From darylk at unimelb.edu.au Sun Aug 2 19:46:30 2009 From: darylk at unimelb.edu.au (Daryl Ku) Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2009 09:46:30 +1000 Subject: [chisigmail] IDG Seminar: The Commodification of Location: Dynamics of Power in Location-based Systems Message-ID: (Apologies for cross posting) You are cordially invited to an Interaction Design Group seminar. PRESENTER: Paul Dourish, Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences, University of California, Irvine TITLE: The Commodification of Location: Dynamics of Power in Location-based Systems VENUE: University of Melbourne, IDEA Lab, Level 4, 111 Barry Street, Carlton DATE and TIME: Friday 07 Aug 2009, 3.00 - 4.00 pm ABSTRACT: Location-based ubiquitous computing systems are entering mainstream society and becoming familiar parts of everyday life. However, the settings in which they are deployed are already suffused with complex social dynamics. We report on a study of parole officers and parolees whose relationships are being transformed by location-based technologies. While parolees are clearly subjects of state discipline, the parole officers also find themselves subject to new responsibilities. This study highlights the complexities of power in sociotechnical systems and what happens when location becomes a tradable, technological object. BIO: Paul Dourish is professor of Informatics in the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Irvine. His research interest lies at the intersection of computer science and social science, with a particular interest in ubiquitous and mobile computing and the practices surrounding new media. Please forward to others if interested. All are Welcome. http://www.dis.unimelb.edu.au/research/groups/interactiondesign/seminars.html -- Daryl Ku PhD Candidate & Interaction Design Group Coordinator Interaction Design Group Department of Information Systems Room 4.65, ICT Building University of Melbourne +61 3 834 41516 darylk at unimelb.edu.au From m.foth at qut.edu.au Fri Aug 7 00:22:59 2009 From: m.foth at qut.edu.au (Marcus Foth) Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 14:22:59 +1000 Subject: [chisigmail] CfP: CAADRIA 2010 In-Reply-To: <82B1F959-AD14-40D6-99E6-24426815991B@massey.ac.nz> References: <82B1F959-AD14-40D6-99E6-24426815991B@massey.ac.nz> Message-ID: Dear Colleagues FYI from Professor Mar Aurel cheers, marcus http://www.ozchi.org/ ******************** 2nd CFP: Abstracts due- 1 September 2009 *********************** CAADRIA 2010: 15th International Conference of the Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design in Asia The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 7-10 April, 2010 http://www.caadria2010.org NEW FRONTIERS We are facing unprecedented challenges in our natural & human-made, cultural, social & built environments. Working at the intersection of human needs, creative innovation, education, critical thinking, computing, science, design & technology, CAAD practitioners & researchers are uniquely placed to engage with these challenges & frontiers. Especially our Asian context, with its philosophical richness and its rising influence on the world stage, offers NEW FRONTIERS to develop relevant discourses and, possibly, appropriate cures. CAADRIA 2010 now calls for Papers, Round-table seminars, Posters, Exhibitions, Workshops & Postgraduate Students' research that address these NEW FRONTIERS:: * Intelligence & Cognition * Research & Practice * Human & Computer * Theory & Philosophy * Education & Learning * Culture & Heritage * Ubiquity & Environment * Collaboration & Community * Computation & Information * Generative & Parametric * Modelling & Process * Visualization & Animation * Simulation & Testing * Virtuality & Reality The 15th CAADRIA Conference will be co-hosted by the School of Architecture & the Institute of Space & Earth Information Science at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Hong Kong?s exceptional environment allows for rich experiences that are unique & broadening. CAADRIA fosters research, education & praxis in advancing knowledge & understanding in digital design methods in architecture. We cordially invite you to submit your contributions. DEADLINES * Abstract: 1 September 2009 * Full Paper: 15 November 2009 * Camera Ready Paper Submission: 25 January 2010 * PGStudent Consortium: 25 January 2010 * Young CAADRIA Award: 25 January 2010 * Round Table: 25 January 2010 * Posters, Exhibitions, Workshops: 25 January 2010 ABSTRACTS The abstract should have no more than 800 words in English. It shall include the context & references. The abstract shall address the conference theme NEW FRONTIERS & any of its categories. Abstracts will be submitted electronically directly into CAADRIA?s review system and blind reviewed. SUBMISSIONS Submissions must address the conference theme NEW FRONTIERS & any of its categories. See General Guidelines and Submission details at http://www.caadria-review.org/ ? Long Papers (4000 words) shall be in the form of original contribution that present research (specifically the objectives, issues, hypotheses, conceptual framework & methodology), or a theoretical reflection about an issue relevant to design research, education or practice & must not exceed 10 pages of the template. All submissions will be blind reviewed. Long Paper Presenters will be allowed 15 minutes to present their work followed by a 10-minute discussion period. ? Short papers (2500 words) present work in progress. They must clearly demonstrate the relevance of the object of study or the innovative nature of the proposed theoretical reflection. All submissions will be blind reviewed. Short papers will be presented in novel Short-Paper Sessions that allow for in-depth discussions about the presented topics. ? Round Table (1000 words) proposals shall outline the principle standpoints of the key-speakers & the way of how the sessions shall be conducted. Round Table Sessions will be video-recorded & made available via online video-streaming. ? Postgraduate Student Consortium (1000 ? 