Paper and technote
submissions are anonymous!
All deadlines
are 5pm PDT (Pacific Time) unless specified
otherwise!
UIST (ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology)
is the premier forum for innovations in the software and technology of
human-computer interfaces. Sponsored by ACM's special interest groups
on computer-human interaction (SIGCHI) and computer graphics
(SIGGRAPH), UIST brings together researchers and practitioners from
diverse areas that include traditional graphical & web user
interfaces, tangible & ubiquitous computing, virtual &
augmented reality, multimedia, new input & output devices, and
CSCW. The intimate size, the single track, and comfortable surroundings
make this symposium an ideal opportunity to exchange research results
and implementation experiences.
Accepted papers and tech notes will be published in the UIST
2009 Conference Proceedings and the UIST 2009 DVD Proceedings, and will
be included in the ACM Digital Library.
The primary author of each accepted paper or technote will receive an
Author Kit with detailed instructions on how to submit a final,
publication-ready version of the paper or tech note. Accepted demos and
posters will be published in a separate booklet that will be made
available to the conference attendees and in the DVD proceedings.
We recommend that prospective authors consult the UIST 2009 Author's Guide.
This document contains information on the
reviewing process and a description of what constitutes an excellent
UIST contribution, including the page format for all submissions.
Note
that submissions are anonymous!
We only accept electronic submissions. To submit, see the UIST Electronic Submission site
(http://www.precisionconference.com/~sigchi).
Videos accompanying submissions should be submitted through the UIST
Electronic Submission Site. Although papers tech notes must stand on
their own, submitted videos will be sent to reviewers as supporting
material. We refer authors preparing a video for UIST to the
Video Guide.
Please do not be intimidated by the guide. Videos are viewed only as
supporting material, and authors of accepted papers and tech notes will
have the opportunity to prepare a more polished final video
presentation for inclusion in the DVD proceedings and as supplemental
material in the ACM Digital Library.
When submitting your video for review, please encode your video in a format
that works across as many platforms as possible without the installation of
additional codecs (i.e., it is best if your video will play on vanilla
versions of Windows Media Player and/or Quicktime player). Please note that
the total aggregate size for a submission cannot exceed 50 MBytes (including
all documents and additional material).
Full-length papers (up to 10 pages) are the main medium for conveying
new research results at UIST. Submissions are sought that describe
original, unpublished work on user interface devices, techniques, applications, or metaphors.
For the first time, UIST'09 will adopt an anonymous submission process (similar to CHI) for paper submissions. Please consult the UIST 2009 Author's Guide for information on
paper format and UIST's policies on previous and simultaneous publications.
Appropriate topics include but are not limited to:
- Novel
enabling technologies such as innovative input devices, displays, new
interaction techniques, or new media that extend the boundaries of
traditional interaction, such as perceptual user interfaces, augmented
reality, ubiquitous computing, and computer-supported collaborative
work;
- Innovative user interfaces for difficult
interaction contexts or challenging applications, such as the
management of large, complex information sets, multi-user interaction,
or techniques that span devices distributed in time and space;
- Novel application of techniques from
disciplines such as machine learning, computer vision, computer
graphics, speech processing, networking, or human perception and
cognition, that contribute to user interaction techniques;
- Innovative
software architectures, toolkits, and development environments that
support the development and use of the above technologies in user
interfaces.
The submission of supplementary videos is encouraged.
However, videos should be no more than five minutes in length
and 50MB in size.
See the video guide and the
general information
above for details. Rigorous reviewing is a UIST hallmark: each paper
will be reviewed by at least two members of the program committee and
three external reviewers. Authors of accepted papers will also be
invited to participate in the demo session.
All papers should be submitted electronically to
http://www.precisionconference.com/~sigchi.
Relevant dates:
May 18 - 21, 2009: Authors will have the opportunity to provide a rebuttal to reviewer comments
June
09, 2009: Authors will be notified of the committee's decision. All
acceptances will be conditional pending changes that the papers
committee may suggest or require for the final camera-ready draft of
the paper. This means that your paper will not be formally accepted to
UIST until you revise it and submit a final draft for approval by the
program committee.
June 26, 2009: Authors submit revised conditionally accepted papers to committee for final review.
July 10, 2009: Final camera ready papers due.
Program Chair:
François Guimbretière (papers[at]uist.org), Cornell
University
Tech
notes provide a forum for disseminating new interaction techniques.
