Call for Participation: Papers & notes, demos, posters, and doctoral symposium *ACM Interactive Tabletops & Surfaces, ITS 2012* "Surfaces Every Day" ---------------------------- November 11-14, 2012 Cambridge, MA, USA http://its2012conf.org/ Twitter: @its_2012 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/ITS-2012/201803849895141 ------------------------------ *NEWS* Only two weeks until the paper+notes deadline: June 25th (see call for papers and notes a little further below for details) *ABOUT THE CONFERENCE:* The field of Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces is rapidly evolving. Hardware prices are falling, core sensing technology is improving, software toolkits are maturing, and interaction paradigms are slowly beginning to solidify. As a result, interactive tabletops and surfaces are increasingly making their way beyond laboratories and appearing in a wide variety of private and public spaces including museums, offices, schools, airports, hotels, medical centers, and homes. Such surfaces employ a variety of technologies (capacitive sensing, computer vision, motion sensors, etc.) and appear in varied form-factors (large walls and tabletops, tablets and slates, flexible materials, on-demand projection, etc.). The ACM conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces brings together researchers and practitioners from a variety of backgrounds and interest areas. The intimate size of this single-track symposium provides an ideal venue for leading researchers, practitioners, and students to exchange research results and experiences. We encourage submissions on (but not limited to) the following topic areas as they relate to interactive tabletops and surfaces: Systems for, experiences with, and/or evaluations of surfaces in specific application areas (education, science, business, entertainment, health, accessibility, homes, etc.) Gesture-based interfaces Multi-modal interfaces Tangible interfaces Novel interaction techniques Data handling/exchange Information visualization/data presentation Software engineering methods Computer supported collaborative work Co-located, distributed, or mixed-presence collaboration Middleware and network support Virtual reality and augmented reality Social protocols Hardware, including sensing and input technologies with novel capabilities Human-centered design and methodologies Interaction in context Evaluations and user studies *CALL FOR PARTICIPATION: PAPERS AND NOTES* We invite paper submissions of two kinds: Papers (10 pages) and Notes (4 pages). Papers must present original, innovative, and forward-looking research, possibly in one or more of the themes given above. Notes must also report novel and complete research, but with a more focused and succinct contribution than papers. Submissions must be submitted as a single PDF file in the ACM format through the submission system. When appropriate, authors are also encouraged to submit a supplementary video file (not to exceed 3 minutes in length and 30 MB in size). *Important Dates* June 25, 5:00 p.m. PDT: Deadline for initial submissions August 1: First-round notifications (Revise or Reject) August 24, 5:00 p.m. PDT: Deadline for revised submissions September 12: Final notifications (Accept or Reject) September 22: Deadline for camera-ready submissions New Review Process We are excited to introduce a new review process for ITS 2012. For details please see the cfp on our website: http://its2012conf.org/participationPapers.html#papers Mentoring ITS 2012 offers a mentorship program to help those with less experience in academic publication. This mentoring program is intended primarily for authors from non-academic backgrounds, including industry. Mentors will be the chairs or volunteers who are familiar with successful submissions at ITS and relevant conferences (such as CHI, UIST, and CSCW). They will help you prepare your submissions to the ITS audience through one-on-one advising. However, please note that we cannot guarantee that your submission will be accepted at ITS in any case. The deadline to submit a mentoring request is 5:00 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time on June 12, 2012. Please see the website for further details: http://its2012conf.org/participationPapers.html#papers *OTHER SUBMISSION CATEGORIES:* You can also submit entries to the following submission categories: * Demos * Tutorials * Doctoral Symposium * Posters See the participation page for further details: http://its2012conf.org/participation.html -- Petra Isenberg, PhD Research Scientist AVIZ group | INRIA Saclay Île-de-France phone: +33 16 91 54 249 | http://www.aviz.fr/~isenberg/