From pennys at itee.uq.edu.au Sat Aug 2 04:17:59 2008 From: pennys at itee.uq.edu.au (Penelope Sanderson) Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 18:17:59 +1000 Subject: [chisigmail] Human-system integration/cognitive engineering positions Message-ID: <25ACCED19F93BC4E99A4513ED25D69EA01D1302B@UQEXMB3.soe.uq.edu.au> HUMAN SYSTEM INTEGRATION POSITIONS - BRISBANE Human-system integration positions available for a major new research initiative at Australia's national information and communication technology centre of excellence - National ICT Australia (NICTA): http://www.nicta.com.au Initiative is Cognitive and Organisational Systems Engineering (COSE): http://www.nicta.com.au/research/projects/cose See all position descriptions and apply online through the NICTA website: http://nicta.nga.net.au/fnt_jobs_list.cfm?mode=all&skip_jobs_list_filter _on=1&audience_filter_on=1 * We start reviewing applications w/c 4 August 2008. * Please contact the people listed below for any questions about any of the positions. * Positions are for four years, and salaries are competitive. * Another round of positions will be advertised soon. SENIOR RESEARCHER (PICTE) SENIOR RESEARCH ENGINEER (PICTE) The goal of the Prospective Evaluation of ICT (PICTE) project is to develop robust methods for evaluating human-system integration that can be used early in the development of new healthcare systems. Methods developed will also reveal areas of potential ICT innovation, leading to business opportunities. Our initial focus is e-Health, but the theories, techniques and tools developed will extend to other domains. CONTACT: Prof Penelope Sanderson on psanderson at nicta.com.au. Home page: http://www.nicta.com.au/people/sandersonp RESEARCHER/POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW (ECHOMOD) SENIOR RESEARCH ENGINEER (ECHOMOD The aim of the Ecological Human Operator Modeling (ECHOMOD) project is to develop methods for predicting the mental workload that a human operator will experience when interacting with advanced control systems, and to develop decision support tools that will maintain human workload within safe limits. We are initially applying the technology to the design of future air traffic management systems. CONTACT: A/Prof Andrew Neal on andrew at psy.uq.edu.au. Home page: http://www.psy.uq.edu.au/directory/index.html?id=25 SENIOR RESEARCH ENGINEER (COMLEX) The aim of the Communications Lexi-vision (COMLEX) project is to develop methods for visualising and analysing human communication using ICT. We are applying the technologies in healthcare to support communications training, visualization of patient and departmental information, and forensic analysis. CONTACT: A/Prof Marcus Watson on marcus_watson at health.qld.gov.au. QH Skills Development Centre page: http://www.sdc.qld.edu.au/management_team.htm Positions are at NICTA's Queensland Research Laboratory (QRL). QRL is located on the main St Lucia campus of The University of Queensland. Find position descriptions and apply online at http://nicta.com.au/director/careers.cfm ...or http://nicta.nga.net.au/fnt_jobs_list.cfm?mode=all&skip_jobs_list_filter _on=1&audience_filter_on=1 ******************************************* Professor Penelope M. Sanderson, PhD FASSA (Univ of Queensland contributed staff to NICTA) Research Leader, Cognitive and Organisational Systems Engineering (COSE) Queensland Research Laboratory (QRL) National Information and Communication Technology Australia (NICTA) Email: psanderson at nicta.com.au COSE website: http://www.nicta.com.au/research/projects/cose Personal NICTA website: http://www.nicta.com.au/people/sandersonp Tel: +61 7 3365-7196 ******************************************* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From inperera at pgrad.dis.unimelb.edu.au Mon Aug 4 19:34:35 2008 From: inperera at pgrad.dis.unimelb.edu.au (Imalka Nilma Perera) Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:34:35 +1000 Subject: [chisigmail] IDG Seminar: Design and evaluation of ambient displays - Xiaobin Shen Message-ID: (apologies for cross posting) You are cordially invited to the IDG Seminar ... PRESENTER: Xiaobin Shen TITLE: Design and evaluation of ambient displays VENUE: University of Melbourne, IDEA LAB, level 4, 111 Barry Street, Carlton DATE and TIME: Friday 8th August 2008, 3-4 pm ABSTRACT: Ambient displays are a part of the ubiquitous computing dream, which was first mentioned by Mark Weiser. Weiser believed that computing resources should be distributed throughout our everyday environment, rather than being confined to a desktop workstation. A partial answer can be found in ambient displays, which integrate information into people's everyday environment. The key problem of evaluating just how effectively this is done, however, is still unsolved and will be addressed in this talk. In my PhD thesis, I systematically divided the evaluation of ambient displays into "intrusive" and "non-intrusive evaluations". Intrusive evaluation is where the user is consciously aware of the evaluation experiment. This is not so in non-intrusive evaluation. For each evaluation style, the