HCI International 2005

by Constantine Stephanidis

The 11th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI International 2005) was held in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 22-27 July 2005, jointly with the Symposium on Human Interface (Japan) 2005, the 6th International Conference on Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics, the 3rd International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction, the 1st International Conference on Virtual Reality, the 1st International Conference on Usability and Internationalization, the 1st International Conference on Online Communities and Social Computing, and the 1st International Conference on Augmented Cognition, under the auspices of nine distinguished international boards of more than 200 members from 30 countries.

The ERCIM Working Group (WG) ‘User Interfaces for All’, through its dedicated and prolific work, actively supports since 2001 the Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction Conference, held this year for the third time. The UAHCI Conference alternates with the ERCIM biannual workshop, and many members of the WG have participated in the Conference in Las Vegas.

HCII 2005 was one of the biggest ever organised in the fields related to Human Computer Interaction and Information Society Technologies, and attracted more than 2100 participants from 60 countries, representing the research and academic communities, as well as the industry.

The Conference Programme was organised into nine thematic areas, namely Ergonomics and Health Aspects of Work with Computers, Human Interface and the Management of Information, Human-Computer Interaction, Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics, Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction, Virtual Reality, Usability and Internationalization, Online Communities and Social Computing, and Augmented Cognition. The programme featured an opening session, 251 parallel paper sessions, 22 tutorials, 271 poster presentations, eleven demonstrations and five Special Interest Groups. Dr. Gerald M. Edelman, Nobel laureate (The Neurosciences Institute, San Diego, California, USA) was the keynote speaker. His keynote address was entitled ‘From Brain Dynamics to Consciousness: A Prelude to the Future of Brain-Based Devices’. During the opening session, a movie premier was also shown, entitled ‘The Future of Augmented Cognition - An Alexander Singer Film’, introduced by Dr. Dylan Schmorrow, DARPA, USA.

The Proceedings have been published on CD-ROM by Mira Digital Publishing (ISBN 0-8058-5807-5), and are structured in eleven volumes, entitled: ‘Engineering Psychology, Health and Computer System Design’, ‘The management of Information: E-Business, the Web, and Mobile Computing’, ‘Human-Computer Interfaces: Concepts, New Ideas, Better Usability, and Applications’, ‘Theories Models and Processes in HCI’, ‘Emergent Application Domains in HCI’, ‘Human Factors Issues in Human-Computer Interaction’, ‘Universal Access in HCI: Exploring New Interaction Environments’, ‘Universal Access in HCI: Exploring New Dimensions of Diversity’, ‘Advances in Virtual Environments Technology: Musings on Design, Evaluation, & Applications’, ‘Internationalization, Online Communities and Social Computing: Design and Evaluation’, and ‘Foundations of Augmented Cognition’, and a ‘Posters’ section.

The 12th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI International 2007) will be held in Beijing, PR China, 22-27 July 2007, jointly with the Symposium on Human Interface (Japan) 2007, the 7th International Conference on Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics, the 4th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction, the 2nd International Conference on Virtual Reality, the 2nd International Conference on Usability and Internationalization, the 2nd International Conference on Online Communities and Social Computing, the 2nd International Conference on Augmented Cognition, and the 1st International Conference on Human Digital Modelling. The call for papers is available at http://www.hcii2007.org.

Link:
http://www.hci-international.org/

Please contact:
Constantine Stephanidis, ICS-FORTH, Greece
Tel: +30 2810 391741
E-mail: csics.forth.gr