CSCW

The present report documents the research activities undertaken in Task 3.2 of the COMIC project. The objective of the three years of research of Strand 3 is to develop a conceptual foundation for designing computational mechanisms of interaction for CSCW applications that can support the complex task of articulating distributed cooperative activities. The report consists of three parts: Based on a survey of social science studies of cooperative work, Part 1 outlines a conceptual framework for the development of the concept of mechanisms of interaction. Part 3 presents the comprehensive analysis of CSCW systems (applications, shells, models) that have been analyzed in order to unravel and assess the underlying mechanisms of interaction. Part 2 brings the two bodies of evidence together, identifies requirements for mechanisms of interaction, and outlines the conceptual foundation for the design of mechanisms of interaction in CSCW systems. Document ID COMIC-D3.1 Status Accepted Type Deliverable Version 3.0 Date October 4, 1993 Editors C. Simone (Milano), K. Schmidt (Risø) Task 3.2 © The COMIC Project, Esprit Basic Research Action 6225 Project coordinator: Tom Rodden Computing Department University of Lancaster Lancaster LA1 4YR United Kingdom Phone: (+44) 524 593 823 Fax: (+44) 524 593 608 Email: tom@comp.lancs.ac.uk The COMIC project comprises the following institutions: Gesellschaft für Mathematik und Datenverarbeitung (GMD), Bonn, Germany Risø National Laboratory, Roskilde, Denmark Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden Swedish Institute for Computer Science (SICS), Stockholm, Sweden Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands University of Lancaster, Lancaster, United Kingdom (Coordinating Partner) University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom University of Milano, Milano, Italy University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland Editors of this report: Carla Simone Kjeld Schmidt Dept. of Information Sciences Cognitive Systems Group University of Milano Risoe National Laboratory I-20135 Milano P.O. Box 49 Italy DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark Phone: (+39) 2 55006-289 Phone: (+45) 4677 5146 Fax: (+39) 2 55006-276 Fax: (+45) 4675 5170 Email: simone@hermes.mc.dsi.unimi.it Email: kschmidt@risoe.dk ISBN 0-901800-30-9 Lancaster University, 1993 This report is available via anonymous FTP from ftp.comp.lancs.ac.uk.

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