evaluation dimensions and their related attributes, evaluation criteria and evaluation techniques are accordingly introduced. Furthermore, I conducted four case studies by applying these two evaluation styles. BIO: Xiaobin Shen completed his PhD in the School of Information Technology, University of Sydney, 2006 (Supervised by Prof. Peter Eades). In May 2006 he was appointed as a research fellow at the University of Melbourne. His research interest is in the areas of information visualization, human-computer interaction and biomedical engineering. Please forward to others if interested. All are Welcome. http://www.dis.unimelb.edu.au/research/groups/interactiondesign/seminars.htm l Cheers Nilma --------------------------------------- Nilma Perera PhD Candidate Interaction Design Group Department of Information Systems The University of Melbourne VIC 3010 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From S.Minocha at open.ac.uk Fri Aug 8 10:05:22 2008 From: S.Minocha at open.ac.uk (S.Minocha) Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 15:05:22 +0100 Subject: [chisigmail] Research Associate position in an e-learning project on 3-D Virtual Worlds (Second Life) Message-ID: <2DB62B9891E94943806FE03F1C50DC990781CCFD@SHERWOOD.open.ac.uk> Full-time Research Associate position based at the Open University in Milton Keynes, UK Closing date for applications: 21/08/2008 The Faculty of Mathematics, Computing and Technology at the Open University, UK is seeking a post-graduate researcher to work on a JISC-funded e-learning research project: "Design of Learning Spaces in 3-D Virtual Environments"; Salary range: ?25,888 - ?30,912; 9 months contract available from 1st October 2008. The aim of this project is to address: "How 3-D learning spaces should be designed for learner-engagement?" The project involves evaluation of learning spaces within Second Life, a 3-D virtual world (www.secondlife.com). You will gather data on a variety of learning spaces exhibiting different degrees of 'realism' within Second Life, and how these support varied learning-objectives. You will elicit perceptions of learners and educators about the spaces for teaching and learning. Ideally, should have a Ph.D. in Education, Human-Computer Interaction, Psychology, or a related discipline. However, candidates who are suitably qualified and have experience of evaluating technology-enabled learning environments will be considered. Previous research experience or training at post-graduate level of applying research methods is essential. Experience of conducting remote-evaluations of interactive-systems would be an added advantage. For detailed information and how to apply email the Recruitment Secretary at MCS-Recruitment at open.ac.uk quoting the reference number. [Please quote reference 4877.] The project details are on http://tinyurl.com/56yyzb and http://tinyurl.com/5oq9rf For enquiries about the research project, please contact: Dr. Shailey Minocha [s.minocha at open.ac.uk]. Further particulars are available in large print, disk or audiotape (Minicom 01908 654901). We promote diversity in employment and welcome applications from all sections of the community. --------------------------------- The Open University is incorporated by Royal Charter (RC 000391), an exempt charity in England & Wales and a charity registered in Scotland (SC 038302). From inperera at pgrad.dis.unimelb.edu.au Tue Aug 12 19:06:12 2008 From: inperera at pgrad.dis.unimelb.edu.au (Imalka Nilma Perera) Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:06:12 +1000 Subject: [chisigmail] IDG Seminar: Towards a Systematic Evaluation of Virtual Environments Efficacy for Training - Dawei Jia Message-ID: (apologies for cross posting) You are cordially invited to the IDG Seminar ... PRESENTER: Dawei Jia TITLE: Towards a Systematic Evaluation of Virtual Environments Efficacy for Training VENUE: University of Melbourne, IDEA LAB, level 4, 111 Barry Street, Carlton DATE and TIME: Friday 15th August 2008, 3-4 pm ABSTRACT: Virtual environment (VE) is a computer-generated, 3D spatial environment that enables user to interact with it via multiple human sensorial channels and during recent years VEs has become a promising tool for training and education. Despite its adaptation for training and fast-paced technological advancements, ways in which to evaluate efficacy of these technologies are unclear. In this talk, I will present a framework for a user-centred evaluation of efficacy in VEs for training and education, mainly focusing on the associated evaluation tools, techniques as well as a study that has led to the enhancement of this evaluation framework. BIO: Dawei Jia is a PhD candidate in the Intelligent System Research Lab at the School of Engineering and IT, Deakin University. Her research interests are virtual reality, human-virtual environment interaction, and evaluation methodology. Please forward to others if interested. All are Welcome. http://www.dis.unimelb.edu.au/research/groups/interactiondesign/seminars.htm l --------------------------------------- Nilma Perera PhD Candidate Interaction Design Group Department of