Advanced Information Systems

Supplementary Readings


An overview of the information highway

E-mail pervasive and persuasive T.S. Perry & J.A. Adam, IEEE Spectrum, Oct 1992, pp.22-33.

Browsing through terabytes. R.M. Stein, Byte, May 1991 pp.157-164.

Projecting demand for electronic communications in automated offices. S.A. Smith & R. I. Benjamin, ACM Transactions on Office Information Systems, 1, 1983 pp.211-229.

Diversity in the use of electronic mail: a preliminary inquiry. W. MacKay, ACM Transactions on Office Information Systems, 6, 1988 pp.380-397.

It's crunch time in cyberspace, in Cyberspace G.A. Poole 1993 pp. 52-57.

Paving the digital superhighway. A.M.. Biesada 1993 pp. 58-62.

The digital gold rush. J. Littman, UnixWorld, Dec 1993 pp.43-48.

Through a lens smartly. M. Robinson, Byte, May 1991 pp.177-187.

Smarter email is coming. A. Reinhardt, Byte, March 1993 pp.90-108.

Hitting warp speed for LANs. M. Clarkson, Byte, March 1993 pp.123-128.

Mixed messaging. H. Eglowstein & B. Smith, Byte, March 1993 pp.136-154.

What is acceptable Internet use? J. Ubois, MacWeek 6(34).


Electronic publishing and digital libraries

Introduction. R. Rubinstein in Digital Typography, Addison Wesley 1988 pp. 1-6.

An agenda for digital journals: the socio-technical infrastructure of knowledge dissemination. B.R. Gaines, Journal of Organizational Computing 3(2), 1993 pp.135-193.

MediaView: a general multimedia digital publication system R.L. Phillips, Communications of the ACM, 34(7) 1991 pp.75-83.

Can the virtual library become reality? D. Law, Computer Bulletin, 1992 pp 2-3.

The writer's choice N. Wright. Computer Bulletin, 1992 pp 10-11

Journal production - the right medium for the task. D. Penfold, Computer Bulletin, 1992 pp 12-13.

Distributed electronic publishing. G. Canning, Computer Bulletin, 1992 pp 14-16.

Publishing and IT converge. D. Powell, Computer Bulletin, 1992 pp 18-20.

Multimedia publishing - the page brought to life. P. Ashby, Computer Bulletin, 1992 pp 25-27.

Introducing online documentation. W.K. Horton in Designing and Writing Online Documentation, Wiley 1990 pp. 1-13.

Online books, bulletins, and databases. W.K. Horton in Designing and Writing Online Documentation, Wiley 1990 pp. 269-287.


Virtual reality and information visualization

Virtual Reality: a status report. L. Jacobson, AI Expert, 1991 pp. 26-33.

Information visualization using 3D interactive animation. G.G. Robinson, S.K. Card & J.D. Mackinlay, Communications of the ACM, 36(4), 1993 pp.57-71.

A computer-generated suspension of disbelief. H.P. Newquist III AI Expert, Aug 1991 pp. 34-41.

Experiences with the alternate reality kit. R.B. Smith IEEE CG&A 1990 pp.388-396.

Coming into the country. J.P. Barlow Communications of the ACM, 34(3), 1991 pp.19-21.

An easier interface. M.A. Clarkson, Byte, Feb 1991 pp. 277-282.

Brave new world. Caddesk Magazine, June 1993.

A virtual revolution. R. Hough, EnRoute, July 1992.


Wide-area broad-band networks


Electronic meetings--CSCW and workflow systems:

Techno-sense: making sense of computer-mediated communication systems, Journal of Business Communication, 28(1) 1991 pp.23-43.

Groupware and co-operative work: problems and prospects. J. Grudin in Readings in Groupware and CSCW, (ed) R.M. Baecker, Morgan Kaufmann 1993 pp. 97-105.

Electronic meeting systems to support group work. J.F. Nunamaker et al, Communications of the ACM, 34 1991 pp.41-61.

Computer support for real time collaborative work. S. Greenberg & E. Chang in Proceedings of the Conference on Numerical Mathematics and Computing, 1989.

Why groupware applications fail: problems in design and evaluation. J. Grudin, Office: Technology and People, 4(3) 1989 pp.245-264.

Computer supported co-operative work: cases and concepts. M. Robinson in Readings in Groupware and CSCW, (ed) R.M. Baecker, Morgan Kaufmann 1993 pp. 29-49.

