[humaine news] CFP: User Interface Description Languages for Next Generation User Interfaces

[Kostas Karpouzis]

CFP: A Special Issue of ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction 
(ACM TOCHI):

USER INTERFACE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES FOR NEXT GENERATION USER INTERFACES

Special issue editors: Orit Shaer (Wellesley College), Robert J.K. Jacob 
(Tufts University), Mark Green (University of Ontario Institute of 
Technology) and Kris Luyten (Hasselt University)

Deadline for Submissions: 7 November 2008
Additional information: http://tochi.acm.org/si/uidl.shtml

In the last decade, new classes of devices for accessing information 
have emerged along with increased connectivity. In parallel to the 
proliferation of these devices, new interaction styles have been 
explored. Among these new styles are virtual reality, mixed reality, 3D 
interaction, tangible user interfaces, context-aware interfaces and 
recognition-based interfaces. As a result of this increasing diversity 
of devices and interaction styles, developers of next-generation 
interfaces experience difficulties such as the lack of appropriate 
interaction abstractions, the need to create different design variations 
of a single user interface and the integration of novel hardware. As 
part of the user interface software research community effort to address 
these difficulties, the concept of a User Interface Description Language 
(UIDL), which has its foundations in user interface management systems 
and model-based authoring, has reemerged as a promising approach. UIDLs 
allow user interface designers to specify a user interface, using high-
level constructs, which abstract away implementation details. UIDL 
specifications can then be automatically or semi automatically converted 
into concrete user interfaces or user interface implementations. Several 
UIDLs, mostly using XML as the general language, have been developed in 
recent years in order to simplify the development of next generation 
interfaces. However, many questions regarding the usefulness and
effectiveness of UIDLs for next generation user interfaces remain open.

The aim of this Special Issue is to present high quality, original, 
manuscripts related to User Interface Description Languages for Next 
Generation User Interfaces. Manuscripts must be original, but 
significant expansions and revisions of papers recently presented at
conferences and workshops will be considered. Possible topics include:

Requirements for supporting the design and implementation of next 
generation user interfaces.
Characteristics and comparison of interaction styles.
Models for specifying the structure and behavior of next generation 
interfaces.
Architectural frameworks for emerging interaction styles.
Lessons learned from developing, evaluating and using particular UIDLs.
Further information, including TOCHI's submission procedures and advice 
on formatting and preparing your manuscript, can be found at: 
http://www.acm.org/tochi/.

Submissions are to be made through the ACM online manuscript system at:
http://acm.manuscriptcentral.com/tochi/.

Important Dates:

Deadline for authors to submit full papers: 7 November 2008
Deadline for reviewers to submit comments: 20 December 2008
Notification to authors: 25 January 2009
Deadlines for submission of revised version: 2 March 2009