Proceedings of the Thirtieth Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

The following topics are discussed: object-oriented methods for distributed applications; distributed objects platforms; parallel and distributed algorithms; multi-threaded systems; coordination models and languages; software engineering for distributed systems; distributed persistent architectures; partitioning and scheduling distributed virtual reality environments; distributed multimedia and collaboration over the Web; combining general purpose and multimedia in one package; configurable computing; abstracting the storage interface; wireless networking; interaction of architecture and compilation technology for high-performance single-processor design; architectural trends for shared-memory multiprocessors; compiling for processors with instruction-level parallelism; group support systems; groupware development; dynamics of business engineering; organizational memory; negotiation support systems; distributed group support systems technology; supported learning; measuring the effectiveness of emerging technology systems in technology transfer; risks in information systems methods and tools for information systems development; information technology and market structure; strategic and competitive information systems; creativity/innovation in information systems organizations; organizational decision support systems; information systems in global business; management of technology; data warehouses and information delivery systems; information technology and social accountability; computer-mediated inter-organizational systems; telework and organizational connectivity; telemedicine; intelligent agents on the Internet; electronic commerce; virtual collaboration; Internet and the information superhighway; workflow technology: organizational and interorganizational dimensions; formal aspects of digital commerce; engineering complex computer systems; techniques for safety critical software development; emerging paradigms for intelligent systems; logic modeling; modeling and decision technologies; complex and chaotic systems; restructuring the electric power industry; genres in digital documents; digital documents in organizations and the workplace; hypermedia in information systems and organizations; multimedia information systems