From usenet@usenet.rpi.edu Wed Jun 21 08:07:38 1995 Return-Path: Received: from mx5.u.washington.edu by saul3.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.05/UW-NDC Revision: 2.33 ) id AA19859; Wed, 21 Jun 95 08:07:38 -0700 Received: from hitl-new.hitl.washington.edu by mx5.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW95.05/UW-NDC Revision: 2.31 ) id AA28147; Wed, 21 Jun 95 08:07:36 -0700 Received: from relay1.UU.NET (relay1.UU.NET [192.48.96.5]) by hitl.hitl.washington.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id IAA09786 for ; Wed, 21 Jun 1995 08:05:21 -0700 Received: from mail1.its.rpi.edu by relay1.UU.NET with SMTP id QQyvce06510; Wed, 21 Jun 1995 11:07:15 -0400 Received: from usenet.rpi.edu (usenet.rpi.edu [128.113.100.14]) by mail1.its.rpi.edu (8.6.9/8.6.4) with SMTP id LAA05283 for ; Wed, 21 Jun 1995 11:07:12 -0400 Received: by usenet.rpi.edu (4.1/ST26-USENET); id AA19054; Wed, 21 Jun 95 11:07:38 EDT for sci-virtual-worlds@uunet.uu.net To: sci-virtual-worlds@uunet.uu.net Path: glinert From: glinert@colossus.cs.rpi.edu (Ephraim P. Glinert) Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds Subject: Call For Participation - ASSETS'96 Date: 21 Jun 1995 15:07:36 GMT Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, USA Lines: 132 Message-Id: <3s9cjo$ijc@usenet.rpi.edu> Nntp-Posting-Host: colossus.cs.rpi.edu Status: OR Call For Participation Call For Participation =--=--=--=--=--=--=--= =--=--=--=--=--=--=--= ASSETS'96 The 2nd ACM/SIGCAPH Conference on Assistive Technologies -=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=- April 11-12, 1996 Vancouver Renaissance Hotel Vancouver, Canada Sponsored by the ACM's Special Interest Group on Computers and the Physically Handicapped, ASSETS'96 will be the second in a new series of conferences whose goal is to provide a forum where researchers and developers, from academia and industry, can meet to exchange ideas and report on new developments relating to computer-based systems to help people. The conference scope spans disabilities and special needs of all kinds, including but not limited to: sensory (hearing, vision); motor (orthopedic); cognitive (learning, speech, mental); and emotional. TECHNICAL PAPERS of the high quality expected at major ACM conferences should be up to 8 pages in length and may be of various kinds: (a) Presentation of original and significant research. (b) Results of relevant and rigorous empirical studies. (c) Description of the ``look and feel'' and discussion of the internal workings of an implemented system. Authors are encouraged to send a short VIDEOTAPE with their paper, if possible, to clarify and reinforce the concepts discussed. Papers must be set in 11 point type and formatted in two-column conference style. PANEL PROPOSALS up to 3 pages in length on timely and controversial topics are also welcome. These submissions should be formatted like a technical paper, and will if accepted be included in the conference proceedings. They should include: (a) An introduction by the organizer/moderator. (b) Position statements from each panelist. (c) Brief biographical sketches of all participants. ALL SUBMISSIONS WILL BE REFEREED, and no more will be accepted than can be comfortably presented in a single track (no parallel sessions). Authors of accepted papers will be required to prepare an electronic version for the on-line conference proceedings which will supplement the traditional printed volume. Some authors will also be asked to submit an electronic version of their paper for review purposes prior to acceptance, in ASCII or other human-readable format. Send 7 copies of full papers along with 2 copies of any accompanying videos, and 4 copies of panel proposals, to the Program Chair: David L. Jaffe Dept. of Veteran Affairs Medical Center 3801 Miranda Avenue - Mail Stop 153 Palo Alto CA 94304 ======================================================================== All submissions must be received no later than Tuesday, OCTOBER 17, 1995 ======================================================================== QUESTIONS regarding submissions should be directed to the Program Chair; for information regarding registration or other matters, please contact the General Chair. Here's how to reach these people: Program Chair: David L. Jaffe via phone: (415) 493 5000, ext 4480 via fax: (415) 493 4919 via Email: jaffe@roses.stanford.edu General Chair: Ephraim P. Glinert via phone: (518) 276 2657 via fax: (518) 276 4033 via Email: glinert@cs.rpi.edu BONUS: Plan now to attend two key conferences for the price of a single air ticket! ASSETS'96 will immediately precede CHI'96, which will take place in Vancouver on April 13-18, 1996. See you in Vancouver, Canada's jewel of the northwest! =--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--= General Chair: =--=--=--=--=--= Ephraim P. Glinert, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Program Committee: =--=--=--=--=--=--= David L. Jaffe (Chair), VA Medical Center, Palo Alto Meera M. Blattner, LLNL and University of California at Davis Julie Baca, Waterways Experiment Station James L. Caldwell, IBM Alireza Darvishi, University of Zurich (Switzerland) Patrick Demasco, University of Delaware Alistair D.N. Edwards, University of York (UK) Gerald L. Engel, NSF Harriet J. Fell, Northeastern University Carl Friedlander, ISX Corp. Ralph Guertin, MITRE Corp. Robert J.K. Jacob, Tufts University Earl Johnson, Sun Microsystems Laboratories Arthur I. Karshmer, New Mexico State University R. Benjamin Knapp, Stanford University Richard E. Ladner, University of Washington Clayton Lewis, University of Colorado at Boulder Elizabeth D. Mynatt, Georgia Institute of Technology David W. Patmore, University of California at Santa Cruz Helen Petrie, University of Hertfordshire (UK) T.V. Raman, DEC Cambridge Research Center Richard D. Steele, Tolfa Corp. Jim Thatcher, IBM Research A. Rudy Vener, AT&T Bell Labs Nicole Yankelovich, Sun Microsystems Treasurer: =--=--=--= David H. Leserman, NOAA