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~~~~~~~ BRITISH HCI GROUP NEWS SERVICE ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ http://www.bcs-hci.org.uk/ ~~ ~~ All news to: [log in to unmask] ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ NOTE: Please reply to article's originator, ~~ ~~ not the News Service ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NeSC e-Science Workshop Requirements Capture for Collaboration in e-Science January 14th-15th, 2004 Organisers: Marina Jirotka, Rob Procter, Frank Bisby and Matthew Dovey Objectives The vision of e-Science is of a radical transformation of scientific practices brought about through the deployment of Grid technologies. In this vision, new kinds of science and scientific communities will emerge, be supported through a Grid infrastructure that enables high-speed and distributed, large-scale computations, and radically new ways of sharing large data repositories. It is well recognised in both the computer-supported cooperative work and technology innovation research literature, however, that the successful development and deployment of new collaborative technologies is highly unpredictable. The realization of the e-Science vision presents, therefore, a major challenge to the Grid research community. This two day workshop aims to uncover the social and technical conditions that are most conducive to the achievement of e-Science goals. Specifically, it will seek to define methods for e-Science applications requirements capture that are capable of addressing socio-technical factors. Participation Participants from both industry and academia are welcome, particularly those who have some experience of e-Science applications/settings or related areas, either as scientists, designers or implementers. We intend to limit the number of participants to 20 in order to provide maximum opportunity for discussion. Participation will be on the basis of position papers which will be reviewed by the workshop programme committee. Topics Position papers are invited on (but not limited to) the following topics: - What demands does e-Science place on requirements capture and analysis? - What are the consequences of e-Science for the ways in which scientific work is currently produced? - How does e-Science challenge current practices of data ownership, management and sharing? - What are the criteria for successful multi- and inter-disciplinary scientific collaborations? - How should scientific settings be investigated and requirements derived for new e-Science technologies? - How can requirements capture processes balance the needs of stakeholders in large and inter-disciplinary projects? - What ethical and legal issues need to be considered? - How can technological devices be integrated and deployed in ways that best support scientific practice? - How should technological possibilities be balanced against the current needs of practitioners? - What resources are available in requirements capture and analysis for e-Science? Submissions Positional papers should be limited to four sides of A4 (2.5cm margins, 12 pt Ariel or Helvetica, 6 pt gap between paragraphs), including contact details, figures, tables and references. Submission of a position paper will be taken to grant permission to reproduce the work in printed and electronic form, as part of the workshop. Accepted position papers will be published on the workshop www site. Participants will be invited to submit full length versions of their papers. On agreement of contributors we would seek for publication in a book or a special issue of a journal. Deadline for submission: December 1st 2003 Notification of Acceptance: December 22nd 2003 Draft Programme The workshop will take place over two days and will consist of a combination of keynote talks, participant contributions and discussion sessions. Keynote speakers include: The draft programme is as follows: Day One Key note presentation: Frank Bisby - University of Reading Participants' presentations Lunch Key note presentation: Tom Rodden - University of Nottingham Break out groups/Discussion Day Two Key note presentation: John McDermid - University of York Participants' presentations Lunch Key note presentation: Michael Lynch - Cornell University Break out groups/Discussion Wrap up Contact email: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask] www site and registration: http://www.nesc.ac.uk/esi/events/320/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ To receive HCI news, send the message: ~~ ~~ "JOIN BCS-HCI your_firstname your_lastname" ~~ ~~ to [log in to unmask] ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ Newsarchives: ~~ ~~ http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/bcs-hci.html ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ To join the British HCI Group, contact ~~ ~~ [log in to unmask] ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~