UIST tech notes are rigorously peer-reviewed, shorter, and more focused
submissions that bring new techniques to the research and practice
community. The combination of text, pictures, videos, and live
presentation help these techniques get rapid feedback and early
adoption.
For the first time, UIST'09 will adopt an Anonymous submission process (similar to CHI) for tech notes submissions. Please consult the UIST 2009 Author's Guide for information on
paper format and UIST's policies on previous and simultaneous publications.
Typically,
a tech note is a succinct description, possibly including screen dumps
and accompanying video, of a novel user interface technique with
sufficient detail to assist an expert reader in replicating the
technique. Tech notes generally should not include exhaustive
implementation details or user studies. A tech note submission should be no more than four ACM
conference pages in length, and any accompanying digital video file
should be at most 50MB in size. See the video guide and the
general information above for details. Tech notes undergo the
same rigorous review process as regular papers.
All tech notes should be submitted electronically to
http://www.precisionconference.com/~sigchi.
Relevant dates:
May 18 - 21, 2009: Authors will have the opportunity to provide a rebuttal to reviewer comments
June
09, 2009: Authors will be notified of the committee's decision. All
acceptances will be conditional pending changes that the papers
committee may suggest or require for the final camera-ready draft of
the paper. This means that your paper will not be formally accepted to
UIST until you revise it and submit a final draft for approval by the
program committee.
June 26, 2009: Authors submit revised conditionally accepted papers to committee for final review.
July 10, 2009: Final camera ready papers due.
Program Chair:
François Guimbretière (papers[at]uist.org), Cornell
University
Tuesday, June 30th (11:59PM PDT) Posters
provide an interactive forum in which authors can present work to
conference attendees during special poster sessions. Posters provide an
opportunity to describe new work or work that is still in progress, and
will be more lightly reviewed than papers or tech notes.
A
poster submission should be in the form of a two-page paper in UIST
abstract format (doc, pdf), describing the research problem, contribution, and value to
UIST attendees. Note that poster submission, unlike paper and tech note submission,
is not anonymous. In addition to the two-page paper, poster submissions
require submitting a sketch of the poster itself. Both the paper and
poster should be submitted as PDF files. Authors may also include a
video (optional). Video files should be at most three minutes long and
50MB in size.
See the video guide and the general submission information for more details about preparing your submission.
Before designing your poster, we also recommend checking out the UIST 2005 Poster Example Gallery.
Accepted
poster abstracts will be published together with demonstration and doctoral symposium abstracts in both a
booklet and a DVD distributed to conference attendees. Posters and
videos may also be published on the DVD, at the authors' discretion.
Poster abstracts and previews should be submitted electronically to Precision Conference.
Posters
will be displayed during conference break periods and during an evening posters-and-demos reception on [TBD]. We
expect to be able to accommodate posters of up to 3 feet by 4 feet
(either vertical or horizontal), so we suggest using that size or
smaller for your prototype. In addition, poster authors are expected to
give a 40-second presentation of their work at the conference as part
of the “UIST madness” session.
Authors will be
notified of poster results on or before Friday, July 24th, 2009. Final
versions will be due Monday, August 10th, 2009.
Posters chairs:
Dan Morris (dan[at]microsoft.com), Microsoft Research, USA
Stephen Voida (svoida[at]ucalgary.ca), University of Calgary, Canada
Tuesday, June 30th (11:59PM PDT) Peer-reviewed
demonstrations show early implementations of novel, interesting, and
important interaction concepts or user interface systems. They can also
serve to showcase commercial products not previously described in the
research literature. Demonstrations should be brief, so that they can
be shown repeatedly. We particularly encourage demos with which
attendees can interact.
Accepted demonstration abstract will be
published together with posters and doctoral symposium abstracts in both a booklet and a DVD distributed to conference attendees. UIST will showcase accepted demos at an evening demo reception on
[TBD]. In addition, demo presenters are expected
to give a 40-second summary of their work at the conference as part of
the “UIST madness” session. We will also invite authors of accepted
papers and tech notes to present their work at the demo reception.
A
demo submission consists of an extended abstract in UIST abstract format (doc, pdf) that
should be no more than two pages in length. Note that demo submission, unlike paper and tech note submission, is not anonymous. Submitting
an accompanying video is optional, but highly encouraged. Any submitted
video should be at most three minutes long and 50MB in size. See the video guide and the general submission information for more details about preparing your submission.
