1. Interfaces for Groupware Marcos R.S. Borges Federal University of Rio de Janeiro José A. Pino Universidad de Chile Carla Valle Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

2. Interfaces for Groupware F Does Groupware require different types of interfaces? ý Maximize cooperation ý Mutual Awareness ý Multiple views F Examples ý How to deal with high level of equivocality and uncertainty? ý How to deal with anonymity?

3. Motivation F Communication Mechanisms ý Human to Human ý Teams ý Data Driven communication F Propagation of Awareness Information ý Asynchronous Interaction F Appropriate Metaphors ý Versioning ý Group Annotation

4. The post-it and stick-on metaphors Post-it Stick-on

5. The mask metaphor for versioning Example A + B Slide ASlide B Slide A+B Z + X + =

6. Awareness for coordination F Level of participation (Participameter) F Density of contributions F Impact of ideas (Impactmeter) F Level of maturity F Level of conflict F Information and time of posting F Planning conformity

7. Participameter Item Read Item Known but not Read Item not Read

8. Participameter Implementation Total percentage per visited contributions, observations of elements in the pre- meeting. It allows to come back to the element that originated it. Details of the percentages of each element that comes from a specific contribution.

9. Level of completion

10. Common Workspace in CEPE

11. CEPE - Dealing with uncertainty

12. Group Awareness

13. Conclusions F CSCW is very active research area with many open problems F CSCW is a multi-disciplinary area F Interfaces for groups is new ý solutions ý evaluation F Opportunities F Can be a motivation for cooperation

14. Development Consortium Proposal Marcos R.S. Borges Federal University of Rio de Janeiro José A. Pino Universidad de Chile

15. Research Group - Chord F 2 members of staff + 1 post doc F 4 + 2 * 1/2 Ph.D. Students F 12 M.Sc. Students F On-going Work ý Groupware and Software Engineering ý Participatory approach to BP modeling ý SISCO - Meeting Preparation ý Post-meeting support ý Team Works - Support for teams ý Cooperative Learning

16. Research Group - Uchile F 3 members of staff F 1 Ph.D. Student F 4 M.Sc. Students F On-going Work ý Participatory approach to BP modeling ý SISCO - Meeting Preparation ý Cooperative Learning

17. Uchile + UFRJ F CLEI F Cyted - RITOS F SISCO F REPARTE F Bi-lateral Cooperation ý Joint research activities ý Publications ý Exchange of Students

18. The Cyted Style Cooperation F Networks ý Put people in touch F Academic Projects ý Goals and Results F Projects with the industry (innovation) ý Prototypes and Products ý 76 networks, ý 95 research projects ý 166 innovation projects

19. Cooperation Results

20. Cooperation Activities mobility of faculty members and students participation/organization of scientific events interchange of students dissemination of information organization of courses development of research/industrial projects

21. CA Framework

22. CR Framework

23. CYTED CA/CR Framework

24. Conclusion F Goals ý HCI Community F Actions ý ? F Measurements ý ?