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2nd CFP: Workshop: Issues in the Design and Evaluation of Ambient
Information Systems
To be held at Pervasive 2007: The 5th International Conference on
Pervasive Computing
Sunday, May 13, 2007, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Workshop website:
http://informatics.indiana.edu/subtletech
Conference website:
http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/conferences/pervasive2007/index.phtml/
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DEADLINES AND DATES
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Submissions due: Jan 26 2007 by 11:59pm PST
Notifications by: Mar 2nd 2007
Final version due: Mar 29th 2007 by 11:59pm PST
MOTIVATION
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The current research in pervasive and ubiquitous computing suggests a
future in which we are surrounded by innumerable information sources all
competing for our attention. These are likely to manifest as both novel
devices and as devices embedded in common objects such as refrigerators,
automobiles, toys, furniture, clothes, even our bodies. While this
vision of the future has prompted great advancements in context-aware
computing, wireless connectivity, multi-sensor platforms, smart
materials, and location-tracking technologies, there is a concern that
this proliferation of technology will cause us to become increasingly
overwhelmed by information. This scenario moves us away from Weiser's
notion of calm technology, which proposes that information should move
seamlessly between the periphery and the center of our attention. Weiser
stated that good technology should not be experienced as technology at
all, and we believe that ambient information systems could support this
claim.
Ambient information systems (which include ambient, peripheral,
glance-able, and subtle displays) are non-invasive and provide useful
information while blending smoothly into our surroundings. These
technologies are meant to be minimally attended and perceivable from
outside the range of a person's direct attention, providing
pre-attentive processing without being overly distracting. Examples
range from large ubiquitous public displays to small bouncing icons on
the Macintosh's dock.
There have been many interesting implementations of ambient information
systems (e.g., AmbientDevices’Stock Orb, Koert van Mensvoort's
Datafountain, Philips Electronics' Ambilight, Jafarinami et al.'s
Breakaway, Mynatt et al.'s Audio Aura and Digital Family Portrait, and
Mankoff et al.'s Daylight Display and BusMobile). However, ambient
information systems research is is suffering from a lack of consensus on
terminology, methodology, plausibility, and the general design space of
ambient information. We see this workshop as an opportunity for invited
participants to explore and discuss such issues.
OBJECTIVE
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The purpose of this workshop is to explore topics of ambient information
with respect to the various technologies and smart materials with which
they might be implemented; identify problems in design, development, and
evaluation; and derive new fundamental questions that need to be
addressed. Workshop attendees should leave with a better understanding
of what ambient is and next steps to further research in this domain.
Questions we would like to address in this workshop include:
· How are ambient information systems distinct from other information
technologies? (i.e., what defines technology as being ambient?)
· What are the appropriate methods for evaluating ambient information
systems?
· How much ambient information can one perceive and comprehend correctly?
· What sorts of information are best conveyed by an ambient display?
· What are examples of useful heuristics, frameworks, taxonomies, or
design principles for
implementation of ambient information?
· What, if any, are the appropriate interaction methods for these
information devices?
· How can we best make use of existing technologies? (e.g. smart
materials, wearable
systems, etc.)
· How do we measure the impact of ambient information systems?
· What knowledge from other domains should we apply such systems? (e.g.
art, cognitive
science, design, psychology, sociology)
WORKSHOP FORMAT
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The workshop format will consist of a short presentation by each
participant, which should conclude with a problem statement relative to
the workshop topics. These problem statements will be ordered, and the
participants will decide which are most relevant to future research on
ambient and subtle information systems. We will then break out into
groups and discuss strategies for addressing the selected topics.
SUBMISSIONS
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We invite submissions including descriptions of works in progress,
research contributions, position statements and demonstrations.
Submissions should attempt to address one or more of the aforementioned
questions regarding the design and evaluation of ambient information
technologies. Submissions should be between 4 and 6 pages long in ACM
SIGCHI Proceedings format (http://www.sigchi.org/chipubform/). Each
submission must conclude with a specific question regarding issues faced
conducting research in this domain.
Please send you submission in PDF format to: [log in to unmask]
WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS
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William R. Hazlewood ([log in to unmask])
School of Informatics, Indiana University @ Bloomington
Lorcan Coyle ([log in to unmask])
Systems Research Group, University College Dublin
Sunny Consolvo ([log in to unmask])
Intel Research, Seattle
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
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Liam Bannon, University of Limerick, Ireland
Jodi Forlizzi, Carnegie Mellon University, US
Lars Erik Holmquist, Viktoria Institute Göteborg, Sweden
Youn-Kyung Lim, Indiana University, US
Jennifer Mankoff, Carnegie Mellon University, US
Tara Matthews, UC Berkeley, US
Steve Neely, University College Dublin, Ireland
Zach Pousman, Georgia Institute of Technology, US
Aaron Quigley, University College Dublin, Ireland
Yvonne Rogers, Open University, UK
Leslie Sharpe, Indiana University, US
Ian Smith, Intel Research Seattle, US
John T. Stasko, Georgia Institute of Technology, US
Erik Stolterman, Indiana University, US
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