A Network-of-Networks Collaboratory to Address the Grand Challenge of the Future of Information Work at the Human-Technology Frontier

The "Paris IAS Ideas" online talk series features short and stimulating presentations from fellows of the Paris Institute for Advanced Study, marking the beginning of 1-month writing residencies.

This talk will focus on the challenge of the future of information work
at the human-technology frontier and will be presented by Jim Hollan, University of California, San Diego.

This talk will take place at 2:00 PM Paris time | 8:00 AM New York | 1:00 PM London | 8:00 PM Beijing | 9:00 PM Tokyo, in English and online on Zoom following this link : https://iea-paris.zoom.us/j/87147178860

Presentation

After having initiated at the Paris IAS in 2021 an international research collaboration based on a new view of active information, we argue that a core challenge for designing the future of work at the human-technology frontier arises from an unquestioned view of information systems as passive tools rather than active partners. Designing technologies to augment human performance by enabling human-technology partnership is the unifying theme of our Collaboratory for Design of Information Work (CDIW).