JMEADS%BNR.CA@MITVMA.MIT.EDU (Jon Meads, J.A.) (08/28/90)
CHI'91
REACHING THROUGH TECHNOLOGY
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
The annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing
Systems is the leading forum for bringing together the wide
variety of people concerned with the different aspects of
human interactions with computing systems:
analysts, engineers, applied researchers, basic
researchers, mangers, teachers, and students.
And, the CHI community expresses interest in all phases of
technology development and use:
research, requirements analysis, innovation,
exploratory development, design, prototyping full-
scale development, deployment, usage, and social
impact.
The CHI conference activities and the publications that come
from it provide a number of vehicles for communicating the
latest thinking on these issues.
We invite you to participate in both presenting information
at CHI and participating actively at the conference.
Following are description of the ways in which you may
participate with details of how to submit your materials. We
seek your help in suggesting ways to link together related
work across the various presentation formats. For example,
we might link a paper on video on the same or related
systems, or a panel or lab overview with accompanying papers,
videos and demos. Some sessions may be preceded by general
tutorial reviewing the core issues. We also solicit
innovative ides that best convey to the whole community of
researchers and practitioners the exciting things happening
in our field
TOPICS
The Topics typically addressed at CHI include:
* User-interface design issues
Intelligent interfaces; adaptive systems; natural language
interfaces; auditory, visual and motor input/output devices
and strategies; interface metaphors; graphic presentations,
screen layout; ergonomic design of technology in workplaces;
standards
* System designing, implementation, and use
Systems solutions to human factors requirements; the
design process; involving users in design; implementation
methods; documentation; impact on worklife and organizations.
* Development tools and methods
User interface toolkits; UIMS (User-Interface Management
Systems); rapid prototying; programmer assistants; design
notations; design methods
* Analysis methods
Task Analysis; function analysis; interaction analysis;
discourse and other linguistic analyses; analysis of contents
of particular domains, usability testing
* Models of the user
Models of the user learning; models of user performance;
mental models (models the user has about how the system
works; the change in user knowledge with experience;
individual differences
* Domain specific designs
Intelligent tutoring systems; CAD/CAM; programming,
software psychology; expert systems; information retrieval;
decision aids; creative arts; aids for the impaired;
hypertext
* Group work (CSCW)
Observational studies; domain specific designs; user-
interface design issues; development issues; impact studies
of the use of groupware
* Managing human factors in system development
Where human factors fits in various stages of the
product development life-cycle; costs/benefit analysis;
staffing for human factors; centralized/decentralized
placement of human factors in an organization
* Other
Do you have a topic that doesn't fit above? If so
please contact a technical program chair listed below.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE - GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMISSIONS
All submissions must have six copies of a packet that
includes a cover sheet plus whatever else is required for
that category, as listed in the table below. The cover sheet
should have the following items on it:
The title of the submission.
The kind of activity it is submitted to (e.g. Demonstration,
Video, Paper)
The names and affiliations of all the authors, instructors,
or presenters, including address, telephone, and
electronic mail. Indicate the person to whom
correspondence should be addressed.
The topic area(s) from the list of topics (above). If it is
"other," explain. This helps us designate an appropriate
reviewer and link accepted material across presentation
formats.
A 100 Word abstract of the content.
A list of the other activities this submission is related to,
if is is part of a coordinated set.
No late submissions will be reviewed (SIGs are the only
exception). NO FACSIMILE SUBMISSIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED.
The list of activities below indicates what each presentation
format is best suited to, details of additional submission
requirements for each format, and the address to which the
packets of material should be sent. Please converse with the
chair of the individual activity for information pertaining
to that activity, or with the Technical Program Co-chairs,
Gary and Judy Olson, about new ideas, questions about how to
integrate submission, or other general matters pertaining to
the technical program.
ACTIVITIES
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS (SIGs)
SIGs provide an opportunity for groups who share a
technical interest to meet informally for an hour or two and
discuss areas of common concern. We can provide meeting
facilities, and will advertise them to the rest of the
conference. We encourage SIG organizers to submit their
proposal to the SIG chair by the January deadline, so that
the announcement can appear in the final conference program.
But SIGUs can be formed as late as the conference itself.
Those SIGs organized too late to appear in the program will
be advertised through a SIG announcement poster. We will
attempt to meet all requests, limited only by the available
meeting facilities.
The cover sheet should include a 100 word abstract to
outline the goals of the SIG and its relevance to the field.
Deadline: January 15, 1991 through the conference itself.
