Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 14, No. 319.
Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London
<http://www.princeton.edu/~mccarty/humanist/>
<http://www.kcl.ac.uk/humanities/cch/humanist/>
[1] From: Creagh Cole <c.cole@library.usyd.edu.au> (37)
Subject: Sydney 2001 Call for Papers
[2] From: Arun-Kumar Tripathi <tripathi@statistik.uni- (112)
dortmund.de>
Subject: The San Francisco Bay Area ACM SIGCHI -Special
Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction....
[3] From: Arun-Kumar Tripathi <tripathi@statistik.uni- (60)
dortmund.de>
Subject: OZCHI Annual conference for the Computer-Human
Interaction on _Interfacing reality in the New
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Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2000 20:22:17 +0100
From: Creagh Cole <c.cole@library.usyd.edu.au>
Subject: Sydney 2001 Call for Papers
Computing Arts
Digital Resources for Research in the Humanities 2001
A Conference to be held at the
University of Sydney
26th - 28th September 2001
Computing Arts: Digital Resources for Research in the Humanities 2001 will
explore the impact of digitisation on the humanities, and will focus on new
methods of creating, using and conserving the resources which comprise our
common cultural heritage.
Computing Arts 2001 will focus on the impact of new technologies on
research and creative endeavour, on teaching and learning, on publishing,
on conservation and curation, on librarianship and archiving. It will be
the first forum of its kind in the region to bring together practitioners
in such a wide range of disciplines. It will provide a formal ongoing focus
for researchers, scholars and librarians in the region to discuss their
work in all its aspects and applications, and to develop networks and
collaborations to extend the use of new technologies into the traditions of
humanities research, study and appreciation.
We are planning in addition a number of workshops in partnership with other
Australian universities and libraries. These will focus on new tools and
techniques in humanities computing applications, and will be relevant to a
broad range of disciplines in the humanities.
Computing Arts 2001 is held in association with the Digital Resources for
the Humanities (DRH) organisation in the United Kingdom, and is supported
by The Australian Academy of the Humanities and the National Scholarly
Communications Forum. Sponsors for the conference include Bell and Howell
Information and Learning.
CONFERENCE WEB SITE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
<http://setis.library.usyd.edu.au/drrh2001>http://setis.library.usyd.edu.au/drrh2001
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Email Submissions:
conference@library.usyd.edu.au
Contacts for more information:
Dr. Creagh Cole SETIS Coordinator - c.cole@library.usyd.edu.au
Ms. Rowanne Couch RIHSS Research Manager - rowanne.couch@rihss.usyd.edu.au
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Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2000 20:23:24 +0100
From: Arun-Kumar Tripathi <tripathi@statistik.uni-dortmund.de>
Subject: The San Francisco Bay Area ACM SIGCHI -Special Interest
Group on Computer-Human Interaction....
greetings scholars and HCI experts,
[HI --Dr. Jenny Preece, of University of Maryland Baltimore County will be
speaking on the issues of "On-Line Communities: Designing Usability,
Supporting Sociability" and Prof. Ben Shneiderman, of University of
Maryland College Park will be speaking on his HCI project as "Leonardo's
Laptop: Human Needs and the New Computing" --an important ventures to
visit..Thank you..-Arun]
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Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 14:12:24 -0700
From: Terry Winograd <winograd@CS.Stanford.EDU>
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B a y C H I
The San Francisco Bay Area ACM SIGCHI
Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction
announces its October meeting:
Tuesday, October 10, 2000
7:30 - 9:30 p.m.
On-Line Communities: Designing Usability, Supporting Sociability
Jenny Preece, University of Maryland Baltimore County
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Leonardo's Laptop: Human Needs and the New Computing
Ben Shneiderman, University of Maryland College Park
Xerox PARC Auditorium
3333 Coyote Hill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304
(BayCHI meeting attendance is free & open to the public.)
Socializing/networking from 7 to 7:30 in the lobby.
Coffee and tea will be provided.
BayCHI programs are not audio- or videotaped,
and taping by attendees is not permitted.
About "On-Line Communities: Designing Usability, Supporting
Sociability":
"Like twentieth-century architects and town planners, on-line community
developers shape digital landscapes, but successful on-line communities
also need a purpose, people, and policies."
In millions of on-line communities, people meet to debate baseball
scores, compare childbirth experiences, get information about stocks,
and ask for consumer advice. People create communities by their
presence or absence and their behavior and personalities, and so do
moderators and others with special roles. Developers can't control
what people do, but they can influence them by defining purposes and
policies. Designing software that is consistent, predictable, easy to
learn, and supportive of how people want to interact has an impact too.
Supporting social interaction (i.e., sociability) and human-computer
interaction (i.e., usability) can produce thriving on-line communities
instead of electronic ghost towns.
Many developers design software, thinking they are designing
communities. Meanwhile, keen-eyed, reflective sociologists describe
the emergence of communities. But communities are neither designed nor
do they just emerge. Like physical communities they evolve and change
over time.
In this talk I discuss how developers can create sociability and
usability for different kinds of communities. Compelling examples from
research on empathy, hostility, and lurking illustrate key points. I
also suggest how on-line communities may enhance or destroy growth of
social capital in our society.
JENNY PREECE researches and teaches human-computer interaction and
on-line communities. Current projects include characterizing lurking
behavior, supporting on-line moderators, and identifying models of
community. Jenny is also experienced in distance education, having
worked at the British Open University for fifteen years. She is a
coauthor of a leading HCI text and of a new text, "Interaction Design,"
available Fall, 2001.
Jenny's new book, "On-Line Communities: Designing Usability, Supporting
Sociability," is published by John Wiley & Sons, Fall 2000
<http://www.ifsm.umbc.edu/onlinecommunities/>
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About "Leonardo's Laptop: Human Needs and the New Computing":
The old computing was about what computers could do; the new computing
is about what users can do. Attention is shifting from making
computers intelligent to making users creative. Human-computer
interaction research and usability engineering are emerging in
scientific and technology communities, but they have been criticized as
being merely evaluative rather than generative. I will take Leonardo
da Vinci as an inspirational muse because he combined scientific
exploration with practical application and esthetic sensitivities.
The first lesson is to think more deeply about the full range of users'
needs. This talk lays out five circles of human relationships and four
stages of social activities. These form a basis for user interface
innovation that covers mobility, ubiquity, and community. Information
resources will sprout from InfoDoors and WebBushes. Buddy lists and
million-person communities will be accessible through palmtop and
fingertip devices.
The second lesson of the new computing is universal usability.
Leonardo's sympathy for the underprivileged would make him a crusader
for crossing the digital divide. Successful systems will be customized
for diverse users, tailorable to a wide range of hardware, software,
and networks, and designed to bridge the gap between what users know
and what they need to know.
The third lesson, which will occupy researchers for the next century,
is the need for creativity support tools. Clever programmers are
already developing advanced strategies that help users to design
buildings, manage knowledge, compose music, and conduct scientific
research. But the best is yet to come.
BEN SHNEIDERMAN is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science,
Founding Director (1983-2000) of the Human-Computer Interaction
Laboratory (http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/), and Member of the Institutes
for Advanced Computer Studies & for Systems Research, all at the
University of Maryland at College Park. He was elected as a Fellow of
the Association for Computing (ACM) in 1997.
Ben is the author of "Software Psychology: Human Factors in Computer
and Information Systems" (1980) and "Designing the User Interface:
Strategies for Effective Human-Computer Interaction" (3rd ed. 1998)
<http://www.awl.com/DTUI/>. He pioneered the highlighted textual link
in 1983, and it became part of Hyperties, a precursor to the web. His
move into information visualization spawned the successful company
Spotfire <http://www.spotfire.com/>, where he is a board member. He is
an advisor for <http://www.smartmoney.com/> where his treemap
visualization is used for stock market data. With S. Card and J.
Mackinlay, he co-authored "Readings in Information Visualization: Using
Vision to Think" (1999).
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1558605339/>
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Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2000 20:24:16 +0100
From: Arun-Kumar Tripathi <tripathi@statistik.uni-dortmund.de>
Subject: OZCHI Annual conference for the Computer-Human
Interaction on _Interfacing reality in the New
dear humanists,
[Hello, I thought, this call might interest you..-Arun]
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Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 21:28:06 +1100
From: Judy <judy@welldone.com.au>
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(Apologies for duplicates)
OZCHI 2000 Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
Interfacing reality in the new millennium
Sydney, Australia, 4-8 December 2000
<http://www.cmis.csiro.au/ozchi2000/>
Call for Participation
OZCHI is the annual conference for the Computer-Human Interaction Special
Interest Group (CHISIG) of the Ergonomics Society of Australia, and
Australia and New-Zealand's leading forum for work in all areas of
Human-Computer Interaction.
OZCHI attracts an international community of researchers and practitioners
with a wide range of interests, including human factors and ergonomics,
human-computer interaction, information systems, software engineering,
artificial intelligence, design, social sciences and management.
An excellent program of tutorials, workshops and conference presentations,
with an exhibition, demonstrations and poster display has now been
finalised. Full details on the web page above. Highlights are:
Keynote Speakers
Richard Helm, Boston Consulting Group
John Carroll, Center for Human Computer Interaction, Virginia Tech, USA:
Making use: Scenario-Based Design of Human Computer Interaction.
Penny Sanderson, SCHIL Director, Swinburne University of Technology,
Melbourne, Australia: "It's an IT system, not a control system!"
Revolutionary changes in human computer interaction with large-scale
systems.
Gerhard Fischer, Professor, University of Colorado, USA: Design,
Learning, Collaboration and New Media: a co-evolutionary HCI perspective.
Brian Gaines, Professor Emeritus, University of Calgary, Canada: HCI and
Internet Communities: Something Borrowed, Something Blue.
Tutorials and Workshops
See details on the web for the 9 Tutorials and 4 workshops on offer 4th and
5th December.
Social Activities
Both the Welcome Cocktails and the Gala Dinner are in spectacular Sydney
locations, recognisable from the recent Olympic coverage! Drink in the sky,
then dine beneath the Sydney Harbour Bridge, network and relax.
Registration
Online registration on the web now. Early Bird rates close Sunday 22nd
October - don't delay. Special rates for CHISIG and ACS members.
Enquiries: on any aspect of the Conference, to
Ozchi@welldone.com.au
OZCHI2000
c/- Well Done Events
PO Box 90
Cambewarra NSW 2540 Australia
Judy Potter
Managing Director
Well Done Events
PO Box 90
CAMBEWARRA NSW 2540
Tel: +61 2 4422 2222
Fax: +61 2 4422 3878
Mobile: 0412 219 895
Email: judyp@welldone.com.au
http://www.cmis.csiro.au/ozchi2000/
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