Time: 4 pm Tuesday, Nov 14
Place: 110 South Hall


                     A Better Mythology for System Design
                       Jed Harris and Austin Henderson

Abstract:

This talk looks at tensions between the current design philosophy 
implicit in "classical" computer science, and the needs of social 
systems.  We explore the roots and rationale for the current design 
philosophy.  Based on this analysis we suggest two research agendas 
to resolve this tension: one with immediate payoffs focused on 
"fixing" current design approaches, and one with longer term payoffs 
focused on developing new fundamental computing techniques.

[This is a fuller version of the talk given at CHI 99 (which was only 
20 minutes).]