4000 words) provides postgraduate students with an opportunity to discuss their study with other students & experienced researchers. Submissions (an extended abstract or full paper plus one-page curriculum vitae) are invited from current postgraduate students who will benefit from detailed workshop discussions of their research by a panel of established researchers. The Postgraduate Student Consortium will be held within special time slots during the conference. Students will give a presentation providing an overview of their work & results to date. Student participants will have the chance to discuss their research in an informal session with peers & academics. ? Young CAADIA Awards are funded by CAADRIA to support young researchers. Awards will be applied to conference registration fees after full papers are accepted. Submit your CV, list of publications, your accepted paper & other supporting documents to the Committee. Young CAADRIA Awardees will be specially recognised & officially awarded at the Closing Ceremony. ? Posters, Exhibitions, Workshops (500 words) proposals shall illustrate & outline all necessary details. Posters, Exhibitions, Workshops will be assigned privileged space central within the conference site. CONFERENCE DETAILS http://www.caadria2010.org School of Architecture & the Institute of Space & Earth Information Science Chinese University of Hong Kong Shatin, NT Hong Kong P.R. China i at caadria2010.org From darylk at unimelb.edu.au Sun Aug 9 22:57:03 2009 From: darylk at unimelb.edu.au (Daryl Ku) Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:57:03 +1000 Subject: [chisigmail] IDG Seminar: Ambient Awareness and Situated Displays Message-ID: (Apologies for cross posting) You are cordially invited to an Interaction Design Group seminar. PRESENTER: John Downs, Human-Computer Interaction Research Group, Department of Computer Science, University of Auckland TITLE: Ambient Awareness and Situated Displays VENUE: University of Melbourne, IDEA Lab, Level 4, 111 Barry Street, Carlton DATE and TIME: Friday 14 Aug 2009, 3.00 - 4.00 pm ABSTRACT: Ambient awareness technologies bring information into peripheral attention, allowing people to be aware of the information without necessarily focusing on it or explicitly attending to it. A number of different techniques can be used to provide information in this manner. Situated displays are one such technology. In this talk, I will describe two projects which have attempted to explore the ideas of ambient awareness from different perspectives and in different application areas. In the domestic realm, we explored how a situated display might be useful as an SMS communication device. After developing prototype technology we performed an ethnographic evaluation with four households, including two non-family households, and found some interesting results. In another project, which is ongoing, we are exploring the ways in which software development teams communicate information relating to their day-to-day project status. Having recently completed a qualitative case study with a large software team we are now looking to augment their work practices with technologies drawn from the field of ambient awareness. BIO: John Downs is a student with the Human-Computer Interaction Rearch Group, Department of Computer Science, University of Auckland. Please forward to others if interested. All are Welcome. http://www.dis.unimelb.edu.au/research/groups/interactiondesign/seminars.html -- Daryl Ku PhD Candidate & Interaction Design Group Coordinator Interaction Design Group Department of Information Systems Room 4.65, ICT Building University of Melbourne +61 3 834 41516 darylk at unimelb.edu.au From m.foth at qut.edu.au Mon Aug 10 21:54:28 2009 From: m.foth at qut.edu.au (Marcus Foth) Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:54:28 +1000 Subject: [chisigmail] CfP: Hungry 24/7? HCI Design for Sustainable Food Culture, OZCHI 2009, Melbourne Message-ID: Call for Participation Hungry 24/7? HCI Design for Sustainable Food Culture Full day workshop at OZCHI 2009 24 Nov 2009, The University of Melbourne http://food.urbaninformatics.net/events/ozchi2009/ http://www.ozchi.org/mediawiki/index.php/HUNGRY247 http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=128413300549 This workshop proposes to explore new approaches to cultivate and support sustainable food culture in urban environments via human computer interaction design and ubiquitous technologies. Food is a challenging issue in urban contexts: while food consumption decisions are made many times a day, most food interaction for urbanites occurs based on convenience and habitual practices. This situation is contrasting to the fact that food is at the centre of global environment, health, and social issues that are becoming increasingly immanent and imminent. As such, it is timely and crucial to ask: what are feasible, effective, and innovative ways to improve human-food-interaction through human-computer-interaction in order to contribute to environmental, health, and social sustainability in urban environments? This workshop is an open and active forum for forward- thinking practitioners and scholars across disciplines to discuss this question, and plan and promote individual, local, and global change for sustainable food culture. YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE WORKING IN FOOD HCI RESEARCH. YOU DO NEED TO BE HUNGRY (for networking, knowledge, creativity, fun, and of course, food!) We suggest, but do not limit to, three broad topics of interests for this workshop: - Participatory networks - Research and design methods - Deployability and interoperability We kindly ask prospective participants to submit a short position statement (300-500 words) or abstract by 20th September 2009. Please send all submissions and queries to Jaz Choi at h.choi at qut.edu.au. Acceptance notification will be sent by 27th September 2009. Important Dates: - 20 Sep 2009: Submission of position statements - 27 Sep 2009: Notification of acceptance - 24 Nov 2009: Workshop Organisers: - Jaz Hee-jeong Choi (Queensland University of Technology, Australia) - Marcus Foth (Queensland University of Technology, Australia) - Greg Hearn (Queensland University of Technology, Australia) - Eli Blevis (Indiana University, USA) - Tad Hirsch (Intel, USA) ---- e: h.choi at qut.edu.au w: www.nicemustard.com p: +617 3138 0007 m: +61 433 167 151 ---- -- Dr Marcus Foth Senior Research Fellow Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation Queensland University of Technology (CRICOS No. 00213J) Victoria Park Rd, Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia Phone +61 7 313 x88772 - Fax x88238 - Office K506, KG m.foth at qut.edu.au - http://www.urbaninformatics.net/ From regina at reginahuntington.com Wed Aug 12 06:42:47 2009 From: regina at reginahuntington.com (Regina Huntington) Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:42:47 +1000 Subject: [chisigmail] Government 2.0 Taskforce - Road Show Message-ID: <8B146583-B88B-4453-838D-3EF60BB9636E@reginahuntington.com> A message from Jacinta Thomler, Government 2.0 Secretariat: --------------------------- The Government 2.0 Taskforce invites you to an Open Forum On the 22 June 2009 the Minister for Finance and Deregulation, the Hon. Lindsay Tanner MP and the Special Minister of State, Senator Joe Ludwig, announced the formation of a Taskforce (http://gov2.net.au/) to investigate how the Australian Government can use new 'Web 2.0' approaches to expand the uses of Commonwealth information and improve the way government consults and engages with citizens. The