Case Studies and Demonstrations

Industry Case Studies

The sessions allow current practitioners in the HCI industry to present practical and applied case studies that illustrate their ideas and experience. The emphasis is on advanced professional practice that utilise HCI principles.Case studies could include:

  • New or improved techniques and methodologies
  • Integration of Industrial Design, Ergonomics or Participatory Design in the product development process.
  • Techniques for measuring performance and ROI
  • Issues and developments in implementing research methods such as - surveys, workshops and on-site observations
  • Translating user and business requirements into design
  • Issues and challenges in particular industries or contexts such as online applications or mobile technologies
  • Refining and realising business strategy and working with clients
  • Incorporating usability in product development lifecycle to allow research and development, procurement, manufacturing, distribution, marketing and customer service to contribute to the design of a product or service.
  • Testing usability with emerging technology or industries.
  • Examples of the challenges, methods or approaches to transferring HCI research into the development of new products or services.
  • Examples HCI research collaborations between of academic organisations and companies or industries.
  • Innovative and speculative interaction models and methods.

Important dates

  • 30 August 2010: Industry case studies submission date
  • 24 September 2010: Acceptance Notification

Industry Case Study Chair

Brett Campbell, Australian Taxation Office
Megan Bauer, Telstra

industry.chair[AT]ozchi.org

Submissions

Case study sessions submissions should contain the following:

  1. A 250 word summary for the conference programme including the problem addressed, what will be presented, and its relevance to the HCI community.
  2. A proposal outlining the presentation to be conducted and the rationale behind it. The proposal should include:
    • Session title
    • Presenter(s) name and organisation
    • A brief background of the presenter(s)and their organisation.
    • The business problem that was addressed by the work in the case study (including a brief description of the context of the project).
    • The applied solution that was developed including documentation of its usage by customers.
    • Drawings, diagrams, screenshots / urls or photographs of the product or service.
    • The challenges and issues that emerged in the process of solving the problem and arriving at a solution.
    • The benefits and limitations of the solution.
    • How the solution could be applied in other contexts (if applicable)
    • Relevance of the case study to other HCI professional practitioners working in the industry.

Case Study submissions should be sent directly to the chairs.

Demonstrations

Demonstrations of original applications, technologies and approaches to user interface design are encouraged. Peer reviewed demonstrations show early implementations of novel, interesting, and important interface systems and design approaches. They can also serve to showcase commercial products not previously described in the research literature. The following aspects of the submission will be considered in the selection process:* Contribution to the field of HCI* Originality of the concept* Quality of the presentation

Important Dates

  • 30 August 2010: Demonstrations submission date
  • 24 September 2010: Acceptance Notification

Demonstrations Chairs

Margot Brereton, QUT
Michael Docherty, QUT

workshops.chair[AT]ozchi.org

Submissions

Demonstration submissions should contain the following:

  1. A short abstract (approximately 2 pages) describing the demonstration. The abstract will be included in the conference proceedings, and needs to be in the OzCHI 2010 paper template. An abstract should outline the presentation to be conducted and the rationale behind it. The presentation should include:
    • The background of the presenter and their organisation
    • How the application, technology or design approach addresses specific problems and the benefits provided
    • The constraints faced by the application, technology or design approach, with specific attention to the hardware/software required (if applicable)
    • The current and future commercial readiness (if applicable)
  2. A 250 word summary for the conference programme including the problem addressed, what will be presented, and its relevance to the HCI community.

Demonstration submissions should be sent directly to the chairs.