April 18-23, 1998, Los Angeles, CA USA
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CHI 98 :
Call for Participation
April 18-23, 1998, Los Angeles, CA USA Conference Overview |
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Technical Program Co-Chairs Clare-Marie Karat IBM T. J. Watson Research Center 30 Saw Mill River Road Hawthorne, NY 10532 USA Tel: +1 914 784 7612 Fax: +1 914 784 6215
Arnold Lund Email: chi98-chairs@acm.org
See Also Mentors for help with your submission Education Application Domain for education submissions Entertainment Application Domain for entertainment submissions Health Care Application Domain for health care submissions
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The annual CHI conference is the leading forum
for the exchange of ideas
and information on all aspects of human-computer interaction (HCI). This
year's theme is "Making the Impossible Possible" and CHI 98 seeks the
active participation of individuals who want to explore the various ways in
which HCI can make the world a better place in which to live, and who get
excited about discovering and solving the problems that challenge us as HCI
professionals. As the diversity of perspectives, disciplines, institutional
settings and nationalities of contributors in our field interact at CHI,
real world challenges will be tackled and a foundation for a promising
future will be created. We achieve our goals by building a synergy within
the HCI community and with our customers, through listening, partnership,
commitment, and an openness to new ideas and possibilities. Let's clarify
where HCI has been evolving to, understand more about the context of HCI
work and solutions, and provide a forum for theory and processes that may
be applied to solve real-world challenges.
In this conference we invite a wide range of contributions that address the issues mentioned below and related topics. Education, Entertainment and Health CareWhat are the critical, and perhaps seemingly impossible, problems in these domains? How are theory and application solutions already helping to address them? Where are there opportunities to innovate? How can we better prepare to contribute in the domains?These three application domain areas are receiving special attention at CHI 98. See below. HCI and SocietyWhat will be the role of HCI perspectives in computing and society? What are our responsibilities in guiding the adoption and assimilation of computing technology? What are the barriers to improving quality of life? How do we raise the quality of products and services; improve the work envorinment; increase productivity; invent new ways of learning, working, and enjoying life; and increase user and customer satisfaction? How can we help to promote equality of opportunity? How can we enhance the dialogue within a diverse society?New Applications and User PopulationsAs we move into the next century, how will our user populations compare to the users we now encounr user populations compare to the users we now encounter, study and respond to? How might developers meet the challenge of designing advanced applications for diverse user populations, global markets and continuous learners? What is needed to weave the benefits of new technology into the fabric of everyday lives?Devices and DisplaysMore and more quickly we are extending the range of input devices and technologies, from keyboards to speech and from virtual touch to television remote controls. Information displays, too, are changing. They range from more sophisticated two- and three-dimensional and virtual displays for visualizing large, complex data sets to inexpensive small displays well suited to finding out whether a reservation was confirmed; from 3-D audio environments to browsing Web sites over the telephone. What will be the characteristics of future devices and displays?Design and Evaluation MethodsHow are our methods for designing and assessing paradigms of interaction and experience changing? What new methods will be required to ensure applications are compelling, as well as easy to use and useful? How do we become more productive, while not sacrificing quality?Education about HCIHow will styles of learning and teaching develop to best support education about HCI? How can we leverage work in HCI to design more effective experiences to help all of us continuously grow our skills, and to help us innovate in our field?Participation CategoriesThe field of HCI includes many interests and perspectives on human-computer interaction. In order to serve this large and heterogeneous community, CHI 98 invites submissions in a number of different participation categories.If you are unsure of which category to submit to, please consult the Co-Chairs of categories that seem relevant, or a Conference and Technical Program Co-Chair for general guidance. Review ProcessAll submissions will be reviewed by the technical area Co-Chairs and their committees. Submissions will be evaluated according to accepted CHI standards of excellence. If you have questions about these standards, please see information in the individual submission categories or contact either a Co-Chair of the categories that seem relevant or a Conference and Technical Program Co-Chair.PublicationsThe CHI Proceedings is the main archival product of the conference; it serves as a key reference document for many researchers and practitioners in the field.This year the CHI Proceedings will include Papers and Design Briefings. The CHI Proceedings will be given to all conference registrants and sold after the conference by ACM. The CHI 98 Summary will contain extended abstracts describing many other submissions and presentations. This volume will also be given to all conference registrants and sold by ACM following the conference. The CHI 98 Formal Video will be available for sale to conference registrants and will be sold by ACM after the conference. CHI 98 is also planning an electronic publication. The details of this are still being arranged. Multiple and Related SubmissionsYou may prepare as many submissions as you like in the same or different categories. Related submissions in complementary categories - for example, a Paper and a Video or Demonstration - are strongly encouraged.Note that CHI expects its archival material to contain previously unpublished work. Except in extremely unusual circumstances, we will not accept Papers whose content significantly overlaps with work presented or submitted elsewhere. CHI 98 Innovation: Application Domain Focus AreasWhile we are seeking submissions on a wide range of domains in which HCI professionals work, we especially want to encourage submissions from the application domains of education, entertainment and health care. As described in the introduction, the education, entertainment and health care domains were selected for special focus as application domain areas; submissions from all application domains are welcome. These three domain areas are expected to be of general interest to the HCI community as well as fostering the ongoing development of core expertise groups. Submissions from application domain areas may apply to any of the technical program participation categories. |