Call for Papers 16th ICCHP International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs July 11 – 13, 2018 Pre-Conference: July 9 - 10, 2018 http://www.icchp.org Deadline for the Submission of Extended Abstracts: February 1, 2018! Organized in co-operation with: Austrian Computer Society, Vienna, Austria Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic Institute Integriert Studieren, University of Linz, Austria Content 1) Welcome 2) ICCHP Topics 3) Key Dates 4) Call for Contributions 4.1) Full Papers and Short Papers 4.2) Introductory Lectures 4.3) Special Thematic Sessions 4.4) Universal Learning Design Track 4.5) Workshops, Tutorials, Seminars 4.6) Meetings, Presentations and Posters 4.7) Young Researchers' Consortium 4.8) Code for a Cause - C4C 5) ICCHP Award 5.1) Former Winners 6) ICCHP 2018 Organizational Details A-Z 6.1) Cancellation Policy 6.2) Conference Language 6.3) Conference Rates 6.4) Cultural and Social Events 6.5) Registration 6.6) Accessibility Service 6.7) Venue 7) ICCHP Committees 7.1) General Chair 7.2) Publishing Chairs 7.3) Programme Chairs 7.4) Steering Board 7.5) Young Researchers' Consortium 7.6) Workshop Chairs 7.7) Programme Committee 7.8) Organization Committee 8) Glossary of ICCHP Topics 1) Welcome The 16th biennial International Conference on Computers Helping People with Special Needs (ICCHP) will be held on July 11-13, 2018 again in Linz, Austria, its place of origin and location of the core organizing team. ICCHP had the honor to accompany and support the revolutionary developments of Assistive Technology (AT) and eAccessibility over the last three decades. It is proud to serve as a means for scientific exchange and communication in this context. The UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (UNCRPD) is the globally accepted reference and expression of the societal transformation towards effective inclusion and participation of all people with disabilities in society. The UNCRPD refers to AT, eAccessibility, eInclusion and Design for All as precondition and means of support. Exactly these are also the core topics of ICCHP. Since the first conference in Vienna (Austria) back in 1989 ICCHP has evolved as a unique and one of the few long term references of R&D and evidence how Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), AT and eAccessibility have been implemented and have significantly contributed to the improvement of the life of people with disabilities. It was my pleasure to join most of the past ICCHP conferences. ICCHP provides an interdisciplinary platform and scientific forum including all sorts of stakeholders. It is remarkable that all proceedings published in Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) and made available online since 2006 have reached more than 100.000 (some almost 200.000) downloads of articles. This makes ICCHP a well-recognized reference for our growing and expanding field. ICCHP’s mission for inclusion and participation in the information society strives for better AT for support, enhancement and restoration of resources for people with disabilities and compensating limitations of standardized Human Computer Interaction (HCI). This mission still gains more importance due to the ongoing ICT revolution (Internet / Web of Things / Ubiquitous computing / Cloud based services). The ICT revolution brings along an increased potential for inclusion and participation, but also risks for exclusion and thus the responsibility for implementing eAccessibility. It provokes a growing number of challenging research questions. Old boundaries of concepts dissolve, new approaches and fresh thinking are needed: not only in technical terms, but also in legal, social, economic, pedagogic and other terms. ICCHP is open towards all these aspects, invites to and provides a platform for an according holistic discussion for improving the lives of people with disabilities in every corner of our world. ICCHP 2018 will host high-quality, well reviewed submissions from scientists, users, practitioners, educators and policy makers. In addition to the traditional paper sessions, the forum also invites industry representatives showing their new products and looking for new ideas. In particular, ICCHP welcomes young researchers, the next generation of experts in our field, and encourages them to contribute to the Young Researchers Consortium as well as to the Coding for a Cause competition. Additionally, the conference affords spaces and times for less formal discussions – an important factor supporting the transfer of knowledge so needed in our endeavors. Please examine our current call for papers, updated web information, and consider joining us on July 2018 in Linz. ICCHP is an outstanding international meeting place, a stimulating and inclusive venue for presenting research. Come