Hi all, I'm helping to organize a workshop at CHI 2013 on research and applications at the boundary of geography and HCI. Will be great to have some CITASA people there. Raz *Raz Schwartz* Post Doctoral Researcher Social Media Information Lab School of Communication and Information Rutgers University www.razschwartz.net @razsc <https://twitter.com/razsc> Visit the Livehoods project at: www.livehoods.org On Monday, December 10, 2012 7:59:38 AM UTC-5, Brent Hecht wrote: > > Hi All, > > Muki Haklay, Mei-Po Kwan, several human-computer interaction (HCI) folks > and I are organizing a workshop at CHI 2013 on research and applications at > the boundary of geography and HCI. We'd love to have as many geographers as > possible attend. HCI tends to ignore most geography research even though it > is becoming increasingly interested in geospatial topics. This is a chance > to change that! It is also a wonderful opportunity to hear about > state-of-the-art geospatial research in HCI from all-star senior and junior > HCI researchers and practitioners. > > Position statements are due January 11th. See > http://geohci2013.grouplens.org for more! > > Our call for papers is attached. Of course, we'd love it if you'd forward > to any interested parties! > > - Brent > > Brent Hecht > Ph.D. Candidate in Computer Science @ Northwestern University > Asst. Prof. of Comp. Sci @ Univ. Minnesota beginning Spring 2013 > w: http://www.brenthecht.com > e: br...@u.northwestern.edu > t: @bhecht > > ================================= > Workshop on Geographic Human-Computer Interaction – CALL FOR PAPERS > April 27-28, 2013 (at CHI 2013) > Paris, France > http://geohci2013.grouplens.org > @geohci > > Position Statements Due: January 11, 2013 > > Geography is increasingly important to areas of human-computer interaction > (HCI) ranging from social computing to mobile computing to natural user > interfaces. Similarly, research in geography focuses more and more on > HCI-related topics. There have been few opportunities, however, for > intradisciplinary or interdisciplinary knowledge sharing, knowledge > creation or community building among those whose interests lie at the > boundary of these two fields. > > It is in this context that we invite members of the HCI and geography > communities to participate in a workshop on Geographic Human-Computer > Interaction (http://geohci2013.grouplens.org/) at CHI 2013, the largest > HCI conference and a top-tier HCI publication venue. The workshop will > encourage the sharing of research questions, datasets, methods, literature, > and tools among “GeoHCI” researchers and practitioners across disciplinary > lines. We will also address critical open questions including “What makes > spatial special in GeoHCI?” (e.g. What makes a location-based social > network different from a traditional online social network?) and “What are > GeoHCI’s fundamental principles?” (e.g. Spatial autocorrelation? Gravity > Models?) > > The workshop, held April 27-28, 2013, will be of interest to researchers > and practitioners in areas including (but not limited to) location-based > systems, local search, augmented reality, natural user interfaces, > ubiquitous computing, neogeography/neocartography, location-based social > networks, geowikis, citizen science, crisis informatics, sustainable HCI, > volunteered geographic information, GIScience, public-participation GIS, > geodesign, Geo UX, and geovisualization. > > Interested members of the HCI and geography communities should submit a > two-page position statement describing their relevant work by January 11, > 2013 (submission details are available on the workshop website). One or > more authors of accepted statements must register for the workshop and at > least one day of the main program of the CHI conference (April 29 – May 2, > 2013). > > Submissions should discuss topics that appeal to the broader GeoHCI > community. In addition to highlighting the author(s)’s work on > GeoHCI-related research questions and applications, we recommend that > position statements address some subset of the following questions: > > High-level Questions: > • What is ‘special about spatial’ in your area? > • What are, in your view, fundamental principles in GeoHCI? > • What are the most important open GeoHCI-related questions in your area? > Methodology Questions: > • What are the geospatial methods that you have found most valuable in > your work? > • What are the datasets and tools you use in your work, and how have they > helped you? > Interdisciplinary Questions: > • Are there findings, methods, tools or datasets that you suspect exist > across the disciplinary boundary that would help you with your work? > • What fundamental principles of your field are most missing from the > other field’s research? > • How can we foster stronger intra- and interdisciplinary collaboration? > > We are also hosting an optional second day of the workshop that will > consist of various "in the field" activities. We are actively seeking > proposals for participant-led field trips. Have a great new citizen science > app you want to demonstrate? Want to lead an OpenStreetMap data collection > activity to bring everyone at the workshop up to speed on the OSM > state-of-the-art? Can you guide us on an augmented reality tour of Paris? > Let us know! Position statements that are accompanied by proposals for > field-based activities will receive extra consideration. > > LOGISTICS > > • Position statements should be two pages long and in CHI Archive format. > • Authors must submit their statements by January 11, 2013. > • Please submit positions statements via GeoHCI’s EasyChair site ( > https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=geohci2013) > • Notifications of acceptance will be e-mailed on February 8, 2013. > • One or more authors of accepted statements must register for the > workshop and at least one day of the main program of the conference, which > runs from April 29-May 2, 2013. > > ORGANIZING COMMITTEE > > • Brent Hecht (University of Minnesota – Computer Science) > • Johannes Schöning (Hasselt University – Expertise Center for Digital > Media; University College London – Intel Center for Sustainable Cities) > • Muki Haklay (University College London – Civil, Environmental & Geomatic > Engineering) > • Licia Capra (University College London – Computer Science) > • Afra J. Mashhadi (Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs) > • Loren Terveen (University of Minnesota – Computer Science) > • Mei-Po Kwan (University of California, Berkeley – Geography) > > Field activities are also being coordinated by Giovanni Quattrone > (University College London – Computer Science) and Artemis Skarlatidou > (University College London – Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering). > > A program committee will contribute to the review process. More details > will be available on the workshop’s website shortly. > >