SIGCHI A D V A N C E P R O G R A M 5-1O April Ft. Lauderdale Florida, USA www.chi2003.org Sponsored by ACM's Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (ACM SIGCHI) PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS NEW HORIZONS 6 days of exciting presentations including: W elcome to the CHI 2003 Advance Program, highlighting all of the excitement of the 35 Tutorials world’s premier conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). This program • Solid training in current practice presents all technical submissions and sessions accepted up to the time of this for newcomers printing. An extensive Tutorials program lets world class instructors update your HCI • The most up-to date knowledge of skills in new and existing areas. The Workshop program invites you to work closely the field for advanced participants with colleagues from around the world on the frontiers of HCI knowledge. Panels • 25 full-day and 10 half-day feature international HCI experts debating burning issues in HCI research and tutorials practice. Papers and Demonstrations bring to light the leading edge of HCI design, • Timely new tutorials as well as technologies and practice. Design and Usability sessions explore issues in a format courses back by popular demand devised for practitioners by practitioners. Special Focus Areas Three special areas explore the Special Focus on Mass Communication and Interaction, e-learning, and Emotion conference theme of communicating via interactive digital media: Naturally, CHI 2003 continues the tradition of showcasing the best of HCI, but it also takes us toward new horizons. Remember when computers just processed data • mass communication and and HCI just supported users in their work tasks? Now desktop office machines are interaction • emotion outnumbered by broadband servers and mobile devices. With them comes joy, • e-learning persuasion, outrage, delight, faith, campaigns, satire, fun, learning, identity, As interactive media are communities and passion. Now, increasingly, we interact to be, not just to do. increasingly used to communicate, Interaction no longer just changes things, it changes people. CHI 2003 will address teach and entertain (not just to all forms of interactive digital communication, with a focus on three special areas: “do work”), emerging trends in mass communication and interaction, e-learning, and emotion. Two world leaders these special areas are generating significant interest for the will address special areas in the plenary sessions and additional sessions are HCI community. planned, specifically focusing on these topics. Looking to the Future Keep Checking the Web Site for Updates • HCI Visionary, Don Norman, Inside you’ll find a great program already in place, but even more will be added opens the conference with his right before CHI 2003 to ensure that our participants remain on HCI’s leading presentation on Emotion & Design. edge. Information about the Development Consortium and the Interactionary • Leader, Neil F. Budde, shares his Wall Street Journal experience, competition will be soon be available on the conference web site building the largest paid- (www.chi2003.org). Program details for Short Talks, Interactive Posters, Special subscription news site on the Web Interest Groups, Student Posters and the Doctoral Consortium will follow in the closing presentation, Racing in February 2003. with the Wind: Publishers Learn to Navigate in a Multimedia World. You Can Begin Participating Now Networking and Collaboration Within this Advance Program you will also see many social opportunities to network • Workshops and Special Interest and advance your career. There are New Horizons for everyone in Fort Lauderdale. Groups offer unique opportunities. However, you don’t need to wait until April 5 to get involved. You can join current • Receptions and convenient discussions and begin networking right now at www.chiplace.org. gathering places support the CHI 2003 is already well underway! exchange of ideas. More to Come Don’t miss the boat! Come to CHI 2003 to learn, to debate, to share and most of Late-breaking areas are being all to meet. Complete the registration form, book your housing, and arrange your added as they are reviewed. Keep checking in at www.chi2003.org transport soon. Registration and housing information can be accessed on-line now for the most current program at www.chi2003.org. 