Current publications, dissertations, and other relevant work by members, past and present, of the CSC Lab.
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PUBLICATIONS
Sutherland, W., Neang, A., & Lee, C.P. (2025). Making Software Work Sustainable for the Academic Research Group: A Comparative Case Study. Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2025.
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Jones, R., Seidelin, C., Neang, A., & Lee, C. P. (2023): Lessons Learned from a
Comparative Study of Long-Term Action Research with Community Design of Infrastructural Systems. Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact.
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Neang, A. N., Sutherland, W., Ribes, D., & Lee, C. P. (2023): Organizing Oceanographic Infrastructure: The Work of Making a Software Pipeline Repurposable. Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact.
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Ashkezari, M.D., Hagen, N.R., Denholtz, M., Neang, A., Burns, T.C., Morales, R.L., Lee, C.P., Hill, C.N. and Armbrust, E.V. (2021). Simons Collaborative Marine Atlas Project (Simons CMAP): An open-source portal to share, visualize, and analyze ocean data. Limnol Oceanogr Methods.
DOI: 10.1002/lom3.10439
Jones, R., Beach, M. W., McClure Haughey, M., Sutherland, W., & Lee, C. P. (2021). Construction of Shared Situational Awareness in Traffic Management. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 5(CSCW), 1-27.
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Caitlin Lustig, Ridley Jones, Josephine Hoy, Negin Alimohammadi, and Charlotte P. Lee (2020). “Resilience and the Rapid Shift to Remote Working at a University: Emerging Questions”. New Future of Work Symposium.
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Webpage: Link
Neang, A. N., Sutherland, W., Beach, M. W., & Lee, C. P. (2020): Data Integration as Coordination: The Articulation of Data Work in an Ocean Science Collaboration. Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact.
DOI: 10.1145/3432955
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Slides: 10.6084/m9.figshare.13114205
Paine, Drew, and Charlotte P. Lee (2020): Coordinative Entities: Forms of Organizing in Data Intensive Science. Journal of Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW).
DOI: 10.1007/s10606-020-09372-2
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Randall, D. P., Paine, D., and Lee, C. P. (2018). Educational Outreach & Stakeholder Role Evolution in a Cyberinfrastructure Project. 2018 IEEE 14th International Conference on e-Science, Amsterdam, Netherlands, IEEE Computer Society, 201-211.
DOI: 10.1109/eScience.2018.00035
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Lee, C. P. and Schmidt, K. (2018). A bridge too far? Critical remarks on the concept of ‘infrastructure’ in CSCW and IS. in V. Wulf, et al. (eds): Socio-Informatics: A Practice-based Perspective on the Design and Use of IT 1 Artifacts. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 177-217 (chapter 5).
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Paine, D. and Lee, C. P. (2017). “Who Has Plots?”: Contextualizing Scientific Software, Practice, and Visualizations. Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact. 1, CSCW, Article 85 (November 2017), 21 pages.
DOI: 10.1145/3134720
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Lee, C. P., Ciolfi, L., & Randall, D. (2017). Introduction to ECSCW 2017. Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), 26(4), 387-388.
DOI: 10.1007/s10606-017-9294-9
Kuksenok, K., Aragon, C., Fogarty, J., Lee, C. P., & Neff, G. (2017). Deliberate Individual Change Framework for Understanding Programming Practices in four Oceanography Groups. Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), 26(4), 663-691.
DOI: 10.1007/s10606-017-9285-x
Rolland, B., Lee, C. P., & Potter, J. D. (2017). Greater than the Sum of its Parts: A Qualitative Study of the Role of the Coordinating Center in Facilitating Coordinated Collaborative Science. The Journal of Resaerch Administration, 48(1), 65-85.
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Randall, D. P., Diamant, E. I., & Lee, C. P. (2015). Creating Sustainable Cyberinfrastructures. Paper presented at the Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, April 18-23, 2015. Seoul, Republic of Korea.
DOI: 10.1145/2702123.2702216
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Hiniker, A., Sobel, K., Suh, H., Sung, Y.-C., Lee, C. P., & Kientz, J. A. (2015). Texting while Parenting: How Adults Use Mobile Phones while Caring for Children at the Playground. Paper presented at the Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, April 18-23, 2015. Seoul, Republic of Korea.
