Feb/090
Un workshop
Tira una strana aria, in Università: sarà per il vento di riforma, sarà per i concorsi che si avvicinano (forse), sarà che una volta finito il dottorato ci si ritrova sospesi in un Limbo di fantasmi…
In soldoni, i colleghi mi sembrano sempre più attenti alla pubblicazione, alla partecipazione a conferenze e congressi vari.
Per chi volesse affilare le armi prima di gettarsi nella mischia dell’Impact Factor, segnalo questo simposio, organizzato dalla LIHE (International Academic Association for the Enhancement of Learning in Higher Education – http://lihe.wordpress.com/):
LIHE – Writing for Journal Publication (ulteriori informazioni qui)
Oct/080
Post doc
Ormai due anni fa, ho avuto modo di lavorare presso il laboratorio di cyberpsicologia dell’UQO in Gatineau. I giri e i rigiri della vita mi hanno riportato a Milano, con mille altre sfide.
Ma là le cose vanno avanti, ed anche bene.
Tanto che è stata aperta un post-doc.
Per chi fosse interessato, riporto qui sotto l’invito:
Post-doc position available at the Laboratoire de cyberpychologie de l’UQO for an upcoming project on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and virtual reality (VR). The project will involve mostly the prevention and treatment of PTSD among military personnel using VR, but other research interests will also be studied, such as presence and applications of VR to other anxiety disorders.
The Laboratoire de cyberpychologie de l’Université du Québec en Outaouais is a unique research and CBT-training centre. Located in the city Gatineau (in the province of Québec, just across the rive from Cadana’s capital Ottawa), it is largely funded by the Canada Research Chairs, SSHRC, NSERC, CIHR, CFI and many other provincial and private organizations. Researchers have at their disposal the infrastructure to conduct clinical and experimental research using cutting edge technology, such as a fully immersive room, high end VR head-mounted display and wireless psychophysiological devices. Virtual environments are developed in the lab by a team of 3D artists and computer engineers. Trained CBT therapists can deliver therapy and use virtual reality whenever if is appropriate for their patients. The research team is dynamic and multidisciplinary. More detailed information about the lab, its member and their research projects is available at http://w3.uqo.ca/cyberpsy.
The ideal candidate would have experience in PTSD and / or VR and would have excellent writing skills in English, but other backgrounds and skills will be considered.
Sul sito, dovrestre trovare tutte le informazioni utili per la candidatura.
Oct/080
Drivers may get insurance breaks for playing computer games
Un interessante articolo sulla CNN
Oct/080
CFP: A Special Issue of ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction
Per chi riesce a scrivere qualcosa (io in queste settimane soffro di sindrome del foglio bianco):
USER INTERFACE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES FOR NEXT GENERATION USER INTERFACES
- Special issue editors: Orit Shaer (Wellesley College), Robert J.K. Jacob (Tufts University),Mark Green (University of Ontario Institute of Technology) and Kris Luyten (Hasselt University)
- Contact oshaer@wellesley.edu
- Deadline for Submissions: 7 November 2008
- Additional information: http://tochi.acm.org/si/uidl.shtml
In the last decade, new classes of devices for accessing information have emerged along with increased connectivity. In parallel to the proliferation of these devices, new interaction styles have been explored. Among these new styles are virtual reality, mixed reality, 3D interaction, tangible user interfaces, context-aware interfaces and recognition- based interfaces. As a result of this increasing diversity of devices and interaction styles, developers of next-generation interfaces experience difficulties such as the lack of appropriate interaction abstractions, the need to create different design variations of a single user interface and the integration of novel hardware. As part of the user interface software research community effort to address these difficulties, the concept of a User Interface Description Language (UIDL), which has its foundations in user interface management systems and model-based authoring, has reemerged as a promising approach. UIDLs allow user interface designers to specify a user interface, using high- level constructs, which abstract away implementation details. UIDL specifications can then be automatically or semi automatically converted into concrete user interfaces or user interface implementations. Several UIDLs, mostly using XML as the general language, have been developed in recent years in order to simplify the development of next generation interfaces. However, many questions regarding the usefulness and effectiveness of UIDLs for next generation user interfaces remain open.
The aim of this Special Issue is to present high quality, original, manuscripts related to User Interface Description Languages for Next Generation User Interfaces. Manuscripts must be original, but significant expansions and revisions of papers recently presented at conferences and workshops will be considered. Possible topics include:
- Requirements for supporting the design and implementation of next generation user interfaces.
- Characteristics and comparison of interaction styles.
- Models for specifying the structure and behavior of next generation interfaces.
- Architectural frameworks for emerging interaction styles.
- Lessons learned from developing, evaluating and using particular UIDLs.
Further information, including TOCHI’s submission procedures and advice on formatting and preparing your manuscript, can be found at: http://www.acm.org/tochi/.
Submissions are to be made through the ACM online manuscript system at:
http://acm.manuscriptcentral.com/tochi/.Important Dates:
Deadline for authors to submit full papers: 7 November 2008
Deadline for reviewers to submit comments: 20 December 2008
Notification to authors: 25 January 2009
Deadlines for submission of revised version: 2 March 2009
Oct/080
Mind in Italy
Il 6 ottobre, a Milano, presso l’Auditorium “Giorgio Gaber” (Sede Regione – Piazza Duca D’Aosta 3), dalle 10.00 alle 1300, si terrà la Tavola Rotonda dal titolo “La collaborazione tra Regione Lombardia e CNR: un valore per la competitività scientifica e socio-economica regionale”.
Per dettagli: http://www.cnr.it/cnr/events/CnrEventi?IDn=1673
Sep/081
ICCA10
La prossima conferenza "International Conference on Conversation Analysis" (ICCA10) si terrà all’Università di Mannheim, in Germania, dal 4 all’8 lulio 2010.
Siamo in anticipo, lo so… Ma si tratta di una 1st call, e visto il tema ("multimodal interaction") direi che è ora di iniziare a lavorarci.
Aug/081
E vai!
Paper accettato a a Presence 2008 
Ora tocca rimetterci mano, seguendo i consigli/commenti dei revisori. Sono stati benevoli e ricchi di consigli, quindi mi aspetta un compito divertente