perlman@wanginst.UUCP (Gary Perlman) (01/25/86)
I am the University Liason for the CHI'86 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems this April in Boston. We want to encourage student involvement and get student volunteers to help with the conference. Please post this notice where students will see it. Educators, please announce this information in your classes related to the conference. The CHI'86 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems will be held at the Marriott Copley Place Hotel in Boston, April 13-17. The conference will feature keynote addresses from internationally known researchers, a solid program of research and experience presentations, panel discussions, live demonstrations of exciting new user interfaces, video presentations, and 18 state of the art tutorials in many areas of human computer interaction. If you are into user interfaces, Boston is the place to be this coming April. Here is a list of the tutorials and numbers (April 13-14). 1. Designing Graphical User Interfaces Bill Verplank (XEROX) 2. The Concepts of Object-Oriented Programming Tom Love (PPI) 3. Digital Typography Primer Richard Rubinstein (DEC) 4. Natural Language Interfaces Raoul Smith (Northeastern University) 5. Online Documentation and Help Systems Jan Walker (Symbolics) 6. Socializing the Human Computer Environment Charles Grantham, Jerry Vaske (Honeywell) 7. The Art and Science of User Interface Design Tyler Blake (Cal State, Northridge) 8. Interactive Technologies Bill Buxton, Ron Baecker (U. Toronto) 9. Human Factors Criteria for User Interface Design Douglas Harris (Anacapa Sciences) 10. Overview of Artificial Intelligence Elliot Soloway (Yale U.) 11. How to Study User-Computer Systems Richard Pew (Bolt Beranek & Newman) 12. Building Expert Systems Judith Reitman Olson (U. Michigan, Ann Arbor) 13. User Interface Design II: Design Methods and Case Histories Tyler Blake (Cal State, Northridge) 14. Selected Theories, Techniques and Tools Bill Buxton, Ron Baecker (U. Toronto) 15. Managing the Design of User Computer Interfaces James Foley (George Washington U.) 16. Knowledge-Based Tutoring Systems Elliot Soloway (Yale U.) 17. Direct Manipulation: An Object-Oriented Visual Programming Language Ben Shneiderman (U. Maryland) 18. User Interface Screen Design and Color Aaron Marcus (Aaron Marcus & Assoc.) The conference organizers wish to encourage the participation of both undergraduate and graduate students. To facilitate this, there is a reduced registration fee ($50 compared to $145 for society members) and reduced fees for tutorials ($50 each, compared to $130 for members). There is an opportunity for a limited number of students to do volunteer work in exchange for tutorial and registration fees. This work will include monitoring and helping with conference sessions and tutorials (the time in chosen tutorials can contribute to the volunteer time). For 16 hours of volunteer work, students will get a waiver for registration and one tutorial. There may be an opportunity for some students to work an extra eight hours in exchange for another half-day tutorial. A limited number of shared hotel accommodations will be available for these students. More information is available from the University Liason, Gary Perlman. Students interested in volunteering should contact me by mail, phone, or by electronic mail. I will send information about tasks, registration, and housing arrangements. Students should send to me their registration forms (get in touch with me for copies) and tell me (1) about special skills with A/V equipment, (2) whether there is interest in volunteering and extra eight hours (remember, this part might not be available), and (3) first and second choice tutorial numbers. I think the combination of attending the conference sessions and a tutorial, and participating in running the conference is an ideal way to meet with people in the field. All of last year's student volunteers in San Francisco rated their experiences as worthwhile, and this year looks just as promising. I hope to hear from you. Here is how to find me: Gary Perlman School of Information Technology Wang Institute of Graduate Studies Tyngsboro, MA 01879 USA (617) 649-9731 UUCP: decvax!wanginst!perlman CSNET: perlman@wanginst ARPA: perlman%wanginst@csnet-relay.arpa -- Gary Perlman Wang Institute Tyngsboro, MA 01879 (617) 649-9731 UUCP: decvax!wanginst!perlman CSNET: perlman@wanginst