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8th ERCIM WORKSHOP
"USER INTERFACES FOR ALL"
Palais Eschenbach, Vienna, Austria
28-29 June 2004
Special Theme "User-Centred Interaction Paradigms for
Universal Access in the Information Society"
http://www.ui4all.gr/workshop2004/
Call for Papers
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Technical Description
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The 8th ERCIM Workshop "User Interfaces for All" builds upon the results of
the seven previous
Workshops held in Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 30-31 October 1995; Prague,
Czech Republic, 7-8 November
1996; Obernai, France, 3-4 November 1997; Stockholm, Sweden, 19-21 October
1998; Dagstuhl, Germany,
28 November - 1 December 1999; Florence, Italy, 25-26 October 2000; and
Paris (Chantilly), France,
23-25 October, 2002.
The vision of User Interfaces for All advocates the proactive realisation of
the "design for all"
principle in the field of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), and involves the
development of user
interfaces to interactive applications and telematic services, which provide
universal access and
usability to potentially all users.
In the tradition of its predecessors, this Workshop aims to consolidate
recent work, and to
stimulate further discussion, on the state of the art in User Interfaces for
All, and its increasing
range of applications in the emerging Information Society. The emphasis of
this year's event is on
"User-Centred Interaction Paradigms for Universal Access in the Information
Society", and invites
contributions on a broad range of topics, including technological,
applications and policy
developments aiming to advance the notion of an Information Society
accessible and acceptable by the
widest possible end user population.
As a result of the increasing demand for ubiquitous and continuous access to
information and
services, Information Society Technologies are anticipated to evolve in the
current decade towards a
new paradigm, characterised by computing and networking technologies present
everywhere and embedded
in everyday objects, which are interconnected in a web-like structure and
form a virtual
all-encompassing computing platform. Such a platform is composed of multiple
distributed processing
and interactive units, is capable of monitoring the user and can exhibit
different degrees of
intelligence. This paradigm-shift will have profound consequences on the
type, content and
functionality of the emerging products and services, as well as on the way
people will interact with
them. The 8th ERCIM Workshop "User Interfaces for All" will therefore focus
on the new HCI
challenges arising from this evolution, and on how these will affect the
continuing efforts towards
Universal Access in the Information Society.
Scientific / technological contributions should be on concepts and tools
that advance the
understanding of, and contribute towards, Universal Access to the new
computer-mediated virtual
spaces. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, future and
emerging technologies, novel
computing paradigms, computer-mediated virtual spaces, architectures and
tools, interaction
platforms, interaction metaphors, experimental or empirical studies, etc.,
which bear an impact on
the scope of human access to digital content in an Information Society.
Application-oriented contributions may address practice and experience in
the application of
Universal Access principles in critical domains such as health, education,
employment, etc. In this
context, this year's Workshop encourages contributions that elaborate upon,
adopt, apply or validate
a Universal Access code of practice in selected application domains.
Design-oriented contributions should focus on the development and the
application of principles of
user-centred design in the course of universally accessible software
development. Of particular
interest are contributions that describe and reflect successful design
cases. They should indicate
the progressive development of established user-centred design techniques
towards handling diversity
with respect to user, as well as functional requirements.
Finally, contributions on policy developments should discuss the impact of
non-technological
factors, such as legislation, standardisation, technology transfer, etc., on
developing a culture
for Universal Access in the Information Society, for all parties concerned
and in particular the
industry. Policy contributions may cover success stories of the past or
identify obstacles to be
addressed by effective policy interventions.
Areas of interest
-----------------
Areas of interest for which papers are solicited, include, but are not
limited to, the following
topics:
- Adaptable and adaptive interaction
- User modeling techniques & applications
- Intelligent interface technologies
- Novel interaction techniques, multimedia / multimodal interfaces
- Design methodologies: user-centred, customer-centred,
participatory, community-based, inclusive, etc.
- Universal Access design methods and tools
- Interface architectures, development tools, interoperability
- Universal access and software quality models
- Universal Access scenarios for ambient intelligence
- Universal Access and novel interaction paradigms (wearable and
ubiquitous computing, tangible interfaces, Virtual Reality)
- Novel interaction metaphors
- User Support, role-based modeling
- Accessibility of (public) web sites
- Accessibility of novel devices (PDAs, mobiles and other
network-attachable devices)
- Presence, awareness, cooperation and collaboration in virtual
social information spaces
- Personalised content organisation and delivery
- Access to community-tailored archival knowledge
- Access to e-services (e-learning, e-government, e-health, etc)
- Evaluation techniques and tools
- Accessibility and usability practices
- National and European policies for e-accessibility
- Standards development for Universal Design and Universal Access
- Advances in legislation for Universal Access
Solicited contributions
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The 8th ERCIM Workshop "User Interfaces for All" aims to solicit:
- long papers (between 12 and 20 pages), reporting original
completed research and development activities relevant to
the themes of User Interfaces for All (see list above);
- short papers (between 6 and 8 pages), reporting work
in progress or late breaking results;
- position papers (between 4 and 8 pages);
- poster presentations (two-page abstract).
