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4th Human Centred Technology Postgraduate Workshop
University of Sussex, School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences
October 3rd - 4th 2000
Call for participation
Are you a postgraduate research student? If so, then read on!
"The Impact of Technology on Users: Breaking or Creating Boundaries?"
The Human Centred Technology group will be hosting its popular annual
postgraduate workshop at The Quality Hotel, Brighton on 3rd & 4th
October 2000. This event is international and is open to all
postgraduate researchers. It offers an opportunity to focus fresh ideas
and a forum for the exchange of expertise, the confirmation of existing
collaborative relationships and the establishment of new collaborative
communities. The heading of HCT covers a wide range of interests within
which common research questions are considered from differing
perspectives. The diverse and interdisciplinary nature of this area can
restrict the opportunities available to students for peer review,
feedback and discussion of their work or the process of completing a
postgraduate qualification. This workshop will give postgraduate
students a chance to discuss their work and also hear presentations from
leading academics at the forefront of Human Centred Technology Research.
The theme for this year's workshop will expand upon the theme of the
1999 workshop. In 2000 the focus will be upon:
1) The impact of innovative technologies on both new and accustomed
users
2) The impact of tried and tested technologies on new user groups.
If you are a postgraduate student researching humans and technology then
we want to know how what you are doing fits into this theme. You may,
for example, be interested in how humans interact with technology in
different contexts such as education or the workplace. Alternatively,
you may be exploring the communication that occurs between humans as
they interact through technology at home or at work. The nature of your
research might involve building systems, designing interfaces, analysing
or modelling human activity; the possibilities are wide ranging. The
workshop will consist of 4 sessions, all of which take a different
perspective on the workshop theme. This theme is defined broadly and is
intended to provide a common thread within presentations and a focus for
discussion. In each of the four sessions there will be a series of short
presentations from students and a panel-led group discussion of the
ideas presented. In order to increase the opportunity for every
participant to receive appropriate feedback and discussion of their work
all participants will have, in addition to presenting their own project,
the role of reviewing someone else's work and motivating the discussion
of this particular presentation.
Guest Speakers:
Diana Laurillard, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Learning Technologies & Teaching
at the Open University
Chris Johnson, Professor of Computing Science at the University of
Glasgow
Discussants:
Shaaron Ainsworth, CREDIT, University of Nottingham
Josie Taylor, Institute of Educational Technology, Open University
Sessions
Day 1 : Tuesday 3rd October 2000
New Technology - What is the impact of innovative technologies on both
new and accustomed users?
Session 1 - How can/does innovative technology interact with the
user?
Session 2 - How can/does innovative technology motivate and
support interaction between its human users?
Day 2 : Wednesday 4th October 2000
New Users - What is the impact of tried and tested technologies on
novice users or new user groups?
Session 3 - How can technology help novice users become expert?
Session 4 - Do new users all behave in the same way?
Cost
For participants who present a paper there is NO REGISTRATION FEE. For
other participants the cost of attendance is 65 pounds for two days, or
35 pounds for one day.
Attendance
Please note that attendance at this workshop has been high in previous
years and numbers of participants are restricted so speedy
acknowledgement of interest is desirable.
If you would like to be involved in this workshop you need to do 2
things:
1 - send us your name and email address indicating that you are planning
to attend so that we can add you to the email list and ensure that you
receive further details. If you are unsure if your area of work fits in
with the conference then please email us telling us something about what
you are doing and we will advise you. Email [log in to unmask]
2 - send us a twelve hundred (1200) word summary about your research
highlighting the way what you are doing addresses the workshop theme
AND in particular how you address the target question for one of the
four sessions. We will need to have this by 30 June 2000. Email it in
pdf or html format to [log in to unmask] AND send hard copy to:
Anna Lloyd
School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences
University of Sussex
Falmer
Brighton
BN1 9QH
Local Organising Committee
Ben du Boulay
Claudia Gama
Miguel Garcia
Ann Light
Anna Lloyd
Rose Luckin
Pablo Romero
Sam Simpson
Benjamin Zayas
About the HCT Group at Sussex
The Human-Centred Technology (HCT) group within the School of Cognitive
and Computing Sciences conducts cutting edge research into the design of
human-centred systems for communication and learning. Its main
objectives are:
1. to develop frameworks for understanding how people interact with and
communicate through technology, and
2. to apply this understanding to develop and support innovation. The
group carries out research in a number of areas including:
Collaborative and networked technologies
Intelligent agents
Visualisation and medical information systems
Interactivity, external representations, multimedia and virtual
reality
Telematics and virtual collaborative environments
Software design and reuse
Interactive learning environments and educational software
Intelligent tutoring systems
About previous Workshops
For the past three years the HCT group has hosted three extremely
successful workshops which have brought together both established
experts from academia and industry and new talent from within the
European community. The workshops have provided a forum both for the
presentation and for the discussion of new innovative ideas amongst
those working within the area of Human Centred Technology, thus
fostering interaction between interdisciplinary research areas and
collaboration within Europe.
To find out more go to
http://www.cogs.susx.ac.uk/lab/hct/hctw2000/index.html
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