Interactivity

Co-Chairs	Important Dates
Jan Borchers RWTH Aachen University Germany	Mentoring Request: 7 June 2004 Submission Deadline: 13 September 2004 [5:00 PM (1700) PST] Acceptance Notifcation: 25 October 2004 Additional Information Conference Publications Format Conference Publications Format Guide to Successful Submissions: Video
Mitchell Gass uLab | PDA USA
Eric Lee RWTH Aachen University Germany
Contact Us chi2005-interactivity@acm.org
Message from Jan, Mitchell, and Eric, Co-Chairs: Interactivity is a new venue for experiencing innovative and challenging interactive systems first-hand. It includes hands-on exhibits, demonstrations, and video presentations. An exciting new room, the “Chamber,” will give attendees the chance to experience all of these throughout the conference.

Introduction

Bring us the most compelling in user interface technology, metaphors, and applications! We are particularly looking for submissions relating to the conference theme; other areas of particular interest include, for example, tangible, multimodal and collaborative user interfaces, and interaction with audio and video.

Interactivity at CHI 2005 is different from the demonstrations and videos at previous conferences. Instead of just showing your research, you have an opportunity to let your audience experience it first hand and learn from your design. For the first time, the premier conference on human-computer interaction will feature opportunities for real human-computer interaction.

We are seeking not only the results of scientific research, but also interfaces from all sources that push the boundaries of human-computer interaction. These interfaces can be innovative, artistic, or simply cool. We also welcome submissions from industry and practitioners that are not product promotions; if your primary goal is to promote a current or forthcoming product, we encourage you to become an exhibitor at the conference.

The Chamber

The Chamber is the hub for all activities in the Interactivity venue. It is a room close to the Commons where attendees can experience your work for themselves. Ways to present your work in the Chamber, in order of preference, include:

• a hands-on setup of your system for attendees to try out throughout the conference, supervised by student volunteers
• a hands-on setup of your system that you supervise yourself or present to attendees at a specific time
• a video showing your system in use, which will be shown in the Chamber repeatedly.

Presentation in the Conference Program

If your submission to the Interactivity venue is accepted, you will receive a 30-minute session during the regular conference program for a presentation of your work. This presentation is in addition to what you provide for the Chamber.

Interactivity Trailer

We will compile a short (1 minute) video “trailer” from video material for accepted Interactivity submissions. The trailer will be available on the conference website as a preview of what to expect in the Interactivity venue and will be shown during the opening plenary session.

Types of Submissions

You can submit to the Interactivity venue in one of the following three categories. Submissions in all categories will be reviewed for merit:

• Scientific Innovation: Interaction techniques or systems that have been developed as part of scientific research projects. Submissions will be judged on academic standards of CHI: originality of the contribution, evaluation of results, and value to the CHI community.
• Product, Service, and Industrial Innovation: Compelling new approaches to human-computer interaction that have been developed outside of scientific projects. The focus of the presentation must be on the nature of the innovation and its value to the CHI community; product promotions will not be accepted. Submissions will be judged on the novelty of the idea, applicability to CHI, how interactive they are, and how far they challenge or expand existing notions of human-computer interaction.
• Creative and Artistic Innovation: Compelling new approaches to human-computer interaction from the creative arts. Submissions will be judged on the novelty of the idea, aesthetic and artistic value, applicability to CHI, how interactive they are, and how far they challenge or expand existing notions of human-computer interaction.

An Alternative to Submissions: Walk-In Demonstrations

An informal alternative to submissions to the Interactivity venue are walk-in demonstrations. These do not require a submission in advance of the conference, and they do not appear in conference publications. They typically are used for informal sharing of work with other members of the CHI community.

At the on-site conference office, you can reserve a 45-minute time slot for a walk-in demonstration. No formal computer or audio/visual support is provided for walk-in demonstrations; you must provide any computer hardware or other equipment that you need. See the final conference program for details.

Requirements for Submissions

All submissions to the Interactivity venue must contain these parts:

1. cover letter (one (1) page)
   
2. extended abstract (two (2) pages)
   
3. proposal (no more than four (4) pages)
   
4. presentation outline (one (1) page)
   These parts must be in English.
   All the pages for these parts must be included in a single PDF file.
   
   In addition, submissions must include
5. a video that illustrates what will be presented
   

These parts are described in the following sections.

All parts of a submission must be received by the Interactivity Co-Chairs no later than 13 September 2004.

Submissions will not be accepted by fax. Submissions should contain no information or materials that will be proprietary or confidential at the time of publication.

Responsibility for permissions to use video, audio, or pictures of identifiable people rests with you, not the conference.

You will receive email notification upon receipt of your submission.

Cover Letter
In a one-page cover letter, include the name(s) of author(s), contact information for the contact author, title of the submission, and the category of the submission (Scientific or Innovative/Creative/Artistic).

Extended Abstract
This is a two-page paper in the Conference Publication Format suitable for publication in the CHI 2005 Extended Abstracts, that includes the title, author information, abstract, keywords, body, and references. Since this will be read by people who will not see your presentation or video, it must be understandable on its own.

