HUCUBIS'09 2009 - The Second International Workshop on Human Control of Ubiquitous Systems (HUCUBIS'09)

The Second International Workshop on Human Control of Ubiquitous Systems
(HUCUBIS'09)



in conjunction with COMSWARE 2009



July 15, 2009



Trinity College Dublin, Ireland





http://www.informatik.uni-mannheim.de/pi4/projects...





*** Submission Deadline: April 24, 2009 ***



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OVERVIEW AND SCOPE:

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A major challenge in adaptive ubiquitous systems is to allow users to

customize and control the system behaviour according to their

needs. As an example, if a system fails or multiple users want to

achieve conflicting goals, the system has to stay controllable by its

users. At the same time, the system must ensure that its users are not

distracted. The goal of this workshop is to discuss how to keep users

in the control loop of ubiquitous systems while realizing

distraction-free system operation. To do so, we will bring together

researchers from the areas of human computer interaction, adaptive

systems, and ubiquitous computing to provide and discuss novel ideas

and techniques for the control of ubiquitous systems. Topics include

appropriate middleware and service platforms, novel multimedia

interfaces (e.g. virtual environments or gesture recognition), as well

as user studies and evaluations of user controlled ubiquitous systems.





We are seeking original, previously unpublished papers addressing

human control in ubiquitous systems. All submissions will be judged by

their technical merit and relevance to the workshop, based on a

thorough review process by the Technical Program Committee.



Papers should have a length of up to six pages and will be published

in electronic proceedings in the ACM digital library. Additional

information about the submission is available at the workshop web page.





Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:



* End user configuration for ubiquitous systems.

* Development tools for user control of ubiquitous systems.

* Novel human computer interaction and multimedia control interfaces

(e.g., virtual environments, gesture recognition, speech) for

ubiquitous systems.

* Self-learning adaptive systems.

* Middleware and service platforms for distributed adaptive systems.

* Support for error handling.

* Conflict detection and conflict management for adaptive ubiquitous

systems.

* User studies and evaluations about user controlled ubiquitous

systems.





IMPORTANT DATES:

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* April 24, 2009: Paper Submission Deadline

* May 11, 2009 : Notification of Acceptance

* May 18, 2009 : Camera Ready Submissions

* July 15, 2009 : Workshop





COMMITTEE:

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General Co-Chairs:



* Christian Becker, University of Mannheim, Germany

* Gregor Schiele, University of Mannheim, Germany

* Stephan Kopf, University of Mannheim, Germany

* Anand Ranganathan, IBM TJ Watson Research Lab, USA





Technical Program Committee:



to be announced



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Dr. Eng. Achilles D. Kameas

Assistant Professor, Hellenic Open University ( <http://www.eap.gr>
www.eap.gr)

Deputy Dean, School of Sciences and Technology

Director of Educational Content, Technology & Methodology (e-CoMeT) Lab (
<http://eeyem.eap.gr> http://eeyem.eap.gr)

Director of R&D Unit3 (DAISy ), CTI ( <http://daisy.cti.gr>
http://daisy.cti.gr)



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Program chair:

* 5th international conference on Intelligent Environments (IE09)
<http://intelligentenvironments.org/conferences/ie0...>
http://intelligentenvironments.org/conferences/ie0...



Video chair:

* UbiComp 2009 <http://www.ubicomp.org/ubicomp2009/index.shtml>
http://www.ubicomp.org/ubicomp2009/index.shtml



Keep an eye on:

* Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments (IOS Press)

* 16th International Conference on Digital Signal Processing (DSP2009)
<http://www.dsp2009.org/> http://www.dsp2009.org



Take a look at:

* Ambient Intelligence (IOS Press)
<http://www.emergingcommunication.com/volume6.html>
http://www.emergingcommunication.com/volume6.html

* The Disappearing Computer (Springer LNCS 4500)
<http://www.springer.com/computer/user+interfaces/b...>
http://www.springer.com/computer/user+interfaces/b...

* Handbook of Research on User Interface Design and Evaluation for Mobile
Technology (IGI Global)
<http://www.igi-global.com/reference/details.asp?id...>
http://www.igi-global.com/reference/details.asp?id...

* Handbook of Research on Heterogeneous Next Generation Networking:
Innovations and Platforms (IGI Global)
<http://www.igi-global.com/reference/details.asp?id...>
http://www.igi-global.com/reference/details.asp?id...

* Encyclopedia of Multimedia Technology and Networking, Second Edition (IGI
Global) <http://www.igi-global.com/reference/details.asp?id...>
http://www.igi-global.com/reference/details.asp?id...