TY - JOUR T1 - Human-centered computing, online communities, and virtual environments JF - IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications Y1 - 1999 A1 - Brown,J. R A1 - van Dam,A. A1 - Earnshaw,R. A1 - Encarnacao,J. A1 - Guedj,R. A1 - Preece,J. A1 - Shneiderman, Ben A1 - Vince,J. KW - Books KW - Collaboration KW - Collaborative work KW - Conferences KW - EC/NSF joint Advanced Research Workshop KW - Feeds KW - Human computer interaction KW - human-centered computing KW - Internet KW - Joining materials KW - Laboratories KW - Online communities KW - Research initiatives KW - USA Councils KW - User interfaces KW - Virtual environment KW - virtual environments KW - Virtual reality AB - This report summarizes results of the first EC/NSF joint Advanced Research Workshop, which identified key research challenges and opportunities in information technology. The group agreed that the first joint research workshop should concentrate on the themes of human-centered computing and VEs. Human-centered computing is perceived as an area of strategic importance because of the move towards greater decentralization and decomposition in the location and provision of computation. The area of VEs is one where increased collaboration should speed progress in solving some of the more intractable problems in building effective applications VL - 19 SN - 0272-1716 CP - 6 M3 - 10.1109/38.799742 ER -