[Air-L] Workshop on Geographic Human-Computer Interaction – CALL FOR PAPERS

Raz Schwartz raz.schwartz at rutgers.edu
Wed Dec 19 12:51:59 PST 2012


Hi all,

I'm helping to organize a workshop at CHI 2013 on research and applications
at the boundary of geography and HCI. Will be great to have some AoIR
people there.

Raz

*Raz Schwartz*
Post Doctoral Researcher
Social Media Information Lab
School of Communication and Information
Rutgers University
www.razschwartz.net
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On Monday, December 10, 2012 7:59:38 AM UTC-5, Brent Hecht wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> Muki Haklay, Mei-Po Kwan, several human-computer interaction (HCI) folks
> and I are organizing a workshop at CHI 2013 on research and applications at
> the boundary of geography and HCI. We'd love to have as many geographers as
> possible attend. HCI tends to ignore most geography research even though it
> is becoming increasingly interested in geospatial topics. This is a chance
> to change that! It is also a wonderful opportunity to hear about
> state-of-the-art geospatial research in HCI from all-star senior and junior
> HCI researchers and practitioners.
>
> Position statements are due January 11th. See
> http://geohci2013.grouplens.org for more!
>
> Our call for papers is attached. Of course, we'd love it if you'd forward
> to any interested parties!
>
> - Brent
>
> Brent Hecht
> Ph.D. Candidate in Computer Science @ Northwestern University
> Asst. Prof. of Comp. Sci @ Univ. Minnesota beginning Spring 2013
> w: http://www.brenthecht.com
> e: br... at u.northwestern.edu
> t: @bhecht
>
> =================================
> Workshop on Geographic Human-Computer Interaction – CALL FOR PAPERS
> April 27-28, 2013 (at CHI 2013)
> Paris, France
> http://geohci2013.grouplens.org
> @geohci
>
> Position Statements Due: January 11, 2013
>
> Geography is increasingly important to areas of human-computer interaction
> (HCI) ranging from social computing to mobile computing to natural user
> interfaces. Similarly, research in geography focuses more and more on
> HCI-related topics. There have been few opportunities, however, for
> intradisciplinary or interdisciplinary knowledge sharing, knowledge
> creation or community building among those whose interests lie at the
> boundary of these two fields.
>
> It is in this context that we invite members of the HCI and geography
> communities to participate in a workshop on Geographic Human-Computer
> Interaction (http://geohci2013.grouplens.org/) at CHI 2013, the largest
> HCI conference and a top-tier HCI publication venue. The workshop will
> encourage the sharing of research questions, datasets, methods, literature,
> and tools among “GeoHCI” researchers and practitioners across disciplinary
> lines. We will also address critical open questions including “What makes
> spatial special in GeoHCI?” (e.g. What makes a location-based social
> network different from a traditional online social network?) and “What are
> GeoHCI’s fundamental principles?” (e.g. Spatial autocorrelation? Gravity
> Models?)
>
> The workshop, held April 27-28, 2013, will be of interest to researchers
> and practitioners in areas including (but not limited to) location-based
> systems, local search, augmented reality, natural user interfaces,
> ubiquitous computing, neogeography/neocartography, location-based social
> networks, geowikis, citizen science, crisis informatics, sustainable HCI,
> volunteered geographic information, GIScience, public-participation GIS,
> geodesign, Geo UX, and geovisualization.
>
> Interested members of the HCI and geography communities should submit a
> two-page position statement describing their relevant work by January 11,
> 2013 (submission details are available on the workshop website). One or
> more authors of accepted statements must register for the workshop and at
> least one day of the main program of the CHI conference (April 29 – May 2,
> 2013).
>
> Submissions should discuss topics that appeal to the broader GeoHCI
> community. In addition to highlighting the author(s)’s work on
> GeoHCI-related research questions and applications, we recommend that
> position statements address some subset of the following questions:
>
> High-level Questions:
> • What is ‘special about spatial’ in your area?
> • What are, in your view, fundamental principles in GeoHCI?
> • What are the most important open GeoHCI-related questions in your area?
> Methodology Questions:
> • What are the geospatial methods that you have found most valuable in
> your work?
> • What are the datasets and tools you use in your work, and how have they
> helped you?
> Interdisciplinary Questions:
> • Are there findings, methods, tools or datasets that you suspect exist
> across the disciplinary boundary that would help you with your work?
> • What fundamental principles of your field are most missing from the
> other field’s research?
> • How can we foster stronger intra- and interdisciplinary collaboration?
>
> We are also hosting an optional second day of the workshop that will
> consist of various "in the field" activities. We are actively seeking
> proposals for participant-led field trips. Have a great new citizen science
> app you want to demonstrate? Want to lead an OpenStreetMap data collection
> activity to bring everyone at the workshop up to speed on the OSM
> state-of-the-art? Can you guide us on an augmented reality tour of Paris?
> Let us know! Position statements that are accompanied by proposals for
> field-based activities will receive extra consideration.
>
> LOGISTICS
>
> • Position statements should be two pages long and in CHI Archive format.
> • Authors must submit their statements by January 11, 2013.
> • Please submit positions statements via GeoHCI’s EasyChair site (
> https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=geohci2013)
> • Notifications of acceptance will be e-mailed on February 8, 2013.
> • One or more authors of accepted statements must register for the
> workshop and at least one day of the main program of the conference, which
> runs from April 29-May 2, 2013.
>
> ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
>
> • Brent Hecht (University of Minnesota – Computer Science)
> • Johannes Schöning (Hasselt University – Expertise Center for Digital
> Media; University College London – Intel Center for Sustainable Cities)
> • Muki Haklay (University College London – Civil, Environmental & Geomatic
> Engineering)
> • Licia Capra (University College London – Computer Science)
> • Afra J. Mashhadi (Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs)
> • Loren Terveen (University of Minnesota – Computer Science)
> • Mei-Po Kwan (University of California, Berkeley – Geography)
>
> Field activities are also being coordinated by Giovanni Quattrone
> (University College  London – Computer Science) and Artemis Skarlatidou
> (University College London – Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering).
>
> A program committee will contribute to the review process. More details
> will be available on the workshop’s website shortly.
>
>



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