VisionScienceList: Announcement & CFP: ETRA 2002

From: Andrew Duchowski (andrewd@vr.clemson.edu)
Date: Wed Jul 18 2001 - 07:11:23 PDT

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    Hi,

    Could you please post this Announcement and CFP for the upcoming Eye
    Tracking Research & Applications Symposium?

    Thank you!
    Andrew
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                                Eye Tracking Research & Applications

                                           Symposium 2002
         [Image]
                               25-27 March 2002, New Orleans, LA, USA

                                       Call for Participation

     Sponsored by ... The URL of this document is
                          http://www.vr.clemson.edu/eyetracking/etra/2002/.
          [ACM] Questions, suggestions, and/or comments should be
                       directed to Andrew Duchowski (andrewd@vr.clemson.edu).
       [ACM SIGCHI]
      [ACM SIGGRAPH] You can download this Symposium flyer for distribution
                                     and printing in PDF format.
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    Motivation

    Recent advancements in eye tracking technology, specifically the
    availability of cheaper, faster, more accurate and easier to use trackers,
    have inspired increased eye movement and eye tracking research efforts. The
    Eye Tracking Research & Applications (ETRA) 2000 meeting brought together an
    interdisciplinary group of researchers from 6 countries. The success of this
    meeting has laid the groundwork for future symposia (currently on a biennial
    schedule). Since the year 2000 meeting, reports of various novel eye
    tracking applications have appeared, ranging from gaze-contingent
    Level-Of-Detail computer graphics to Human-Computer Interaction usability
    studies, from new psychophysical studies to the development of new eye
    tracking technologies. The motivation of the Symposium calls for the
    discussion of such theoretical and applied eye tracking issues. It is hoped
    this Symposium will foster new, possibly interdisciplinary, collaborative
    ties as well as provide a venue for dissemination of peer-reviewed research
    results in this burgeoning research area.

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    Scope

    The scope of the Symposium falls within a fairly narrow technological
    domain, yet it spans a vast range of interdisciplinary research activities.
    There are at least three broad interdisciplinary domains that stand to
    benefit from eye tracking research: visual perception, human-computer
    interaction, and computer graphics. The amalgamation of these topics forms a
    symbiotic relationship. Graphical techniques provide a means of generating
    rich sets of visual stimuli ranging from 2D imagery to 3D immersive virtual
    worlds while research exploring visual attention and perception in turn
    influences the generation of artificial scenes and worlds. Applications
    derived from these disciplines create a powerful human-computer interaction
    modality, namely interaction based on knowledge of the user's gaze.

    Applied papers reporting on the development or use of eye tracking systems
    are sought falling in two main categories: (a) real-time interactive
    systems, and (b) off-line diagnostic applications. Examples of the former
    include applications where the display or form of interaction depends on
    real-time knowledge of the user's direction of gaze, e.g.,
    ``gaze-contingent'' interactive environments. Applications falling in the
    latter category involve recording real-time eye movements over a visual
    stimulus for later off-line analysis, e.g., gaze information supporting
    usability studies.

    While the Eye Tracking Symposium is primarily directed towards eye tracking
    applications, papers on theoretical aspects of eye movements and cognition
    are also encouraged. Examples may include papers elucidating the
    neurological substrate of human vision, visual attention and eye movements,
    or papers suggesting techniques for characterization and automatic
    identification of eye movements, e.g., saccade/fixation detection.

    In short, high-quality research papers are sought from anyone developing or
    using eye tracking technology. Suggested top-level paper categories include:

    Principles
         neurological basis for eye movements; eye movement signal
         characteristics
    Methods
         eye movement characterization, e.g., saccade detection
    Systems
         description of applied eye tracking systems, e.g.,
            o real-time interactive systems, e.g.,
                 + systems helping people with profound disabilities
                 + gaze-aware communication and gaze-contingent graphics systems
            o off-line diagnostic systems, e.g.,
                 + eye tracking systems supporting usability studies
                 + scanpath recording systems for eye movement analysis

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    Format

    Formal presentations

         Presentations will be short (about 20 minutes) and limited to 3 per
         session. Presenters are asked to prepare their presentations in MS
         PowerPoint format. An LCD projector will be provided to allow speakers
         to connect their laptops.

    Pre-symposium information

         A symposium program identifying accepted papers, listing contributors
         and paper titles, will be made available before the event.

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    Submission

    Full paper submissions must be in PDF format and should be emailed to Andrew
    Duchowski ( andrewd@vr.clemson.edu) by the submission deadline (see below;
    receipt will be confirmed by email).