DOI: 10.1145/2702123.2702199
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Paine, D., Sy, E., Piell, R., & Lee, C. P. (2015). Examining Data Processing Work as Part of the Scientific Data Lifecycle: Comparing Practices Across Four Scientific Research Groups. Paper presented at the 2015 iConference, Newport Beach, CA, USA.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1354039
iConference Archive: http://hdl.handle.net/2142/73644
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Slides: 10.6084/m9.figshare.1354039
Lee, C. P., & Paine, D. (2015). From The Matrix to a Model of Coordinated Action (MoCA): A Conceptual Framework of and for CSCW. Proceedings of the 2015 conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work. Vancouver, BC. ACM.
DOI: 10.1145/2675133.2675161
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Presentation: dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1340077
Rolland, B., Paine, D., & Lee, C. P. (2014). Work Practices in Coordinating Center Enabled Networks (CCENs). Paper in the Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Supporting Group Work, Sanibel Island, Florida, USA.
DOI: 10.1145/2660398.2660408
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Paine, D., & Lee, C. P. (2014) Producing Data, Producing Software: Developing a Radio Astronomy Research Infrastructure. In Proc. eScience 2014, IEEE.
DOI: 10.1109/eScience.2014.41
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Jirotka, M., Lee, C. P., & Olson, G. M. (2013). Supporting Scientific Collaboration: Methods, Tools and Concepts. Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), 22(4-6), 667-715.
DOI: 10.1007/s10606-012-9184-0
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Kuksenok, K., Brooks, M., Wang, Q., & Lee, C. P. (2013). Challenges and opportunities for technology in foreign language classrooms. Paper presented at the Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Paris, France.
DOI: 10.1145/2470654.2466129
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Bietz, M. J., D. Paine and C. P. Lee (2013). The work of developing cyberinfrastructure middleware projects. Proceedings of the 2013 conference on Computer supported cooperative work. San Antonio, Texas, USA, ACM: 1527-1538.
DOI: 10.1145/2441776.2441950
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Huang, X., X. Ding, C. P. Lee, T. Lu and N. Gu (2013). Meanings and boundaries of scientific software sharing. Proceedings of the 2013 conference on Computer supported cooperative work. San Antonio, Texas, USA, ACM: 423-434.
DOI: 10.1145/2441776.2441825
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Rolland, B. and C. P. Lee (2013). Beyond trust and reliability: reusing data in collaborative cancer epidemiology research. Proceedings of the 2013 conference on Computer supported cooperative work. San Antonio, Texas, USA, ACM: 435-444.
DOI: 10.1145/2441776.2441826
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Thayer, A., B. Sirjani and C. P. Lee (2013). Recalibrating the ratio: enacting accountability in intimate relationships using shared calendars. Proceedings of the 2013 conference on Computer supported cooperative work. San Antonio, Texas, USA, ACM: 203-214.
DOI: 10.1145/2441776.2441801
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Bietz, M. J., and Lee, C.P. (2012). Adapting Cyberinfrastructure to New Science: Tensions and Strategies. Proceedings of the 2012 iConference.
DOI: 10.1145/2132176.2132200
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Bietz, M. J., Ferro, T., and Lee, C.P. (2012). Sustaining the Development of Cyberinfrastructure: An Organization Adapting to Change. Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW). Honorable Mention, Best Paper Award Competition.
DOI: 10.1145/2145204.2145339
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Lee, C. P., Bietz, M.J., Derthick, K., Paine, D. (2012). A Sociotechnical Exploration of Infrastructural Middleware Development. Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW). Best Paper Award Nominee.
DOI: 10.1145/2145204.2145404
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Thayer, A., Derthick, K., Bietz, M.J. and Lee, C.P.(2012). I Love You, Let’s Share Calendars: Calendar Sharing as Relationship Work. Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW).
DOI: 10.1145/2145204.2145317
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Thayer, A., Lee, C. P., Hwang, L. H., Sales, H., Sen, P., and Dalal, N. 2011. The Imposition and Superimposition of Digital Reading Technology: The Academic Potential of E-readers. ACM Conference on Human Factors and Usability (CHI). Best Paper Award Nominee.
DOI: 10.1145/1978942.1979375
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Hayes, G., Lee, C. P., Dourish, J.P. 2011. “Organizational routines, innovation, and flexibility: the application of narrative networks to dynamic workflow.” International Journal of Medical Informatics, 19(3-4): 231-244.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2011.01.005
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Keith Grochow, Mark Stoermer, James Fogarty, Charlotte P. Lee, Bill Howe, Ed Lazowska. 2010. “COVE: A Visual Environment for Multidisciplinary Ocean Science Collaboration,” escience, pp.269-276, 2010 IEEE Sixth International Conference on e-Science, 2010.
