[visionlist] REMINDER: Call for papers for COGAIN 2006 -- 'Gazing into the Future'

[Sebastian Pannasch]

COGAIN 2006: ‘Gazing into the Future’ - Call for papers

The COGAIN 2006 Conference on Communication by Gaze Interaction
Monday 4th and Tuesday 5th September 2006
Turin, Italy

Deadline for short paper submissions: 31st May2006

The conference provides a unique focus on communication by eye-gaze. It 
concentrates on the use of eye-gaze primarily for users with different types of 
disabilities in the context of interacting with computer applications, 
environment control and mobility. The conference has a strong involvement 
with disabled users and forms a vital bridge between those who develop 
gaze measurement and communication systems, those who research into 
the construction and use, and those who actually use, or could use, the 
systems. There is a strong emphasis in the conference on a range of 
subjects from technical issues to disabled user requirements and usability 
issues. The conference is the second annual conference of COGAIN, a 
European Union funded research Network of Excellence, which comprises 
25 universities, manufacturers and end-user organizations

The conference will be run over two days:
Day 1 (Monday 4th September, 2006): Academic Sessions
Day 2 (Tuesday 5th September, 2006): User and Industry Sessions

The themes for the academic sessions  (Day1) are:
*   Eyetracking systems: low-cost systems, mobile systems, software, 
    algorithms, calibration techniques and issues, integration with 
    operating systems, standards.
*   Gaze-aware communication software: eye-typing systems, interfaces 
    to common applications, end-user configuration, gaze-aware 
    applications, edutainment. 
*   Integration of gaze with other modalities: multimodal interaction, user 
    performance and preference studies, attentive interfaces, gaze and 
    brain integration. 
*   Human factors and user-related issues: Requirements for various 
    disabled user groups, measuring usability with disabled groups, 
    usability issues with gaze-based systems, case studies of user 
    experience with gaze communication, training in the use of gaze-
    communication.

The user and industry sessions (Day 2) will follow a similar format to the 
successful event held in Copenhagen during COGAIN 2005 Conference. The 
sessions will contain presentations from users of gaze-based systems, from 
representatives of end-user organizations and from industry, as well as 
opportunities for end users and researchers to try out the latest systems from 
the participating manufacturers. One of the most valuable aspects of last 
year’s meeting was the opportunity it gave the academic research community 
and industry to meet, listen to, and observe users of gaze-based systems, 
and to understand their priorities and needs for system design and use. 

For full details of the call for papers, please see 
http://www.cogain.org/cogain2006

or contact Howell Istance, School of Computing, De Montfort University, 
Leicester LE1 9BH, UK. (hoi at dmu.ac.uk)


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