CyberOrganism Research

Here are some papers of my research about modeling the internet

• Published Papers and Articles
  • Modeling and Supporting Virtual Cooperative Interaction Through the Web, Lee L.-J. Chen and Brian R. Gaines-- a book chapter in: Sudweeks, F. McLaughlin, M. L. and Rafaeli, S., [eds.] (1998). Network and Netplay: virtual groups on the Internet AAAI/MIT Press, Cambridge, MA. The chapter is based on the virtual cooperative interaction model described in the previous paper presented at EdMedia97 and at KAW96, titled "knowledge acquisitons processes in Internet communities". (1997/98)
  • A CyberOrganism Model for Awareness in Collaborative Communities on the Internet, Lee L.-J. Chen and Brian R. Gaines-- a more detailed article on the CyberOrganism framework developed in 1995; appears in the International Journal of Intelligent Systems [1997] Vol 12, No. 1, pp. 31-56. (Winter 1995/1996)
  • Methodological Issues in Studying and Supporting Awareness on the World Wide Web, Lee L.-J. Chen and Brian R. Gaines-- in the WebNet 1996 Conference Proceedings, October 16-19, 1996, San Francisco, CA, pp. 95-102; a more refined investigative framework based on the above preliminary framework (September 1995/ February 1996) [KSI mirror site]
  • Utility, Usability and Likeability: Dimensions of the Net and Web, Brian R. Gaines, Mildred L. G. Shaw and Lee L.-J. Chen-- in the WebNet 1996 Conference Proceedings, October 16-19, 1996, San Francisco, CA, pp. 167-173; an analysis of human factors issues of the net and web in terms of multiple dimensions (February 1996) [KSI mirror site]
  • A Model of Knowledge Processes in Internet Communities, Brian R. Gaines and Lee L.-J. Chen-- a descriptive model of the Internet knowledge interactions, AAAI-96 Workshop on Internet-based Information Systems, August 5, 1996, Portland, Oregon, pp. 41-47. (March 1996) [KSI mirror site]
  • Modeling the Human Factors of Scholarly Communities Supported Through the Internet and World Wide Web, Brian R. Gaines, Lee L.-J. Chen and Mildred L. G. Shaw-- In the Journal of the American Society for Information Science (JASIS) [In Press] (Winter-Spring 1996)
  • Knowledge Acquisition Processes in Internet Communities, Lee L.-J. Chen and Brian R. Gaines-- in the Proceedings of the 10th Knowledge Acquisition Workshop, Banff, Alberta, November 9-14, 1996. pp. 43:1-43:18. (July-November 1996) [KSI mirror site]
  • Awareness and Virtual Cooperative Interaction in the Learning Web, Lee L.-J. Chen and Brian R. Gaines-- Proceedings of EdMedia/EdTelecom97, Calgary, Alberta, June 14-19, 1997. (October 1996)
  • Chronological Awareness Tools: CHRONO and Meta-CHRONO, Lee L.-J. Chen-- in the Proceedings of the 10th Knowledge Acquisition Workshop, Banff, Alberta, November 9-14, 1996. (November 1996) [KSI mirror site]
  • Communication, Knowledge and Social Processes in Virtual Organizations: From Socioware to CyberOrganism, Lee L.-J. Chen and Brian R. Gaines-- submit to a Special Joint Issue of Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication and Organization Science; The article offers an integration of ideas developed last year: starting from a socioware model of psycho-socio processes involved when people engaged in virtual cooperative interactions, to the development of global virtual organizations, and finally the emergent of cybernetic living 'expert systems' characterized by the CyberOrganism framework. (March, 1997)

   

• Research Papers and Dissertation
  • MODELING THE INTERNET AS CYBERORGANISM: a Living Systems Framework and Investigative Methodologies for Virtual Cooperative Interaction-- my PhD dissertation (in PDF format, if you need to install of Acrobat Reader click here) [zipped PostScript version 1,023KB)]
  • Dissertation Proposal-- my PhD research proposal (drafted in October 1995)
  • Chronological Awareness in CyberOrganisms, Lee L.-J. Chen and Brian R. Gaines-- a preliminary awareness-oriented framework for the web based on the living systems theory and collective intelligence model (July 1995) [mirror site]

   

  
   

• Public Presentations
  • Presentation Slides. here is a collection of slide shows for various presentations.