[Asis-l] HCIL Spring Seminar Series - Gerhard Fischer (5/7/04) 11am

[Kollet, Sharmon]

Dear Friends of HCIL,

Gerhard Fischer will be the giving the final invited talk as part of HCIL's Spring Seminar Series.  His talk entitled "Supporting Collaboration and Distributed Cognition in Context-Aware Pervasive Computing Environments" will take place next Friday, May 7th at 11am in 3118 CSIC on the University of Maryland Campus.  As always, this talk is free and there is no registration required.  The talk abstract is below:

"Supporting Collaboration and Distributed Cognition in Context-Aware Pervasive Computing Environments" 
We have developed and extended conceptual frameworks (including distributed cognition, meta-design, and social creativity) and innovative computational environments to support collaboration in design communities. Our computational environments transcend the limitations of desktop computing in several different directions: (1) large computational spaces allowing people to access, contribute, and interact with information to support collaborative work among people in shared physical locations; (2) socio-technical environments enriched by personalized, portable devices and wireless communication supporting people as they move around in the world; and (3) smart physical objects communicating with computational environments, allowing for context-aware information delivery.
The research discussed represents an interdisciplinary research effort bringing together researchers from human-computer interaction, software design and software engineering, ubiquitous computing, participatory design, and end-user development. We have applied our concepts and frameworks to a number of specific application domains, including: urban planning, emergency management, and assistive technology.

Other HCIL News...
The 21st  HCIL Symposium and Open House is fast approaching!  The conference schedule and registration information can be found on our web site: http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/soh .  
We hope to see you at our annual event on June 3-4, 2004!!
Also, this  is the last day for Early Registration for the Interaction Design and Children Conference being held on campus on June 1-3, 2004.  HCIL is co-sponsoring this event.  For more information, please go to the conference web site:  http://www.idc2004.org .  
**special note: If you register for the Symposium and Open House AND the IDC 2004 Conference, you will receive a 20% discount on your IDC registration fee.

Sincerely,
Sharmon Kollet, HCIL Coordinator
301-405-2769












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