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News from the ACM Special Interest Group on Accessible Computing

Volume 2, Issue 3 (March 2010) of TACCESS Available Online

Volume 2, Issue 3 of ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing is now available. This issue includes two articles. The first explores the design of auditory graphs while the second addresses computer use by children with Down Syndrome and is now available in the ACM Digital Library.

Table of Contents

  1. Universal Design of Auditory Graphs: A Comparison of Sonification Mappings for Visually Impaired and Sighted Listeners
    B. N. Walker and L. M. Mauney
  2. Computer Usage by Children with Down Syndrome: Challenges and Future Research
    Jinjuan Feng, Jonathan Lazar, Libby Kumin and Ant Ozok

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Google Europe Scholarship for Students with Disabilities

Google is excited to announce the most recent addition to their scholarship programs in Europe, the Google Europe Scholarship for Students with Disabilities. This scholarship is designed for students with disabilities studying Computer Science or Computer Engineering who have shown academic strength and demonstrated a passion for computer science.

Deadline:
15th March 2010
Website:
http://www.google.com/studentswithdisabilities-europe/

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ASSETS 2010 Mentor Program

We are looking for experienced authors to help us with mentoring individuals new to the ASSETS conference. If you have published in ASSETS or similar venues, we encourage you to volunteer to be a mentor. If you are interested, please email the Mentor Chair (mc-assets10@acm.org) with your name, affiliation, and up to 4 keywords that represent your research areas by March 7th, 2010.

Mentoring Request

Help with submissions by seasoned researchers is available through the ASSETS Mentoring Program. You may receive advice on your 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 by emailing the Mentor Chair (mc-assets10@acm.org) a 1 page extended abstract of your paper. The deadline for mentoring request is March 5th, 2010. A mentor will be assigned to you shortly. You will then need to send your submission to the mentor assigned to you and work with this person through email, voice over IP, etc.

Deadline to request a Mentor:
March 5th, 2010
Deadline to volunteer as a Mentor:
March 7th, 2010
Website:
http://www.sigaccess.org/assets10/mentor.html

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January 2010 SIGACCESS Newsletter Now Available

The January 2010 edition of the SIGACCESS Newsletter is now available online from the SIGACCESS Newsletter pages.

Table of Contents

  1. A Note from the Editor
    Sri Kurniawan and Jinjuan Heidi Feng
  2. Persuasive Mobile Exercise Companion for Teenagers with Weight Management Issues
    Sonia Arteaga
  3. Widget Identification and Modification for Web 2.0 Access Technologies (WIMWAT)
    Alex Q. Chen
  4. Sign Language Synthesis: Skeleton Modelling for More Realistic Gestures
    Maxime Delorme
  5. AudioNav: A Mixed Reality Navigation System for Individuals Who Are Visually Impaired
    Navid Fallah
  6. Using Interactive Objects for Speech Intervention
    Foad Hamidi
  7. Assistive Systems for Children with Dyslexia and Autism
    Harini Sampath, Jayanthi Sivaswamy, and Bipin Indurkhya
  8. MobileAccessibility: Camera Focalization for Blind and Low- Vision Users On the Go
    Chandrika Jayant
  9. Modeling Animations of American Sign Language Verbs through Motion-Capture of Native ASL Signers
    Pengfei Lu
  10. An Online Multimedia Language Assistant for People with Aphasia and Other Language Barriers
    Xiaojuan Ma
  11. Haptic/Audio Based Exergaming for Visually Impaired Individuals
    Anthony Morelli
  12. Improving Vocabulary Organization in Assistive Communication Tools: A Mixed-Initiative Approach
    Sonya Nikolova
  13. ASSETS 2010: The 12th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility

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Recent News

  1. Volume 2, Issue 3 (March 2010) of TACCESS Available Online
  2. Google Europe Scholarship for Students with Disabilities
  3. ASSETS 2010 Mentor Program
  4. January 2010 SIGACCESS Newsletter Now Available
  5. ASSETS 2010 Facebook Page
  6. ASSETS 2010 Call For Papers
  7. Second ACM SIGACCESS Award for Outstanding Contributions to Computing and Accessibility - Call for Nominations
  8. W4A 2010 Fourth Web Accessibility Challenge Call for Submissions
  9. W4A Google Student Awards
  10. AAAS Problem Solvers Workshop on Engineers with Disabilities
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