************************************************************************ ****** *** Australasian User Interface Conference 2006 *** *** Hobart, Tasmania - January 16-19, 2006 - http://auic.tinmith.net *** ************************************************************************ ****** CALL FOR PARTICIPATION - PLEASE CIRCULATE WIDELY I would like to welcome you all to participate at the 7th Australasian User Interface Conference, to be held in Hobart, Tasmania in January 2006. I would particularly like to welcome overseas guests to come visit Australia and participate in the conference, as we have a very interesting program covering a wide range of research areas, and with speakers from many countries. The AUIC conference is part of Australasian Computer Science Week, which contains a number of other conferences such as ACSC, ACE, ADC, AUIC, CATS, and APCCM. - PAPERS - This year we had a record number of submissions to the conference, giving a strong conference program covering a wide range of topics. The program has 16 long papers, and 10 short papers, arranged into 8 sessions: - Augmented Reality - Documents and Layout - Evaluations and Studies - Graphical Interfaces - Mobile Devices - Ubiquitous Workspaces - Visualisation Techniques - Wearable sensing - KEYNOTE - I am also pleased to announce that Professor Tom Furness will be presenting the keynote address for AUIC. The talk is titled "A Quest For The Ultimate Interface", and is based on Tom's 40 years of experience in exploring and designing user interface technology. We are very honoured to have him attend the conference and to share his insight, and I invite you to attend the conference so you can share in this too. - DEMOS - This year we will also be running a dedicated demonstration session, where attendees can setup equipment to demonstrate the research they are working on, and discuss it with the other participants. Feel free to bring just a laptop, or even larger equipment to show during the session. It is advised that if you plan on presenting a demo that you email the conference chair so that we can plan for space requirements. - MORE INFORMATION - Please visit the AUIC web site at http://auic.tinmith.net for detailed information about the conference, as well as links to the ACSW main page. There is a wide range of information about registration, things to do in Hobart, hotel and travel information, and the social program for the conference. - ABOUT AUIC - The Australasian User Interface Conference (AUIC) is a technology- focused forum for user interface researchers and practitioners from Australia and New Zealand, and throughout the world. The conference, which is one of several conferences that constitute the Australasian Computer Science Week, provides an opportunity for workers in the areas of HCI, CSCW, and pervasive computing to meet with colleagues and with others in the broader computer science community. AUIC invites participation and submissions from researchers and practitioners with an interest in techniques, tools, and technology for improving user interfaces over a wide range of areas, including the following: - User interface architectures, tools, techniques, and technology. - Innovative applications and user interfaces, including VR, multimedia, and adaptive interfaces - Distributed interfaces, including the World Wide Web - Ambient and highly mobile devices (PDAs, wearable computers) - CSCW, group work, groupware, and computer-mediated human communication - HCI education All papers in the proceedings of ACSW conferences (including AUIC) are archived in the ACM Digital Library, and each AUIC paper is reviewed by an international program committee. As with previous years, registration to the Australasian User Interface Conference will enable delegates to attend sessions in any conference participating in the Australasian Computer Science Week. - CONCLUSION - Please visit the conference web site at http://auic.tinmith.net and follow the links to register for the conference. I look forward to seeing you at the conference! regards, Wayne AUIC 2006 Conference Chair ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ Dr Wayne Piekarski - Researcher / Senior Lecturer pho: +61-8-8302-5070 fax: +61-8-8302-3381 Assistant Director - Wearable Computer Lab mob: +61-407-395-889 School of Computer and Information Science ema: wayne@cs.unisa.edu.au University of South Australia www: http://www.tinmith.net _______________________________________________