Topic: Human-Computer Interaction
January 18, 2010
Australasian User Interface Conference
The Australasian User Interface Conference (AUIC) is the forum for user interface researchers and practitioners at the Australasian Computer Science Week (ACSW 2010). AUIC provides an opportunity for workers in the areas of HCI, CSCW, and pervasive computing to meet with colleagues and with others in the broader computer science community. In Brisbane, Australia, from January 18th to 22nd 2010.
December 5, 2005
ICAT 2005 and MUM 2005
The HIT Lab NZ is organizing the ICAT 2005 and MUM 2005 conferences in the second week of December (Dec 5th - 10th). These are both leading international conferences and allow you the opportunity to see world class research in the field of Virtual Reality, 3D interfaces and mobile multimedia technology.
On December 5th - 8th, there is the International Conference on Augmented Telexistence (ICAT 2005). ICAT 2005 is the oldest conference on Virtual Reality, running for 15 years. In addition to Virtual Reality, papers will be offered on 3D user interfaces, haptic and tacitile input and telepresence. There are a number of outstanding international speakers and tutorials on topics such as projection displays and 3D user interface design. Keynote speechs will be given by Oliver Bimber who is doing some remarkable research on 3D stereo projecton and Adrian Cheok who is an expert on next generation entertainment technology.
More information about ICAT 2005 can be found at http://www.icat2005.org/
On December 8th - 10th, there is the Conference on Mobile Ubiquitous Multimedia (MUM 2005). This is the leading conference on mobile multimedia applications, including games on mobile phones, user interfaces for PDAs and mobile phones, and mobile networking. For people interested in mobile devices this is the ideal conference. The keynote speaker will be Jani Karlsson, the Nokia N-Gage product manager, who will speak about trends in mobile phone gaming.
More information about MUM 2005 can be found at http://www.hitlabnz.org/mum2005/
This is the first time that both conferences have been held in New Zealand, so this is an outstanding opportunity to be exposed to leading research in these fields. A significant discount is also offered for people that register to attend both conferences.
If you would like to more information about the conferences please contact mark.billinghurst [at] hitlabnz [dot] org
November 21, 2005
OZCHI 2005
OZCHI is Australia and New Zealand's leading forum for work in all areas of human-computer interaction. As the annual conference for the Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group (CHISIG) of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society of Australia (HFESA), OZCHI attracts an international community of researchers and practitioners with a wide range of interests, including usability, information architecture, interaction design, human factors and ergonomics, human-computer interaction, information systems, software engineering, artificial intelligence, design, social sciences and management.
July 7, 2005
CHINZ 2005 - Making CHI Natural
6th International Conference of the NZ chapter of the ACM's Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (SIGCHI-NZ)
University of Auckland
Computer Science Building
Corner Princes St and Wellesley St
Auckland
Website: CHINZ 2005