UCD Project News Edition 33, November 15, 2004
UCD Project News is a fortnightly e-newsletter devoted to increasing
awareness of user-centred design (UCD) principles and contributing
towards a culture of UCD within the Smart Internet Technology CRC.
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In this issue:
1. Supriya: Forging New Directions
2. Charlotte Scarf Attends CIRN
3. Upcoming Conferences & Calls for Papers
4. Useful Links & References
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1. Supriya: Forging New Directions
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Most of us are busy outlining what we will deliver in the next year
in the context of user research and design. Some of the time consuming
aspects are getting the proposals in the right format, fulfilling
set requirements, so that we can use the expertise we have and gain
new sets of skills where required. The more exciting part is to
work out how the proposals tap into the research passion and enthusiasm
of our researchers; possible designs that will make a difference
to people in the areas of banking, health, communication and entertainment;
and provide value to our corporate partners. The challenge as always
is to bring together these three aspects of user research, design
and business value. There have been no easy answers. The process
though has been exciting as we figure out what we do not know; and
ways we can fill the gaps.
Sharing of knowledge between academic and corporate partners is
going to be the key. In academia we work with information that is
on the public record, knowing there is a wealth of data within corporations.
Information within the corporations is a valuable asset, yet without
peer review, can be an asset that is declining in value. At worst,
this information may be incomplete. Strategies, products and services
based on this incomplete information may lead to customer dissatisfaction
and an erosion of the customer base. This is of course the rationale
behind the cooperation between industry and academia.
In Smart Internet, a history of association has the potential of
building up trust and hence greater collaboration. If our projects
can build on the relationships that have been developed, it will
be a fruitful time.
Assoc Prof Supriya Singh,
UCD Project Leader
supriya.singh@rmit.edu.au
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2. Charlotte Scarf Attends CIRN
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Charlotte Scarf, a PhD candidate with Smart Internet’s UE
program, recently participated in the doctoral colloquium of the
inaugural conference of the Community Informatics Research Network
(CIRN), which was held at the Monash Centre in Prato Italy from
September 29 to October 1, 2004.
CIRN is an international network of researchers, practitioners and
policy makers concerned with enabling communities through the use
of information and communications technologies. It has members from
over 50 countries with disciplinary backgrounds spanning computer
science, information systems, social science and community development.
Charlotte presented her research proposal at the doctoral colloquium,
which was held on the first day of the conference to give graduate
students an opportunity to present their research plans and discuss
them with international peers and established community informatics
researchers. Charlotte’s group was chaired by Professor Fiorella
de Cindio of the University of Milan and Associate Professor Tom
Horan of Claremont Graduate University who both provided her with
helpful advice regarding her proposed research direction and methodological
approach.
For further information about CIRN, please visit: http://www.ciresearch.net/
For the 2004 conference program, including links to conference proceedings,
please visit: http://www.ciresearch.net/conferences/schedule.php?cf=4
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3. Upcoming Conferences & Calls for Papers
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* AP CAP 2005
The Second Asia Pacific Computing and Philosophy Conference will
be held from January 7-9, 2005 in Bangkok, Thailand. The Conference
is a continuation of the highly successful first AP-CAP conference,
which was held at the Australian National University in November
2003.
Computing and Philosophy (CAP) conferences have become the central
meeting place for all aspects of computing and philosophy. CAP meetings
are now held in three international regions: North America (NA CAP);
Europe (E CAP) and the Asia Pacific (AP CAP). More information about
CAP can be found at the website of the International Association
of Computing and Philosophy: http://www.iacap.org/
http://www.stc.arts.chula.ac.th/CAP/AP
CAP.html
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* STS (R)evolutions
An International Conference on Science and Technology Studies will
be held in Blacksburg, VA from March 17 20th 2005. The conference
is part of a year long celebration of the 25th anniversary of STS
at Virginia Tech.
To pursue a more interventionist or reconstructivist STS agenda
of research, policymaking, and activism – and other future
directions – it is necessary to simultaneously revisit our
past and the emergence of the field of Science & Technology
Studies, as well as to assess our current locations. Thus, as part
of the conference program, organizers are seeking to include histories
of many of the “official” and “unofficial”
sites of STS throughout the world. They are interested in papers
that address the past, present, and futures of the field of Science
& Technology Studies, particularly those that explore the interrelationships
of these narratives.
http://webapp.utexas.edu/blogs/archives/sarkarlab/002356.html
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4. Useful Links and References
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* Australian Journal of Emerging Technologies and Society, 2(2),
2004
1) Janet Grice and Geoffrey Lawrence, Biotechnology and Sustainable
Agriculture in Central Queensland
2) Christine Critchley and Lyn Turney, Understanding Australians’
Perceptions Of Controversial Scientific Research
3) Gerard Healey, Fostering Technologies for Sustainability: Learning
from the Case of Wind Power in Australia
4) Karen Farquharson and Christine Critchley, Risk, Trust and Cutting
Edge Technologies: A Study of Australian Attitudes
5) Book Reviews: Nelly Oudshoorn and Trevor Pinch, (eds.), How Users
Matter: The Co-construction of Users and Technology; Marita Sturken,
Douglas Thomas and Sandra J. Ball-Rokeach (eds.), Technological
Visions: The Hopes and Fears that Shape New Technologies; Gerard
Goggin (ed.), Virtual Nation: The Internet in Australia; Judy Wajcman,
TechnoFeminism.
http://www.swin.edu.au/sbs/ajets/welcome.htm
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* Interacting with Computers, 16(4), August 2004, pp611-849
1) C. de Souza and S. Barbosa, Human–computer interaction
in Latin America, pp611-614
2) Luciano Meira and Flávia Peres, A dialogue-based approach
for evaluating educational software, pp615-633
3) Clarisse Sieckenius de Souza, Ana Maria Nicolaci-da-Costa, Elton
José da Silva and Raquel Oliveira Pratesm, Compulsory institutionalization:
investigating the paradox of computer-supported informal social
processes, pp635-656
4) Manuel Romero-Salcedo, Cesar A. Osuna-Gómez, Leonid Sheremetov,
Luis Villa, Carlos Morales, Luis Rocha and Manuel Chi, Study and
analysis of workspace awareness in CDebate: a groupware application
for collaborative debates, pp657-681
5) Gilbert Cockton, Doing to Be: Multiple Routes to Affective Interaction,
pp683-691
6) Keith Oatley, The bug in the salad: the uses of emotions in computer
interfaces, pp693-696
7) Gillian M. Wilson and M. Angela Sasse, From doing to being: getting
closer to the user experience, pp697-705
8) R. D. Ward and P. H. Marsden, Affective computing: problems,
reactions and intentions, pp707-713
9) Panagiotis D. Bamidis, Christos Papadelis, Chrysoula Kourtidou-Papadeli,
Costas Pappas and Ana B. Vivas, Affective computing in the era of
contemporary neurophysiology and health informatics, pp715-721
10) Gitte Lindgaard, Adventurers versus nit-pickers on affective
computing, pp723-728
11) Ann Light, Designing to persuade: the use of emotion in networked
media, pp729-738
12) Cath Dillon, Jonathan Freeman and Edmund Keogh, Pressing the
right buttons: taking the viewer there, pp739-749
13) Noam Tractinsky, Tools over solutions? Comments on Interacting
with Computers special issue on affective computing, pp751-757
14) Michael Muller, Multiple paradigms in affective computing, pp759-768
15) Jacek Gwizdka and Mark Chignell, Individual differences and
task-based user interface evaluation: a case study of pending tasks
in email, pp769-797
16) T. Clemmensen, Four approaches to user modelling—a qualitative
research interview study of HCI professionals' practice, pp799-829
17) Alistair Sutcliffe and Brian Gault, Heuristic evaluation of
virtual reality applications, pp831-849
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/issue/5644-2004-999839995-523947
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