From: stefan@swwwnext.tuwien.ac.at (Stefan Biffl)
Newsgroups: news.announce.conferences
Subject: Call for PAPER, Vienna Conference on Human Computer Interaction 93
Date: 19 Dec 92 03:12:07 GMT
Expires: Mon, 1 Mar 1993 08:00:00 GMT
Organization: Technical University of Vienna


                           VIENNA CONFERENCE ON
                      HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION 93

                             FIN DE SIECLE

                      September 20-22, 1993 Vienna, Austria
           University of Technology Vienna, University of Vienna


                            CALL for PAPER


The Vienna Conference on Human Computer Interaction (VCHCI) is an inter-
national conference which will bring together researchers and practitio-
ners interested in the area of Human Computer Interaction. The goal of
the VCHCI is to serve the community with a balanced program of reviewed
technical papers, demonstrations, posters, exhibitions and invited lec-
tures that represent in one meeting current research results, the best
new ideas, how to apply them, and the most comprehensive overviews of
current technology and practice.

Vienna in the FIN DE SIECLE was a place of intensity, disputes and rapid
development in culture, politics and science. MODERNISM provoked both
the moral-scientific tradition as well as the aesthetic-aristocratic
ideal. E.g., by absorbing the fashionable poetic and plastic culture of
all Europe in his language glowing darkly with purple and gold, the ado-
lescent narcissus Hugo von Hofmannsthal became the idol of Vienna's cul-
ture-ravenous intelligentsia. Karl Kraus, the city's most acidulous
moralist, poured contempt upon "THAT GEM-COLLECTOR" Hofmannsthal, who
"FLEES LIFE AND LOVES THE THINGS WHICH BEAUTIFY IT".

A century later, in today's fin de siecle, the VCHCI will emphasize on
showing that

      - HCI is more than AN AREA TO BEAUTIFY interaction with computers
      - HCI PROVOKES DISPUTES among its different contributing fields
      - HCI does not FLEE THE VITAL QUESTIONS for people using computers
      - HCI provides RADICALLY NEW opportunities for users


The VCHCI Program Committee will solicit original technical papers and
posters. All contributions will be judged primarily on soundness, origi-
nality, and relevance to Human Computer Interaction. The program commit-
tee anticipates that many submissions will describe ongoing work that
will appear in more polished and complete form in the scientific and
technical journals, and will therefore place an emphasis on evaluating
papers and posters on the basis of potential interest to VCHCI
attendees.


TECHNICAL PAPERS AND POSTERS may describe, but are not limited to,

INTERACTIVE ARCHITECTURES
	(user interface management systems; user interface toolkits and
	 frameworks; hypertext; hypermedia; design environments; proto-
	 typing tools)

HCI APPLICATION AREAS
	(knowledge-based and intelligent systems; computer supported
	 cooperative work; process control and automation; software
	 engineering, systems engineering; office automation; education;
	 geography; medicine)

COGNITIVE MODELS
	(task and user analysis; user models; learning models; performance
	 models; interaction models; mental models, metaphors; psychology
	 of design)

WORK WITH DEVICES
	(hardware ergonomics; workplace environment; workload, stress and
	 strain; psycho-physiological aspects; work analysis; group work)

DESIGN AND EVALUATION
	(formal methods; notations; requirement capture methods; rapid
	 prototyping; user participation; usability and acceptability
	 metrics; evaluation methods and tools; standards and guidelines)

CULTURAL, SOCIAL, AND GLOBAL HCI ASPECTS


PAPERS should be written in English. They are limited to 6000 words with
full page figures counting 400 words and should include a short abs-
tract, list of keywords, email-number and lead author's address. Submit-
ted papers should have been neither published nor submitted for publi-
cation elsewhere. Research papers should clearly indicate the relevance
of the results to HCI. Experimental papers should, in addition, contain
clear descriptions of experimental methods used in obtaining the men-
tioned results. Experience and case study papers should discuss the
relevance/applicability of the results to other environments and should
not be used to advertise or promote specific commercial products or ser-
vices. All papers should explain what is new and significant about the
work presented and how it compares with related work. Accepted papers
will be published in the conference proceedings.

POSTERS can be written either English or Austrian. They will be limited
to two 60 by 90 centimeter panels at the most and should include enough
material to allow attendees to determine the goals, methods and results
of the work described. Poster sessions will be scheduled in public exhi-
bition and demonstration areas throughout the conference meeting days.
Posters will be considered in any of the areas described above, but may
be most suitable for early phases of work-in-progress, topics of highly
specialized interest, new or controversial ideas, and work that has not
yet attained a "critical mass" of results. Posters will be reviewed pri-
marily on the basis of originality, relevance and potential interest to
the conference attendees. Poster presenters should submit a two pages
abstract at the most describing the contents and significance of the
proposed poster to be included in the conference proceedings.


SUBMISSIONS and DEADLINES: Five (5) copies of TECHNICAL PAPERS should be
submitted to one of the conference chairs

      by March 1, 1993.

Two (2) copies of POSTER ABSTRACTS should be submitted to one of the
conference chairs

      by March 31, 1993.

Authors will be notified of acceptance or rejection by April 30, 1993.


