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CALL FOR PAPERS: CHI  Workshop on Human Computer Interaction in Third Places.
HCI-3P
ACM CHI 2013
Paris, France.
April 27-28th.

“Third places” are neither work or home; rather, they are places such
as coffee shops and bars, where playful conversation shapes the social
links that tie communities together. Emerging information and
communication technologies (ICT) have introduced new ways to interact
with such third places – i.e. geo-tagging, crowd-sourcing and passive
sensing – changing how we interact with other people, and how
contemporary communities are shaped.

The goal of the first Workshop on Human Computer Interaction in Third
Places (HCI-3P) (http://hci3p.com/call-for-participation/) is to
better understand, through academic discussion and a field activity,
the best approaches to designing ICT for third places. The outcomes of
the workshop will be a research agenda, collaborative research
proposals and the initiation of a recurring workshop on the topic.

HCI-3P is scheduled as a two day workshop co-located with CHI2013. The
first day will be dedicated to discussing the state of current
research, while the second day will promote research collaboration
through a field activity taking place on several Parisian third
places.

Submissions should describe ongoing research on novel interfaces,
research methodologies, or research positions on human computer
interaction for third places. If accepted, at least one author of the
paper will need to attend the workshop. Attendees must register for
the CHI-3P workshop and at least one (1) day of the conference.
Submissions should be done following the CHI Extended Abstract Format
(http://chi2013.acm.org/authors/format/).

Email your paper in PDF format to roberto@robertocalderon.ca with
subject HCI-3P by December 28th.

Important Dates

Submissions due: December 28th.
Acceptance Notification: February 1st.
Camera-ready due: February 15th.
CHI-3P: April 27th - April 28th.

(Please note at least one author of each accepted paper must register
for the one or more days of the ACM CHI Conference and the workshop
HCI-3P)

TOPICS OF INTEREST

HCI-3P will focus on the following topics, but similar topics and
discussions will be welcomed for submission and discussion during the
workshop.

+ Novel interfaces to support human interaction in third places
+ Natural and unobtrusive interfaces to support conversation within third places
+ Aesthetic approaches to public interfaces within third places
+ Crowd-computing in third places
+ Comparison of third places with different cultural rootings
+ Supporting third places in special communities (e.g. nomad, non-technical)
+ Virtual or hybrid (virtual/face-to-face) third places
+ Computing for third places in the developing world

IMPORTANT DATES:

Submission Deadline: December 28th.
Acceptance Notification: February 1st.
Camera-ready Deadline: February 15th.
CHI: HCI-3P Workshop: April 27th - April 28th.

ORGANIZERS:

Roberto Calderon, University of British Columbia.
Dr. Sidney Fels, University of British Columbia.
Dr. Junia Anacleto, Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos.

PROGRAM COMMITTEE:

Dr. Ray Oldenburg, University of West Florida.
Dr. Tom Erickson, IBM Watson Labs.
Dr. Keith N. Hampton, Rutgers University.
Dr. Marcus Foth, Queensland University of Technology.
Aaron Marcus, Aaron Marcus and Associates, Inc.
Dr. Keith Cheverest, Lancaster University.
Dr. Joe McCarthy, University of Washington.
Dr. Shelly Farnham, Microsoft Research.
Dr. Denisa Kera, National University of Singapore.
Dr. Steve Daniels, IBM.