Workshop "Bridging "Interaction Clouds": Exploring collaborative
interaction across assemblies of mobile and embedded technology"
To be held at ECSCW 2009, Vienna, Austria 7-8 September.
http://bridgingclouds.blogspot.com/
http://www.ecscw09.org/
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Overview
Portable technology, particularly in the shape of mobile phones and
personal digital assistants, has become a ubiquitous force in everyday
life. Advances in communication technologies have also meant that we
are rapidly moving towards the convergence of mobile and stationary
systems: this has allowed people to use mobile technology to engage
with systems embedded in the environments they inhabit, offering a
greater range of interaction possibilities and patterns that we have
labeled "Interaction Clouds". By "Interaction Clouds" we mean the
complex patterns of interaction, sharing and exchange that unfold
around assemblies of mobile and embedded technologies.
This workshop aims at exploring such issues in greater detail, with a
specific focus on the design of a coherent social and collaborative
experience for people as the transverse an "assembly" of technologies.
The notion of Interaction Clouds also resonates with the emergence of
the internet as a resource free of device and location constraints has
brought about the concept of "cloud computing", where technology is
emerging that allows people to shift between multiple contexts (mobile/
embedded), facilitated by a connection to remote computing resources
(clouds). This devolving of traditional interaction paradigms brings
with it new challenges to support meaningful user social and
collaborative experiences, specifically how such hybrid systems can
facilitate salient aspects of user experiences such as collaboration
and participation.
Topics of Interest
• Studies of social and collaborative activity around
interaction clouds
• Design for the support of collaboration and participation
across interaction clouds
• New interaction modalities in interaction clouds that support
social interaction
• Theoretical issues of how to define and study interaction
clouds (merging mobility-oriented and space-oriented frameworks, new
conceptual approaches, development of existing frameworks, etc.)
• Explorations of settings where interaction clouds can be
meaningfully deployed: e.g. public spaces (museums, urbans areas),
workplaces, domestic spaces, etc.
Dates and deadlines
Submissions are open indefinitely.
Workshop at ECSCW 2009: September 7th - 8th, 2009
Submissions
Interested participants are invited to submit position papers in PDF
format with a word limit of 5000 words. Papers should be formatted
according to the ECSCW template seehttp://www.ecscw09.org/author.html.
The .pdf files should be sent to: marc.mcloughlin@ul.ie
Workshop outline
The Workshop will run over 1 day. The Workshop call requests the
submission of short position papers. However, during the workshop, we
will foster debate moving away from traditional presentations, and by
facilitating discussions on shared artifacts. We will invite the
participants to contribute to the workshop with either posters, or
demos/prototypes, or video data documenting an experience, and these
materials will be the main subject of the discussion. In the afternoon
session, we will lead more focused small-group discussions and
brainstorming, and practical design exercises.
Publication & dissemination
Accepted papers will be included in the Workshop Webpage. During the
workshop participants will be asked to prepare posters for display
during the conference. During the workshop, opportunties for future
publications (such as a journal special issue) will be discussed.
Organizers
Marc McLoughlin, Interaction Design Centre, University of Limerick,
Ireland
Luigina Ciolfi, Interaction Design Centre, University of Limerick,
Ireland
Mike Fraser, University of Bristol, UK
Eva Hornecker, University of Strathclyde, UK
John Bowers, Interaction Research Studio, Goldsmiths, University of
London, UK
Contact Details
Workshop Webpage: www.bridgingclouds.blogspot.com
Please Contact the workshop chairs at: marc.mcloughlin@ul.ie
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