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Sensing and Input for Media-centric Systems (SIMS 02): A Workshop/Symposi= um Organized by the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) Center for= Research in Electronic Art Technology (CREATE) and Graduate Program in Me= dia Arts and Technology (MAT), co-sponsored by the UC Digital Media Innovatio= n (DiMI) Program To be held at UCSB, Santa Barbara, California, USA, June 20/21, 2002 Event Web Site: http://www.create.ucsb.edu/sims Abstract The technology of user input to computers, and of computer tracking of on= e or more users, is central to an increasing range of application domains. = As illustrated by several recent technical/artistic conferences (e.g., the D= iMI Digivations event, the IEEE Multimedia Technology and Applications Conference, and the UC-Digital Arts Research Network =93N2N=94 gatherings= ), UC-based researchers at several campuses, and California-based industrial= concerns, are among the most active and innovative contributors to the fields of sensing, tracking, and control in distributed interactive syste= ms. Nevertheless, both the communication of R&D results from the universities= , and the coordination of product development with advanced user needs, nee= d to be improved. We are organizing a two-day symposium/workshop (SIMS 02) to take place Ju= ne 20-21, 2002 to advance the field of computer sensing, input mapping, and control distribution. The participants will share results from R&D teams = in industry and academia, and work together on some of the major issues we face. The event will include (1) an educational component (open to both students and event participants), (2) technology transfer in the form of presentations and posters, and (3) assessment and planning in the form of= =93birds-of-a-feather=94 sessions. Introduction The trend for all classes of computer software to incorporate ever richer= media, and to use ever higher-level input/output devices, means that syst= em developers must integrate applications with user interfaces that provide multi-modal interaction. The next generation of software will incorporate= computer tracking and gesture sensing of multiple users, wide-area distribution of both sensing/control information and streaming media content, integration with large-scale scientific, simulation, and media analysis/synthesis tools, and immersive-I/O multimedia user interfaces. The technology involved in human-computer interfaces has undergone a radi= cal transformation since the 1980s; systems today may support any of several modes of input, including gestural input, camera-tracking of users, or vo= ice input. Although the most common output medium is still mono-optic graphic= al display, several cost-effective techniques exist for immersive 3-dimensio= nal visual rendering, spatialized multi-channel sound playback, and even hapt= ic feedback. Hardware/software infrastructures that enable flexible control = of large networked applications will find users from science/engineering, education, and the arts. Sensing, tracking, and control is a field of R&D where basic research questions can still be found (e.g., in computer vision, controller ergonomics, control protocols, event distribution models, and multi-user tracking), while at the same time many useful systems have been implement= ed and even made it to the commercial marketplace. California-based universities and companies are among the leaders both the research and th= e product development aspects of this field The Event The SIMS 02 symposium/workshop will be a two-day event, starting with a series of six 90-minute tutorials Thursday morning, followed by a group luncheon. Thursday afternoon and Friday consist of a mix of invited talks= and poster/demo sessions where all participants are invited to present or= demonstrate some component of their work. The invited papers will focus on (1) surveys of technologies and applications, and (2) =93position papers=94 about the challenges for futu= re development. In the poster/demo sessions, participants to present R&D and application results in a variety of formats in the MAT, CREATE, and eStudio facilitie= s. We will emphasize that the presentations should address both the content = of the work and its context and wider relevance. Friday afternoon is devoted to =93birds-of-a-feather=94 sessions on a num= ber of topics to be chosen by the participants on-site; potential topics include= vision-based interfaces, control distribution protocols, gesture mapping,= high-level control APIs, and multi-user systems. SIMS 02 will be held in the facilities of the UCSB CREATE Center, the MAT= Graduate Program, the eStudio, and the UCSB Departments of Music and Art Studio. The plenary sessions will be held in the Music 1145 lecture hall;= the tutorials in the CREATE, eStudio, and MAT teaching spaces, and the demo/poster sessions in the CREATE studios, the RIDL R&D lab., and the MA= T center. There will be a $100 registration fee for SIMS 02. The Document One of the contributions of SIMS 02 will be the preparation of a Proceedi= ngs volume; it will consist of the invited survey/position papers and two-pag= e project/product overviews from all participants. It will be produced to b= e available at the time of the event, and will provide background data and links for on-going reference. ---- Schedule Thursday 6/20/02 9:00 - 10:30 AM Tutorials 1/2 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM Tutorials 3/4 12:00 - 1:30 PM Tutorials 5/6 1:30 PM Luncheon (on campus) 2:30 - 4:00 PM Invited Talks 1/2 4:00 - 6:30 PM Short presentations, Poster/Demo sessions 7:30 PM Dinner (off campus) Friday 6/21/02 9:00 - 10:30 AM Invited Talks 3/4 10:30 AM - 1:30 PM Short presentations, Poster/Demo sessions 1:30 PM Luncheon 3:00 - 4:00 PM Topical BOF 1/2 4:00 - 5:00 PM Topical BOF 3/4 5:00 - 6:30 PM Wrap-up Panel 7:30 PM Dinner (off campus) ---- Call for Proposals Papers or demonstration proposals may be submitted in the following areas= : - Gestural input and motion capture devices - Feature extraction algorithms for gesture input - Gestural input mapping strategies - Immersive user interfaces and virtual environments as applications - Software interfaces and libraries for SIMS - Interaction with real-time sound and animation systems - Distributed architectures for SIMS - Innovative applications of sensing and input technologies Formats: Short papers: 15 minutes presentation, 5 minutes questions, 4 pages. Long papers: 25 minutes presentation, 5 minutes questions, 8 pages. Demonstrations: 30 minutes presentation, 4 pages Posters: 4 pages What to submit: 1-page abstracts or full papers are acceptable. We will b= e using the format prescribed by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM); there are templates for MS-Word, WordPerfect, and LaTex available from their Web site at http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html= =2E (Authors may drop the sections on "Categories and Subject Descriptors" an= d "General Terms," but should otherwise adhere to the ACM format.) Deadline for submissions: May 20,2002 Notification of acceptance: June 3, 2002 Event: June 20/21, 2002 Please submit all materials electronically to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Contact: Stephen Travis Pope, Andreas Engberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---- Program Committee Kevin Almeroth, UCSB Dept of CS and MAT Program Andrew Beall, UCSB Dept. of Psychology Steve Berman, UCSB Digital Media Innovation Program Andreas Engberg, UCSB CREATE Alex Kouznetsov, UCSB CREATE and Dept. of Dance JoAnn Kuchera-Morin, UCSB Dept of Music and MAT Program George Legrady, UCSB Dept. of Art Studio and MAT Program Stephen Travis Pope, UCSB CREATE and MAT Program Curtis Roads, UCSB MAT Program Matthew Turk, UCSB Dept of CS and MAT Program Ioannis Zannos, UCSB CREATE ------------------------------------------------- a m b i t : networking media arts in scotland post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] info: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and write "info ambit" in the message body -------------------------------------------------
