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The ISWC'99 program committee decided to move the submission deadline to June 7 due to requests for the deadline to fall after the academic semester. The co-located AR workshop (http://hci.rsc.rockwell.com/iwar/99/) has moved their submission deadline to the same date as well. CALL FOR PARTICIPATION International Symposium on Wearable Computers http://iswc.gatech.edu/ October 18-19, 1999 Cathedral Hill Hotel San Francisco, CA, USA Initial Submissions Due by June 7, 1999 INVITATION The International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC) is sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society. The purpose of ISWC is to bring together researchers, product vendors, research sponsors, and others to share information and advances in wearable computing. The conference will include presentations, exhibitions, demos, and poster sessions. We invite you to attend ISWC and submit proposals for paper presentations, posters, exhibitions, and demonstrations. IEEE Computer Society Press will publish the papers. Papers will also be made available on the World Wide Web. LOCATION The conference will be held in San Francisco, California, USA, at the Cathedral Hill Hotel. CONFERENCE TOPICS The topics for ISWC may include: * Applications, including augmented reality, computer-supported collaborative work, computer-supported cooperative living, ubiquitous computing, personal imaging, consumer applications, industrial applications, medical applications, military applications, and software agents. * Hardware, including head-mounted display technologies, batteries, power management, heat dissipation techniques, industrial design techniques, and manufacturing & packaging issues. * Human Interface, including hands-free user speech recognition, mobility-challenged users, user modeling, user evaluations, and health issues. * Networks, including wireless networks, on-body networks, the World Wide Web, and networked vs. standalone computers. * Operating Systems * Social implications * Privacy Issues * Software Architectures * Ergonomics * Training * Future of Wearable Computing PAPERS We invite researchers to submit papers on the topics listed above or other topics related to wearable computing. The authors of papers that are selected for the conference will provide presentations during the conference. To submit a paper, please do the following: Write a paper that discusses the research, innovation, or advance made by the author. * Emphasize the unique contribution of the work and how it will benefit others. The paper should not exceed 4,000 words (eight pages) in length. Include the author names, affiliations, addresses, telephone numbers, and electronic mail addresses. Also, identify the contact person for the paper. When you write your paper use the IEEE format that is described at http://www.computer.org/cspress/instruct.htm * By June 7, 1999, send six copies of the paper to Chris Esposito at the address below. If you wish to send VHS videotape to help the reviewers, include 6 copies of a brief (maximum five minutes) VHS videotape with your submission. POSTERS We invite researchers, especially students, to submit summaries for posters that describe current work related to wearable computing. The number of posters that are accepted for the conference will be limited by available space. To apply to present a poster, please do the following: * Write a summary of the research project that you plan to describe in your poster. Please describe the problem, your approach, and the significance of your results. The summary should not exceed 1,000 words (two pages) in length. Be sure to include the poster author names, affiliations, addresses, telephone numbers, and electronic mail addresses. Also, identify the contact person for the poster. * By June 7, 1999, send six paper copies of the poster summary to Chris Esposito at the address below. EXHIBITIONS We invite you to exhibit your products, services, or research projects during the conference. Exhibitions will be available continuously in a room (or rooms) near the meeting room. Exhibitors will show their products and distribute promotional literature to interested conference attendees. Exhibitors must register for the conference and may be required pay a fee for their booths (To be determined). The number of exhibitors that are accepted for the conference will be limited by available space. To apply to be an exhibitor, please do the following: * Write a summary of the product, service, or research project that you hope to exhibit. Describe why it will interest the conference attendees. The summary should not exceed 500 words (one page) in length. Be sure to include in the summary the exhibitor names, affiliations, addresses, telephone numbers, electronic mail addresses, and World Wide Web page location. Also, identify the contact person for the exhibition. * By June 7, 1999, email the exhibition summary to Zary Segall at the address below. DEMONSTRATIONS Unlike the more formal exhibitions, demonstrations will be on a space- and time-available basis at the symposium. This is an opportunity to show prototype hardware and works in progress to colleagues for comment in a relaxed atmosphere. Paper presenters are highly encouraged to demonstrate their work after their respective sessions. Accommodations (power, space, etc.) will be limited, so participants should plan to be mobile and self-supported. To apply to perform an informal demonstration, please do the following: * Write a one-paragraph-long summary that describes what you plan to demonstrate. Be sure to include the demonstration contact names, affiliations, addresses, telephone numbers, electronic mail addresses, and World Wide Web page location for the demonstration (if any). * By date to be determined (but probably several weeks before the symposium), visit the conference WWW page for details on demonstrations at the conference. GADGET SHOW Last years Gadget Show was quite popular and such a good idea we are going to do it again. Come to the conference with your best toys for an informal show-and-tell. The exact date and time for this event will be announced later. IMPORTANT DATES Submissions due: June 7, 1999 ISWC COMMITTEE CHAIRS General chair: David Mizell (Boeing) Program co-chairs: Jane Siegel (Carnegie-Mellon University) and Chris Esposito (Boeing) Publicity co-chairs: Chris Thompson and Thad Starner (Georgia Institute of Technology) Exhibits: Zary Segall (U. Of Oregon) Finance Chair: Paul Jackson (Boeing) Local Arrangements: Vaughn Pratt (Stanford) For additional information, please contact: David Mizell david.mizell@boeing.com 425-865-2705 (voice) 425-865-2965 (fax) Chris Esposito christopher.esposito@boeing.com 425-957-5797 (voice) 425-865-2965 (fax) SEND PAPER & POSTER SUBMISSIONS TO: Chris Esposito Express Mail: Boeing 2760 Ave. S.E. Bellevue, WA 98008 US Postal Service: Boeing P.O. Box 3707, Mail Code 7L-48 Seattle, WA 98124 email: christopher.esposito@boeing.com SEND DEMONSTRATIONS & EXHIBITS SUBMISSIONS TO: Zary Segall University of Oregon Computer Science Dept. Eugene, Oregon 97403-1202 email: Zs@cs.uoregon.edu (541) 346-0488 For more info: http://iswc.gatech.edu