LINGUIST List 6.920

Mon Jul 3 1995

Confs: Computers and humanities, Human-computer interaction

Editor for this issue: Ann Dizdar <dizdartam2000.tamu.edu>

Directory

1. Eric Dahlin, ACH/ALLC '95
2. Patricia ONeill-Brown, HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION TECHNOLOGIES

ACH/ALLC '95
July 11-15, 1995
Association for Computers and the Humanities
Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing
University of California, Santa Barbara
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If you've sent in your registration for this year's
conference but haven't yet received a confirmation,
please call or send a note to:

Sally Vito
Campus Conference Services
University of California
Santa Barbara, California 93106-6120
Phone: (805) 893-3072
Fax: (805) 893-7287
E-mail: hr03vitoucsbvm.ucsb.edu

She'll be able to make sure that your registration
has been received and that everything is in order.


Eric Dahlin
Local Organizer
ACH/ALLC '95
HCF1DAHLucsbuxa.ucsb.edu

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JTEC WORKSHOP ON HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION TECHNOLOGIES
July 7, 1995
Washington, DC

Sponsored by: the National Science Foundation, the Advanced
Research Projects Agency, the Department of Commerce, and the
Office of Naval Research of the United States Government.

Conducted under a Cooperative Agreement between the National
Science Foundation and Loyola College in Maryland

NOTE: PLEASE FORWARD THIS ANNOUNCEMENT TO ANY OTHERS
YOU THINK MAY BE INTERESTED.

 Japanese Technology Evaluation Center

Dear Colleague:

You are invited to the Japanese Technology Evaluation Center
(JTEC) Workshop on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Technology in
Japan, to be held July 7, 1995 at the Dupont Plaza Hotel, 1500
New Hampshire Ave., N.W., Washington, DC (Dupont Circle Metro),
beginning at 9:00 AM (coffee and pastries at 8:30).

The study's sponsors at the National Science Foundation, the
Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Department of Commerce,
and the Office of Naval Research asked JTEC's panel of experts to
assess the status of human-computer interaction technologies in
Japan in comparison to that in the United States. The panel has
recently completed site visits in Japan. The panel found that
Japan is targeting multi-media computer applications markets and
teleconferencing technologies. A very large number of Japanese
researchers are working on speech recognition and synthesis,
natural language processing, and machine translation. The panel
saw very good work being done at several Japanese government-
supported consortia (e.g., ATR International, Graphics
Communications Labs, Digital Vision Lab). The panel observed a
strong industrial research infrastructure, with an emphasis on
product-related research. HCI research at Japanese universities
lags that in the U.S., as is the case with the development of
Japan's "information superhighway" infrastructure (e.g., cable
connections, use of PCs, etc.).

Topics to be covered at the July 7 workshop include

o access to computers for people with disabilities
o fundamental HCI research
o telecommunications and networking
o manufacturing, process control, telerobotics,
 and transportation applications
o consumer devices, games, and entertainment

A draft agenda for the workshop is included below, along with a
list of panelists and the sites they visited in Japan. To
reserve a seat, please via FAX (410-617-5123) or email
(cmfloyola.edu on Internet), including your full name, address,
and phone number. You may also register electronically over the
Word Wide Web:

http://itri.loyola.edu/Workshops/HCIWS.htl

A $25 registration fee will cover lunch, presentation materials,
and a copy of the final report. See below* for information on
receiving workshop viewgraphs and the final report if you cannot
attend the workshop. If you need a hotel booking for July 6,
call the Dupont Plaza Hotel at 800-841-0003 (or 202-483-6000) and
mention JTEC. I hope to see you at the workshop.

 Sincerely,

 Michael J. DeHaemer, Ph.D.
 Principal Investigator and Director
_____________________________________________________________

JTEC WORKSHOP ON
HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION TECHNOLOGIES IN JAPAN
July 7, 1995
Dupont Plaza Hotel
1500 New Hampshire Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC
(Dupont Circle Metro)
800-841-0003

DRAFT AGENDA
____________________________________________________________
 8:30 Registration - Coffee
 9:00 Welcome (Herer, NSF)
 9:05 Introduction to JTEC (DeHaemer, JTEC)
 9:15 Overview & Executive Summary (Foley)
 9:40 Fundamental HCI Research (Hollan)
10:20 Break
10:30 HCI in Manufacturing, Process Control,
 Telerobotics, and Transportation (Sheridan)
11:15 Access for People with Disabilities (Glinert)
11:55 Questions
12:10 Lunch (provided)
 1:10 Consumer Devices, Games, and Entertainment
 (Skelly)
 1:50 Telecommunications and Networking (Kraut)
 2:30 Conclusions (Foley)
 2:45 Panel/Q & A (Committee)
 3:15 Adjournment

LIST OF PANEL MEMBERS

Dr. James Foley (Panel Chair)
Professor of Computer Science
Director of Graphics, Visualization
 & Usability Center
Georgia Institute of Technology

Dr. Ephraim Glinert
Professor of Computer Science
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Dr. James D. Hollan
Professor and Chair
Department of Computer Science
University of New Mexico

Dr. Robert Kraut
Professor of Social Psychology and
 Human Computer Interaction
Carnegie Mellon University

Dr. Tom Sheridan
Professor of Engineering and Applied Psychology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mr. Tim Skelly
Microsoft Corporation

LIST OF SITES VISITED IN JAPAN -- MAY 1995
ATR International
Canon
Central Research Institute
 of Electric Power (CRIEPI)
Digital Vision Lab
Fujitsu HCI Laboratory
Graphics Communications Laboratories
Hitachi Research Laboratory
IBM Japan Human Factors Lab
Japan Rail
LIFE
Matsushita Electric Industries Central Lab
MITI/Electro-Technical Laboratory (ETL)
Mitsubishi Electric Computer & Information
 Systems Lab
National Center for Scientific
 Information Systems (NCSIS)
NEC C&C Research Laboratories
NTT Advanced Technology Corp.
NTT Human Interface Lab
Omron Corp., Central Laboratory
Association for Promotion of New Generation
 Services (PNES)
Sony Computer Science Laboratory
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Toshiba R&D Center
Univ. of Tokyo, TRON Project

*INFORMATION ON ORDERING REPORTS
To receive a copy of the workshop viewgraph book and/or the final
report without attending the workshop, the following options are
available:
- Mail a check for $25.00 made out to Loyola College to the
 address below. If this is received prior to July 6, you
 will receive both the viewgraph book and the final report
 when it becomes available.
- If your check is received after the date of the workshop but
 prior to publication of the final report, you will receive a
 copy of the final report for $25. If you wish to receive a
 copy of the viewgraph book after the date of the workshop,
 the price will be an additional $50.
- The final report will be available for sale by ITRI after
 the date of publication for $50 as long as supplies last.
 Workshop viewgraph books will not be available after the
 publication of the final report.
- An additional $25 shipping and handling surcharge will apply
 to each title mailed to addresses outside North America.

JTEC HCI Workshop
Ocher House
Loyola College
4501 N. Charles St.
Baltimore, MD 21210
410-617-5001
cmfloyola.edu