CC2007 - FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS *********************************************** CREATIVITY & COGNITION 2007 Seeding Creativity: Tools, Media, and Environments June 13-15, 2007 Washington DC, USA http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/CC2007/ Sponsored by ACM SIGCHI Industry Sponsors include IBM, Microsoft & SAP *********************************************** A general invitation is extended to all interested people to join the conference planning meeting at CHI 2006 Tuesday April 25, 2006, 1-2:30pm in room 515C. *********************************************** IMPORTANT DATES Submission deadline: December 15, 2006 Author notification: February 19, 2007 Final formatted papers due: March 19, 2007 We cordially invite submissions to the 6th Creativity and Cognition Conference (CC2007), sponsored by ACM SIGCHI. Following the success of the previous conferences, this meeting will serve as a forum for focusing on creativity support tools for individual and group creativity, bridging among technology, science and arts to find common themes for user interface and new media design, and producing rigorous research with innovative designs and well-designed evaluations. We welcome contributions from researchers, developers, practitioners, and policy-makers in many fields, including: computer and information scientists; diverse scientists, engineers, and architects; product, graphic, and interaction designers; writers, musicians, and new media artists; creative practitioners, corporate leaders, and educators; social scientists, ethnographers, and anthropologists. The conference will feature two elegant evening receptions at the National Academy of Sciences and Corcoran Gallery of Art to celebrate the dialogue among technology, science, and arts. CONFERENCE THEMES The general focus of the conference is about cultivating and sustaining creativity: understanding how to design and evaluate computational support tools, digital media, and sociotechnical environments that not only empower our creative process and abilities, but also encourage and nurture creative mindsets and lifestyles. Topics appropriate for submissions include, but are not limited to: - Principles for interface, interaction & software design - Empirical evaluations by quantitative and qualitative methods - In-depth case studies and ethnographic analyses - Reflective accounts of individual and collaborative practice - Educational and training methods to encourage creativity with novel interfaces - Social mechanisms in support of creative communities and collaboratories - Emerging technologies, media, and approaches in the arts and creative practices - Transdisciplinary methods and collaboration models CONFERENCE SUBMISSIONS See the conference website (http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/CC2007/) for details and instructions on how to prepare a submission. / PAPERS / Co-Chairs: Gerhard Fischer, Mike Eisenberg & Elisa Giaccardi, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA Full papers must be nominated and submitted according to the conference themes: 1) Cultivating creative minds; 2) Sustaining creative communities; 3) Promoting creative engagement. / DEMONSTRATIONS AND POSTERS / Chair: Linda Candy, University of Technology Sydney, Australia We invite proposals for demonstrations and posters of support tools and works that contribute to our understanding of creativity and how digital media can enhance the realization of creative forms. People in the early stages of their careers or research programs are especially welcome to submit. / WORKSHOPS / Chair: Michael Terry, University of Waterloo, Canada New developments often benefit from being presented, discussed, demonstrated, and generally questioned in more informal settings. The workshops portion of the conference provides just such a venue for the dynamic exchange of new ideas, creations, and discoveries. / GRADUATE STUDENT SYMPOSIUM / Co-Chairs: Mary Czerwinski, Microsoft Research & Jim Hollan, University of California, San Diego, USA The objective of the symposium is to provide a supportive setting for feedback on graduate students' current work and guidance on future directions. Student participants will meet and discuss their work with each other and a panel of experienced researchers and practitioners. / TUTORIALS / Chair: Tom Hewett, Drexel University, USA We invite proposals to offer a half or full day tutorial relevant to any of the conference themes and topics. Criteria for selection of tutorials will emphasize the perceived value of the tutorial in enabling members of the various communities of interest to learn about work in one or more of the other communities of interest. Presenters will receive an honorarium. ART EXHIBITION Chair: Pamela Jennings, Carnegie Mellon University, USA The art exhibition program will complement the conference themes by celebrating the open-ended creative processes that bridge the arts and sciences emphasizing shared visions of innovation between the digital media arts, computer science, human computer interaction and engineering research. PROCEEDINGS As with prior meetings, the Creativity & Cognition Conference Proceedings will be published by ACM Press. Prizes for the best contributions will be awarded by the Creativity & Cognition Studios of the University of Technology, Sydney. ORGANIZATION General Chair: Ben Shneiderman, University of Maryland Technical Program Committee: Gerhard Fischer, University of Colorado, Boulder Mike Eisenberg, University of Colorado, Boulder Elisa Giaccardi, University of Colorado, Boulder Distinguished Advisors: Richard Florida, George Mason University Paul Horn, IBM VP Research Daniel Ling, Microsoft VP Research William A. 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