Call: Call for Papers - IEEE HCI2007

Call for Papers - IEEE HCI2007 (due in 2 weeks)

4th IEEE Human Computer Interaction 2007
http://www.liacs.nl/~hci2007/

October 20th, 2007, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
(in conjunction with ICCV2007)

Send questions/requests by email to hci2007@liacs.nl

DEADLINES

July 9, 2007: Submission of full paper
August 6, 2007: Notification of acceptance
August 15, 2007: Camera-ready full paper
October 20, 2007: Workshop

GOALS

Human computer interaction (HCI) is one of the foremost
challenges of our society. New paradigms for interacting
with computers are being developed which will define the
21st century and enable the world to communicate and interact
effortlessly and intuitively.

In order for HCI systems to interact seamlessly with people,
they will need to understand their environment through vision
and auditory input. Moreover, HCI systems should learn how
to adaptively and intelligently respond depending on the context.

The goal of this workshop is to bring together researchers
whose work is related to human computer interaction.
We are soliciting original contributions which address
a wide range of theoretical and application issues in
human computer interaction including, but not limited to:

* New paradigms in HCI
* Affective detection and recognition
* Smart interfaces
* Human motion tracking
* Gesture recognition
* Multimedia data modeling and visualization
* Multimodal event detection and recognition
* Human motion and gesture recognition
* HCI issues in image/video retrieval
* Learning in HCI
* Input and interaction techniques
* Perceptual user interfaces
* Wearable and pervasive technologies in HCI
* Intelligent Virtual Environments

Authors should preferably use the paper submission web system to
submit full papers at

http://press.liacs.nl/hci2007/submit.html

(no longer than 10 pages in the Springer LNCS style in English).

All papers will be peer-reviewed. In the tradition of the
previous 3 meetings, these proceedings will also be
published in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS).

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Michael S. Lew (General Co-Chair), LIACS Media Lab, Leiden University
Nicu Sebe (General Co-Chair), ISIS Group, University of Amsterdam
Erwin Bakker (Program Chair), LIACS Media Lab, Leiden University
Thomas S. Huang (Executive Chair), Beckman Institute, Univ. of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Kiyo Aizawa, University of Tokyo, Japan
Erwin Bakker, Leiden University, The Netherlands
Margrit Betke, Boston University, USA
Alberto del Bimbo, University of Florence, Italy
Edward Chang, Google Research, China
Ira Cohen, HP Research Labs, USA
Jeffrey Cohn, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Daniel Gatica-Perez, IDIAP Research, Switzerland
Alan Hanjalic, TU Delft, The Netherlands
Thomas Huang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Alejandro Jaimes, IDIAP Research, Switzerland
Rana el Kaliouby, MIT, USA
Ashish Kapoor, Microsoft Research, USA
Stefan Kopp, Univ. Bielefeld, Germany
Michael S. Lew, Leiden University, The Netherlands
Qiong Liu, FXPAL, USA
Maja Pantic, Imperial College, UK
Ioannis Patras, Queen Mary University, UK
Nicu Sebe, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Peter Sun, Nanjing University, China
Qi Tian, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA
Mathew Turk, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Jordi Vitria, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain
Guangyou Xu, Tsinghua University, China
Ming-Hsuan Yang, Honda Research Labs, USA
Xiang (Sean) Zhou, Siemens Research, USA

SPONSORS

IEEE

Dutch National Science Foundation - NWO

Leiden University

University of Amsterdam

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Call: The Second IEEE International Workshop on Horizontal Interactive Human-Computer System (Tabletop2007) seeks papers

The Second IEEE International Workshop on Horizontal Interactive
Human-Computer System (Tabletop2007)

Newport, Rhode Island, USA, October 10-12, 2007.
Held in conjunction with ACM UIST 2007

http://www.ieeetabletop2007.org/

Supported by IEEE

The use of the tabletop as an input/output device is an exciting and
emerging research area. This cross-disciplinary domain brings together
experts in projector based display systems, augmented reality, user
interface technologies, multi-modal interaction, input and sensing
technologies, CSCW, and information visualization.

The purpose of the workshop is to bring together leading researchers in
the field so that they can present and exchange current results of
ongoing investigations.

We encourage researchers and developers to present in the following
areas as they relate to interactive tabletops:
* Applications
* Gesture-Based Interfaces
* Multi-Modal Interfaces
* Speech Interfaces
* Tangible Interfaces
* User Interface Technologies
* Computer Supported Collaboration Systems
* Middleware and Network Support
* Augmented Reality
* Social Protocols
* HapticRendering
* Information Visualization
* Horizontal Display Hardware
* Sensing and Input Technologies


Paper Submission:

We invite submissions of two kinds - regular research papers of up to 8
pages and short papers of up to 4 pages describing original research on
investigations into horizontal oriented user interface based (tabletop)
systems.

Each paper must be submitted as a single PDF file in IEEE Computer
Science Press format (described at
ftp://pubftp.computer.org/press/outgoing/proceedings/instruct.pdf).

Each paper will be peer reviewed by no less than three experts in the
field.
Accepted research papers will be included in the IEEE proceedings and
presented in the paper sessions.

Submission details will be available at:
http://www.ieeetabletop2007.org/


Important Dates:

June 8th, 2007: Paper titles and abstracts due
June 15th, 2007: Paper submissions due
July 12th, 2007: Notification of acceptance sent to
authors
October 10-12, 2007: Tabletop2007 workshop, Newport,
RI.


