From: adelson@clam.rutgers.edu (beth Adelson)
Newsgroups: news.announce.conferences
Subject: INTERCHI '93 WORKSHOPS:  CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
Keywords: hci conference workshop
Date: 19 Nov 92 02:28:13 GMT
Expires: Fri, 5 Feb 1993 08:00:00 GMT
Followup-To: comp.cog-eng
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.


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	    INTERCHI '93 WORKSHOPS - CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
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FROM:
Juergen Ziegler
Workshops Chair

Fraunhofer-Institut IAO
Nobelstrasse 12, D-7000 Stuttgart 80, Germany
Phone: +49 711 970 2334; Fax:	+49 711 970 2300
e-mail: J_Ziegler@iao.fhg.de


INTRODUCTION
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Workshops provide an extended forum for small groups (15-20 people)
to exchange views on topics of common concern.  INTERCHI'93 offers 11
workshops covering a wide range of issues in human-computer interaction
(HCI).  Workshops last 1-2 days and are held before the conference,
on Saturday and Sunday, 24-25 April 1993.  Participation in a workshop
requires a small additional registration fee.

Workshop participants are selected on the basis of position statements
outlining the participant's views on the workshop theme and reason for
interest in the workshop topic.  Statements are typically 1-3 pages in
length (exceptions are noted below) and should be submitted directly to
the appropriate primary contact. The primary contact can also provide
additional information about a particular workshop.

A brief biography summarizing the participant's background, relevant
experience, and current research or design activities should also be
submitted, along with complete contact information (name, address,
phone, fax, e-mail).  Position statements for all workshops must be
received by 5 February 1993.


WORKSHOPS PROGRAM
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ADVANCES IN TEACHING THE HCI DESIGN PROCESS

Jenny Preece, Open University, UK
Peter Gorny, University of Oldenburg, Germany
Tom Hewett, Drexel University, USA
Jean Gasen, USA

Date: Saturday and Sunday, 24-25 April 1993

Teaching real-world processes such as computer system design is made
particularly difficult by the young and rapidly evolving nature of the
HCI discipline, especially when there is such a variety of approaches
rather than a single tried and tested methodology.  Consequently, HCI
educators must present design in as meaningful and coherent a way as
possible whilst at the same time acknowledging real-world practices.
This is not an easy task.

In this workshop we will briefly review typical life cycle oriented
software design and then examine two approaches which provide ways of
focusing on HCI design concerns. We will discuss the advantages of each
and consider how to teach them to students. The first approach combines
visualising the conceptual aspects of the design with rapid iterative
testing, whilst the second approach focuses on designing for
socio-technical issues.

The overall aim of this workshop is to advance and innovate teaching of
HCI design. To apply for this workshop, submit 3 copies of a 1-2 page
position statement about a particular aspect of HCI design for which
you have developed an innovative teaching technique.

Contact Information:
Jenny Preece
Computing Department
Mathematics Faculty
Open University
Milton Keynes, MK6 7AA, UK
E-mail: J.J.Preece@open.ac.uk
Tel: +44 908 652348
Fax: +44 908 653744

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COMPUTER-AIDED ADAPTATION OF USER INTERFACES

David Benyon, Open University, UK
Thomas Kuehme, Siemens Corporate R&D, Germany
Uwe Malinowski, Siemens Corporate R&D, Germany
Piyawadee "Noi" Sukaviriya, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

Date: Sunday, 25 April 1993

The adaptation of human-computer interfaces to the needs of individual
users can improve user performance with interactive systems. However,
challenges lie in helping users to understand and to manage adaptive
behavior. The goal of this workshop is to explore possible dimensions
of computer-aided interface adaptation. Position papers are sought from
researchers with experience or interest in adaptive systems which
address the following issues:

User Involvement: How much user involvement in the adaptation process
is appropriate for different types of adaptation (such as adaptation of
help texts, menu and dialog box layout, etc.)? How much control over
adaptation do users want to have and how much can they maintain
before becoming confused?

