First call for Papers, Workshops and Tutorials
USAB 2010: HCI in Work & Learning, Life & Leisure
(all aspects of Human-Computer Interaction and Usability)
Co-located with the Alps Adria Psychology Conference 2010
Klagenfurt University, 16.-17. September 2010
The 6th Symposium of the Workgroup HCI&UE of the Austrian Computer Society will take place in Carinthia (Southern Austria) this year from Sept. 16th to Sept. 17th. The topics are structured alongside (but not limited to) the following three dimensions:
1) Special user groups (children, elderly, healthcare professionals, tourists, students, teachers.)
2) Issues on practical application of HCI in the work place (process aspects, HCI patterns, cost/benefit analyses.)
3) Future trends in HCI
We encourage and cordially invite authors to submit their original work related to all topics of HCI and Usability enumerated as long papers (>=14 pages), short papers (between 8 and 14 pages), or posters (2 pages).
Proposals for workshops or special tracks are welcome, too. Accepted conference papers will be published in Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS). Templates are provided on the symposium website.
IMPORTANT DATES
April 25th – Deadline for submissions in all categories
May 16th – Author notification
June 6th – Deadline for revised papers
June 20th – Final decisions and notifications
July 4th – ABSOLUTE DEADLINE for camera-ready papers
Sep. 16th-17th – Symposium
SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS
Industrial Track
Companies are invited to submit their ideas and contributions for an industrial track, the final format of which will – according to these inputs – developed by the symposium´s industrial board. Continuously updated status information can be found on the website.
Special Issue of JITT
Authors of high rated papers on e-tourism or related areas will also be invited to submit an extended version of their work for a special issue of the Journal of Information Technology and Tourism (JITT, http://ojs.modul.ac.at/index.php/jitt).
Free admittance to AAPC 2010
Attendees of USAB 2010 are entitled to visit the co-located “Alps Adria Psychology Conference” (http://aapc2010.uni-klu.ac.at) for free – and vice versa.
Looking forward to seeing you in Carinthia,
Gerhard Leitner
Martin Hitz
Andreas Holzinger