GROUP 2005 provides a forum for researchers and practitioners who are interested in topics related to computer-based systems that have an impact on groups, organizations and social networks. Relevant issues include design, implementation, deployment, evaluation, methodologies, and effect of these systems.

      In the last few years, the functionality and applicability of systems for supporting group work has expanded, leading to their growing application to organizational information, communication, and cooperation processes. This provides opportunities to study their technical and social impacts. Often the integration of new technology with existing or new organizational practices is very challenging. The knowledge gained from such experiences is a valuable resource for all those who plan to, or have integrated computer-based tools for the support of group interaction. At the same time we observe a growing influence of the Internet, mobile computing, agent systems, ubiquitous computing, and virtual reality. We can expect that these new technologies will also exert a large influence on group/organizational structures and processes. These new technologies are exciting in their own right, but their technological and organizational integration to support groups raises many interesting questions and is a challenging new research agenda.

GROUP'05 is interested in topics related to computer-based systems that have an impact on groups, organizations and social networks. A strong emphasis of GROUP'05 is the integration of multiple computer-based tools and technologies. Relevant issues include the design, implementation, deployment, evaluation, research methodologies, and impact of these systems.

GROUP'05 is sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery Executive Committee.

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