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~~~~~~~ BRITISH HCI GROUP NEWS SERVICE ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ http://www.bcs.org.uk/hci/ ~~ ~~ All news to: [log in to unmask] ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ NOTE: Please reply to article's originator, ~~ ~~ not the News Service ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Impact of Technology on users: breaking or creating boundaries? 4th Human Centred Technology Postgraduate Workshop University of Sussex, School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences 3/4 October 2000 Call for participation Are you a postgraduate research student? If so, then read on, the Human Centred Technology group will be hosting its popular annual postgraduate workshop at The Quality Hotel, Brighton on 3/4 October 2000. This event is international and is open to all postgraduate researchers. It offers an opportunity to focus fresh ideas and a forum for the exchange of expertise, the confirmation of existing collaborative relationships and the establishment of new collaborative communities. The heading of HCT covers a wide range of interests within which common research questions are considered from differing perspectives. 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 work and also hear presentations from leading academics at the forefront of Human Centred Technology Research. The theme for this yearΉs workshop will expand upon the theme of the 1999 workshop, see http://www.cogs.susx.ac.uk/lab/hct/hctw99/index.html. In 2000 the focus will be upon: 1) The impact of innovative technologies on both new and accustomed users and 2) The impact of tried and tested technologies on new user groups. If you are a postgraduate student researching humans and technology then we want to know how what you are doing fits into this theme. You may, for example, be interested in how humans interact with technology in different contexts such as education or the workplace . Alternatively, you may be exploring the communication that occurs between humans as they interact through technology at home or at work. The nature of your research might involve building systems, designing interfaces, analysing or modelling human activity; the possibilities are wide ranging. The workshop will consist of 4 sessions all of which take a different perspective on the workshop theme. This theme is defined broadly and is intended to provide a common thread within presentations and a focus for discussion. In each of the four sessions there will be a series of short presentations from students and a panel led group discussion of the ideas presented. In order to increase the opportunity for every participant to receive appropriate feedback and discussion of their work all participants will have, in addition to presenting their own project, the role of reviewing someone else's work and motivating the discussion of this particular presentation. Local Organising Committee Ben du Boulay Claudia Gamma Miguel Garcia Ann Light Anna Lloyd Rose Luckin Pablo Romero Sam Simpson Benjamin ZayaS Sessions Tuesday 3 October 2000 1) New Technology - What is the impact of innovative technologies on both new and accustomed users? Session 1 - How can/does innovative technology interact with the user? Session 2 - How can/does innovative technology motivate and support interaction between its human users. Wednesday 4 October 2000 2) New Users - What is the impact of technology on novice users or new user groups? Session 3 - How can technology help novice users become expert? Session 4 - Do new users behave in the same way Cost For participants who present a paper there is NO REGISTRATION FEE. For other participants the cost of attendance is 65 pounds for two days, or 35 pounds for one day. Attendance Please note that attendance at this workshop has been high in previous years and numbers of participants are restricted so speedy acknowledgement of interest is desirable. If you would like to be involved in this workshop you need to do 2 things: 1 - send us your name and email address indicating that you are planning to attend so that we can add you to the email list and ensure that you receive further details. If you are unsure if your area of work fits in with the conference then please email us telling us something about what you are doing and we will advise you. Email [log in to unmask] 2 - send us a twelve hundred word summary about your research highlighting the way what you are doing addresses the workshop theme AND in particular how you address the target question for one of the four sessions. We will need to have this by 30 June 2000. Email it in pdf or html format to [log in to unmask] AND send hard copy to: Anna Lloyd School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences University of Sussex Falmer Brighton BN1 9QH About the HCT Group at Sussex The Human-Centred Technology (HCT) group within the school of cognitive and computing sciences conducts cutting edge research into the design of human centred systems for communication and learning. Its main objectives are: 1. to develop frameworks for understanding how people interact with and communicate through technology, and 2. to apply this understanding to develop and support innovation. The group carries out research in a number of areas including: collaborative and networked technologies intelligent agents visualisation and medical information systems Interactivity, external representations, multimedia and virtual reality telematics and virtual collaborative environments software design and reuse interactive learning environments and educational software intelligent tutoring systems About previous Workshops For the past three years the HCT group has hosted three extremely successful workshops which have brought together both established experts from academia and industry and new talent from within the European community. The workshops have provided a forum both for the presentation and for the discussion of new innovative ideas amongst those working within the area of Human Centred Technology. Thus fostering interaction between interdisciplinary research areas and collaboration within Europe. 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