Second Call for Papers
uxTV 2008 - First International Conference on Designing Interactive User Experiences for TV and Video
October 22-24, 2008 in the Silicon Valley (San Francisco Bay Area) California, US
Call for Papers
The uxTV 2008 conference will bring together researchers and designers of interactive user experiences for TV and Video to learn and share in an academic conference. The Silicon Valley is home to top companies in new video and television technologies. Outstanding papers, demos and invited speakers will make uxTV 2008 the premier conference for designers and researchers in this field.
Invited Speakers
Jakob Nielsen, Nielsen Norman Group, US
Elissa Lee, TiVo, US
Gunthar Hartwig, YouTube, US
Dale Herigstad, Schematic, US
Submissions
We are inviting the following types of submissions:
- Long papers: Long papers of up to 10 pages on substantial research results. Accepted papers will be published in ACM digital library.
- Short papers/posters: Short papers of up to 4 pages describing late-breaking findings, work-in-progress and burning-issues. Accepted short papers will published on the conference website and on the conference DVD. Accepted short papers must have a corresponding poster to be displayed at the conference.
- Tutorial proposals: Tutorials provide an opportunity for more experienced members of the uxTV community to share their knowledge in 2-hour classroom style sessions with up to 50 participants.
- Workshop proposals: Workshops provide an opportunity to discuss specific uxTV topics in an informal atmosphere fostering collaboration and exchange. Workshops can include up to 50 participants.
- Doctoral Consortium proposals: The Doctoral Consortium provides PhD students with a forum for expressing their research interests, comparing approaches with others and exploring ideas for the future of television. The consortium provides an excellent opportunity to share ideas, to connect with peers and to receive supportive feedback from members of the television community.
- Demo proposals: We are interested in demonstrations of TV/Video related products, prototypes or concept illustrations (in interactive form preferred).
Instructions for all submission types are provided on the conference website.
Key Submission Dates
| Submission Type | Deadlines for Submissions | Notification of Acceptance |
| Tutorial proposals | March 31, 2008 | April 14, 2008 |
| Workshop proposals | March 31, 2008 | April 14, 2008 |
| Long papers | June 2, 2008 | June 30, 2008 |
| Doctoral Consortium proposals | June 2, 2008 | June 30, 2008 |
| Short papers/Posters | August 4, 2008 | September 1, 2008 (final copy due September 15, 2008) |
| Demo proposals | August 4, 2008 | August 25, 2008 |
Organizing Committee
General Chair:
Michael J. Darnell, Microsoft TV, US
Program Chairs:
Judith Masthoff, University of Aberdeen, UK
Sheri Panabaker, Windows Media Center, US
Short Papers/Posters Chairs:
Marc Sullivan, AT&T Labs, US
Artur Lugmayr, Tampere University of Technology, Finland
Tutorials/Workshops Chairs:
Ken Chizinsky , Cisco, US
Adriana Tavares, Schematic, US
Doctoral Consortium Chair:
Rich Gossweiler, Google, US
Demos Chair:
Linda Chan, Microsoft TV, US
Entertainment/Promotion Chair:
Elizabeth Harrington, Microsoft TV, US
Website Chair:
Noor Ali-Hasan, Microsoft TV, US
Visual Designer:
Laura Blanchard, Microsoft TV, US
Conference Advisors:
Bill Buxton, Microsoft Research, US
Therese Solimeno, Microsoft TV, US
Program Committee
M. Bove, MIT Media Lab, US
B. Bushoff, Sagasnet, Germany
P. Cesar, CWI, the Netherlands
K. Chorianopoulos, Bauhaus University of Weimar, Germany
M. Czerwinski, Microsoft Research, US
M. Darnell, Microsoft TV, US
M. Dunton, YouTube, US
D. Geerts, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
D. Goren-Bar, University of Haifa, Israel
G. Harboe, Motorola Labs, US
J. Jensen, Aalborg University, Denmark
A. Kleinhanzl, Microsoft TV, US
H. Knoche, UCL, UK
G. Lekakos, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece
A. Lugmayr, Tampere University of Technology, Finland
A. Lund, Microsoft IT Relationship Experience Division, US
J. Masthoff, University of Aberdeen, UK
J. Murray, Georgia Institute of Technology, US
M. Obrist, University of Salzburg, Austria
S. Panabaker, Windows Media Center, US
J. Pazos Arias, University of Vigo, Spain
L. Pemberton, University of Brighton, UK
C. Quico, TV Cabo, Portugal
D. Sloo, Microsoft TV, US
G. Williams, Microsoft Customer Partner Experience, US
D. Wixon, Microsoft Game Studios, US
J. Yagnik, Google Research, US