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International Journal of Human-Computer Studies (IJHCS)
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Special Issue on Development, Evaluation and Deployment of Multi-touch
Systems
Call for papers
(http://www.dur.ac.uk/shamus.smith/SI_MT_IJHCS.html)
(http://www.dur.ac.uk/shamus.smith/CFP_IJHCS_MT.pdf)
Submissions due 30th July 2011
Introduction and topics
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Multi-touch technologies have a long history-one that even predates the
public adoption of graphical user interfaces. While early systems
offered glimpses into its potential, they were hampered by the
technology of the times: Processors were not fast enough to adequately
process multiple inputs; projector-based systems offered low resolution,
a bulky setup, and shadowing effects; users often had to be
inconveniently tethered; ad-hoc systems were expensive to build and
difficult to deploy; etc. Recently, multi-touch hardware and software
support has improved dramatically. Jeff Han's TED talk inspired us to
build our own low-cost large-scale interactive surfaces. Commercial
systems have become available from handhelds, tablets, whiteboards and
tabletops. Multi-touch toolkits have proliferated.
As a result, the research focus has shifted to user experience. The
challenge now is to devise appropriate user interfaces that take
advantage of multi-touch. The change from single to multiple inputs,
often accompanied by a transition from single to multiple users, drives
researchers to re-examine the foundation of graphical user interfaces.
There are a number of rich research questions that have yet to be fully
addressed, including issues of orientation, occlusion and reach, gesture
interaction, and application support.
This special issue aims to present a set of high-quality, high-impact,
original research outcomes in the development, evaluation, and
deployment of multi-touch systems. We invite contributions relating but
not limited to:
* Development and critique of technologies for multi-touch interaction
* Design guidelines for developing technology for multi-touch
interaction
* Methods and tools for the evaluation of multi-touch systems
* Case studies in domains using multi-touch systems
* Multi-users in multi-touch environments
* Experiences of designing applications for multi-touch systems
Paper submission
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Manuscripts should not exceed 8000 words and papers should be submitted
according to the IJHCS Guide for authors and will be refereed in the
standard way. Articles must be based on original research, although
extended versions of conference papers may be acceptable if they contain
at least 50% new material. All manuscripts should be submitted online.
The IJHCS Guide for authors and online submission is available at
http://ees.elsevier.com/ijhcs. To submit to the special issue, please
select Article Type "SI: Multi-touch Systems" and clearly state in the
"Enter Comments" section that the paper is intended for the "Special
Issue on Development, Evaluation and Deployment of Multi-touch Systems".
If you are a first time user of the journal's online submission tool,
you will have to register yourself as an author on the system.
Timeline
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* Submissions due: 30th July 2011 (at http://ees.elsevier.com/ijhcs)
* Notification of 1st review: 15th October 2011
* Revised versions due: 30th November 2011
* Final notification: 15th January 2012
* Final revisions due: 1st March 2012
* Target publication date: late 2012
Guest editors
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Shamus P. Smith, Durham University, UK ([log in to unmask])
Elizabeth Burd, Durham University, UK ([log in to unmask])
Jochen Rick, Saarland University, Germany ([log in to unmask])
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School of Engineering and Computing Sciences
Durham University
Science Laboratories, South Road
Durham DH1 3LE, United Kingdom
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