Tuesday, May 18, All-at-Once

08:30 - 18:30

Other Activity: CHIkids and childcare

(Also available Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday)

There are two options: the traditional child care option and CHIkids. CHIkids is a place where kids, adults, and technology come together with common goals and do meaningful things.

The philosophy of the CHIkids program is built around the belief that technology is a tool to learning. CHIkids is about what can happen when technology is a catalyst. With the tools of technology, children can be conference reporters, web designers, multimedia storytellers, software testers, conference attendees, and more!

The innovative CHIkids program has been expanded for CHI 99. CHIkids combines the feeling of summer camp with the fun of technology, all as a part of the unique conference experience. This year's CHIkids program will provide kids with new extended opportunities for meaningful technology experiences.

• The traditional child care option offers children 6 months to 3 years, fun-filled, developmentally appropriate activities.
• CHIkids provides children 3 to 15 years of age with educational, purpose-driven technology experiences. Children ages 3 to 7 will use CD-ROMs, test new software, as well as be provided with a mixture of off-computer activities to complement their technology experiences. Children ages 8 to 15 will be provided with two main areas of exploration: creating multimedia stories in the Multimedia Storytelling area and being conference reporters using desktop publishing tools and the web in the CHIkids Newsroom.

All CHIkids activities will be led by a team of CHI volunteers with experience in technology, kids, and fun! Assistance will be provided by KiddieCorp, our experienced child care facilitators. Each day, children will be able to choose among various activities. The registration fee is US$75 per day, and includes lunch, snack, and CHIkids T-shirt. An optional field trip will be offered for CHIkids, 8 years or older, on Thursday, 20 May.

CHIkids REGISTRATION
For more information, please contact KiddieCorp via email or phone. Space is limited, and there will be no on-site registration. Therefore, registration will be on a first-come, first-served basis. A waiting list will be formed if all spaces are filled. Waiting list registrants will be notified if space becomes available.

For questions about the CHIkids traditional child care option:
Sue Ann Balogh, KiddieCorp
Email: chikids@kiddiecorp.com
Tel: +1 619 455 1718
Fax: + 1 619 455 5841
5665 Oberlin Drive, Suite 102
San Diego, CA 92121 USA

For questions about the CHIkids technology option:
Angela Boltman, CHIkids Co-Chair
Email: chi99-kids@acm.org
Tel: + 1 301 484 2157
Fax: + 1 301 405 6707

09:00 - 10:30

Plenary: Sci-Fi @CHI: Science-Fiction Authors Predict Future User Interfaces

Aaron Marcus, Aaron Marcus and Associates, Inc.
Elliot Soloway, University of Michigan
Bruce Sterling, Science Fiction Author
Michael Swanwick, Science Fiction Author
Vernor Vinge, Science Fiction Author, San Diego State University

What will the human-computer interface be like in the future? Who better to speculate on the distant future of HCI than the people who do it professionally... science fiction authors?

Science fiction novels have recently featured neurochemistry, DNA-engineering, micro-manufacturing, silicon-carbon merging, and virtual reality. They portray distinct visions of user interfaces for computer-based communication, e.g., the use of direct neural-system implants, controlled hallucinations, and hay-wired virtual cyber-worlds. In these scenarios, the user interface becomes a fantastical interplay of dramatic personae, real and imagined, together with signs and symbols in three-dimensional, full-media environments.

Leading science fiction authors Bruce Sterling, Michael Swanwick, and Verner Vinge bring powerful visions about the impact of these new technologies and how we should evaluate their impact. Notable CHI persona, Eliot Soloway, will praise, denounce, and debate their views. Sci-Fi@CHI 92 was one of the most memorable and popular CHI events ever held. The panelists were provocative, opinionated, and outrageous�and played to a packed audience. Expect the same mental fireworks, and more, for SciFi@CHI 99. Arrive early, get a good seat, and feel the heat!

Bruce Sterling has authored Schismatrix, Islands in the Net, Heavy Weather, and Holy Fire. His nonfiction writings have appeared in World Art, Details, and Wired, and he is a popular speaker about high technology.

Michael Swanwick, the author of In the Drift, Vacuum Flowers, Griffin's Egg, Stations of the Tide, The Iron Dragon's Daughter, and Jack Faust, has received the Nebula, Theodore Sturgeon, and World Fantasy awards.

Vernor Vinge is best known for True Names, The Peace War, and Marooned in Realtime, which were both nominated for the Hugo Award, and for A Fire Upon the Deep, which won the Hugo Award. His newest novel is A Deepness in the Sky.

Panel discussant Professor Elliot Soloway researches, publishes, and develops products that explore the future of computers and education. He teaches at the University of Michigan, College of Engineering, School of Education, and School of Information.