Understanding Adaptive Behavior: How can the system help users to
understand a system-driven adaptation? How can the system provide
insight into adaptation mechanisms (e.g., inspectable user models)? How
can users be assisted in deciding whether a system-proposed adaptation
is appropriate for them?

Interface to Adaptation: How can users be enabled to accomplish more
task-oriented adaptations rather than only low-level adjustments?
What support can be given in the adaptation of complex interfaces
(e.g., groupware, process control)?

Contact Information:
Uwe Malinowski
Siemens AG, ZFE ST SN 71
Otto-Hahn-Ring 6
8000 Munich 83, Germany
E-mail: malinowski@zfe.siemens.de
Tel: +49 89 636 49505
Fax: +49 89 636 48000

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HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION ADVANCES DERIVED
FROM REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCES

Michael E. Atwood, NYNEX Science & Technology, Inc., USA
Jean McKendree, NYNEX Science & Technology, Inc., USA

Date: Saturday afternoon and Sunday, 24-25 April 1993

The goal of this workshop is to provide a forum in which to share HCI
advances derived from real-world settings and to discuss ways to make
the transition from the laboratory to real-world settings more common
and more timely. As HCI is an applied science, advances must come from
applying and validating theories and techniques in a real-world
setting.

Workshop attendees will be those whose activities in real-world
settings have resulted in HCI advances.  This workshop is not a place,
however, for people to exchange "war stories" about real-world
applications; the focus will remain on HCI advances that can be shared
with others and on identification of major problems which impede
migration of HCI from the laboratory to the end-users.

We seek a balance of participants with respect to nationality, research
or practitioner orientation, scientific discipline, etc.  Submit a 3-8
page position statement containing: brief description of project;
number and nature of end-users; approach to design and implementation;
"real-world" obstacles and lessons; HCI advances derived; things you
might do differently next time.

Contact Information:
Mike Atwood/Jean McKendree
NYNEX Science & Technology, Inc.
500 Westchester Avenue
White Plains, New York 10604, USA
E-mail: atwood@nynexst.com            jean@nynexst.com
Tel: +1 914 644 2582                 +1 914 644 2319
Fax: +1 914 644 2561

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COST EFFECTIVE USABILITY ENGINEERING:
PRACTICAL STRATEGIES AND TECHNIQUES

Nigel Bevan, National Physical Laboratory, UK
Anne Schur, Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories, USA

Date: Saturday and Sunday, 24-25 April 1993

The objectives of the workshop are to identify, from best of current
practice, the strategies, techniques and tools which can be most
appropriately applied in different design environments to ensure the
usability of a product.  Workshop results will be published in a book
aimed at helping usability practitioners apply usability engineering
cost-effectively throughout the product life cycle.

Some of the questions the workshop will address are:  How should users
be involved?  Which tools or techniques should be selected singly or in
combination?  How can the options selected be melded into an integrated
usable package for use in the product's life cycle?  How should
criteria and risks be assessed?  How can cost-benefit judgements be
made?

The workshop will bring together usability practitioners and tool
developers from a range of nationalities and small and large
organizations, who can contribute to the review of the state-of-
the-art, and can offer insights into the categorization of existing
strategies, techniques and tools.  Position statements should be 3-5
pages and be suitable for circulation to other participants.

Contact Information:
Nigel Bevan
National Physical Laboratory
DITC, Teddington
Middlesex, TW11 0LW, UK
E-mail: nbevan@ess.cs.ucl.ac.uk
Tel: +44 81 943 6993 (UK: 081 943 6993)
Fax: +44 81 977 7091 (UK: 081 977 7091)

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WORKING WITH THE USERS THROUGHOUT THE LIFE CYCLE:
NOMADIC PRACTICE IN USER CENTERED DESIGN

Michael J. Muller, U S WEST Advanced Technologies, USA

Date: Sunday, 25 April 1993

This workshop proposes the concept of "nomadic practice in user
centered design" (Nomadic UCD).  Nomadic UCD is a set of activities,
approaches, technologies, and theoretical perspectives that help
practitioners to work with users in the users' own work context.  The
goal is to analyze, design, develop, test, and deliver products and
services that fit into the users' world-views and work-lives.

