Call for Papers and Participation: HCSNet Workshop on Natural User Interfaces: Multitouch and Gestural Interactions
Dear AoIR-lers, Please spread the word about this workshop happening in Melbourne, Australia on June 28 & 29. Thanks, Aaron. -----Original Message----- Call for Papers and Participation: HCSNet Workshop on Natural User Interfaces: Multitouch and Gestural Interactions What is the next major evolution in user interaction? HCSNet is offering a workshop that brings together people from different disciplines interested in Natural User Interfaces (NUI). This workshop will discuss the role NUI can play, themes of interest as well as future work that NUI enables. Do gestures completely replace typical mouse pointers or simply augment it for some functionality? Do all applications work with gestures or only a select few? The goal of this workshop is to make a first step in identifying challenges and characterising NUI design obstacles. Possible themes of interest include: * Multimodal interfaces * Robust spoken-language interaction * Intelligent user interfaces * Social interaction strategies * Gesture and embodied interaction * Conversational agents * Task and activity modelling * Environment-specific issues * Tangible and mobile devices We are pleased to announce a keynote presentation by Daniel Wigdor. Daniel is the User Experience Architect on the Microsoft Surface project, where he leads a team developing fundamentals of touch and gestural interaction. Before joining Microsoft, he conducted research in advanced user interfaces and devices at Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs, at the Initiative in Innovative Computing at Harvard University, and at the University of Toronto where he completed an MSc and a PhD in computer science, specializing in multi-surface direct-touch environments. Learn more about Daniel Wigdor. Our second international speaker is Jamie Zigelbaum. Jamie is now working at Oblong Industries in Los Angeles. He was a PhD student in the Tangible Media Group at the MIT Media Lab where he built and studied next generation computer interfaces. He specializes in gestural and tangible interfaces and works to create new interactions between humans and machines that enable the full use of our evolutionarily developed skills, expressive capabilities, and nuanced social behaviors. Oblong Industries is the developer of the g-speak spatial operating environment. Find out more about Oblong Industries. This workshop examines the NUI field as a base for future work within a multidisciplinary environment. The hope of this workshop is to develop a series of themes and design practices which have the potential to act as a base for future collaboration. We encourage those interested to participate in this workshop. Participants are required submit a short abstract discussing their thoughts on this field, and how it can fit within their existing work. HCSNet will fund a number of travel grants of up to $500 to help cover the costs of travel and accommodation for participants from outside the Melbourne area. For more information please visit: http://www.hcsnet.edu.au/hcsnetevents/2010/nui10
Dear AoIR-lers, Please spread the word about this workshop happening in Brisbane, Australia on November 22 & 23. Submission deadline is 15th October 2010. This is a follow-up to a workshop held earlier this year in Melbourne, Australia. Thanks, Aaron. -----Original Message----- Call for Papers and Participation: OZCHI 2010 Workshop on Natural User Interfaces: Multitouch and Gestural Interactions This is a workshop as part of OZCHI 2010 in Brisbane, Australia. What is the next major evolution in user interaction? Graphical user interfaces brought a new strategy that was more effective compared to their command-line predecessors. In recent years, Natural User Interfaces (NUI) have advanced user experiences and we believe multitouch and gesture technology to provide new opportunities for a variety of potential uses. How can these be leveraged in the design of interactive interfaces? Do gestures completely replace typical mouse pointers or simply augment it for some functionality? Do all applications work with gestures or only a select few? This workshop is focused on discussing the role and nature of NUI within a variety of different academic and industry disciplines. NUI so far have been limited to technology demonstrations and research niche's, and have failed to gather a foothold in traditional environments. While specific elements of NUI have been identified and studied, there is a clear lack of design standards and practices surrounding these interfaces. Primarily, NUI suffers from a lack of context within generic user interfaces, and is reserved for systems that represent tangible objects. The goal of this workshop is to make a first step in identifying challenges and characterising NUI design obstacles. Possible themes of interest include: * Multimodal interfaces * Robust spoken-language interaction * Intelligent user interfaces * Social interaction strategies * Gesture and embodied interaction * Conversational agents * Task and activity modelling * Environment-specific issues * Tangible and mobile devices Where: Queensland University of Technology, Gardens Point Campus, Brisbane, Australia. When: November 22nd - November 23rd 2010 Submission Deadline: 15th October 2010 Notification of Acceptance: 20th October 2010 Audience: It is expected that this workshop will be of special interest to a range of researchers and practitioners including those from areas such as Human-Computer Interaction, Interaction Design, Information Technology, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information Architecture, Language Technology, Psychology, Communication Science, Auditory Interfaces, Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Science and other related fields. Anyone interested in natural user interfaces is also welcomed. We want to involve as many as possible in discussions, in order to encourage the development of research collaborations and to foster inter-disciplinary work. Interested parties are asked to present short papers describing: * research interests pertinent to the workshop theme(s); * design methods and processes used when working with NUI; * how NUI be extended to support generic systems; * thoughts on issues deemed to be important and potential points of interaction with other disciplines. Submissions: Workshop participants should submit a short paper (2-4 pages) introducing their area of interest in this field using the OZCHI 2010 paper template format. The papers should focus on current research activities and/or interesting aspects of future work. Practitioners from industry should submit a case study format paper (1 page) using the OZCHI case study and industry demo format. Submissions should be sent to aaron[at]itee.uq.edu.au.