Government 2.0 Taskforce will make recommendations for government policy and fund projects which offer promise in accelerating the coming of Government 2.0. The Taskforce seeks input through a series of open forums, in each capital city over the next few weeks. The Taskforce is seeking input from a range of audience groups - government, industry, academics, NGOs and interested others. In order to disseminate the forum as widely as possible, we would be grateful if you would forward this invitation to others in your network who may be interested in attending. Canberra When: Monday 17th August 2009, from 4:30pm to 6:30pm Where: Knibbs Auditorium, ABS House, 45 Benjamin Way Belconnen RSVP: by midday Thursday 13th August 2009 - please provide your name, organisation and contact details to gov2secretariat at finance.gov.au Melbourne When: Wednesday 19th August 2009, from 6:00pm to 8:00pm Where: Village Roadshow Theatrette, State Library of Victoria, 328 Swanston Street, Melbourne RSVP: by midday Monday 17th August 2009 - please provide your name, organisation and contact details to gov2secretariat at finance.gov.au Sydney When: Thursday 20th August 2009, from 4:30pm to 6:30pm Where: Smith Room, Wesley Conference Centre, 220 Pitt Street, Sydney RSVP: by midday Tuesday 18th August 2009 - please provide your name, organisation and contact details to gov2secretariat at finance.gov.au Brisbane When: Tuesday 25th August 2009, from 4:00pm to 6:00pm Where: Central Eagle Street, 175 Eagle Street, Brisbane RSVP: by midday Friday 21st August 2009 - please provide your name, organisation and contact details to gov2secretariat at finance.gov.au Perth When: Thursday 27th August 2009, from 4:00pm to 6:00pm Where: Collins Street Centre, Corner Collins St & Shaftesbury St, South Perth RSVP: by midday Tuesday 25th August 2009 - please provide your name, organisation and contact details to gov2secretariat at finance.gov.au Adelaide When: Tuesday 1st September 2009, from 4:30pm to 6:30pm Where: Enterprise House, 136 Greenhill Road, Unley RSVP: by midday Friday 28th August 2009 - please provide your name, organisation and contact details to gov2secretariat at finance.gov.au Darwin When: Wednesday 2nd September 2009, from 4:30pm to 6:30pm Where: Red 6.1.0.3 Charles Darwin University, Ellengowan Drive, Brinkin RSVP: by midday Monday 31st August 2009 - please provide your name, organisation and contact details to gov2secretariat at finance.gov.au Hobart TBC Further information on the events is available at http://gov2.net.au/roadshows/ From shanemo at microsoft.com Sun Aug 16 08:15:43 2009 From: shanemo at microsoft.com (Shane Morris) Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:15:43 +0800 Subject: [chisigmail] OZCHI 09 Melbourne - Industry Case Studies submission close soon Message-ID: 'Industry Day' returns to the OZCHI conference in Melbourne this year. On the middle day of the conference (Thursday November 26), one track will be dedicated to topics specifically relevant to industry practitioners of computer-human interaction, starting with the Industry keynote, delivered by Patrick Hofmann, Head of User Experience, Google Australia. Submissions for Industry Case Studies close on 28 Aug 2009. INDUSTRY CASE STUDIES Industry Case Studies demonstrate how user experience professionals have applied human-computer interaction to create practical solutions to commercial situations. Presentations may include areas such as: challenges faced in implementing methods and techniques; development of new or improved techniques; or incorporating usability into an organisation. Submissions should contain: 1. A 250 word summary for the conference program including: the issue addressed; what will be presented; and relevance to the HCI community. 2. A proposal outlining the presentation and the rationale behind it, including: Session title Presenter(s) name and organisation A brief background of the presenter(s) and organisation The business problem addressed The approach and/or solution Challenges and issues that emerged throughout the project Benefits and limitations If applicable, how a similar approach or solution could be used in other contexts Relevance of the case study to other HCI professionals Technical requirements for delivering the presentation Submit Industry Case Studies by email to: industry at ozchi.org Ash Donaldson, Produxi Consulting & Shane Morris, Microsoft Industry Chairs industry at ozchi.org From darylk at unimelb.edu.au Mon Aug 17 00:50:21 2009 From: darylk at unimelb.edu.au (Daryl Ku) Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:50:21 +1000 Subject: [chisigmail] IDG Seminar: Sex Toys - Design, Technology and the Future for Human/Machine Sexual Interaction Message-ID: <0497F75F4B7A9F41B407AD72411ADBAD04ED7C8D@IS-EX-BEV1.unimelb.edu.au> (Apologies for cross posting) You are cordially invited to an Interaction Design Group seminar. PRESENTER: Judith Glover, Swinburne University TITLE: Sex Toys - Design, Technology and the Future for Human/Machine Sexual Interaction VENUE: University of Melbourne, IDEA Lab, Level 4, 111 Barry Street, Carlton DATE and TIME: Friday 21 Aug 2009, 3.00 - 4.00 pm ABSTRACT: Sex toys and their precursors are not a product genre you will find mentioned in the canons of design history and theory. In fact, as a field of research, they appear infrequently in any field of study. Yet they are manufactured and consumed in their millions year after year and have done so for decades in their modern form. There is evidence they have been manufactured for thousands of years and Victorian England and America supported a thriving vibrator industry treating middle class women for hysteria. As mass produced objects they are embedded with the socio-cultural meanings of constructed gender ideology and sexual control. As technological objects they are as complicated and harmless as an electric toothbrush. So, 30 years after the sexual revolution, why are they still socially taboo? What if they weren't and what if they were designed using the innovation methods and strategies of industrial, product, multimedia, interface and HCI designers? BIO: Judith Glover is a lecturer in Industrial Design and Product Design Engineering at Swinburne University. Her PhD topic investigates the taboo nature of the sex toy industry and argues industrial design methods are central to bringing this product genre into mainstream commerce through appropriate female-centric design. Please forward to others if interested. All are welcome. http://www.dis.unimelb.edu.au/research/groups/interactiondesign/seminars.html -- Daryl Ku PhD Candidate & Interaction Design Group Coordinator Interaction Design Group Department of Information Systems Room 4.65, ICT Building University of Melbourne +61 3 834 41516 darylk at unimelb.edu.au -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From