Although a number of people are tacitly working in this area, we do so
in the course of an overall practice that may also include
fixed-location laboratory methods, field methods that focus on the
developers' world or on the computer artifact, and an emphasis on
DESIGN with the users rather than on the full development life cycle of
activities with the users.  This workshop will focus our attention on
the nomadic aspects of our UCD practice throughout the life cycle,
assess their value, and explore and improve our nomadic practice.

Please send a 3-5 page position statement covering any aspect of
activities, approaches, technologies, and/or theories of Nomadic UCD.

Contact Information:
Michael Muller
U S WEST Advanced Technologies
4001 Discovery Drive
Boulder, Colorado 80303 USA
E-mail: michael@advtech.uswest.com
Tel: +1 303 541 6564
Fax: +1 303 541 6003

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REFLECTIVE PRACTITIONERS: MAGIC TO METHODOLOGY

Cynthia Rainis, Digital Equipment Corporation, USA
George Casaday, Digital Equipment Corporation, USA
Rex Hartson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, USA

Date: Saturday, 24 April 1993

How do you think about design? What methods do you use to understand
how you or others design? How do you capture that individual and often
intuitive "magic" that skilled HCI designers seem to perform?

This workshop is about discovering effective methods for capturing
practice and design methodology. We are interested in people, both HCI
practitioners and researchers, who are trying to understand methods and
practice in a systematic way. The focus of this workshop is on practice
(how people are actually doing HCI design work) rather than theory.

While we know some methods of data gathering, for example watching
people design, asking questions, and doing reflective interviews, we
truly do not know how to systematically capture and document HCI
practice and methodology.  The primary goal of this workshop is to
discover and share methods and develop a pooled list of techniques for
finding out about design.

Participant selection will be based on the current work, methods of
reflection, and reasons for interest in the workshop described in the
position statement, along with a willingness to complete a pre-workshop
design exercise.

Contact Information:
Cynthia Rainis
Digital Equipment Corporation
129 Parker Street (PK03-1/21J)
Maynard, Massachusetts 01754-2198, USA
E-mail: rainis@timber.enet.dec.com
Tel: +1 508 493 2829
Fax: +1 508 493 1121

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RETHINKING THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS FOR
HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION

Yvonne Rogers, University of Sussex, UK
Liam Bannon, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Christian Heath, University of Surrey, UK

Date: Saturday afternoon and Sunday, 24-25 April 1993

The major goals of this workshop are to provide a forum where HCI
researchers can discuss current concerns over the state of (cognitive)
theory, examine more closely a number of alternative or extended
frameworks that have been proposed, and seek some consensus on the
relative strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to particular
problems.  The recent "turn to the social" will come under scrutiny.
Particular emphasis will be placed on work incorporating an analysis of
the role of artifacts and other social factors in the accomplishment of
activities.

Position statements should be substantive and either make a case for a
particular theoretical position, describe the success or failure of
particular approaches, or attempt some form of rapprochment between
particular frameworks.  Contributions describing the relation between
theory and practice are also welcome.

