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HCI International News, Number 77, May 2016

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Book review: The New ABCs of Research
Recent News and Articles
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HCII 2016: Important Deadlines

Register to attend with the reduced Regular rate until 16 May 2016
http://2016.hci.international/registration
Book your accommodation with special conference rates, at The Westin Harbour Castle Hotel (conference venue) – limited number of rooms available until 15 June 2016
http://2016.hci.international/accommodation
Poster proposals submission: still open
Poster sessions will accommodate the presentation of late-breaking scientific and professional news or work in progress. The submission of poster proposals is still open for the Conference. Any proposals received by 1 June 2016, following a peer–review process, will be considered for interactive presentation during the conference. However, such accepted late coming posters can not be included in the Conference Proceedings
http://2016.hci.international/submissions

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HCII 2016: Conference Advance Program

The HCII 2016 Conference Advance Program, including paper and poster presentations, is now available on-line at: http://2016.hci.international/program

21 Half Day Tutorials will run from Sunday 17 to Tuesday 19 July 2016. Full day tutorials will not be offered this year. For more information please visit: http://2016.hci.international/tutorials

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HCII 2016: VISA to travel to Canada

The Government of Canada has recently introduced a new entry requirement, known as an Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA) that applies to visa-exempt foreign nationals travelling to or transiting Canada by air. (A visa-exempt foreign national is a person who is not a citizen of Canada and is not required to obtain a visa for the purpose of travel based on their country of nationality).

Effective March 15, 2016, visa-exempt foreign nationals must obtain an eTA before they can board a flight to Canada. To complete an application for an eTA, a passport, credit card and an email address is required. An eTA costs $7 CAD and is valid for up to five years. Among those exempted from this new requirement is U.S. citizens and travelers with a valid visa. Also, entry requirements for travelers arriving by land or sea have not changed.

To find out if a citizen of a country needs an eTA or how to apply for one, visit Government of Canada’s Electronic Travel Authorization at: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/eta.asp

There you can also check if you need a VISA to travel. In this case please make sure to submit your visa application well in advance, because usually this is a time consuming process.

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HCII 2016: Exhibition

You are invited to exhibit at the HCI International 2016 exhibition. The HCI International Conference is an ideal opportunity to exhibit your products and services to an international audience of about 2000 researchers, academics, professionals and users in the field of HCI. List of Exhibitors registered so far:

Information about the previous years’ exhibition, including pictures and exhibitors, are available in HCII News Facebook page. For more Information about the HCII 2016 exhibition visit: http://2016.hci.international/exhibition

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HCII 2016 Sponsorship

Sponsorship in the context of HCI International 2016 is the ideal opportunity to expose your organization to an international audience of about 2000 researchers, professionals and users in the field of HCI. Sponsorship is not limited to financial support, and can also take the form of material and service provision. If you are interested in contributing to this international event as a sponsor or simply wish to receive more information, please contact: administration@hcii2016.org

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Book review: The New ABCs of Research

Ben Shneiderman, a pioneer in HCI research and a university distinguished professor (with over 65,000 Google scholar citations) has authored the just published book by Oxford University Press titled "The New ABCs of Research". The book has been endorsed by the president of Stanford University, the president of the USA National Academy of Engineering and by a former director of the USA National Science Foundation. The book presents a number of principles which are supported by a host of diversified case studies. Some of the presented key principles are: combining applied and basic research produces higher research, compared to doing them separately; blending the methods of science, engineering and design produces higher impact research compared to working separately. This book is highly recommended for researchers who wish to further increase the impact of their research and for individuals who are in a position to influence the direction of research.

Gavriel Salvendy
http://www.ie.tsinghua.edu.cn/salvendy

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Announcements

Special issue in the Universal Access in the Information Society Journal, Entitled: Information Society Skills. Is knowledge accessible for all?
More info: http://www.springer.com/cda/content/document/cda_downloaddocument/CFP_UAIS_2016vFINAL.pdf?SGWID=0-0-45-1552374-p1167458

May 30 - June 3, 2016: WSCG 2016, Int. Conf. on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision, Pilsen City, Prague.

August 23-25, 2016: 4th International Conference on User Science and Engineering 2016 (i-USEr 2016), Melaka, Malaysia.

Sept 8-9, 2016: RoCHI 2016 - International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Iasi Romania

Sept 22-24, 2016: IEEE ICEMIS 2016, Agadir, Morocco, between.

Call for papers, October 24 – 26, 2016: the ASSETS 2016 Conference, Atlantis Casino Resort Spa - Reno, Nevada

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About HCI International NEWS

The HCI International NEWS is a newsletter that contains information about the HCI International 2015 Conference, book reviews, news from the field of HCI, as well as links to interesting articles and conferences. If you have any questions or comments, or if you would like to make a contribution, please contact the Editor, Dr. Abbas Moallem. The opinions that are expressed in this Newsletter are the sole responsibility of its authors and do not represent any institution or company.

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We welcome your contribution to the HCI International News. Please send to us interesting news, short articles, interesting websites, etc. We will consider your comments and contributions for upcoming issues. Please send your contribution to the Editor, Dr.Abbas Moallem.

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