Panel moderator Aaron Marcus of Aaron Marcus and Associates, Inc. has worked with Apple, AT&T, DARPA, Motorola, MCC, and NCR on advanced user interface designs that are five to 15 years ahead of commercial applications.

10:30 - 11:30

Other Activity: Highlight on Exhibits

The Exhibits provide an opportunity for conference attendees to learn about a broad spectrum of HCI offerings. They feature the latest in HCI-oriented products and services from commercial vendors, institutions, and publishers.

Other Activity: Newcomers' Orientation

Never been to CHI before? We are glad that you are joining us and want to meet you at the Newcomers' Orientation immediately following the Opening Plenary.

Please join us and and find out how to maximize your experience at CHI 99!

11:30 - 13:00

• A Task-Oriented View of Information Visualization
  Stacie L. Hibino, Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies

• TimeScape: A Time Machine for the Desktop Environment
  Jun Rekimoto, Sony Computer Science Laboratories,Inc.

• Information Management Strategies Using a Spatial-Temporal Activity Structure
  Koichi Hayashi, ITDC Fuji Xerox; Eriko Tamaru, ITDC Fuji Xerox

• Exploring a Database through Interactive Visualised Similarity Scaling
  Pieter Jan Stappers, Delft University of Technology; Gert Pasman, Delft University of Technology

• Visualizing the Crowds at a Web Site
  Nelson Minar, MIT Media Lab; Judith Donath, MIT Media Lab

• Visualizing the Stock Market
  Martin Wattenberg, Dow Jones & Co.

Panel: Trust Me, I'm Accountable: Trust and Accountability Online

Batya Friedman, Colby College
Jonathan Grudin, University of California, Irvine
Clifford Nass, Stanford University
Helen Nissenbaum, Princeton University
Mark Schlager, SRI
Ben Shneiderman, University of Maryland
John C. Thomas, IBM Research

Papers: Alternatives to QWERTY

• A High-Performance Soft Keyboard for Mobile Systems
  Scott MacKenzie, Shawn Zhang: University of Guelph

• Non-Keyboard QWERTY Touch Typing: The Star-Ten-Pound Input Paradigm
  Mikael Goldstein, Robert Book, Gunilla Alsio, Silvia Tessa: Ericsson Radio Systems AB

• Implications for a Gesture Design Tool
  Allan Christian Long, Jr., James A. Landay, Lawrence A. Rowe: University of California at Berkeley

Papers: Groupware

• An Empirical Study of How People Establish Interaction: Implications for CSCW Session Management Models
  Fredrik Ljungberg, Viktoria Institute
  Steinar Kristoffersen, Norwegian Computing Center

• Chat Circles
  Fernanda B. Viegas, Judith S. Donath: MIT Media Laboratory

• Convergent Perspectives on Groupware Evaluation & Design
  Leysia Palen, University of Colorado, Boulder

Papers: Object Manipulation Studies in Virtual Environments

• Object Manipulation in Virtual Environments: Relative Size Matters
  Yanqing Wang, Christine L. MacKenzie: Simon Fraser University

• Exploring Bimanual Camera Control and Object Manipulation in 3D Graphics Interfaces
  Ravin Balakrishnan, University of Toronto
  Gordon Kurtenbach, Alias/Wavefront

• Towards Usable VR: An Empirical Study of User Interfaces for Immersive Virtual Environments
  Robert W. Lindeman, John L. Sibert, James K. Hahn: George Washington University

Special Interest Group: Making Minds Meet in your Local Chapter: The Case of SIGCHI.NL

Organizers

• Peter Boersma, General Design
• Eddy Boeve, General Design
• Boyd de Groot, MotionContainer

Special Interest Group: The GOMS SIG: Troubleshooting, Lessons Learned, Novel Applications, Teaching Techniques, & Future Research

Oragnizers

• Wayne D. Gray, George Mason University
• Deborah A. Boehm-Davis, George Mason University
• Bonnie E. John, Carnegie Mellon University
• David E. Kieras, University of Michigan

14:30 - 16:00

• Specification and Simulation of Task Models with VTMB
  Matthias Biere, Birgit Bomsdorf, Gerd Szwillus: Universit�t - GH Paderborn

• EZ Interface Techniques for Anytime Anywhere Anyone Interfaces
  Gregg C. Vanderheiden, Chris Law, David Kelso: University of Wisconsin-Madison

Interview: Web and Web Design Limits to HCI

A Conversation with Clement Mok and Jakob Nielsen

Why are most web sites so unusable? Why do so many people lack the trust necessary for making a purchase via the web? Are branding and usability incompatible goals? What disciplines play key roles in the creation of meaningful and usable web sites?

