From crabapple.srv.cs.cmu.edu!fs7.ece.cmu.edu!news.sei.cmu.edu!weh Thu Jun 11 14:02:08 EDT 1992 Article: 12822 of comp.ai Xref: crabapple.srv.cs.cmu.edu comp.ai:12822 comp.ai.edu:703 comp.human-factors:2324 comp.cog-eng:2304 comp.groupware:1218 Newsgroups: comp.ai,comp.ai.edu,comp.human-factors,comp.cog-eng,comp.groupware Path: crabapple.srv.cs.cmu.edu!fs7.ece.cmu.edu!news.sei.cmu.edu!weh From: weh@sei.cmu.edu (Bill Hefley) Subject: Reminder - 1993 Intelligent User Interfaces Workshop Message-ID: <1992Jun10.191044.11815@sei.cmu.edu> Keywords: user interfaces, intelligent interfaces, AI, HCI Sender: netnews@sei.cmu.edu (Netnews) Organization: Software Engineering Institute Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1992 19:10:44 GMT CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ====================== 1993 INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON INTELLIGENT USER INTERFACES Sponsored by: ACM SIGCHI - Special Interest Group on Computer & Human Interaction ACM SIGART - Special Interest Group on Artificial Intelligence In Cooperation with: AAAI - American Association for Artificial Intelligence British HCI Group January 4-7, 1993 Buena Vista Palace Hotel, Walt Disney World Village, Orlando, Florida OBJECTIVES Advances in multidisciplinary research are creating a new generation of intelligent interfaces that use computers to facilitate the interaction of people with information, knowledge, tasks and situations. These interfaces rely on advanced computational techniques and cognitive science theories to build systems that enhance user performance. Such systems can help users to accomplish complex tasks by interpreting ambiguous input, phrasing multimodal output in ways sensitive to users' abilities and situations, and providing effective advice and assistance. This new event stems from a prior successful workshop in 1988 on Architectures for Intelligent Interfaces (sponsored by AAAI/ACM SIGCHI). The 1993 International Workshop will focus on a diversity of approaches to human-computer interaction, from those employing advanced computational techniques to those incorporating cognitive and user models to amplify human cognitive abilities. GOAL The goal of the workshop is to explore ways in which techniques for knowledge representation, inferencing, modeling, and presentation can provide the adaptability and reasoning capabilities required for more intelligent human-computer interaction. We aim to stimulate high quality discussion amongst participants from different countries and from disciplines such as cognitive science, human-computer interaction, computational linguistics and artificial intelligence. The workshop will bring together researchers and practitioners with an interest in methods, techniques, tools, and technology for constructing and evaluating intelligent systems. FORMAT The intimate size, single track, and comfortable surroundings make this workshop an ideal opportunity to exchange research results and implementation experiences. Attendance will be limited to 100 participants with presentations spread over three days. The format is split into two and a half days of presentations with one half day of working sessions, enhanced by three thought-provoking plenary speakers. SCOPE Interested participants should submit an original paper for review. Submissions addressing theory, system building, or evaluation issues are welcomed. Papers may address human-computer interaction or artificial intelligence/computational perspectives on (but not limited to) the following topics: -- Intelligent User Interfaces in a diverse range of application areas including tutoring and advisory systems; natural language processing; generation and understanding of nonverbal media; planning and explanation; information retrieval; computer-supported cooperative work, decision support and supervisory control. -- Interface-Building Tools and Techniques: knowledge-based and user modelling techniques for intelligent interface design, including plan and intent recognition, automatic presentation, explanation, user aiding (aids, critics, tutors), knowledge representation and modeling of users, systems, tasks. -- Intelligent front-ends to interactive, multimedia, hypermedia, and knowledge-based systems. -- Adaptive and customisable systems. -- Intelligent Agents and agent-based interaction. -- Requirements and architectures for intelligent, cooperative, and multimodal interfaces. -- Methods for analyzing, designing & evaluating users' needs & performance, intelligent interfaces & systems. SUBMISSIONS Papers will be accepted either for presentation as talks or posters. Authors are encouraged to submit work-in-progress to the poster session whilst longer papers should highlight both the general scientific contribution of the research and its practical significance. Six camera- ready copies of original papers written in English should be submitted, as long papers (presented as a talk: 8 pages) or as short papers (interactive poster presentation: 4 pages). Submitted papers must be unpublished, substantively different from papers currently under review and must not be submitted elsewhere before notification date. A book, including revised papers and workshop results, may be published following the meeting. Each paper should have a separate cover page containing the title of the paper; author(s) and affiliation(s), contact address of main author, phone, fax and e-mail address; an abstract (100-200 words) and a list of up to five key words or phrases linked to the submission topics describing its content. Detailed formatting instructions are available (for an example, see the ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, July 1991, pp. 93-96). DEADLINES You are requested to send notification of intention to participate and potential titles of submissions before July 1, 1992, to iiWorkshop93.chi@xerox.com. lnterested participants should forward SIX camera-ready copies of their paper to Wayne Gray, Graduate School of Education, Room 1008, Fordham University, 113 West 60th Street, New York, NY 10023 U.S.A.; +1-212-636-6464. E-mail or fax submissions will not be considered. Papers must be received before July 17, 1992. Authors will be notified by September 25, 1992. For further information, contact the Conference Secretariat at iiWorkshop93.chi@xerox.com or at the mailing address below. STUDENT SUPPORT Limited financial support is available to support attendance of deserving students at the 1993 Workshop in an attempt to help foster the field and expose students to a broad base of current research. The 1993 Workshop acknowledges the support of AAAI in providing this funding. Interested students should submit to the Workshop Secretariat a letter describing their research interests and current projects along with an endorsement from their advisor no later than August 25. SCHEDULE July 1, 1992 -- Intention to Participate due July 17, 1992 -- Camera-ready workshop paper due August 25, 1992 -- Student applications due September 25, 1992 -- Notification of acceptance November 1, 1992 -- Early registration deadline December 15, 1992 -- Late registration deadline January 4-7, 1993 -- Workshop ORGANIZING COMMITTEE General Co-Chairs: William E. Hefley, Carnegie Mellon University, U.S.A. Dianne Murray, University of Surrey, U.K. Treasurer: Steven Roth, Carnegie Mellon University, U.S.A. Publications: Wayne Gray, Fordham University, U.S.A. PROGRAM COMMITTEE: David Benyon, The Open University, U.K. Joelle Coutaz, IMAG, Grenoble, France Steven Feiner, Columbia University, U.S.A. Saul Greenberg, University of Calgary, Canada Bob Kass, EDS Center for Advanced Research, U.S.A. Johanna Moore, University of Pittsburgh, U.S.A. Lisa Neal, EDS Center for Advanced Research, U.S.A. Reinhard Opperman, GMD, Germany Elaine Rich, MCC, U.S.A. Michael Wilson, SERC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, U.K. WORKSHOP SECRETARIAT: International Workshop on Intelligent User Interfaces c/o Bill Hefley Software Engineering Institute Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 U.S.A. +1-412-268-7793 ii-Workshop93.chi@xerox.com INFORMATION and REGISTRATION A complete workshop registration package can be requested by completing and returning the form below : =============================== cut here ================================= Name____________________________________________________________ Last First Middle Organization____________________________________________________ Street__________________________________________________________ City ___________________ State/Country __________ Zip/Code______ Phone ______________________ FAX ______________________________ Email ______________________________ Please note that attendance is limited. Would you like to reserve a space at no obligation? YES. 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