Call for Participation
Where Human Computer Interaction meets Animal Computer Interaction @NordiCHI 2016
Gothenburg, Sweden
23rd October, 2016
https://hcimeetsaciblog.wordpress.com/
Submission deadline: August 25, 2016
Where HCI meets ACI is a one day workshop preceding in NordiCHI 2016 on Sunday 23rd of October.
This one day workshop aims to examine the interactions and the space between HCI (Human Computer Interaction) and ACI (Animal Computer Interaction) focusing on the transferability of methods and ideas between the fields.
Animal Computer Interaction (ACI) looks at creating interfaces and methods for animals to use technology. Whilst this is often seen as a subfield of HCI, the methodologies are often shared with growth of parallel theories and transferability becoming more apparent; in this way the two fields are in fact entwined. HCI methods are often used in a transformative way in ACI. The aim of this workshop is to specifically consider what we can learn about humans from studying non-human animals and therefore explore what, if anything, ACI can offer HCI. This is of particular interest to those working in the subfields of HCI with non-verbal or low cognition users such as Child Computer Interaction (CCI) and Human Robot Interaction (HRI). This is interesting because currently ACI takes a lot of methods from HCI and it would be pertinent to loop back to see if some knowledge can be returned to the HCI field.
The workshop has two main aims:
- Strengthen connected thinking whilst highlighting the exchangeable connecting methods from both ACI and HCI and there subfields such as Child Computer Interaction (CCI) and Human Robot Interaction (HRI).
- Discussing what these fields learn from each other with their similarities and differences being mapped.
This workshop will help connect researchers from different fields together. As a result this workshop will expand beyond ACI into analysis of methodology practice and application, into animal specific design and into the summary of joint knowledge. By creating bridges between these subject fields this can only reinforce and progress both HCI and ACI.
At the workshop, participants will:
- Map out the research space between and within ACI & HCI to identify gaps and current methods and theories employed.
- Create guidelines to help future researchers transfer HCI methods to ACI and then back, or to, HCI from ACI based on the findings found within the workshop on previous publications.
- Start a discussion about this interchange of disciplines to strengthen both fields by bringing in new perspectives to both ACI and HCI.
- Identification of methods used in HCI that are used in ACI and as such, seeing what methods are used in ACI exclusively. This helps highlight how ACI transfers to HCI and enriches the methodologies whilst simultaneously answering the question does ACI identify and enrich HCI.
The output of this workshop will be an initial mapping of the ACI and HCI field’s interchange of methods and learning transferability as well as an advanced understanding of how the two fields are useful to each other.
SUBMISSIONS
We welcome short papers or comments (up to 6 pages) in ACM extended abstract format the topic of method or theory of transference within ACI and HCI including the subfields of HRI, CCI, on the method applicability issues. Such papers can either be standard research papers or can be commentary on the workshop themes.
Please email submissions, or questions, to the primary organiser Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas (ihirskyj-douglas@uclan.ac.uk). These papers will then be reviewed by two experts. At least one author of each accepted position paper must attend the workshop.
IMPORTANT DATES
Deadline for workshop papers: 25th August, 2016
Notification of acceptance: 2nd September, 2016
Workshop date: 23rd October, 2016
ORGANIZERS
Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas, University of Central Lancashire, England
Janet C Read, University of Central Lancashire, England
Oskar Juhlin, Stockholm University, Sweden
Heli Väätäjä, Tampere University of Technology, Finland
Patricia Pons, Polytechnic University of Calencia, Spain
Svein-Olaf Hvasshovd, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
CONTACT
Questions and submissions can be emailed to Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas at ihirskyj-douglas@uclan.ac.uk
OTHER WORKSHOPS
[Details: http://www.nordichi2016.org/program/workshops/]
NordiCHI’16 is proud to host the following 21 workshops at the Lindholmen campus of Chalmers University of Technology and University of Gothenburg (campus maps here):
WS01: CoPDA2016 – Cultures of Participation in the Digital Age: From “Have to” to “Want to” Participate
https://homes.di.unimi.it/cslab/copda2016/
WS02: Living room on the move – Autonomous Vehicles and Social Experiences
https://www.viktoria.se/living-room-on-the-move
WS03: Designing E-Health Services For Patients & Relatives – Critical Incidents and Lessons to Learn
https://designingehealth4u.wordpress.com/
WS04: Challenging the role of design(ing) in the sustainability field – towards a ‘humble’ design approach
https://humbledesigning.wordpress.com
WS05: Cross competence collaboration to design for inclusion
http://lin-education.webflow.io/events/design-for-inclusion
WS06: The Clothesline Approach to Notions that concerns the H in HCI
https://clotheslinehci.wordpress.com
WS07: HCI and Sensitive Life Experiences
https://www.hciandsle.wordpress.com
WS08: Interactions between Nearby Strangers: Serendipity and Playfulness
http://nearbystrangersworkshop.wordpress.com/
WS09: Where HCI meets ACI
http://hcimeetsaciblog.wordpress.com
WS10: Mobile Wellbeing
http://www.datascienceforhealth.com/events/mobilewellbeing/
WS11: Improving Attractiveness of Public Transportation with Interactive Experiences
https://publictransportationexperiences.wordpress.com/
WS12: Stakeholder Involvement in Agile Development
https://stakeholdersinagile.wordpress.com/
WS13: HCI and UN’s Sustainable Development Goals: Responsibilities, Barriers and Opportunities
https://hci4s.wordpress.com
WS14: Things Fall Apart: Unpacking the Temporalities of Impermanence for HCI
http://thingsfallapartnordichi16.tumblr.com
WS15: Mapping the IoT: co-design, test and refine a design framework for IoT products
https://mappingtheiotworkshop.splashthat.com
WS16: Interactive Surfaces for Collaborative Software Design
http://t2i.se/workshops/interactive_surfaces/
WS17: Temporalities and Spaces for Youth Engagement in Co-Creative Activities
http://www.innovationhcid.net/
WS18: The Future of Books and Reading in Human-Computer Interaction
Webpage: http://t2i.se/workshops/interactive_books_NORDICHI16/
WS19: Experience Design for Multiple Customer Touchpoints
https://blogs.aalto.fi/multixd
WS20: Mind the Change! – Public Sector as an Arena for User Experience Design
http://www.library-ux.net
WS21: 3rd International Workshop on Pervasive Participation
https://perpart2016.wordpress.com