m.foth at qut.edu.au Mon Aug 17 20:05:05 2009 From: m.foth at qut.edu.au (Marcus Foth) Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:05:05 +1000 Subject: [chisigmail] CfP: Street Computing workshop at OZCHI 2009 Message-ID: Call for Participation Street Computing workshop at OZCHI 2009 Tue 24th Nov 2009, Melbourne The Street Computing workshop, held in conjunction with OZCHI 2009, solicits papers discussing new research directions, early research results, works-in-progress and critical surveys of prior research work in the areas of ubiquitous computing and interaction design for urban environments. Urban spaces have unique characteristics. Typically, they are densely populated, buzzing with life twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. These traits afford many opportunities, but they also present many challenges: traffic jams, smog and pollution, stress placed on public services, and more. Computing technology, particularly the kind that can be placed in the hands of citizens, holds much promise in combating some of these challenges. Yet, computation is not merely a tool for overcoming challenges; rather, when embedded appropriately in our everyday lives, it becomes a tool of opportunity, for shaping how our cities evolve, for enabling us to interact with our city and its people in new ways, and for uncovering useful, but hidden relationships and correlations between elements of the city. The increasing availability of an urban computing infrastructure has lead to new and exciting ways inhabitants can interact with their city. This includes interaction with a wide range of services (e.g. public transport, public services), conceptual representations of the city (e.g. local weather and traffic conditions), the availability of a variety of shared and personal displays (e.g. public, ambient, mobile) and the use of different interaction modes (e.g. tangible, gesture-based, token-based). This workshop solicits papers that address the above themes in some way. We encourage researchers to submit work that deals with challenges and possibilities that the availability of urban computing infrastructure such as sensors and middleware for sensor networks pose. This includes new and innovative ways of interacting with and within urban environments; user experience design and participatory design approaches for urban environments; social aspects of urban computing; and other related areas. TOPICS This workshop encompasses a broad range of research disciplines. The possible topics for discussion at this workshop are therefore also wide-ranging, and include: ? Ubiquitous computing for urban environments ? People as sensors/ad hoc infrastructure ? Large-scale social interfaces ? User experience and interaction design for the city (e.g., gesturing in the large) ? New and innovative urban interfaces ? Discovering urban computing components ? Urban ?mashups? ? Designing for participation on an urban scale ? Development and engineering practices for urban computing ? Design methodologies for urban computing ? Privacy and Policy WORKSHOP GOALS Urban computing research draws on fundamental research from disparate fields: HCI, ubiquitous computing, distributed computing, sociology and many others. It is, perhaps, at the cross-section of these fields that the most interesting opportunities for urban computing research lay. The goal of this workshop is to examine the technical developments and social practices within the sphere of ?street computing? and identify the really important areas of future research. Our goals can be summarised as follows: 1. Inspiring presentations. The authors of accepted papers will have the opportunity to inspire, garner feedback and grow ideas through their presentations. 2. Vibrant open discussion. All workshop participants will engage in an open discussion during which they may draw links between the presented papers, propose directions for future research, suggest non- directions for future research. 3. Identification of research areas. At the end of the day, we will assimilate the workshop findings into a set of important research questions that we agree must be addressed as a priority. WORKSHOP FORMAT The authors of each accepted paper will be allocated time to present their work to the workshop participants. The duration of each presentation will be decided at a later date. Depending on the number of submissions we receive, it may run for either half a day or a full day. After the presentations, time will be set aside for an open discussion of the particular characteristics of urban environments that make them challenging and interesting from a HCI perspective as well as relevant to urban citizens and urban living. Through this discussion, we will map out a considered and cogent set of research challenges that we can all use both to inform our individual research agendas and to identify potential collaborations. At the conclusion of the day, the Telstra Most Interesting paper award will be announced by the workshop organisers. The prize is a Nokia E51 phone, sponsored by Telstra. SUBMISSION The workshop will accept extended abstracts (1-2 pages) for peer review. These abstracts should be submitted to Ricky.Robinson [AT] nicta.com.au on or before 25 September 2009. Authors of accepted abstracts will be asked to prepare a six-page paper in OZCHI format (http://www.ozchi.org/mediawiki/ozchipaper_template2009.doc ) and a 20 minute presentation. At least one author of the accepted paper must register for the workshop. IMPORTANT DATES ? 25 Sep 2009 ? Extended abstracts due ? 05 Oct 2009 ? Notification of acceptance ? 07 Oct 2009 ? OZCHI Early Bird Registration closes ? 06 Nov 2009 ? Camera ready full paper due ? 24 Nov 2009 ? Street Workshop ORGANISING COMMITTEE Ricky Robinson (NICTA) Markus Rittenbruch (NICTA) Margot Brereton (QUT) Stephen Viller (UQ) Marcus Foth (QUT) -- Dr Marcus Foth Senior Research Fellow Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation Queensland University of Technology (CRICOS No. 00213J) Victoria Park Rd, Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia Phone +61 7 313 x88772 - Fax x88238 - Office K506, KG m.foth at qut.edu.au - http://www.urbaninformatics.net/ From m.foth at qut.edu.au Wed Aug 19 05:38:29 2009 From: m.foth at qut.edu.au (Marcus Foth) Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:38:29 +1000 Subject: [chisigmail] CfP: OZCHI 2009 - Short Papers, Industry Case Studies, Demos, Posters, Doc Consortium, 24 Hour Design Challenge Message-ID: <6FB92CC0-CA0F-4B00-B3BB-F1BB784B3683@qut.edu.au> OZCHI 2009 ? Design: Open 24 | 7 21st Annual Conference of the Australian Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group (CHISIG) of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia (HFESA) 23 ? 