Workshops

Making A Real Connection: Pro-Social Collaborative Play in Extended Realities – Trends, Challenges and Potentials

The “Making A Real Connection: Pro-Social Collaborative Play in Extended Realities – Trends, Challenges and Potentials” is a one-day workshop that aims to bring together researchers, practitioners, and designers to promote interdisciplinary exchange in the field of human-computer interaction, XR games and collaborative approaches. The workshop will consist of a combination of presentations, group work, and discussion sessions to identify possible trends, potentials, best practices, and challenges, especially with focus on pro-social and cooperative interactions.

Organizers: Simone Kriglstein, Masaryk University and Austrian Institute of Technology; Gloria Mittmann, Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences; Adam Barnard, playwright, theatre director and immersive experience designer; Kate Woodcock, University of Birmingham

https://xrsocialinteraction.wordpress.com/

MuM'23 Workshop on Interruptions and Attention Management: Exploring the Potential of Generative AI

Attention management systems seek to minimize disruption by intelligently timing interruptions and helping users navigate multiple tasks and activities. While there is a solid theoretical basis and rich history in HCI research for attention management, little progress has been made regarding their practical implementation and deployment. Building sophisticated attention management systems requires a great variety of sensors, task- and user models, and multiple devices while considering the complexity of user context and human behavior. Novel AI technologies, such as generative systems, reinforcement learning, and large language models, open new possibilities to create intelligent, practical, and user-centered attention management systems. This proposed workshop aims to bring together researchers and practitioners from diverse backgrounds to discuss and formulate a research agenda to advance attention management systems using novel AI tools to effectively manage and mitigate interruptions from computing systems.

Organizers: Alexander Lingler, University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Austria; Dinara Talypova, University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Austria; Fiona Draxler, LMU Munich, Germany; Christina Schneegass, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands; Tilman Dingler, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands; Philipp Wintersberger, University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Austria and TU Wien, Austria

https://attentiveui.jimdosite.com/

BikeSimWS: Workshop on Simulators, Scenarios, and Test Standard for Bicycle Research

Research on cyclists‘ safety and comfort is a growing topic. Existing works address support systems with novel interaction concepts such as augmented reality but also the design and evaluation of high-fidelity bicycle simulators. Since the field is still in its exploratory phase, there have been few attempts to systematically provide guidance for conducting experiments. For example, there is no consensus on the choice of representative driving scenarios, the proper choice of different bicycle simulators, and measurement standards to systematically compare the results of different studies. With this workshop, we want the community to gather and discuss a roadmap for the future of HCI bicycle research so that these issues can be overcome.

Organizers: Philipp Wintersberger, University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria; Andrii Matviienko, KTH Royal Institute of Technology; Yu Wang, TU Wien; Patrick Ebel, ScaDS.AI, Leipzig University; Ammar Al-Taie, Glasgow Interactive Systems Section, School of Computing Science, Univ. of Glasgow; Stephen Brewster, Glasgow Interactive Systems Section, School of Computing Science, Univ. of Glasgow; Florian Michahelles, TU Wien; Arjan Stuiver, University of Groningen