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~~~~~~~ BRITISH HCI GROUP NEWS SERVICE ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ http://www.bcs-hci.org.uk/ ~~ ~~ All news to: [log in to unmask] ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ NOTE: Please reply to article's originator, ~~ ~~ not the News Service ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CFP: CHI 2010 Workshop on Researcher-Practitioner Interaction Workshop Overview This workshop will bring together researchers and practitioners of human-computer interaction to explore whether and to what extent difficulties exist between them - and, if so, will endeavor to identify the dimensions of the problems and propose possible solutions. On the one hand, we will work to articulate factors that may render the research literature inaccessible or irrelevant to practitioners and to suggest potential improvements and approaches. On the other hand, we will also strive to learn from researchers how their research could benefit from practitioner input. We invite practitioners and researchers to submit a position statement of up to four pages (in CHI Extended Abstracts format), plus a short bio, by email to [log in to unmask] by 5pm EDT on 30 October 2009, to participate in this one-day workshop. Your position paper should attempt to answer one or more of the following (or related) questions: * How can the usefulness of research papers be improved to suit varied audiences? * How should research be disseminated to different audiences, including practitioners? * What are the barriers that discourage practitioners from adopting research findings? * How can research papers be made more accessible to practitioners? * How can collaboration between the two subcommunities be enhanced, for future CHI conferences? * What should students of HCI and interaction design be taught about research, to prepare them for the practitioner world? We will select a variety of viewpoints from participants with diverse experience. Participants will have access to all of the accepted position statements in advance, to facilitate pre-conference discussion and to support the formulation of discussion questions. The organizers will also publish a draft agenda to prepare for the in-depth discussions during the workshop. Up-to-date information on the workshop will be available at: http://research-practice-interaction.wikispaces.com/ Please note that participants must register for the workshop and for at least one day of the CHI 2010 conference. Fees for a one-day workshop at CHI 2010 are estimated to be $175. Important dates * Submission deadline - 30 October 2009 * Notification - 30 November 2009 * Workshop - 10 or 11 April 2010 (We're aiming for the 11th so it will be contiguous with the main conference) Organizers * Elizabeth Buie (Luminanze Consulting, LLC) [log in to unmask] * Susan Dray (Dray & Associates, Inc.), [log in to unmask] * Keith Instone (IBM), [log in to unmask] * Jhilmil Jain (HP Labs), [log in to unmask] * Gitte Lindgaard (Carleton University), [log in to unmask] * Arnie Lund (Microsoft), [log in to unmask] Please feel free to contact any of the organizers with questions. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ To receive HCI news, send the message: ~~ ~~ "JOIN BCS-HCI your_firstname your_lastname" ~~ ~~ to [log in to unmask] ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ Newsarchives: ~~ ~~ http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/bcs-hci.html ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ To join the British HCI Group, contact ~~ ~~ [log in to unmask] ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On 25 February 2009, the University launched its new name, Edinburgh Napier University. For more information please visit our website. Edinburgh Napier University is one of the top 10 universities in the UK for graduate employability (HESA 2009) This message is intended for the addressee(s) only and should not be read, copied or disclosed to anyone else out-with the University without the permission of the sender. It is your responsibility to ensure that this message and any attachments are scanned for viruses or other defects. Edinburgh Napier University does not accept liability for any loss or damage which may result from this email or any attachment, or for errors or omissions arising after it was sent. Email is not a secure medium. Email entering the University's system is subject to routine monitoring and filtering by the University. Edinburgh Napier University is a registered Scottish charity. Registration number SC018373