HCC 2008
3rd International Workshop on Human-Centered Computing
October 31, 2008, Vancouver, Canada - in conjunction with ACM Multimedia 2008

 

 

 

Human-Centered Computing (HCC) lies at the crossroads of multiple disciplines and research areas that are concerned both with understanding human beings and with the design of computational methods. Researchers and designers of HCC methods and systems include engineers, scholars in psychology, cognitive science, sociology, and graphic designers, among others. Research in HCC deals with understanding humans, both as individuals and in social groups, by focusing on the ways that human beings adopt, adapt, and organize their lives around computational technologies, and on how the development of computational technologies can be informed by human aspects (culture, social setting, human abilities, etc.). Human-Centered Computing addresses problems that the field of Human Computer Interaction (HCI) does not generally address.

 

In HCC the focus is not only on interaction, but also on the design of algorithms and systems with a human focus from start to finish.

 

This year´s workshop builds on the discussions on the previous workshops on this topic held with ACM Multimedia 2007 and 2006.

 

WORKSHOP CHAIRS

 

Alejandro Jaimes, Telefonica Research, Madrid, Spain (ajaimes_at_tid.es)

Daniela Nicklas, University of Oldenburg, Germany (daniela.nicklas_at_uni-oldenburg.de)

Nicu Sebe, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands (nicu_at_science.uva.nl)

 

Since the workshop will be held on Halloween, attendees may show up in exotic costumes! (candy will be given to the best outfit)

 

PROGRAM – Oct. 31st, 2008

8:30 - 9:00

Registration

9:00 - 10:00

Invited talk by Prof. Angela Sasse & initial discussion

10:00 - 10:30

Coffee

10:30 - 12:30

5 minute presentations (1 hour, all papers below)

Thematic break-out group meetings (1 hour, 3 to 4 groups, each given a scenario and a task)

12:30 - 13:30

Lunch

13:30 - 15:30

Thematic break-out group meetings & presentation preparations (same groups as above)

15:30 - 16:00

Coffee

16:00 - 18:00

Break-out Group presentations (30 minutes)

Process break-out groups (1 hour, 3 to 4 groups, asked to “abstract” a process based on the presentations)

Final presentations & summary (30 minutes)

 

The program will start with an invited keynote by Prof. Sasse, followed by brief but animated presentations of each of the papers. We will then ask participants to break into groups. In the first part of the workshop the groups will focus on a particular theme or application in HCC. At the end of the thematic break out group sessions, each group will make a presentation. During the second half, new break out groups will be formed, in which the goal will be to think of the processes or methodologies presented and discussed during the workshop. The outcomes of this second stage will also be presented.

 

Important: The workshop is open. Anyone can attend. To ensure continuity, however, we expect attendees to participate in as many activities in the workshop as possible.

 

Accepted Papers

  • Interaction and user Experiences with multimedia Technologies Challenges and Future topics
  • Broadcast yourself on YouTube Really?
  • Evoking gesture in interactive art
  • Studying vision-based multiple-user interaction with in-home displays
  • An image-centered search and indexation system based in users data and perceived emotion
  • Enriched Human-Centered Multimedia Computing through Inspirations from Disabilities and Deficit-Centered Computing Solutions
  • Service Provisioning in an Ambient Environment Human-centered Quality-driven Approach
  • Effect of Screen Configuration and Interaction Devices in Shared Display Groupware
  • Architecting AmI Systems
  • Presentation Tools for High-Resolution and Multiple Displays
  • Exploring a Human Centered Approach to Managing Visual Privacy Concerns during Collaboration