27 November 2009, The University of Melbourne, Australia http://www.ozchi.org/ CALLING: Short Papers | Industry Case Studies | Demos & Posters | Doctoral Consortium Applications | Workshop and Tutorial Participation | 24 Hour Design Challenge Entries | Student Volunteers NEWS .. Submission deadline extended to 4 Sep 2009 .. Keynote speakers' names, bios, photos online .. Two full days of workshops and tutorials on 23 + 24 Nov .. 24 days from now until the online challenge starts: ozchi.org/24 IMPORTANT DATES (short papers, industry case studies, demos & posters, and doctoral consortium only) 04 Sep 2009 EXTENDED submission deadline 02 Oct 2009 Notification of acceptance 09 Oct 2009 Camera ready papers due CONFERENCE THEME The 2009 conference theme is Design: Open 24/7. Accessibility, inclusivity and dissolving boundaries are core to the Open 24/7 theme for the design of human interaction with and through digital technologies. The integration of digital technologies into our everyday life allows for a seamless transitioning between open and closed, work and leisure, public and private. Open implies participation and collaboration across traditional borders between individuals, organisations and disciplines. OZCHI 2009 provides a forum to discuss all aspects of openness, open borders, open participation, open source and open architecture. Theme-related submissions may address these topics: .. Open always-on real-time ubiquitous and pervasive designs .. Open design and universality versus situatedness, contextualisation and personalisation .. Open source for design ? design for open source .. Open mind ? new ideas, concepts and approaches from outside HCI .. Beyond open ? never closed: design for escapism CONFERENCE TOPICS Submissions in all areas of HCI are encouraged. In addition, we particularly invite authors to address any of the following topics: Augmented Reality | Context and Location Awareness | Education and HCI | Health Care and HCI | Innovative Design Methodologies | Smart Service Delivery | Sustainability | Universal Usability and Accessibility | Urban Informatics | Tangible User Interfaces | Visualisation Techniques | Working across Cultures SUBMISSIONS All submissions must be written in English. Both long and short papers will undergo a double blind review process by an international panel and evaluated on the basis of their significance, originality, and clarity of writing. Accepted long papers and short papers will be available in the published proceedings. At least one author of any accepted submission must register and attend the conference and present the paper for publication in the proceedings. All submissions must use the two column OZCHI proceedings template: http://www.ozchi.org/mediawiki/ozchipaper_template2009.doc and be submitted to the conference submission site: http://precisionconference.com/~ozchi Jesper Kjeldskov, Aalborg University, Denmark & Jeni Paay, CSIRO Technical Program Chairs program at ozchi.org SHORT PAPERS Short length papers, up to 4 pages, should present ideas that could benefit from discussion with members of the HCI community. These papers may include work-in-progress, experiences of reflective practitioners, and first drafts of novel concepts and approaches. Stephen Viller, UQ & Rebecca Schultz, WorkSafe Victoria Short Papers Chairs shorts at ozchi.org INDUSTRY CASE STUDIES Industry Case Studies demonstrate how user experience professionals have applied human-computer interaction to create practical solutions to commercial situations. Presentations may include areas such as: challenges faced in implementing methods and techniques; development of new or improved techniques; or incorporating usability into an organisation. Submissions should contain: 1. A 250 word summary for the conference program including: the issue addressed; what will be presented; and relevance to the HCI community. 2. A proposal outlining the presentation and the rationale behind it, including: ? Session title ? Presenter(s) name and organisation ? A brief background of the presenter(s) and organisation ? The business problem addressed ? The approach and/or solution ? Challenges and issues that emerged throughout the project ? Benefits and limitations ? If applicable, how a similar approach or solution could be used in other contexts ? Relevance of the case study to other HCI professionals ? Technical requirements for delivering the presentation Submit Industry Case Studies by email to: industry at ozchi.org Ash Donaldson, Produxi Consulting & Shane Morris, Microsoft Industry Chairs industry at ozchi.org DEMOS & POSTERS Demonstrations and posters provide an attractive way to showcase real outcomes of human-computer interaction research and development. These sessions offer a platform to share ideas, concepts and work-in- progress face-to-face with the OZCHI community in a way that a paper presentation cannot. Proposals for demos and posters should be submitted on 2 pages using the OZCHI proceedings template, and sent to demos at ozchi.org Ben Kraal, QUT & Ricky Robinson, NICTA Demos & Posters Chairs demos at ozchi.org DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM The Doctoral Consortium is scheduled prior to the main conference program on 23 Nov 2009. The Doctoral Consortium offers PhD students a special forum where they can present, discuss and progress their research plans with peers and established senior researchers. PhD candidates wishing to attend the consortium should submit a 2 page research proposal following the OZCHI Proceedings template and submitted via email to dc at ozchi.org. Positions at the consortium will be offered based on a review of the submitted proposals. Margot Brereton, QUT Doctoral Consortium Chair dc at ozchi.org 24 HOUR DESIGN CHALLENGE This year OZCHI will be preceded by a student design challenge in two rounds organised as two 24 hour events. The first round takes place online on 12 September 2009, 8am (AEST). The second round will be held at OZCHI on 24 November 2009. In both rounds teams of 2-5 students are invited to develop a solution for a state-of-the-art research problem acquiring interaction design and HCI skills. Top entries will be awarded a travel scholarship for the conference (round 1) and prizes sponsored by our industry partners (round 2). For more information visit http://www.ozchi.org/24 Martin Tomitsch, Andrew Vande Moere, The University of Sydney & Jeremy Yuille, RMIT/ACID Student Design Challenge Chairs sdc at ozchi.org WORKSHOPS AND TUTORIALS Monday 23rd Nov 2009 User Requirements Gathering (tutorial) OZeWAI Web Accessibility (workshop - day 1 of 2) OZCHI Doctoral Consortium Tuesday 24th Nov Web accessibility (tutorial) OZeWAI Inclusive Information Society (workshop - day 2 of 2) Designing for Healthy Living (workshop) Smart Health '09 (workshop) Hungry 24/7? HCI Design for Sustainable Food Culture (workshop) Multi-channel Content Presentation (workshop) Evaluating Virtual Worlds (workshop) Street Computing (workshop) OZCHI 24 Hour Student Design Challenge Please refer to the individual workshop and tutorial pages for further details: http://www.ozchi.org/mediawiki/index.php/WORKSHOPS Lian Loke & Toni Robertson, UTS Workshops, Tutorials and Panels Chairs workshops at ozchi.org VOLUNTEERS http://www.ozchi.org/mediawiki/index.php/VOLUNTEERS OZCHI actively encourages students to volunteer at the conference. Being a student volunteer is a great way to support the HCI community, meet other students in the field, and attend the premier HCI conference Australia. You will help the conference organisers with the running of the conference and support the setting-up of presentations and workshops. You will see the latest in HCI, and have fun while learning about running the conference. In return, you will get free registration. To apply, email volunteers at ozchi.org with your contact details (email, phone, university), an abstract of your research project, a resume, and the reasons why you would like to be a student volunteer. Applications close on 28 Aug 2009. Hilary Davis, University of Melbourne & Debra Polson, QUT/ACID Volunteers Chairs volunteers at ozchi.org KEYNOTES http://www.ozchi.org/mediawiki/index.php/KEYNOTES .. Bill Moggridge, Co-founder of IDEO.com .. Patrick Hofmann, Head of User Experience, Google Australia .. Yvonne Rogers, Director, Pervasive Interaction Lab, Open University, UK See you in Melbourne! Marcus Foth, QUT Conference Chair chair at ozchi.org -- Assoc. Prof. Marcus Foth Principal Research Fellow Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation Queensland University of Technology (CRICOS No. 00213J) Victoria Park Rd, Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia Phone +61 7 313 x88772 - Fax x88238 - Office K506, KG m.foth at qut.edu.au - http://www.urbaninformatics.net/ From alpar at fim.uni-linz.ac.at Wed Aug 19 09:11:29 2009 From: alpar at fim.uni-linz.ac.at (Alexandros Paramythis) Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:11:29 +0200 Subject: [chisigmail] CFP: Principled Design and Evaluation of Adaptive Systems (UMUAI Special Issue) Message-ID: <4A8BFA01.7000509@fim.uni-linz.ac.at> ================================================================ CALL FOR PAPERS Special Issue on Principled Design and Evaluation of Adaptive Systems User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction: The Journal of Personalization Research (An international journal published by Springer Verlag) Web site: http://www.easy-hub.org/umuai/ ================================================================= The importance and benefits of involving users in the design and evaluation of adaptive systems has been advocated for a long time. In fact, user studies have become an integral part of papers published in the UMUAI journal, and indeed most papers published in the major conferences in the area. Although this is most definitely indicative of increasing maturity in the field, we are far from having solved all related outstanding issues: * Most papers report summative evaluations, aiming to establish the extent to which the use of an adaptation method has improved the system. Often more scientific insight can be gained from formative evaluations that inform and guide the development process of adaptive systems. * Most papers report on a single evaluation activity, often assessing the system as a whole only. More principled and rigorous forms of evaluation are possible, in which different system layers or components are evaluated separately, and more is learned about what causes success (or, more importantly in some cases, failure). * Certain success criteria have received a lot more attention than others. For example, for recommender systems, the focus has often been on recall and precision, rather than serendipity, privacy and trust. A more holistic approach to evaluation is needed, including the consideration of trade-offs between criteria. Metrics and methods for evaluating new criteria are also needed. This special issue aims to create a new point of reference for the evaluation of adaptive systems, bringing future evaluations to the next level. Rather than just encouraging evaluation studies, the goal of this special issue is to reflect the current body of knowledge on evaluation methods and methodologies for different types of user adaptive systems. We expect contributions will address the following core categories: * Papers describing novel methods that can be used for the user- centred design and formative evaluation of adaptive systems. * Papers demonstrating the value and benefit of success criteria used in the evaluation of adaptive systems, validating concrete evaluation metrics, or considering trade-offs between different criteria. * Papers describing frameworks for the principled design and evaluation of adaptive systems, that may provide guidance and serve as the theoretical underpinnings of future studies. All papers in the issue will undergo stringent peer-review. Papers proposing a new evaluation method, framework, or criteria will need to validate these proposals, for example through case studies and / or surveys. Authors will be expected to position their work in relation to a framework for the principled design and evaluation of adaptive systems, which will be summarized by the editors in an introductory article. This framework has been developed over the course of several international workshops (see http://www.easy- hub.org/workshops/) and preliminary material for prospective contributors to the special issue has been made available on the issue's web site (see http://www.easy-hub.org/umuai/layered.dot). To provide a coherent point of reference, authors are also expected to cross-reference their accepted submissions to each other, where applicable, in a second round of editing. Articles that describe a traditional global summative evaluation of an adaptive system should be submitted to the regular track of UMUAI rather than this special issue (contact the editors if in doubt). HOW TO SUBMIT Submissions to the special issue should follow the UMUAI formatting guidelines and submission instructions available at: http://www.umuai.org/paper_submission.html Each submission should note that it is intended for the Special Issue on Principled Design and Evaluation of Adaptive Systems. Potential authors are asked to submit a tentative title and short abstract (which can be altered for the actual submission) to assist in the formation of a panel of appropriate reviewers. UMUAI is an archival journal that publishes mature and substantiated research results on the (dynamic) adaptation of computer systems to their human users, and the role that a model of the system about the user plays in this context. Many