[Sigia-l] 2nd CfP: USAB 2010 6th Usability Symposium of the Austrian Computer Society (OCG), Klagenfurt, SEP 16-17, 2010

[Christian Kruschitz]

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***Call for Papers, Workshops and Tutorials***

 

USAB 2010: HCI IN WORK & LEARNING, LIFE & LEISURE (ALL aspects of
Human-Computer Interaction and Usability)

 

Co-located with the Alps Adria Psychology Conference 2010

 

Klagenfurt University, 16.-17. September 2010

Venue: Hotel Lindner Seepark Hotel Congress & Spa directly at the beautiful
beach of Lake Wörth

 

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 <mailto:contact at usab2010.uni-klu.ac.at> contact at usab2010.uni-klu.ac.at

 

***HIGHLIGHTS***

 

Keynote: Patrick Baudisch (Hasso Plattner Institute, HPI):

Mobile Phones - on their way to becoming the computational platform of the
world

 

Welcome Address: Silvia Zimmermann, President of Usability Professionals
Association (UPA): The Future of Mobile Experiences

 

Industrial Track: Putting HCI into Best Practice

 

The Industrial Track is designed as a means to bring together practitioners
of different industrial areas as well as practitioners with scientists
(Details below).

 

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The 6th Symposium of the Workgroup HCI&UE of the Austrian Computer Society
will take place in Carinthia (Southern Austria) this year from Sept. 16th to
Sept. 17th.

 

The topics are structured alongside (but not limited to) the following three
dimensions:

 

1) Special user groups (children, elderly, healthcare professionals,
tourists, students, teachers, ...)

 

2) Issues on practical application of HCI in the work place (process
aspects, HCI patterns, cost/benefit analyses, ...)

 

3)Future trends in HCI, ...

 

We encourage and cordially invite authors to submit their original work
related to all topics of HCI and Usability enumerated as

 

a) long papers (>=14 pages),

 

b) short papers (between 8 and 14 pages),

 

c) posters (2 pages).

 

Proposals for workshops or special tracks are welcome, too. Accepted
conference papers will be published in Springer Lecture Notes in Computer
Science (LNCS).

 

Templates are provided on the symposium website. The submission will be open
by April 1st on Easychair

 

 <https://www.easychair.org/login.cgi?conf=usab2010>
https://www.easychair.org/login.cgi?conf=usab2010

 

IMPORTANT DATES

 

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April 25th        Deadline for submissions in all categories (strict)

 

May 16th          Author notification

 

June 6th          Deadline for revised papers

 

June 20th         Final decisions and notifications

 

July 4th          ABSOLUTE DEADLINE for camera-ready papers (strict)

 

Sep. 16th-17th    Symposium

 

SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS

 

***Industrial Track: Putting HCI into Best Practice***

 

The Industrial Track is designed as a means to bring together practitioners
of different industrial areas as well as practitioners with scientists.

 

Thus, the conference strongly encourages submission of industry-focused
contributions, showcases and use case studies. Submissions on a variety of
topics are sought – particularly those that identify new directions in the
practical implementation and use of Human Computer Interaction methodologies
and tools. We welcome experience reports, war stories (success and failure)
and lessons learned.

 

Submissions should meet the following conditions:

 

At least one author of each Industrial Track submission should be from a
company (rather than from a university).

 

The paper should report about industrial or other real-world experiences,
projects etc.

 

Presentations may include a short demo of the solution, methodology, or
system.

 

Contributions should concentrate on the HCI aspects behind the products
rather than being pure marketing presentations.

 

Presentations should raise awareness in the research community of the
problems of practical applications.

 

Topics include the following aspects:

 

– Multi-platform delivery / device independence – Rich internet applications

- E-learning systems and content

- Simulations

- Serious games

- Mobile applications

- e-commerce applications and HCI issues

- Web 2.0 and e-learning 2.0

- Tool & Methodology Choices, Tradeoffs, Decisions

- Business Cases on HCI (financial issues, financing issues, ROI etc.) –
Usability issues (how to do it right)

- Remote usability evaluation – Automated usability assessment (experiences
/ limitations) – Usability in production environments – Clean Room
conditions – Human-Robot interaction

 

Suggestions for further topics are welcome! Organize your own workshop!

 

Special Issue of JITT

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Authors of high rated papers on e-tourism or related areas will also be
invited to submit an extended version of their work for a special issue of
the Journal of Information Technology and Tourism (JITT,

 

< <http://ojs.modul.ac.at/index.php/jitt>
http://ojs.modul.ac.at/index.php/jitt>

 

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http://ojs.modul.ac.at/index.php/jitt).

 

Free admittance to AAPC 2010

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Attendees of USAB 2010 are entitled to visit the co-located „Alps Adria

 

Psychology Conference“  ( < <http://aapc2010.uni-klu.ac.at>
http://aapc2010.uni-klu.ac.at>

 

 <http://aapc2010.uni-klu.ac.at> http://aapc2010.uni-klu.ac.at) for free –
and vice versa.

 

Looking forward to seeing you in beautiful Carinthia,

 

Gerhard Leitner

Martin Hitz

Andreas Holzinger

 

http://usab2010.uni-klu.ac.at

 

contact at usab2010.uni-klu.ac.at

 

Keywords: Human-Computer Interaction, Information Interfaces, Usability
Engineering

 

Category: Informatik