Dear colleagues, ACM ISS 2020 Demo & Poster Call for Participants! The submission deadline has been extended to Sept 4! *ACM Interactive Surfaces and Spaces (ACM ISS 2020) <http://iss.acm.org/2020/>* is the premier venue for research in the design, development and use of new and emerging interactive surface technologies and interactive spaces. ACM ISS 2020 welcomes original, high-quality research and industry contributions that advance the state-of-the-art in the area of interactive surfaces, interactive spaces and novel interface technologies. Our websites: Demo: http://iss.acm.org/2020/authors/demos/ Poster: http://iss.acm.org/2020/authors/posters/ Demo GENERAL INFORMATION The ISS demo session provides a great opportunity for authors to present their prototypes, products and applications to conference attendees. We will provide a virtual demonstration area in which you will be able to showcase your best interactive experiences and commercial products during the ISS 2020 conference. In spite of the COVID-19 situation, our goal is to provide a highly interactive forum for lively discussions and hands-on experiences around the most exciting interactive technologies and installations. QUICK FACTS Submission details: Online Submission: PCS Submission System Template: ACM Master Article Submission Templates (single column) Submission format: Extended Abstract, maximum 6 pages including references. Video figure showing the demo in appropriate detail and describing what attendees will experience (maximum 5 minutes). Submissions are not anonymous and author names, affiliations, and contact information will be visible to the reviewing committee throughout the submission process. Virtual Demos ISS 2020 is going fully virtual because of COVID-19, resulting in modifications to the Call for Demos in previous years. Unlike in previous years, a video demonstration is required at time of submission a poster is not required as part of the submission. WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR? Creative and innovative technologies and applications in interactive surfaces and spaces, including displays, input and sensing technologies, interaction techniques, shape-changing devices, computer vision applications, audio – speech interfaces, wearable devices, visualization techniques, interfaces for public spaces and more. Also demos from industry (i.e. commercial applications and products) are highly encouraged. What are the benefits? You will get the opportunity to perform an online demonstration of your exciting projects and ideas to experts from both academia and industry during the conference. Your submission will be published and indexed as an extended abstract in the ACM digital library. How will we evaluate? Demo submissions will be reviewed and selected by the demo chairs. Confidentiality of submissions is maintained during the review process. All rejected submissions will be kept confidential in perpetuity. All submitted materials for accepted submissions will be kept confidential until the start of the conference. Abstracts of invited demos from the papers track will not be reviewed. We will focus on interactive and exciting demos. We want to showcase interactive technologies from all over the world and create a highly exciting event. We thus encourage resubmission of existing exciting demos. Demonstrating during a virtual conference? Accepted demos will be demonstrated remotely by the authors to a live audience. At least one author is expected to present the demo during the times of the conference demo session and to interact with conference attendees. The virtual format of the demo session expands the capabilities of demo demonstrations in previous years, giving authors the opportunity to even demonstrate large-scale installations that could not have been brought to a conference venue. PREPARING THE SUBMISSION Every submission should include: A submission document using the ACM Master Article Submission Templates (single column), maximum 6 pages including references. Submissions should not be anonymized. Accepted submissions will be published on the ACM digital library. A video of up to 5 minutes long and at most 100MB in size. 1. Document submission The document submission should not be longer than 6 pages long, and must include all figures and references, and must be using the ACM Master Article Submission Templates. The submission should include a description of the relevance of the work to the immediate ISS conference community, as well as to the broader ISS community, emphasising its novelty, uniqueness, and rationale. 2. Video A video must be submitted along the written document, as it is the optimal medium to communicate your demonstration to the reviewers how authors envision their demonstration to the live audience at the conference. The video must be no longer than 5 minutes must be less than 100 MB in size. Please make sure that your video is playable on standard PC and Macintosh computers. We recommend that you encode your video as an MP4 using the H.264 codec. Submitted videos may be used on the ISS website during and after the virtual conference. Be sure to have permission for all content, and use rights-free music tracks. SELECTION PROCESS Demo submissions will be reviewed by the ISS demos co-chairs for the suitability of ISS and this year’s virtual format. Due to the nature of this year’s conference format, submissions will be particularly evaluated on the quality of the accompanying video and the potential for remote demonstration. Review comments will be lightweight and justify the outcome. There will be no rebuttal phase. Novelty Resubmitting a demonstration shown at a previous venue is allowed. Authors are requested to mention that the work has been demonstrated at other venues in the PCS submission. UPON ACCEPTANCE OF YOUR DEMONSTRATION For each accepted demo, at least one author must register for the ISS 2020 conference. Authors will also be required to upload a still image as well as a 30 second preview video that will both be used to advertise the demonstration before and during the conference. More details will be