Large-scale Collaborative Projects to Affect Societal Change

Ding, X. (S.) , Gu, N., Wulf, V., Yang, J. and Ackerman, M. S. (2016) Large-scale Collaborative Projects to Affect Societal Change. In: 19th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing Companion (CSCW '16), San Francisco, CA, USA, 26 Feb - 02 Mar 2016, pp. 544-549. ISBN 9781450339506 (doi: 10.1145/2818052.2855515)

Abstract

Major projects to support citizens in healthcare, government, energy-savings, disability, and the like are in the research phases or are underway, often on a large-scale. These efforts - in China, the U.S., Europe, and elsewhere aim to affect societal changes through technical means. Yet, these projects are seldom only computational, but often a combination of technical and social, interwoven to provide a suitable infrastructure for these efforts to change society. These projects are seldom only collaborative either, but collaboration and coordination play central roles in many of these efforts. CSCW cannot only learn from these efforts in the field but CSCW's research interests and findings can also help in return. This workshop aims to bring together people from numerous countries and societies who are carrying out these projects or are interested in these efforts to share architectures, designs, findings, and theories so as to promote these projects.

• Item Type: Conference Proceedings
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Ding, Dr Sharon
• Authors: Ding, X. (S.), Gu, N., Wulf, V., Yang, J., and Ackerman, M. S.
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Computing Science
• ISBN: 9781450339506