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HCI International News, Number 55, September 2012

HIGHLIGHTS

HCII2013: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 21-26 July 2013
HCII2013: Submission of paper and tutorial proposals - deadline 12 October 2012
HCII2013: General Keynote Speech by Hiroshi Ishii
HCII2013: Exhibition
HCII2013: Sponsorship opportunities
HFES 2012 Annual Meeting, Boston USA, 22-26 October 2012
Recent News and Articles
Upcoming Conferences and Events
Journal of Educational Technology & Society - Special issue announcement
About HCI International NEWS

HCII2013: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 21-26 July 2013

The 15th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction will take place at the Mirage Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 21-26 July 2013.

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

Las Vegas Boulevard or the Strip acts as the starting point to explore the city's attractions, most of which are located along the boulevard or within a few blocks from it. These include luxurious and grand mega resorts, museums, fantastic shows, massive shopping malls, theme parks and much more. Towards the north end of the Strip is the downtown area including the Fremont Street, which formed the heart of the city when it was established in 1905.

The Mirage, 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 the Las Vegas Strip. The Mirage, an AAA Four Diamond Award-winning resort, completed a fresh new makeover in August 2008 of all guest rooms.

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HCII2013: Submission of paper and tutorial proposals - deadline 12 October 2012

Do not miss the exciting opportunity to present a paper, a tutorial or a poster at the worldwide renowned international forum for the dissemination and exchange of up-to-date scientific information on theoretical, generic and applied areas of HCI.

HCI International 2013 incorporates 12 Conferences / thematic areas, expecting to attract over 2,000 participants from all over the world. Please visit the Conference website for further information on each thematic area / conference, including topics and Program Board members. The Conference will feature, among others, pre-conference half-day and full-day tutorials, parallel sessions, poster presentations, an opening session with a keynote address, and an exhibition.

Papers - Deadline for Abstract Receipt (800 words): Friday, 12 October 2012
Tutorials - Deadline for Abstract Receipt (300 words): Friday, 12 October 2012
Posters - Deadline for Abstract Receipt (300 words): Friday, 1 February 2013

IMPORTANT NOTE: For paper presentation at the Conference and publication in the Proceedings of HCI International 2013 and the affiliated conferences, at least one registration per paper is required. However, individuals can appear as co-authors in several papers.

The Conference Proceedings will be published by Springer in a multi-volume set. Papers will appear in volumes of the LNCS and LNAI series. Extended Poster abstracts will be published in the Communications in the CCIS series. All volumes will be available on-line through the SpringerLink Digital Library, readily accessible by all subscribing libraries around the world, and will be indexed by a number of services including EI and ISI CPCI-S.

The best paper of each of the Affiliated Conferences / Thematic Areas will receive an award. Among these best papers, one will be selected to receive the golden award as the Best HCI International 2013 Conference paper. Finally, the Best Poster extended abstract will also receive an award.

For more information, please visit the Conference website.

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HCII2013: General Keynote Speech by Hiroshi Ishii

Hiroshi Ishii, Muriel R. Cooper Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, will give the General Keynote Speech during the Opening Plenary Session of HCII 2013.

He was named Associate Director at the Media Lab in May 2008. He is a co-director of Things That Think (TTT) consortium and a project leader of Digital Life (DL) consortium at the MIT Media Lab.

Hiroshi Ishii has done extensive research on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). His team at NTT Human Interface Laboratories invented TeamWorkStation and ClearBoard. He has been active in a variety of academic, industrial design, and media art communities including ACM SIGCHI, SIGGRAPH, IDSA, and Ars Electronica.

Further details about the keynote address will be posted in the conference website.

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HCII2013: Exhibition

The HCI International Conference is an ideal opportunity to exhibit your products and services to an international audience of about 2,000 researchers, academics, professionals and users in the field of HCI. Conference participants have a unique opportunity to explore state-of-the-art HCI technology and interact with representatives of manufacturers, vendors, publishers, and potential employers. For more information about exhibition, please visit the Conference website.

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HCII2013: Sponsorship opportunities

Sponsorship in the context of HCI International 2013 is an ideal opportunity to expose your organization to an international audience of about 2,000 researchers, professionals and users in the field of HCI. Sponsors will also have the opportunity to exhibit, free of charge, their products or services through the Conference Exhibition.

For more information about sponsorship opportunities, please visit the Conference website.

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HFES 2012 Annual Meeting, Boston USA, 22-26 October 2012

The HFES 2012 Annual Meeting in Boston features a full day devoted to usability. User Experience Day (Wednesday, October 24) begins with an invited address by Microsoft Research Principal UX Researcher Bill Buxton; see complete details at http://www.hfes.org/web/HFESBulletin/aug2012amux.html. Online registration for the HFES 2012 Annual Meeting, which takes place at the Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel on October 22-26, can be found at http://www.hfes.org/web/hfesmeetings/2012registration.html, along with other details about the meeting, such as workshops and technical tours, hotel accommodations, and other special events.

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Upcoming Conferences and Events

September 2012

21 - 24 September: MobileHCI '12 - 14th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, San Francisco, CA, United States

October 2012

22 - 24 October: ASSETS '12 - The 14th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, Boulder, Colorado, United States
22 - 26 October: ICMI '12 - The 14th International Conference on Multimodal Interaction, Santa Monica, CA, United States.
22 - 26 October: HFES 2012 - The 56th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Westin Boston Waterfront, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

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Journal of Educational Technology & Society - Special issue announcement

Journal of Educational Technology & Society
Special Issue on "Game based learning for 21st century transferable skills: challenges and opportunities"

This special issue focuses on how digital serious games can contribute to the present knowledge society requirements that put a higher demand towards acquiring transferable skills. Transversal skills are important in enhancing more global and sustainable learning as they span across multiple scientific disciplines and subjects. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

Methodologies and best practices of digital games deployment in formal education and in training
Expert evaluation of serious game deployment
Learning evaluation in digital game-based learning
Assessment of learners' performance in digital educational games
Metrics for measuring learning outcomes facilitated by digital educational games
Feedback to learners digital game-based learning
User modeling and profiling in digital educational games
Advanced user interaction in digital educational games

Submissions due: 30 November 2012

Special Issue Guest Editors
Dr. Francesco Bellotti, e-mail: franz@elios.unige.it
Dr. Rosa Maria Bottino, e-mail: bottino@itd.cnr.it
Dr. Rob Nadolski, e-mail: rob.nadolski@ou.nl
Prof. Baltasar Fernández-Manjón, e-mail: balta@fdi.ucm.es

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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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We welcome your contribution to the HCI International News. Please send to us interesting news, short articles, interesting websites, etc. We will consider your comments and contributions for upcoming issues. Please send your contribution to the Editor, Dr. Abbas Moallem.
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