and get involved! Georgios Kouroupetroglou University of Athens, Greece General Chair ICCHP 2018 2) ICCHP Topics http://www.icchp.org/topics-18 ICCHP focuses on Assistive Technology (AT) and accessible ICT (eAccessibility) for people with disabilities and older adults fostering independent life, participation and inclusion and improved services and support. By its nature, ICCHP has a wide area of topics and a future oriented mission. For orientation, we add a glossary of conference topics at the end of the Call. ICCHP 2018 is open to visionary ideas and future oriented thoughts – an inclusive platform for you! 3) Key Dates http://www.icchp.org/key-dates-18 Call for Papers September 2017 Deadline for getting involved in Code for a Cause (C4C) 2018 January 15, 2018 Deadline for announcing Specific Thematic Sessions (STS) January 15, 2018 Deadline for extended abstracts / full papers February 1, 2018 Deadline for reviews February 22, 2018 Notification of acceptance February 27, 2018 Preliminary Program March 15, 2018 Deadline for camera-ready papers and speaker registration March 25, 2018 Deadline for nominating Invited Introductory Lectures March 25, 2018 Deadline for submissions to the Young Researchers´ Consortium April 15, 2018 Notification of Acceptance to the Young Researchers´ Consortium May 15, 2018 Deadline Early Registration May 1, 2018 Deadline for announcing Workshop, Tutorials, Seminars, Meetings, Demonstrations and Posters June 1, 2018 Deadline for Nominations for the ICCHP OCG Roland Wagner Award June 15, 2018 Pre-conference July 9-10, 2018 Conference July 11-13, 2018 4) Call for Contributions http://www.icchp.org/call-18 4.1) Full Papers and Short Papers ICCHP publishes its proceedings in the acknowledged Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS). Volumes published in the LNCS series are made available to the following indexing services: • ISI Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science (CPCI-S), included in ISI Web of Science • EI Engineering Index (Compendex and Inspec databases) • ACM Digital Library • DBLP • Google Scholar • IO-Port • MathSciNet • Scopus • Zentralblatt MATH Accepted papers (8 pages in camera ready LNCS format) and short papers (4 pages in camera ready LNCS format) will be presented in time slots of ~ 20 (papers) or ~ 10 minutes (short papers). Registration to the conference by one author per paper is mandatory! To allow a fair review process, authors are asked to submit well-elaborated extended abstracts (2-4 pages) of new, unpublished work not later than February 1, 2018. Contributions will be reviewed by at least three experts and selected for acceptance based on their judgment. Each paper assessment will be monitored by one conference chair to prepare the final decision. Authors should follow the instructions for preparing contributions (“extended abstracts”) at: http://www.icchp.org/submission-18 Find information on how to prepare camera ready papers at Springer´s. The Journal of Enabling Technologies (JET) plans to publish a series of articles from one theme/STS at ICCHP 2018. More information will follow about the chosen strand. All registered delegates 2018 are offered free access to Vol 9 issue 3, containing papers from ICCHP 16 and Vol 7 issue 2 with papers from ICCHP 12. 4.2) Introductory Lectures The field of AT, eAccessibility and eInclusion by nature relates to almost all aspects of our information society. It has become a basic layer of an open and democratic information society making it more diverse and complex. ICCHP wants to answer the need of getting and keeping an overview by setting up the Introductory Lectures scheme. On the day before the main conference (second Pre-Conference day, July 10 2018), a series of invited lectures and TeD-Talks (to be confirmed) from leading experts will provide inspiring insights into topics of particular interest for our field. ICCHP is open and interested to receive your proposals for topics and speakers not later than March 25, 2018 by eMail to icchp(at)jku.at. Please indicate “Introductory Lectures” as subject! The sooner we get your proposals, the higher the chances that we can find and contract a top speaker (to be published following http://www.icchp.org/intro-lectures-18 upon confirmation)! 