From: S.P.Guest@lut.ac.uk (Steve Guest)
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Subject: CONF: UK HCI93, Sep 1993
Date: 31 Dec 92 01:00:35 GMT
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                          HCI '93
                     People & Computers
                   Call for Participation

LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, U.K.
7-10 September 1993

Conference Overview:

The annual HCI conference brings together researchers and practitioners,
from both industry and academia, who are working to improve the
effectiveness of computers as tools for people.  The conference is a
major international forum for both the people-oriented disciplines of
human factors, psychology and ergonomics, and the computer-oriented
disciplines of software engineering, systems analysis and project
management.  Computer users from other disciplines are also welcome! We
are particularly interested this year to bring together the engineering
and computing/psychology strands of HCI.

The HCI series of conferences is held under the auspices of the British
HCI Group (formerly the Human-Computer Interaction Specialist Group of
the British Computer Society).  The Proceedings of HCI '93 will be
published.

Key Topics:

  Design and design methodologies
  Evaluation
  Formal methods
  Groupwork / CSCW
  Intelligent and adaptive interfaces
  Interaction architectures, tools and techniques
  Models of the user
  Multimedia/hypertext/hypermedia
  Organisational and societal issues
  Process Control
  Standards
  Telepresence/Teleworking
  User interface management
  Users with special needs
  Virtual reality

Full Paper Deadlines:

Full papers and tutorial submissions must be postmarked by:
29 JANUARY 1993

Authors of accepted submissions will be notified by early April 1993, and
camera-ready copy will be required by early May 1993.

The following deadlines apply to items not for inclusion in the
proceedings.

Industrial submissions must be postmarked  by:
28 MAY 1993

Recent research submissions must be postmarked by:
30 JULY 1993

Address
All responses, enquiries and submissions should be addressed to:

HCI'93 Conference
Dr S.P. Guest
Department of Computer Studies
Loughborough University
of Technology, Loughborough, Leicestershire LE11 3TU
England

E-Mail: HCI93@lut.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 509 222648
Fax: +44 (0) 509 211586

Submissions:

Every submission should have a cover sheet giving the following
information:

   - the title of the submission;
   - the category of the submission (see below);
   - the address, phone number and email address of each of the authors;
   - a nomination of one of the authors as contact person for the submission.

Please send SEVEN copies of each submission.

The categories for submission are:

Papers:
Full draft papers are expected.  These should be less than 6000 words in
length, double-spaced, and include a 100-word abstract and keyword list.
Some authors may be invited to re-submit papers as posters.

Recent Research:
These papers are expected to be topical, informative and may be
controversial.

Panels:
Please submit a two-page proposal, including suggestions for panel members.

Posters:
Where it is felt that a visual presentation would benefit more than a
paper, a poster submission should be made. Posters will not be rejected
paper submissions.

Applications of HCI in Industry:
A number of sessions will be devoted to presentations of industrial and
commercial HCI activity. Please submit two-page proposals for papers
or demonstration sessions.

Doctoral Consortium:
Please submit a two-page description of your thesis, which as yet should be
unexamined.  The consortium will be a closed session before a panel of
experts.

Tutorials:
Proposals are invited for half-day tutorials on any relevant topic.
Tutorials may address HCI research, teaching or practice (industrial and
commercial), and may be introductory or advanced in nature.  A balanced
tutorial programme will be selected in line with the results of a survey
of tutorial requirements.  Tutors will be paid a fee partly based on
tutorial attendance.

Please submit a two-page proposal, intended for attendees, containing:

    - objectives;
    - level and background of intended audience;
    - details of content;
    - style of presentation;
    - background of each tutor.

Demonstrations:
Please submit a two-page description of the demonstration, indicating space
requirements.  It is the responsibility of the demonstrator to provide the
equipment. Demonstrations can be software, hardware or video.

Exhibitors:
A commercial exhibition will be mounted.  Potential exhibitors should
contact the above address for further details.

Referees:

Offers to referee submissions are invited from both industry and
academia.  Referees receive ten pounds off the conference cost per
submission refereed.  Potential referees should send contact details and
an indication of their areas of expertise.

Conference Organisers:

Conference Chairman:
Professor James Alty

Organiser and Chairman of Local Committee:
Dr Stephen Guest

Committee Members:
Russel Beale           Posters
Alan Benson            Treasurer
Paul Booth             Industrial Programme
Andy Bray              Technical Coordinator
Sean Clark             Virtual Reality
Dan Diaper             Technical Programme
Alan Dix               Doctoral Consortium
Tom Hewett             International
Patrick Holligan       Publicity
Chris Kelly            Panels
Charles Brennan        BCS/IEE Liaison
Michael Smyth          Demonstrations
Andy Whitefield        Tutorials
Richard Wilson         Exhibition

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HCI'93 Tutorials Questionnaire

As at last year's conference, we would like to offer tutorials on topics
that attendees wish to hear about.  Some potential tutorial topics are
listed below.  Please mark those that you would like to attend were they
to be offered.  If necessary, annotate the list with the names of specific
systems, methodologies or techniques you are interested in.  If you have
any other ideas we should like to hear them.


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[  ] Managing the design process
[  ] Managing HCI consultancy
[  ] User centred design methods
[  ] Soft systems methodology
[  ] Design Rationale
[  ] User centred design tools
[  ] Requirements analysis
[  ] Task analysis
[  ] Evaluation methods
[  ] Cooperative evaluation
[  ] Conversation analysis
[  ] Video & protocol analysis
[  ] Formal specifications
[  ] Visual programming
[  ] Neural networks
[  ] User interface toolkits
[  ] User interface management systems
[  ] Adaptive interfaces
[  ] Novel input devices
[  ] Use of sound/speech
[  ] Use of natural language
[  ] Dialogue design
[  ] Graphic/screen design
[  ] Multimedia information design
[  ] Hypertext/hypermedia design
[  ] Virtual reality
[  ] CSCW/groupware
[  ] Design for people with special needs
[  ] Organisational issues
[  ] Curriculum/syllabus design
[  ] Standards
[  ] Legal issues
[  ] Other (please specify)

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REGISTER OF INTEREST
Please send me further information about HCI'93
[  ] Yes
[  ] No

CALL FOR REFEREES
I am interested in being a referee.  I understand that I will receive
ten pounds off the cost of registration for each paper reviewed.
[  ] Yes
[  ] No

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Dr. Steve Guest
Lecturer, Dept. Of Computer Studies, University of Technology,
Loughborough, Leicestershire LE11 3TU
Tel: (0509) 222692                Fax: (0509) 211586 or 610815
Janet address: S.Guest@UK.AC.LUT