Hello all, Perhaps of interest to any MCN-L subscribers who may be involved in computer-human interaction design for kiosks, web, or whatever:
> -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Call for participation: alt.chi > Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:59:29 -0800 > From: Louise Barkhuus <barkhuus at CS.UCSD.EDU> > To: CHI-ANNOUNCEMENTS at LISTSERV.ACM.ORG > > Call for Participation: alt.chi > > Submission deadline: January 8th 2008. > > Alt.chi invites controversial ideas, novel prototypes, failed but > valuable user studies, bold experiments, and anything else that can > give a fresh perspective on CHI. We invite submissions that explore > technical or practical limitations in technologies or methodologies; > that introduce promising, although currently non-viable techniques; > that critique the current state of the field; and that explore topics > outside of current discussion. We particularly welcome topics on CHI > 2008's theme, art.science.balance. We invite work that would > otherwise not have been presented at CHI 2008, because it is too > controversial or outside of the norm. > > alt.chi Review Process: > The alt.chi 2008 program will be selected through a non-anonymous > process, where all submissions and reviews are completely open. There > will be an open forum were anyone can register to submit and review, > and all submitters are required to take part in the review process. > All reviews and submissions will be available to anyone who > registers. We want to encourage discussion and debate on what makes a > good alt.chi (or regular CHI) submission, what makes a good review, > and, ultimately, what makes for a fruitful conference experience. > > See details at: http://www.chi2008.org/alt.chi.html > > Louise Barkhuus and Jofish Kaye, alt.chi co-chairs, 2008 > chi2008-alt at acm.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, send an empty email to > mailto:chi-announcements-unsubscribe-request at listserv.acm.org > For further details of CHI lists see http://sigchi.org/listserv > ---------------------------------------------------------------
