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n SUNDAY | PRECONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
W20 | Theories behind UX Research and How They Are
Used in Practice (Rm 18A)
Marianna Obrist, Newcastle University, UK
Virpi Roto, Aalto University, Finland
Effie Lai-Chong Law, University of Leicester, UK
Kaisa Väänänen-Vainio-Mattila, Tampere University of
Technology, Finland
Arnold Vermeeren, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Elizabeth Buie, Luminanze Consulting, LLC, USA
A major contribution of the workshop will be to clarify the applicability
and transferability of different theories, theoretical concepts in
informing UX design and evaluation in both research and practice.
W21 | End-user interactions with intelligent and
autonomous systems (Rm 16B)
Simone Stumpf, City University London, UK
Margaret Burnett, Oregon State University, USA
Volkmar Pipek, University of Siegen, Germany
Weng-Keen Wong, Oregon State University, USA
Facilitate the exchange of approaches, solutions, and ideas about
how to better support end users’ interactions with intelligent and
autonomous systems between academic and industrial researchers.
W22 | Memento Mori: Technology Design for the End
of Life (Rm 17A)
Michael Massimi, University of Toronto, Canada
Wendy Moncur, University of Dundee, UK
William Odom, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Richard Banks, Microsoft Research, UK
David Kirk, Newcastle University, UK
Addresses end of life issues and technology use, with a focus on
the design and development of systems that engage with death,
dying, mortality, and bereavement.
W23 | Identity, Performativity, and HCI (Rm 15)
Gopinaath Kannabiran, Indiana University, USA
Ann Light, Northumbria University, UK
Tuck Leong, Newcastle University, UK
This workshop is aimed to provide a platform to explore and
engage with issues of identity within the realm of experience
design in HCI through the lens of performativity.
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W24 | Food and Interaction Design: Designing for Food
in Everyday Life (Rm 18B)
Rob Comber, Newcastle University, UK
Eva Ganglbauer, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Jaz Hee-jeong Choi, Queensland University of Technology,
Australia
Jettie Hoonhout, Philips Research, Netherlands
Yvonne Rogers, University College London, UK
Kenton O’Hara, Microsoft Research, UK
Julie Maitland, National Research Council Canada, Canada
Brings together researchers and practitioners in the emerging field of
human-food-interaction. Develops a design space at the interstices of
food, health, sustainability and alternative food cultures.
W25 | Exploring HCI’s Relationship with Liveness
(Rm 16A)
Jonathan Hook, Guy Schofield, Newcastle University, UK
Robyn Taylor, University of Alberta, Canada
Tom Bartindale, Newcastle University, UK
John McCarthy, University College Cork, Ireland, Ireland
Peter Wright, Newcastle University, UK
This workshop aims to explore how HCI might contribute to the
understanding of, and design response to, shifting values of
liveness brought about by advances in digitally mediated
performance.
W26 | Interaction Design and Emotional Wellbeing
(Rm 19B)
David Coyle, University of Bristol, UK
Conor Linehan, University of Lincoln, UK
Karen Tang, University of California, Irvine, USA
Siân Lindley, Microsoft Research Cambridge, UK
The workshop will consider the design of technology to support
emotional wellbeing. It will provide a forum for discussion and set
an agenda for future research in this area.
W27 | NUIs for New Worlds: New Interaction Forms
and Interfaces for Mobile Applications in Developing
Countries (Rm 13B)
Kasper Jensen, Polytechnic of Namibia, Namibia
Gary Marsden, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Edward Cutrell, Microsoft Research India, India
Matt Jones, Swansea University, UK
Ann Morrison, Aalborg University, Denmark
The aim of this workshop is to discuss the current (and near-future)
technologies and create a research agenda for how we can
design, implement and evaluate new and more natural interaction
forms and interfaces for mobile devices. The ultimate goal is to
lower the technical and literacy barriers and get relevant
information, applications and services out to the next billion users.
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