HCI International News, Number 106, March 2021

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HCII 2021 HIGHLIGHTS

• Important Deadlines
• Conference Details
• Submissions for "Late Breaking Work"
• Special Offer for the HCII 2021Tutorials
• Tutorials' Program
• Keynote speech by Michitaka Hirose
• Registration

OTHER HIGHLIGHTS

• World Usability Day - Design Challenge Awards 2021 sponsored by the HCI International Conference
• Way Ahead of You in Another Direction - The Design and Computer Art of Aaron Marcus
• Open-Access Paper by Christopher Wickens in IJHCI
• Recent News and Articles
• About HCI International NEWS

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HCII 2021: Important Deadlines

• Camera-ready poster extended abstract: 26 March 2021
• "Late Breaking Work" - paper proposals: until 21 May 2021
• "Late Breaking Work" - poster proposals: until 21 May 2021

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HCII 2021: Conference Details

With everyone’s health and safety in mind, HCII2021 will be organized and run as a virtual conference under the auspices of 21 distinguished international boards. Please visit the Conference website for the list of topics of each Thematic Area / Affiliated Conference.

An award will be presented to the Best Paper of each of the HCII 2021 Thematic Areas / Affiliated Conferences and the Best Poster extended abstract.

The Conference Proceedings will be published by Springer in a multi-volume set. Papers will appear in volumes of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) and Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) series. Poster Extended Abstracts in the form of short research papers will be published in the Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS) series.

The Conference Program is adapted to suit the needs of the virtual format. Parallel sessions and tutorials will run concurrently over the six-day period (24-29 July 2021). In this way, the daily load of the conference is four hours (two sessions, two-hours each, with a half-hour break in-between).

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HCII 2021: Submissions for "Late Breaking Work"

You still have the opportunity to present the latest results of your work to an international audience, by submitting a proposal for a Paper or a Poster presentation.

Submit "Late Breaking Work" - PAPER proposals: Prospective authors should submit extended abstracts (800 words) corresponding to one of the Conference Thematic Areas. Following a fast-track peer-review process, a decision is communicated to the authors. After acceptance, the authors, apart from giving an oral presentation during the Conference, will also have the opportunity of having a full paper included in the "HCII 2021 - Late Breaking Papers" Springer LNCS Proceedings to be published after the conference, according to the below timetable:

• Deadline for abstract submission: Submission open until 21 May 2021
• Notification of review outcome: 1 week after submission
• Deadline for camera-ready submission and registration: 11 June 2021

Submit "Late Breaking Work" - POSTER proposals: Prospective authors should submit abstracts (300 words). Following a fast-track peer-review process, a decision is communicated to the authors. After acceptance, the authors, apart from presenting their work during the Conference, will also have the opportunity of having an extended poster abstract (short research paper) included in the "HCII 2021 - Late Breaking Posters" Springer CCIS Proceedings to be published after the conference, according to the below timetable:

• Deadline for abstract submission: Submission open until 21 May 2021
• Notification of review outcome: 1 week after submission
• Deadline for camera-ready submission and registration: 11 June 2021

The “Late Breaking Work” paper and poster volumes, also published by Springer, together with the volumes to be published before the conference, will comprise the full set of the HCII 2021 Conference Proceedings.

 

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Special Offer for the HCII 2021 Tutorials

Given the continuing difficulties associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, HCII 2021 is pleased to offer complimentary attendance to an additional Tutorial for each Tutorial paid registration. This offer is also extended to existing (already paid) Tutorial registrations.

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HCII 2021: Tutorials' Program

Sunday, 25 July 2021, 08:00 – 12:00 EDT (Eastern Daylight Time - Washington DC)

T01     Simple (interactive) statistics for HCI
Jean-Bernard Martens

T02     Learning Engineering Bootcamp
Jim Goodell, Aaron Kessler

T03     Automotive UX Design Based on Intercultural Research
Zaiyan Gong

T04     Sketching in HCI
Makayla Lewis, Miriam Sturdee

T05     Neuroergonomics in Aviation: Monitoring and Enhancing Human-System Performance in Operational Environment
Kurtulus Izzetoglu, Assaf Harel, Cengiz Acarturk

T06     Ethical Considerations in HCI
Janet C. Read

 

Monday, 26 July 2021, 08:00 – 12:00 EDT (Eastern Daylight Time - Washington DC)

T07     On The Go: Design for Mobile Apps and Devices
Elizabeth Rosenzweig

T08     Agile Research Data for Agile Teams
Everett McKay

T09     Cross-Cultural HCI/User-Experience Design: What are Differences and Similarities of User Preferences and Expectations, including China?
Aaron Marcus

T10     UX Magic: The Conceptual Model foundation of IxD
Daniel Rosenberg

T11     Speech-based Interaction: Myths, Challenges and Opportunities
Cosmin Munteanu, Gerald Penn

