Cooperation, coordination and control in computer-supported work
Rob Kling · Communications of the ACM · 1991
SF-funded collaboratories are experimental and empirical research environments in which domain scientists work with computer, communications, behavioral and social scientists to design systems, participate in collaborative science, and conduct experiments to evaluate and improve the systems.These research projects are concerned with distributed and collaborative research that requires intense reliance on wide-area networks and the Internet, to bring together instruments, laboratories and researchers.Three NSF programs in the Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate support the design of collaboratories and coordination experiments: