2nd International Workshop on Social Aspects of Ubiquitous Computing
Environments (SAUCE) 2009
October 12, 2009
Marrakech, Morocco
Conference Website: WiMob 2009- http://conferences.computer.org/wimob2009/
Paper submissions due: June 7, 2009
Organizers
Saha Subir, CEO, Mobivation
Peter Reiher, Adjunct Professor, Computer Science Department, UCLA
Workshop Theme
Over the last two decades, the focus of much computer research has
shifted from
desktop systems intended to make workers more productive to intelligent
environments and mobile devices that explicitly and implicitly interact
with
people in the many different contexts they inhabit and in the many
different
roles they enact. While the model of one person to one desktop computer is
still valid, there are many new interaction models that must be
investigated.
Many of the most interesting and unanswered questions raised by the
growth of
ubiquitous computing relate to social issues. Questions researchers face
include (i) how do ubiquitous computing systems or devices influence and
assist in people's social performances? (ii) how do intelligent systems
that
take autonomous action influence people's sense of control and sense of
self
in social situations? (iii) how does the interjection of computing into
social spaces such as homes, cafes, parks, malls, and entertainment venues
affect the meaning of these space and create new opportunities for
computing
to bring value to people's lives and (iv) how can we build ubiquitous
environments and applications that improve people's social interactions?
This workshop will bring together researchers investigating the social
issues,
implications, and opportunities of UbiComp from many different
perspectives.
We expect researchers with backgrounds in contextual awareness, security
and
privacy, intelligent environments, mobile computing, user research, major
application areas, and interaction design. The outcomes will be an improved
understanding from across the different disciplines and sub-disciplines
working in this domain to the main challenges (both technical and
social) to
developing successful UbiComp systems that both operate in complex social
environments and improve the quality of people's lives.
Topics of Interest
The areas of contributions to the workshop include a broad range of
challenges
related to the design of socially appropriate ubiquitous computing systems.
We especially encourage submissions related to the following topics:
o Collaborative control of intelligent environments
o Multi-player interactive gaming and story telling with locative elements
o Social media applications
o Interconnection of web 2.0 data and activities to physical
environments and objects
o Privacy & security issues for social UbiComp applications
o Virtualization and visualization of people, places, and things
o Location-based applications
o Middleware to support socially-oriented ubiquitous computing
o Techniques for inferring or extracting social context in UbiComp
environments
o Application studies, both with live users and in simulation
o Design and prototyping methods for identifying hidden social barriers
to UbiComp applications
o UbiComp systems that support initiation and strengthening of social
connections
o Middleware to support autonomic computing in a human environment
Participation
The papers will be peer-reviewed and chosen according to their relevance
to the
scope of the workshop, the quality and originality of the submission,
and their
ability to stimulate discussions. The organizers will try to consider as
many
submissions as possible to help assemble a large community of researchers
interested in the social aspects of ubiquitous computing environments.
We hope
that attendees will be prepared not just to present their papers, but to
participate in other workshop activities meant to help develop the field of
research and to expose researchers to the thoughts and approaches of
others,
particularly researchers who come from different intellectual
backgrounds who
have different perspectives on the area. All accepted papers will
require an
author to attend the workshop and register at the full conference rate for
WiMob 2009. All papers selected for this workshop will be included in
the main
WiMob conference proceedings that will be published by the IEEE.
Timetable
Paper submission due: June 7, 2009
Paper acceptance notification: July 26, 2009
Final manuscript due: August 10, 2009
Registration and full payment due: August 20, 2009
Submission Instructions
Submission Instructions
Previously unpublished papers on themes relevant to the workshop are
requested. The length limit is 6 pages. Fuller details of paper format
can be found at:
http://www.lasr.cs.ucla.edu/sauce2009/submission_instructions.html
Questions should be directed to Subir Saha (drsubirsaha@yahoo.com) or
Peter Reiher (reiher@cs.ucla.edu).
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Peter Reiher
reiher@cs.ucla.edu
<http://www.lasr.cs.ucla.edu/reiher>
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