articles in UMUAI are quite comprehensive and describe the results of several years of work. Consequently, UMUAI gives "unlimited" space to authors (so long as what they write is important). Authors whose paper exceeds 40 pages in journal format (including illustrations and references) are however requested to supply a short justification upon submission that explains why a briefer discussion of their research results would not be advisable. IMPORTANT DATES Deadline for submission of title and abstract: January 4, 2010 Deadline for paper submissions: February 1, 2010 REVIEW PROCESS Submissions will undergo the normal review process, and will be reviewed by three established researchers selected from a panel of reviewers formed for the special issue. Barring unforeseen problems, authors can expect to be notified regarding the review results within three months of submission. GUEST EDITORS Stephan Weibelzahl School of Computing National College of Ireland Dublin sweibelzahl at ncirl.ie http://www.weibelzahl.de/ Alexandros Paramythis Institute for Information Processing and Microprocessor Technology (FIM) Johannes Kepler University Linz alpar at fim.uni-linz.ac.at http://www.fim.uni-linz.ac.at/staff/paramythis/ Judith Masthoff Computing Science University of Aberdeen j.masthoff at abdn.ac.uk http://www.csd.abdn.ac.uk/~jmasthof/ From darylk at unimelb.edu.au Sun Aug 23 22:15:50 2009 From: darylk at unimelb.edu.au (Daryl Ku) Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:15:50 +1000 Subject: [chisigmail] IDG Seminar: Finding the Other 5%: Understanding the Role of Social Networking Technologies in Building Personal Networks for Young Adults with Cancer Message-ID: (Apologies for cross posting) You are cordially invited to two Interaction Design Group seminars. PRESENTER: Shawn Ashkanasy, Interaction Design Group, University of Melbourne TITLE: Finding the Other 5%: Understanding the Role of Social Networking Technologies in Building Personal Networks for Young Adults with Cancer VENUE: University of Melbourne, IDEA Lab, Level 4, 111 Barry Street, Carlton DATE and TIME: Friday 28 Aug 2009, 3.00 - 4.00 pm ABSTRACT: In this paper, we explore the ways in which young adults with cancer (aged 17-24) build support networks through computer mediated personal networks. The support networks are influenced by technological affordances and the ongoing experiences of living with the illness and treatment regimes. We report a single, in-depth case study of one young adult with cancer and her use of mobile telephony and web based social networking sites in building support networks. Three important themes emerge from this case. First, in this context, computer mediated communications (CMC) are not exclusive to the maintenance of online relationships, but mediate networks of "core", "significant," and new ties (primarily online) over time. Second, the social engagement between the subject and members of their social networks is dynamic with different modes of communication predominant at different points in time and different relationships significant at different points in time depending on state of illness, treatment and context. Finally, the interplay between CMC and different ties influence the characteristics of the networks, which is characterized by bridging and segmenting networks. BIO: Shawn Ashkanasy is a PhD student of Information Systems at the University of Melbourne. His research interests include the study of computer mediated social support and, in particular, life changing events in late adolescents and young adulthood and the use of social networking media. Please forward to others if interested. All are Welcome. http://www.dis.unimelb.edu.au/research/groups/interactiondesign/seminars.html -- Daryl Ku PhD Candidate & Interaction Design Group Coordinator Interaction Design Group Department of Information Systems Room 4.65, ICT Building University of Melbourne +61 3 834 41516 darylk at unimelb.edu.au From Cecile.Paris at csiro.au Thu Aug 27 07:21:25 2009 From: Cecile.Paris at csiro.au (Cecile.Paris at csiro.au) Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:21:25 +1000 Subject: [chisigmail] Call for Paper: UMUAI Special Issue on Personalization in e-Health Message-ID: <1E24F8498F299B4986C854A8884724403C1C35E2@EXNSW-MBX01.nexus.csiro.au> [Apologies for duplicate postings] *********************************************************************** Special Issue on Personalization in e-Health User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction: The Journal of Personalization Research (An international journal published by Springer Verlag) Guest editors: Floriana Grasso and Cecile Paris http://www.ict.csiro.au/Staff/Cecile.Paris/umuai-e-Health/ *********************************************************************** Research articles are invited for a special issue of the UMUAI Journal on Personalisation for e-Health. This issue is in memory of and dedicated to Fiorella de Rosis and Alison Cawsey, who made important contributions to this field and both died in the past year (see (http://www.di.uniba.it/intint/people/fior.html http://www.springerlink.com/content/j3431532u5154449/ http://www.macs.hw.ac.uk/~alison/ and http://www.macs.hw.ac.uk/cs/obituary.htm) The past years have witnessed unprecedented levels of investment in the e-Health sector, both in terms of research effort and funding, as well as great public interest in this area. e-Health can be broadly defined as the application of Information Technologies to improve the access, efficiency, effectiveness and quality of any processes related to health care, clinical and business alike. In the e-Health vision, intelligent systems would, for example, enable: * citizens to take more control of their well-being, by accessing personalised and qualified health information (both medical and pedagogical), accessing appropriate medical care from their homes, or supporting each other in social networks; * health professionals to manage their activity more efficiently, by receiving relevant and timely information and updates; and * teams of health professionals to work together more effectively, coordinating their activities, sharing their knowledge about the patients they are collectively taking care of, and ensuring the best coordinated care is provided. This special issue aims at attracting work from both the computational and the medical and public health perspectives, presenting theoretical results, case studies for best practices or new technologies (e.g., Web 2.0 technologies, technologies for affective computing) for personalisation in the health domain. A non-exhaustive list of issues of interest is: * Adaptive and personalised e-Health information systems (including adaptive content, search and interface); * Tailored health education and advice (written and online); * The use