Call for entries for the juried design
competition
Important dates:
Paper submissions due: August 15
Acceptance notification: No later than August 25
Final versions due: September 16
Workshop: October 1
Papers should be submitted in PDF format via e-mail to
iswc_design_workshop [at] vt.edu.
This workshop will provide a forum to discuss the role of design in
wearable computing. Wearable computing spans a broad range of
interests and expertise, not all of which can be adequately represented
by a
technical paper in an IEEE Computer Society proceedings. As
wearable computing becomes more mainstream and if it is to continue
becoming
more mainstream, it is important for ISWC to provide appropriate venues
for presenting the latest advances in textile, fashion, and industrial
design. The objective of this workshop is to come up with a set of
recommendations on what the appropriate venues should be and to discuss
what the
important design issues are for wearable computing.
Potential topics for the workshop include but are not limited to the
following:
- How should design contributions be evaluated?
- What should be the format(s) for a design submission and
presentation?
- How should these contributions be documented and archived, e.g.
web site, video?
- What guidance about the program committee's expectations should
be provided to designers who wish to submit a regular paper?
- For design contributors who are in tenure-track academic
positions, what are their requirements in terms of building dossiers
for tenure and promotion? What are the requirements of designers
at start-ups? At design firms? In graduate school?
- Is the difference between a design contribution and a technical
contribution simply an emphasis on wearable instead of an emphasis on
computing?
- Wearable computing has had some problems gaining legitimacy with
computing researchers; are there similar problems for designers?
- What are the difficulties and benefits of bridging the cultural
gaps between disciplines in interdisciplinary wearable computing
projects? Are there good sets of case studies to illustrate these
gaps and how they can be overcome?
- What are the important design issues for wearable
computing? How will addressing them advance wearable
computing? How will addressing them advance the particular area
of design expertise, e.g., how will e-textiles advance the field of
textiles?
The intended audience for the workshop is those whose research emphasis
is on the design aspects of wearable computing, such as industrial
design, fashion, textiles, and applications, and at all career stages
(e.g.
grad student, academics pre- and post-tenure, and industry).
Please submit a position paper of up to 5 pages on a topic relevant to
the workshop. Authors are encouraged to include
examples of their work to illustrate their position. Authors of
accepted papers will be expected to present the paper at the workshop
and to participate in the discussion of recommendations.
Papers should be submitted in PDF format via e-mail to
iswc_design_workshop [at] vt.edu.
Papers submitted to the workshop must not be under review by any other
conference or publication during the review cycle, and must not be
previously published or accepted for publication elsewhere. Accepted
papers will be published in PDF format on the ISWC web site.
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Last updated on 15 July 2008