Contact: Wayne Gray
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
NYNEX
600 Westchester Avenue
White Plains, NY 10604
(914) 683-2097
email: gray@nynexst.com
WORKSHOPS
Workshops offer an opportunity for small groups who share
a technical interest to meet for intense discussion on their
areas of of common concern. This forum works well for
addressing issues in either research or applied areas, and
can take a wide variety of forms. Formats can include, for
example, discussions, hands-on access to systems (where
practical), learning by doing, or competitive argumentation.
Workshops usually meet for 1-2 days prior to the formal
conference. Prospective participants normally are invited to
submit an application. Often advance preparation is
expected. A report of the workshopUs activities is later
published in the SIGCHI Bulletin.
The submittal packet consists of the cover sheet plus a
one to two page proposal outlining the goals, the relevance
to the field in general the target number of participants,
and the duration of the workshop.
Deadline: Earlier submissions strongly encouraged -- January 15, 1991
Contact: Wayne Gray
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
NYNEX
600 Westchester Avenue
White Plains, NY 10604
(914) 683-2097
email: gray@nynexst.com
DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM
The doctoral consortium gives Ph.D. students who are
nearing completion of their degree a chance to present their
research plans and/or results to a small group of established
researchers and fellow-students for the two days prior to the
CHI conference. Since we encourage free interchange of
ideas, criticism, and constructive discussion from a wide set
of perspectives, the presentations and discussions are closed
to observers. We invite applications from Ph.D. students who
will have completed their dissertation proposals by January,
1991. Participants will be selected on the basis of
relevance and importance of the problem, and the originality
and quality of the work. Conference registration and partial
travel/expense support is offered to those who are accepted
for participation.
The submittal packet consists of the cover sheet plus a
two to three page abstract of your intended presentation.
The chair of your dissertation committee should send a letter
of recommendation.
Deadline: January 15, 1991.
Contact: T.K. Landauer
Bellcore Room 2L363
445 South Street
Box 191
Morristown, NJ 07960-1910
(201) 829-4255
email: tkl@bellcore.com
POSTERS AND SHORT TALKS
Posters and short talks allow the presentation of late-
breaking results and significant work in progress. The
material will be presented at the conference in one of three
modes: interactive posters (a format that allows conference
attendees to engage in one-on-one discussions with the
authors), a panel with those presenting similar topics, or
short talks (this is a new format in which presenters give
10-minute lecture style talks). Posters and short talks will
be selected on the basis of their contribution to research or
practice, reviewed by a panel of subject-matter experts.
Abstracts of those that are accepted will be distributed at
the conference.
The submittal packet consists of the cover sheet and a two
page summary of the poster or short talk. Indicate your
preferred presentation format (10 minute oral presentation,
presentation, part of a panel, poster).
Deadline: January 15, 1991.
Contact: Dennis Egan
Bellcore
445 South Street, Box 1910
Morristown, NJ 19760-1910
(201) 829-4849
email: egan@bellcore.com
LABORATORY OVERVIEWS
Laboratory overviews are presentations of programs of work
from university, corporate, or government laboratories that
have substantial ongoing work in the field of computer-human
interaction. The function of these overviews is to draw
attention to significant concentrations of work in CHI and to
present aspects of large projects that do not fit well into
the relatively small sized formats of panels and papers. A
senior member of the laboratory should present the overview,
which should include a sketch of the themes that underlie the
spirit of the lab and a sample of the laboratoryUs projects
and activities. Overviews will be selected according to the
relevance of the work and the appropriateness of the planned
presentation. The presentations will be grouped into several
sessions at CHI, and an abstract will appear in the
Proceedings.
The submittal packet consists of the cover sheet plus a
two page proposal that includes the mission and themes of the
lab, the number and background of the members, the kind of
work (research, exploratory development, etc.), and a
description of a sample of the work (several short
descriptions of projects), and key publications, products, or
results of the lab. Indicate who will give the presentation.
Deadline: October 1, 1990.
Contact: Thomas P. Moran
Xerox PARC
3333 Coyote Hill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304
until September 1, 1990:
011-44-223-341500
after September 1, 1990:
(415) 494-4311
email: moran.europarc@xerox.com
PAPERS
Technical papers describe recent theoretical work,
reviews, empirical results, or studies of the design process
itself. Reviews are encouraged that provide fresh approaches
to the organization or integration of knowledge in a
particular topic area. Studies of the design process should
clearly describe their innovative elements, the underlying
conceptual motivations, and lessons learned that generalize
to other systems and settings. Papers will be selected on
the basis of originality, the significance of the
contribution to the state of the art, methodological rigor
(where applicable), citation of relevant literature, and
quality of the written presentation. Each paper will be
reviewed by three experts in the field. The reviews will
then be evaluated by a subcommittee of the Papers Committee
led by one of the associate papers chairs listed below: Stu
Card, Jim Foley, John Bennett, Jim Miller, Juergen Ziegler,
Richard Young (and three more. The final decision to accept
papers will be made by the Papers Committee as a whole. All
accepted papers will be published in the Proceedings. At the
conference itself, the paper may appear as a talk, as part of
a panel, or as a poster.