Proposal
A proposal begins with a detailed description of how your work will be presented in the Chamber. The three possible presentation formats, listed in order of preference, are:

1. a hands-on setup of your system for attendees to try out throughout the conference, supervised by student volunteers;
2. a hands-on setup of your system that you supervise yourself or present to attendees at a specific time;
3. a video showing your system in use, which will be shown in the Chamber repeatedly.

The description must be followed by:

1. a statement of why this is an appropriate format in which to present the work
2. a description of the system and the problems it addresses (if appropriate)
3. a description of the relevance of the work to the CHI community, emphasizing its novelty, uniqueness, and rationale
4. a statement about the commercial status of the technology
5. equipment and support needed to present the work in the Chamber. For presentations in the Chamber, the conference will make every effort to provide personal computers running Microsoft Windows and Mac OS, as well as network connections and standard television monitors and/or projectors. Authors of accepted submissions are responsible for supplying and setting up any other equipment that is required for presentation in the Chamber.
6. a description of the presenter (researcher, developer, designer, marketer, and so on)
7. equipment and support needed to present the work at a conference session. Presenters are encouraged to bring their own notebook computers for their presentations. CHI2005 will identify local vendors for on-site rental equipment at presenters' expense. A projector for projecting notebook computer displays with at least 800 X 600 resolution will be provided.

Presentation Outline
Your submission must also include an outline that describes the organization of your 30-minute conference session and the time to be allotted for each of its parts, which will normally include an overview of the work, a demonstration, and audience participation and questions. You should reserve 10 minutes at the end for questions.

In evaluation of submissions, preference will be given to presentations that devote much of the time to direct experience of your system, through a live demonstration, video, or both. In other words, please do not plan to talk for 20 minutes! The outline can include screen shots, photographs, videos, and sketches as appropriate, together with the narrative for explaining what will be presented.

Presenters of formal demonstrations that use computers must provide their own technical support and are required to perform a technical rehearsal in the demonstration preparation room well in advance of their presentations. For systems that may be prone to unpredictable system problems, we encourage presenters to show a video of the system instead of giving a live demonstration.

Video
Each Interactivity submission must include six copies of a CD or DVD containing video that illustrates what you will present. The video must be in a format that Apple’s QuickTime Player understands. Please use the highest resolution and quality settings possible; Digital Video (DV) format is ideal.

If this video is larger than 30 MB, the CD or DVD must also include a second video that is no larger than 30 MB for inclusion in the ACM Digital Library. This can be excerpts from the full video, a more compressed version, or some combination of these. The video must be in a format that Apple’s QuickTime Player understands.

Requests for Mentoring

CHI 2005 provides mentors for proposers who would like assistance in preparing their submissions. Please see Mentoring for more information. The deadline to request a mentor is 7 June 2004.

Submission Instructions

Submissions must be received before the deadline of 13 September 2004, 5:00 PM (1700) Pacific Daylight Time. Submissions arriving after the deadline will not be considered. Send your PDF file to chi2005-interactivity@acm.org. Send six copies of the CD or DVD with video illustrating what you will present together with a printed copy of the cover letter to:

CHI 2005 Interactivity Submissions
781 Ensenada Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94707-1843
USA

To ensure delivery by the deadline, we suggest using a courier service. Submissions received after the deadline will not be considered.

If you anticipate difficulties with emailing a single PDF file, please contact us well before the submission deadline.

Upon Acceptance

Extended abstracts of accepted Interactivity submissions will be published in the CHI 2005 Extended Abstracts. Authors will receive an email notification of acceptance or rejection by 25 October 2004. Upon acceptance you must complete and return a copyright release form in order to be published. This form will be sent with the acceptance notice.

The primary author of each paper will receive instructions on how to submit publication-ready copy. Only minor corrections to the original submission will be possible at this stage. Therefore, ensure that your original submission is clearly written, carefully proofread, and correctly formatted.

Confidentiality of Submissions

Confidentiality of submissions is maintained during the review process. All rejected submissions will be kept confidential in perpetuity. All submitted materials for accepted submissions will be kept confidential until the start of the conference, 2 April 2005, except for a few seconds of video excerpts used for the Interactivity trailer (described above), which will be made publicly available on the conference website a few weeks before the conference. Submissions should contain no information or materials that will be proprietary or confidential at the time of publication, and they should cite no publications that will be proprietary or confidential at the time of publication.

Interactivity Submission Checklist

Please use the following checklist to ensure that your submission is complete.

• Secure the rights for any third party materials used.
• Prepare the two-page extended abstract as described earlier.
• Prepare a proposal for review as described earlier.
• Prepare an outline of your presentation as described earlier.
• Prepare a cover letter as described earlier.
• Prepare a PDF file containing your cover letter, extended abstract, proposal, and outline of your session presentation.
• Submit the PDF file via email to chi2005-interactivity@acm.org. The subject line should specify “CHI 2005 Interactivity Submission.”
• Send six copies of the CD or DVD with video illustrating what you will present together with a printed copy of the cover letter to:
  
  CHI 2005 Interactivity Submissions
  781 Ensenada Avenue
  Berkeley, CA 94707-1843
  USA
  
  Be sure to use a shipping method that ensures arrival no later than the submission deadline.