[chisigmail] HCSNet/HxI Workshop on Human Issues in Interaction / Interfaces

[Sandrine Balbo]

> From: Lawrence CAVEDON <lcavedon at csse.unimelb.edu.au>

> Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:25:25 +1000

> To: <raf at csse.unimelb.edu.au>, <sandrine at unimelb.edu.au>

> Subject: HCSNet/HxI Workshop on Human Issues in Interaction / Interfaces

> 

> 

> [ Could one of you please post this to chisig? We would very much like

>   to have participation from that community at this workshop!  L ]

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>                           CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

> 

>                        Joint HCSNet-HxI Workshop on

>          Human Issues in Interaction and Interactive Interfaces

> 

>                                Sydney

>                           September 13--14

> 

>                http://www.hcsnet.edu.au/hcsnetevents

> 

> 

> Introduction

> 

> HCSNet (www.hcsnet.edu.au) and HxI (www.hxi.org.au) are organising a

> joint workshop on Human Issues in Interaction and Interactive

> Interfaces. This workshop is designed to bring together researchers

> interested in a range of issues, with a focus on the non-technical,

> related to human-machine interaction and computer-mediated human-human

> interaction. A specific sub-theme will be mediating collaboration and

> community between humans in distributed environments, in particular as

> targetted by HxI's Bracetto project. The aim is to identify shared

> interests, understand different perspectives, and to take first steps

> towards developing future collaborations. HCSNet will fund travel for

> a number of Australian participants from outside the Sydney area.

> 

> We invite participants from HCI, Language Technology, Psychology,

> Communication Science, Auditory Interfaces, Artificial Intelligence,

> Cognitive Science, Computer Science, Linguistics and Speech Science,

> Sociology, and other fields of interest to the human side of

> interactive interfaces.

> 

> Possible themes of interest include:

> * Measuring and minimizing cognitive load;

> * Human information processing issues;

> * Human Factors and Evaluation;

> * Representing and detecting emotions;

> * Measuring and enhancing engagement;

> * Managing dialogue interaction;

> * Context and participant awareness;

> * Managing virtual communities;

> * Activity modeling and interaction design;

> * Effective multimodal interaction;

> * User modeling and personalisation;

> * Communication for collaboration;

> * Strategies for dialogue management and repair;

> * Non-verbal vs verbal communicative cues.

> 

> 

> Proposed Outcomes

> 

> Effective Interactive Interfaces is a designated Priority Area for

> HCSNet. HxI is developing novel technologies for mediating interaction

> between humans, human and machines, and humans and information. The

> workshop aims to bring sub-communities together, to discuss specific

> problems and issues that may stimulate new collaborations.

> 

> 

> Invited Speakers

> 

> Gloria Mark of the University of California at Irvine is confirmed as

> an invited speaker. We hope to confirm a second high-profile

> international speaker shortly.

> We also plan to involve targetted industry and user communities for

> the purpose of highlighting problems and issues of value to them.

> 

> 

> Participation and Format

> 

> We welcome participation from a range of disciplines and perspectives,

> as outlined above, from both academia and industry, and we would like

> to involve as many as possible in discussion.

> * Attendees are asked to submit a short abstract of up to about 250

>   words. Submissions should contain:

>   - research interests pertinent to the workshop theme; and/or

>   - thoughts on issues deemed to be important and potential points of

>     interaction with other disciplines.

> * Attendees should indicate whether they wish to give a SHORT

>   presentation of 5-10 minutes, or a LONGER presentation of 10-15

>   minutes. A longer presentation should contain a strong position

>   statement, discussion issue, or an interesting minor result.

> 

> Please submit abstracts to Lawrence Cavedon, lcavedon at cs.rmit.edu.au,

> by the date indicated below.

> 

> The format of the workshop will be designed to promote interaction and

> collaboration. As well as presentations, we plan panels, discussion

> issues raised by industry/user groups, and break-out sessions.

> 

> 

> Funding

> 

> HCSNet-HxI is able to provide funding support (covering travel and

> accommodation) for a number of participants travelling from outside

> Sydney. SUBMISSION OF AN ABSTRACT DESCRIBED ABOVE IS A PREREQUISITE

> FOR BEING CONSIDERED FOR TRAVEL FUNDING. If not all participants can

> be covered, funding grants may be allocated based on specified

> interests, as described in the submitted abstract.

> 

> 

> Dates

> 

> Wed Aug 15:                     Due date for abstracts

> Wed Aug 22:                     Awards of travel funding notification

> Thur Sept 13--Fri Sept 14:      Workshop

> 

> 

> Organisers

> 

> Lawrence Cavedon (RMIT University and NICTA); lcavedon at cs.rmit.edu.au

> Fang Chen (NICTA ATP); fang.chen at nicta.com.au

> Robert Dale (Macquarie University); rdale at ics.mq.edu.au

> Peter Eades (HxI Initiative); peter.eades at hxi.org.au

> Belinda Kellar (HxI Initiative); belinda.kellar at hxi.org.au

> 

> HCSNet is the ARC Network in Human Communication Science, and promotes

> interdisciplinary research in speech, language, and sonics.

> HxI is a joint initiative between CSIRO, DSTO and NICTA, and seeks to

> develop technologies that support humans in their interactions with

> each other, their environments and information.


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