[UACCESS-L] Fwd: CFP: Workshop ACM Multimedia 2009: Media Studies and Implementations to Improve access to disabled users

[Aaron Steinfeld <steinfeld@cmu.edu>]

FYI.

The main conference is:

ACM International Conference on Multimedia
October 19 - 24, 2009

Aaron

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> CALL FOR PAPERS
>
> 1st ACM international Workshop on:
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> Media Studies and implementations that help Improving Access to  
> Disabled
> Users
>
> http://www.salle.url.edu/MSIADU09/main.html
>
> October 23, 2009, Beijing, China in conjunction with
> <http://www.acmmm09.org/default.aspx> ACM Multimedia 2009 -
> http://www.acmmm09.org/default.aspx
>
> This Workshop will be based on the work carried out during the
> <http://staff.science.uva.nl/~nicu/hcc08.htm> 3rd International  
> Workshop on
> Human-Centered Computing (HCC08) held at the
> <http://www.mcrlab.uottawa.ca/acmmm2008/> ACM Multimedia 2008  
> conference in
> Vancouver. There participants discussed on how to use technology to  
> achieve
> an accessible environment for the disabled.
>
> At present, it is estimated that there are several millions of  
> people with
> disabilities worldwide. Focusing on Internet users, the estimated  
> percentage
> goes around 10%. There are several contributions that might be  
> highlighted
> among the organizations that have studied the classification of
> disabilities. Among those, the work of the WHO/OMS (World Health
> Organization), the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) and the WAI (Web
> Accessibility Initiative). Major disability types include visual,  
> auditory,
> motor and cognitive or related to language use. Moreover that other
> "unofficial" disabilities due to the lack of technology  
> alphabetization (no
> access or inappropriate equipment and specific audiences like the  
> elderly,
> rural, children, etc). According to the Microsoft company: Almost  
> 40% of
> people have problems with accessing a computer and only 1% is  
> declared as
> disabled. Accessibility as applied to virtual and real environments  
> also
> benefits people without disabilities. A key principle is the design of
> flexible resources to meet different user needs, preferences and  
> situations.
>
> This workshop seeks original high innovative research in the area of
> Multimedia (studies and implementations) in order to improve  
> accessibility
> to real and virtual scenarios that might be applied to all kinds of  
> users
> with disabilities or difficulties when implementing concrete actions
> (navigation or interaction with a particular medium). We need  
> solutions to
> adapt the environment, products and services to the final needs of  
> the user.
>
> As a major topic, this invited proposal seeks to discuss about  
> Multimedia
> (in general) and Usability (in particular), helping to increase the  
> current
> levels of Accessibility regarding virtual and real interactive  
> environments
> where the disabled community can participate.
>
> The goals of this workshop are:
>
> *	Fundamental research in the area of Multimedia, within the scope of
> disabilities and Human Computer Interaction (HCI).
> *	Solutions to targeted problems of high impact in real-life
> applications.
> *	Compare the research and progress of international projects and
> their differences.
>
> Topics:
>
> The workshop topics will include, but are not limited to, the  
> following:
>
> *	Usability and Accessibility.
> *	Accessible Multimedia.
> *	Accessibility for all.
> *	Trends in Disability.
> *	Person behavior and Interaction Analysis.
> *	Applications in Virtual Reality, Multimedia and Gaming.
> *	Technological novelties, evaluations and solutions.
> *	User-Experience studies and evaluations.
> *	Human-Centered Computing.
> *	Human-Computer Interfaces.
> *	Human Affect Analysis and Affective Computing.
> *	Perceptual and Multimodal user interfaces.
> *	Accessible Architecture.
>
> The constantly growing number of the technologies available causes  
> users to
> experience more difficulties while using them. The Multimedia field
> addresses that by definition, making applications and resources  
> manage a
> greater interactivity, ease of use and audiovisual feedback. It is  
> necessary
> to review whether such studies or implementations are not only  
> usable and
> accessible but can be adapted to specifically users while generating  
> in them
> a satisfactory experience of use.
>
