Eleventh International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, October 26-28, 2009, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Call For Papers

People with disabilities can use Computer and Information Technologies to overcome barriers encountered in day-to-day life, and to participate more fully in society. The ASSETS series of conferences explores the potential of Computer and Information Technologies to support and include 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 by people with disabilities. Sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and its SIGACCESS Special Interest Group on Accessible Computing, ASSETS 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 policymakers to exchange ideas, share information, and make new contacts.

Topics

High quality, original submissions on topics relevant to computers and accessibility are invited. Appropriate topics include (but are not limited to) 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

Successful submissions typically present (though submissions from other related areas are encouraged) novel ideas, designs, techniques, systems, 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 groups 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. Overlapping material should not be submitted to multiple categories.

Important Dates

• Paper submission: May 10, 2009.
• Notification of acceptance (papers): June 29, 2009.
• Poster and demo submission: July 6, 2009.
• Student research competition submission: July 6, 2009.
• Doctoral consortium submission: July 17, 2009.
• Notification of acceptance (posters and demos): July 27, 2009.
• Notification of acceptance (student research competition): July 27, 2009.
• Camera-ready materials due: August 11, 2009.
• Notification of acceptance (doctoral consortium): August 21, 2009.

Labels: ASSETS, Call For Papers, Conferences

The January 2009 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
2. Automatic Assessment and Adaptation to Real World Pointing Performance
   Amy Hurst
3. Improving Computer Interaction for Older Adults
   Nic Hollinworth
4. Common Input Devices for Malaysian Computer Users with Motor Impairments
   Hasni Hassan
5. Critically Analyzing Workplace Discourse to Inform AAC Device Design
   Carrie Bruce
6. A Study of Sign Language Coarticulation
   Jérémie Segouat
7. Context-Enhanced Interaction Techniques for More Accessible Mobile Phones
   Shaun K. Kane
8. ICT-Related Skills and Needs of Blind and Visually Impaired People
   Carolina van Puffelen
9. Generation of Accessible Diagrams by Semantics Preserving Adaptation
   Cagatay Goncu
10. Good Visual Aesthetics Equals Good Web Accessibility
    Grace Mbipom
11. Automatic Readability Assessment for People with Intellectual Disabilities
    Lijun Feng
12. ASSETS ’08 Trip Report
    Karyn Moffatt

Labels: Doctoral Consortium, January 2009, Newsletter

Volume 1 , Issue 3 (February 2009) of ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing is now available. The edition can be accessed in the ACM Digital Library

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to the Special Issue on AAC
   Kathleen F. McCoy and Annalu Waller
2. Conception and Experimentation of a Communication Device with Adaptive Scanning
   Souhir Ghedira, Pierre Pino and Guy Bourhis
3. The Effect of Voice Output on AAC-Supported Conversations of Persons with Alzheimer’s Disease
   Melanie Fried-Oken, Charity Rowland, Glory Baker, Mayling Dixon, Carolyn Mills, Darlene Schultz and Barry Oken
4. Evaluating the STANDUP Pun Generating Software with Children with Cerebral Palsy
   Annalu Waller, Rolf Black, David A. O’Mara, Helen Pain, Graeme Ritchie and Ruli Manurung
5. User Interaction with Word Prediction: The Effects of Prediction Quality
   Keith Trnka, John McCaw, Debra Yarrington, Kathleen F. McCoy and Christopher Pennington

Labels: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Special Issue, TACCESS