CHI2006 - the Association for Computing Machinery's Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group — is being held this April 22-27 in Montreal. It's one of the more exciting professional society meetings as it has intellectual and practical space for a wide range of projects and research that cover many of the areas that we here at IMD find interesting. Last year there were presentations on new kinds of interfaces for games, mobile designs, completely off-the-hook interaction systems and a really vibrant audience. Plus, there were great pre-conference workshops on things like camera phones, interaction in urban contexts, etc., etc. (If anyone's interested, I have copies of the entire proceedings in print and on CD-ROM.)
Work-in-Progress Posters are an exciting new venue at CHI. We encourage researchers and practitioners to submit work that is underway but still in the early stages and in a state to be influenced by informal discussion in a featured poster session. Accepted submissions will be presented to the CHI community through both inclusion of a 6 page paper in the Conference Extended Abstracts and the opportunity to present a poster in a special evening session.
Work-in-Progress submissions provide an opportunity for both practitioners and researchers to present a concise report of new findings or other types of innovative or thought-provoking work relevant to the HCI community.
Like interactive posters of the past, Work-in-Progress focuses more on visual presentation and discussion between the author and attendees around the poster. Accepted work will be published as 6-page papers in the CHI 2006 Extended Abstracts.
This submission category aims to attract attention from a broad range of disciplines covering a spectrum of topics and methodologies. The following topics are especially encouraged: multidisciplinary work, social impact of technology, design research, human-centered design and innovation, and cross-cultural design. We encourage submissions from all of CHI's communities: design, education, engineering, management, research, and usability.
Examples of appropriate submissions
Submissions to this track can include, but are not limited to, the following types of work:
* Evaluation of systems, techniques and other phenomenon relevant to HCI - this can include either experimental or other types of evaluation.
* Reflections from Practice - lessons learned, broad conclusions, or principles derived from practice, backed by thought-provoking and well-substantiated analyses.
* Design Briefings - accounts of the design (rationale, process, outcomes and evaluation) of an innovative application, user interface, or system.
* Methodologies and Tools - new methods, processes, techniques, and tools for use in interactive system design and development.
Review Criteria
Each submission will be reviewed based on the originality of the work, the quality of the written presentation and its contribution to the field of HCI. The submission's suitability for presentation as a poster will be considered as well.
* Contribution and Benefit. A Work-in-Progress submission should make a contribution to either research or practice in the field of HCI. Due to the brevity of the format, submissions making one significant contribution are more likely to be accepted than those making several lesser contributions.
* Originality and Innovation. The submission should make an original contribution to the field of HCI. It should show both how it builds on previous contributions, and how, where, and why it goes beyond current knowledge or practices.
* Clarity. The submission must be clearly and concisely written in international English, with appropriate use of tables and figures.