DOI: 10.1109/eScience.2010.13
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Ribes, D. and Lee, C. P. 2010. “Sociotechnical Studies of Cyberinfrastructure and e-Research: Current Themes and Future Trajectories.” Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), 19(3-4): 231-244.
DOI: 10.1007/s10606-010-9120-0
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Bietz, M.J., Baumer, E.P.S., & Lee, C.P. 2010. “Synergizing in cyberinfrastructure development.” Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), 19(3-4): 245-281.
DOI: 10.1007/s10606-010-9114-y
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Lee, C. P., Bietz, M. J., & Thayer, A. 2010. “Research-driven stakeholders in cyberinfrastructure use and development.” Proceedings of the 2010 International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems (CTS 2010) (pp. 163-172). Washington, D.C.: IEEE Press. Best Paper Award Nominee.
DOI: 10.1109/cts.2010.5478514
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Cohn, Marisa, Susan Sim, and Charlotte P. Lee. 2009. “What Counts as Software Process? Negotiating the Boundary of Software Work through Artifacts and Conversation.” Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), 18(5-6): 401-443.
DOI: 10.1007/s10606-009-9100-4
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Bietz, Matthew J. & Lee, Charlotte P. 2009. “Collaboration in Metagenomics: Sequence Databases and the Organization of Scientific Work.” In E. Balka, L. Ciolfi, C. Simone, H. Tellioglu & I. Wagner (Eds.), ECSCW 2009: Proceedings of the 11th European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 7-11 September 2009, Vienna, Austria (pp. 243-262). London: Springer-Verlag.
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84882-854-4_15
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Lee, Charlotte P. and Ciaran Trace. 2009. “Information Needs and the Social Worlds of Hobbyist Collectors.” Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (JASIST). 60(3):621-637.
DOI: 10.1002/asi.20996
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Troshynski, Emily and Charlotte P. Lee, Paul Dourish. 2008. Accountabilities of Presence: Reframing Location-Based Systems. ACM Conference on Human Factors and Usability (CHI), Florence, Italy. Best Paper Award Nominee.
DOI: 10.1145/1357054.1357133
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Lee, Charlotte P. 2007. “Reconsidering Conflict in Exhibition Development Teams.” Journal of Museum Management and Curatorship (MMC), 22(2): 183-189.
DOI: 10.1080/09647770701470427
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Lee, Charlotte P. 2007. “Boundary Negotiating Artifacts: Unbinding the Routine of Boundary Objects and Embracing Chaos in Collaborative Work.” Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), 16(3):307-339.
DOI: 10.1007/s10606-007-9044-5
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Lee, Charlotte P., Paul Dourish, Gloria Mark. 2006. The Human Infrastructure of Cyberinfrastructure. Computer Supported Cooperative Work Conference (CSCW), Banff, Canada. Best Paper Award Nominee.
DOI: 10.1145/1180875.1180950
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Lee, Charlotte P. 2005. “Between Chaos and Routine: Boundary Negotiating Artifacts in Collaboration.” Proceedings of the 9th European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (ECSCW), Paris, France, September.
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-4023-7_20
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Lee, Charlotte P. 2004. “Collaborative Design: A Taxonomy of Artifacts and Practices Used to Design a Museum Exhibition.” Proceedings of the International Engineering and Product Design Education (IE&PDE) Conference, 2nd Annual Meeting, Delft, The Netherlands.
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CONFERENCES
Paine, D. and Lee, C. P. (2013). Examining Data-Intensive Science: Data Sources as Coordinative Artifacts. Presentation as part of the Spatial: II session at the Society of Social Studies of Science (4S) annual meeting. San Diego, CA, Oct. 12, 2013.
Chen, Ying-Yu. (2013). Identifying the Information Needs of Low-income Parents Who Shop at Farmers Markets. Presentation as part of the People, Inventions and Markets session at the Society of Social Studies of Science (4S) annual meeting. San Diego, CA, Oct. 12, 2013.
Paine, D., Lee, C. P. (2012). Sustaining Software Development Projects in Cyberinfrastructure Organizations. Position paper for the Future of Collaborative Software Development Workshop at the 2012 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW).
Bietz, M. J., Wiggins, A., Aragon, C., & Handel, M. (2012). Data-Intensive Collaboration in Science and Engineering. Workshop at the 2012 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW).
