HCI 2012 - Special Theme: Electronic Memories and Life Logging

Special Theme:
Electronic Memories and Life Logging

Recent advances in sensor networks, mobile computing and storage technologies
enable us to sense and collect our life events digitally. The process of
logging individuals' experiences is not limited to personal information: it
can also be extended to recording community experiences and their online
activities. It can be expected that in the near future life logging systems
and electronic memories are going to have significant impacts on our lives
similar to the revolutions brought by mobile phones and the Internet.

The aim of this theme issue is to bring together scientists, designers,
developers and entrepreneurs to present their research outcomes and systems
on life logging and electronic memories.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

* Sensor systems and challenges for long-term personal information
collection

* Qualitative and quantitative analysis approaches

* Information mining, knowledge discovery and semantic analysis of
e-memories and lifelogs.

* Analyzing the impact of lifelogs and e-memories on sustainability,
health, learning and their persuasive effects on behavior changes

* Outcomes of personal or community's e-memories, such as ethical and
social implications

* Designing issues and reflection approaches regarding electronic
memories and lifelogs such as visualization, notification, etc

* Risk, Trust, Privacy and Security issues regarding e-memories and
lifelogs

* Requirements and tools for enhancing and optimizing life-logs and
e-memories, including annotation, long term preservation, storage,
information retrieval

* Psycho-Physiological studies such as emotion detection and behavior
learning.

All submissions will be peer-reviewed by independent referees. Submitted
articles should include a clear motivation and statement of objectives,
description of methods and a discussion of results with appropriate
evaluation. Theoretical articles should deal with models, concepts, and
structures; generic should present research results of broad applicability;
and applied articles should show how the demands of particular application
areas shape the way generic research is translated into a sound practical
innovation.

Editors:
Reza Rawassizadeh, Vienna University of Technology
Martin Tomitsch, The University of Sydney
Katarzyna Wac, University of Geneva, Switzerland

Important Dates
Paper Submission: Oct 1, 2011
Notification: Dec 8, 2011
Final Paper Submission: Feb 1, 2012