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Call for Papers AVI 2016 (paper sumbission is open)
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AVI 2016
International Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces
In cooperation with: ACM-SIGCHI, SIGCHI Italy, SIGWEB, ACM-SIGMM

7-10 June 2016 - Hotel Villa Romanazzi Carducci, Bari, Italy
http://avi2016.di.uniba.it

Since 1992, AVI has been a biannual appointment for a wide international community of experts with a broad range of backgrounds. Throughout more than two decades, the Conference has attracted leading researchers of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) from all over the world, offering a forum to present and disseminate new technological results, new paradigms, new visions for HCI and user interfaces. Because of advanced technology and new possibilities for user interaction, AVI has broadened the topics it covers, still keeping its main focus on the conception, design, implementation and evaluation of novel visual interfaces.
While rooted in Italy, AVI is a true international conference with respect to nationality of participants, authors of papers and program committee members. The mixture of carefully selected research contributions paired with cordial Italian hospitality creates a unique conference atmosphere, which has made AVI an internationally recognized brand.

TOPICS
The topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following ones:
Adaptive and Context-Aware Interfaces
Full-body Interaction
Information Visualization
Interaction Design Tools
Interface Metaphors
Interfaces for Big Data
Interfaces for e-Commerce and e-Branding
Interfaces for e-Culture and e-Tourism
Interfaces for End-User Development
Interfaces for i-TV
Interfaces for Recommender Systems
Interfaces for Social Interaction and Cooperation
Mobile Interaction
Motion-based Interaction
Multimodal Interfaces
(Multi)Sensory Interfaces
(Multi)Touch Interaction
Search Interfaces
User Interfaces for the Internet of Things
Usability and Accessibility
Virtual and Augmented Reality
Visual Analytics
Visual Databases
Web Interfaces

INVITED SPEAKERS
Patrick Baudisch, Potsdam University, Germany
Nadia Berthouze, University College London, UK
Daniel M. Russell, Google, USA

FULL AND SHORT RESEARCH PAPERS
Full and Short papers are archival publications that address AVI 2016 topics and describe original unpublished research.
A 250-words abstract is requested before submission.
Maximum length of long papers is 8 pages formatted according to the ACM SIGCHI format. Maximum length of short papers is 4 pages. Submissions must be anonymized.

POSTER PAPERS
The AVI 2016 Poster Track provides researchers and practitioners with the opportunity of presenting their work-in-progress, obtaining precious feedback from their peers, in an informal setting.
Poster submissions must be up to 2 pages, not anonymized.

DEMO PAPERS
Demo papers refer to something that can be shown in order to demonstrate a completed or on-going research effort. We are looking for implementations of novel and interesting concepts or systems related to the main topics of AVI.
Demo submissions must be up to 2 pages, not anonymized.

FORMAT
Online submission is required for all types of submissions.
All submissions must be formatted according to the ACM SIG format available at http://www.acm.org/publications/article-templates/proceedings-template.html

SUBMISSION
Papers are submitted online on EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=avi2016.
Paper submissions is open.

WORKSHOP PROPOSALS
AVI 2016 will include workshops on emerging topics as well as established ones that are relevant to interface design research and practice. Workshops will be held on Tuesday June 7, 2016. Indications about the workshop proposal will be soon available on the AVI 2016 website.

PROCEEDINGS
Accepted full and short research papers, as well as poster, demo papers and workshop descriptions will be included in the Proceedings published by ACM Press and will be available in the ACM Digital Library. For each accepted paper, at least one author must register to AVI 2016 by the early registration deadline and present the paper at the conference.

IMPORTANT DATES
Full and short papers
Jan 18 - Abstract submission
Jan 23, 23:59 PST - Submission deadline (strict deadline)
Mar 16 - Notification to authors
Apr 22 - Camera ready due

Demo and Poster papers
Mar 30 - Submission deadline
Apr 8 - Notification to authors
Apr 22 - Camera ready due

Workshops proposals
Jan 29 - Submission deadline
Feb 5 - Notification to authors

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
General Chair
Maria F. Costabile, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy

Program Chairs
Paolo Buono, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy
Maristella Matera, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Paper Chairs
Rosa Lanzilotti, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy
Alessio Malizia, Brunel University, UK

Short Paper Chairs
Carmelo Ardito, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy
Daniela Fogli, University of Brescia, Italy

Poster and Demo Chairs
Barbara Rita Barricelli, University of Milan, Italy
Antonio Piccinno, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy

Workshop Chairs
Catherine Plaisant, University of Maryland, USA
Massimo Zancanaro, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy

Publicity Chair
Giuseppe Desolda, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy

Steering Committee
Paolo Bottoni, La Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Franca Garzotto, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Paolo Paolini, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Giuseppe Santucci, La Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Genny Tortora, University of Salerno, Italy

Program Committee (see on the AVI 2016 website: http://avi2016.di.uniba.it)