[Apologies for cross-posting] We are pleased to announce the following workshop offered in conjunction with the 4th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications: -------------------------------------------------------------------- | AutoNUI 2012: The Second WORKSHOP on Automotive Natural User | Interfaces | Portsmouth, NH, USA - October 17, 2012 | Co-located with AutomotiveUI 2012 (http://www.auto-ui.org/12) | | Workshop website: http://blog.hcilab.org/autonui/?pk_campaign=call1&pk_kwd=top | Submission deadline (position papers): August 29, 2012 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dates ===== Submission deadline: August 29, 2012 Notification of acceptance: September 16, 2012 Camera-ready paper due: October 2, 2012 Workshop registration deadline: September 24, 2012 Early registration deadline (conference): September 17, 2012 Workshop: October 17, 2012 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Description =========== Natural user interfaces such as gestures and conversational speech interaction are an increasingly important topic in research and are already being applied in a multitude of consumer electronics, including smartphones, tablets, TV sets, game consoles, and large-screen tabletop computers. Motivated by the latest results in those areas, our vision is to apply natural user interfaces to the automotive domain as well. We envision that this integration could both reduce driver distraction and allow the creation of fresh new user experiences for car infotainment systems. The goal of this workshop is to explore the design space of natural and/or multi-modal automotive user interfaces and to continue the fruitful discussions held at the 1st Workshop on Automotive Natural User Interfaces during AutomotiveUI ¹11 in Salzburg, Austria. Our chief interest is where and how NUI techniques can be integrated into the car. Workshop Topics =============== Topics of interest of this workshop include but are not limited to: * Usage of natural user interfaces in the car, including but not limited to gestural and conversational speech interactions * Visions of future natural user interfaces in the car * Design tools and methods for natural and multimodal interaction in the car * NUIs for the driver, the co-driver, and the back seat passengers * Using NUIs for interconnection to the outside world * Understanding how NUIs impact the driving experience * Approaches for transitioning to NUIs in the car * Experience and discussion of potential difficulties of integrating NUIs into the car * Relevance of traditional UX factors for gesture and speech in the automotive context * Researching how UX can drive the adoption of new features and functionality into car infotainment systems * Automotive user interface frameworks and toolkits that support multimodality and NUIs * New concepts for in-car user interfaces which enhance UX * NUIs for multimedia, in-car entertainment, and in-car gaming * User Experience Assessment for in-vehicle NUI Participation ============= The workshop aims to bring together researchers, students, and practitioners who are interested specifically in Natural User Interfaces in the automotive context. In particular, we hope for participants with different backgrounds and perspectives, e.g., automotive user interface (UI) designers, experience designers and engineers from both academic and industrial institutions. The number of participants will be limited. Participants will be selected based on their submission through a review process conducted by the organizers as well as selected researchers working in this domain. Registration for the main conference is mandatory for all workshop participants, but there are no additional costs for attending the workshop beyond the main conference registration fee. Submissions ============ Interested workshop participants are requested to submit either a position paper (1 or 2 pages) or a paper reporting novel concepts, (first) prototypes, studies, application, or interaction concepts (up to 4 pages). The submission can be done using our submission system: http://blog.hcilab.org/autonui/submission/?pk_campaign=2call1&pk_kwd=sub. The paper should contain a description of the area of research, specific work (empirical or theoretical) on the workshop topic, and the innovative character of the research. All submissions should be prepared according to the standard SIGCHI Conference Publications Format (http://www.sigchi.org/publications/chipubform). Each paper will receive at least two reviews. All accepted papers will be published online at the beginning of the workshop. Organizers ========== Bastian Pfleging, VIS, University of Stuttgart, Germany Tanja Döring, Digital Media Group, University of Bremen, Germany Ignacio Alvarez, Human-Centered Computing Lab, Clemson University, USA Matthias Kranz, Department for Computer Science, Electrical and Space Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden Garrett Weinberg, Nuance Communications, USA Jennifer Healey, Interaction and Experience Research, Intel Labs, USA Website ======= More details and the latest news can be found at the workshop website: http://blog.hcilab.org/autonui/?pk_campaign=2call1&pk_kwd=bot. 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