Review Process
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All submissions will be peer reviewed by at least 2 reviewers. Accepted
papers will be presented
during the Workshop and will appear in the Workshop Proceedings.
Publications
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The Workshop Proceedings will be published by Springer on paper and
electronically. Paper
presentation at the Workshop and publication in the Proceedings are
conditional on registration of
one author to the Workshop.
The authors of the best papers will be invited to submit an extended version
to the Springer journal
"Universal Access in the Information Society"
(http://link.springer.de/journals/uais/).
The abstracts of the poster presentations will be published in the Workshop
Adjunct Proceedings.
Submission
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Submissions should be sent by e-mail to Prof. Christian Stary
([log in to unmask]).
Submissions in PDF or in Word (PC or Macintosh) format should include a
short abstract (200 words)
and comply with the following format: A4, 1 column, with 1 inch margins,
Times New Roman 12 point
font, single spacing. Poster presentations do not require short abstracts.
Important Dates
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- 15 February 2004
Deadline for electronic submission of all papers
- 1 April 2004
Conditional notification of acceptance (confirmation
will be given upon registration)
- 1 May 2004
Deadline for electronic submission of camera-ready papers
- 31 May 2004
Deadline for registration
Keynote Speakers
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Ben Shneiderman, University of Maryland, USA
Jenny Preece, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA
Registration fees
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350 Euros (this will include: 2 lunches, 1 gala dinner and 4 coffee breaks)
Programme Committee
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- Prof. Christian Stary, University of Linz, Austria
(Programme Chair)
- Prof. Constantine Stephanidis, ICS-FORTH and University
of Crete, Greece (Workshop Chair)
- Dr. Ray Adams, University of Middlesex, UK
- Dr. Demosthenes Akoumianakis, ICS-FORTH, Greece
- Prof. Elizabeth Andre, University of Augsburg, Germany
- Dr. Markus Bylund, SICS, Sweden
- Prof. Noelle Carbonell, LORIA (CNRS, INRIA, Universite
de Nancy), France
- Dr. P. John Clarkson, University of Cambridge, UK
- Dr. Pier Luigi Emiliani, CNR-IFAC, Italy
- Dr. Hans W. Gellersen, Lancaster University, UK
- Dr. Andreas Holzinger, University of Graz, Austria
- Dr. Ilias Iakovidis, European Commission
- Dr. Fabio Paterno, CNR-CNUCE, Italy
- Prof. Michael Fairhurst, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK
- Mr. Seppo Haataja, NOKIA Mobile Phones, Finland
- Dr. Eija Kaasinen, VTT, Finland
- Dr. Simeon Keates, University of Cambridge, UK
- Dr. Sri Hastuti Kurniawan, UMIST, UK
- Dr. Reinhard Oppermann, Fraunhofer-FIT, Germany
- Dr. Michael Pieper, Fraunhofer-FIT, Germany
- Dr. Thomas Rist, DFKI, Germany
- Dr. Anthony Savidis, ICS-FORTH, Greece
- Dr. Dominique Scapin, INRIA, France
- Prof. Jean Vanderdonckt, Universite catholique de Louvain, Belgium
- Dr. Harald Weber, ITA, Germany
- Prof. Michael Wilson, RAL, United Kingdom
- Dr. Juergen Ziegler, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Contact Details
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For more information, please contact:
Programme Chair:
Prof. Christian Stary
University of Linz
Department of Business Information Systems
Communications Engineering
Freistadterstra?e 315
A - 4040 Linz, Austria
tel: +43 732 2468 7102, fax: +43 732 2468 7111
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
Workshop Chair:
Prof. Constantine Stephanidis
Chair ERCIM WG UI4ALL
Institute of Computer Science
Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas
Heraklion, Crete
GR-71110 Greece
tel: +30 2810 391741, fax: +30 2810 391740
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
Local Organisers:
AARIT
AUSTRIAN SOCIETY OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
Wollzeile 3
A - 1010 Vienna, Austria
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