Conference Program

Day 1 - Thursday 8th September
CIT Berkeley Centre

 Registration: 9.30-10.00
10.00 Welcome
Paper Session 1
10.10 The Human Computer Interaction issues associated with the creation of personalized role playing simulations
by Eileen O’ Donnell (TCD), Catherine Mulwa (TCD), Mary Sharp (TCD), Vincent Wade (TCD)
10.30 Cross-cultural aspects of ICT use by older people: preliminary results of a four-country ethnographical study
by Josep Blat (Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Sergio Sayago (University of Dundee), Nicola Morelli (Aalborg University), Mirja Kälviäinen (North Karelia University of Applied Sciences), Francesca Rizzo (Politecnico di Milano)
10.50 Participative User Research and Evaluation Methodologies for Pervasive Communities
by Edel Jennings (TSSG), Edel Madden (TSSG), Mark Roddy (Lake Communications), Ioanna Roussaki(ICCS)
11.10–11.40 Coffee Break
Paper Session 2
11.30 Visualising and Interacting with a CAVE using Real-World Sensor Data
by Carl Flynn (DkIT), Hyowon Lee (DCU), Noel O'Connor (DCU)
12.00 Usability in Mobile Learning: Results from a study of learning under varying levels of extraneous cognitive load
by Robin Deegan (CIT), Paul Rothwell (CIT)
12.30 Wait, Am I Still the Green Guy? User Experience as Learning Transfer
by Gearoid O Suilleabhain (CIT), Joey Campbell (CIT), Julie-Ann Sime (Lancaster University)
13.00–14.00 Lunch
14.00 Keynote: "Rebuilding the web around people"
by Paul Adams, Facebook, Ca., USA.
15.30–16.00 Coffee Break
Industry Session 1
16.00 Interactive Architecture presented by Jason Bruges Studio, London, UK.
16.30 Cross-Cultural User-Experience Design presented by Aaron Marcus, Ca., USA
End of Day One
17.20 Closing Comments and directions for day 2 presented by Conference Chair
Day 2 - Friday 9th September
Nimbus Centre

 9.00

 Recap and Introduction by the Program Chair
Paper Session 3
09.10 HCI for Dementia Sufferers: Developing a Large Scale, Multitouch System for Recreational Activities.
by Andrew McGlynn (GMIT), Paul Dunne (GMIT), Shaun O'Keeffe (NUIG)
09.30 Development of a General Internet Attitude Scale.
by Mary Joyce (UCC), Jurek Kirakowski (UCC)
09.50 Citizen Journalist: Use of Mobile Technology in a Collaborative and Participative TV Context.
by Oliver Leamy (CIT)
10.10 Developing a new Social Network and the “Facebook Factor”
by Daragh Coakley (CIT), Maria Murray (CIT)
Introduction to Posters
  Human-Data Relations and the Lifeworld
by Trevor Hogan (University of Strathclyde), Eva Horneker (University of Strathclyde)
  Speech Recognition for Media Controls: The Impact of Accent on an English Engine Recognition Accuracy
by Kestutis Igaris (University College Cork), Aidan Kehoe (Logitech)
  Sensor Information Interactive Systems (SIIS)
by Kevin O'Mahony (Nimbus), Jian Liang (Nimbus), Kieran Delaney (Nimbus)
  Performance of QWERTY versus Alphabetic OSKs
by David O’Sullivan (UL), Aidan Kehoe (Logitech), Damien O’Sullivan (Logitech)
  Community participation in Online Social Media Networking
by Barry Gettings (Nimbus)
  Designing for serendipitous encounters
by Ken Keane (University of Madeira), Valentina Nisi (University of Madeira)
  Close Connection
by Raymond O'Neill (CIT)
11.00–12.00 Extended Coffee Break – Posters Q&A
Paper Session 4
12.00 Learning on the Move: Harnessing Accelerometer Devices to Detect Learner Styles for Mobile Learning
by Tracey Mehigan (UCC), Ian Pitt (UCC)
12.30 Building an Irish Sign Language Conversational Avatar: Linguistic and Human Interface Challenges
by Irene Murtagh (ITB)
13.00–14.00 Lunch
Industry Session 2
14.00 eMedia: Bringing Science to Life by Mark Campbell, Founder of eMedia, creators of PocketAnatomy.com
14.30 IxDA 2010-2011presented by Gabriela Avram, University of Limerick, Irl
15.00 The Nimbus and HCI presented by Kieran Delaney, Nimbus Research Centre, Cork, Irl
15.30–16.20 Extended Coffee Break & Demos
Paper Session 5
16.20 Does the Use of Mobile Ultrasound Device make a difference in the Health Care System?
by Cardwell Muvungani (TCD), Helen O'Connell (TCD), Bridget Kane (TCD)
16.40 Accessible Self-Management Kiosks for Low Literacy Clients in Primary Care.
by Sandra Gormley (TCD), Niamh Harding (TCD), Aislinn Enright (TCD), Fionnuala Ashe TCD), Bridget Kane (TCD)
Conference Close
17.00 Closing Comments presented by the Program Chair
Key Dates:
Short/Full Papers: Friday 6th May.
Extended to Friday 20th May.

Posters/Demos/Showcase: Friday 3rd June

Author Notifications: Monday 27th June

Poster Notification: Friday 1st July

Finalised Papers: Friday 29th July

Conference: Thursday 8th - Friday 9th September

Supported by
Cork Institute of Technology