Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services

Abstract

It is our great pleasure to welcome you to Mobile HCI2010, the 12th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services, and to Lisboa, Portugal. For the first time MobileHCI takes place in Portugal and is organised by the University of Lisboa, with the collaboration of the New University of Lisboa and the research centres LaSIGE and CITI, and in cooperation with ACM SIGCHI and ACM SIGMOBILE. Starting in 1998 in Glasgow, MobileHCI is now on its 12th edition and it is the leading conference in the field of Human Computer Interaction with Mobile Devices and Services. The MobileHCI series provides a forum for academics and practitioners to discuss the challenges and potential solutions for effective interaction with mobile systems and services. It covers the design, evaluation and application of techniques and approaches for mobile and wearable computing devices and services. MobileHCI 2010 call for papers attracted many researchers and practitioners in the area receiving a total of 111 full papers and 114 short papers. Through a very thorough review process, we were able to accept 26 full papers and 20 short papers in a very competitive process. The acceptance rate for full papers was 23.4% and for short papers was 17.5%. In addition to the full and short papers, MobileHCI 2010 includes other submission categories that promote different types of interactions among the participants (workshops, panels, industrial case studies, a design competition, future innovations, posters, demos and experiences, and a doctoral consortium). This year, the programme includes three notable invited speakers, Patrick Baudish from the Hasso Plattner Institute, Josh Ulm from Vodafone UK, and Scott Jenson from Google USA, with mixed industry and academic backgrounds sharing their innovative work and experiences with the conference participants. The Programme Committee was fundamental in reaching the final high quality programme. As a new approach, the rigorous review process included Associate Chairs and Programme Committee members. Each paper was reviewed by at least three PC members (most of the papers by four or five) and was assigned to an Associate Chair that moderated online discussions to reach a final set of reviews for each paper. The Programme Chair and the Associate Chairs met in Lisboa in March 2010 to make the final decisions for the conference. In total, more than 1100 reviews were generated over the several categories of the programme.