Note that the submission deadline has been extended to August 13, 2012.
Proxemics is about people’s use of space in relation to each other and to their physical surroundings. Proxemics has been investigated for decades for face-to-face interactions, urban planning and environmental design, but proxemics and related theories and models (e.g., embodied interaction) may also benefit research in human-computer interaction. Proxemics data that describe users’ spatial relations to each other and to their environment can be automatically collected to allow new forms of interaction and to provide richer empirical data for studying human-computer interaction.
This one-day workshop gathers researchers and practitioners with the aim of discussing the role of proxemics in human-computer interaction, generating ideas and identifying current issues, and developing directions for future research. The goal is to better understand how proxemics can be used in HCI, understand the theories and methods on proxemics and embodied interaction as well as technology for tracking users, and put that to use in designing novel interaction techniques.
The workshop is planned to consist of presentations and discussions in the morning, and group work sessions in the afternoon.
Participation
We invite academics and practitioners to submit a position paper (4-6 pages in the ACM SIGCHI publications format using the Extended Abstracts Template). Submissions must be submitted as a PDF-file through the EasyChair system:
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=proxemics2012
We welcome position papers that describe studies where proxemics has played a role, but also papers that present insightful or controversial views on proxemics in HCI. In particular, papers could discuss the opportunities and challenges in analyzing proxemics data, presenting proxemics data, or using such data for interaction. We are interested in all aspects of proxemics in human-computer interaction, including the technical foundations for proxemics, theories and models, or specific application areas. We evaluate papers in terms of how well they contribute to a discussion at the workshop.
Related topics include but are not limited to:
- Collaborative work, learning or play
- Large display interaction
- Ubiquitous computing and multi-display environments
- Virtual reality environments
- Social, tangible, and embodied interaction.
Important Dates
Friday, August 3rd, 2012 – Monday, August 13, 2012 – Deadline for submissions
Friday, August 10th, 2012 – Monday, August 27, 2012 – Notification of acceptance
Invited Keynote
We are pleased to announce Nicolai Marquardt as keynote speaker for the workshop Proxemics in Human-Computer Interaction.
Proxemics in Human-Computer Interaction in pictures
Workshop Agenda
Morning Session | (09:00 to 12:25) |
09:00 to 09:15 | Welcome participants and introduction to the workshop |
09:15 to 10:15 | Keynote introducing to the area of Proxemic Interactions and recent work related to the field of proxemics.
Nicolai Marquardt Department of Computer Science University of Calgary, Canada. |
10:15 to 10:30 | Break |
(10:30 to 11:10) | Presentations with discussions (2 x 20 minutes) |
10:30 to 10:50 | Proximity as Key Property in the Egocentric Interaction Paradigm
Thomas Pederson¹, Lars-Erik Janlert², Dipak Surie², Shahram Jalaliniya¹ ¹IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark ²Dept. of Computing Science, Sweden |
10:50 to 11:10 | Representations of Proxemic Behavior for Human-Machine Interaction
Ross Mead, Amin Atrash, Maja Mataric University of Southern California, USA |
11:10 to 11:25 | Break |
(11:25 to 12:25) | Presentations with discussions (3 x 20 minutes) |
11:25 to 11:45 | A Design Space for User Tracking around Tabletops
Daniel Klinkhammer, Markus Nitsche, Harald Reiterer University of Konstanz, Germany |
11:45 to 12:05 | Navigation Concepts for ZUIs Using Proxemic Interactions
Roman Rädle, Simon Butscher, Stephan Huber, Harald Reiterer University of Konstanz, Germany |
12:05 to 12:25 | Proxemics for Information Visualization on Wall-Sized Displays
Mikkel R. Jakobsen, Kasper Hornbæk University of Copenhagen, Denmark |
12:25 to 13:30 | Lunch Break |
Afternoon Session | (13:30 to 16:15) |
13:30 to 14:30 | Demo of interactive prototypes employing proxemic interactions
Lab of Kasper Hornbæk Department of Computer Science University of Copenhagen, Denmark |
14:30 to 14:45 | Break |
14:45 to 16:00 | Roadmap towards a joint research contribution. |
16:00 to 16:15 | Discussion and Wrap-Up |
Organizers
Kasper Hornbæk
Department of Computer Science,
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
http://www.kasperhornbaek.dk/
Mikkel R. Jakobsen
Department of Computer Science,
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
http://mikkelrj.dk/
Daniel Klinkhammer
Human-Computer Interaction Group,
University of Konstanz, Germany
http://hci.uni-konstanz.de/staff/klinkhammer/
Anders Markussen
Department of Computer Science,
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Roman Rädle
Human-Computer Interaction Group,
University of Konstanz, Germany
Harald Reiterer
Human-Computer Interaction Group,
University of Konstanz, Germany
http://hci.uni-konstanz.de/staff/reiterer/
Contact
For questions about the workshop please contact Roman Rädle.
To submit your camera ready position or research paper, please send it to: Roman Rädle.