Publications

Supporting Community in Third Places with Situated Social Software
Joseph F. McCarthy, Shelly D. Farnham, Yogi Patel, Sameer Ahuja, William R. Hazlewood, Daniel Norman and Josh Lind
4th International Conference on Communities and Technologies (C&T 2009), 25-27 June 2009, State College, PA
[Abstract] [Paper (PDF)] [Slides (@SlideShare)]

Ambient Informatics in Urban Cafés
Joseph F. McCarthy
Digital Cities 6 Workshop at the 4th International Conference on Communities and Technologies (C&T 2009), 24 June 2009, State College, PA
[Abstract] [Paper (PDF)] [Slides (@SlideShare.net)]

Measuring the Impact of Third Place Attachment on the Adoption of a Place-based Community Technology
Shelly D. Farnham, Joseph F. McCarthy, Yagnesh Patel, Sameer Ahuja, Daniel Norman, William R. Hazlewood and Josh Lind
27th International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2009), 4-9 April 2009, Boston, MA
[Abstract] [Paper (PDF)] [Slides (@SlideShare)]

The Context, Content & Community Collage: Sharing Personal Digital Media in the Physical Workplace
Joseph F. McCarthy, Ben Congleton and F. Maxwell Harper
ACM 2008 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW 2008), 8-12 November 2008, San Diego, CA
[Abstract] [Paper (PDF)] [Slides (@SlideShare)]

Sharing Online Photos via Proactive Displays in the Physical Workplace
Joseph F. McCarthy, Ben Congleton and F. Maxwell Harper
Workshop on Collocated Social Practices Surrounding Photos at the 2008 Conference on Human Factors in Computer Systems (CHI 2008), Florence, Italy, 6 April 2008
[Abstract] [Paper (PDF)]

Proactive Displays: Supporting Awareness in Fluid Social Environments
David W. McDonald, Joseph F. McCarthy, Suzanne Soroczak, David H. Nguyen and Al M. Rashid
Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI), Volume 14, Issue 4, January 2008
[Abstract] [Paper (PDF)]

The Challenges of Recommending Digital Selves in Physical Spaces
Joseph F. McCarthy
2007 ACM Conference on Recommender Systems (RecSys 2007), 19-20 October 2007, Minneapolis
[Abstract] [Paper (PDF)]

Friendsters at Work: Displaying Social Media Streams in the Workplace
Joseph F. McCarthy
Workshop on Public Practices, Social Software: Examining social practices in networked publics at the 3rd International Conference on Communities and Technologies (C&T 2007), 28 June 2007, East Lansing, MI
[Abstract] [Paper (PDF)] [Slides (@SlideShare)]

Collaborative Bibliography
David G. Hendry, J. R. Jenkins and Joseph F. McCarthy
Information Processing and Management, 42 (2006)
[Abstract] [Paper (PDF)]

Digital Backchannels in Shared Physical Spaces: Experiences at an Academic Conference
Joseph F. McCarthy and danah m. boyd
2005 ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computer Systems (CHI 2005), 2-7 April 2005, Portland, OR
[Abstract] [Paper (PDF)]

Augmenting the Social Space of an Academic Conference
Joseph F. McCarthy, David W. McDonald, Suzanne Soroczak, David H. Nguyen and Al M. Rashid
ACM 2004 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW 2004), 6-10 November 2004, Chicago
[Abstract] [Paper (PDF)] [Slides (@SlideShare)]

Digital Backchannels in Shared Physical Spaces: Attention, Intention and Contention (Panel)
Organizers: Joseph F. McCarthy and danah boyd
Panelists: Elizabeth F. Churchill, William G. Griswold, Elizabeth Lawley and Melora Zaner
ACM 2004 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW 2004), 6-10 November 2004, Chicago
[Abstract] [Paper (PDF)]

Proactive Displays & The Experience UbiComp Project
Joseph F. McCarthy, David H. Nguyen, Al Mamunur Rashid and Suzanne Soroczak
5th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp 2003), Adjunct Proceedings, 12-15 October 2003, Seattle
[Abstract] [Paper (PDF)]

Utilizing Online Communities to Facilitate Physical World Interactions
Mike Perkowitz, Matthai Philipose and Joseph F.McCarthy
Workshop on the Role of Online Community Spaces in Shaping Virtual Community Interaction at The International Conference on Communities and Technologies, 19 September 2003, Amsterdam
[Abstract] [Paper (PDF)]

Using Public Displays to Create Conversation Opportunities
Joseph F. McCarthy
Workshop on Public, Community, and Situated Displays at the ACM 2002 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW 2002), 16 November 2002, New Orleans
[Abstract] [Paper (PDF)]

Promoting Awareness of Work Activities through Peripheral Displays
Elaine M. Huang, Joe Tullio, Tony J. Costa and Joseph F. McCarthy
2002 ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computer Systems (CHI 2002) Extended Abstracts, 20-25 April 2002, Minneapolis
[Abstract] [Paper (PDF)]

Pocket RestaurantFinder: A Situated Recommender System for Groups
Joseph F. McCarthy
Workshop on Mobile Ad-Hoc Communication at the 2002 ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computer Systems (CHI 2002), 20 April 2002, Minneapolis
[Abstract] [Paper (PDF)]

Personalization and Collectivization at the Intersection of the Virtual and Physical Worlds
Joseph F. McCarthy
IEEE Internet Computing, Special Issue on Personalization and Privacy, November/December 2001
[Abstract] [Paper (PDF)]

UniCast, OutCast & GroupCast: Three Steps Toward Ubiquitous Peripheral Displays
Joseph F. McCarthy, Tony J. Costa and Edy S. Liongosari
International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp 2001), 30 September - 2 October 2001, Atlanta
[Abstract] [Paper (PDF)] [Slides (@SlideShare)]

