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The 3rd COGAIN Annual Conference on
Communication by Gaze Interaction

COGAIN 2007:
Gaze-based creativity, interacting with games and on-line communities

3-4 September 2007
Centre for Excellence in Performance Arts De Montfort University
Leicester, UK


Overview
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The conference is the third COGAIN conference. It is dedicated to
gaze-based communication with computer systems by anyone, but primarily
by people who have different types of disability.

Paper submissions are invited on all aspects of gaze-based
communications. This year's special theme, however, is using gaze to
interact with games and virtual on-line communities, as well as with
applications to express creativity. Gaze can add considerable
interaction bandwidth for able-bodied or mainstream users, if measuring
gaze position is not intrusive. Profoundly disabled people may find
great enjoyment from participation in virtual communities as their
disability need no longer be a barrier between them and the able-bodied
world. Gaze-based interaction techniques can enable this.
There is then the added challenge of fast real-time interaction if this
user group is to participate in a world or game on an equal footing with
able-bodied participants. Computer games have become such a large part
of the entertainment culture, and making use of where the player is
looking has yet to be exploited. Disabled users too should be able to
fully engage with this form of entertainment and gaze communication
offers a means to realise this. Attentive gaze responsive interfaces and
applications are the focus of increasing attention. Different electronic
forms of creativity and artistic expression for both disabled and able
bodied people alike can benefit from the knowledge of where the user is
currently looking.

COGAIN (COmmunication by GAze INteraction) is a European Union funded
research Network of Excellence, which comprises 25 universities,
manufacturers and end-user organizations from across the European Union
together with partners from across the globe. More information about the
COGAIN network can be found at www.cogain.org. The proceedings of COGAIN
2005 (Copenhagen) and COGAIN 2006 (Turin) are available from the site.

Call for papers
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The conference committee invites the submission of short papers
particularly in the following areas, although submissions in any area
related to gaze-based interaction will be considered.

- Gaze-based interaction with virtual worlds
- Gaze and creativity
- Gaming using gaze as an input modality
- Attentive interfaces and inferring user intent from gaze
- Text entry by means of gaze
- Applications using gaze
- Usability studies of gaze-based techniques
- User experience studies
- Innovations in eyetracking systems
- Low cost gaze tracking systems
- Gaze and environmental control
- Gaze and personal mobility control
- Using gaze with other modalities including BCI

Format of the conference
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The public conference will be a two-day event as last year, the first
day having themed paper sessions, and the second having user and
industry presentations as well as the exhibition of systems. Full
submission details can be found on the COGAIN website
(www.cogain.org/cogain2007)

Important Dates
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Submission deadline for short  papers : 31 May 2007 Notification of
acceptance: 15 July 2007
COGAIN2007 Conference/Exhibition: 3-4 September 2007

Please send submissions to Howell Istance, Program Chair COGAIN2007,
School of Computing, De Montfort University, Leicester UK,
email: [log in to unmask]

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