cfp: HAID 2008 / First call for papers

[Emma Murphy <emma.murphy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

First call for papers

Third International Workshop on Haptic and Audio Interaction Design
September 15-16 2008 in Jyvaskyla, Finland

Provisional Deadline for full paper submissions - 30th April 2008


Overview

Technologies to enable multimodal interaction are now sufficiently 
mature that
research is turning away from pure hardware development and looking 
towards
interaction and design issues to improve usability and the user 
experience. Robust
solutions exist to display audio and haptic feedback in many forms - 
for instance as
speech and non speech sounds and through tactile and force feedback 
sensations.
Furthermore, it has been demonstrated that the novel interactions 
supported by these
modalities can confer benefits for all users. However, many questions 
remain
concerning the appropriate use of haptics and audio in interaction 
design. These
questions are related to design methods, appropriate application areas 
and the
integration of haptics and audio, possibly with other modalities.

HAID'08, the third in a series of workshops inaugurated in Glasgow in 
2006 and
continued in Seoul in 2007, will bring together researchers and 
practitioners who
share an interest in finding out how the haptic and audio modalities 
can be used
together in human computer interaction. The research challenges in the 
area are best
approached through user-centred design, empirical studies or the 
development of
novel theoretical frameworks. HAID'08 seeks contributions from all these
perspectives.

In particular we highlight two themes. The first is fundamental 
conceptual analysis
and contributions to theoretical models. Such developments are 
currently required to
constructively explain the characteristics of haptic and audio based 
interaction and
how to best integrate these two modalities. The second is situated 
field evaluations.
Mobile applications are a key domain for haptic and audio interaction, 
but the utility
of traditional lab-based studies in such scenarios is in doubt. It is 
unclear whether
interfaces which work well in the lab are suitable for use in everyday 
life.
Contributions addressing these two issues are especially encouraged.


Topics

Contributions are welcomed in (but not limited to) the following areas 
(please note
that in all of these areas both theoretical and empirical approaches 
are encouraged):

- Novel haptic, audio and multimodal interfaces and interactions
- Evaluating multimodal interactions, especially in real contexts
- Design principles for multimodal user-interfaces
- Multimodal visualisations
- Affective roles of haptics and audio in interaction
- Cross-modal interactions
- Auditory and haptic displays for visually impaired people
- Safety critical multimodal applications (monitoring, controlling, 
alarming)
- Designing haptics and audio for touch screen
- Multimodal gaming and entertainment
- Interaction in physical exercise
- Collaborative multimodal systems
- Mobile multimodal interactions
- Emulation and simulation of real world with audio-haptic design
- Novel systems and interactions using other modalities (e.g. taste, 
smell)

Publication
The proceedings will be published by Springer in their LNCS journal 
series.

Important Dates
Please note that all dates are currently provisional and may be subject 
to change.

- 19rd February 2008: First call for papers
- 30th April 2008: Papers due for submission
- 30th May 2008: Notification of acceptance
- 20th June 2008: Final (camera ready) versions of papers due
- 15th – 16th September: Haptic and Audio Interaction Design Workshop

Location
The 3rd International Workshop on Haptic and Audio Interaction Design 
will be held
at the Hotel Laajavuori in Jyvaskyla, Finland.

Program Chairs
Antti Pirhonen (University of Jyvaskyla, Finland)
Stephen Brewster (University of Glasgow, UK)

email pianta(at)jyu.fi