Both the demo abstract and the optional digital video should be submitted electronically to Precision Conference.
Authors
who need to submit a physical videotape should contact the Demos chairs
directly. Authors will be notified of demo results on or before Friday, July 24th, 2009. Final versions will be due Monday, August 10th, 2009.
Demos chairs:
Xiang Cao (xiangc[at]microsoft.com), Microsoft Research
Cambridge, UK
Pierre Dragicevic (dragice[at]lri.fr), INRIA, France
The
UIST Doctoral Symposium is a forum in which Ph.D. students can meet and
discuss their work with each other and a panel of experienced UIST
researchers in an informal and interactive setting. We welcome
applications from current Ph.D. students studying within the full range
of disciplines and approaches that contribute to the UIST community. We
will give preference to applicants beyond the proposal stage and well
into their dissertation research. Each applicant should provide a short
written paper (no more than four pages in UIST abstract format (doc, pdf), as
described in the authors' guide). Note that doctoral symposium submission, unlike paper and tech note submission, is not anonymous.
This
paper should describe ongoing work and might summarize the student's
full dissertation work, or highlight a particular part in depth.
The
Doctoral Symposium committee will select approximately eight
stduents to participats. Each student will be expected to give a short presentation of their
work, which will be followed by extensive discussion with the panel and the other student participants. In addition,
each student is encouraged to present a poster describing his or her
work to the full conference; posters will be on display during conference breaks
and at an evening reception on [TBD]. Doctoral symposium participants are also invited
to provide a 40-second overview of their work to all UIST attendees a part of the “UIST madness”
session.
Participants will be selected based on their anticipated contributions to the breadth and depth of the
intellectual discussions of the symposium.
The
symposium will start with an informal dinner Saturday evening, October
3rd, continue all day Sunday, October 4th, and conclude with poster
presentations at the UIST demo/poster reception. Doctoral Symposium abstracts
will be published together with poster and demonstration abstracts in both a booklet and a DVD distributed to conference attendees. Posters may also be published on the DVD, at the participant's discretion. We anticipate that a travel stipend and free registration
to the UIST conference will be provided to each participant.
Doctoral Symposium papers and poster sketches should be submitted electronically to Precision Conference.
Authors will be notified of doctoral symposium results on or before Friday, July 24th.
Doctoral Symposium Chair:
Steven Feiner (feiner[at]cs.columbia.edu), Columbia
University, USA
The UIST 2009 Student Volunteer chairs are
Saleema Amershi (samershi[at]cs.washington.edu),
University of Washington, USA
Kevin Li (k2li[at]cs.ucsd.edu), University of
California San Diego, USA
Timetable
- Application deadline: July 1, 2009
- Results
notification: July 15, 2009
Application Instructions
To apply to be a student volunteer, please email the
information below (with subject "UIST SV") to
Saleema Amershi (samershi[at]cs.washington.edu).
Name:
Email:
City, Country:
University:
Degree Program:
Year in program:
Advisor:
Number of previous UISTs attended:
Have you been a UIST student volunteer before (when):
Have you been a student volunteer for other conferences which ones):
Language(s) spoken:
If you have any questions/problems, please send email to the Student Volunteer chairs.
Benefits and Duties
If you are a UIST Student Volunteer, you get...
Free conference registration
Free T-shirt
A chance to attend the premier forum for innovations in
developing human-computer interfaces
In the past, volunteers have also been given up to three
nights of free housing. As soon as this year's housing
benefit is confirmed, we will post information about it.
Student
volunteers will be required to help set up and perform needed work
during the conference. Duties include: bag stuffing, registration desk,
AV assistance, poster and demo setup, badge checking, break monitoring,
etc. Volunteers will also need to be available during the conference if
tasks come up. Because UIST is single track, SVs usually get to attend
most of the sessions, even when working. There will be approximately 15
scheduled hours per SV.
Arriving and Leaving
SVs
need to be available to help throughout the conference. You should try
to arrive at least a couple hours before the start of the conference on
Sunday and should not leave the hotel until sessions end on Wednesday.
Also, we strongly encourage you to put off leaving until as late as you
possibly can, because it's traditional to have a small party for
student volunteers after UIST (or occasionally during UIST). The time
and place for this party will be announced when we know all the student
volunteers' travel plans.
Work Schedules
To give you an idea of what to expect, you can see the
UIST
2006 Student Volunteer Schedule.
If you have any questions/problems, please send email to the Student Volunteer chairs.
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