CLEMENT MOK is Chief Creative Officer of Sapient and is founder of Studio Archetype and of CMCD and Net Objects. Creating meaningful connections between people, ideas, art, and technology is the focus of Clement's many design and consultative projects. Clement is author of Designing Business: Multiple Media, Multiple Disciplines.

JAKOB NIELSEN is a principal of the Nielsen Norman Group, a user experience consultancy. Until July 1998, he was a Sun Microsystems Distinguished Engineer. Jakob writes the bi-weekly Alertbox column on web usability. Jakob's most recent book is Designing Excellent Websites: Secrets of an Information Architect.

Late-Breaking Results: Novel Collaborative Paradigms

• Agora: A Remote Collaboration System that Enables Mutual Monitoring
  Hideaki Kuzuoka, University of Tsukuba; Jun Yamashita, University of Tsukuba; Keiichi Yamazaki, Saitama University; Akiko Yamazaki, Saitama University

• The Ins and Outs of Collaborative Walls: Demonstrating the Collaborage Concept
  Thomas P. Moran, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center; Eric Saund, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center; William van Melle, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center; Robert Bryll, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center; Anuj U. Gujar, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center; Kenneth P. Fishkin, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center; Beverly L. Harrison, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center

• Real World Teleconferencing
  Mark Billinghurst, University of Washington; Hirokazu Kato, Osaka University

• A Collaborative Assistant for Email
  Dan Gruen, Lotus Development Corporation; Candy Sidner, Lotus Development Corporation; Carolyn Boettner, Lotus Development Corporation; Charles Rich, Mitsubishi Electric Research Lab

• Writing Apart and Designing Together
  Andrew L. Cohen, Lotus Development; Debra Cash, New Century; Michael J. Muller, Lotus Development; Curtis Culberson, Harvard Business School

• Own Time: A system forTimespace Management
  Roy Rodenstein, Georgia Institute ofTechnology; Gregory Abowd, Georgia Institute of Technology; Richard Catrambone, Georgia Institute of Technology

Panel: Senior CHI: How Can We Make Technology "Elder-Friendly?"

Beth Meyer, US WEST Advanced Technologies
Dominic G. Bouwhuis, IPO Center for Research on Human-System Interaction
Sara J. Czaja, Miami Center on Human Factors and Aging Research
Wendy A. Rogers, Georgia Institute of Technology School of Psychology
Matthias Schneider-Hufschmidt, Siemens AG
James L. Fozard, Morton Plant Mease Health Care

Papers: Social Foundations and Impacts of HCI

• A Sociotechnical Approach to Design: Social Proxies, Persistent Conversation, and the Design of Babble
  David N. Smith, Wendy A. Kellogg, Mark R. Laff, Thomas Erickson, John T. Richards: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
  Erin Bradner, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center and University of California, Irvine

• The Elements of Computer Credibility
  B.J. Fogg, Stanford Persuasive Technology Lab
  Hsiang Tseng, Quattro Consulting

• A Better Mythology for System Design
  Jed Harris, Austin Henderson: Pliant Research

Papers: Wearable and Tangible Audio

• Nomadic Radio: Scaleable and Contextual Notification for Wearable Audio Messaging
  Nitin Sawhney, Chris Schmandt: MIT Media Laboratory

• Tangible Progress: Less is More in Somewire Audio Spaces
  Andrew Singer, Debby Hindus, Lisa Stifelman, Sean White: Interval Research Corporation

• Whisper: A Wristwatch Style Wearable Handset
  Masaaki Fukumoto, NTT DoCoMo Multimedia Lab
  Yoshinobu Tonomura, NTT Human Interface Labs

Special Interest Group: Computer Supported Co-operative Design: Towards Effective Solutions

Organizers

• Andree Woodcock, University of Derby
• Paul Rodgers, University of Cambridge

Special Interest Group: Visual Interaction Design

Organizers

• Karen Graham, 16X16

16:30 - 18:00

• The SIT Book: Audio As Affective Imagery for Interactive Storybooks
  Maribeth Back, Xerox PARC; Rich Gold, Xerox PARC; Dana Kirsch, MIT Media Lab

• Employing the Periphery: The Window as Interface
  Roy Rodenstein, MIT Media Laboratory

• TransWorld: Paper World as Avatar of Electronic World
  Noriko Ito, NEC Corporation; Naotake Fujita, NEC Corporation; Hideo Shimazu, NEC Corporation; Noboru Nakajima, NEC Corporation; Keiji Yamada, NEC Corporation

• StuPad: Integrating Student Notes with Class Lectures
  Khai N. Truong, Gregory D. Abowd, Georgia Institute of Technology