T12     Introduction to Socio-Technical HCI Theory and Action
Torkil Clemmensen

 

Tuesday, 27 July 2021, 08:00 – 12:00 EDT (Eastern Daylight Time - Washington DC)

T13     Usability Testing of Mobile Apps and Devices
Elizabeth Rosenzweig

T14     Intuitive and Simple Design
Everett McKay

T15     HCI/UX in Science-Fiction Movies/TV: What can We Learn from the Past 100 Years of the Future?
Aaron Marcus

T16     Game Theory for Interaction Design
Daniel Rosenberg

T17     Latest Advances in Deep Learning for Multimodal and Multisensorial Signal Analysis
Bjoern Schuller, Nicholas Cummins

T18     Universal Access and technology to support independent living
Simeon Keates

T19     Eye Tracking: Applications, Analytics, Interaction
Andrew Duchowski

 

Wednesday, 28 July 2021, 08:00 – 12:00 EDT (Eastern Daylight Time - Washington DC)

T20     Dashboard Design and Data Visualization
Abbas Moallem

T21     Prototyping with Arduino using Tinkercad
Panayiotis Zaphiris, Andreas Papallas

T22     Shifting to Digital: 360VR for Immersive Learning
Andri Ioannou, Andreas Kitsi, Raluca Maxim

T23     The role of rapid prototyping in a UX design environment
Martin Maguire

T24     Usable Bots: How to design and evaluate conversational User Interfaces
Andreas Bleiker, Kyoko Sugisaki

T25     Using the System Usability Scale
James Lewis

T26     Design for Efficiency
Helmut Degen

 

Thursday, 29 July 2021, 08:00 – 12:00 EDT (Eastern Daylight Time - Washington DC)

T27     10 Things you need to know to protect yourself and your company from cyber attacks
Abbas Moallem

T28     Become a Remote Design Sprint Expert
Panayiotis Zaphiris, Andreas Papallas

T29     Shifting to Digital: Gamification in Course Design
Andri Ioannou, Andreas Kitsi, Raluca Maxim

T30     Driving Innovation with Enterprise Design Thinking
kevin l. schultz, Camillo Sassano, Aaron Cox, Baxter Schanze

T31     Non-invasive Brain Computer Interfaces for stroke rehabilitation and consciousness assessment
Günter Edlinger, Danut Irimia, Ren Xu, Natalie Mrachacz-Kersting

T32     How to design UX for mobile application: methods and tools
Paolo Perego, Roberto Sironi

T33     Fundamentals of Adaptive Instructional Systems
Robert A. Sottilare, Xiangen Hu

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HCII 2021: Keynote speech by Michitaka Hirose

HCII 2021: Prof. Michitaka Hirose (University of Tokyo, Japan) will give the Keynote Speech during the Opening Plenary Session Saturday, 24 July 2021, 08:00 EDT (Eastern Daylight Time Washington DC, USA).

“Advances in VR Technology and the Post-Coronavirus Society”.

The spread of COVID-19 is threatening to permanently change our society. Among other things, it has increased the cost of human contact and greatly restricted international travel. The future is uncertain and HCII2021 will be held as a virtual conference. This change is reminiscent of the oil shocks of approximately 50 years ago. The rise in energy costs forced changes in the industrial structures of countries around the world from heavy industries to light, thin, and short industries such as information technology. Here again, we are faced with similar challenges. Consequently, society will be changed irreversibly.
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is playing an important role in this major change, particularly for VR, a technology that can transcend both time and space. VR has a 30-year history and has only recently found opportunities to spread in society. Telepresence technology that is capable of transmitting a distant presence will expand the potential of teleworking beyond office-based work to a whole new level. In addition, it may even replace some traditional physical transportation technologies.
By enriching virtual spaces as a new space for activity, we can regain activities that were reduced due to COVID-19. To achieve this, the existing currently technically under-developed VR technology must be further refined such as by expanding to networks and interface devices based on new principles, which will require technical advancement to the second generation. Thus, what exactly is the second generation of VR? This talk will introduce a series of rapidly advancing new VR technologies such as WebVR technology that enables users to easily experience VR through a web browser, pseudo-haptic technology that generates haptic sensations without complex mechanisms, and interface technology that uses new principles such as direct nerve stimulation. In addition, the social impact of these technologies will be discussed.

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HCII 2021: Registration

HCII 2021 is organized and will be run as a virtual conference and all fees are offered with a 50% discount of the 'in-person' fees.

Detailed information about the registration fees is available through the Conference website.

