Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message= ======================================================================= ======================================================================= 1st WORKSHOP on SMART MATERIAL INTERFACES: "A Material step to the future" ======================================================================= ======================================================================= Will be held during 2012 International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (ICMI 2012: http://www.acm.org/icmi/2012/) October 26th, 2012 Santa Monica, California, USA http://smartmaterialinterfaces.wordpress.com ===================================================================== 1. CALL FOR PAPERS 2. ABOUT SMART MATERIALS INTERFACES 3. SMART MATERIAL INTERFACES ORGANIZERS ======================================================================= ======================================================================= CALL FOR PAPERS ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Goal: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The goal of this workshop is to draw attention to the emerging field of smart material interfaces. This field takes advantage of the latest generation of engineered materials that has a special property defined "smart". Smart materials are capable of changing their physical properties, such as shape, size and color, and can be controlled by using certain stimuli (light, potential difference, temperature and so on). The workshop aims at stimulating research and development in interfaces that make use of these smart materials, and it will provide examples of state-of-the-art design of smart material interfaces, using different modalities of interaction. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Topic Keywords: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Smart material interface, Reality-based interface, Tangible interface. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Topics of interest: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- We invite original contributions in a variety of areas related to interaction design and development of interfaces that makes use of SMART MATERIALS. Main topic of interest is the application of smart materials in designing and building interfaces that communicate information to the user - or allow the user to manipulate information - using different modalities provided by the material's properties. - Reality-based interfaces - Tangible Interfaces - Programmable matter - Electronic textiles, computational textiles, smart textiles - Robotics - Relevant developments in materials science, mechanical engineering, chemistry, biological engineering, nanotechnology, electrical engineering, textile engineering, and other fields, coupled with thoughtful speculation about applications - ... We strongly encourage submissions with related demo. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Important Dates: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Workshop papers submission due: July 4th, 2012 Author notifications: August 15th, 2012 Workshop camera-ready paper due: Sept 15th, 2012 Workshop: Oct 26th, 2012 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Submissions: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The workshop solicits original and unpublished papers concerning Smart Material Interfaces. Authors should submit papers not exceeding 6 pages in total. Submissions must be sent in PDF using the ACM format (as indicated on the main conference page and here http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html) to the address: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> For up-to-date details on submissions please refer to the official Workshop site: http://smartmaterialinterfaces.wordpress.com/submissions Accepted papers will be presented at the workshop. All the workshop papers will be included in a USB stick with all the other proceedings of the conference. They will be also published on ACM Digital Library with associated ISBN. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Please visit the workshop website. http://smartmaterialinterfaces.wordpress.com And the conference site: http://www.acm.org/icmi/2012 ======================================================================= ABOUT SMART MATERIAL INTERFACES ======================================================================= With the use of smart materials, SMI attempts to overcome the limitation of traditional and tangible interfaces. SMI focuses on changing the physical reality around the user as the output of interaction and/or computation as well as being used as input device. SMI promotes a tighter coupling between the information displayed and the display itself by using the tangible interface as the control and display at the same time - embedding the information directly inside the physical object. It uses the physicality of the object as a way to deliver information. Utilizing smart materials' properties, SMI can support cohesive interaction by maintaining both channels (input and output) on the same object of interaction. The interaction constructed in this way will grant the user a continuous perception of the object and of the output. For more information refer to the site: http://smartmaterialinterfaces.wordpress.com/about/ ======================================================================= SMART MATERIAL INTERFACES ORGANIZERS ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Organizers: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Anton Nijholt, University of Twente, Human Media Interaction group, the Netherlands, a.nijholt [ AT ] utwente . nl Leonardo Giusti, MIT - Mobile Experience Lab Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, lgiusti [ AT ] mit . edu Andrea Minuto, University of Twente, Human Media Interaction group, the Netherlands, a.minuto [AT] utwente . nl Patrizia Marti, University of Siena, Italy, marti [ AT ] unisi . it ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Program committee members: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ivan Poupyrev, Walt Disney Corporation, Pittsburgh, USA Federico Casalegno, MIT Mobile Experience Lab Cambridge, Massachusetts Dhaval Vyas, University of Twente, the Netherlands Wim Poelman, University of Twente, the Netherlands Sachiko Kodama, University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo Japan Roel Vertegaal, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada Orkan Telhan,Emerging Design Practices University of Pennsylvania, School of Design Akira Wakita, Keio University, SFC. Fujisawa, Kanagawa, JAPAN Stephan Wensveen, Mads Clausen Institute, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark Ambra Trotto, Interactive Institute of Umeå University, Sweden ----------------------------------------------------------------------- We are looking forward to welcoming you in Santa Monica in October 2012! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- For contacts and other information: http://smartmaterialinterfaces.wordpress.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------- For news of CHI books, courses & software, join CHI-RESOURCES mailto: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe from CHI-ANNOUNCEMENTS send an email to mailto:[log in to unmask] For further details of CHI lists see http://listserv.acm.org ---------------------------------------------------------------