Information Systems The University of Melbourne VIC 3010 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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One key area of innovation has been around tangible computing, which pushes the user interface beyond the digital into the physical world. This includes work on tangible interfaces, graspable interfaces, physical computing, and interactive surfaces. A closely related topic is that of embedded interaction where the everyday objects and environments we interact with are computationally augmented in new ways. Designing such systems requires interdisciplinary thinking. Their creation must not only encompass software, electronics, and mechanics, but also the system's physical form and behaviour, as well as its social impacts. After the big success of TEI'07 and TEI'08 we are pleased to announce the third international conference dedicated to presenting the latest results in tangible and embedded interaction. We invite submissions of work addressing HCI issues, design, user experience, tools and technologies, as well as interactive art in the broad area of tangible computing and embedded interactive systems. The intimate size of this single-track conference provides a unique forum for exchange of ideas through talks, interactive exhibits, demos, posters, art installations and performances. All accepted submissions will be included in the conference proceedings, which will be published through the ACM Digital Library. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TOPICS FOR SUBMISSION Authors are invited to submit high-quality original work to advance the field. Appropriate topics include but are not limited to: * Examples of novel tangible interfaces or embedded interactive systems * Case studies and evaluations of working deployments * Relation of tangible and embedded interaction to other paradigms * Programming paradigms and tools, toolkits, software architectures * Novel enabling technologies * Interactive uses of sensors and actuators, and electronics and mechatronics * Design guidelines and methods * Applied design in the form of concept sketches, prototypes and products * Novel applications * Theoretical foundations, frameworks, and concepts * Philosophical, ethical and social implications * Usability * Provocative design work and interactive art ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SUBMISSION DETAILS Authors are invited to submit papers that are 2, 4, 6 or 8 pages long, formatted to follow the two column ACM SIGCHI format. We are happy to consider a variety of styles for inclusion in the proceedings, such as academic papers, design sketches and descriptions of art pieces or installations. All accepted submissions will be included in the conference proceedings, which will be published through the ACM Digital Library. At the time of submission, authors will be able to specify their preferred format for presenting the work, which includes: * 15 minute talk * 5 minute talk * Poster * Interactive demo * Exhibit * Installation We anticipate a large volume of submissions this year, but the timeslots available for talks (and space available for demos and exhibits) will be limited by necessity. In order to be help the program committee to include as much interesting work as possible, authors will also be able to specify whether they would be happy to present their work in a format other than their preferred format. Submissions will be peer reviewed in a double-blind process: please anonymize your submission. In case of acceptance, at least one author must register before the early registration deadline for the conference in order for the final paper version to be published in the conference proceedings. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ORGANIZING COMITTEE CONFERENCE CHAIRS Nicolas Villar Microsoft Research Cambridge, UK Shahram Izadi Microsoft Research Cambridge, UK PROGRAM CHAIRS Mike Fraser University of Bristol, UK Steve Benford University of Nottingham, UK PUBLICITY CHAIRS Jamie Zigelbaum MIT Media Lab, USA Florian Block Lancaster University, UK Nicolai Marquardt University of Calgary, Canada Takashi Matsumoto Pileus LLC, Japan PUBLICATION CHAIRS Dagmar Kern University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany Alireza Sahami University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany SPONSORSHIP CHAIR Sriram Subramanian University of Bristol, UK STEERING COMMITTEE Eva Hornecker Open University, UK Caroline Hummels Eindhoven University of Technology, NL Robert Jacob Tufts University, USA Brygg Ullmer Louisiana State University, USA Albrecht Schmidt University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany DESIGN Bart Hengenveld Eindhoven University of Technology, NL WEBMASTER Nicolai Marquardt University of Calgary, Canada PROGRAM COMMITTEE Please check the conference website for updates -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From inperera at pgrad.dis.unimelb.edu.au Tue Aug 19 01:42:42 2008 From: inperera at pgrad.dis.unimelb.edu.au (Imalka Nilma Perera) Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:42:42 +1000 Subject: [chisigmail] IDG Seminar: Emotional contagion via affective computing - Nilma Perera Message-ID: (apologies for cross posting) You are cordially invited to the IDG Seminar ... PRESENTER: Nilma Perera TITLE: Emotional contagion via affective computing: can emotional interface agents change users? emotions VENUE: University of Melbourne, IDEA LAB, level 4, 111 Barry Street, Carlton DATE and TIME: Friday 22nd August 2008, 3-4 pm ABSTRACT: Emotions play a dominant role in human-human interactions, enriching our experiences as well as acting as a mechanism for environmental responses. An interesting aspect of emotions is that they are contagious facilitating exchange of emotional states between humans. The contagious nature of emotions is not limited to human-human interaction as there are indications that emotional contagions extend to human-computer interaction. Emotive Interface Agents (EIAs) are such a technology. EIAs, a form of affective computing, are interface agents that express emotions and designed to assist us in a range of computer-based activities. However, little is known about how these agents affect our emotions and perceptions. Given the importance of emotions in human computer interaction, it is surprising to see that little research has been conducted in this area. In this talk I will endeavour to examine existence of emotional contagion between EIAs and users, including how this phenomenon influences the relationship between users? emotions and perceptions. This study specifically examined the effects of emotional contagion on boredom induced by computer-based tasks and if this leads to a perceptual change on the overall task. During the talk I will discuss the design and the methodology, with emphasis on the results and the implications of the findings. The talk will conclude with few indications on what the future holds for this research. BIO: Nilma Perera is a PhD student at the Department of Information Systems (DIS) and the Biomedical Multimedia Unit (BMU). Her research interests are Affective computing, Emotions and Flow theory. Nilma is supervised by Jon Pearce (DIS) and Gregor Kennedy (BMU). Please forward to others if interested. 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Role Description The Product Lead, UCD will strengthen the existing team of UCD professionals and compliment the wider design work undertaken by the customer experience team. Working closely with product and project teams, you will conduct end user research on key projects to understand customer needs and motivations, translate those insights into core design requirements, and develop the key interaction flows and wireframes that will become the core design plan for excellent customer experiences. You will also have an understanding of and ability to manage/run Usability Activities including usability testing and expert reviews Role Requirements: * You will be passionate about great user experience, and fascinated by the possibilities that new technology offer in terms of delivering simple, intuitive and enjoyable product experiences. * Ideally you will have strong experience in a User Centred Design role including, but not limited to interaction design, usability engineering and user research, or comparable experience. * You will be highly collaborative, and have a strong track record participating as part of large project teams * Ideally demonstrate hands-on skills in design prototyping, with at a minimum ability to develop basic visual mockups of core design ideas * Experience in framing & communicating user insights * Professional exposure to product development, marketing and software development is ideal * Ability to communicate with confidence * Ability to adapt to a rapidly evolving business, technology and customer space For more information or to apply for this position please contact Mark McPhee on 03 8080 7214 or via mark.mcphee at peoplebank.com.au Mark McPhee Recruitment Consultant - IT&T Recruitment Peoplebank incorporating Ambit Recruitment A: Level 3/50 Queen Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 P: +61 03 8080 7200 D: +61 03 8080 7214 F: +61 03 9629 7200 E: mark.mcphee at peoplebank.com.au W: www.peoplebank.com.au ________________________________________________________________________ ____________ Candidate Referral Program - Refer.Recruit.Reward If you introduce a candidate to Peoplebank and we subsequently place them, we'll reward you with $500* All you need to do is fill out the online form at www.peoplebank.com.au/refer and if you're eligible, the reward is yours! 