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| ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing | |
|---|---|
| Name | ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing |
| Abbrev | CSCW |
| Discipline | Computer science; Human–computer interaction |
| Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery |
| Established | 1986 |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Country | Various |
ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing The ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing is a peer-reviewed annual conference that focuses on the design, study, and practice of technologies that shape collaboration and social interaction. It convenes researchers and practitioners from diverse organizations and institutions, promoting cross-disciplinary exchanges among specialists in computer science, human–computer interaction, sociology, psychology, and design. Major sponsors and contributors include the Association for Computing Machinery, SIGCHI, SIGGROUP, and numerous universities and research labs.
The conference traces its origins to early meetings that brought together scholars from Xerox PARC, MIT Media Lab, Bell Labs, Stanford University, and University of California, Berkeley to discuss groupware, supported by early funders such as National Science Foundation and DARPA. Over decades the event evolved through contributions by figures affiliated with Microsoft Research, IBM Research, Hewlett-Packard Labs, AT&T Labs, and Apple Inc.; it expanded alongside related venues such as CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, GROUP (conference), Pervasive Computing Conference, and Ubicomp. The conference format adapted in response to changes driven by practitioners at Google, Facebook (Meta Platforms, Inc.), Twitter, and LinkedIn, and by theorists linked to Harvard University, Princeton University, Yale University, University of Washington, and Carnegie Mellon University.
CSCW covers empirical, theoretical, and design-oriented work spanning collaboration technologies developed at Adobe Systems, Intel Corporation, Oracle Corporation, SAP SE, and Salesforce. Typical topics intersect with studies by researchers affiliated with University of California, Irvine, University of Michigan, Cornell University, Columbia University, and University College London, and include coordination studied in projects connected to NASA, communication patterns found in studies related to TED Conferences, and platform governance debated alongside European Commission policy discussions. The conference routinely features work on social media analyzed in contexts involving YouTube, Instagram (Meta Platforms, Inc.), Reddit, WhatsApp (Meta Platforms, Inc.), and WeChat (Tencent), as well as workplace collaboration examined with case studies from Slack Technologies, Zoom Video Communications, Atlassian, and GitHub. Interdisciplinary links extend to scholarship tied to Stanford Law School, Oxford University, London School of Economics, Max Planck Institute for Software Systems, and Riken.
The organizing committee typically includes representatives from academic institutions such as Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of California, San Diego, Imperial College London, University of Toronto, and École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, alongside industry program chairs from Amazon, IBM, Microsoft, Google Research, and Meta Platforms, Inc.. Financial and logistical sponsorship frequently involves Association for Computing Machinery, SIGCHI, SIGWEB, foundations like the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and governmental research bodies including National Institutes of Health and European Research Council. Workshops and panels often partner with societies such as IEEE, ACM SIGMOD, and International World Wide Web Conference Committee.
Venues have rotated among major cities and institutions: past sites include Boston, San Francisco, Seattle, New York City, Atlanta, Vancouver, Amsterdam, Barcelona, London, Taipei, Honolulu, San Diego, Denver, Atlanta, Toronto, and Austin. Hosted instutitions have included University of California, Irvine, Georgia Institute of Technology, University of British Columbia, University College Dublin, National Taiwan University, and University of Tokyo. Special editions have been co-located with large events such as CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems and ACM SIGGRAPH symposia, and have adapted formats during global disruptions with online events coordinated by Zoom Video Communications and virtual platforms operated by Hopin.
The conference employs a peer-review process conducted by program committees composed of scholars from Princeton University, Duke University, University of Pennsylvania, Northwestern University, Brown University, and industry researchers from Microsoft Research, IBM Research, Google Research, Adobe Research, and Nokia Research Center. Submissions undergo double-blind review in many years, with meta-review and rebuttal phases modeled on procedures used at NeurIPS, ICML, and CHI. Acceptance rates vary by year and track; notable tracks have included papers, notes, posters, workshops, and doctoral colloquia, similar to organizational structures at KDD, SIGIR, and WWW Conference. Artifact evaluation and data sharing practices align with transparency initiatives championed by ACM and funding bodies such as Wellcome Trust.
The conference has published influential work that shaped platforms and theory, including studies influential to Facebook (Meta Platforms, Inc.) privacy debates, designs informing Slack Technologies workflows, and foundational frameworks used by researchers at Google, Microsoft, IBM, and Apple Inc.. Key contributions include ethnographies and field studies drawing on methods from scholars associated with Brandeis University, University of California, Santa Barbara, Indiana University Bloomington, University of Colorado Boulder, and University of Maryland, College Park. The proceedings have introduced concepts later cited in books and articles appearing at MIT Press, Oxford University Press, and in journals such as Communications of the ACM and ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction.
Award categories have honored best paper recipients and distinguished contributions linked to career achievements by researchers from University of Cambridge, Princeton University, Cornell University, University of California, Berkeley, and Columbia University. Institutional recognition and prizes are supported by sponsors including Google Research Awards, Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship, and fellowships from Sloan Foundation and MacArthur Foundation affiliates. Lifetime achievement acknowledgments and test-of-time awards highlight work that influenced policy discussions at European Commission and standards adopted by organizations such as W3C and IETF.
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