> Target audience includes researchers, designers, experts and  
> scholars, in
> the field of usability, accessibility, disabilities, multimedia  
> development,
> sociology, psychology, graphic design, among others and its related  
> areas.
> These areas include content creation, human-computer-interaction and
> usability expertise. Workshop participants shall have previous  
> experience in
> this or related fields to be able to contribute on a high scientific  
> level.
>
> We welcome multidisciplinary contributions coming from the media  
> technology,
> artistic and human experience side. Case studies (successful and  
> especially
> unsuccessful), disability installations, technologies, media  
> studies, and
> user-experience evaluations are highly welcome.
>
> Participants will be able to observe many different works of  
> accessibility
> and projects from a multicultural perspective. All those materials  
> will
> relate to multimedia technologies. A selected series of proposals  
> will be
> aimed to be developed cooperatively from a multidisciplinary and
> multicultural view, to search for possible global solutions to the  
> problems
> related to creating adaptable and accessible interfaces.
>
> IMPORTANT DATES
>
> All Submitted papers will be reviewed by a double-blind (at least  
> three
> reviewers), non-blind, and participative peer review. These three  
> kinds of
> review will support the selection process of those that will be  
> accepted for
> their presentation at the workshop. Authors of accepted papers who
> registered in the workshop can have access to the evaluations and  
> possible
> feedback provided by the reviewers who recommended the acceptance of  
> their
> papers, so they can accordingly improve the final version of their  
> papers.
> Non-registered authors may not have access to the reviews of their
> respective submissions.
>
>
> Paper submission: June 26, 2009
> Notification of acceptance: July 8, 2009
> Final paper, Camera-ready: July 24, 2009 -- STRICT DEADLINE!!!
> Workshop day: October 23, 2009
>
>
> Maximum length is 8 pages in English.
>
> All papers must follow the standard
> <http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates> ACM style
> guidelines and must be submitted in PDF format using the  <http://edas.info 
> >
> EDAS system.If you are not already registered on EDAS, go to
> <http://www.salle.url.edu/MSIADU09/www.edas.info> www.edas.info and
> register.
>
> Also you can submit a paper by email at the address:
> <mailto:fonsi@salle.url.edu> fonsi@salle.url.edu
>
>
> Proceedings: The proceedings will be published together with the  
> proceedings
> of the main conference in electronic format by ACM.
>
>
> WORKSHOP CHAIRS
>
> David Fonseca ( <mailto:fonsi@salle.url.edu> fonsi@salle.url.edu) -  
> Oscar
> Garcia ( <mailto:oscarg@salle.url.edu> oscarg@salle.url.edu) - Eva  
> Villegas
> ( <mailto:evillegas@salle.url.edu> evillegas@salle.url.edu)
> GTM, Grup de Recerca en Tecnologies Media ENGINYERIA I ARQUITECTURA  
> LA SALLE
> UNIVERSITAT RAMON LLULL Quatre Camins 2, 08022 Barcelona (Spain)
>
> Jaume Duran ( <mailto:jaumeduran@ub.edu> jaumeduran@ub.edu)
> DEVP-CAV / Universitat de Barcelona
>
> We have been offering Multimedia solutions for both academia and  
> industry
> since 1996. Because of our high degree of expertise in the field of
> Usability (one of the first User Labs in Southern Europe), we have  
> recently
> decided to prepare this interesting workshop. Members of this group  
> has
> organized several invited sessions and participated in conferences  
> both
> nationally and internationally in the fields of multimedia and  
> disability.
>
> PROGRAM COMMITTEE
>
> Dr. Aaron Steinfeld, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mello University,
> Pittsburgh, USA.
> Dr. Abraham Olivares Escanilla.Pedagogia en Matematica y
> computacion,Universidad de los lagos, Colombia.
> Dra. Alejandra Rocha Silva. Facultad de Letras y  
> Comunicacion.Universidad de
> Colima, Mexico.
> Prof. Andriy Pavlovych. Dept. of Computer Science; York University,  
> Toronto,
> Canada.
> Dr. Angel Garcia Crespo,Subdirector de Planificacion Docente,  
> Universidad
> Carlos III de Madrid, Spain,
> Dr. Ansgar Scherp, Donald Bren School, UC Irvine, USA.
> Dr. Anwar Hossain. Department of Mathematics, New Mexico Institute  
> of Mining
> and Technology. USA
> Dr Beryl Plimmer, Department of Computer Science, University of  
> Auckland,
> New Zeland,
> Prof. C. J. Walsh, Architectural and Technical control design  