The submittal packet consists of the cover sheet and the
paper. Indicate the type of paper (theoretical, empirical,
review, study of the design process or other). Papers are to
be 3,000 words in length: Reviews, if warranted, may be 4,000
words. Indicate also the type of presentation preferred
(spoken paper, panel, poster).
Deadline: October 1, 1990.
Contact: Peter Polson
Department of Psychology
Muenzinger Hall, Campus Box 345
University of Colorado
Boulder, Colorado 80309-0345
(303) 492-5622
email: ppolson@clipr.colorado.edu
PANELS
Panels offer a scope and variety of viewpoints not
typically found in the other activities. A typical panel
involves four or five speakers making brief position
statements, followed by an extended discussion, but we
encourage organizers to develop innovative formats.
Successful panels rely not only on the knowledge, opinions,
and skill of the presenters and the interest of the topic,
but also on a plan for the session that ensures that active,
pointed discussion will take place. The Panels Chair
encourages informal submissions of panel ideas well in
advance of the formal deadline. The Panels Committee will
then work with you to develop a full proposal. The Panels
Committee will evaluate proposals with respect to the
significance of the issues and the prospect for lively,
informed discussion. An abstract of the panel, which must
accompany the formal submission in October, will appear in
the Proceedings for panels that are accepted.
The submittal packet consists of the cover sheet and a two
page proposal including the issues to be addressed, the
format of the session, and brief summaries of the panelistsU
positions. Before listing a panelist, you must have his/her
commitment to participate if the proposal is accepted.
Deadline: For full proposals, October 1, 1990.
Contact: Clayton Lewis
Department of Computer Science
University of Colorado
Boulder, Colorado 80309
(303) 492-6657
email: clayton@boulder.colorado.edu
VIDEOS
Videos provide attendees a way to see activities that do
not lend themselves to the primarily verbal presentations of
the other media. They can show, for example, an innovative
user interface idea, new systems, demonstrations of
organizational impacts, as well as evaluations of established
user interface concepts. Videos also serve well if the
system you wish to demonstrate is either an early system
concept that is not yet fully programmed, or too difficult to
show live in a demonstration mode. If the video shows a new
system concept, it should prominently indicate the level of
completeness (e.g., mock up, prototype, production level).
Some videos may be presented at a fixed time before an
audience. All will appear in a continuously running video
program in an open session or on the in-house channel of the
hotel. Video must be accompanied by an extended abstract
which, if accepted, will appear in the Proceedings. In
addition, they may be selected to appear in the CHI Video
Review, a tape of collected videos from CHI, available for
purchase by attendees. Although technical content will be
the primary criterion for selection, high quality production
is necessary for inclusion in the Video Review.
Submit one copy of the tape in either 3/4 inch (NTSC) U-matic
or 1/2 inch VHS (NTSC) format. Indicate the length and
format of your tape on your cover sheet.
Deadline: October 1, 1990.
Contact: Jim Alexander
US West Advanced Technologies
6200 S. Quebec #320
Englewood, Colorado 80111
(303) 740-1561
email: jim@uswest.com
DEMONSTRATIONS
Live demonstrations provide an opportunity for conference
attendees to see working systems, to interact with them and
to discuss issues directly with the authors of the system.
The systems can be an experimental systems, user interfaces,
interface techniques, and/or design tools. Demonstrations
will be selected on the basis of technical merit,
originality, relevance to the human interaction with systems,
and feasibility. We encourage you to report any empirical
evidence of effectiveness. Presentations may be either at a
fixed time before an audience, in a booth in one of our open
sessions, or some combination of the two. Demonstrations
must be accompanied by a one-to two-page abstract which if
accepted will appear in the Proceedings.
Indicate whether you prefer a booth or audience
presentation. Also, indicate your technical requirements and
which pieces of it you can provide.
Deadline: October 1, 1990.
