Saturday, December 12, 2009

10th International Conference on Web Engineering (ICWE 2010)

Call for papers >>>


The Tenth International Conference on Web Engineering (ICWE 2010) will be held July 5 - 9, 2010 in Vienna, Austria. ICWE 2010 aims at promoting research and scientific excellence on Web Engineering and at bringing together scientists and practitioners interested in technologies, methodologies, tools, and techniques used to develop and maintain Web-based applications and to enable and improve the dissemination and use of Web-related content.

ICWE 2010 invites original submissions in any of the following categories: research papers, industrial experience papers, workshop papers, demonstrations, posters, and tutorials. The submissions may cover new approaches in Web Engineering, novel viewpoints, challenges, and visions on any aspect of Web Engineering, as well as reports on the implementation and deployment of advanced Web projects in an industrial or application scenario.
>>>>>> http://icwe2010.webengineering.org/ >>>>>

Tuesday, October 06, 2009

World Usability Day 2009 coming to Indianapolis

As part of World Usability Day, the Indiana Chapter of the Usability Professionals' Association is hosting an event to promote the exchange of ideas on sustainability as it relates to usability and product development. The IU School of Informatics, Human-Computer Interaction Program is co-sponsoring the event.

Everyone with an interest in usability is invited! The conference will be held Thursday, November 12, 9:00AM-4:00PM at the IUPUI Campus Center. Additional sponsors include The Center for Information and Communication Sciences at Ball State University, Pearson Publishing, and Creative Street Media Group.

Posters are welcome. Please indicate that you will be bringing a poster when you register. The registration fee for professionals is $35. This special package includes the conference fee (lunch, handouts and prizes) and a one year membership to the Indiana Usability Professionals’ Association.

Normally, the Indy UPA membership is $20. If you prefer not include the Indy UPA membership, the registration fee is $30. Students pay $10 to attend the conference.

http://newsroom.informatics.iupui.edu/4293/IUPUI-HumanComputer-Interaction-Program-sponsors-World-Usability-Day-conference

Monday, September 28, 2009

Presentation at Interaction 10

We have proposed a presentation on the technique for rapid mobile prototyping at the Interaction conference 2010. See details and vote here -
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Thursday, September 24, 2009

PhD Research Workshop / ENTER 2010 IT in Travel & Tourism Conference

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Ph.D. Research Workshop

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CALL FOR Ph.D. RESEARCH PROPOSALS – ALL STAGES - EXTENDED DEADLINE 15th October 2009

Ph.D. Research Workshop on the 17th International Conference on
Information Technology and Travel & Tourism
IFITT's Global Travel & Tourism Technology and eBusiness Forum
February 9th 2010, Universita’ della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano Switzerland

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WORKSHOP

As a preliminary event to ENTER 2010, IFITT will hold its prestigious annual Ph.D. Research Workshop for doctoral students undertaking research in Information and Communication Technology in Travel and Tourism. The workshop provides a forum for doctoral students to discuss their research with peers, colleagues, and leading supervisors and scholars in the field. Doctoral students at all stages (i.e. beginning as well as nearly completed) are encouraged to participate. The workshop is focusing on practical and methodological issues, research proposals and interim results of participating students.

Workshop program:

09:00 – 09:30 Registration and Coffee
09:30 – 09:40 Welcome and Opening Remarks
Wolfram Höpken, University of Applied Sciences Ravensburg-Weingarten
09:40 – 09:45 IFITT President Message
Andrew J. Frew, Queen Margaret University
09:45 – 10:00 Workshop Introduction: Emerging Issues in ICT and Travel & Tourism
Wolfram Höpken
10:00 – 10:15 Guidelines for Journal Publishing
Jamie Murphy, University of Western Australia
10:15 – 10:30 Tips for Completing that Dissertation
Andrew J. Frew
10:30 – 11:00 Coffee
11:00 – 13:00 Research Proposal Presentation
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch @ MENSA dell’UNIVERSITA
14:30 – 15:30 Breakout Sessions
Breakout Session I
Berendien Lubbe, University of Pretoria
Breakout Session II
Davide Bolchini, Indiana University
15:30 – 16:00 Coffee
16:00 – 17:00 Review of Breakout Sessions & Panel Discussion
Wolfram Höpken
17:00 – 17:30 Awards Ceremony and Closing Remarks
17:30 – 19:30 Wine Tasting and Social Networking

More information about the Ph.D. workshop and the overall conference can be found on http://www.enter2010.org


CALL FOR Ph.D. RESEARCH PROPOSALS

The workshop invites all interested doctoral and prospective students to submit their research proposals. The research proposals should be of a maximum length of five pages (A4) and should typically include the following headings: 1) problem definition; 2) literature review; 3) conceptual development; 4) proposed methodology; 5) anticipated results; and 6) references.

Each submission will undergo a review process. Authors will be notified about the review outcome, along with recommendations to improve the proposal before the workshop.

In your submission, please also indicate the extent of your progress toward completion of the thesis (i.e., thinking about it, just beginning the process, completed proposal etc.). The research proposals will be available to all workshop participants prior to the ENTER 2010 conference. Poster presentations will be displayed throughout the whole ENTER conference and the best research proposal will be given the chance to be presented within the ENTER research track.

Please note there is no cost to students or faculty for participating in the workshop. In addition the registration fee for the full ENTER 2010 conference (February 10th -12th) is heavily discounted for students to encourage active participation in ENTER 2010. Full conference details and all workshop materials and templates are available from the conference website http://www.enter2010.org.

Please direct enquiries to Wolfram Höpken and submit your research proposals any time no later than 15th October 2009. All submissions must use the appropriate workshop template.


ENTER 2010 PH.D. WORKSHOP CHAIRS

Ph.D. Workshop Chair: Prof. Wolfram Höpken, University of Applied Sciences Ravensburg-Weingarten, Germany (wolfram.hoepken@hs-weingarten.de)
Ph.D. Workshop Co-chair: Prof. Berendien Lubbe, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Ph.D. Workshop Co-chair: Dr. Davide Bolchini, Indiana University, USA

Wednesday, July 08, 2009

legendary demos : hypertext comes alive in 1968 - Doug Engelbart demos

>>> I recently re-found the full collection of videos of the legendary Doug Engelbert demo of the 1968. The first Word processor and Hypertext system realized and made alive.
Go see >>>>

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Examples of Rich Internet Applications (the web on the desktop)

Richer interaction paradigms brought from the Web to the desktop.

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Thursday, June 11, 2009

ENTER 2010 Conference in Lugano (eTourism) - Call for PhD workshop submission

ENTER 2010 Lugano
Ph.D Workshop
Download PhD Call for Proposals >>>>>

On 9th of February 2010, as a preliminary event to ENTER 2010, IFITT will hold its prestigious annual Ph.D. Research Workshop for doctoral students undertaking research in Information and Communication Technology in Travel and Tourism. The workshop provides a forum for doctoral students to discuss their research with peers, colleagues, and leading supervisors and scholars in the field.

Doctoral students at all stages (i.e. beginning as well as nearly completed) are encouraged to participate.

>>> Full call >>>
ENTER 2010 website

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Upcoming Research Talks at Indiana University, School of Informatics (IUPUI)

Research talks featuring Vince Cross, Luis Mateus Rocha, Leslie Sharpe, Gert-Jan de Vreede, Micki McGee and Luca Botturi.
Details >>>>

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

New Media Consortium Horizon Report 2009 - just published!

Highlights from this year's report, who outlines current and future trends in new media design and technologies for teaching and learning:

- Mobile
- Cloud Computing
- Personal Web
- Smart Objects
... and more
Download Full PDF Report on New Media Consortium Website >>>

Thursday, January 15, 2009

When Usability Makes 300 Million $ difference. An article by Jared Spool - worth reading!

This article by Jared Spool is an interesting story about the importance of good usability and its potential impact on the bottom line of a business.

The $300 Million Button
By Jared M. Spool

Originally published: Jan 14, 2009

>>>> Read the full article on UIE.com

Monday, January 12, 2009

Usability Analysis Could Bring Benefits to Bioinformatics Portals and Research - my interview just published

I released an interview to Genomeweb, just published on Bioinform online newsletter, on how "Usability Analysis Could Bring Benefits to Bioinformatics Portals and Research": >>>>

Usability should be engineered into the development process of web-based bioinformatics resources, particularly because databases and applications don’t grow in linear patterns, according to a team of researchers from the UK, the US, Switzerland, and Italy. READ THE STORY >>>>.

After the publication of my usability article on Bioinformatics, I was kindly contacted by Vivienne Marx from Genomeweb to illustrate some key findings of the work and the implications for bioinformatics researchers.