HCI International NEWS

A Bimonthly Newsletter about Human - Computer Interaction

August 2007, No 24, Beijing P.R. China

HCII 2007 Conference Edition

Special points of interest:
Changes to Program
Press Conference
Visit Exhibitors
Exhibitors
Publication
HCII 2009
AE International

In this issue:

Welcome	1
Publisher	1
HCII 2009	2
AEI 2008	2
Exhibitors	3
Exhibit Hours	4
Change to Program	4
Withdrawals	4
HCII 2009

HCI International News
Editor: Abbas Moallem, Abbas.Moallem@SJSU.edu

Welcome to HCII 2007 by the General Chair

We welcome you to HCI International 2007, the 12th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, held in Beijing, P.R. China, 22-27 July 2007, in co-operation with the Symposium on Human Interface (Japan) 2007, the 7th International Conference on Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics, the 4th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction, the 2nd International Conference on Virtual Reality, the 2nd International Conference on Usability and Internationalization, the 2nd International Conference on Online Communities and Social Computing, the 3rd International Conference on Augmented Cognition, and the 1st International Conference on Digital Human Modeling.
This year, HCI International and the affiliated Conferences explore a wide variety of new hot topics which reflect and contribute to a paradigm shift towards ubiquitous interaction, intelligent environments and interactive technologies supporting virtually any aspect of human life and activities in a global and social perspective. The 17-volume Conference Proceedings are published by Springer in the LNCS and LNAI series, and are available on-line through the LNCS Digital Library (http://www.springer.com/lncs), readily accessible by all subscribing libraries around the world. The Proceedings are also published by Springer in DVD, which is provided in the registration bag of the participants. This DVD also includes, in addition to the papers, the extended abstracts of the posters that will be presented during the conference.
Constantine Stephanidis
An unprecedented number of over 2300 individuals from 76 countries have registered for this truly international in scope event, where the work of the world’s foremost leaders in the field is presented. Professor Takeo Kanade is the keynote speaker at the opening plenary session.
considered a consistent source of information. Your clients and prospects will look forward to its arrival.

Books & Publication at HCII 07 Exposition

We are pleased to announce that four major publishing companies in the field of HCI, usability and User Interface design are exhibiting at the HCI International 2007 Exposition with their newest books and publications. Please visit exposition area to examine publications from:
ELSEVIER
Oxford University Press
Springer
Taylor & Francis Group
.

Change to the Program

Paper: Guidelines for the Development and Improvement of Universal Access Systems for Blind Students. David Arnim, Benito Piuzzi, Chang Nam, University of Arkansas, USA, Donghun Chung, Kwangwoon University, Korea.
Moved from:
Parallel session: "Non Visual Interaction and Brain Interfaces"
Session Chair: Constantine Stephanidis, Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH), Greece
Thematic area: UAHCI
Thursday, 26 July 2007 / 16:00 – 18:00 / Exhibition Hall 2-A
To:
Parallel session: "Intelligent Interfaces in e-Learning: a Myth or Pragma"
Session Chair: Andrina Granić, University of Split, Croatia.
Thematic area: UAHCI
Wednesday, 25 July 2007 / 13:30 – 15:30 / Room: 305-C Conference Room

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Press

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HCI International 2009

The 13th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2009, will be held jointly with the affiliated Conferences in the Town and Country Resort & Convention Canter, in San Diego, California, USA, 19-24 July 2009.
It will cover a broad spectrum of themes related to Human Computer Interaction, including theoretical issues, methods, tools, processes and case studies in HCI design, as well as novel interaction techniques, interfaces and applications.
The programme will feature, among others:
pre-conference half-day and full-day tutorials
parallel sessions
poster presentations
an opening session with a keynote address
an exhibition including demonstrations by industrial companies
The Proceedings will be published by Springer.
For more information, please visit the Conference website: http://www.hcii2009.org
General Chair:
Constantine Stephanidis
University of Crete and ICS-FORTH, Greece
Email: cs@ics.forth.gr

AE International 2008 and Affiliated Conferences
14-17 July 2008, Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, USA

You are cordially invited to participate in AE International 2008 and the affiliated HAAMAHA conference which are jointly held under one management and one registration (http://www.aei2008.org/).
The conference objective is to provide an international forum for the dissemination and exchange of scientific information on theoretical, generic, and applied areas of ergonomics, including , physical ergonomics, cognitive ergonomics, social and organizational ergonomics, ergonomics modeling and usability evaluation, healthcare and special populations, safety and ergonomics in manufacturing. This will be accomplished through the following six modes of communication: keynote presentation, parallel sessions, demonstration and poster sessions, tutorials, exhibitions and meetings of special interest groups.
The four-day conference will start with tutorials. The tutorials will be held on July 14, 2008. Tutorials will be offered (both half-day and full-day) at introductory, intermediate, and advanced levels covering the entire spectrum of the conference. All submitted abstracts will be peer-reviewed by three independent referees from the international program boards. It is anticipated that a broad range of research and applied topics will be covered during the conference. Papers in the theoretical category should deal with models, concepts, and structures; papers in the generic category should present research results of broad applicability; and in the applied category should show how the demands of particular application areas shape the way generic research is translated into practical innovation.