Contact: Mike Atwood
NYNEX Science and Technology Center
500 Westchester Avenue
White Plains, NY 10604
(914) 287-5154
email: atwood@nynexst.com
TUTORIALS
Tutorials offer coherent presentations and exercises on
specific topics of interest to those currently working in, or
newly entering the field of computer-human interaction.
Practitioners, researchers, and educators interested in
sharing their expertise are invited to submit proposals for
presenting tutorials. Tutorials should emphasize helping
others to develop an understanding of new concepts and
relationships, or they should facilitate the learning of
useful skills. They should be designed specifically for
either novice, intermediate, or experienced participants.
Tutorials will be selected on the basis of the topicUs
current relevance and importance, the instructor(s) expertise
and past performance, and the overall balance of the tutorial
program.
The submittal packet consists of the cover sheet plus a
proposal that has two sections. In the first section,
include:
1.The objectives of the course, the style of presentation
(lecture, participative etc.), and duration.
2.A description of the content of the course.
3.A description of the intended audience and level of the
course.
4.A description of the background of each of the instructors.
The body of the proposal should include a more detailed
description of the course including topical outline with
approximate time allotments and any other information that
might be helpful.
Deadline: August 31, 1990.
Contact: Tom Hewett
Psychology/Sociology/Anthropology
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA 19104
(215) 590-8616
email: hewett@dupr.bitnet
OTHER PARTICIPATION OPTIONS
STUDENT VOLUNTEERS
Student Volunteers, Graduate and undergraduate students
are invited to participate in the CHI' 91 conference. We
offer reduced registration fees for registered full-time
students, as well as complimentary registrations for students
willing to volunteer their assistance for the day-to-day
operations of the conference.
For further information please contact:
Leslie Daigle, Student Volunteers Chair
University of Guelph
Computing and Information Science
Guelph, Ontario
Canada N1G2W1
email: leslie@snowhite.cis.uoguelph.ca
tel: (519) 824-4120 x2713
EXHIBITS
You are invited to submit proposals for exhibitions of
commercial interactive systems, user interfaces, design aids,
literature etc. An exhibit area will be open to the
conference attendees Tuesday through Thursday during the
conference. Exhibits will be assigned to booths on the
exhibit floor. Alternate methods of exhibition, such as a
theater-style presentation or presentation in a hospitality
suite may be arranged.
Exhibits will be accepted on the basis of relevance to
computer-human interaction. The presence of the system's
designer is desired.
A packet of information detailing fees, requirements and
other information necessary for exhibitors is available from:
Craig Wier, Exhibits Chair
Mentor Graphics
8500 SW Creekside Pl.
Beaverton OR 97005
email: cwier@pdx.mentor.com
tel: (503) 526-4781
All exhibits accepted before Tuesday, November 27, 1990
will be listed in the Advance Program. All requests for
exhibit space should be confirmed by Tuesday, January 22,
1991.
CORPORATE SPONSORS
We invite interested organizations to become sponsors of
events at CHI '91. CHI '91 is a non-profit organization,k
and such sponsorship allows the conference to keep
registration costs at a minimum. Sponsoring organizations
are recognized during the conference as well as in the final
program. Interested organizations should contact:
Rich Halstead-Nussloch
IBM Corp. WC7C
PO Box 2150
Atlanta, GA 30055
tel: (404) 835-5617
fax: (404) 835-5951
CONFERENCE SPONSORS
CHI is sponsored by the Association for Computing
Machinery/Special Interest Group on Computer Human
Interaction -- SIGCHI Cooperating Societies are:
SIGCAPH
SIGGRAPH
SIGOIS
Human Factors Society
Software Psychology Society (Potomic Chapter)
IEEE Technical committee on Computer & Display Ergonomics
European Association of Cognitive Ergonomics
International Network of IUPSys on Man-Computer Interactions
Research
Human Factors Society, European Chapter
Austrian Computer Society
Dutch Computer Society
Cognitive Science Society
The Division of Engineering Psychologists of the American
Psychological Association
Human Computer Interaction Specialists Group of the British
Computer Society
European Association of Cognitive Ergonomics
General suggestions and comments should be addressed to the
CHI Technical Program Co-Chairs:
Judy or Gary Olson CSMIL
Tappan, University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1234
(313) 747-4948
email: jso@csmil.umich.edu
gmo@csmil.umich.edu
Other questions about the conference or further information
is available from the CHI '91 Executive Administrator:
June Davis
Conference and Logistics Consultants
13 Annapolis St.
Annapolis MD 21401
(301) 269-6801
email: Paul_Henning%Wayne-MTS@um.cc.umich.edu