CSCW: four characters in search of a context. L.J. Bannon & K. Schmidt in Readings in Groupware and CSCW, (ed) R.M. Baecker, Morgan Kaufmann 1993 pp. 50-56.

High-tech salvation. D. Urquhart, UofC Gazette 1994.

What Notes Is...And Isn't. D. DeJean & S.B. DeJean Lotus Notes at Work, Lotus Books 1991, pp25-39.

Lotus Notes (groupware) in context. L. Press, Journal of Organizational Computing 2(3&4), 1992 pp.315-320.

Groupware: future directions and wildcards. R. Johansen, Journal of Organizational Computing 2(3&4), 1991 pp.219-227.

Modelling groupware in the electronic office. S. Cook, G. Birch, A. Murphy & J. Woolsey, International Journal of Man-Machine Studies, 34, 1991 pp.369-393.

Object Lens: a "spreadsheet" for cooperative work. K-Y Lai, T.W. Malone & K-C Yu, ACM Transactions on Office Information Systems, 6, 1988 pp.332-353.

How do experienced Lens users use rules? W.E. Mackay et al, CHI'89 Proceedings, 1989 211-216.


Cross-platform GUIs and web browsers

GUI tools boost portability. T. Hagan, Open Systems Today, Sept 28 1992 pp.40-44.

An overview of portable GUI software. W. Guthrie SIGCHI Bulletin 27(1), 1995

Open interface. Neuron Data 1991.

Technical overview of the extensible virtual toolkit (XVT). M.J. Rochkind, XVT Software Inc., 1991.

XVT Development Solution for C. XVT Software Inc., 1993.

XVT-Design Release 2.0. XVT Software Inc., 1993.

The Bedrock cross-platform application framework. Symantec Corporation.


Visual programming

Influence of visual technology on the evolution of language environments. A.L. Ambler & M.M. Burnett, IEEE Computer, 1989 pp. 9-22.

Visual programming, programming by example and program visualization a taxonomy. B.A. Myers et al, CHI'86 Proceedings, 1986 33-40.

Visual programming languages. N. C. Shu in E.P. Glinert Visual Programming Environments IEEE Computer Society 1990 pp.41-58.

Visual languages: a tutorial and survey.. S.K. Chang in E.P. Glinert Visual Programming Environments IEEE Computer Society 1990 pp.7-17.

Visual Programming, Nan C. Shu, van Nostrand Reinhold 1988.


Object oriented systems in offices: databases, OLE

Beyond the RDBMS: object database management systems. A. Blakey, Object Magazine, March/April 1992 pp.47-54.

Database wars revisited. C.M. Stone & D. Hentchel, Byte 1990 pp.233-242.

Relational databases. H.G. Baker, Communications of the ACM, 35, 1992 pp. 16-18.

Fundamentals of object-oriented databases. In S.B. Zdonik & D. Maier Readings in Object-Oriented Database Systems Morgan-Kaufmann 1990 pp.1-32.

An object-oriented approach to multimedia databases. D. Woelk, W. Kim & W. Luther in S.B. Zdonik & D. Maier Readings in Object-Oriented Database Systems Morgan-Kaufmann 1990 pp.592-606.

My cat is object-oriented. R. King in W. Kim & F. H. Lochovsky Object-Oriented Concepts, Databases, and Applications ACM Press 1989 pp. 23-30.

Development and implementation of an object-oriented DBMS. D. Maier & J. Stein in S.B. Zdonik & D. Maier Readings in Object-Oriented Database Systems Morgan-Kaufmann 1990 pp.167-185.

Overview of the Iris DBMS. D.H. Fishman et al in W. Kim & F. H. Lochovsky Object-Oriented Concepts, Databases, and Applications ACM Press 1989 pp. 219-250.

Features of the ORION object-oriented database system. W. Kim et al in W. Kim & F. H. Lochovsky Object-Oriented Concepts, Databases, and Applications ACM Press 1989 pp. 251-282.

The GemStone data management system. R. Bretl et al in W. Kim & F. H. Lochovsky Object-Oriented Concepts, Databases, and Applications ACM Press 1989 pp. 283-308.

OZ+: an object-oriented database system. S.P. Weiser & F. H. Lochovsky in W. Kim & F. H. Lochovsky Object-Oriented Concepts, Databases, and Applications ACM Press 1989 pp. 309-337.

