For general information about HICSS 37 see http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/HICSS37/apahome37.html
Jean
Scholtz (Primary Contact)
National Institute of Standards and Technology
100 Bureau Drive, MS 8940
Gaithersburg, MD 20899
301-975-2520
Fax: 301-975-5287
jean.scholtz@nist.gov
Martha Crosby
Department of Information and Computer Sciences
University of Hawaii
1680 East West Center Road
Honolulu, HI 96822
808-956-3493
crosby@uhics.ics.hawaii.edu
This track is an extension of the Augmented Cognition and Human -Robot Interaction Mini-track held at HICSS 36. Participants in this mini-track were enthusiastic to not only hold the mini-track again, but to create a more cohesive mini-track in which participants could benefit from research in a number of distributed areas.
What are symbiotic interactions? What do we mean by intelligent systems? In order to produce usable and useful next generation computer systems, we need systems that better understand the users and are able to take the initiative when appropriate. We also need systems that are able to accumulate knowledge either about specific users preferences, the context of use, or to generalize from community use and to bring this knowledge to bear to facilitate system interactions for both experienced and new system users.
We are interested in the design and architectures of such systems and in user-centered evaluations. Research that gives us insights about how to sense the real-world and to gain an awareness of users and their activities is of great interest.
Application areas can be diverse. Research and system design and evaluation in human-robot interactions, augmented cognition, ubiquitous computing, context-aware applications, and collaborative systems are of interest. The focus of all papers should be on the users of the system - how does the research or system design help the end user?
If you would like more information about the mini-track or would like to determine if your research is appropriate for presentation in this mini-track, please contact Dr. Jean Scholtz (jean.scholtz@nist.gov)
| June 1, 2003 | Papers Due |
| August 31, 2003 | Final acceptance notifications |
| October 1, 2003 | Registrations due for one author, Final papers uploaded |
| December 10, 2003 | Registrations due |
| January 5-8, 2004 | HICSS conference |
Computers are moving off of the desktop and into real-world tasks. They emerge in robots, in healthcare, in smart classrooms and meeting rooms to name several instances. Users of these computer systems need to move from the traditional master-slave relationship between users and computers to a partnership relation. In this type of relationship the partners understand each others' goals and intentions as well as capabilities and constraints and are able to work cooperatively to accomplish tasks.
We solicit topics in:
- interaction with adjustable autonomous systems
- research in augmenting human cognition
- architectures to support symbiotic interaction
- case studies of user interfaces/interactions with intelligent systems
- metrics and methodologies for evaluation of symbiotic interactions
- affective user interfaces
- teams of users and intelligent systems
- correlation between robot performance and cognitive assessment
- development of models of computers for users and development of models of users for computers
- measurement and assessment of models
- issues of trust and privacy in symbiotic interfaces
- social implications of physiological measures of humans
- research in understanding users
- use of biometrics to assess cognitive state of users
- determining and monitoring cognitive status of users
- Acquisition and utilization of context
- mixed- initiative interaction
- multi-modal interfaces for input and output
For official Call for papers, see Emerging Technologies Track