We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this Call for Papers. *** Submission deadline *** --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers for a Special Session on HCI Design for Emergency Systems TRACK: Human Computer Interaction Session ID: HCI1 http://dino2.dei.inf.uc3m.es/iscram09/ at ISCRAM2009 The 6th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management Gothenburg, Sweden May 10-13, 2009 http://www.iscram.org --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Motivation ---------- This special session aims to stimulate the investigation of aspects of Human-Computer Interaction and User Centred Design methodologies applied to information systems for critical and emergency situations. During an emergency situation people react in different ways; some of them caused by stress, the environment or even by lack or overload of information. Designing for all is a challenge because there is no effective standard design due to emergency and people features (backgrounds, experiences, and ages). There is a growing sense in the community that new methods of design and evaluation are needed; these approaches require considering usability and user-centered design when developing information systems targeted at the emergency management. Type of contributions ---------------------- We solicit position and research papers on innovative works on HCI Design methodologies in the context of Emergency Information Systems (EIS). Case study and work-in-progress papers will also be welcomed when clearly presenting general guidelines, practical advices, and lessons learned. The intended audiences are: researchers both at academic and industrial level, practitioners, and policy makers interested or actively involved in the subject of HCI within time critical situations such as Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management. We think there will be a strong interest in the HCI community to explore and contribute to the design in the EIS field. Resarch Area -------------------- This session is meant to address specific challenges of designing HCI with information technology for emergencies in its widest sense. This includes how to study actual work practices in this domain, the identification of the different design challenges, the understanding of what generates good designs, how they can be achieved in a user-centred, participatory or universal design approaches, and how to evaluate and validate such designs. Topics ------ * HCI for emergencies * User-Centred Design * Participatory Design * Universal Design * Case Studies Type of contribution -------------------- * Academic contribution: we invite researchers from academia or research labs to present their research or research-in-progress papers. Prospective presenters submit a regular research (or research-in-progress) paper. * Practitioner contribution: we invite practitioners to present their practice or experiences in information systems development, use or needs. Prospective presenters submit a short practitioner paper or a Powerpoint presentation along with an abstract. Important Notice ---------------- * All submissions must be formatted according to the ISCRAM 2009 formatting guidelines. Templates and instructions are published on www.iscram.org. * All submissions must be submitted through the ISCRAM 2009 conference paper submission web page at http://www.conftool.com/iscram2009. Instructions for the ConfTool system can be found on http://www.iscram.org. * All papers and presentations will go through a double-blind review process, leading to a decision of (conditional) acceptance or rejection. * Accepted papers will be included in the ISCRAM 2009 program and published in the official proceedings if and only if (1) the paper is formatted according to the instructions, (2) the authors sign the copyright transfer form and (3) one of the authors registers for the conference and pays the registration fee before the cut-off date for early registration. * Authors who have multiple papers accepted can only register for and present one paper at the conference; co-authors need to register separately. Important ISCRAM 2009 Dates --------------------------- * Submission deadline: January 11, 2009 * Notification of conditional accept: February 16, 2009 * Final submission revised paper: March 1, 2009 * Final author notification: March 9, 2009 * Early registration deadline: March 22, 2009 * Conference: May 10-13 2009 Session Chairs -------------- Alessio Malizia Computer Science Department, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Avda. de la Universidad, 30 28911 Leganés, Madrid, Spain [log in to unmask] Ignacio Aedo Cuevas, Computer Science Department, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Avda. de la Universidad, 30 28911 Leganés, Madrid, Spain [log in to unmask] Stefano Levialdi Computer Science Department “Sapienza” Universitá di Roma Via Salaria, 113 00198 Rome, Italy [log in to unmask] About ISCRAM ------------ The ISCRAM Community is a worldwide community of researchers, scholars, teachers, students, practitioners and policy makers interested or actively involved in the subject of Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management. At its annual international conference alternating between the US and Europe, the ISCRAM Community gathers to present and discuss the latest research and developments in this growing area during an interactive and stimulating 3 day program. The ISCRAM Community also organizes an International Summer School for PhD students and ISCRAM-CHINA, an annual conference for ISCRAM research in China. All information on ISCRAM can be found at http://www.iscram.org This year the conference will be held from 10-13 May at the Göteborg University located in Gothenburg, Sweden. The conference will be hosted by the Viktoria Institute and the IT-university of Gothenburg. 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