When Your Coworkers Might Be Virtual

David Singer, IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose

Stevenson Hall 1300
12:00 PM - 12:50 PM

With the continued movement of work around the world, and with the pressures for reduced travel, it's easy to find yourself interacting with co-workers who are only represented by electronic simulacra (voice, text, video, or avatars). What does this mean to human interaction, to trust, and to effective collaboration.