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HCI International News, Number 52, March 2012

HIGHLIGHTS

HCII2013: plan your participation
HCII 2011: Proceedings
RSA Conference 2012, San Francisco: Security, Security, Security
Invitation to Attend AHFE 2012 and its affiliated conferences
AHFE 2012: poster proposal submission is still open
AHFE 2012 Exhibition: Register Now While Space is Still Available
Recent News and Articles
Upcoming Conferences and Events
Announcements
About HCI International NEWS

HCII2013: plan your participation

Don’t forget to mark in your calendar the dates of the 15th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction that will be held, jointly with the affiliated Conferences at The Mirage Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 21-26 July 2013

http://www.hcii2013.org/

Two new affiliated conferences will take place:

The 1st International Conference on Distributed, Ambient and Pervasive Interactions, chaired by Norbert Streitz (Germany) and Constantine Stephanidis (Greece).
The 1st International Conference on Human Aspects of Information Security, Privacy and Trust, chaired by Louis Marinos (ENISA EU) and Ioannis Askoxylakis (Greece).

The Call for Participation leaflet and a poster are available in PDF format through the Conference website at:
http://www.hcii2013.org/
There are a few versions of the leaflet available for you to download (two-fold or single page, full color or printer friendly, A4 or letter).

For detailed information about the topics of each thematic area / affiliated conference, as well as the individual leaflets available for download, please visit:
http://www.hcii2013.org/index.php?module=pagesmith&uop=view_page&id=3

Please also mark in your calendar the deadlines for submissions:

Friday, 12 October 2012, paper proposals (an abstract of 800 words is required)
Friday, 12 October 2012 for tutorial proposals (an abstract of 300 words is required)
Friday, 1 February 2013 for poster proposals (an abstract of 300 words is required)

During the conference, you will be able to interact with about two thousand participants from academia, research institutes, industry and governmental agencies from all over the world in this truly international event.

The city of Las Vegas, as one of the world’s busiest tourist destinations, offers just about everything – spectacular shows, shops and restaurants, theme park attractions, and the natural beauty of the surrounding lakes, parks and canyons.

The Mirage Hotel, located on Las Vegas Strip, is recommended as the main hotel of the Conference. Many of the guest rooms offered are available with breathtaking views of the tropical pool, majestic mountains or Las Vegas Strip.

For more information and updates, please visit regularly the Conference web site.

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HCII 2011: Proceedings

A total of 4039 individuals from academia, research institutes, industry and governmental agencies from 67 countries submitted contributions, and 1318 papers and 232 posters were included in the program.

For the list of the 23 Volumes of the Conference Proceedings, please check our website at:
http://www.hcii2011.org/proceedings

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RSA® Conference 2012, San Francisco: Security, Security, Security

RSA® Conference 2012 was held from February 27th - March 2nd in San Francisco. RSA was a gathering of professionals and companies providing the latest technology in computer security.

With growing concerns in data protection, defense against cyber attacks, and even privacy, consumers and enterprises have grown more and more sensitive to security issues. Several recent and important data breaches have occurred. The Sony PlayStation Network failing to protect personal information and credit card numbers of up to 77 million users, the Epsilon, an email service provider that put the customers of at least 50 major companies at risk from targeted phishing attacks, and the vulnerability of iPhones and other smart phones in protecting users' data and other such contact information stored on the smart devices are among just a few examples that depict just why security is a primary concern in computer technology.

One of the main areas of interest in the RSA was the expansion of cloud computing. The growth of this has caused data like patient pacemakers, banking, consumer notes and ideas innovative security technology to be stored on the cloud.

On the exhibition floor one would notice the expansion of technology to protect the cloud access security with more traditional methods such as encryption, authentication technologies, and file transfers.

Although there was not one specific outstanding technology or product being offered in this year's conference, it was certainly made apparent that when it comes down to it, technology cannot provide a solution for the security issues brought on by another person gaining the authentication information.

A.M.

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Invitation to attend AHFE 2012 and its affiliated conferences

2nd International Conference on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare
2nd International Conference on Cross-Cultural Decision Making
2nd International Conference on Applied Digital Human Modeling
1st International Conference on Human Side of Service Engineering
1st International Conference on Affective and Pleasurable Design
1st International Conference on Human Factors in Transportation
and 14th International Conference on Human Aspects of Advanced Manufacturing: Manufacturing Enterprises in a Digital World

The Conference features 17 Tutorials that will take place from Saturday 21 to Sunday 22 July 2012, and parallel technical sessions that will run from Monday 23 to Wednesday 25 July 2012.

To explore the exceptional program of Full- and Half-Day Tutorials at the AHFE 2012 Conference, please visit:
http://www.ahfe2012.org/tutorials.html

A Keynote Address on "Human Side of Service Engineering for a Smart Planet" will be offered by Dr. James ("Jim") C. Spohrer (IBM Innovation Champion and Director of IBM University Programs worldwide).

Exhibitors will present state-of-the-art ergonomics products, systems and services for users, professionals, and researchers in the AHFE field. For more information about the AHFE 2012 Exhibition, please visit:
http://www.ahfe2012.org/exhibits.html

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AHFE 2012: poster proposal submission is still open

Poster proposals submission is still open. You are welcome to submit a poster proposal until the 15th of May 2012 and join the more than 1500 participants expected from 40 countries.

http://www.ahfe2012.org/deadlines.html

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AHFE 2012 Exhibition: Register Now While Space is Still Available

The AHFE International 2012 exhibition will give exhibitors the opportunity to present state-of-the-art ergonomics products, systems, and services for users, professionals, and researchers in the AHFE field. More than 1,500 participants who are in a position to make informed decisions about human factors and ergonomics products and services are expected at the conference.

For more Information about the AHFE 2012 exhibition, visit:
http://www.ahfe2012.org/exhibits.html

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Upcoming Conferences and Events

March 2012

8 - 9 March: AH '12 - 3rd Augmented Human International Conference, Megève, France.
28 - 30 March: ETRA '12 - Eye Tracking Research and Applications, Santa Barbara, CA, United States.
30 - 31 March: HCILT 2012 - International Conference on Human Computer Interaction & Learning Technologies, Abu Dubai, United Arab Emirates

April 2012

2 - 4 April: ACSE 2012 - The Seventh IASTED International Conference on Advances in Computer Science and Engineering, Phuket, Thailand.
16 - 17 April: W4A '12 - 9th International Cross-Disciplinary Conference on Web Accessibility, Lyon, France.

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Announcements

May 19 - 21, 2012: The 2012 International Conference on Systems and Informatics (ICSAI 2012) will be held in Yantai, China

July 4 - 6, 2012: Serious Games Workshop, in the context of ICALT 2012, Rome, Italy

September 23 - 27, 2012: 2nd International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries 2012 (TPDL 2012), Pafos, Cyprus

AVAILABLE NOW: Advances in Human-Computer Interaction - Special issue on "User Assessment in Serious Games and Technology-Enhanced Learning"
http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ahci/si/sgtel/

AVAILABLE NOW: New Issue of the Interacting with Computers, Volume 24, Issue 2, March 2012.

AVAILABLE NOW: eMinds: International Journal on Human-Computer Interaction, Vol 2, No 8 (2012) is available for free download.

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About HCI International NEWS

The HCI International NEWS is a newsletter that contains information about the HCI International 2013 Conference, book reviews, news from the field of HCI, as well as links to interesting articles and conferences. If you have any questions or comments, or if you would like to make a contribution, please contact the Editor, Dr. Abbas Moallem. The opinions that are expressed in this Newsletter are the sole responsibility of its authors and do not represent any institution or company.

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