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Designing the user experience of future peripatetic users: new design challenges in Space (Call for Papers)
by A.C.Roibas＠bton.ac.uk 02 Feb '07

02 Feb '07

(Apologies for cross posting) CALL FOR CHAPTERS Submission Deadline: April 15, 2007 Designing the user experience of future peripatetic users: new HCI design challenges in Space Introduction Travelling to the depths of Space is no longer a privilege of astronauts and scientists. Space Agencies are starting to allow those who have the means to afford it, provided that they fulfil a minimum set of physiological requirements to join the ventures into outer space. At the same time, companies are developing spacecrafts for civilian use and plan huge space stations capable of accommodating thousand of settlers. However, micro-gravity or reduced and enhanced gravity environments strongly influence the way users interact with technology. In other words, what works on earth does not necessarily perform in Space. As the age of space habitation dawns, we must work to find ways to transfer our technological advances on Earth to Outer Space The Overall objective of the Book This book aims to present significant projects carried out in academia, space agencies and in industry regarding the quality of the user experience with interactive systems in Space. The idea is to promote awareness of interdisciplinary work concerning methods and tools for HCI in Space in order to be ready for the future life beyond the terrestrial atmosphere and to share knowledge to develop innovative interactive systems on Earth. A crucial problem when designing HCI for Space systems refers to the validity of data gathering and the realism of user scenarios. Ethnographic on-site studies and evaluation methods show that some problems concerning the user behaviour and environment are only identified when capturing the rich texture of activity being performed in the field. RECCOMENDED TOPICS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, THE FOLLOWING: Technological, cultural, political, philosophical, psychological and economic dimensions of future pervasive and interactive communication systems; New challenges in pervasive communication systems in Space: new users and uses, interoperability amongst interfaces, tangible computing, intelligent environments, context awareness, etc; Innovative research approaches for the creation of operationally relevant and realistic future scenarios; Taxonomy of radically new applications; Art expressions (e.g. locative art) in space and patterns for smart & malleable digital content; Advanced interaction models (immersive & intelligent environments, humanising interfaces, haptics, etc); Transferring interaction patterns between usage areas (e.g. games, Space industry, medical, etc); Advanced evaluation techniques for pervasive systems in Space. Participatory Design and other user-centered approaches focused on users' cultural, social, behavioural and ergonomic backgrounds. Challenges of analyzing and designing to support sociability in the Space; Emerging nomadic societies, communities and related socio-cultural trends; Assessment of the Perceived Quality of Experience through ethnographies, or other experimental evaluation techniques. Novel methodologies for services design. Book edited by Dr. Anxo Cereijo Roibás, University of Brighton; Loredana Bessone, ESA Scientific Board Dr. Patricia.M.Jones, NASA Prof. Ignacio Aedo, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid SUBMISSION PROCEDURE Authors are invited to submit on or before February 2, 2006, a 2-5 page manuscript proposal clearly explaining the mission and topic of the proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by February 15, 2007 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter organizational guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by April 30, 2007. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (World document) to: a.c.roibas(a)brighton.ac.uk

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Visualization via the internet or large scale computing case studies
by m.thelwall＠blueyonder.co.uk 02 Feb '07

02 Feb '07

Dear all, I'm trying to write a book chapter on the topic of e-social science visualizations and would like to include case studies of social science research that engages in some way with the internet or significant computing power to create visualizations. This research might explicitly be called e-science, e-social science, or cyberinfrastructure or just happen to use the computing without any particular name. Please email me off-list if you can point me to an URL or email me a paper describing something relevant. Thanks! Mike ----------- Prof Mike Thelwall School of Computing and IT Wolverhampton University Wulfruna Street Wolverhampton WV1 1SB, UK m.thelwall(a)wlv.ac.uk Tel: +44 1902 321470 http://www.scit.wlv.ac.uk/~cm1993/mtcv.html

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AoIR 8.0 CFP DEADLINE EXTENDED TO FEB 8
by Mia Consalvo 02 Feb '07

02 Feb '07

Hi all, The papers, panels, roundtables and other presentation proposals are now coming in on a minute-by-minute basis, and things look terrific. This is going to be a FABULOUS conference. To help along those who are still putting the final touches on their submissions, though, (and to avoid jamming the submission system), I am extending the deadline for submissions until THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2007 AT MIDNIGHT EST. That allows another week for submissions, although I will probably be sending out some reviewer notices soon, in order to get the review process started, and ensure that we do not fall behind in the conference planning process. Thanks to all who have submitted, and for those who have not yet done so, please get them in soon! Best, Mia -- Mia Consalvo, Program Chair Associate Professor & Director of Graduate Studies 213 RTV Building School of Telecommunications 9 South College Street Ohio University Athens, OH 45701 740.597.1521

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new reviews in cyberculture studies (february 2007)
by David M Silver 01 Feb '07

01 Feb '07

folks, a new set of book reviews [ http://rccs.usfca.edu/booklist.asp ] from the resource center for cyberculture studies [ http://rccs.usfca.edu/ ] for february 2007: 1. Information Politics on the Web Author: Richard Rogers Publisher: MIT Press, 2004 Review 1: Adrienne Massanari 2. Play Between Worlds: Exploring Online Game Culture Author: T. L. Taylor Publisher: MIT Press, 2006 Review 1: Mark Chen Author response: T.L. Taylor 3. Soft Cinema: Navigating the Database Authors: Lev Manovich & Andreas Kratky Publisher: MIT Press, 2005 Review 1: Tico Romao Author response: Lev Manovich 4. The Cinema Effect Author: Sean Cubitt Publisher: MIT Press, 2005 Review 1: Anxo Cereijo Roibas Author response: Sean Cubitt there's lots more where that came from. enjoy, david silver http://silverinsf.blogspot.com/

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democratizing wi-fi
by Daniel Sutko 01 Feb '07

01 Feb '07

Hello everyone, I thought you might be interested in this public and international effort to democratize wi-fi. I wonder how long it will take the telecoms to file suit. Be sure to check out the access point map. (The map works in Firefox but not in Safari and I can't vouch for IE). Are there any other organizations that are this bold? http://fon.com -Dan Dan Sutko TA, RA, Master's Student Dept. of Communication, NCSU office: Winston 212 email: dan_sutko(a)ncsu.edu

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