Intelligent groupware to support communication and persona management

Given that groupware calendar systems inform colleagues about a coworker’s location and availability, and that they often exhibit inaccuracies that do not reflect the true schedules of coworkers, such event attendance can be modeled and accessed through the use of a context-aware, intelligent interface component. Predictions of attendance can then be shared among a workgroup to facilitate informal meetings. Once personal information is shared to others, intelligent groupware must support persona management, allowing users to control the application in order to communicate a desired representation of themselves to coworkers. My research aims to support the groupware calendar in its role as a facilitator of informal communication, enhancing the accuracy of the calendar presented to users as well as enabling control over one’s persona as presented by the calendar.