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Webstrates are web substrates, a practical realization of shareable dynamic media under which distributability, shareability, and malleability are fundamental software principles. Webstrates blur the distinction between application and document in a way ...

We present an extension of the existing CoNavigator collaboration system that allows for persistence of in-person collaboration sessions through a digitally projected overlay and camera system. This augmented reality environment allows participants in a ...

To integrate wind and solar energy in electric systems, new technologies, such as energy storage and demand response, have been proposed to increase system flexibility. Control approaches and market rules are being developed accordingly to better manage ...

Situation awareness (SA) has been well recognized as a critical yet often elusive foundation for effective group decision-making. The task of identifying and understanding dynamic, evolving discussion situation can be quite challenging, especially when ...

The dance production process is strongly influenced within the physical rehearsal space by social context factors and dynamics, such as intimacy of bodies, gender distribution, and the hierarchy of choreographers and dancers. Introducing online tools ...

We describe our case-based, usability engineering teaching practice and a design of online workspace system that supports various class activities.

Blatantly unproductive edits undermine the quality of the collaboratively-edited encyclopedia, Wikipedia. They not only disseminate dishonest and offensive content, but force editors to waste time undoing such acts of vandalism. Language-processing has ...

This position paper describes the requirements for facing essential problems of virtual teams. Further, the current deficits of project management tools and collaborative tools are focused. We will describe our opinions on how to solve these problems.

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In collaborative indexing systems users generate a big amount of metadata by labelling web-based content. These labels are known as tags and form a shared vocabulary. In order to understand the characteristics of that vocabulary, we study structural ...

Many collaborative software tools have been developed in the recent years to accelerate the growing interest of many organizations to become learning organizations. Selecting a collaborative tool that best suits an organization's needs is a challenging ...

The paper presents the concept of a collaborative computer integrated classroom (CiC) specially designed to achieve a unique combination of interactive and collaborative software with spatial arrangements, special furniture, and new peripherals ...

Companies are adopting workflow systems to ensure a better response to the challenges and opportunities of the economic environment. This technology has features and characteristics that allow it to improve communication, collaboration, coordination, ...

Diplomats and other experts are sent as delegations to inter-governmental conferences to implement their governments' policies. Individual delegates in a multilateral diplomatic conference environment have needs for simultaneous any-time/any-place types ...