    Papers submitted to the Symposium should conform to the ACM SIGGRAPH
    proceedings format. Further details, including MS Word and LaTeX templates,
    are available here:
    http://www.siggraph.org/publications/prep/paper-prep.html.

    Brief formatting guidelines:

       * The maximum paper length is eight pages, each page in US Letter format.
         The body of the paper should be set in a two-column style, with each
         column measuring 3.33 inches (8.46 cm) with a 0.33 inch (0.84 cm)
         column gutter between the columns.

       * The "US Letter" page size measures 8.5 inches (21.59 cm) by 11.0 inches
         (27.94 cm), with top, left, and right margins measuring 0.75 inches
         (1.905 cm), and a bottom margin of 1.0 inch (2.54 cm).

       * Accepted papers should have a 1.5 inch (3.81 cm) space left blank at
         the bottom of the left column on the first page of the paper for the
         copyright block added during the printing process.

    Papers submitted for peer-review should be in double-blind format: authors'
    names should be omitted from the front page, but a separate cover page
    should be generated including title, an abstract, keywords and phrases,
    authors' names, affiliations, plus a contact author's email address, mailing
    address, phone number, and fax number. Note: If you're using the LaTeX
    format, the review option will generate the paper in the required review
    format automatically.

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    Committee

     Symposium General Chair: Program Co-Chairs:
     Andrew T. Duchowski John W. Senders
     andrewd@cs.clemson.edu jw.senders@utoronto.ca
     Department of Computer Science Mech. & Indust. Eng.
     Clemson University University of Toronto
     Clemson, SC 29634-0974 USA Toronto, ON Canada M6R 2X5

    Program Committee:
        * Antti Aaltonen (Nokia Research * David Luebke (University of
          Center, Finland) Virginia, VA, USA)
        * Wendy Ark (IBM Almaden, USA) * Sohel Merchant (University of
        * Martha Crosby (University of Iowa, USA)
          Hawaii, HI, USA) * Minoru Nakayama (Tokyo Institute
        * Mike Daily (HRL Laboratories, of Technology, Japan)
          USA) * N. Hari Narayanan (Auburn
        * Myron Flickner (IBM Almaden, University, AL, USA)
          USA) * Wilfried Osberger (Tektronix,
        * James Gips (Boston College, MA, USA)
          USA) * Carol O'Sullivan (Trinity
        * Joe Goldberg (Oracle, USA) College, Dublin, Ireland)
        * Brooke Hallowell (Ohio * Timo Partala (University of
          University, OH, USA) Tempere, Finland)
        * Tom Hutchinson (University of * Stefano Ramat (Johns Hopkins
          Virginia, VA, USA) Hospital, USA)
        * Aulikki Hyrskykari (University * Waldemar Rojna (Consultant,
          of Tampere, Finland) Poznan, Poland)
        * Poika Isokoski (University of * Charles Scialfa (University of
          Tampere, Finland) Calgary, Canada)
        * Robert Jacob (Tufts University, * Trent Victor (Volvo, Sweden)
          MA, USA) * David Wooding (University of
        * Keith Karn (Xerox, NY, USA) Derby, UK)
                                             * Daniela Zambarbieri (University
                                               of Pavia, Italy)

      ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Deadlines

     Date Item

     July 16 1st call for papers

     August 16 2nd call for papers

     September 24 Submission deadline
     October 29 Acceptance/rejection notice
     November 19 Paper authors send to the ACM proceedings producer: (1)
                      camera-ready versions of papers in PDF format, and (2)
                      ACM Copyright Form.
     February 25 Registration deadline
     March 25-8 Symposium, New Orleans, LA

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    Schedule

       25 March, 2002 26 March, 2002 27 March, 2002
       9:00 Session 9:00 Session 9:00 Session
       10:30 Coffee Break 10:30 Coffee Break 10:30 Coffee Break
       11:00 Session 11:00 Session 11:00 Session
       12:30 Lunch 12:30 Lunch 12:30 End of Symposium
       2:00 Session 2:00 Session
       3:30 Coffee Break 3:30 Coffee Break
       4:00 Session 4:00 Session
       5:30 End of Sessions 5:30 End of Sessions
       Evening: Reception Evening: Exhibits

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    Location

     [Image] The Symposium will be held at the Radisson Hotel, in New Orleans,
             Louisiana.

             This 759-room historic hotel is a New Orleans landmark and is
             listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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    Andrew T. Duchowski, Asst. Prof.  office:444 Edwards Hall
    Computer Science Dept., MS-0974   phone:864.656.7677 fax:864.656.0145
    Clemson University                mailto:andrewd@vr.clemson.edu
    Clemson, SC 29634-0974            http://www.vr.clemson.edu/~andrewd/
    

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