Collaborative Sensemaking Workshop
This workshop is a part of the Human-Computer Interaction Lab's Annual Symposium. We encourage you to attend these presentations about the research being done at the Lab! Visit the HCIL Symposium page for more information.HCIL's 24th Annual Symposium
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
June 1st, 2007
Organizers:
Yan Qu, University of Maryland, College Park, USA
Dan Russell, Google, USA
Nikhil Sharma, University of Michigan, USA
Description:
Sensemaking is a ubiquitous activity in our daily life with cognitive and social dimensions. It arises when people face new situations, problems or opportunities. Sensemaking is not always an individual activity, but can involve a group of people. For example, a group of intelligence analysts work together to detect terrorist attack, a family plan a vacation trip, or scientists in a research field explore a new research question in collaboration. The design of systems that support collaborative sensemaking is particularly challenging because of the lack of understanding of the dynamic process and the requirement of rich knowledge representations in collaborative sensemaking. This workshop will discuss those challenges and present cutting edge researches on collaborative sensemaking systems and theories.
Specific topics that we hope to address include (but not restricted to):
- Collaborative sensemaking behavior
- Design methodology of systems that support collaborative sensemaking
- Representation construction in collaborative sensemaking
- New system or tools that support collaborative sensemaking
Interested participants should submit a short biography and a position paper (one or two pages) to Yan Qu: yanqu@umd.edu
Important Dates:
Workshop: June 1st, 2007
Workshop registration fee: $60 (covers breakfast, lunch, and snack).
Please contact yanqu@umd.edu for most updated information.