Contact Information:
Yvonne Rogers
School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences
University of Sussex
Brighton, BN1 9QH, UK
yvonner@cogs.susx.ac.uk
Tel: +44 273 606755, ext. 2414
Fax: +44 273 671320

Liam J. Bannon
Computer Science Department
Copenhagen University (DIKU)
Universitetsparken 1
DK 2100, Copenhagen 0, Denmark
E-mail: bannon@diku.dk
Tel: +45 3532 1359 (direct), +45 3532 1400 (central office)
Fax: +45 3532 1401

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CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES ON HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION

John Thomas, NYNEX Science and Technology, USA
Kumiyo Nakakoji, University of Colorado, USA
Maddy Brouwer-Janse, Philips Eindhoven Lab (IPO), The Netherlands
Wendy Kellogg, IBM Watson Research Center, USA
Victor Kaptelinin, Institute of General and Educational
   Psychology, Russian Academy of Education

Date: Saturday and Sunday, 24-25 April 1993

Continued progress in fielding truly usable systems will draw upon the
ideas of HCI experts across the world to build interfaces that are
usable by people of diverse cultural backgrounds.  The first
cross-cultural workshop was held at CHI'92.  Based on the personal
successes and failures of the participants, we identified four
mechanisms for improving cross-cultural communication that will be
incorporated into this workshop:

    1. have cross-cultural teams solve real problems together,
    2. a high quality solution should DEPEND upon the cross-
       cultural make-up of the team,
    3. the team should build a "map" that puts all the differences
       in a common perspective,
    4. inter-cultural bridges are built by specific individuals
       working together.

In this workshop, participants will build a conceptual map that lays
out cultural differences in HCI.  Additional goals are to provide a
medium for individual collaborations to emerge and to make concrete
suggestions for follow-on activities.  Different cultures have
different meeting protocols.  The "process" as well as the "product" of
the workshop will reflect different cultural perspectives.

Position statements should outline some aspect of the participant's
cultural perspective on HCI, and may be submitted to whichever of the
organizers may be most able to judge the value of the contribution.  We
are especially interested in achieving participation from a set of
people that will span most of the major cultural perspectives on HCI.

Contact Information:
John Thomas
NYNEX Science and Technology
500 Westchester Avenue
White Plains, New York 10604, USA
E-mail: thomas@nynexst.com
Tel: +1 914 644 2143 (work) / +1 914 962 9609 (home)
Fax: +1 914 644 2211

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SPATIAL METAPHORS FOR USER INTERFACES

Werner Kuhn, Technical University Vienna, Austria
Andrew U. Frank, Technical University Vienna, Austria

Date: Saturday and Sunday, 24-25 April 1993

A basic ingredient of modern user interfaces is the spatialization of
abstract operations through metaphors.  A wide range of spatial
interface metaphors (e.g., based on desktops, navigation, rooms,
museums, or perspective walls) demonstrates the crucial role of
spatialization in HCI.  Virtual reality takes spatialization beyond the
static and generally flat office space toward user interfaces that rely
heavily on human abilities to perform complex motion and perception
tasks.  However, our understanding of the role which spatialization
plays in interaction is still quite limited.

The workshop will bring together researchers and designers with an
interest in exploiting spatial metaphors for user interfaces.  The
goals of the workshop are to review the structure and role of spatial
metaphors in human cognition, to establish the properties of space and
spatialization in existing user interfaces, and to identify approaches
to exploit spatialization for interface design.  Participants should
have some familiarity with work on metaphors in HCI, in cognitive
science, or both.

Contact Information:
Werner Kuhn
Department of Geoinformation
Technical University Vienna
A-1040 Vienna, Austria
E-mail: Kuhn@ELVVS1.tuwien.ac.at
Tel: 43 1 58801 3788
Fax: 43 1 504 3535

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MULTIMODAL AND MULTIMEDIA HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERFACES

Klaus-Peter Faehnrich, Fraunhofer Institute IAO, Germany
Karl-Heinz Hanne, Fraunhofer Institute IAO, Germany
Gerard Ligozat, LIMSI, University Paris-Sud, France

Date: Saturday afternoon and Sunday, 24-25 April 1993

Multimodal interfaces are extending the scope of HCI through advances
such as of notepad computers and virtual reality systems. Multimedia
and combined interfaces (e.g., gestural interaction systems) are also
beginning to attract users.  The goals of this workshop are to:

