Design Expo

Deadline: 8 September 2000

Call For Participation
The Design Expo is a new category for CHI 2001 that provides an opportunity to present design work to the broad CHI community. Submissions to this category will be presented by a moderator and discussant in a conference session. Submissions should show designs and/or implementations of solutions to design problems in computer-human interaction. Special focus should be given to design solutions that address the conference theme of "anyone. anywhere."

Types of Submissions
Design solutions for interaction and display problems, visual display, auditory display/sonic interaction and feedback, haptic interaction and feedback, solutions for special access by children, the elderly, and users with disabilities. Domains appropriate to this category include traditional screen-based solutions, information appliances, and hand-held devices. Target implementations can include but are not limited to operating systems, application software, media layers and system extensions, and World Wide Web solutions.

Design solutions should include two-page papers to be published in the CHI 2001 Extended Abstracts supported by a visual or interactive illustration in accompanying images, digital video figures limited to 2 minutes in length, or self-contained digital demos limited to 10MB in data size. The written submission must stand on its own and should include: a statement of the design problem with supporting contextual description; alternative design proposals you considered to solve the problem; a concise description of constraints on implementation of your design solution; implications of your work to the field of HCI; and recommendations for further investigation. Full literature searches are not expected, although relevant citations and preceding work in this particular problem area should be included. The visual or interactive illustration should also stand on its own, but must also add substantially to the two-page paper. Summaries of wider findings or reduced versions of longer papers are not suitable for this category. You must include instructions for operating your interactive illustration, if required, in an addendum to your extended abstract.

Review Criteria
Each submission will be reviewed on the basis of its contribution to the field of HCI, evaluation or demonstration of the results, innovation in matching the problem to a solution, originality of the work, and quality of the written and illustrative presentation. Please see the papers submission category for more information on these review criteria. Additionally, the submission must stand on its own so that it is suitable for presentation by a moderator/discussant. Submissions to this exposition will be reviewed by designers according to the above criteria. Selection is based on quality of design solution, applicability to the conference theme, and suitability for presentation in this category.

Format
A design expo submission consists of two parts: a two-page extended abstract and a visual or interactive illustration. Prepare your two-page extended abstract in the CHI Conference Publications Format including title, author information, abstract, keywords, body and references.

The visual or interactive illustration must be digital and must stand on its own without requiring special hardware or software. The format of your illustration may be a sequence of images, a digital video (MPEG-1 or QuickTime formats only) illustrating interaction, or a prototype or limited application in a cross-platform format (e.g., Director, Shockwave, Flash, QuickTime, HTML). Visual or interactive illustrations must operate on a standard configuration PC or Macintosh computer (please contact us at the Send To address for more details) and may not be submitted in a proprietary file type without a widely available player application free from licensing or registration conditions. For additional details, contact us at the Send To address. Your illustration may not required more than 10M of hard disk storage space, and should be self-contained. URLs are not sufficient for this illustration, although they may be included in the extended abstract. You are encouraged to make the original submission available to individuals who might later request it. Prepare this illustration to be shown or demonstrated at the conference For purposes of archiving and distributing your illustration at the conference, you must provide a version that is transferable to videotape. Please inquire of the co-chairs if you have further questions or need assistance.

Both the two-page extended abstract, prepared as a single PDF file, and the visual or interactive illustration should be sent to us electronically via FTP. Please read the section below entitled "Submissions" for details about FTP and submitting in general. If you cannot submit your materials via FTP, contact us to make alternative arrangements.

Upon Acceptance
Authors will bve notified of acceptance or rejection by 6 November 2000. Extended abstracts of accepted design expo submissions will be published in the CHI 2001 Extended Abstracts. Videos of the illustrations will be published in the CHI 2001 Video Program. Accepted authors will be given the opportunity to submit an edited video prior to CHI 2001 producing the conference video. The primary author of each accepted submission will receive an Author Kit with detailed instructions on how to submit camera-ready materials for publication. These materials are due by 8 December 2000.

At The Conference
Submissions will be grouped by related themes and presented by a moderator, and compared, contrasted, and remarked by a discussant from the field of design for HCI during one of two sessions. Authors must be present during these sessions to present the actual design (not just the video of the design) and answer questions from the audience.

Submissions

• Your submission must be in English.
• Submissions will not be accepted by fax or hard copy.
• Illustrations must operate on a standard configuration PC or Macintosh computer (please contact us at the Send To address for more details) and may not be submitted in a proprietary file type without a widely available player application free from licensing or registration conditions. The illustration for publication must be transferable to videotape for distribution to conference attendees.
• Submissions will be made electronically via FTP.
  FTP site: ftp.sunlabs.com
  Login: anonymous
  Password: your email address
  Directory: incoming
  Please contact the Design Expo Co-Chairs with any questions or concerns regarding the FTP process.
• All submitted files must be named using the following convention:
  chi2001-XX#.nnn where XX is the initials of the first and last name of the first author, # is the sequential file number for that submission, and .nnn is the appropriate file format extension. QuickTime extensions are highly encouraged. As an example, chi2001-js2.mov would be the file name for the second file in a submission from John Smith.
• After transmitting the files, authors should send a confirming email to the Design Expo Co-Chairs, who will acknowledge receipt of the files and verify file integrity.
• Submissions arriving after the deadline will not be considered.
• Your submission should contain no proprietary or confidential material and should cite no proprietary or confidential publications.
• Responsibility for permissions to use video, audio or pictures of identifiable people or systems rests with you, not CHI 2001.
• We strongly suggest that you send your electronic submission early and follow up to ensure that is has been received in working order.
• You will receive email notification upon receipt of your submission.

Checklist
Please perform the activities in this checklist to ensure completeness in your submission.

• Read the Conference Overview and Submitting to CHI.
• Prepare the two-page extended abstract in the Conference Publications Format, as described above.
• Create a PDF version of your extended abstract. If you cannot prepare an electronic PDF file to send to us, please contact us at the Send To email address.
• Prepare your digital illustration for review and presentation at the conference. If accepted, you will have an opportunity to create a video version of your illustration to be published in the CHI 2001 Video Program.
• Secure the rights for any third party materials used.
• Collect the extended abstract and your digital illustration.
• Submit via FTP. Submissions will not be accepted via email since contributions are likely to exceed server size limits.
• Please ask for assistance from the Design Expo Co-Chairs if you are unsure of how to proceed.

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