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Call for Papers
AVI '98
ADVANCED VISUAL INTERFACES
International Working Conference
May 25-27, 1998
L'Aquila, Italy
In cooperation with:
ACM-SIGCHI, ACM-SIGMM, SIGCHI Italy
Under the patronage of
the University of L'Aquila and of the University of Bari
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AVI98 Web Site: http://www.ing.univaq.it/avi98/
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SCOPE
This Conference has the aim of bringing together experts in different areas
of computer science who have a common interest in the design and management
of visual interfaces. This Conference is the fourth of a series initiated
with AVI'92 in Rome, and continued with AVI'94 in Bari, and AVI'96 in
Gubbio. Both formal methods and concrete applications well fit into the
framework of the conference, with a particular focus on the areas of
information visualization, graphical and pictorial communication tools,
virtual reality applications, multimedia environments, WWW interfaces,
visual languages, adaptive interfaces, and other recent technological
developments. Cognitive science and metaphor analysis are also relevant,
since they are extremely useful for understanding the basic mechanisms
which allow visual interfaces to be easy to learn and use. As in the
previous editions, the program will comprise invited talks, given by
leaders in the field, including: Rex Hartson (Virginia Tech, USA), Wendy
Mackay (Univ Paris-Sud, France), and Moshe Zloof (Hewlett-Packard Labs,
USA).
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TOPICS
Visual Interface Design WWW interfaces
Visual Interaction Virtual Reality
Interface Evaluation Multimodal Interfaces
Visualization Cognitive Models of User
Animated Interfaces Metaphor Analysis
Adaptive Interfaces Graph Drawing
Hypermedia & Multimedia Computer Supported Cooperative Work
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ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
GENERAL CHAIR
Stefano Levialdi, Universita' di Roma "La Sapienza", Dipartimento di
Scienze dell'Informazione, Via Salaria 113, 00198 Roma, Italy. Tel.
+39-6-8841962 Fax +39-6-8419188 e-mail: levialdi@dsi.uniroma1.it
PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS
Maria Francesca Costabile, Universita' di Bari, Dipartimento di
Informatica, Via Orabona 4, 70125 Bari, Italy.
Tel./Fax +39-80-5443300 e-mail: fcosta@iesi.ba.cnr.it
Laura Tarantino, Universita' dell'Aquila, Dipartimento di Ingegneria
Elettrica, Poggio di Roio, 67040 L'Aquila, Italy.
Tel. +39-862-434415 Fax +39-862-434403 e-mail: tarantino@vaxaq.cc.univaq.it
or laura@infolab.ing.univaq.it
PANEL, TUTORIAL AND WORKSHOP CHAIR
Tiziana Catarci, Universita' di Roma "La Sapienza", Dipartimento di
Informatica e Sistemistica, Via Salaria 113, 00198 Roma, Italy. Tel./Fax
+39-6-49918331 e-mail: catarci@infokit.dis.uniroma1.it, tic@cs.brown.edu
EXHIBIT PROGRAM CHAIR
Giuseppe Santucci, Universita' di Roma "La Sapienza", Dipartimento di
Informatica e Sistemistica, Via Salaria 113, 00198 Roma, Italy. Tel.