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World Usability Day - Design Challenge Awards 2021 sponsored by the HCI International Conference

World Usability Day is pleased to announce the sponsorship by and collaboration with the HCI International (HCII) conference for the annual Design Challenge. This collaboration brings together two organizations who have similar and supporting goals.  HCII provides an international forum for the dissemination and exchange of up-to-date scientific information on theoretical, generic and applied areas. World Usability Day aims to raise standards so that technology works to harness human potential. This work is accomplished by building a community of common practice and supporting that through events occurring around the world that bring together different communities to work together to make our world easy for all. 

The Gold, Silver and Bronze recipients of the World Usability Day Design Challenge Awards are cordially invited, with complimentary registration, to present their innovative, impactful design at the HCI International Conferences. The announcement of the winners for the upcoming competition will be on the World Usability Day, 11 November 2021 and the awards will be conferred during the HCII 2022 conference opening ceremony, on 28 June 2022 in Gothenburg, Sweden, where they are invited to present their work on 29 June 2022.

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Way Ahead of You in Another Direction - The Design and Computer Art of Aaron Marcus

Introducing a New Book on the Design and Computer Art of Aaron Marcus
(Letterform Archive - LFA)

A pioneer in computer graphics and user-interface design, Aaron Marcus was one of the first to use computer technology in art, exploring virtual reality, experimental visible languages, and information visualization in the early days of digital media. This is the first book on his career and life.

• One part absorbing autobiography, one part handsomely produced designer monograph
• Tells the story of the early days of computer-based graphic design, fully supported with compelling images
• Shares the backstories behind Marcus’s innovative user-experience designs and systems solutions for brands like Apple, Microsoft, Samsung, and more
• Available in 2022 wherever fine books are sold

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Open-Access Paper by Christopher Wickens in IJHCI

Christopher Wickens, one of the foremost international authorities on attention, has authored an open-access paper in the International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction. Wickens in this article discussed two general concepts of attention: (1) As a filter of selective attention that selects and admits channels of information from the environment to be processed; (2) as a resource to enable subsequent information processing, constrained by the individual demand of tasks, and particularly the collective demands of multiple tasks needing to be performed concurrently defining the limits of multitasking.

Attention: Theory, Principles, Models, and Applications
By: Christopher Wickens
International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction, 37 (5), 403-417
Published online on February 4, 2021

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Recent News and Articles

• "A.I. Here, There, Everywhere,", New York Times, February 23, 2021.
• "Australian Media Law Raises Questions About 'Pay for Clicks',", Associated Press, February 18, 2021.
• "Malware Now Targeting Apple's M1 Processor,", Wired, February 17, 2021.
• "Major Hospitals Form Company to Capitalize on Their Troves of Health Data,", The Wall Street Journal, February 11, 2021.
• "Forget Self-Driving Cars—the Pentagon Wants Autonomous Ships, Choppers, and Jets,", The Wall Street Journal. February 13, 2021
• "AI Can Use the Veins on Your Hand Like Fingerprints to Identify You,", New Scientist, February 12, 2021.
• "Sweden to Establish National Cybersecurity Center", Computer Weekly, February 8, 2021.
• "Can AI Tackle Racial Inequalities in Healthcare?", BBC News, February 6, 2021.
• "Big Jump in RDP Attacks as Hackers Target Staff Working From Home,", ZDNet, February 8, 2021.
• "As Robots Fill the Workplace, They Must Learn to Get Along,", Wired, February 2, 2021.
• "Clearview AI's Facial Recognition App Called Illegal in Canada,", The New York Times, February 3, 2021.
• "From Lightbulbs to 5G, China Battles West for Control of Vital Technology Standards,", The Wall Street Journal, February 8, 2021.
• "More Exploitable Flaws Found in SolarWinds Software, Says Cybersecurity Firm,", NBC News, February 3, 2021.
• "Amazon Plans AI-Powered Cameras in Delivery Vans to Improve Driver Safety,", Reuters, February 3, 2021.
• "Here's a Way to Learn If Facial Recognition Systems Used Your Photos,", The New York Times, January 31, 2021
• " 'Cyber Trauma' Leaves Online Victims With Psychological Scars,", Financial Times, January 25, 2021.
• "U.S. Leading Race in AI, with China Rising: Survey,", Times of India, January 25, 2021
• "On the 100th Anniversary of 'Robot,' They're Finally Taking Over,", The Wall Street Journal, January 23, 2021.
• "Fake Collaboration Apps Steal Data as Staff Struggle with Home-Working Security,", ZDNet, January 19, 2021.
• "U.S. Lawmakers Aim to Curtail Face Recognition Even as the Technology IDs Capitol Attackers,", Reuters, January 18, 2021.
• "How Law Enforcement Gets Around Your Smartphone's Encryption,", Wired, January 15, 2021.
• "Job Screening Service Halts Facial Analysis of Applicants", Wired, January 12, 2021.
• "macOS Malware Used Run-Only AppleScripts to Avoid Detection for Five Years,", ZDNet, January 12, 2021.

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