4.3) Special Thematic Sessions ICCHP invites experts to organize Special Thematic Sessions (STS) to present a detailed and comprehensive view to specific topics of particular interest. Chairs organizing STS are asked to advertise the session on their own. An introduction by the chair (short paper, 4 pages, referenced) will scientifically recognize these efforts in the proceedings. Special thematic sessions must be announced until January 15, 2018. Furthermore, the final acceptance of an STS is subject to a corresponding number of accepted papers and upon decision of the ICCHP programme chairs. More information published asap following: http://www.icchp.org/sts-18 4.4) Universal Learning Design Track ICCHP is proud to cooperate with the Support Centre for Students with Special Needs of Masaryk University Brno, Czech Republic, in organizing a special track on Universal Learning Design (ULD) as part of ICCHP 2018. This track will put a particular emphasis on inclusive learning and teaching environments. It provides a platform for a more interdisciplinary discussion. More information will be made available asap at ICCHP website. Contributions to ULD must be submitted by using the ICCHP conference tool and selecting ULD as the contribution category. 4.5) Workshops, Tutorials and Seminars ICCHP invites you to run introductory workshops, tutorials and seminars, especially during Pre-Conference. For conference participants, ICCHP provides all necessary facilities (room, basic technical infrastructure like WiFi and video projector) for free. Other amenities as well as catering are available upon further notice / order / confirmation and the self-cost rate. In case the majority of your participants are not registered for ICCHP but brought and nominated by you, different rules and regulations might apply. Workshops, tutorials and seminars should be announced by eMail to icchp(at)jku.at until June 1, 2018 and will be published asap following http://www.icchp.org/workshops-18. 4.6) Meetings, Presentations and Posters ICCHP provides facilities for meetings of project consortia, associations and other organizations that want to combine their activities with ICCHP. For registered conference participants, ICCHP provides all necessary facilities (room, basic technical infrastructure like WiFi and video projector) for free. Other amenities as well as catering are available upon further notice, order and confirmation and to the self-cost rate. In case the majority of meeting participants are not registered for ICCHP but brought and nominated by you, different rules and regulations might apply. Meetings will be announced asap following http://www.icchp.org/meetings-18 Possibilities for displaying information can be made available (e.g. exhibition space, poster wall). For conference participants organizing such activities is free of charge. Meetings, Presentations and Posters should be announced by eMail to icchp(at)jku.at until June 1, 2018. 4.7) Young Researchers´ Consortium “The Next Generation of AT Experts“ The YRC will be organized to take place during ICCHP pre-conference sessions. Supervisors of e.g. diploma / PhD theses or practical work in companies focusing on or related to the field of AT and eInclusion should motivate and support outstanding students to take part. The best contributions will be presented in a plenary session of ICCHP 2018. ICCHP will cover participation and accommodation costs for the accepted Young Researchers. Extended abstracts on the work have to be submitted until April 15, 2018. Submission and more information following: http://www.icchp.org/yrc-18 4.8) Code for a Cause – C4C Student Coding Competition for eAccessibility and AT ICCHP, in co-operation with P:P (Project:Possibility) calls for participation in this students programming competition for accessibility. Universities, as part of their curricula in Computer Science and related fields, can invite groups of students to work on eAccessibility topics defined by end users or experts. The best team from each university will be invited to take part in the P:P final during ICCHP. Interest in participating should be announced no later than January 15, 2018 by eMail: icchp(at)jku.at. Please indicate “C4C participation” as subject. More information at: http://www.icchp.org/c4c-18 5) ICCHP Award Roland Wagner Award on Computers Helping People with Special Needs. The Austrian Computer Society announces the biannual ICCHP Roland Wagner award in the range of € 3000, handed over at the occasion of ICCHP conferences. Nominations are to be submitted by eMail to icchp(at)jku.at until June 15, 2018. Details at: http://www.icchp.org/award 5.1) Former Winners Award 8 Dominique Burger, BrailleNet, Inserm, France Award 7 Shared Award for: Masakazu Suzuki (Kyushu University), Japan Art Karshmer (University of San Francisco), USA Award 6 The TRACE Center, USA / Gregg Vanderheiden Award 5 Shared Award for: Harry Murphy (Center on Disabilities at California State University), USA Joachim Klaus (Study Center for the Visually Impaired, Karlsruhe University), Germany Award 4 Daisy Consortium, USA / George Kersher Award 3 Larry Scadden (National Science Foundation), USA Award 2 Paul Blenkhorn (For scientific work in software development in AT), UK Award 1 WAI-W3C, USA / Judy Brewer Award 0 Roland Wagner (Initiating award on the occasion of Prof. Wagners 50th birthday), AT 6) ICCHP 2018 Organizational Details A – Z 6.1) Cancellation Policy For cancellations until June 15, 2018, we charge a service fee of €75,-. For publishing authors and later cancellations, no refund can be made. The date of receipt shall be decisive. Delegates, who do not cancel and do not attend, will still be responsible for the full registration fee. The delegate has the right to appoint a substitute at any time without additional cost. All cancellations and changes must be submitted in written form – with indication of full name, invoice number and bank details for reimbursement – to: icchp(at)jku.at. 6.2) Conference Language The conference language is English. 