of affective interfaces in e-Health; * Online communities and social networks in health; * Promoting trust and compliance to health advice; * Personalised assistance, including for citizens with special needs (e.g. disabled and elderly people); * Personalisation in chronic care (e.g., asthma or diabetes management) as opposed to acute care (e.g., ICU setting); * Privacy issues for health related user models; * Personalisation based both on biometric or genomic factors and clinical information; * Tailored decision support (for patients and practitioners); * Supporting the implementation of guidelines and protocols in healthcare; * Models of user learning, knowledge, attitude and behaviour change (including compliance); * Patient/citizen models; * Ontologies for user models for tailored health care delivery; * Use of ubiquitous and mobile applications for the personalisation of e-Health; * Methods for evaluating user satisfaction with eHealth systems (weblog analysis, tracking users, quantitative and qualitative methods); and * Reports of evaluation studies of personalised e-Health systems. Personalisation for e-Health is multidisciplinary. We thus welcome contributions from diverse perspectives, such as human factors, mobile computing, natural language processing, cognitive modelling, as well as public health and medical informatics. Papers should present reports on completed work that has not been published elsewhere. HOW TO SUBMIT Submissions to the special issue should follow the UMUAI formatting guidelines and submission instructions available at http://www.umuai.org/paper_submission.html Each submission should note that it is intended for the special issue on Personalisation for e-Health. Potential authors are asked to notify by email the guest editors as soon as possible of their intent to submit an article (see below for the relevant contact information). Sometime thereafter, but no later than a month prior to the submission deadline, they should submit a tentative title and a one-page abstract to allow for feedback and the formation of a reviewer panel. UMUAI is an archival journal that publishes mature and substantiated research results on the dynamic adaptation of computer systems to their human users, and the role that a model of the system about the user plays in this context. Many articles in UMUAI are quite comprehensive and describe the results of several years of work. Consequently, UMUAI gives "unlimited" space to authors (so long as what they write is important). Authors whose paper exceeds 40 pages in journal format (including illustrations and references) are however requested to supply a short justification upon submission that explains why a briefer discussion of their research results would not be advisable. REVIEW PROCESS Submissions will undergo the normal review process, and will be reviewed by three established researchers selected from a panel of reviewers formed for the special issue. TENTATIVE SCHEDULE: Deadline for Submission of title and abstract: November 1st, 2009 Deadline for Paper Submissions: December 1st, 2009 Notification to authors: March 1st, 2009 Guest Editors Floriana Grasso, Dept. of Computer Science, Univ. of Liverpool, UK. email: floriana at liverpool.ac.uk http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~floriana/ Cecile Paris, CSIRO ICT Centre, Australia. email cecile.paris at csiro.au http://www.ict.csiro.au/staff/Cecile.Paris If you have any questions do not hesitate to ask the guest editors ------------------------------------- Dr C?cile Paris Principal Senior Research Scientist CSIRO ICT Centre **** We have moved -- Please note my new address and contact details PO Box 76, Epping NSW 1710 Physical Address: CSIRO ICT Centre Crn Vimiera and Pembroke Roads, Marsfield NSW 2122 Australia Phone: +61 2 9372 4704 Fax: +61 2 9372 4585 Email: Cecile.Paris at csiro.au http://www.ict.csiro.au/staff/Cecile.Paris -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From darylk at unimelb.edu.au Mon Aug 31 00:26:47 2009 From: darylk at unimelb.edu.au (Daryl Ku) Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:26:47 +1000 Subject: [chisigmail] IDG Seminar: "Slippery" Interactions: Exploring Informal Interaction and Co-Presence in Hybrid Spaces for the Support of Student Learning Message-ID: (Apologies for cross posting) You are cordially invited to an Interaction Design Group seminar. PRESENTER: Kate Goodwin, Interaction Design Group, University of Melbourne TITLE: "Slippery" Interactions: Exploring Informal Interaction and Co-Presence in Hybrid Spaces for the Support of Student Learning VENUE: University of Melbourne, IDEA Lab, Level 4, 111 Barry Street, Carlton DATE and TIME: Friday 04 Sep 2009, 3.00 - 4.00 pm ABSTRACT: The aim of this project is to investigate how students informally interact across hybrid learning spaces, with a particular consideration for the qualities of co-presence and proximity. A hybrid learning space describes a convergent physical and virtual environment that can facilitate learning-related events and behaviours. For example, when a student is talking to other individuals or group members in a room (physical), while simultaneously using an instant messaging client or sending a text message (virtual). The informal interactions that occur here may have both social outcomes, such as strengthening social bonds between students, and learning related outcomes, such as unexpected information transfer that contribute towards informal learning. In this presentation, I will outline the background to the project and the proposed research methodology. It is hoped that this research will lead to the design of a prototype or other technology that can build on our understanding o f how co-presence impacts on informal interaction in hybrid learning spaces. The ultimate goal would be to have a prototype design that could be adopted for use in higher education to better support student learning experiences. BIO: Kate Goodwin is a first-year Master of Science (Information Systems) student in the Department of Information Systems (DIS), University of Melbourne. Her main research interests are learning technologies, ubiquitous computing and HCI. Her supervisors are Dr Frank Vetere (DIS) and Dr Gregor Kennedy (Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences). Kate has worked in the education software industry for over 4 years, and prior to this was a freelance multimedia designer focusing on interface design for educational applications. Please forward to others if interested. All are Welcome. http://www.dis.unimelb.edu.au/research/groups/interactiondesign/seminars.html -- Daryl Ku PhD Candidate & Interaction Design Group Coordinator Interaction Design Group Department of Information Systems Room 4.65, ICT Building University of Melbourne +61 3 834 41516 darylk at unimelb.edu.au