UbiComp2008 Town Hall

UbiComp 2008 Town Hall Joe McCarthy Strands Labs Seattle Chair, UbiComp Steering Committee

Topics not to Discuss (here)
What is the scope of ubicomp?
Which UbiComp had the coolest logo / shirts?
Who was that Wark Meiser guy, anyway?
What time is dinner?

Topics to Discuss
UbiComp 2008 Closing Panel
UbiComp Steering Committee
UbiComp 2009, 2010, …
ACM Sponsorship (2009+)
Reintroduction of Notes
Digital vs. Print proceedings
Dates, times, tracks
Other … (“start / stop / continue”)
Hard stop @ 18:30 (30 min. before reception)

Off to a slow start…

Slides worth N*1000 words?

SlideShare.net “ YouTube for Powerpoint” An example: Jakob Bardram’s “Art of Doing a Ph.D.” (from last year’s Doctoral Colloquium)

Posterity: Presentations & Photos Last year’s tag: ubicomp2007 This year’s tag: ubicomp2008 www.slideshare.net www.flickr.com

UbiComp 2008 Closing Panel
The Past, Present and Future of UbiComp
Wednesday, 16:15-17:45
Moderator: Dongman Lee (ICU)
Panelists:
Gregory Abowd (Georgia Tech)
General Chair 2001, Prog. Co-Chair 2007
Lars Erik Holmquist (Mobile Life Center)
General Chair 2002
Eric Paulos (Carnegie Mellon Univ.)
Demonstrations Co-Chair 2003
Albrecht Schmidt (Univ. of Duisburg-Essen)
Program Co-Chair 2003
Hide Tokuda (Keio Univ)
General Chair 2005

UbiComp Steering Committee
“ Who died and left you in charge?”
Town Hall 2007
Currently:
General & Program Chairs from past 5 years
19 members (at most 10 “active”)
Unofficial chair (of unofficial committee)
Proposed:
smaller, more formalized (nomination, voting)
Pervasive Steering Committee model (7 members)
At least one member on both Pervasive & UbiComp SCs
6

Future UbiComp conferences
UbiComp 2009:
Orlando, October
General Chair: Sumi Helal, Univ. Florida
Preview @ Closing Remarks (17:45 Wed.)
UbiComp 2010: two interested parties
“ Tradition”: International cycle
2009: North America; 2010: Europe; 2011: Asia
Conference Committee positions available…

ACM Sponsorship
UbiComp has been independent, but “in cooperation with” ACM
Financial burden on General Chairs
Will be “sponsored by” ACM starting in 2009
Co-sponsored by SIGCHI and SIGMOBILE

Reintroduction of Notes
Offered by other conferences
CHI, CSCW, UIST, …
Last offered at UbiComp in 2003
Changes:
4 pages vs. 10 pages (Full Papers) … vs. 10 / 16 pp (LNCS)
Full Papers & Notes reviewed by same committee
No Full Papers conditionally accepted as Notes
Challenges:
Differentiating Full Papers from Notes in CfP
Relatively low acceptance rate this year

Digital vs. Printed Proceedings
Printed proceedings
Advantages: tangibility, ability to leaf through papers, …
Disadvantages: costs (financial + environmental), extra lead time, getting them home (luggage restrictions)
Proposal: Digital UbiComp 2009 Proceedings
DVD or USB drive
Can order printed proceedings to be shipped after the conference
Precedents:
CHI 2008, …

Dates & Times
Dates: Sunday – Wednesday in the fall
Workshops & Doctoral Colloquium: Sunday
Technical Program: Monday – Wednesday
Times:
Paper / Notes slots: (22 & 11 minutes)

Tracks & Categories
Single vs. multiple track conference
Participation categories
Paper, Notes
Demos, Posters, Videos,
Panels, Keynotes
Workshops, Doctoral Colloquium
Other?

Other topics?
Stop : what didn’t you like at UbiComp 2008?
Start : what would you like to add in 2009?
Continue : what did you like this year?
Also: general or specific questions, comments, suggestions
But: please be brief!
Or talk to me, other SC members afterward

Thanks!
UbiComp 2008 Conference Dinner @ 19:00
Jangbogo Hall
Additional questions, comments, suggestions:
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UbiComp2008 Town Hall

by Joe McCarthy on Sep 19, 2008

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