6.3) Conference Rates See http://www.icchp.org/fees-18 for details! 6.4) Cultural and Social Events ICCHP is committed to its role of transferring the idea and concept of an open in inclusive society into mainstream. Culture and art are powerful vehicles to support a change in awareness, understanding and attitudes regarding inclusion and participation in society. ICCHP invites you to a sociable, comforting Welcome Cocktail, a splendid Gala Event and a communicative Farewell Party More at: http://www.icchp.org/social-events-18 6.5) Registration An online registration form is available at: http://www.icchp.org/user/register 6.6) Accessibility Service ICCHP is committed to accommodate people with diverse needs and abilities. In order to arrange services for your individual situation, get in touch as soon as possible with icchp(at)jku.at and check the box "Accessibility Service" during registration. Following http://www.icchp.org/accessibility-18 you get information on available services at ICCHP 2018. At ICCHP Info Desk, you will get help and support during the whole conference. Please get in touch whenever there is something to be arranged for you! Availability of the info desk can be checked following http://www.icchp.org/onsite-18. (available around mid of June, 2018) 6.7) Venue ICCHP 2018 will be organized on the campus of Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria. Johannes Kepler University Linz Altenbergerstr. 69 4040 Linz Austria Web: http://www.jku.at eMail: icchp(at)jku.at Information on the venue and possible accommodation can asap be found following http://www.icchp.org/onsite-18 Find ICCHP on Google Maps 7) ICCHP Committees See http://www.icchp.org/committees-18 for more information 7.1) General Chair: Kouroupetroglou, G. ; University of Athens, Greece 7.2) Publishing Chairs : Miesenberger, K. ; Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria Penaz, P. ; Masaryk University Brno, Czech Republic 7.3) Programme Chairs: Archambault, D.; Université Paris 8, France Debevc, M.; University of Maribor , Slovenia Fels, D.; Ryerson University Toronto , Canada Kobayashi, M.; Tsukuba University of Technology, Japan Manduchi, R.; University of California at Santa Cruz , USA Votis, K.; CERTH/ITI , Greece Weber, G.; Technische Universität Dresden, Germany Zagler, W.; Vienna University of Technology, Austria 7.4) Steering Board: Bühler, C.; TU Dortmund University, FTB, Germany Burger, D.; INSERM, France Murphy, H.J.; California State University Northridge , USA Suzuki, M.; Kyushu University , Japan Tjoa, A.M.; Technical University of Vienna , Austria Wagner, R.; University of Linz , Austria 7.5) Young Researchers´ Consortium: Archambault, D.; Université Paris 8, France Fels, D. Ryerson University Canada Fitzpatrick, D. Dublin City University Ireland Kobayashi, M. Tsukuba University of Technology Japan Lam, S. Project:Possibility USA Morandell, M. Johannes Kepler University Linz Austria Pontelli, E. New Mexico State University USA Prazak-Aram, B. Universit of Vienna Austria Weber, G. Technische Universität Dresden Germany Zimmermann, G. Stuttgart Media University Germany 7.6) Workshop Chairs Pühretmair, F. KI-I Austria Petz, A. University of Linz Austria 7.7) Programme Committee Please check www.icchp.org for more detailed information on all cherished experts acting as Programm Committee Members. 7.8) Organization Committee and Contact Austrian Computer Society Seyruck, Wilfried (President) Bieber, Ronald (CEO) Kremser, W. (Working Group ICT with/for People with Disabilities) Institute Integriert Studieren, JKU Linz, Austria Feichtenschlager, Priska Haider, Silke Heumader, Peter Koutny, Reinhard Miesenberger, Klaus Murillo Morales, Tomás Petz, Andrea Schult, Christian Masaryk University Brno (ULD) Penáz, Petr Pavlíček, Radek 7.9) ICCHP Office Institute Integriert Studieren, Johannes Kepler University Linz Altenbergerstraße 69 A - 4040 Linz Austria web http://www.icchp.org mail icchp@jku.at phone ++43 (0) 732 2468 3750 8) Glossary of ICCHP Topics http://www.icchp.org/topics-18 The following, non-exhaustive list of topics outlines the scope of ICCHP: (e)Accessibility