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HRI 2008 (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

The 3rd ACM/IEEE International conference on Human-Robot Interaction, HRI 2008, is a single track, highly selective annual conference that seeks to showcase the very best in human-robot interaction.

Researchers in robotics, human-factors, ergonomics, and human-computer interaction are invited to attend. Because human-robot interaction is inherently inter-disciplinary, the conference is seeking papers from several disciplines. A primary goal of the conference is to create a common venue for a broad set of researchers.

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IUI 2008 (Canary Islands, Spain)

IUI 2008 is the annual meeting of the intelligent interfaces community and serves as the principal international forum for reporting outstanding research and development on intelligent user interfaces. IUI 2008 will focus on interface innovation.

It’s time for the next generation of user interfaces. People want to do increasingly interesting and complex things with information technologies, but our interfaces need new ways of interacting with people. We can’t get to the next generation of user interfaces simply by adding more menus and icons to our already overcrowded screens. Sooner or later, our interfaces need to understand more about what people are doing with them, become self-reflective, and communicate using natural modalities such as speech and gesture.

IUI is where the community of people interested in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) meets the Artificial Intelligence (AI) community. Contributions from related fields, such as psychology, cognitive science, computer graphics, the arts, etc., are also welcome. Unlike traditional AI, the focus is not so much to make the computer smart all by itself, but to make the interaction between computers and people smarter. Unlike traditional HCI, solutions can involve large amounts of knowledge, heuristics, and emerging technologies such as natural language understanding or gesture recognition.

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Ambi-sys 2008 (Quebec City, Canada)

The First International Conference on Ambient Media and Systems, Ambi-sys 2008, will consist of the following major areas or tracks:

• Media and Content Provision
• Communications and Networking
• Human Interface and Interaction
• Intelligence and Automation

Ambient media and systems culminate from the emergence of mobile communication, sensor-actuator technology, virtual environments, and interactive computing. They represent the vision of an all-encompassing multimedia networking environment with human interaction at its core. Advances in computer and communication technologies have the potential to offer people an unprecedented level of convenience and flexibility for living and working. Such technologies need to be closely integrated with human interactions and activity, allowing greater support for smart solutions that improve quality of life, productivity, understanding and intelligence within their situated environment. Ambi-sys focuses on emerging technologies, services and solutions for new, human-centric intelligent ambient environments.

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Bob Jacobson sees DUX 2007 conference as fundamentally off the mark

Bob Jacobson, design consultant and editor of the anthology Information Design (MIT Press, 1999), is on a roll these days. Today the focus of his provocative commentary is the DUX 2007 conference, which he thinks is “ideologically discomforting” and “fundamentally off the mark”. “The DUX 2007 conference begins today in Chicago. Thematically, content-wise, and in terms of approach, this is the consummate conference on cutting-edge design. The speakers are top-notch, too. But ideologically, DUX is discomforting. For all its virtues, DUX embodies a set of values that, while commendable, are incomplete and off-kilter. It’s user-centric, not human-centric. And experience, if it is anything, is human.” Go Bob, I think you are absolutely right. Read full story

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ETRA 08 (Savannah, GA, USA)

The Eye Tracking Research & Applications Symposium is sponsored by ACM SIGGRAPH and SIGCHI and is held every 2 years. ETRA 08 will be March 26-28, 2008 in Savannah, GA.

The symposium is focused on all aspects of eye movement research across a wide range of disciplines. The goal of ETRA is to bring together computer scientists, engineers and behavioral scientists in support of a common vision of enhancing eye tracking research and applications. Themes of this symposium:

• Advances in Eye-Tracking Technology
• Visual Attention and Eye Movement Control
• Eye Tracking Applications
• Special Theme: Usability and Ubiquity

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CHI 2008 (Florence, Italy)

CHI 2008 focuses on the balance between art and science, design and research, practical motivation and the process that leads the way to innovative excellence. It is about balance in our rapidly evolving field, the balance between individuals and groups, collocated and remote, stationary and mobile, in both our local and global communities.

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CSCW 08 (San Diego, CA, USA)

The 2008 ACM conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW 2008) is the premier venue for technologies and research related to the role of coordination and communication technologies in our lives.

The conference brings together top researchers and practitioners who are interested in both the technical and social aspects of collaboration.

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DIS2008 (Cape Town, South Africa)

DIS 2008 will be hosted in Cape Town, South Africa from 25 February - 27 February 2008.

Previous DIS conferences have been concerned with bringing together people from different disciplines: e.g. Computer Science, Design, Human-Computer Engineering, Psychology, Interaction Design etc. At DIS 2008 we want to bring together people from different cultures and understand how designs and techniques employed in affluent high-technology environments can be translated to relatively poor environments to be used by people with relatively low literacy levels. Due to the prevalence of cellular handsets throughout the continent, many Africans are now having their first experience of interactive technology. We believe that DIS 2008 will be an important step in understanding how to design interactive systems for these new users.

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CHI 2008 in Florence, Italy

CHI 2008 will take place 5 April 2008 through 10 April 2008 in Florence, Italy. CHI 2008 focuses on the balance between art and science, design and research, practical motivation and the process that leads the way to innovative excellence. It is about balance in our rapidly evolving field, the balance between individuals and groups, collocated and remote, stationary and mobile, in both our local and global communities. CHI 2008 will be held in Florence, Italy, birthplace of the Renaissance, and home to great artists and scientists. This is the city of Leonardo Da Vinci, who spoke of balance in saying “where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art.” They will jump start the conference with two days of workshops, the doctoral consortium, and a small subset of courses. Within these CHI venues, attendees will interact with friends and colleagues in an intimate academic setting. The main technical program begins on Monday and will run for four days again this year. Within this program, attendees can look forward to a myriad of presentations designed to convey new findings and methodologies, elicit interaction, and stir your creative juices. Numerous breaks and social activities are also planned in order to further promote the exchange of information and ideas within the CHI community. The submission deadline for papers is 19 September 2007. (via Designophony)

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Save the date for DUX: November 5-7

The date and location for DUX 2007 were just made public: November 5-7, Chicago, Illinois, USA. This is the 3rd Conference on designing for user experience. I missed the first DUX in 2003, attended the second in 2005.

We are planning some UXnet meetings in conjunction with the conference - so I am definitely going. The challenge will be to get back home for World Usability Day on November 8th. Being in Chicago will help.

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