• Notable: An Annotation System for Networked Handheld Devices
  Michelle Baldonado, Steve Cousins, Brian Lee, Xerox PARC; Andreas Paepcke, Stanford University

• Swept-Frequency, Magnetically-Coupled Resonant Tags for Realtime, Continuous, Multiparameter Control
  Joseph Paradiso, Kai-Yuh Hsiao, MIT Media Laboratory

16:30 - 18:00

• Illuminating Light: A Luminous-Tangible Workbench for Holographic-Optical Prototyping
  John Underkoffler, Hiroshi Ishii: MIT Media Laboratory

• Fluid Links for Informed and Incremental Hypertext Browsing
  Polle T. Zellweger, Bay-Wei Chang, Jock D. Mackinlay: Xerox PARC

• Interacting with the Ceiling: An Interface for Bed-Ridden Manually Impaired Users
  Michael Pieper, Alfred Kobsa: German National Research Center for Information Technology

Panel: Comparative Evaluation of Usability Tests

Klaus Kaasgaard, Kommunedata (Denmark)
Barbara Karyukina, SGI (USA)
Wilma van Oel, P5 (The Netherlands)
Lars Schmidt, Networkers (Denmark)
Meghan Ede, Sun Microsystems (USA)
Meeta Arcuri, Hotmail, Microsoft (USA)
Moderator: Rolf Molich, DialogDesign (Denmark

Papers: Characters and Agents

• SWEETPEA: Software Tools for Programmable Embodied Agents
  Michael Kaminsky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  Paul Dourish, W. Keith Edwards, Anthony LaMarca, Michael Salisbury, Ian Smith: Xerox Palo Alto Research Center

• Sympathetic Interfaces: Using a Plush Toy to Direct Synthetic Characters
  Michael Patrick Johnson, Andrew Wilson, Christopher Kline, Bruce Blumberg, Aaron Bobick: MIT Media Laboratory

• Toward Mixed-Initiative User Interfaces
  Eric Horvitz, Microsoft Research

Papers: Collaborative and Multimedia Systems

• i-Land: An Interactive Landscape for Creativity and Innovation
  Norbert A. Streitz, J�rg Gei�ler, Torsten Holmer, Shin'ichi Konomi, Christian M�ller-Tomfelde, Petra Rexroth, Peter Seitz: German National Research Center for Information Technology
  Wolfgang Reischl, Ralf Steinmetz: German National Research Center for Information Technology and Darmstadt School of Design

• Logjam: A Tangible Multi-Person Interface for Video Logging
  Jonathan Cohen, Meg Withgott, Philippe Piernot: Interval Research Corporation

• Time-Compression: Systems Concerns, Usage, and Benefits
  Nosa Omoigui, Liwei He, Anoop Gupta, Jonathan Grudin, Elizabeth Sanocki: Microsoft Research

Papers: Progress in Drawing and CAD

• An Exploration into Supporting Artwork Orientation in the User Interface
  George W. Fitzmaurice, Ravin Balakrishnan, Gordon Kurtenbach, Bill Buxton: Alias/Wavefront

• An Alternative Way of Drawing
  Roope Raisamo, University of Tampere

• The Strategic Use of CAD: An Empirically Inspired, Theory-Based Course
  Suresh K. Bhavnani, Bonnie E. John, Ulrich Flemming: Carnegie Mellon University

Special Interest Group: Examining Computer-Mediated Interactions: Tasks, Measures and Featured Information

Organizers

• Simon Bee, BT Laboratories
• Caroline Gale, BT Laboratories

Special Interest Group: The Impact of Unified Messaging on the User

Organizers

• Hans de Graaff, KPN Research
• Angelien Sanderman, KPN Research

19:30 - 22:30

Other Activity: Reception

Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh

CHI 99 is hosting the Conference Reception at the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh. Come enjoy the Museum's Hall of Architecture featuring America's largest collection of plaster casts... the marbled and gilded Music Hall Foyer_the Dinosaur Hall...and the Sculpture Court, the perfect place to enjoy a spring evening.

The Museums are located in the Oakland section, just outside of downtown Pittsburgh. They are not within walking distance. Shuttle buses from each of the conference hotels will run from 7:00 pm until 11:00 pm.

We invite you to join your colleagues for an exciting evening of entertainment, music, and fine food. The Conference Reception is included with conference registration and Accompanying Persons registration. Additional tickets may be purchased for US$55 with your advance registration or on site at the CHI Store.

Attendees are welcome to bring their children to the reception. Please see the registration form for the prices of children's tickets. Also, child care will be available at the Doubletree Hotel during the reception at parents' expense.