+39-6-49918484 Fax +39-6-49918331 e-mail: santucci@infokit.dis.uniroma1.it
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PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Martin Andersson (IOS/APPL & Data Engin, Switzerland)
Albert Badre (Georgia Tech, USA)
Dick Bulterman (CWI, The Netherlands)
Shi-Kuo Chang (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
Eliseo Clementini (University of L'Aquila, Italy)
Alan Dix (Staffordshire University, UK)
Stephen G. Eick (Bell Laboratories, USA)
Miguel Encarnacao (Fraunhofer CRCG, Inc., USA)
Franca Garzotto (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)
Walter Gerbino (University of Trieste, Italy)
Nahum Gershon (The MITRE Corporation, USA)
Anna Giannetti (SOGEI, Italy)
Mountaz Hascoet-Zizi (University of Paris-Sud, France)
Ramesh Jain (University of California San Diego, USA)
Daniel Keim (University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany)
Jessie B. Kennedy (Napier University, UK)
Ravi Krishnamurthy (HP Laboratories, USA)
Kim Marriott (Monash University, Australia)
Piero Mussio (University of Brescia, Italy)
Fabio Paterno' (CNUCE-CNR, Italy)
Peter Pirolli (Xerox PARC, USA)
Yoshinobu Tonomura (NTT Human Interface Labs, Japan)
Ben Shneiderman (University of Maryland, USA)
Divesh Srivastava (AT&T, USA)
Enrico Vicario (University of Firenze, Italy)
Colin Ware (University of New Bunswick, Canada)
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PAPER SUBMISSION
We strongly encourage submissions that address research and development on
the above and other related topics, or that propose new approaches suitable
for fulfilling the demands that characterize advanced interfaces of the
next generation. Please submit six copies of an 8000 word (approximately
20 double-spaced pages including figures) original manuscript to:
AVI' 98, Universita' di Roma "La Sapienza", Dipartimento di Scienze
dell'Informazione, Via Salaria 113, 00198 Roma, Italy. Tel. +39-6-8841962
Fax +39-6-8419188
Electronic submission will also be available. Detailed information on
electronic submission can be found under
http://www.ing.univaq.it/avi98/Submission/
Authors intending to submit a paper MUST send an electronic abstract of no
more than 250 words by filling in the abstract submission form that can be
found under http://www.ing.univaq.it/avi98/Abstracts/
Contributors with no access to the World Wide Web please contact
Laura Tarantino for further information (tarantino@vaxaq.cc.univaq.it or
laura@infolab.ing.univaq.it or avi98@infolab.ing.univaq.it)
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PANEL, TUTORIAL, AND WORKSHOP PROPOSAL SUBMISSION
Panels - The aim of panels is to stimulate the discussion, so they should
address exciting, hot, and controversial topics rather than being short
paper sessions. The panel proposal should include a 1000 word abstract,
which illustrates the panel topic, stating compelling issues to be debated,
and a list of all panel members.
Tutorials - Tutorials provide conference participants with the opportunity
to gain new insights in the area of advanced visual interfaces. The up to
two page tutorial proposal should clearly state the content, organization,
and target audience of the tutorial. A/V requirements and a biosketch of
the presenter(s) should also be provided.
Workshops - The objective of the pre-AVI workshops is to focus on special
topics of major importance. The up to 1000 word proposal should state the
objective and significance of the workshop, potential participants, format
and duration of the workshop.
Panel, tutorial, and workshop proposals should be sent to:
Tiziana Catarci
Universita' di Roma "La Sapienza", Dipartimento di Informatica
e Sistemistica, Via Salaria 113, 00198 Roma, Italy.
Tel./Fax +39-6-49918331 e-mail: catarci@infokit.dis.uniroma1.it or
tic@cs.brown.edu
Proposals may also be sent via e-mail only in a PLAIN TEXT format.
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DEMO PROPOSAL SUBMISSION
The Exhibit Program will primarily consist of demonstrations of software
prototypes. The demo proposal should include a detailed project/system
description of up to 3000 words (approximately 6 double-spaced pages
including figures) specifying hw/sw requirements. A full working version
of accepted prototypes must be available for installation by April 30, 1998.
Demo proposals should be submitted in four copies to:
Giuseppe Santucci
Universita' di Roma "La Sapienza", Dipartimento di
Informatica e Sistemistica, Via Salaria 113, 00198 Roma, Italy.
Tel. +39-6-49918484 Fax +39-6-49918331 e-mail:
santucci@infokit.dis.uniroma1.it
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IMPORTANT DATES
Electronic abstract submission deadline: October 26, 1997
Paper and demo proposal submission deadline: November 1, 1997
Panel/tutorial/workshop proposal submission deadline: November 30, 1997
Notification of acceptance: January 15, 1998
Camera-ready paper due: February 7, 1998
Demo software due: April 30, 1998
Papers, as well as system, panel, and tutorial descriptions
that will be presented at the Workshop will be included in the Proceedings
published by ACM Press.
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RELATED EVENT
AVI' 98 and the 4th IFIP 2.6 Working Conference on Visual Database Systems
(VDB4) will be held in tandem in L'Aquila, Italy, May 25-29, 1998. They
both invite researchers, practitioners, developers, and users to come
together and explore ideas, tools, and techniques on a large variety of
issues with visual characteristics. AVI'98 is more oriented towards visual
interfaces in general, while VDB4 mostly deals with image databases and
visual database access. Each conference has its own call for papers, so
general interface papers may be better suited for AVI'98 while
database-related papers may be better suited to VDB4. The program
committees of the two conferences have a sizeable intersection, which will
both ensure the unique character of each conference and strengthen the ties
between them (concurrent submission of a paper to both conferences is
prohibited).
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