[humaine news] CfP: CHI2009 Workshop: Whole Body Interaction

[Kostas Karpouzis]

Whole Body Interaction involves any part of the human body directly or
indirectly influencing interaction, or acting as a feedback mechanism in 
the interaction loop. Researchers are invited to submit position papers 
on the topic of Whole Body Interaction for a one-day workshop to take 
place at CHI2009, Boston, April, 2009 - see http://www.chi2009.org 
<http://www.chi2009.org/>

Participants from fields including the following

• - HCI specialists in physical interaction
• - HCI specialists in advanced interaction frameworks
• - Movement Scientists
• - Performance Artists and theorists
• - Health practitioners specialized on movement
• - Motion Capture practitioners and researchers
• - Games developers and researchers

are invited to submit position papers of 3-4 pages to
d.england at ljmu.ac.uk by *23rd October** **2008* addressing the such 
aspects of Whole Body Interaction as

• - Advanced Interaction frameworks
• - Marker-less motion capture
• - Bio-cybernetics
• - Human Performance with multiple and advanced sensors.

Position papers should address advanced research themes and will be
selected by the organizing committee on the basis of quality, relevance
and balance of contribution to the workshop. Contributors will be 
invited to submit extended papers to a journal special issue following
the workshop.

The workshop will consist of a set of interactive prototyping exercises
designed to facilitate a shared understanding of the issues of Whole
Body Interaction between people from different disciplines. At least one
author of the accepted paper must attend the workshop and one or more
days of the CHI2009 conference.

*Organisers*
David England, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
Eva Hornecker, Glasgow University, UK
Chris Roast, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
Pablo Romero, University of Sussex, UK
Paul Fergus, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
Paul Marshall. Open University, UK

*Workshop Web page*

http://lister.cms.livjm.ac.uk/homepage/staff/cmsdengl/WBI2009/

*Important Dates*
Submission deadline    23rd October 2008
Notification                 29th November 2008
Workshop                   April 2009