Introduction and Topics, Deadlines and Program Committee

1. Introduction and Topics

The new technologies offer us a series of instruments to develop the potential of human beings with the goal of increasing the quality of life of millions of users of interactive systems in our global village. The relation of the triad computer science, quality design and communicability has proven very productive in the new millennium.

In the current era of qualitative communication, the present virtual space is intended to be a meeting point of all those who freely wish to boost and perfect the set of strategies and techniques to improve the human-computer interaction, tourism and cultural heritage. The main goal is to facilitate communicability and make the fruition of the new technologies more pleasant.

Our effort focuses on finding the common denominator between the human-computer interaction, cultural heritage and the global village. That is, we address all those who are currently working to increase the quality of life of the human beings through the new technologies and all their derivations, wanting to know the last advances in the factual and formal sciences and that this international workshop can serve as a meeting point to boost the current and future lines of research of the investigators belonging to the university, governmental bodies and the enterprises and industries of the private sector. All contributions should be of high originality, quality, clarity, significance and impact. Papers, demos and doctoral consortium related to Human-Computer Interaction, Tourism, Cultural Heritage, Quality Design, Communicability, Ubiquitous Computing, Digitization for Conservation, Archaeological Archives with New Technologies and other Computational Areas are solicited on, but not limited to:

:: Computer Aided Education (CAE)
:: Computer Arts
:: Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
:: Cross-Cultural and Internationalization of Design
:: Cultural Heritage and Social Networking
:: Database Application Development
:: Development of Research and Education in Heritage Conservation
:: Digital Divide
:: Digital Literacy Trainings
:: Digitization for Preservation
:: Distributed Computing and Networking
:: E-book
:: Eco-design
:: E-commerce
:: E-culture
:: E-government
:: Electronic Presentation, Publishing, and Digital Libraries
:: Embedded Computing
:: Emerging Technologies
:: Emotional Design
:: Ergonomics
:: Future Challenges of Visualization Methods
:: Geometric Modeling
:: Human Factors and Computer Science
:: Human-Computer Interaction
:: Human-Robot Interaction
:: Image Processing: Color Correction, Image Warping, Morphing and Painting
:: Immersive Multimedia, Mixed Reality and Virtual Reality
:: Indexing and Search Technique for Hypermedia Databases
:: Information Technology and Communication for Regional Development
:: Integration of Artificial Intelligence with other Technologies for the Tourism
:: Intelligent and Adaptable Systems
:: Interactive Systems for Cultural and Ecological Heritage
:: Journalism On-line: Discursive Analysis
:: Knowledge-Based Simulation
:: Marketing, Tourism and Geospatial Information Systems
:: Methodologies for Heuristic Evaluation of the Quality
:: Microinformatics for Conservation and Promotion of Cultural Heritage
:: Mobile Network Security
:: Multimedia for Assessing Tourist Demand in World Heritage Sites
:: Online Museum
:: Open Source Software
:: Photography and Illustration Digital
:: Preservation and Image Restoration of Digital Culture
:: Quality Attributes and Metrics for Interactive Systems
:: Quality Oriented Software Architecture and Database
:: Reusability of the Current Digital Archiving Solutions
:: Role of Local Community and ICTs in Cultural Heritage Management
:: Semiotics for Interactive Design
:: Software Engineering
:: Software Testing, Evaluation and Analysis Technologies
:: Speech and Natural Language Interfaces
:: Storytelling and Augmented Realities
:: Tangible User Interfaces
:: Technological and Economical Valuation of Natural and Cultural Heritage Resources
:: Telecommunications and Marketing Models in the Museum as Distributed Network
:: Teleworking
:: Tourism Enterprise Information Systems and Intelligent Agents
:: Tourism Technology Management
:: Ubiquitous Computing
:: Usability Engineering
:: Video games
:: Virtual Architecture and Hypergraphics
:: Virtual Campus and Distance Education
:: Virtual Simulation and Quality in Heritage and Historic Environments
:: Virtual Travel Agencies
:: Visitor and ICTs Impact Management for World Heritage Sites
:: Visual Effects and Cinema Digital
:: Visualization Tools and Systems for Simulation and Modeling
:: Web 2.0 and Web 3.0
:: Web TV, 3D TV and Stereo Visualization
:: Wireless and Mobile Computer Science

An extensive listing connotes and reflects the requirement and also skill necessary to find intersection zones of the disciplines among the different domains, fields, and specialities; which at the same time potentially boosts and merges the formerly different scientific views.

Best regards, 

Francisco V. Cipolla Ficarra (Chair - coordinator)
&
Pamela Fulton and Doris Edison (International Secretariat)

ALAIPO: Asociación Latina Interacción Persona-Ordenador –Latin Association of HCI (www.alaipo.com) and AINCI: Asociación Internacional de la Comunicación Interactiva –International Association of Interactive Communication (www.ainci.com). Address: Via Pascoli, S. 15 (7) - 24121 (Bergamo) Italy :: c/ Angel Baixeras, 5 - AP 1638 - 08080 (Barcelona), Spain. Email: info@alaipo.com :: info@ainci.com

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2. The event have the following deadlines

Papers Submissions: Closed
Authors Notification: Closed
Camera-ready, full papers: Closed

3. Program Committee:

:: Francisco V. Cipolla Ficarra (chair :: coordinator)

Demo Session, Poster Session, Workshop Session, and Doctoral Consortium:

Wen-Yuan Jen. National United University (Taiwan), Lastenia Bonilla. Universidad de Costa Rica (Costa Rica), Georges Győry. Birkbeck University of London (UK), Klementina Možina. University of Ljubljana (Slovenia) and Miguel C. Ficarra: AInCI and ALAIPO.