provided in the following weeks regarding organisation during the conference and the adaptation that will be implemented due to the virtual format of this year’s ISS conference. Demonstration Co-Chairs If you have questions about Demos for ISS 2020, contact the Demo Chairs: Christian Holz, ETH Zurich Sylvain Malacria, Inria demos2020@iss.acm.org Poster Quick Links Formatting instructions: https://www.acm.org/publications/taps/word-template-workflow Precision Conference Submission: https://new.precisionconference.com General Information We invite submissions to the poster category of ISS 2020. The ISS 2020 poster program offers an engaging venue to present and discuss new and developing research. Posters provide the opportunity for researchers to get feedback on early-stage work and work-in-progress, to establish potential collaborations and to discuss the burning issues in ISS 2020 in an informal manner with the larger community during the interactive poster session. Work that is best suited for a poster submission includes - but is not limited to - preliminary results, thought-provoking and current topics, novel experiences and/or prototypes that have not been fully tested but show great promise, summaries of small-scale studies, design-led explorations of interactive tabletops, surfaces and spaces. A poster submission will allow you to: Introduce your poster online to an international audience. There will also be a Best Poster Award at the conference. Publish an extended abstract of the poster in the electronic conference proceedings in the ACM Digital Library. Publish an optional video of up to 5 minutes long in electronic conference proceedings in the ACM Digital Library. Preparing the Submission All submissions must include: An extended abstract with a maximum of 6 pages in the ACM Master Article Submission Template. A poster design - each poster will have a display space of approximately 48 inches wide x 48 inches high in A0 portrait format, so your poster may not be any larger than this size. A short video of up to 5 minutes long and at most 100MB in size presenting the research displayed in the poster (optional). 1. Document submission The submission document should not be longer than 6 pages. It must include all figures and references, and use the ACM Master Article Submission Templates. The submission should include a description of the relevance of the work to the immediate ISS conference community, as well as to the broader ISS community, emphasizing its novelty, uniqueness, and rationale. The extended abstract should include a concise description of the idea, the results or findings, supporting imagery and figures, and a discussion of the implications of the work to the selected domain. Full literature reviews are not expected, although relevant citations should be included. 2. Poster Design Your poster should be designed to effectively communicate your research problem, technique, and results. In particular, you should highlight what is novel and important about your work. The reviewers will provide feedback and guidance on your poster design, so it is in your best interest as an author to put effort into your poster design. However, note that only the extended abstract and video (if submitted) will be published in the ACM Digital Library. 3. Video A video presenting the research displayed in the poster may be submitted along with the written document. The video must be no longer than 5 minutes and must be less than 100 MB in size. Please make sure that your video is playable on standard PC and Macintosh computers. We recommend that you encode your video as an MP4 using the H.264 codec. Submitted videos may be used on the ISS website during and after the virtual conference. Be sure to have permission for all content, and use rights-free music tracks. Submissions should not be anonymized. Accepted submissions will be published in the ACM digital library. The reviewing of abstracts will be single-blind -- that is, your submission should *not* be anonymized but reviewers will remain anonymous to you. As there is a short time after notifications to the final camera-ready deadline, it is not possible to make large changes before the camera-ready deadline. Final camera-ready versions of accepted papers must be accompanied by a signed copyright form which will be provided to accepted authors. All submissions conflicting with one or more guidelines will be removed before the reviewing process to assure that all posters can be reviewed and published on-time (desk-rejection). Your extended abstract, poster design, and optional video should be submitted by September 4, 2020, to the Precision Conference System. Selection Process Posters will be reviewed by the poster chairs with the help of members of the ISS 2020 Posters Committee. Upon acceptance of your poster Upon acceptance, ACM will send you a copyright form, which you have to complete. Once completed, we will provide you with the new copyright information to be put on your paper. You can then submit the final version (including the new copyright notice) through the Precision Conference System by October 9, 2020. For each accepted poster, at least one author must register for the ISS 2020 conference. The authors are expected to present the accepted posters at the conference throughout the poster session. Authors will also be required to upload a still image as well as a 30-second preview video that will both be used to advertise the demonstration before and during the conference. More details will be provided in the following weeks regarding the organization during the conference and the adaptation that will be implemented due to the virtual format of this year’s ISS conference. Posters Co-Chairs Craig Anslow, Victoria University of Wellington Can Liu, City University of Hong Kong Alexandre Siqueira, University of Florida Ruolin(Violynne) Wang | Ph.D. student in Electrical and Computer Engineering UCLA SAMUELI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING 1538 Boelter Hall 580 Portola Plaza Los Angeles, CA 90095-1600 https://www.violynnewang.com/ Zoom: https://ucla.zoom.us/my/violynne