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First International Symposium on Wearable Computers
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Date: Thu, 5 Dec 1996 14:14:32 -0500 From: gt4708d@prism.gatech.edu (Larry Najjar)
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Call for Participation
First International Symposium on Wearable Computers
October 13 - 14, 1997 Cambridge, Massachusetts USA
Initial submissions due by April 4, 1997
INVITATION The International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC) is the first annual conference on wearable computing. The conference is being held in cooperation (pending) with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the Association for Computing Machinery. The purpose of ISWC is to bring together researchers, product vendors, research sponsors, and other interested persons to share information and advances in wearable computing. The conference will include presentations, exhibitions, and poster sessions.
We invite you to attend ISWC and to submit proposals for paper presentations, exhibitions, and posters. The IEEE Computer Society Press will publish the papers and poster summaries in a conference proceedings. Selected papers will be included in a special issue of the IEEE "Personal Technologies" journal. We will also publish all papers, exhibition summaries, and poster summaries on the World Wide Web.
LOCATION On October 13th and 14th, the conference will be held at the Marriott Hotel in Cambridge, Massachusetts USA. On the day after the conference, Wednesday, October 15th, the Media Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology invites attendees to participate in a gala event that will help introduce the concept of wearable computing to a broader audience. The MIT Media Laboratory is a short walk from the Marriott Hotel. The conference sites are easy to reach by mass transit and are convenient to hotels, restaurants, entertainment, and historic sites in Cambridge and Boston. The colorful New England autumn leaves should be at their most beautiful during the conference.
CONFERENCE TOPICS The topics for ISWC may include:
* Applications, including affective computing, augmented reality, computer-supported collaborative work, computer-supported cooperative living, ubiquitous computing, personal imaging, consumer applications, industrial applications, medical applications, military applications, and software agents Ergonomics Future of wearable computing* Hardware, including head-mounted display technologies, batteries, power management, heat dissipation techniques, industrial design techniques, and manufacturing packaging issues* Human interface issues, including hands-free user interfaces, speech recognition, mobility-challenged users, user modeling, user evaluations, and health issues* Networks, including wireless networks, on-body networks, the World Wide Web, and networked vs. standalone computers Operating system issues Social implications Software architectures Training, including performance support systems
PAPERS We invite researchers to submit papers on the topics listed above or other topics related to wearable computing. The authors of papers that are selected for the conference will provide presentations during the conference. To submit a paper, please do the following:
* Write a paper that discusses the research, innovation, or advance made by the author. Emphasize the unique contribution of the work and how it will benefit others. The paper should not exceed 4,000 words (eight pages) in length. Include the author names, affiliations, addresses, telephone numbers, and electronic mail addresses. Also, identify the contact person for the paper. A template for the paper will be available on the World Wide Web at http://mime1.marc.gatech.edu/wearcon/.* By April 4, 1997, send four paper copies of the paper to:
Len Bass Software Engineering Institute Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA
To ask questions about papers, use the above address or:
Electronic mail: ljb@sei.cmu.edu Office: (412) 268-6763 Fax: (412) 268-3399
If your paper is accepted, we will ask you to submit the final paper in both HTML and print formats. This will allow us to put the paper on the conference's World Wide Web page and to publish it in the conference proceedings.
EXHIBITIONS We invite you to exhibit your products, services, or research projects during the conference. Exhibitions will be available continuously in a room (or rooms) near the meeting room. Exhibitors will show their products and distribute promotional literature to interested conference attendees. Exhibitors will pay a fee for their booths.
The number of exhibitors that are accepted for the conference will be limited by available space. To apply to be an exhibitor, please do the following:
* Write a summary of the product, service, or research project that you hope to exhibit. Describe why it will interest the conference attendees. The summary should not exceed 500 words (one page) in length. Be sure to include in the summary the exhibitor names, affiliations, addresses, telephone numbers, electronic mail addresses, and World Wide Web page location. Also, identify the contact person for the exhibition.* By April 4, 1997, send four paper copies of the exhibition summary to:
Steve Mann Media Laboratory Massachusetts Institute of Technology Room E15-389 20 Ames Street Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
To ask questions about exhibitions, use the above address or:
Electronic mail: steve@media.mit.edu Office: (617) 253-9610 Fax: (617) 253-8874
If your exhibition is accepted, we will put the exhibition summary on the conference's World Wide Web page.
POSTERS We invite researchers, especially students, to submit summaries for posters that describe current work related to wearable computing. The number of posters that are accepted for the conference will be limited by available space. To apply to present a poster, please do the following:
* Write a summary of the research project that you plan to describe in your poster. Please describe the problem, your approach, and the significance of your results. The summary should not exceed 1,000 words (two pages) in length. Be sure to include the poster author names, affiliations, addresses, telephone numbers, and electronic mail addresses. Also, identify the contact person for the poster.* By April 4, 1997, send four paper copies of the poster summary to:
Len Bass Software Engineering Institute Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA
To ask questions about papers, use the above address or:
Electronic mail: ljb@sei.cmu.edu Office: (412) 268-6763 Fax: (412) 268-3399
If your poster is accepted, we will put the poster summary on the conference's World Wide Web page.
IMPORTANT DATES Submissions due: April 4, 1997 Submitters notified: June 15, 1997 Final versions of papers due: July 15, 1997 ISWC conference: October 13-14, 1997 MIT gala event: October 15, 1997
ISWC COMMITTEE CHAIRS General chair: Dan Siewiorek, Carnegie Mellon University Program co-chairs: Len Bass, Carnegie Mellon University Alex Pentland, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Local arrangements chair: Thad Starner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Publicity co-chairs: Chris Thompson, Georgia Institute of Technology Larry Najjar, Georgia Institute of Technology Publications chair: Steve Mann, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
For additional information, please contact:
Dan Siewiorek Electronic mail: dps@a.gp.cs.cmu.edu or Office 4124, Wean Hall School of Computer Science Carnegie Mellon University 5000 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3891 USA Telephone: (412) 268-2570 Fax: (412) 681-5739.
Our World Wide Web page is http://mime1.marc.gatech.edu/wearcon/. ```
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