addresses overcoming or proactive avoiding barriers for people with disabilities in the information society, e.g. Web, Software, Document, Communication and Conversation, Consumer Electronics (e.g. iDTV accessibility) and Built Environment Accessibility; besides aspects like guidelines, standards, techniques and tools for development, evaluation and repair, it gives a particular focus on how to include accessibility into the engineering process. (e)Ageing and Gerontechnology discusses systems and tools helping to maintain autonomy and independence when ageing. How such systems can be designed for persons who are not familiar with technologies is part of this topic, too. Ambient and Assisted Living (AAL), Internet of Things and Sensor Technology outlines the potential, accessibility and usability of the fast growing application of embedded, smart and pervasive systems for people with disabilities by integrating, enhancing and supporting the interaction via the standardized ICT/HCI/AT experience. Assessment and Profiling calls for research on methodologies, concepts and techniques for evaluating capabilities and needs of individuals and how to translate them into computable profiles. This should allow better matching of persons and technology. Assistive Technology (AT) focuses on innovation and advancing the quality and availability of assistive devices aiming at overcoming or compensating functional limitations and its impact. This includes contributions of mainstream technology showing potential for supporting people with disabilities, special Rehabilitation Technology and Biomedical Engineering. Augmented and Alternative Communication (AAC) intends to progress methods and tools for people with problems in spoken and written communication. Cloud Computing analyzes the potential of shared and configurable Internet based resources for enhanced AT and services as well as the challenges for eAccessibility. Design for All (Universal Design) highlights the proactive application of principles, methods and tools to meet the requirements of the biggest possible user group including those with disabilities in fields like e.g. architecture, transport, housing, public buildings, work place, information, education. eGovernment and eDemocracy discuss eAccessibility of ICT and Internet based public services for all citizens. eHealth - Medicine and Care encourages synergetic aspects of ICT/AT for diagnostics, care, therapy, training and rehabilitation. eInclusion, Policies and Legislation outline programmes, legal contexts and funding opportunities aiming at a better exploitation of ICT, AT and eAccessibility for inclusion. eLearning and education illustrate new dimensions opened by ICT/AT for didactic and methodological settings and the changing role for learners, teachers and administrators; it addresses education of people with disabilities in all is aspects, education of service providers and professionals as well as the inclusion of eAccessibility into mainstream education. HCI and Non Classical Interfaces explore the potential of emerging Human-Computer Interaction developments like sensor based interaction, Brain-Computer Interaction (BCI), gesture interaction, natural language interfaces, tangible interfaces, game based interfaces, computer vision, virtual and augmented environments, wearable computing, adaptive interfaces, mobile and touch technology, multimedia, multi- or a-Modal interaction. History in AT and eInclusion gives a tribute to the founders of our discipline and aims at avoiding to reinvent the wheel. Labour Market Integration discusses how to ameliorate the career opportunities of people with disabilities by using ICT/AT and making the work place accessible and how to better qualify users and professionals. Social Innovation and (e)Service Delivery covers all aspects (human, economic, organizational and management) involved in implementing concrete services. ICCHP discusses ideas and concepts of social innovation, e.g. user driven and crowd-sourcing approaches and the potential of ICT /AT and eAccessibility. This includes presentation and discussion of examples, empirical studies, quality measures and interdisciplinary aspects of a holistic service provision. Usability and Ergonomics focus on day to day use of (accessible) ICT/HCI/AT based systems and services and their efficiency, effectiveness, memorability, flexibility, joy ... of use for people with disabilities and their environment. User Centered Design and User Participation underline the importance of involving end users at eye level in all steps of R&D towards application and present strategies, methods and experiences for a more user driven R&D practice. Imprint/Layout: Institute Integriert Studieren, JKU Linz, Austria Pictures: Institute Integriert Studieren, JKU Linz, Austria 16