Chairs:

General Co-Chairs:
Andy Wilson (Microsoft Research) awilson [at] microsoft [dot] com
Clifton Forlines (Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs) forlines [at] merl
[dot] com

Program Chair:
Kathy Ryall (Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs) ryall [at] merl [dot]
com

Program Co-Chair:
Stacey Scott (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) sdscott [at] mit
[dot] edu

Callout: SaskInteractive Summit 2007 - "Way Beyond Websites"

SaskInteractive Summit 2007 - "Way Beyond Websites"

Location: Hilton Garden Inn, Saskatoon
Time: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday, March 8, 2007

Our second annual one-day SaskInteractive Summit will feature this year the
theme "Way Beyond Websites." Wide-ranging topics for this event will
include, among others:

* Everything you need to understand about Web 2.0
* The latest developments on mobile platforms
* An overview of computer gaming in the traditional sense, moving into
online games, serious games, games for health and the virtually unlimited
opportunity e-Gaming offers to education, industry, and to service providers
* Developments in eGaming and eLearning at the University of
Saskatchewan and University of Regina, as well as exciting research at
TRLabs
* Practical, real-world examples of applied simulation training in
industrial applications
* A presenter from one of the companies that creates immersive on-line
worlds, such as the enormously popular "Second Life"
* Marketing yourself online
* An overview of developments in England - a major player on the world
stage in the e-Gaming industry
* An update on Fortune Cat Game Studio - Manitoba's recently-launched
not-for-profit game development incubator to create a successful eGaming
industry in Manitoba
* An overview of developments across Canada, from the formation of the
national body (CIAIC), to NewMediaBC's World Centre, to the Banff New Media
Accelerator Program, to Manitoba's animation and game industry, to Quebec's
highly-developed industry, to PEI's bold move into e-Gaming.

More details will be posted as they become available.
Who Should Attend

This summit will be of interest to:

* Interactive digital media developers
* Progressive companies and organizations who provide training,
education, and customer support (i.e., human resource professionals,
universities, technical schools, school divisions, health regions, tribal
councils, government departments and agencies, manufacturers)
* Members of the government and business community interested in growth
opportunities for the province

Registration Fees
Members (Full session) $125
Non-members* (Full session) $175

Half day, A la carte and group pricing are also available; please visit our
registration page for details.

*Non-members who submit a membership application prior to March 1 qualify
for member pricing

Full session fees include:

* Wednesday evening reception (cash bar)
* Continental breakfast
* Lunch
* 2 nutrition breaks

Call For Papers: CCCT 2007

CCCT 2007 will be held in Orlando, Florida on July 12-15, 2007

March 8th, 2007 is the deadline for paper/abstract submissions and
invited session proposals. http://www.info-cyber.org/ccct2007
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The registration fee of effective invited session organizers will be
waived and they will receive at the registration desk, for free, a
package of 4 DVDs and one CD containing the 6-hour tutorial
"Fundamentals and History of Cybernetics: Development of the Theory of
Complex Adaptive Systems". The market price of this package is US $
295. Twelve more benefits for invited session organizers are listed at
CCCT 2007 web page.

The best 10%-20% of the papers will be published in Volume 6 of JSCI
Journal (http://www.iiisci.org/Journal/SCI). 24 issues (volumes 1, 2, 3
and 4) of the Journal have been sent to approximately 200 universities
and research libraries, Promotional, free subscriptions, for 2 years,
are being provided to the organizations of the Journal's authors.

Submitted papers will go through three reviewing processes:
double-blind, non-blind (open) and participative reviewing. All
submissions will be sent to at least three reviewers, selected by the
Organizing Committee, for their respective double-blinded review.
Submitted papers or extended abstracts will also be sent to 1-3
reviewers suggested by the author(s) for their open, non-blind, review.
All papers will be included in a participative reviewing where other
authors, who also made submissions to the same area can access the
papers submitted to this area, in order to read them and provide
constructive feedback.

The three kinds of reviewing will support the acceptance process for
the selection of the papers to be presented at the conference, as well
as the selection of the best 10%-20% of the papers that will be
included in the JSCI journal. All papers accepted for presentation in
the conference will also be included in the conference proceedings.

The papers selected, after their presentation, as the best ones of
their regular or invited session, will also be considered for their
inclusion in the Journal. The authors of the best 30%-40% of these
papers will be invited to modify or extend their papers for its
respective publication in the Journal.

For those who are interested in organizing an invited session, please,
fill the respective form provided in the conference web page, and we
will send you a password (if it is pre-approved) so you can include and
modify papers in your invited session.

Invited session organizers with the best performance will be co-editors
of the proceedings volume where their sessions' papers were included,
and of the CD electronic proceedings. They will also be candidates for
invited editors, or co-editors, of a possible JSCI Journal issue
related to their invited session papers. Information on the suggested
steps to organize an invited session has been included in the
conference web site.

Submissions from both academia and industry are encouraged. Research
papers, case studies, lessons learned, status reports, and discussions
of practical problems faced by industry and user domains are all
welcomed submissions.

If you need a detailed Call for Papers and Participation, don't
hesitate in asking us for it. You can also get it from the conference's
web site.

If the deadlines are tight and you need more time, let us know about a
suitable time for you and we will inform you if it is feasible for us.


Dr. C.Dale Zinn
CCCT 2007 Program Chair

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