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Call for Papers
About the call
Computer and Information Technologies have re-designed the way modern
society operates. In particular, they have identified new avenues to
assist individuals with special needs and provide tools and resources to
alleviate the traditional barriers encountered by persons with
disabilities. For example, speech generation systems have assisted persons
with visual impairments and blindness, voice recognition has helped people
with motor impairments, and multi-modal presentations have been shown to
be effective in helping people with learning disabilities.
The ASSETS series of conferences is aimed at providing a technical
forum for presenting and disseminating innovative research results that
cover either:
- applications of computing and information technologies to
provide assistive systems to persons with disabilities; or,
- investigation of computing technologies and their
use by persons with disabilities.
The ASSETS conferences (to be held this year at the Embassy
Suites - Downtown, Portland, Oregon,
USA) have been developed with the specific focus of facilitating the
sharing of information and exchange of
ideas through formal paper sessions, demonstrations, posters, and
informal/social events. To this purpose,
ASSETS is a single-track conference to encourage group participation and
interactions.
Topics
ASSETS is the principal forum for discussions and information exchange
between researchers, clinicians, and
educators; including rehabilitation personnel who administer assistive
technologies; and policy makers concerned
with equitable access to information technologies for people with
disabilities. As such we solicit high quality
original work that addresses the issues associated with
computing/information technology in relation to:
- Hearing, sight and other sensory impairments;
- Motor impairments; and
- Memory, learning and cognitive disabilities; and,
- Ageing.
Preference will be given to papers with experimental results, but
strong papers presenting new theoretical
insights or positions will also be given consideration. Topics should
focus on (but are not necessarily limited
to) the design, development, evaluation and scientific investigation of
technologies to support these individuals
as well as practising professionals including:
- User Evaluation, Experience, and Studies;
- System Papers for Assistive Devices and Technologies;
- Social Issues;
- Best Practice;
- Education and Outreach;
- Web / Interface Accessibility;
- Access to Technology;
- Access to the Real and Built Environment (Pervasive and Ubiquitous
Systems);
- Multi-Modal Interaction;
- Theoretical / Position Papers;
- System Demonstrations; and
- Poster Submissions.
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