Defragmenting the Organization: Disseminating Community Knowledge through Peripheral Displays
Joseph F. McCarthy, Tony J. Costa, Elaine M. Huang and Joseph Tullio
2nd ECSCW Workshop on Community Knowledge at the 7th European Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (ECSCW 2001), 16 September 2001, Bonn, Germany
[Abstract] [Paper (PDF)]

UniCast, OutCast & GroupCast: An Exploration of New Interaction Paradigms for Ubiquitous, Peripheral Displays
Joseph F. McCarthy, Tony J. Costa and Edy S. Liongosari
Workshop on Distributed and Disappearing User Interfaces in Ubiquitous Computing at the 2001 Conference on Human Factors in Computer Systems (CHI 2001), 31 March - 5 April 2001, Seattle
[Abstract] [Paper (PDF)]

Active Environments: Sensing and Responding to Groups of People
Joseph F. McCarthy
Journal of Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, Vol. 5, No. 1, January 2001
[Abstract] [Paper (PDF)]

MusicFX: An Arbiter of Group Preferences for Computer Supported Collaborative Workouts (Video)
Joseph F. McCarthy and Theodore D. Anagnost
ACM 2000 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW 2000) Video Program, 2-6 December 2000, Philadelphia
[Abstract] [Paper (PDF)] [Video (@YouTube)]

UniCast and GroupCast: An Exploration of Personal and Shared Peripheral Displays
Joseph F. McCarthy and Tony J. Costa
Workshop on Shared Environments to Support Face-to-Face Collaboration at the ACM 2000 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW 2000), 2-6 December 2000, Philadelphia
[Abstract] [Paper (PDF)]

EventManager: Support for the Peripheral Awareness of Events
Joseph F. McCarthy and Theodore D. Anagnost
2nd International Symposium on Handheld and Ubiquitous Computing (HUC 2000), 25-27 September 2000, Bristol, UK
[Abstract] [Paper (PDF)] [Slides (@SlideShare)]

Situated Computing: Bridging the Gap between Intention and Action (keynote)
Anatole V. Gershman, Joseph F. McCarthy and Andrew E. Fano
3rd International Symposium on Wearable Computing (ISWC '99), 18-19 October 1999, San Francisco
[Abstract] [Paper (PDF)]

ActiveMap: A Visualization Tool for Location Awareness to Support Informal Interactions
Joseph F. McCarthy and Eric S. Meidel
1st International Symposium on Handheld and Ubiquitous Computing (HUC '99), 27-29 September 1999, Karlsruhe, Germany
[Abstract] [Paper (PDF)] [Slides (@SlideShare)]

A Multi-Agent System for Meting Out Influence in an Intelligent Environment
M. V. Nagendra Prasad and Joseph F. McCarthy
11th Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence Conference (IAAI '99), 18-22 July 1999, Orlando
[Abstract] [Paper (PDF)]

MusicFX: An Arbiter of Group Preferences for Computer Supported Collaborative Workouts
Joseph F. McCarthy and Theodore D. Anagnost
ACM 1998 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW '98), 14-18 November 1998, Seattle
[Abstract] [Paper (PDF)] [Slides (@SlideShare)]

MusicFX: An Arbiter of Group Preferences
Joseph F. McCarthy
1998 AAAI Spring Symposium on Intelligent Environments, 23-25 March 1998, Palo Alto
[Abstract] [Paper (PDF)]

A Trainable Approach to Coreference Resolution for Information Extraction
Joseph F. McCarthy
Ph.D. Dissertation, 1996, University of Massachusetts
[Abstract] [Paper (PDF)]

Using Decision Trees for Coreference Resolution
Joseph F. McCarthy and Wendy G. Lehnert
14th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI '95), 20-25 August 1995, Montreal
[Abstract] [Paper (PDF)]

Description of the UMass Systems as Used for MUC-6
David Fisher, Stephen Soderland, Joseph McCarthy, Fangfang Feng and Wendy Lehnert
Sixth Message Understanding Conference (MUC-6), November 1995, Columbia Maryland

Evaluating an Information Extraction System
W. Lehnert, C. Cardie, D. Fisher, J. McCarthy, E. Riloff and S. Soderland
Journal of Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering, 1994
[Abstract] [Paper (PDF)]

UMass/Hughes: Description of the Circus System Used for Tipster Text
Wendy Lehnert, Joseph McCarthy, Stephen Soderland, Ellen Riloff, Claire Cardie, Jon Peterson, Fangfang Feng, Charles Dolan and Seth Goldman
Tipster Text Program (Phase I), 1993

UMass/Hughes: Description of the Circus System Used for MUC-5
Wendy Lehnert, Joseph McCarthy, Stephen Soderland, Ellen Riloff, Claire Cardie, Jon Peterson, Fangfang Feng, Charles Dolan and Seth Goldman
Fifth Message Understanding Conference (MUC-5), 1993

University of Massachusetts: MUC-4 Test Results and Analysis
Wendy Lehnert, Claire Cardie, David Fisher, Joseph McCarthy, Ellen Riloff and Stephen Soderland
Fourth Message Understanding Conference (MUC-4), 1992

Description of the Circus System as Used for MUC-4
Wendy Lehnert, Claire Cardie, David Fisher, Joseph McCarthy, Ellen Riloff and Stephen Soderland
Fourth Message Understanding Conference (MUC-4), 1992

A Blackboard-based Architecture for CBR: An Initial Report
Edwina L. Rissland, Chumki Basu, Jody J. Daniels, Joseph McCarthy, Zachary B. Rubinstein and David B. Skalak
DARPA Case-Based Reasoning Workshop, 1991