GroupMind is a multi-user, large display application that connects participants' laptops (local and remote) to foster brainstorming and collaboration. As a collaborative activity, GroupMind strives to give groups seamless and real-time communication. Our current exploration uses mindmaps (also called concept maps) as the underlying mechanism for brainstorming. The participants will have synchro- nous access to a shared, large display workspace, as well as access to their personal laptops. Collabora- tion can be done at both the large display level and the personal laptop level.

Patrick Shih (patshih -at- ics.uci.edu)
David Nguyen (dhn -at- uci.edu)
Gillian Hayes (gillianrh-at- ics.uci.edu)