DASH Archives - July 2006

 CC2007 - SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS 

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 CREATIVITY & COGNITION 2007 
 Seeding Creativity: Tools, Media, and Environments 

 June 13-15, 2007    Washington DC, USA 
 http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/CC2007/ 

 Sponsored by ACM SIGCHI 
 Industry Sponsors include IBM, Microsoft, SAP and Google 
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 IMPORTANT DATES 
 Submission deadline: December 15, 2006 
 Author notification: February 19, 2007 
 Final formatted papers due: March 19, 2007 

 We cordially invite submissions to the 6th Creativity and Cognition 
 Conference (CC2007), sponsored by ACM SIGCHI. Following the success 
 of the previous conferences, this meeting will serve as a forum for 
 focusing on creativity support tools for individual and group 
 creativity, bridging among technology, science and arts to find common 
 themes for user interface and new media design, and producing rigorous 
 research with innovative designs and carefully conceived evaluations. 

 We welcome contributions from researchers, developers, practitioners, 
 and policy-makers in many fields, including: computer and information 
 scientists; diverse scientists, engineers, and architects; product, 
 graphic, and interaction designers; writers, musicians, and new media 
 artists; creative practitioners, corporate leaders, and educators; 
 social scientists, ethnographers, and anthropologists. 

 The conference will feature two elegant evening receptions at the 
 National Academy of Sciences and Corcoran Gallery of Art to celebrate 
 the dialogue among technology, science, and arts. 

 CONFERENCE THEMES 
 The general focus of the conference is about cultivating and sustaining 
 creativity: understanding how to design and evaluate computational 
 support tools, digital media, and sociotechnical environments that not 
 only empower our creative process and abilities, but also encourage and 
 nurture creative mindsets and lifestyles. Topics appropriate for 
 submissions include, but are not limited to: 

 - Principles for interface, interaction & software design 
 - Empirical evaluations by quantitative and qualitative methods 
 - In-depth case studies and ethnographic analyses 
 - Reflective accounts of individual and collaborative practice 
 - Educational and training methods to encourage creativity with novel 
 interfaces 
 - Social mechanisms in support of creative communities and 
 collaboratories 
 - Emerging technologies, media, and approaches in the arts and creative 
 practices 
 - Transdisciplinary methods and collaboration models 

 CONFERENCE SUBMISSIONS 
 See the conference website (http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/CC2007/ ) for 
 details and instructions on how to prepare a submission. 

 / PAPERS / 
 Co-Chairs: Gerhard Fischer, Mike Eisenberg & Elisa Giaccardi, 
 University of Colorado, Boulder, USA 
Conference themes include: 1) Cultivating creative minds; 
2) Sustaining creative communities; 3) Promoting creative engagement. 

 / DEMONSTRATIONS AND POSTERS / 
 Chair: Linda Candy, University of Technology Sydney, Australia We 
 invite proposals for demonstrations and posters of support tools and 
 works that contribute to our understanding of creativity and how 
 digital media can enhance the realization of creative forms. People in 
 the early stages of their careers or research programs are especially 
 welcome to submit. 

 / WORKSHOPS / 
 Chair: Michael Terry, University of Waterloo, Canada New developments 
 often benefit from being presented, discussed, demonstrated, and 
 generally questioned in more informal settings. The workshops portion 
 of the conference provides just such a venue for the dynamic exchange 
 of new ideas, creations, and discoveries. 

 / GRADUATE STUDENT SYMPOSIUM / 
 Co-Chairs: Mary Czerwinski, Microsoft Research & Jim Hollan, University 
 of California, San Diego, USA The objective of the symposium is to 
 provide a supportive setting for feedback on graduate students' current 
 work and guidance on future directions. Student participants will meet 
 and discuss their work with each other and a panel of experienced 
 researchers and practitioners. 

 / TUTORIALS / 
 Chair: Tom Hewett, Drexel University, USA We invite proposals to offer a 
 half or full day tutorial relevant to any of the conference themes and 
 topics.  Criteria for selection of tutorials will emphasize the 
 perceived value of the tutorial in enabling members of the various 
 communities of interest to learn about work in one or more of the other 
 communities of interest. Presenters will receive an honorarium. 

 ART EXHIBITION 
 Chair: Pamela Jennings, Carnegie Mellon University, USA The art 
 exhibition program will complement the conference themes by celebrating 
 the open-ended creative processes that bridge the arts and sciences 
 emphasizing shared visions of innovation between the digital media 
 arts, computer science, human computer interaction and engineering 
 research. 

 PROCEEDINGS 
 As with prior meetings, the Creativity & Cognition Conference 
 Proceedings will be published by ACM Press. Prizes for the best 
 contributions will be awarded by the Creativity & Cognition Studios 
 of the University of Technology, Sydney. 

 ORGANIZATION 
 General Chair: 
   Ben Shneiderman, University of Maryland 

 Technical Program Committee: 
   Gerhard Fischer, University of Colorado, Boulder 
   Mike Eisenberg, University of Colorado, Boulder 
   Elisa Giaccardi, University of Colorado, Boulder 

 Distinguished Advisors: 
   Richard Florida, George Mason University 
   Paul Horn, IBM VP Research 
   Daniel Ling, Microsoft VP Research 
   William A. Wulf, President, US National Academy of Engineering 


 CONTACT INFORMATION 
 For questions regarding CC2007, please address e-mails to: 
   CC2007-info@cs.umd.edu 
 Website: http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/CC2007/ 

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