[Air-L] CHI14 Workshop: Biological Rhythms and Technology

[Jaime Snyder]

[Apologies for cross posting]

Biological Rhythms and Technology

http://pac.cs.cornell.edu/rhythms/

Workshop at CHI 2014

Toronto, Canada,

April 27th

9.00am – 6.00pm

We are constantly changing. Every week. Every day. Every minute. Our bodies coordinate many physiological and mental changes to help us adapt to our environment. As a consequence of these fluctuations, we can be more suited to certain types of activities at specific times of the day. Disruptions of our rhythms can have serious impacts on our sleep, productivity, and well-being. In spite of these natural fluctuations, the technologies we use to work and to communicate respond identically throughout the day to our interactions. However, a new class of technologies has emerged that takes our biological rhythms into account.

This interactive workshop will bring together researchers interested in designing technologies to support biological rhythms. We invite participants from a range of disciplines (including sleep, well-being, and mental health) to take part in this workshop to discuss the design and development of technology to support individual rhythms; social impacts of measuring these physiological, behavioral, and mental changes; and feedback interventions to help people become more aware of these changes.

The goal of the workshop is to create a community around incorporating an awareness of biological rhythms into the design of technology

How to participate

Submit a 2-4 page paper in the ACM Extended Abstract format about your ongoing work, recent results, or study methods related to biological rhythms. At least one author of each accepted papers must attend the workshop and all participants much register for the workshop and attend at least one day of the conference.

Important dates

•                Submission Deadline: 17 Jan 2014

•                Notification: 10 Feb 2014

•                Workshop date:  27 April 2014


For more info: http://pac.cs.cornell.edu/rhythms/



Organizers

Mark Matthews, Cornell University, USA


Erin Carroll, University of Rochester, USA


Saeed Abdullah, Cornell University, USA


Jaime Snyder, Cornell University, USA


Matthew Kay, University of Washington, USA


Tanzeem Choudhury, Cornell University, USA


Geri Gay, Cornell University, USA


Julie Kientz, University of Washington, USA