ETRA 2004
Eye Tracking Research & Applications
http://www.e-t-r-a.org
Symposium 2004
22-24 March 2004, San Antonio, TX, USA
Call for Participation
Sponsored by
ACM SIGCHI and ACM SIGGRAPH
MOTIVATION
Recent advancements in eye tracking technology, specifically the
availability of cheaper, faster, more accurate and easier to use
trackers, have inspired increased eye movement and eye tracking
research efforts. The Eye Tracking Research & Applications (ETRA)
2000 and 2002 meetings brought together an international and
interdisciplinary group of researchers. The success of these meetings
has laid the groundwork for future symposia (currently on a biennial
schedule). Since the year 2000 meeting, reports of various novel eye
tracking applications have appeared, ranging from gaze-contingent
Level-Of-Detail computer graphics to Human-Computer Interaction
applications, from new psychophysical studies to the development of
new eye tracking technologies. The motivation of the Symposium calls
for the discussion of both theoretical and applied eye tracking
issues. It is hoped this Symposium will foster new interdisciplinary,
collaborative ties as well as provide a venue for dissemination of
peer-reviewed research results in this burgeoning research area.
SCOPE
This year's conference will feature a special session on Attentive
User Interfaces, or AUIs. We especially invite any submission that
uses eye tracking for interactive input in determining focus of
attention in human computer interaction applications.
Applied papers reporting on the development or use of eye tracking
systems are sought falling in two main categories: (a) real-time
interactive systems and (b) off-line diagnostic applications.
Examples of the former include applications where the display or form
of interaction depends on real-time knowledge of the user's gaze
direction, e.g., "gaze-contingent" interactive environments.
Applications falling in the latter category involve recording
real-time eye movements over a visual stimulus for later off-line
analysis, e.g., gaze information supporting usability, psychophysical,
or neurological studies (to name three examples).
While ETRA is primarily directed towards eye tracking applications,
papers on theoretical aspects of eye movements and cognition are also
encouraged. Examples may include papers elucidating the neurological
substrate of human vision, visual attention and eye movements, or
papers suggesting techniques for characterization and automatic
identification of eye movements, e.g., saccade/fixation detection.
Suggested paper topics/categories include (but are not limited to):
o Eye Movement Principles o Pupillary/Blink Response
o Eye Movement Analysis o Attentive User Interfaces
o Eye Tracking Systems o Real-Time Systems
o Visual Search o Gaze-Contingent Displays
o Visual Attention o Driving Applications
o Eye Typing Applications o Virtual Reality Applications
o Usability o Cognition
FORMAT
Oral presentations will be short (about 20 minutes) and limited to 3
per session. Presenters are asked to prepare their presentations in
MS PowerPoint format. An LCD projector will be provided to allow
speakers to connect their laptops.
A symposium program identifying accepted papers, listing contributors
and paper titles, will be made available before the event.
SUBMISSION
New for 2004, ETRA will be using an electronic paper submission
system. Full paper submissions should be uploaded via our electronic
submission web site: http://submit.e-t-r-a.org/ . The submission web
site will be available a short time before the paper due date.
Full paper submissions must be in PDF conforming to the ACM SIGGRAPH
proceedings format. Further details and guidelines, including MS Word
and LaTeX templates, are available at the URL:
http://www.siggraph.org/publications/instructions/
Brief formatting guidelines:
o The maximum paper length is eight pages, each page in US
Letter dimensions. The body of the paper should be set in
two-column style, with each column measuring 3.33 inches (8.46 cm)
wide with a 0.34 inch (0.84 cm) gutter between the columns.
o The "US Letter" page size measures 8.5 inches (21.59 cm) by 11.0 inches
(27.94 cm), with top, left, and right margins measuring 0.75 inches
(1.905 cm), and a bottom margin of 1.0 inch (2.54 cm).
o Papers should have a 1.5 inch (3.81 cm) space left blank at the bottom
of the left column on the first page of the paper for the copyright
block added during the printing process.
Papers submitted for peer-review should be in double-blind format.
Authors' names should be omitted from the front page, but a separate
cover page should be generated including title, an abstract, keywords
and phrases, authors' names, affiliations, plus a contact author's email
address, mailing address, phone number, and fax number. Note: If you're
using the LaTeX format, the 'review' option will generate the paper in
the required review format automatically.
CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS
Andrew T. Duchowski, Dept. of Comp Sci, Clemson Univ
Clemson, SC 29634-0974 USA, andrewd@e-t-r-a.org
Roel Vertegaal, Dept. of Comp Sci, Queen's Univ
Kingston, ON Canada K7L 3N6, roel@cs.queensu.ca
John W. Senders, Dept. of Mech. & Indust. Eng., Univ of Toronto
Toronto, ON Canada M6R 2X5, jw.senders@utoronto.ca
PROGRAM COMMITTEE (Tentative)
Antti Aaltonen (Nokia Research Center, Finland)
Wendy Ark (IBM Almaden, USA)
Mike Byrne (Rice University, TX, USA)
Martha Crosby (University of Hawaii, HI, USA)
Mike Daily (HRL Laboratories, USA)
Myron Flickner (IBM Almaden, USA)
James Gips (Boston College, MA, USA)
Joe Goldberg (Oracle, USA)
Brooke Hallowell (Ohio University, OH, USA)
Tom Hutchinson (University of Virginia, VA, USA)
Aulikki Hyrskykari (University of Tampere, Finland)
Poika Isokoski (University of Tampere, Finland)
Robert Jacob (Tufts University, MA, USA)
Keith Karn (Xerox, NY, USA)
David Luebke (University of Virginia, VA, USA)
Sohel Merchant (University of Iowa, USA)
Minoru Nakayama (Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan)
N. Hari Narayanan (Auburn University, AL, USA)
Wilfried Osberger (Tektronix, USA)
Carol O'Sullivan (Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland)
Timo Partala (University of Tempere, Finland)
Stefano Ramat (Johns Hopkins Hospital, USA)
Carlo Robino (University of Pavia, Italy)
Waldemar Rojna (Consultant, Poznan, Poland)
Tom Schnell (University of Iowa, IA, USA)
Charles Scialfa (University of Calgary, Canada)
Trent Victor (Volvo, Sweden)
David Wooding (University of Derby, UK)
Daniela Zambarbieri (University of Pavia, Italy)
DEADLINES
Sep. 22 Submission deadline
Oct. 27 Acceptance/rejection notice
Nov. 17 Paper authors send revised papers to proceedings producer
Feb. 22 Registration deadline
Mar. 22-24 Symposium
LOCATION
The Symposium will be held at the historic Menger Hotel in San
Antonio, TX. Please see the symposium web page for hotel rates and
hotel reservation information.