And the website url is http://www.userinterfaces.info/. -----Original Message----- From: Aaron Tan Sent: Fri 10/8/2010 12:13 AM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Call for Papers and Participation: OZCHI 2010 Workshop on Natural User Interfaces: Multitouch and Gestural Interactions Dear AoIR-lers, Please spread the word about this workshop happening in Brisbane, Australia on November 22 & 23. Submission deadline is 15th October 2010. This is a follow-up to a workshop held earlier this year in Melbourne, Australia. Thanks, Aaron. -----Original Message----- Call for Papers and Participation: OZCHI 2010 Workshop on Natural User Interfaces: Multitouch and Gestural Interactions This is a workshop as part of OZCHI 2010 in Brisbane, Australia. What is the next major evolution in user interaction? Graphical user interfaces brought a new strategy that was more effective compared to their command-line predecessors. In recent years, Natural User Interfaces (NUI) have advanced user experiences and we believe multitouch and gesture technology to provide new opportunities for a variety of potential uses. How can these be leveraged in the design of interactive interfaces? Do gestures completely replace typical mouse pointers or simply augment it for some functionality? Do all applications work with gestures or only a select few? This workshop is focused on discussing the role and nature of NUI within a variety of different academic and industry disciplines. NUI so far have been limited to technology demonstrations and research niche's, and have failed to gather a foothold in traditional environments. While specific elements of NUI have been identified and studied, there is a clear lack of design standards and practices surrounding these interfaces. Primarily, NUI suffers from a lack of context within generic user interfaces, and is reserved for systems that represent tangible objects. The goal of this workshop is to make a first step in identifying challenges and characterising NUI design obstacles. Possible themes of interest include: * Multimodal interfaces * Robust spoken-language interaction * Intelligent user interfaces * Social interaction strategies * Gesture and embodied interaction * Conversational agents * Task and activity modelling * Environment-specific issues * Tangible and mobile devices Where: Queensland University of Technology, Gardens Point Campus, Brisbane, Australia. When: November 22nd - November 23rd 2010 Submission Deadline: 15th October 2010 Notification of Acceptance: 20th October 2010 Audience: It is expected that this workshop will be of special interest to a range of researchers and practitioners including those from areas such as Human-Computer Interaction, Interaction Design, Information Technology, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information Architecture, Language Technology, Psychology, Communication Science, Auditory Interfaces, Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Science and other related fields. Anyone interested in natural user interfaces is also welcomed. We want to involve as many as possible in discussions, in order to encourage the development of research collaborations and to foster inter-disciplinary work. Interested parties are asked to present short papers describing: * research interests pertinent to the workshop theme(s); * design methods and processes used when working with NUI; * how NUI be extended to support generic systems; * thoughts on issues deemed to be important and potential points of interaction with other disciplines. Submissions: Workshop participants should submit a short paper (2-4 pages) introducing their area of interest in this field using the OZCHI 2010 paper template format. The papers should focus on current research activities and/or interesting aspects of future work. Practitioners from industry should submit a case study format paper (1 page) using the OZCHI case study and industry demo format. Submissions should be sent to aaron[at]itee.uq.edu.au.
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Aaron Tan