From: owner-3dui@hitl.washington.edu on behalf of Ivan Poupyrev [poup@mic.atr.co.jp] Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2000 12:34 AM To: 3D UI list Subject: FWD: CFP: AWARENESS & THE WORLD WIDE WEB This might be relevant for those of you who works in collaborative VR and Web based VR. ivan -------------------- [apologies for cross-postings] ======================================================================== Second Call for Papers International Workshop on AWARENESS & THE WORLD WIDE WEB at the ACM CSCW'2000 International Conference Philadelphia, December 2nd, 2000 --> SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Friday, September 29th, 2000 <-- Home page: http://www2.mic.atr.co.jp/dept2/awareness/ --> WHAT'S NEW: - The deadline is approaching (2 more weeks!). - The program committee has be updated. - Instructions for electronic submissions are available on the Web site. - Please do not send your submissions via email. (instead, use our Web site) ======================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------ INTRODUCTION ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Awareness issues are becoming increasingly meaningful in the context of the WWW. The first reason is that Web technologies provide a unique implementation platform for awareness tools, with many benefits. The emergence of information appliances (not only mobile devices but also kiosks and public displays) is making the WWW even more appealing to CSCW designers. The second reason is that the WWW itself is becoming an activity space, which people should be made more "aware" of. For instance, information consumers should be able to "see" and meet each other when they visit related places on the Web. Also, information publishers should be able get a better idea of what is happening on their sites, in more natural, continuous and effortless ways. The goal of this workshop is to bring together researchers from various backgrounds, having interest in one or both of these two aspects. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ AIM & SCOPE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ We invite contributions from CSCW experts who have designed, implemented and evaluated awareness systems using Web technologies. Examples include media spaces, group awareness tools and persistent shared workspaces. We also seek for contributions from WWW and HCI experts, who have designed systems for making users aware of the activity occurring on the Web. Systems that we have in mind include: collaborative browsers, on-line matchmaking tools, monitoring systems, visualization tools and ambient user interfaces. Relevant topics include, but are not restricted to: * The WWW as an activity space - Capture and representation of activity on the WWW - Support for synchronous and asynchronous communication on the Web - Collaborative browsers - Chance encounters on the WWW * The WWW as an implementation platform for awareness tools - Group awareness systems - Shared persistent workspaces - Web-based awareness appliances: mobile devices, kiosks, etc. - Instant messaging in relation with Web-based systems * Awareness in mixed reality environments: making Web activity perceptible in the real world - Ambient user interfaces - Visualization - Auditory user interfaces * Application domains: - Communityware & domestic applications - Education - Knowledge management - Digital libraries - Entertainment * Other issues: - Architectures, protocols and metadata - Evaluation methods - Data mining, chance discovery/management - Privacy ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SPECIAL ISSUE (IJHCS) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ A special issue on "Awareness and the WWW" will be published in the International Journal on Human Computer Studies (IJHCS) after the workshop. Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended versions of their manuscript for a second review round, for inclusion in that special issue. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SUBMISSION DETAILS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Workshop participants are asked to submit either a short paper or a position paper. Submissions will be reviewed by the program committee. * Length: 2'500 words max. for short papers * Format: HTML (preferred) or PDF. (Only electronic submissions will be considered) Note: authors who plan to submit a paper are encouraged to contact workshop organizers as soon as possible. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PROGRAM COMMITTEE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Junichi Akahani, NTT Communication Science Laboratories Elizabeth Churchill, FX Palo Alto Laboratory Alan Dix, Lancaster University Thomas Erickson, IBM T.J. Watson Reseach Center Brian R. Gaines, University of Calgary Hans-Werner Gellersen, University of Karlsruhe Robert Kraut, Carnegie Mellon University Susumu Kunifuji, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Alison Lee, IBM T.J. Watson Reseach Center Olivier Liechti, ATR MIC Labs (organizer) Yoelle Maarek, IBM Haifa Research Laboratory Paul Maglio, IBM Almaden Research Center Ivan Poupyrev, ATR MIC Labs Elin R?nby Pedersen, FX Palo Alto Laboratory Mark Sifer, IBM Haifa Research Laboratory Norbert Streitz, GMD-IPSI, Darmstadt Yasuyuki Sumi, ATR MIC Labs (organizer) Konrad Tollmar, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm Jim Whitehead, University of California, Santa Cruz ------------------------------------------------------------------------ IMPORTANT DATES ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - September 29th, 2000: Submission deadline - October 13th, 2000: Notification of acceptance - October 27th, 2000: Early registration deadline - December 2nd, 2000: Workshop at ACM CSCW'2000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ORGANIZERS & CONTACT INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Olivier Liechti is a researcher at the ATR MIC Labs. He got his Diploma in Computer Science from University of Fribourg (Switzerland) and his Doctorate degree from Hiroshima University (Japan). Olivier previously worked for Prisme Informatique, an IT company based in Switzerland. His main research interests are in computer mediated communication, human-computer interaction and Web-based systems. email : olivier@mic.atr.co.jp home page: http://www.mic.atr.co.jp/~olivier phone : ++81 (774) 95 1445 fax : ++81 (774) 95 1408 Dr. Yasuyuki Sumi has been a researcher at ATR Media Integration & Communications Research Laboratories since 1995. His research interests include knowledge-based systems, information visualization, information retrieval, interface agents, mobile/wearable/ubiquitous computing, and their applications for supporting human collaboration. He received B.Eng. degree from Waseda University in 1990, and M.Eng. and D.Eng. degrees in information engineering from the University of Tokyo in 1992, and 1995, respectively. email : sumi@mic.atr.co.jp home page: http://www.mic.atr.co.jp/~sumi phone : ++81 (774) 95 1401 fax : ++81 (774) 95 1408 ============================================================================ Olivier Liechti ATR MIC Labs, Department 2 phone: ++81 (774) 95 1445 Seika-cho, Soraku-gun, Kyoto 619-0288, Japan fax: ++81 (774) 95 1408 http://www.mic.atr.co.jp/~olivier olivier@mic.atr.co.jp ============================================================================