Workshop Position Papers
OzCHI is pleased to offer 4 workshops. Position papers for workshops are due to workshop convenors by October 15th 2010. Please contact workshop convenors if you have any questions.| Workshop Title | Dates |
| Natural User Interfaces: Multi-touch and Gestural Interactions | Mon 22nd |
| HCI and Game Interfaces: A Long Romance | Tue 23rd |
| Smart Healthcare Applications | Tue 23rd |
One day workshop $95
Two day workshop $145
Workshop 1: Workshop on Natural User Interfaces: Multi-touch and Gestural Interactions
Monday 22nd :1 day workshop - $95: download pdfN.B. Workshop 1 has changed to a single day workshop (cost $95).
Aaron Tan, UQ
Contact: aaron[AT]itee.uq.edu.au
Web: http://www.userinterfaces.info/
What is the next major evolution in user interaction? Graphical user interfaces brought a new strategy that was more effective compared to their command-line predecessors. In recent years, Natural User Interfaces (NUI) have advanced user experiences and we believe multi-touch and gesture technology to provide new opportunities for a variety of potential uses. How can these be leveraged in the design of interactive interfaces? Do gestures completely replace typical mouse pointers or simply augment it for some functionality? Do all applications work with gestures or only a select few?
This workshop is focused on discussing the role and nature of NUI within a variety of different academic and industry disciplines. NUI so far have been limited to technology demonstrations and research niche's, and have failed to gather a foothold in traditional environments. While specific elements of NUI have been identified and studied, there is a clear lack of design standards and practices surrounding these interfaces. Primarily, NUI suffers from a lack of context within generic user interfaces, and is reserved for systems that represent tangible objects. The goal of this workshop is to make a first step in identifying challenges and characterising NUI design obstacles.
Workshop 2: Workshop on HCI and Game interfaces: A Long Romance
Tuesday 23rd Nov. : 1/2 day workshop - Free: download pdfVenue: B224, level 5, B Block, Gardens Point Campus, QUT
TIme: 1.30pm to 4.30pm
Truna aka j.turner, Brisbane IGDA, iCi, Interaction & Visual Design
David Browning, James Cook University, School of IT
Contact: info[AT]ozchi-design.org
Web: http://interface.ozchi-design.org
N.B. The workshop is cancelled and replaced by an afternoon session (free of charge).
Games & HCI: a long romance invites you to an afternoon session.
You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. – Plato
The relationship between games design and interaction design has a long history of something really reminds us of classic Hollywood sexual tension (truna and Browning 2010) – we sporadically meet and discuss what we can learn from each other, we are alert to insights from each others discipline areas but we are like a long standing friendship stuck in the grooves of habits and still unable to communicate our desires clearly. Perhaps it is time we played together and thought about some game designs together?
Join us for an afternoon of play, design and discussion. Featuring our new Kinect.
Workshop 3: Workshop on Smart Healthcare Applications
Tuesday 23rd Nov. : 1 day workshop - $95: download pdfCarsten Röcker and Martina Ziefle, RWTH Aachen University
Andreas Holzinger, Medical University Graz
Susan Hansen, University of Technology Sydney
Martin G. Helander, Nanyang Technological University
Contact: smarthealth2010[AT]humtec.rwth-aachen.de
Web: http://www.humtec.rwth-aachen.de/smarthealth2010
more info: click here
Research in the area of smart healthcare systems has reached a point where significant improvements are only possible if academics and practitioners from various disciplines collaborate in order to develop new strategies for conceptualizing, designing, and implementing new applications.
The underlying strategies must be harmonized and balanced in two ways: first, within the technological areas, and second, regarding the integration of technologies into the medical, cognitive, and social context. This also includes the way technology acts within the life courses of individuals and societies, and the balance of the benefits that technology brings against perceived or actual medical, social as well as ethical drawbacks. Therefore, this workshop aims to bring together researchers and industry practitioners from different fields to share their research positions and practical experiences and discuss new ideas, innovative approaches and challenging research questions, which have the potential to motivate future research activities within the field of smart healthcare systems.
