[Hcitaly] MobileHCI 2021 - Cfp

(Apologies fro cross-postings) The MobileHCI Conference Series (http://mobilehci.acm.org/2021/) has shaped research, development and practice in services used on mobile or within mobile contexts for over two decades now. Our interpretation of mobility is inclusive and broadly construed. We welcome contributions related to any aspect of mobile HCI technology, systems, devices, techniques, experience, application, methods, tools, theories, and new perspectives. The conference theme in 2021 is “Mobile Apart, Mobile Together.” Technological advances allow us to bridge a potential geographical distance in a digital fashion, thereby bringing us closer together while being physically apart. These opportunities and interactions are extremely valuable - not only for families living apart, but in particular during an extraordinary situation, such as the Corona-pandemic in 2020, where many started working from and/or on the go. With advances in multisensory and multimodal interactions, this is no longer limited to screen-based interaction. MobileHCI 2021 embraces this expanded horizon, and invites submissions and contributions that reflect the strength of mobile technologies of bringing people together while being apart. Submissions dates Submissions will be managed through Precision Conference (PCS). Submission deadline: February 4, 2021 (anywhere on earth) Reviews sent to authors: March 19, 2021 Revise and Resubmit deadline: April 19, 2021 Conditional acceptance notification: May 17, 2021 Camera ready version: May 31, 2021 Suggested Topics Systems and Infrastructure. The design, architecture, deployment, and evaluation of systems and infrastructures that support development of or interaction with mobile devices and services. Devices and Techniques. The design, construction, usage, and evaluation of devices and techniques that create valuable new capabilities for mobile human-computer interaction. Applications and Experiences. Descriptions of the design, empirical study of interactive applications, or analysis of usage trends that leverage mobile devices and systems. MobileHCI for social good. Using mobile HCI to address societal challenges of our times such as health care, mobility, sustainability, social engagement, and civic engagement. Methods and Tools. New methods and tools designed for or applied to studying or building mobile user interfaces, applications, and mobile users. Theories and Models. Critical analysis or organizing theory with clearly motivated relevance to the design or study of mobile human-computer interaction; taxonomies of design or devices; well-supported essays on emerging trends and practice in mobile human-computer interaction. Provocations and new Perspectives. Well-argued and well-supported visions of the future of mobile computing; non-traditional topics that bear on mobility; underrepresented viewpoints and perspectives that convincingly bring something new to mobile research and practice. Situation with Coronavirus/Covid-19 Because of the evolving situation with covid-19 and the difficulties of running a physical in-person conference, Mobile HCI will be held virtually. Revisions The editorial board members will make decisions for any submitted papers as either accepted, minor revisions, major revisions, or rejected. These notifications are sent to authors on March 19 2021. If the initial decision is "minor revisions", the authors will have a revision cycle within the current to address these changes, from March 19 until April 19, 2021. After the revised paper is submitted on April 19, the final decisions will be sent to authors on May 10. If the initial decision is "major revisions", the paper must be submitted in the following round to guarantee treatment as a revision, meaning that the same primary and secondary Board Members are assigned to continuously handle the submission. Submissions requiring "major revisions" will not submit on the revision deadline on April 19, but in the next full review cycle for the following MobileHCI 2022. This is to allow extra time in case the authors need to perform significant new work, such as conducting a new evaluation, before acceptance is possible. Paper Length and Format Important: This year, MobileHCI will be using the new ACM Master Article Templates and Publication Workflow! The complete instructions can be found here: https://www.acm.org/publications/taps/word-template-workflow. Word users can submit their initial documents in a simplified single-column format which is then converted to the final formatting only if the paper is accepted. LaTeX users should use the latest template on that same web page (please use the manuscript template [sample-manuscript.tex]). Note that we will provide instructions on word/character count in the near future. However, as a guidance, the final 2-column papers should be between 6 and 10 pages long. For checking the length of your paper you can either use an older 2-column template or have a look at the ACM website: https://www.acm.org/publications/taps/word-template-workflow. At the very bottom there is a rough estimation of word counts and estimated page count. Paper length during the submission stage will not be handled as strictly as for previous MobileHCI conferences, but if your paper gets accepted we might request that you need to shorten it. Authors are encouraged to submit a paper of length proportional to its contribution. References are not included in the paper length. Reviewers will be instructed to weigh the contribution of a submission relative to its length, so papers with a length disproportionate to their contribution will be rejected. Shorter, more focused papers (akin to Notes or Short Papers in previous years) are encouraged, and will be reviewed appropriately. Papers need to be anonymised for blind review. We use a relaxed model that does not attempt to conceal all traces of identity from the body of the paper. However, you do need to completely remove identifying information from the title/header/acknowledgements area of the paper, and also make sure that it does not appear in the document’s meta-data. Citations to your own previous work do NOT need to be anonymised, so that reviewers can ensure that all previous research has been taken into account. However, you should refer to your prior work in third person. As an ACM conference, MobileHCI papers will appear in the ACM Digital Library. Presentation at the Conference Upon acceptance, you have to present your paper at the conference. At least one author of each paper must register. The exact talk duration will be determined when the program is finalised. Paper Chairs (program2021(a)mobilehci.acm.org) Anne Roudaut, University of Bristol, UK Sebastian Boring, Aalborg University Copenhagen, Denmark Kent lyons, Toyota Research Institute, Los Altos, CA -- ******************************* Anna Spagnolli Ph.D. Associate professor Dept of General Psychology & Human Inspired Technology Research Centre Università degli Studi di Padova via Venezia 8, 35121 Padova ITALY phone: +39 049 8276644 fax: +39 049 8276600