Future documents. M. Heller, Byte, May 1991 pp.126-135.

Object-oriented COBOL. M. Adams & D. Lenkov, Object Magazine, March/April 1992 pp.63-68.

OLE vs. ORB: a tale of two technologies. M.S. Cromer, Object Magazine, March/April 1992 pp.35-38.

Next generation OLE. B.D. Schatzman, Byte, March 1993 pp.209-210.


EDI, EFT, and networked organizations

Introduction to EDI in R.H. Baker EDI, McGraw-Hill 1991.

Analysis of interorganizational information sharing. S. Whang, Journal of Organizational Computing 3(3), 1993 pp.257-277.

Fraud by Computer. P.G. Neumann, Communications of the ACM, 35(8), 1992 p 154.

Modeling network organizations: a basis for exploring computer support coordination possibilities. C. Ching, C.W. Holsapple & A.B. Whinston, Journal of Organizational Computing 3(3), 1993 pp.279-300.


Intelligent agents

Intelligent Agents: Introduction. Doug Riecken, Communications of the ACM, 37(7), 1994 pp.18-21.

Software Agents. M.R. Genesereth and S.P. Ketchpel, Communications of the ACM, 37(7), 1994 pp.48-53.

A Conversation with Marvin Minsky About Agents. Marvin Minsky and Doug Riecken, Communications of the ACM, 37(7), 1994 pp.22-29.

Agents that Reduce Work and Information Overload. Pattie Maes, Communications of the ACM, 37(7), 1994 pp.30-40.

Support for Collaborative Design: Agents and Emergence. Ernest A. Edmonds, Linda Candy, Rachel Jones, and Bassel Soufi, Communications of the ACM, 37(7), 1994 pp.41-47.

KidSim: Programming Agents Without a Programming Language. David Canfield Smith, Allen Cypher, and Jim Spohrer, Communications of the ACM, 37(7), 1994 pp.54-67.

How Might People Interact With Agents. Donald A. Norman, Communications of the ACM, 37(7), 1994 pp.68-71.

A Softbot- Based Interface to the Internet. Oren Etzioni and Daniel Weld, Communications of the ACM, 37(7), 1994 pp.72-76.

Experience with a Learning Personal Assistant . Tom Mitchell, Rich Caruana, Dayne Freitag, John McDermott, and David Zabowski, Communications of the ACM, 37(7), 1994 pp.80-91.

COACH: A Teaching Agent that Learns. Ted Selker, Communications of the ACM, 37(7), 1994 pp.92-99.

Desktop Agents in Group- Enabled Products. Irene Greif, Communications of the ACM, 37(7), 1994 pp.100-105.

M: An Architecture of Integrated Agents. Doug Riecken, Communications of the ACM, 37(7), 1994 pp.106-116.

Agents and Creativity. Margaret A. Boden, Communications of the ACM, 37(7), 1994 pp.117-121.

The Role of Emotion in Believable Agents. Joseph Bates, Communications of the ACM, 37(7), 1994 pp.122-125.

Enabling Agents to Work Together. R. V. Guha and Douglas B. Lenat, Communications of the ACM, 37(7), 1994 pp.126-142.

Bottom-Up Design of Software Agents. Henry A. Kautz, Bart Selman, and Michael Coen, Communications of the ACM, 37(7), 1994 pp.143-147.

Forum: Intelligent Agents. G. Skoglund, G. Mcdonald, P.J. Wolfenden, L. Peckham, J. David & D. Canfield Smith, Communications of the ACM, 37(11), 1994 pp.11-13.


Privacy and security on the information highway

Bill C-60 copyright legislation. S. Schafer.

Computer (in)security: infiltrating open systems. I.H. Witten Abacus, 4, 1987 pp.7-25.

Information technology and dataveillance. R.A. Clark, Communications of the ACM, 31(5), 1988 pp. 498-512.

Why the look and feel of software user interfaces should not be protected by copyright law. P. Samuelson, Communications of the ACM, 32(5) 1989 pp.563-572.

Updating the copyright look and feel lawsuits. P. Samuelson, Communications of the ACM, 35(9) 1992 pp.25-31.

The ups and downs of look and feel. P. Samuelson, Communications of the ACM, 36(4) 1993 pp.29-35.