-   to define the basic concepts of and to establish a common
    framework for multimodal and multimedia (MM&MM) HCI

-   to explore the existing technology and interaction
    techniques in order to find paradigms useful in and
    applicable to the next generation of MM&MM HCI

-   to discuss the pros and cons of interaction styles and media
    usage in different cultures

-   to survey existing approaches of MM&MM HCI systems and the
    perspectives of new technologies in the scope of
    innovative applications

-   to bridge the gaps between designers of interactive systems,
    HCI researchers, and the providers of development tools

We especially invite participants from industry, applied research, or
universities with experience in MM&MM HCI.

Contact Address:
Karl-Heinz Hanne
Fraunhofer Institut IAO
Nobelstr. 12
7000 Stuttgart 80, Germany
E-mail: hanne@iao.fhg.de
Tel: +49 711 970 2413
Fax: +49 711 970 2401

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EXPLORATORY SEQUENTIAL DATA ANALYSIS IN PRACTICE

Penelope M. Sanderson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Carolanne Fisher, MAYA Design Group, USA

Date: Saturday and Sunday, 24-25 April 1993

The purpose of this workshop is to gather together HCI colleagues
engaged in various types of exploratory sequential data analysis (ESDA)
to investigate more fully the different types of practice that exist
and to discuss the implications for developing a principled approach to
ESDA.  ESDA is a working term coined to cover a loose set of research-
and design-oriented data analysis activities in the human sciences
which use time-stamped recorded data.  These include verbal protocol
analysis, conversation analysis, interaction analysis, behavioral
observational studies, statistical sequential data analysis, and some
kinds of cognitive task analysis.

The goals of the workshop are: (1) to explore the conceptual
foundations of different ESDA techniques and (2) to clarify and
systematize, through examples and practical exercises, the advantages
of disadvantages of different techniques for different research
questions and types of data.

Recognized authorities in different ESDA techniques will provide
practical examples of the use of such techniques in the HCI domain.
There will also be much discussion and problem solving among
participants themselves, based upon data provided to them by workshop
organizers and upon their own data.  Through these experiences we can
work towards a more principled way to approach research questions
involving ESDA.

Contact Information:
Dr. P.M. Sanderson
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1206 West Green Street
Urbana, Illinois, 61801, USA
E-mail: psanders@psych.uiuc.edu
Tel:  +1 217 333 3523 or
     +39 332 789 111
Fax:  +1 217 244 6534


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GENERAL INTERCHI CONTACT INFORMATION:
INTERCHI '93 North-American Office

Carol Klyver
INTERCHI '93 North American Office
P.O. Box 1279
1355 Redwood Way
Pacifica, CA 94044 USA
Tel: +1 415 738 1200
Fax: +1415 738 1280
E-mail: ic93-office-na.chi@xerox.com


INTERCHI '93 European Office
Until Novermber 30 1992:

Elly Lammers or Charlotte White
INTERCHI '93 European Office
University of Twente P.O. Box 217 7500 AE Enschede The Netherlands
tel.: +31-20-548 5591
fax.: +31-20-644 1746
E-mail: ic93-office.chi@xerox.com

After December 1 1992:

Elly Lammers
Soerenseweg 32
7314 CE Apeldoorn
The Netherlands
tel.: +31-20-548 5591
fax.: +31-20-644 1746
E-mail: ic93-office.chi@xerox.com




INTERCHI '93 is sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery Special
Interest Group on Computer and Human Interaction (ACM/SIGCHI) under the
aegis of the International Federation of Information Processing (IFIP) in
cooperation with the IFIP Technical Committee 13 on Human Computer Interaction
(IFIP TC 13).  INTERCHI '93 is hosted by the Man Computer Interaction Group
of the section on Social Aspects of Informations and Automation of the
Dutch Computer Society (NGI, Nederlands Genootschap voor Informatica).