ICCHP 2010
The 12th International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs
will be held on 14-16 July 2010 at the Vienna University of Technology in Austria.
STS Call for Papers
Design for Adaptive Content Processing
Many ICT-based solutions are poorly designed, poorly constructed and use hopelessly outdated notions of “the user”. Most of these problems stem from poor communication, a situation which arises because technologists and system users often seem to use different languages while essentially working towards common goals. Nevertheless a common language actually does exist as the common elements in the analysis of computer programming and creative thinking are those of structure and form. At this point interfaces provide connection points for enhancing levels of communication. This involves paying greater attention to each part of the information processing chain (from creation or composition, through processing or transformation to presentation and delivery). It also requires us to consider in more depth key aspects of information granularity and addressability.
From the system design perspective, there has been only limited attention to information convergence. The gap in our repertoire of possible descriptions of structures of content currently lies in the description of the creative processes that yield these structures. With the availability of such description guidelines, the practical means will emerge that allow us to draw the relations between the creative processes and any kind of process that builds on this creativity explicitly. By putting people back into these processes at a fundamental level, we can redress the current technology-driven imbalance.
From the content processing perspective, this is becoming known as ‘Intelligent Content’ with its convergence of multimedia, web and knowledge engineering. Sometimes described as ‘content that listens,’ intelligent content is designed for the interactive age, reaching out from linear stories to possibilities that are as vast as the web itself. This kind of content is very new, and poses challenges for authors, producers, delivery systems and business models.
From the interface design perspective, this involves the development of new approaches to designing interactive processes. Different users of the same content necessarily have different perspectives on that content. For example, to academics a book (even a work of fiction) is a reference source for their field. To a layman, reading a book is a leisure activity. To an author, the same book represents a means to communicate concepts. To a publisher, this versatile object is a unit of production in a wider supply chain. Given these multiple perspectives on something as familiar as a book, it is clear that one person’s output medium is another’s input medium.
Topics of interest include:
- Intuitive System Design
- Object Based Media
- Content personalisation and adaptation
- Accessible content processing
- Enabling technologies, standards and toolsv
- Design as a driver of user-centered innovation
- Modeling of user-centred interaction paradigmsv
- User Experience Design and Accessibility
- Content personalisation and adaptation
- Creating workflows for content creation/production/consumption
- Navigation through complex information spacesv
- Emerging models for new value chains
STS Format and Submission
The STS will take place during the ICCHP 2010 event.
Short papers must have at least 6 pages and not exceed 8 pages. Long papers must have more than 14 pages Springer LNCS style. Always keep an even number of pages.
Contributions to the STS have to be submitted using the standard submission procedures of ICCHP at: https://secure.icchp.org/tool/login.htm
When submitting your contribution please make sure to select this STS under "STS/Session".
Contributions to the STS are evaluated by the Programme Commitee of ICCHP and by the chair(s) of the STS. Please contact the STS chairs for discussing your involvement and pre-evaluation of your contribution.
Submission Deadline: February 1, 2010
Further information
Please see the ICCHP website or contact Sabine Schotel.