ASSETS 2008 News
Tenth International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS 2008)
October 13-15, 2008
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
www.acm.org/sigaccess/assets08/
CALL FOR PAPERS
The ASSETS series of conferences explores the potential for Computer and Information Technologies to enhance the lives of individuals with disabilities and those around them. ASSETS is the premier forum for presenting innovative research on the design and use of both mainstream and specialized assistive technologies to support people with disabilities. Since 1994, the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and its SIGACCESS Special Interest Group on Accessible Computing has sponsored the ASSETS series of conferences. This year's conference includes formal paper sessions, demonstrations, posters, a doctoral consortium, and a student research competition. The single track and friendly atmosphere make ASSETS the ideal venue to meet researchers, practitioners, developers and policy-makers to exchange ideas, share information, and make new contacts.
Topics
High quality, original submissions on topics relevant to computers and accessibility are invited. This includes the use of technology by and in support of:
- individuals with hearing, sight and other sensory impairments,
- individuals with motor impairments,
- individuals with memory, learning and cognitive impairments,
- individuals with multiple impairments,
- older adults
Submissions should present novel ideas, designs, techniques, systems, tools, evaluations, scientific investigations, methodologies, social issues or policy issues relating to:
- assistive technologies that improve day-to-day life
- assistive technologies that improve access to mainstream Computer and Information Technologies
- innovative use of mainstream technologies to overcome access barriers
- accessibility and usability of mainstream technologies
- identification of barriers to technology access that are not addressed by existing research
Where relevant, work that includes empirical data from the target user group is strongly preferred.
Submission Procedures
ASSETS accepts submissions in the following categories:
- Technical papers
- Posters
- Demonstrations
- Student research competition
- Doctoral consortium
All submissions will be peer-reviewed by an international panel. Submissions MUST contain substantial original, unpublished material.
Important Dates
| Paper | Date |
|---|---|
| Technical Paper submissions | 05 May 2008 |
| Technical Reviews Complete | 30 May 2008 |
| Optional Author Rebuttal Open | 02 Jun 2008 |
| Optional Author Rebuttal Close | 06 Jun 2008 |
| Technical Rebuttal Responses | 13 Jun 2008 |
| Acceptance notification for technical papers | 16 Jun 2008 |
| Poster, and demonstrations submissions | 23 June 2008 |
| Student Research Competition Submissions | 23 June 2008 |
| Doctoral Consortium submissions | 23 June 2008 |
| Acceptance notification for other papers | 07 Jul 2008 |
| Camera-ready all venues | 04 Aug 2008 |
| Doctoral Consortium | 12 Oct 2008 |
| ASSETS Conference | 13 Oct 2008 |
Mentors
Looking for help with your poster, demo, doctoral consortium submission, or student research competition submission? Help with submissions by seasoned researchers is available through the ASSETS Mentoring Program. Mentors will be experienced ASSETS contributors, who can help authors to improve their submissions. If you think you would benefit from mentoring either because you are new to presenting your research, new to the type of category you are interested in submitting to or simply find that preparing English language papers foreign to your paper writing experience, please consider applying for mentoring help. See the mentor program page for more information.
| Paper | Date |
|---|---|
| Technical Paper (8 pages): 2-3 Page Research Description |
Jan 07, 2008 |
| Rough Draft of Submission | Feb 04, 2008 |
| Pre-mentoring Submission | Mar 03, 2008 |
| Other Papers (2 pages): Rough Draft of Submission |
Mar 24, 2008 |
| Pre-mentoring Submission | Apr 21, 2008 |
| Other Papers (2 pages): Rough Draft of Submission |
Mar 24, 2008 |
Labels: CFP, Important Dates, Submissions
posted on: Thursday, March 20, 2008
Submitting Papers To ASSETS
The ASSETS Conference is developed with the specific focus of facilitating sharing of information, exchange of ideas, through formal paper sessions, demonstrations, posters, and student research/doctoral consortium sessions. To this purpose, ASSETS is a single track conference to encourage group participation and interactions. The matrix below shows who is eligible for submission to each session and where those submissions will be published.
| Paper Category | Applicant | PhD First Half | PhD Second Half | Mentoring Available | Published In | Lodged In |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Technical | Anybody | Yes | Yes | Yes | Proceedings | ACM Digital Library |
| Posters & Demonstrations | Anybody | Yes Greyed Out | Yes Greyed Out | Yes | Proceedings | ACM Digital Library |
| Doctoral Consortium | Students | Yes Greyed Out | No Greyed Out | Yes | Newsletter | ACM Digital Library |
| Student Research Competition | Students | No Greyed Out | Yes Greyed Out | Yes | Proceedings | ACM Digital Library |
Key:
Labels: DC, Posters and Demonstrations, SRC, Submissions, Technical Papers
posted on: Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Mentoring Programme
Help with submissions by seasoned researchers is available through the ASSETS Mentoring Program. Applicants may receive advice on their submission in any of the submission categories provided by ASSETS. Although we do not guarantee that your submission will be accepted by ASSETS, most individuals who have used the mentoring service at ASSETS or at the CHI conference where it began have reported positive experiences and an improved understanding of what is required by reviewers.
If you think you would benefit from mentoring either because you are new to presenting your research, new to the type of category you are interested in submitting to or simply find that preparing English language papers foreign to your paper writing experience, please consider applying for mentoring help. For more information, and to apply to the mentoring programme, please see the ASSETS Mentor Programme Page.
Labels: Mentoring, Submissions
posted on: Thursday, December 06, 2007
ASSETS 2008 Author's Rebuttal Procedure
As preparations for ASSETS 2008 continue, the general conference Chair, Dr. Simon Harper and SIGACCESS Chair, Vicky Hanson, have decided to propose to enhance the reviewing process by allowing an optional author's rebuttal to the initial set of reviewers' comments.
It is hoped that this extra step in the process might help resolve instances in which simple clarifications to ambiguities or minor omissions in the submissions, raised by the reviewers, could project some of the papers in their full worth.
The process should help in reducing the instances in which minor details or communication imprecision prevent worthwhile research endeavours from being assessed in their full impact. Furthermore, the added effort implicit in the rebuttal stage should be minimised by performing the reviewing process on a submission/reviewing system that fully supports this stage.
For full details, please see the Author's Rebuttal Prceducre pages.
Labels: Rebuttal, Submissions, Technical Papers
posted on: Tuesday, December 04, 2007
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