ADVISORY/Douglas Englebart to give Opening Plenary at CSCW98.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- JOIN: Douglas Englebart, this year's winner of The Association for Computing (body) Association for Computing - (ACM, before 1997 - "Association for Computing Machinery") The largest and oldest international scientific and educational computer society in the industry. Machinery's (ACM (Association for Computing Machinery, New York, www.acm.org) A membership organization founded in 1947 dedicated to advancing the arts and sciences of information processing. In addition to awards and publications, ACM also maintains special interest groups (SIGs) in the computer field. ) most prestigious award - the A.M. Turing Award The A.M. Turing Award is given annually by the Association for Computing Machinery to a person selected for contributions of a technical nature made to the computing community. The contributions should be of lasting and major technical importance to the computer field. . He will present his ACM Turing Award Lecture on Monday, Nov. 16, 1998 (9:00am - 10:30am) at the 1998 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (tool) Computer Supported Cooperative Work - (CSCW) (Or "groupware") Software tools and technology to support groups of people working together on a project, often at different sites. See also Lotus Notes. (CSCW CSCW - Computer Supported Cooperative Work ), in Seattle. Throughout his life, Englebart has demonstrated a strong vision of the computer's potential, enabling him to invent the computer mouse (among many other devices) and to recognize, early on, the need for technical, organizational and social co-evolution. The closing plenary will be given Wednesday, Nov. 18, 1998 (4:00pm - 5:30pm) by William J. Mitchell, Dean of the School of Architecture and Planning School of Architecture and Planning may refer to:
WHAT: The 1998 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work. Emerging technologies are profoundly changing how people, organizations and societies interact. CSCW is the premier international conference for research and development achievements in design, introduction, and use of these technologies. Prominent researchers from around the world will present at this highly selective conference. Topics include infrastructures for collaboration, organizational culture, shared visual spaces, social filtering, web-based customer service and mobile computing - to name a few. WHERE: The Westin Hotel, Seattle WHEN: November 14-18 1998 For further information about CSCW98, contact Tina Nathan at Convention Services Northwest, 206/292-9198, ext. 114 or visit the web site at http://www.acm.org/sigchi/cscw98 If you wish to schedule an interview with Douglas Englebart or William Mitchell, please contact either Tina Angelone at angelone@acm.org or Chris Morgan at morgan@acm.org before Nov. 13, 1998. After November 13, contact the CSCW office in The Westin Hotel at 206/728-1000. Please identify yourself as press. |
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