The LOCATION of VCHCI 93 will be the Technical University of Vienna
situated right in the heart of the old town. One is directly in touch
with Vienna's history, art, music, and architecture. It is the area
where at the turn-of-the-century out of a crisis of political and
social disintegration much of modern culture and thought was born.
FREUD, MAHLER, SCHNITZLER, KLIMT were all working within a few steps
from one another. ADLER, LOOS, SCHOENBERG at the same time discovered
and developed their talents. KOKOSCHKA, SCHIELE and WITTGENSTEIN spent
an inspiring youth then. For sure it will also be interesting to find
out, whether in this century's fin de siecle Vienna, modern and
progressive on one hand, narrow and illiberal on the other, can cope
with the vitality of that time.


CONFERENCE CHAIRS:

Thomas Grechenig
Department of Computer Science
University of Technology Vienna
A-1040 Vienna, Austria
grechenig@eimoni.tuwien.ac.at

Manfred Tscheligi
Department of Applied Computer Science
University of Vienna
Lenaugasse 2/8
A-1080 Vienna, Austria
tscheligi@ani.univie.ac.at


ORGANIZING CHAIR:

Monika Fahrnberger
Department of Computer Science
University of Technology Vienna
Resselgasse 3/188
A-1040 Vienna, Austria
VCHCI@eimoni.tuwien.ac.at
Tel: ++43 1 58801 4082
Fax: ++43 1 5041580



PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

Beth Adelson            Rutgers University, Camden, USA
Bengt Ahlstrom          Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, SWE
Sandrine Balbo          LGI, Grenoble, FRA
Sebastiano Bagnara      University of Siena, ITA
David Benyon,           Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
Meera M. Blattner       Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA
Ahmet Cakir             Ergonomics Institute, Berlin, GER
Gilbert Cockton         University of Glasgow, UK
Prasun Dewan            Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA
Gitta Domik             University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
Wolfgang Dzida          GMD, Sankt Augustin, GER
Scott Elrod             Xerox PARC, Palo Alto, USA
Tom Erickson            Apple Computer, Cupertino, USA
Giorgio P. Faconti      CNR, Pisa, ITA
Andrew U. Frank         University of Technology Vienna, AUT
William W. Gaver        Xerox EuroPARC, Cambridge, UK
Peter Gorny             University of Oldenburg, GER
Richard A. Guedj        Institut National des Telecomm. Evry, FRA
Nuno M. Guimaraes       INESC, Lissabon, POR
Judy Hammond            University of Technology Sydney, AUS
Tom Hewett              Drexel University, Philadelphia, USA
James D. Hollan         Bellcore, Morristown, USA
Bradley Hartfield       University of Hamburg, GER
Ulrich Hoppe            GMD-IPSI, Darmstadt, GER
Robert J.K. Jacob       Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC, USA
Peter Johnson           University of London, UK
Clare-Marie Karat       IBM United States, Greenwich, USA
John Karat              IBM Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, USA
Wendy A. Kellogg        IBM Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, USA
Werner Kuhn             University of Technology Vienna, AUT
David Kurlander         Microsoft Research, Redmond, USA
Clayton Lewis           University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
Jonas Lowgren           Linkoping University, SWE
Allan MacLean           Xerox EuroPARC, Cambridge, UK
David Maulsby           University of Waikato, Hamilton, NZL
James R. Miller         Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Palo Alto, USA
Michael J. Muller       US WEST Advanced Technologies, Boulder, CO, USA
Dianne Murray           University of Surrey, UK
Robert Neches           University of South. Calif., Marina del Rey, USA
Gary M. Olson           University of Michigan, USA
Paolo Paolini           Politecnico di Milano, ITA
Franz Penz              INESC, Lissabon, POR
Christian Rathke        University of Stuttgart, GER
Matthias Rauterberg     ETH, Zurich, CH
Harald Reiterer         GMD, St. Augustin, GER
Mary Beth Rosson        IBM Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, USA
Gavriel Salvendy        Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA
Dominique L. Scapin     INRIA, Le Chesnay, FRA
Helmut Schauer          University of Zurich, CH
Franz Schiele           GMD-IPSI, Darmstadt, GER
Chris Schmandt          MIT Media Laboratory, Cambridge, USA
Chris Shaw              University of Alberta, CAN
John Stasko             Giorgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA
Tom Stewart             System Concepts, London, UK
Martha R. Szczur        NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, USA
Michael Tauber          University of Paderborn, GER
Jo Tombaugh             Carleton University, Ottawa, CAN
Thomas S. Tullis        Canon Information Systems, Costa Mesa, USA
Andrew Turk             University of Melbourne, AUS
Gerrit van der Veer     Free University, Amsterdam, NLD
Ina Wagner              University of Technology Vienna, AUT
Yvonne Waern            Linkoping University, SWE
Pierre Wellner          Xerox EuroPARC, Cambridge, UK
Alan Wexelblatt         MIT Media Laboratory, Cambridge, USA
Juergen Ziegler         Fraunhofer-Institut IAO, Stuttgart, GER



SUMMARY:
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Deadline for papers:    March 1,  1993
Deadline for posters:   March 31, 1993
Conference date:        September 20-22, 1993

Address for contacts:   Department of Computer Science
                        University of Technology Vienna
                        Resselgasse 3/188
                        A-1040 Vienna, Austria
                        VCHCI@eimoni.tuwien.ac.at
                        Tel: ++43 1 58801 4082
                        Fax: ++43 1 5041580


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