Stalking the wily hacker. C. Stoll, Communications of the ACM, 31(5), 1988 pp.484-497.

Passwords. P.J. Denning, American Scientist, 80, 1992 pp.117-120.

Debate: USA vs Craig Neidorf. D.E. Denning, Communications of the ACM, 34(3), 1991 pp.24-43.

Is information property? P. Samuelson, Communications of the ACM, 34(3), 1991 pp.15-18.

Doors open for Apple. MacWeek 1991.

Computer misuse act. Computer Bulletin June 1991 pp.7-8.

Security chips trigger alarm. MacWeek April 1993.

Top 10 reasons for illegally copying software. Micro Byte April 1994 pp.12-13.

Computer and communications security, in Data Communications, Networks, and Systems (ed.) T.C. Bartee, Sams 1985 pp. 237-262.

Broadband local area networks, in Data Communications, Networks, and Systems (ed.) T.C. Bartee, Sams 1985 pp. 221, 231-236.


Ethics and liability on the information highway

Legal liabilities and expert systems. G.S. Tuthill AI Expert, March 1991 pp. 45-51.

Software liability: are expert systems any different? G.D. Mackintosh Canadian AI, April 1988 pp. 13-14.

Who's reading your e-mail? B. Fryer & R. Furger PC World, August 1993 pp. 167-171.

Self-Assessment E.A. Weiss, Communications of the ACM, 33(11), 1990 pp. 110-132.

Big brother and the sweatshop: computer surveillance in the automated office. P. Attwell, Computerization and Controversy: Value Conflicts and Social Choices, Eds. C. Dunlop & R. Kling, 1991 New York: Academic Press.


Introduction new technology: human factors

Introducing office systems: guidelines and impacts. B. Christie in Human Factors of Information Technology in the Office, Wiley 1985 pp.273-296.

Introduction. S. Khoshafian, A.B. Baker, R. Abnous & K. Sheperd, Intelligent Offices, 1992, pp. 1-16, Wiley.

The mechanization of office work. V.E. Giuliano, Computerization and Controversy: Value Conflicts and Social Choices, Eds. C. Dunlop & R. Kling, 1991 New York: Academic Press.

Computerization, office routines, and changes in clerical work. S. Iacono & R. Kling, Computerization and Controversy: Value Conflicts and Social Choices, Eds. C. Dunlop & R. Kling, 1991 New York: Academic Press.

Factors impacting the evolution of office automation. S.L. Teger in Proceedings of the IEEE, 71(4) 1983 pp.503-511.

38 offices: analysing needs in individual offices. R.R. Panko, ACM Transactions on Office Information Systems, 2, 1984 pp.226-234.

Design requirements of office systems. G. Bracchi & B. Pernici, ACM Transactions on Office Information Systems, 2, 1984 pp. 151-170.

The office of the future. E. Mumford, Computer Bulletin, 1986.

Office systems. B. Christie & M.M. Gardiner in Information Technology and People (eds) F. Blackler & D. Osborne, 1986 pp. 85-102.

Understanding the office: a social-analytic perspective. R.A. Hirschheim, ACM Transactions on Office Information Systems, 4, 1986 pp.331-344.


The future of the information highway

Projecting demand for electronic communications in automated offices. S.A. Smith & R. I. Benjamin, ACM Transactions on Office Information Systems, 1, 1983 pp.211-229.

Diversity in the use of electronic mail: a preliminary inquiry. W. MacKay, ACM Transactions on Office Information Systems, 6, 1988 pp.380-397.

It's crunch time in cyberspace, in Cyberspace G.A. Poole 1993 pp. 52-57.

Paving the digital superhighway. A.M.. Biesada 1993 pp. 58-62.

The digital gold rush. J. Littman, UnixWorld, Dec 1993 pp.43-48.

Through a lens smartly. M. Robinson, Byte, May 1991 pp.177-187.

Smarter email is coming. A. Reinhardt, Byte, March 1993 pp.90-108.

Hitting warp speed for LANs. M. Clarkson, Byte, March 1993 pp.123-128.

Mixed messaging. H. Eglowstein & B. Smith, Byte, March 1993 pp.136-154.

What is acceptable Internet use? J. Ubois, MacWeek 6(34).


Advanced Information Systems, Department of Computer Science
mildred@cpsc.ucalgary.ca 7-Jan-96