MobileHCI 2012 - MobileHCI '12 14th International Conference on Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services

Mobile human-computer-interaction is one of the most fervent area in computing. The success of recent smartphones, which has boosted the use of the mobile internet, make the next generation of meaningful and useful applications, as well as interaction models, a cardinal topic for both consumers and industry. The ever increasing importance of the area is visible in the way the interest for the conference grows every year. Notably the number of submissions of technical papers and notes increased as much as 25% as compared to the conference in 2010, out of which we have selected a quarter to be presented in Stockholm in the end of August.

This growing interest also reflects a longstanding commitment from the research community to continue to improve on the quality of the conference. This year we have made effort to improve the quality of the reviewing process. The papers and notes chairs has broadened the group of peer reviewers, and also ensured that the meta-reviewers met in person to decide on the selection of papers.

The conference has a tradition of being a meeting ground for industry and academic researchers, and that blend is also the hallmark of MobileHCI2011 in Stockholm. This combination is visible in the selection of technical papers, where the authors’ spans both industry research organizations and universities. It is also visible in the demos, who similarly have its origin in these two areas.