Workshop Proposal: A Research Agenda for Computing Technology and Dispute Resolution Focusing on the Transportation Sector

联邦政府的使命之一是在解决争端时充当不偏不倚的调解人。达成解决方案的途径之一是法院系统。不过，还有其他途径，如国家调解委员会(NMB)，它被要求调解铁路行业的劳资纠纷。在NSF和NMB之间为期三年的合作技术项目的基础上，这次研讨会将为联邦运输机构的在线纠纷解决和劳资谈判/调解制定广泛的技术和社会/法律研究议程。除了将广泛分发的一份报告外，这次活动还将为广泛选择的感兴趣的各方提供一个论坛，开始形成一个感兴趣的社区。与会者将包括律师、交通专家和来自学术界、工业界和负有调解责任的联邦机构的计算机科学家。

One of the Federal government's missions is to act as an unbiased mediator in the resolution of disputes. One avenue for achieving resolution is the court system. There are other avenues, though, such as the National Mediation Board (NMB) which is required to mediate labor disputes in the railway industry. Building on a three-year collaborative technical project between NSF and NMB, this workshop will develop a broad technical and socio/legal research agenda for on-line dispute resolution and labor negotiation/mediation in Federal transporation agencies. In addition to a report to be widely distributed, the event will allow a forum for a broad selection of interested parties to begin forming a community of interest. Attendees will include lawyers, transportation experts, and computer scientists from academia, industry and Federal agencies that have mediation responsibilities.