IHC 2013 - Brazilian Symposium on Human Factors in Computer Systems
Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, 8-11 October 2013

CALL FOR PAPERS

IHC turns 15! For the past fifteen years, since IHC 98, the Brazilian HCI Community has grown and evolved throughout the country. To further advance our mission to nurture our community, we are now bringing IHC to the North, in the Amazon state. This year, the XII Brazilian Symposium on Human Factors in Computing Systems (IHC 2013) will be held on October 8-11, in Manaus, AM, Brazil.

We invite researchers and practitioners to reflect on the evolution of HCI knowledge in the country and to continue moving forward. IHC 2013 welcomes submissions in all topics of HCI, including:

3D interaction
Accessibility
Adaptive, adaptable, intelligent interfaces and end-user programming
Affective computing and emotional aspects in computing
Brain-computer interaction
Context-aware interaction: HCI for mobile, ubiquitous computing and smart environments
Cultural aspects of HCI: Internationalization of UIs and beyond
Design models, methods, formalisms, techniques, and tools
Digital entertainment
Digital literacy
Domain, user and task analysis for HCI
Ergonomics in HCI
Evaluation models, methods, formalisms, techniques, and tools
HCI and the society: citizenship and legal issues
HCI education
HCI for education
HCI for health and aging
HCI for the Web
Human-robot interaction
Information visualization and visual analytics
Integrating HCI and software engineering
Interacting with augmented and virtual reality
Interacting with posthumous or post-mortem data
Natural user interfaces (NUI)
Novel interaction devices
Novel interaction paradigms
Multimodal interfaces
Privacy in HCI
Social interaction: virtual communities, online communities, and social networks
Sustainable design and green technologies
Tangible UIs
Theories of HCI
Tutorial and help systems

SUBMISSIONS

We expect submissions in English or Portuguese in the following categories:

Full papers
Short papers
Industry papers
Workshops
Short Courses
Posters and Demonstrations
Design Competition (New category: we will not have evaluation competition this year)

IMPORTANT DATES

Deadline for full paper submission: May 20 (extended)
Deadline for submission to other categories: May 24

SITES

Event site: http://sbscihc2013.icomp.ufam.edu.br/
Submission site: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ihc2013

Best regards,
Bruno Santana and Simone Barbosa
IHC 2013 Program Co-Chairs