AMBIT 2012 - The First International Workshop on Ambient Information Technologies (AMBIT 2012)

The First International Workshop on Ambient Information Technologies
(AMBIT 2012) (http://www-human.ist.osaka-u.ac.jp/ambit2012/)
in conjunction with IEEE Virtual Reality 2012 (IEEE VR 2012)
(http://conferences.computer.org/vr/2012/)
March 5, 2012
Orange County, CA, USA
* AIM AND SCOPE
The aim of the First International Workshop on Ambient Information
Technologies (AMBIT 2012) is to bring together both theoretical and
practical researchers, who have been working for creating, designing
and developing innovative devices, middlewares, and applications in
the field of ambient information technologies. This workshop gives
an overview of the current knowledge on ambient information
technologies and discusses challenges and future directions of this
field.
Ambient information technologies integrate several advanced devices
(e.g., sensors, displays, and actuators), middlewares, and
applications in VR (Virtual Reality) environments so as to users in
the environment can directly and indirectly interact with others as
well as with ambient environment for improving their quality of
experiences. Ambient information technologies enable users to
unconsciously access abundant information sources through several
types of devices in a timely fashion, depending on users' context,
which are non-intrusively sensored and tracked by the environment.
This workshop is expected to make a bridge between ambient
information technologies and VR technologies, in which there remains
many open issues in their integration. The current VR technologies
is expected to enhance ambient information technologies, and vise
versa. For instance, three-dimensional user interfaces based on VR
technologies should be effective for enhancing users' context
recognition in ambient information technologies.
* TOPICS OF INTEREST
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following
areas:
- Unconscious, intuitive, non-intrusive interfaces
- Ambient information technologies
- Ambient intelligence
- User interface for ambient environment
- Immersive environment
- Augmented reality
- Context awareness
- Ubiquitous computing/networking for ambient environment
- Computer-supported communication and interaction
- Autonomous, distributed, coordinated environment control
- Realtime environment sensing
- Networking technologies for ambient environment
- Applications of ambient information technologies
* PAPER SUBMISSION INSTRUCTION
Authors are invited to submit manuscripts reporting original
unpublished research and recent developments in the topics related to
the workshop. This workshop has two submission categories: oral and
poster. The length of the oral papers should not exceed 4 pages (IEEE
Computer Society Proceedings Manuscripts style: two columns,
single-spaced), including figures and references, using 10 fonts, and
number each page. The length of the poster papers should not exceed 2
pages.
Please visit
http://www.computer.org/portal/web/cscps/formattin... for detailed paper
formatting instructions. Camera ready papers in PDF format should be
submitted electronically to
ambit2012-submit[atmark]hi-mail.ise.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp
as well as the contacting information and your preferred choice of the
submission category (oral/poster).
All papers will be peer reviewed and the comments will be provided to
the authors. Accepted papers will be published either on-line or by
IEEE Computer Society Press.
Papers submitted to the oral category might be accepted as poster
papers. Authors of accepted poster papers are allowed to exhbit their
research demonstrations alongside their posters.
* IMPORTANT DATES
- Submission Deadline: February 10, 2012
- Author Notification: February 17, 2012
* WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS
- Yuichi Itoh, Osaka University, Japan
- Kiyoshi Kiyokawa, Osaka University, Japan
- Satoshi Kurihara, Osaka University, Japan
- Hiroyuki Ohsaki, Osaka University, Japan
- Tatsuhiro Tsuchiya, Osaka University, Japan
- Naoki Wakamiya, Osaka University, Japan
- Hideyuki Ando, Osaka University, Japan
* CONTACT US
ambit2012-AT-hi-mail.ise.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp