HCI International News, Number 98, November 2019
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HCII 2020 HIGHLIGHTS
- Important Deadlines
- General Information
- Accommodation
- Sponsorship
- About Copenhagen, capital and largest city of Denmark
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS
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HCII 2020: Important Deadlines
- 31 January 2020: poster proposals
- 31 January 2020: application for Student Volunteers
- 10 April 2020: student design proposals
HCII 2020: General Information
HCI International 2020, jointly with the affiliated Conferences, held under one management and one registration, will take place at the AC Bella Sky Hotel and Bella Center, Copenhagen, Denmark, 19-24 July 2020. HCII 2020 will be held under the auspices of 21 distinguished international boards. Please visit the Conference website for the list of topics of each Thematic Area / Affiliated Conference.
An award will be presented to the best paper of each of the HCII 2020 Thematic Areas / Affiliated Conferences and the best poster extended abstract.
The Conference Proceedings will be published by Springer in a multi-volume set. Papers will appear in volumes of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) and Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) series. Poster Extended Abstracts will be published in the Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS) series.
Student Design Competition: Students are invited to submit an up to 5-minute video clip and an abstract summarizing their design idea. The deadline for Video and Abstract Submission is 10 April 2020.
Demonstrations constitute an alternative form of presenting ideas and results to the international audience of the HCI International Conference. The deadline for proposal submission is 1 May 2020.
The Program for Student Volunteers gives full time university students from around the world the opportunity to attend and contribute to one of the most prestigious conferences in the field of computing and HCI. The deadline for applications is 31 January 2020.
Seminar: Abbas Moallem, UX Experts, LLC and San Jose State University, USA, will offer a seminar on “Cybersecurity and Privacy Awareness”. The seminar will be held on Friday, 24 July 2020, 10:30am-12:30pm.
The main objective of this seminar is to review the results of an extensive investigation about cybersecurity awareness knowledge and trust in social media among college students and faculty. A discussion will take place on what needs to be done to protect students and faculty in cyberspace.
HCII2020: Accommodation
The AC Bella Sky Hotel and Bella Center will be the conference venue and AC Bella Sky Hotel will be the official HCII2020 hotel.
A number of rooms have been reserved to be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis, while significantly reduced rates have been agreed with the hotel, valid for all Conference participants for the duration of the Conference as well as for 2 additional days, before and / or after the Conference, subject to availability of rooms at the time of the reservation. Special guest room rates have been agreed for conference participants (rates include breakfast, internet access, taxes and airport shuttle).
Further information about accommodation is available through the Conference website.
HCII 2020: Sponsorship
Sponsorship in the context of HCI International 2020 is an ideal opportunity to expose your organization to an international audience of around 2,000 academics, researchers and professionals in the field of HCI.
Sponsorship is not limited to financial support, but can also take the form of material and service provision.
If you are interested in sponsoring this international event or simply wish to receive more information, please contact Conference Administration.
HCII 2020: About Copenhagen, capital and largest city of Denmark
Copenhagen, with a population of more than 1.3 million in the wider urban area, is regularly top ranked among European cities for quality of life. The Danish capital is one of the world’s greenest, cleanest and most sustainable urban centers. By having buses and metro running frequently and around the clock and with more than a third of the population using cycling as their main transportation for work, Copenhagen is compact, accessible and a very easy place to explore.
As one of Europe’s oldest capitals, hosting the world’s oldest monarchy, Copenhagen is rich in historical buildings and sights, like the Amalienborg Palace, to get a taste of royal life, the Kronborg Castle, known worldwide as Hamlet's and Shakespeare's castle, the Rosenborg Castle in the King’s Garden, Tivoli Gardens in the heart of the city and many more. In addition, many museums offer a wide range of exhibitions including the Denmark's National Museum, ranging from Stone Age to modern history, the National Gallery of Denmark and the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek.
More about Copenhagen is available through YouTube
IJHCI article: Seven HCI Grand Challenges
A group of 32 experts involved in the community of the Human Computer Interaction International (HCII) Conference series have collaborated to investigate the grand challenges which arise in the current and emerging landscape of rapid technological evolution towards more intelligent interactive technologies. The result of this collaboration is an article published in the International Journal of Human Computer Interaction (IJHCI, Vol. 35 issue 14, pp. 1229-1269), identifying seven grand challenges: Human-Technology Symbiosis; Human-Environment Interactions; Ethics, Privacy and Security; Well-being, Health and Eudaimonia; Accessibility and Universal Access; Learning and Creativity; and Social organization and Democracy. The views and research priorities of this international interdisciplinary group of experts are summarised, reflecting different scientific perspectives, methodological approaches and application domains. Each identified Grand Challenge is analysed in terms of concept and problem definition, main research issues involved, state of the art, associated emerging requirements and future research directions.
Open Access Article: Stephanidis, C., Salvendy, G., et al. (2019). Seven HCI Grand Challenges. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 35 (14), 1229-1269. DOI: 10.1080/10447318.2019.1619259.
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- "Soccer Team In Denmark Is Using Facial Recognition to Stop Unruly Fans", NPR, October 21, 2019.
- "Autonomous Shuttles in Northern Virginia Suburb Show Why Future of Robot Cars Might Be Slow", The Washington Post, October 12, 2019.
- "Smart Cities: This City Runs on Its Own Operating System", ZDNet, October 14, 2019.
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- "AI Used in U.K. Job Interviews to Find Best Applicants", The Telegraph (U.K.), September 27, 2019.
- "Decades-Old Code Putting Millions of Critical Devices at Risk", Wired, October 1, 2019.
- "High-Tech Sensors May Be Key to Autonomous Cars", The New York Times, September 26, 2019
About HCI International NEWS
The HCI International NEWS is a newsletter that contains information about the HCI International Conference, book reviews, news from the field of HCI, as well as links to interesting articles and conferences. If you have any questions or comments, or if you would like to make a contribution, please contact the Editor, Dr. Abbas Moallem. The opinions that are expressed in this Newsletter are the sole responsibility of its authors and do not represent any institution or company.
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