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Official Conference Site Gilbert Cockton and Panu Korhonen www.chi2003.org CHI 2003 General Conference Co-Chairs [email protected] Interactive Online Forum www.chiplace.org CONFERENCE AT-A-GLANCE SERVICES TECHNICAL ONGOING & SPECIAL EVENTS CONTENTS INFORMAL EVENTS saturday 5 april CHI 2OO3 TUTORIALS Introduction 2 Registration Tutorials The Commons Saturday Tutorials 3 15:00 – 19:00 18:00 – 21:30 15:00 – 19:00 Sunday Tutorials 4 Monday Tutorials 8 sunday 6 april Registration Tutorials The Commons CHI 2OO3 WORKSHOPS 08:00 – 17:30 09:00 – 17:30 08:00 – 18:30 Introduction 14 Workshop Descriptions 15 Child Care Workshops 08:30 – 18:00 09:00 – 17:30 CHI 2OO3 CONSORTIA, SPECIAL Consortia AREAS AND CHI FRINGE 09:00 – 17:30 Doctoral Consortium 16 Development Consortium 16 monday 7 april Special Areas and the CHI Fringe 16 Registration Tutorials The Commons & Networking 08:00 – 21:30 09:00 – 17:30 Recruiting Boards Reception CHI 2OO3 TECHNICAL PROGRAM 08:00 – 18:30 21:00 – 23:00 Child Care Tutorials Technical Program Overview 17 08:30 – 18:00 18:00 – 21:30 Local SIGs Tuesday Sessions 18 Workshop Wednesday Sessions 22 Workshops 09:00 – 17:30 Thursday Sessions 26 09:00 – 17:30 Consortia CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES 09:00 – 17:30 Local SIGs Workshop 30 Networking Reception 30 tuesday 8 april ACM SIGCHI Business Meeting 30 Registration Opening Plenary The Commons Newcomers ACM SIGCHI Volunteer Reception 30 08:00 – 17:30 09:00 – 10:30 10:30 – 19:00 Orientation The Commons 30 10:30 – 11:30 Child Care Technical Sessions Exhibits & Recruiting Informal SIGs 30 CHIkids 11:30 – 18:00 Boards Conference Newcomers’ Orientation 30 08:30 – 18:30 10:30 – 18:00 Reception/ Conference Reception 30 Posters Beach Party Exhibits 30 10:30 – 18:00 19:30 – 22:30 Recruiting Boards 30 Walk-In Demonstrations 31 wednesday 9 april Student Volunteers 31 Child Care and CHIkids 31 Registration Technical Sessions The Commons Hospitality Suites 08:00 – 17:30 09:00 – 18:00 08:00 – 19:00 ACM SIGCHI CONFERENCE INFORMATION Child Care Posters Exhibits & Business Meeting General Information 32 CHIkids 09:00 – 18:00 Recruiting Boards 18:30 – 19:30 Global Relations 32 08:30 – 18:30 09:00 – 18:00 Volunteer Reception Travel Information 33 19:45 – 21:00 Conference Hotels/Map 34 Housing Reservation Form 35 thursday 10 april Registration Information/Fees 36 Registration Form 37 Registration Technical Sessions The Commons 08:00 – 14:00 09:00 – 16:00 08:00 – 16:30 Conference Committee 38 Conference Partners 39 Child Care Posters Exhibits & Recruiting Conference Sponsors Inside Back Cover CHIkids 09:00 – 16:30 Boards About ACM SIGCHI Back Cover 08:30 – 18:30 09:00 – 16:30 Closing Plenary 16:30 – 18:00 New for CHI 2OO3: Design & Usability Track Special Areas: Mass Communication and Interaction, Emotion, and e-learning CHI 2OO3 — Advance Program 1 TUTORIAL OVERVIEW RECOMMENDED TUTORIAL GROUPINGS Introductory Tutorial TUTORIALS 1 Human-Computer Interaction: Introduction and Overview (Saturday Evening) Tutorials are courses that offer extended Gathering/Using Field Research Data interactions with expert instructors. The 4 Subjective Approaches to Design for Everyday Life (Sunday) courses available at CHI 2003 represent 9 Understanding Work in Context: Practical Observation Skills (Sunday) the leading edge of current practice and 11 Discovering User Needs: Field Techniques You Can Use (Sunday) research in Human-Computer Interaction. 24 Driving Invention from Field Data (Monday) The tutorial program has been designed to appeal to researchers, practitioners, new- Usability Techniques comers and regulars. 14 Setting Usability Performance Requirements (Sunday) 25 Promoting, Establishing, and Institutionalizing Usability Engineering (Monday) Tutorials provide diversity and depth 30 Usability and Beyond! Understanding Usefulness, Usability & Use (Monday) through a wide range of topics that 33 Web-Site Usability: The Big Picture 2003 (Monday Evening) expands from theory to practice and from 34 Avoiding “We can’t change that!”: Software Architecture & Usability (Monday Evening) emerging technologies and markets to tech- niques for design, usability, and promoting Design Techniques HCI in organizations. The CHI 2003 4 Subjective Approaches to Design for Everyday Life (Sunday) Tutorial Program includes several non- 6 Web Sites That Work: Designing with Your Eyes Open (Sunday) traditional HCI tutorials for participants 15 Enhanced E-Learning Through Learner-Centric Design (Sunday) interested in experimenting with provoc- 16 Handheld Usability: Design, Prototyping, & Usability for Mobile Devices (Sunday) ative methods and ideas, in trying to 22 Card-Based User and Task Modeling in Agile Usage-Centered Design (Monday) do innovation, and in expanding their knowledge and skills in HCI-complemen- Cognitive, Perceptual Perspective tary areas. 3 Attentional and Nonattentional Processes in Vision (Saturday Evening) 8 Cognitive Factors in Design: Basic Human Memory and Problem Solving (Sunday) SIGCHI offers Continuing Education Units 17 User Bias and Judgment: The Subjective Side of Decision-Making (Sunday)