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DETAILS AND RSVP: *RSVP*: http://webstandardsgroup.org/event/157 *Date*: Wednesday, August 27th *Time*: 6.00pm for 6.15pm start *City*: Melbourne *Venue*: Ether Space , 265-281 Little Bourke St Melbourne [map ] *Cost*: FREE Cheers Will, Matt & Adam -- William Donovan Organizer, Melbourne Web Standards Group http://webstandardsgroup.org/ From silvias at hiser.com.au Thu Aug 21 03:16:53 2008 From: silvias at hiser.com.au (Sanchez, Silvia (Hiser)) Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:16:53 +1000 Subject: [chisigmail] CHISIG Victoria: Eric Schaffer & Apala Chavan this Tuesday 26 August: Persuasion techniques & Internationalisation Message-ID: Hi everybody, Apologies for the last minute notice, but we thought you wouldn't want to miss out on this great opportunity. Dr. Eric Schaffer and Apala Chavan from Human Factors Internationals are in Melbourne. Eric and Apala have kindly agreed to present for CHISIG friends on persuasion techniques and internationalisation this Tuesday 26 August at 6.30 pm. Given the short turn-around to organise this event we will not be organising catering in this occasion. As per usual there is no cost to attend the event - but we will be doing an optional "gold coin" donation to keep supporting our events, so any contributions will be very much appreciated. Silvia Sanchez (on behalf of VIC CHISIG Committee) Topic: Persuasion techniques and Internationalisation in User Experience Design When: This Tuesday 26 August 6pm for 6.30 pm start Venue: University of Melbourne 111 Barry Street, Carlton ICT Lecture Theatre 1 For a map: http://tinyurl.com/5hug2g About Dr. Eric Schaffer Dr. Eric Schaffer has got over 25 years of experience in the usability field, and is the founder and CEO of Human Factors International, Inc., the world's largest company specializing in usability engineering. http://www.humanfactors.com/about/eric.asp About Apala Chavan Apala is Vice-President of the Asia division at Human Factors International, Inc. 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(pro rata) plus employer superannuation contributions of 9% A full-time (18 months) or fractional (2 years) position is available for a Research Fellow to work on an Australian-Research-Council-funded project within the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering and the Department of Information Systems at the University of Melbourne. The project, entitled "Socially Oriented Requirements Engineering: Software Engineering meets Ethnography", aims to bridge the gap between agent oriented software engineering and ethnography. The project's domain will be domestic information technology, and the issues surrounding its use. The Research Fellow will work in collaboration with the investigators Professor Leon Sterling, Dr. Frank Vetere and Associate Professor Steve Howard. The position will require a wide range of skills and experience, including experience in qualitative data analysis, ability to formulate research results in reports, ability to understand software models. Maturity, sophisticated data collection and analysis skills and the capacity to relate to the domestic space as a place of IT innovation are essential. Enquiries can be made with Prof Leon Sterling, +61 3 8344 1404 leon at csse.unimelb.edu.au or Dr Frank Vetere, +61 3 8344 1496, f.vetere at unimelb.edu.au Date advertised: 18 Aug 2008 Aus. Eastern Standard Time Closing date: 12 Sep 2008 11:55pm Aus. Eastern Standard Time Position Description & Selection Criteria: http://jobs.unimelb.edu.au/jobDetails.asp?sJobIDs=479531&lCategoryID =&lWorkTypeID=&lLocationID=&sJobNo=Socially&sKeywords=So cially&lPayScaleID=&stp=AW&sLanguage=en or http://tinyurl.com/5bnm3m Please forward to anyone else who may be interested ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Frank Vetere Department of Information Systems University of Melbourne 111 Barry St. Carlton Vic 3053, AUSTRALIA tel: +61 3 8344 1496 fax: +61 3 9349 4596 f.vetere at unimelb.edu.au www.dis.unimelb.edu.au/staff/fvetere/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From inperera at pgrad.dis.unimelb.edu.au Mon Aug 25 20:29:18 2008 From: inperera at pgrad.dis.unimelb.edu.au (Imalka Nilma Perera) Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:29:18 +1000 Subject: [chisigmail] IDG seminar: Steve Howard - Publishing in HCI (Panel Discussion) Message-ID: (apologies for cross posting) You are cordially invited to the IDG Seminar ... ****Please note that this weeks seminar is a panel discussion ***** PRESENTER: Steve Howard (Panel chair) TITLE: Publishing in HCI: how to avoid publish AND perish...and take the next step in a research career FORMAT: Panel and discussion VENUE: University of Melbourne, IDEA LAB, level 4, 111 Barry Street, Carlton DATE and TIME: Friday 29th August 2008, 3-4 pm ABSTRACT: What is a 'personal publications strategy'? How should that strategy change across the course of a career (i.e. commencing PhD student, mature PhD student, then post doc->mid->late career researchers? What is the right balance between quality and quantity in publishing? What is 'ERA' and why should we care? Do I really have to worry about impact factors, citation counts and journal/conference tiers? If you worry about any of these things, or anything to do with publishing in HCI, then this is the seminar for you! Run as a panel, we'll allow plenty of time for you to ask your own questions...so come armed as there's a risk we might actually answer a few of them! BIO: Steve Howard is the Head of Information Systems at the University of Melbourne. Please forward to others if interested. 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