CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

ITS 2013 Workshop – Collaboration meets Interactive Surfaces: Walls, Tables, Tablets and Phones

http://sites.google.com/site/collaborationsurfaces/

• Submission of workshop papers:  August 9, 2013
• Notification of acceptance:  August 23, 2013

The vast screen real estate, which is provided in large-scale interaction environments presents novel ways to visualize and interact with data-rich models. In parallel to this technological revolution, interactive surfaces have also become widespread in different sizes and devices, from large-scale walls to small tablets. Indeed, the tabletop community witnessed, in recent years, an increased usage of interactive tables, tablet-sized surfaces and mobile phones. The opportunities for innovation exist, but the large scale environments and tabletop communities have not yet thoroughly addressed the problem of bringing effective collaboration activities using multiple interactive surfaces, especially in complex work domains. Of particular interest is the potential synergy that one can obtain by effectively combining different-sized surfaces. In this context, this workshop proposes to bring together researchers who are interested in improving collaborative experiences through the combination of multiple interaction surfaces with diverse sizes and formats, ranging from large-scale walls, to tables, tablets and phones.

WORKSHOP AIMS

This workshop aims to exchange experiences regarding collaborative user interface design techniques that were designed for, or adapted to people involved in all kinds of collaborative activities, either remote or co-located. Since many of these techniques are highly focused on specific target groups, a further aim is to extract general principles and to generate guidelines for bringing effective collaboration around interactive surfaces.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

We invite researchers and designers who have been involved in one or more design-oriented project(s) involving the study of collaborative activities around all sorts of interactive surfaces. After this workshop, a call for papers will be launched for a special issue (on the topic of the workshop) of a journal, which is yet to be specified. Those wishing to attend will be required to submit a work-in-progress or position paper. Wherever appropriate, submitting a short companion video describing the work is strongly encouraged. Please provide a Vimeo or Youtube URL at the author’s convenience.

Topics to be covered include, but are not limited to:

• Design and evaluation of collaborative environments with interactive surfaces, either remotely or co-located;
• Collaborative applications on interactive surfaces for concrete domains, e.g. 3D visualisation mechanical engineering, medical visualizations, emergency response scenarios, etc.;
• Communication, cooperation and coordination as well as social protocols;
• Interactive surfaces to enhance spatial perception of content and/or support navigation during collaboration activities;
• Issues when moving from desktop-based collaboration to large-scale walls, tabletops and touch-based mobile devices;
• Physical navigation and collaborative sense making;
• Integration of different devices and surfaces for collaboration;
• Collaboration paradigms and user interface designs that address enhancement of collaborative activities using interactive surfaces and tabletops.

Organizers

• Pedro Campos, M-ITI / UMa / INESC-ID, Portugal
• Alfredo Ferreira, IST-UTL / INESC-ID, Portugal
• Andrés Lucero, Nokia Research Center, Finland

Program Committee

• Alfredo Ferreira, IST-UTL / INESC-ID, Portugal
• Alberto Raposo, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio, Brasil
• Andrés Lucero, Nokia Research Center, Finland
• Bruno De Araújo, IST-UTL / INESC-ID, Portugal
• Chris Rooney, Middlesex University, UK
• Daniel Mendes, IST-UTL / INESC-ID, Portugal
• Frank Maurer, University of Calgary
• Hildegardo Noronha, M-ITI / UMa, Portugal
• Ian Oakley, UNIST, South Korea
• Luciano Soares, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio, Brasil
• Nick Graham, Queens University, Canada
• Pedro Campos, M-ITI / UMa / INESC-ID, Portugal
• Petra Isenberg, INRIA, France
• Rachel Blagojevic, The University of Auckland, New Zealand
• Roy Ruddle, Leeds University, UK
• Sheelagh Carpendale, University of Calgary, Canada
• Saul Greenberg, University of Calgary, Canada
• Tony Tang, University of Calgary, Canada

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

We solicit the submission of position papers of 4 to 8 pages length (max.). Late breaking results, novel ideas, as well as on-going doctoral research or research projects are especially encouraged. The workshop will foster creative discussions that will benefit on-going research that participant may be engaged with.

The papers must be in good English in PDF format formatted in the style of the Springer Publications format for Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) and must not exceed 8 pages, including figures, tables and references. For more details on the LNCS style, see the Springer’s Author Instructions. Submitting a short companion video describing the work is strongly encouraged. Please provide a Vimeo or Youtube URL at the author’s convenience.

SUBMISSION PROCESS

The papers must be submitted by e-mail to alfredo.ferreira@ist.utl.pt. A receipt will be sent upon a successful submission.

Important dates:

• Submission of workshop papers:  August 9, 2013
• Notification of acceptance:  August 23, 2013
• Workshop:  October 6 or 7, 2013