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HUMAN-CENTRED TECHNOLOGY: ADVANCING THE POTENTIAL FOR COMMUNICATION, 
LEARNING AND INTERACTION
8TH HUMAN-CENTRED TECHNOLOGY POSTGRADUATE WORKSHOP

University of Sussex, Department of Informatics     
June 28th – 29th
http://www.informatics.sussex.ac.uk/research/hct/hctw2005/

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
Happily, it is time again for another Human-Centred Technology 
Postgraduate Workshop. This workshop aims to bring together research 
students with a common interest in Human-Centred Technology. 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 research and also hear presentations from leading 
academics at the forefront of Human-Centred Technology Research.

The Human-Centred Technology Postgraduate Workshop has taken place for 
a number of years now and this time we would like to step back and have 
a critical look at whether (and how) the human-centred approach has 
increased the potential for communicating, learning, and interacting 
with digital technology. We want to know how your research fits into 
this theme. You may, for example, be interested in whether computers 
can make some kind of knowledge more accessible, be looking at whether 
technology is helping to foster communication, or be investigating how 
users might come to understand a new way of interacting with 
technology.

The workshop will comprise three sessions, each of which will address a 
key question as described below. Like the overall workshop theme these 
questions are defined broadly and are intended to provide a common 
thread within presentations and a focus for discussion. In each of 
these sessions there will be a series of short presentations from 
students and a panel-led group discussion of the ideas presented.

This time the workshop will take place in collaboration with the 
Psychology of Programming Interest Group 2005 Workshop, which will be 
held after the postgraduate workshop. Details of this event can be 
found at http://www.informatics.sussex.ac.uk/events/ppig2005/call.html

SESSIONS
Interaction between user and system.
Session 1 - How can computerised technology advance the potential for 
learning?
Session 2 - How can user-centred software development advance the 
potential for communicating and learning with digital technology?
Session 3 – How can a user-centred approach help in the design of novel 
forms of interaction, such as in ubiquitous computing environments or 
with tangible interfaces?

SUBMISSIONS
There are two submission categories for this year’s workshop:

1. A short paper (of no more than four pages) addressing one of the 
themes of the workshop.
2. A summary of your interests and a description of how your planned 
research will address one of the themes of the workshop (of between two 
and three pages). This submission category is intended to provide a 
forum for students in the early stages of their research.

Submissions should be sent to [log in to unmask] in word or rtf 
format by Monday 28th February 2005. Formatting instructions will be 
provided at http://www.informatics.sussex.ac.uk/research/hct/hctw2005/

IMPORTANT DATES
Submission deadline: Monday February 28th, 2005
Notification of acceptance: Monday March 28th, 2005
Final versions of papers: Monday April 11th, 2005
Registration deadline: Monday April 11th, 2005
Workshop: Tuesday 28th - Wednesday 29th June, 2005


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