Honorary Committee:

:: Gavriel Salvendy. Purdue University (USA) and Tsinghua University (China)
:: Kaoru Sumi. Future University Hakodate (Japan)
:: Kim H. Veltman. Virtual Maastricht McLuhan Institute (The Netherlands)
:: William Grosky. University of Michigan-Dearborn (USA)

Scientific Committee:

:: Andrea Albarelli. Ca' Foscari University of Venice (Italy)
:: Andrea Torsello. Ca' Foscari University of Venice (Italy)
:: Andreas Kratky. University of Southern California (USA)
:: Anna Parodi: Università degli Studi di Genova (Italy)
:: Arturo Colorado. Universidad Complutense (Spain)
:: Carl Smith. London Metropolitan University (UK)
:: Chih-Fang Huang. Kainan University (Taiwan)
:: Claudia Rébola. Georgia Institute of Technology (USA)
:: Elena Durán. Universidad Nacional de Santiago del Estero (Argentina)
:: Farshad Fotauhi. Wayne State University (USA)
:: Filippo Bergamasco. Università Ca' Foscari (Italy)
:: Florian Kammüller. Middlesex University London (UK)
:: Gavriel Salvendy. Tsinghua University (China)
:: Georges Győry. Birkbeck University of London (UK)
:: Georgios Styliaras. University of Ioannina (Greece)
:: Gerrit van der Veer. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Netherlands)
:: Graciela Vidal. Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral (Argentina)
:: Hugo Scolnik. Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina)
:: Inmaculada Gordillo. Universidad de Sevilla (Spain)
:: Inmaculada Vilches López. Universidad de Granada (Spain)
:: Isidro Moreno. Universidad Complutense (Spain)
:: Jean Vanderdonckt. University of Leuven (Belgium)
:: Juan Silva Salmerón. University of Ottawa (Canada)
:: Jurek Kirakowski. University College Cork (Ireland)
:: Kaoru Sumi. Future University Hakodate (Japan)
:: Karen Woodman. Queensland University of Technology (Australia)
:: Kim Veltman. Virtual Maastricht McLuhan Institute (The Netherlands)
:: Klementina Možina. University of Ljubljana (Slovenia)
:: Lastenia Bonilla. Universidad de Costa Rica (Costa Rica)
:: Lee Chih-Wei. Yuan Ze University (Taiwan)
:: Liliana Māţă. "Vasile Alecsandri" University of Bacău (Romania)
:: Ljubica Marjanoviè Umek. University of Ljubljana (Slovenia)
:: Lorenzo García Aretio. Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (Spain)
:: Maarten Weyn. Artesis University College Antwerp (Belgium)
:: Manuel Garrido Lora. Universidad de Sevilla (Spain)
:: Manuel Imaz. Napier University (United Kingdom)
:: Marek Wyleżoł. Politechnika Slaska (Poland)
:: Maria del Mar Ramirez Alvarado. Universidad de Sevilla (Spain)
:: María Teresa Dalmasso. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (Argentina)
:: Marilú Lebrón Vázquez. Universidad de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico)
:: Miguel Cipolla Ficarra. Alaipo & Ainci (Italy & Spain)
:: Mohamed Hamada. University of Aizu (Japan)
:: Onur Demirors. Middle East Technical University (Turkey)
:: Pablo Marrero Negrón. Universidad de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico)
:: Peter Stanchev. Kettering University (USA)
:: Philip Bonanno. University of Malta (Malta)
:: Pivovarova Liudmila. Moscow State University (Russia)
:: Rodrigo Bonacin. DSSD - CTI, Ministério da Ciência e Tecnologia (Brazil)
:: Rosanna Costaguta. Universidad Nacional de Santiago del Estero (Argentina)
:: Ruly Darmawan. Institute of Technology Bandung (Indonesia)
:: Sandra Casas. Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia Austral (Argentina)
:: Stafford Griffith. University of the West Indies (Jamaica)
:: Steve Anderson. University of Southern California (USA)
:: Tetsuo Tamai. University of Tokio (Japan)
:: Timothy Read. Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (Spain)
:: Urška Fekonja Peklaj. University of Ljubljana (Slovenia)
:: Vigneswara Ilavarasan. Indian Institute of Management Rohtak (India)
:: Virginia Guarinos Galán. Universidad de Sevilla (Spain)
:: Wen-Yuan Jen. National United University (Taiwan)
:: William Grosky. University of Michigan-Dearborn (USA)
:: Yeonseung Ryu. Myongji University (South Korea)