There are only 10 days left before submissions close for DIS 2008 in
Cape Town, South Africa.
Make sure you submit before the 1st of August to have your paper
considered.
See you in Cape Town!
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ACM DIS 2008: The Conference on Designing Interactive Systems
http://www.sigchi.org/dis2008/
DIS 2008 is the first main SIGCHI conference to be held in Africa. It
is being held in Cape Town in conjunction with the annual African
design conference – Design Indaba – from 25th to 27th of February
2008. The conference aims to bring together creative people from all
over the globe.
Scope of the Conference
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DIS 2008 welcomes papers on all varieties of interactive systems –
digital books, e-commerce websites, home entertainment systems, hand-
held shopping appliances, geographic information systems, immersive
games and other environments, medical and health-care systems,
networked communities, etc.
DIS 2008 welcomes papers on design analysis, design representations,
design methods, design rationale capture, presentation and use, on
innovation in design, and on tools and environments for designing
interactive systems.
DIS 2008 welcomes empirical studies of design practices, including
comparative studies, experience-based studies and lessons learned
from design projects, investigations and development of formal
notations and models, and new theoretical perspectives.
DIS 2008 welcomes papers exploring, defining, and developing the
science of design.
Researchers, designers, educators, and students from all relevant
disciplines are invited to participate, including anthropology, art
and architecture, business, cognitive science, communication studies,
computer science, ergonomics, design studies, education, graphic
design, information systems, industrial engineering, interaction
design, journalism, law, linguistics and semiotics, psychology,
requirements engineering, sociology, software engineering, technical
communication, and user experience design.
Submission Categories
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DIS 2008 will accept research papers, workshop proposals, tutorial
proposals, exhibition proposals and doctorial consortium submissions.
All submissions are handled electronically via the website.
Research Paper Categories
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DIS 2008 accepts 6 categories of research papers. The categories are
intended to assist reviewers in understanding the kind of
contribution an author is trying to describe. Authors should
carefully categorize their submissions according to the following
categories:.
- Design case studies: Accounts of the design (rationale, process,
outcomes and evaluation) of an interactive product or system.
- Methods and tools: New theories, methods, and processes for use in
designing and developing interactive products and systems.
- Reflective analyses: Thought-provoking, well substantiated analyses
of issues related to all aspects of design.
- Fieldwork and ethnography: Findings, guidelines, etc. from studies
of real world settings, with clear relevance to the design and
deployment of interactive systems.
- Laboratory studies: Findings, techniques, methods, etc. from
controlled studies of products, systems, and other phenomena relevant
to designing interactive systems.
- Educational Issues: related to design education supporting the
design of interactive systems.
Benefit statement
In all cases, a paper must break new ground and its contribution must
offer a clear benefit. Authors should develop a 30-word statement of
benefit for papers they submit. This statement will be used by
reviewers to understand the scope and depth of a paper’s contribution.
Paper format
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All submissions should follow the ACM format: http://www.acm.org/sigs/
pubs/proceed/template.html
Papers must be no longer than ten pages, including all additional
material such as references, appendices, and figures. Full papers
must include a title, sufficient space for the author names, contact
information and affiliations, abstract, keywords, body, and
references. The abstract must be 150 words or less and must be
included in the paper; it must clearly state the paper’s contribution
to designing interactive systems. All references must be complete,
accurate and accessible to the public, formatted in the prescribed
ACM format style.
Submissions for workshop proposals, tutorial proposals, exhibition
proposals and doctorial consortium submissions should be no longer
than 3 pages.
Paper Submission
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Contributions to all categories will be submitted electronically
following a procedure to be posted on the conference website (http://
www.sigchi.org/dis2008)
Submission deadline is July 31st.
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