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We would like to thank all those who attended the HCI International 2015 Conference in Los Angeles, CA, USA, 2-7 August, which was held under the auspices of 15 distinguished international boards of 386 members from 45 countries.
This year's conference included 21 tutorials and 254 parallel sessions.
A total of 4,843 individuals from academia, research institutes, industry, and governmental agencies from 73 countries submitted contributions, and 1,462 papers and 246 posters have been included in the proceedings.
2,025 people from 63 countries registered for the conference.
The 28-volume Conference Proceedings (http://2015.hci.international/proceedings) have been published by Springer. Papers appear in volumes of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) and Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) series. Posters’ Extended Abstracts are published in the Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS) series. All volumes are available on-line through the SpringerLink Digital Library, readily accessible by all subscribing libraries around the world. Authors contributing to any of Springer's Computer Science proceedings publications are entitled to a 33.3% discount off all Springer products when placing an order through springer.com.
Susan Dumais, Distinguished Scientist & Deputy Managing Director, Microsoft Research Lab, Redmond, USA, has joined us as the keynote speaker at the opening plenary session.
Her presentation on "Personalized Search: potential and pitfalls" is available at:
http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/sdumais/HCII2015-Keynote-SDumais_ShareBuilds.pdf
The HCI International 2016 Conference will be held at the Westin Harbour Castle Hotel from July 17 to 22, in Toronto, Canada. We look forward to seeing you all then.
A.M.
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During the opening session of HCII 2015 sixteen awards were conferred. Fifteen awards were conferred to the best papers in each Thematic Area / Affiliated Conference. The Best Poster also received an award. For more information, please visit the conference website at: http://2015.hci.international/awards
Some photos from the Opening Session are available through the Conference website andFacebook
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HCII 2016: Mark the dates in your calendar
The 18th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction will be held, jointly with the Affiliated Conferences, under one management and one registration, at The Westin Harbour Castle Hotel, in Toronto, Canada, 17-22 July 2016.
HCII 2016 invites you to participate and contribute to the international forum for the dissemination and exchange of up-to-date scientific information on theoretical, generic and applied areas of HCI, through the following modes of communication: Plenary / Keynote Presentation, Parallel Sessions, Poster Sessions, Tutorials and Exhibition. The Conference will start with three days of Tutorials (17-19 July). Parallel Sessions, Poster Sessions and the Exhibition will be held during the last three days (20-22 July) of the Conference.
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. Extended Poster Abstracts will be published in the Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS) series. All volumes will be available on–line through the SpringerLink Digital Library, readily accessible by all subscribing libraries around the world, and will be indexed by a number of services, including ISI CPC, EI Engineering Index, ACM Digital Library, Google Scholar, etc. For more information, please have a look at: http://2016.hci.international/proceedings
For more information, please visit the conference website: http://2016.hci.international/
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HCII 2016 will be held under the auspices of 15 distinguished international boards. Please visit the Conference website (http://2016.hci.international/) for the list of topics of each Thematic Area / Affiliated Conference:
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Please mark in your calendar the dates of the HCII 2016 Conference and the deadlines for submissions (http://2016.hci.international/submissions):
Friday, 23 October 2015, paper proposals (an abstract of 800 words is required)
Friday, 23 October 2015, tutorial proposals (an abstract of 300 words is required)
Friday, 19 February 2016, poster proposals (an abstract of 300 words is required)
The best paper of each of the HCII 2016 Thematic Areas / Affiliated Conferences will be given an award. The best poster extended abstract will also receive an award (http://2016.hci.international/awards).
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A number of rooms have been reserved to be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis, while reduced rates have been agreed with The Westin Harbour Castle Hotel, which is recommended as the main hotel of the Conference. For more information about accommodation, please visit: http://2016.hci.international/accommodation
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Registration for the Conference will become available through the Conference Management System (CMS). For details about conference registration, including information about special offers, please visit: http://2016.hci.international/registration
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Ben Shneiderman, an HCI pioneer himself, created "The Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Pioneers Project", a Personal Photo Journal featuring the profiles and photos of well-known researchers who contributed to the emergence of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). The historical photographs were taken by Ben Shneiderman during his professional career, accompanied by personal reflections on his friends and colleagues. Ben Shneiderman said "My goal in creating this journal is to celebrate researchers who have contributed to the emergence of HCI as a field and to make them and their work visible to a wider audience." Having this in mind, he has written his personal appreciation for each of the personalities.
An excellent and valuable project initiated by a distinguished and highly respected scientist. We look forward to the addition of more photos and profiles in the future at:http://hcipioneers.wordpress.com
You can also read a very nice article from the NY Times about this at:
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/09/07/humanizing-technology-a-history-of-human-computer-interaction/
Ben Shneiderman is a good friend of the HCI International Conference series, having done the opening keynote speech three times.
Constantine Stephanidis, University of Crete and ICS-FORTH, Greece
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October 2015
December 2015
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The HCI International NEWS is a newsletter that contains information about the HCI International 2015 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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