> practice,
> Chief Technical Consultant, Sustainable Design International Ltd. -  
> Ireland
> & Italy.
> Dr. Chi-Lu Yang, Department of Networks and Multimedia, Institute for
> Information Industry, Taiwan
> Dra. Cristina Cachero, Departamento de Lenguajes y Sistemas  
> Informaticos.
> Universitat de Alacant. Spain.
> Prof. Cristobal Cabeza, Audiovisual Translator, Universidad Autonoma  
> de
> Barcelona, Spain.
> Dr. Francisco V.C. Ficarra, Communicability Human-Computer  
> Interaction Lab.
> Italy
> Prof. Fernando Paniagua, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain.
> Dr. Daniel Hernandez, Division de Inteligencia Artificial y Sistemas,
> Departamento de Informatica y sistemas. Universidad de Las Palmas de  
> Gran
> Canaria, Spain.
> Dr Gerald Craddock, Chief Officer, Centre for Excellence in Universal
> Design, Dublin, Ireland
> Dra. Giuliana Vitiello,Dip. Matematica e Informatica Univ. Salerno,  
> Italy
> Dr. Giuseppe Polese, Dipartimento di Matematica ed Informatica  
> Universita di
> Salerno, Italy
> Prof. Graciela Selaimen, Coordinates Rits' Center for Research,  
> Studies and
> Capacity Building (Nupef), Brazil
> Prof. Jorge Juan Suarez, Laboratory for Radiologic Image Research,
> Departments of Radiology and Electronics and Computer Science of the
> University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
> Dr. Jane Mulligan. Department of Computer Science. University of  
> Colorado,
> USA
> Dr. Jorge Madeira, Responsavel do Servico Informatico da ESDRM, Escola
> Superior de Desporto de Rio Maior, Portugal
> Dr. Jorge R. Gutierrez Pulido, Software Development Lab Faculty of
> Telematics, University of Colima, Mexico
> Dr. Joseph Spiteri, Department of Architecture and Urban Design,  
> University
> of Malta. Malta
> Dr. Joao Varajao, Departamento de Engenharias, Universidades de
> Tras-os-Montes e Alto Douro
> Dr. Jose Silvestre Silva, Universidad de Coimbra, Portugal
> Prof. Juan Andres Fernandez,Digital Legends, Barcelona, Spain
> Dr. Loic Martinez Normand, Profesor Asociado del Departamento de  
> Lenguajes y
> Sistemas Informaticos e Ingenieria del Software, Universidad  
> Politecnica de
> Madrid, Spain
> Prof. Luis Claudio S. Barradas, Instituto Politecnico de Santarem - 
> Portugal
> Mrs. Kapka Panayotova, Board member of The Independent Living  
> Institute and
> currently an Acting Chair of the European Network on Independent  
> Living
> (ENIL) Board, Bulgary,
> Dra. Kirstie Hawkey. EDGE Lab and Faculty of Computer Sicence,  
> Dalhousie
> University, Halifax, Canada
> Dr. Miguel A. Garcia-Ruiz, Facultad de Telematica, Universidad de  
> Colima,
> Mexico
> Prof. Milena Bokova, Executive Director Bluelink, Bulgary
> Dr. Nikos Sakkas, Apintech Ltd, Executive Director, Greece
> Prof. Naiara Aginako, VICOMTech, San Sebastian, Spain
> Dr. Norman M. Sadeh, School of Computer Science - Carnegie Mellon
> University, Pittsburgh, USA
> Prof, Omar Choudary, Insitut de Recherche en Informatique de Toulouse,
> University of Toulouse, France
> Prof. Pierpaolo Di Bitonto, Dipartimento di Informatica, Universita  
> degli
> Studi di Bari, Italy
> Dra. Pilar Orero, Transmedia Research Group, Universitat Autonoma de
> Barcelona, Spain
> Prof. Roberto Laurini, Computing Department of the National  
> Institute for
> Applied Sciences INSA, Lyon, France
> Dra. Rosa Iglesias, Ikerlan Research Center, Registration Chair ACM
> Multimedia 2008, Spain
> Prof. Roselli Teresa, Dipartimento di Informatica, Universita degli  
> Studi di
> Bari, Italy,
> Dr. Sethuraman (Panch) Panchanathan, Center for Cognitive Ubiquitous
> Computing (CUbiC) Foundation Chair in Computing and Informatics
> Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Multimedia Magazine Professor, Department of  
> Computer
> Science and Engineering, Arizona State University. USA
> Prof. Silvia Fajardo, Facultad de Telematica, Universidad de Colima,  
> Mexico,
>
> Dr. Slobodan Bojanic, Departamento de Ingenieria Electronica,  
> Universidad
> Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
> Dr. Son T. Vuong, Computer Science Department, University of British
> Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
> Prof. Sylvie Siyam, Pre. Protege QV, Association for Progresive
> Communications, Cameroon
> Prof. Veronica Rossano, Department of Computer Science, University  
> of Bari,
> Italy
> Prof. Zhivko Tomov, Blind software developer from Bourgas, Bulgary
>
> Nekane Navarro, Directora Delegacion Barcelona Alter Civites