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Change from Paper Presentation to Poster

Exhibition Timetable

Wednesday, 25 July 2007
09:00 – 18:00
Thursday, 26 July 2007
09:00 – 18:00
Friday, 27 July 2007
09:00 – 18:00

HCII 2007 Exhibitors

ASPHI
eye square GmbH
ICS-FORTH
g-tec - Guger Technologies
HCI International 2009
ISAR - user interface design
tobil
seeingmachines
SIEMENS
SIRVALUSE
SMI
Springer
Taylor & Francis Group
TechSmith
User Centric Inc.
PITOTECH LTD
SAP
Tsinghua University
ELSEVIER
Google
Oxford University Press
Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories
Noldus-Upwards

Thursday, 26 July 2007, 10:30 - 12:30
Paper: Force Field Based Expression for 3D Shape Retrieval, Xi Geng, Wenyu Liu, Hairong Liu, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China.
Parallel session: “Pattern Recognition Technologies for Interactive Interface (II)”
Session Chair: Keechul Jung, Soongsil University, Korea.
Thematic area: HCI
Room: 308 Conference Room
The authors will present their work as a poster (poster board No. 371)
The authors will present their work as a poster (poster board No. 371

Change in Time of Parallel Session

Thursday, 26 July 2007, 16:00 - 18:00
Parallel session: "European Localization Research and Activities with Focus on the Asian Market"
Session Chair: Kerstin Röse, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
Thematic area: UI
Moved from:
Date / time / room: Friday, 27 July 2007 / 13:30 – 15:30 / 201-B Conference Room
To:
Date / time / room: Thursday, 26 July 2007 / 16:00-18:00 / Exhibition Hall 2-F

Papers Withdrawal

Thursday, 26 July 2007, 10:30 - 12:30
Paper: Support Zooming Tools for Mobile Devices. Kwang Lee, SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd, Korea.
Parallel session: “Mobile Devices (I)” Session Chair: Luis Carrico, University of Lisbon, Portugal. Thematic area: HCI -- Room: Exhibition hall 2-C
Thursday, 26 July 2007, 16:00 - 18:00
Paper: Investigating the Differences in Web Browsing Behaviour of Chinese and European Users Using Mouse Tracking. Lee Griffiths, Zhongming Chen, University of Salford, UK.
Parallel session: “Usability and Culture (I)” Session Chair: Emilie Gould, Acadia University, Canada. Thematic area: UI -- Room: 308 Conference Room Paper: Minimal Parsing Key Concept Based Question Answering System. Sunil Kumar Kopparapu, Akhlesh Srivastava, Tata Consultancy Services, Ltd, India; P. V. S. Rao, Tata Teleservices (Maharastra) Ltd, India.
Parallel session: “Language Processing in HCI” Session Chair: Hans Uszkoreit, DFKI GmbH, Germany. Thematic area: HCI -- Room: 311-A Conference Room

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Additional Copy of HCII 2007 Proceedings

Every Conference Participant may purchase printed copies of any HCI International 2007 LNCS/LNAI proceedings volume directly from Springer (Exhibition Booth: 102) with a discount of 33.3% on the list price. In addition, the complete set containing the 17 books of the Conference is offered at a special set price, on which again a 33.3% discount shall be applied.

Room Change

25-27 July 2007
All sessions that were scheduled to take place in 309 Conference Room will take place in 310 Conference room

Papers and Poster Withdrawal

Friday, 27 July 2007, 10:30 - 12:30
Paper: The Karst Collaborative Workspace for Analyzing and Annotating Scientific Datasets. Linn Collins, Diana Northup, Mark Martinez, Johannes Van Reenen, M. Alex Baker, Christy Crowley, James Powell, Brian Freels-Stendel, Susan Heckethorn, Jong Chun Park.
Parallel session: “Knowledge Sharing and Collaboration”, Chair: Alvaro Taveira. Thematic area: HIMI -- Room: 305-C Conference Room
Friday, 27 July 2007, 10:30 - 12:30
Paper: Towards a Closed-Loop Training System: Using a Physiological-Based Diagnosis of the Trainee's State to Drive Feedback Delivery Choices. Amy Bolton, Gwendolyn Campbell, Dylan Schmorrow.
Parallel session: “AugCog-Enabled Simulation and Training”, Chair: Cali Fidopiastis, Diglio Simoni, Ray Adams. Thematic area: AC -- Room: 303 Conference Room
Friday, 27 July 2007, 13:30 - 15:30
Paper: Integration of Virtual Acoustics in Augmented Reality Systems. Stefan Reifinger, Stefan Kerber, Florian Völk, Hugo Fastl, Gerhard Rigoll.
Parallel session: “Designing and Developing Virtual Environments”, Chair: Doug Bowman. Thematic area: VR -- 305-A Conference Room
Paper: General Interaction Expertise: An Approach for Sampling in Usability Testing of Consumer Products. Ali Berkman.
Parallel session: “Evaluation: Methods and Tools (II)”, Chair: Pieter Blignaut. Thematic area: HCI -- 311-A Conference Room
Friday, 27 July 2007, 16:00 - 18:00
Paper: Research on Modeling of Complicate Traffic Simulation System. Jiankun Wu, Linpeng Huang, Jian Cao, Minglu Li, Dejun Wang, Mingwen Wang.
Parallel session: “Modeling, Animation and Simulation”, Chair: Shaun Lawson, UK.
Thematic area: DHM -- 311-C Conference Room
Paper and Poster withdrawal
Poster 266 - Multi-Person Videoconferencing in Collaborative Augmented Reality Stefan Reifinger, Gerhard Rigoll, Technische Universität München, Germany.
Paper: Creation of an ergonomic guideline for supervisory control interface design. Pere Ponsa, Marta Diaz, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain.
Parallel session: “Cognitive issues in user interface design (I)” Session Chair: Karl Sandberg, Mid Sweden University, Sweden. Thematic area: EPCE -- Room: Exhibition Hall 2G