Karacapilidis, N., Lau, L., Lee, C. P. & Ruping, S. (2012). Mastering Data-Intensive Collaboration through the Synergy of Human and Machine Reasoning. Workshop at the 2012 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW).
Rolland, B & Lee, C. P. (2012). Post-Doctoral Researchers’ Use of Preexisting Data in Cancer Epidemiology Research. Position paper for Data-Intensive Collaboration in Science and Engineering and Mastering Data-Intensive Collaboration through the Synergy of Human and Machine Reasoning workshops at the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW). Seattle, WA, Feb. 10-11, 2012.
Bietz, M. J. (2011). Databases and Metagenomics: Enforcing Genomic Ways of Knowing. Presentation as part of the Representing the World: Mediation and Database Design panel at the Society of Social Studies of Science (4S) annual meeting. Cleveland, OH, Nov. 3, 2011.
Rolland, B. (2011). Recontexting Disease: Interpreting Shared Data in Cancer Epidemiology. Presentation as part of the Representing the World: Mediation and Database Design panel at the Society of Social Studies of Science (4S) annual meeting. Cleveland, OH, Nov. 3, 2011.
Lee, C. P., Bietz, M. J., Derthick, K. & Paine, D. (2011). Reuse of Data and Technologies across Cyberinfrastructure Development Projects. Presentation as part of the Collaboration Infrastructures in the Sciences: Sociotechnical Issues panel at the Society of Social Studies of Science (4S) annual meeting. Cleveland, OH, Nov. 3, 2011.
Paine, D. & Ferro, T. (2011). Cyberinfrastructure Supported Interdisciplinarity. Presentation as part of the Collaboration Infrastructures in the Sciences: Sociotechnical Issues panel at the Society of Social Studies of Science (4S) annual meeting. Cleveland, OH, Nov. 3, 2011.
Thayer, A. (2011). The Myth of the Paperless School: Replacing Printed Texts with E-readers. Position paper for Child Computing Interaction workshop at the annual conference on Human factors in computing systems (CHI ’11). Vancouver, BC, May 8, 2011.
Sirjani, B. & Derthick, K. “Making Memories”: A Mobile Application to Support Memory Making and Reminiscence. Position paper for Bridging Practices, Theories, and Technologies to Support Reminiscence workshop at the ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI). Vancouver, BC, May 8, 2011.
Lee, C. P., Bietz, M. J. & Thayer, A. (2010). Stakeholders in cyberinfrastructure development. Position paper for The Changing Dynamics of Scientific Collaborations workshop at the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW). Savannah, GA, Feb. 7, 2010. PDF
Thayer, A., Bietz, M.J. & Lee, C.P. (2010). Managing intimacy using online calendar systems. Poster presented at the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW). Savannah, GA, Feb. 8, 2010. JPG
Bietz, M. J. The Social Life of Data: Data Management Challenges and Opportunities. Presented at the AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 14, 2009. Abstract / Slides
Bietz, M. J. & Lee, C. P. 2009. Cyberinfrastructure and Scientific Validity in Metagenomics Research. Presented at the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., Oct. 28 – Nov. 1, 2009. Abstract / Slides
Bietz, M. J. & Lee, C.P. 2009. Designing Cyberinfrastructure for Future Users. Position paper for Collaborative Infrastructuring – Conceptualizing Emergence and Design of Information Infrastructures workshop at the European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (ECSCW), Sep. 7, 2009.
Lee, C. P. & Bietz, M. J. 2009. Barriers to the Adoption of New Collaboration Technologies for Scientists. Position paper for The Changing Face of Digital Science: New Practices in Scientific Collaborations workshop at the ACM Conference on Computer-Human Interaction (CHI), Apr. 5, 2009.
Lee, Charlotte P., Matthew Bietz, and David Ribes. 2008. “Designing Cyberinfrastructure to Support Science.” Workshop Proposal for ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW).
Lee, Charlotte P. 2008. “Researching Cyberinfrastructure.” Society for the Social Studies of Science (4S) Conference, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Lee, Charlotte P. and Steve Abrams. “Group Sensemaking.” 2008. Position paper for workshop on Sensemaking. ACM Conference on Human Factors and Usability (CHI), Florence, Italy.
Dourish, P., Hayes, G. R., Irani, L., Lee, C. P., Lindtner, S., Nardi, B., Patterson, D. J., and Tomlinson, B. 2008. “Informatics at UC Irvine.” ACM Conference on Human Factors and Usability (CHI). Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), Florence, Italy.
Lee, Charlotte P. and Ciaran Trace. 2008. “Serious, Casual, Social: A Typology of Hobbyist Collectors.” (Forthcoming) 2008 National Popular Culture & American Culture Associations, Session on Collecting & Collectibles, San Francisco, CA.
Lee, Charlotte P. 2007. “Collaborative Design and a Science of Design.” Position paper for workshop on Converging on a ‘Science of Design Through a Synthesis of Methodologies, ACM Conference on Human Factors and Usability (CHI), San Jose, California, USA, 2007.
Lee, Charlotte P. and Ciaran Trace. 2006. “Rubber Duck Collectors: Of Hobbyists, Experts, and the Serious Side of Silly Business.” Society for the Social Studies of Science (4S) Conference, Panel on Amateurs, Hobbyists, and Rethinking the Nature of Expertise, Vancouver, Canada.
Lee, Charlotte P., Paul Dourish, Gloria Mark. 2006. “The First Usability Challenge for Cyberinfrastructure.” Position paper for workshop on Usability Research Challenges for Cyberinfrastructure and Tools, ACM Conference on Human Factors and Usability (CHI), Montréal, Canada.
Lee, Charlotte P. 2006. “Learning from Museums: Revisiting “Old” Methods to Design for User Experience.” Position paper for workshop on Usability Research Challenges for Cyberinfrastructure and Tools, ACM Conference on Human Factors and Usability (CHI), Montréal, Canada.
Dourish, Paul, Rogerio dePaula, Charlotte P. Lee. 2005. “Activities and Two Forms of Social Legibility.” Position paper for workshop on Activity – From a Theoretical to a Computational Construct, Proceedings of the 9th European Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (ECSCW), Paris, France.
OTHER PAPERS & PRESENTATIONS
interactions, 2014
2010
Hwang, Linda H., Pallavi Damera, Linda Brooking, Charlotte P. Lee. 2010. “Promoting Oneself on Flickr: Users’ Strategies and Attitudes.” Extended Abstract at GROUP ’10, Sanibel Island, Florida.
Sen, Pausali, Irini Spyridakis, Silvia Amtmann, Charlotte P. Lee. 2010. “Using Social Media for Social Activism.” Extended Abstract at GROUP ’10, Sanibel Island, Florida.
2007
Lee, Charlotte P. “Human Infrastructure: Teams, Organizational Structures, and the Building of Cyberinfrastructure.” Invited Talk. School of Information, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, March 2007.
2006
Lee, Charlotte P. “Transdisciplinary Science and the Building of Cyberinfrastructure.” Poster Presentation for the Science of Team Science: Assessing the Value of Transdiciplinary Research Conference, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, October 2006.
Lee, Charlotte P. “Material Artifacts and the Negotiation of Boundaries in the Design of a Museum Exhibition.” Invited Talk. School of Informatics, University of Indiana, Bloomington, September 2006.
2005
Lee, Charlotte P. “Space In-Formation: Interpreting/Forming Space.” Panel Discussion for Calit2 Graduate Student Conference on the Social and Cultureal Aspects of Science and Technology, University of California, Irvine, CA, April 2005.
2004
Lee, Charlotte P. “Design, Artifacts, and Social Context: An Ethnographic Study of Museum Work and Documents.” Poster Presentation for the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE), Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, January 2004.
DISSERTATIONS
2016
Paine, Drew. “Software and Space: Investigating How a Cosmology Research Group Enacts Infrastructure by Producing Software.” UW Archive
2013
Rolland, Betsy. “‘Greater than the Sum of its Parts:’ Coordinating Centers as Facilitators of Network-Level Work in Cancer Epidemiology Coordinating Center Enabled Networks.” UW Archive
Thayer, Alexander. “Understanding University Students’ Use of Tools and Artifacts in Support of Collaborative Project Work.” UW Archive
TECHNICAL REPORTS
CSC Lab technical reports may be relevant to not only research communities but practitioners as well. Questions and feedback may be directed to the author(s) of a report.
All technical reports from the CSC Lab are made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) license. The full license, i.e. less human readable, text may be read here on the Creative Commons website.
Reports
CSC-2014-01: Data, Software, and Advanced Computational Usage of University of Washington Research Leaders
HCDE Tech Report HCDETRS_2017_01
CSC-2014-02: Surveying Scientists About Their Software
HCDE Tech Report HCDETRS_2017_2
