CHI 2020

Designing Interactions for the Ageing Populations – Addressing Global Challenges

Sayan Sarcar, Cosmin Munteanu, Jussi Jokinen, Neil Charness, Mark Dunlop, Xiangshi Ren, and Jenny Waycott

We are concurrently witnessing two significant shifts: digital devices are becoming ubiquitous; and older people are becoming a very large demographic group. However, despite the recent increase in related CHI publication, older adults continue to be underrepresented in HCI research as well as commercially. Therefore, the overarching aim of this workshop is to increase the momentum for such research within CHI and related fields such as gerontechnology. For this, we plan to create a space for discussing and sharing principles and strategies to design interactions and evaluate user interfaces (UI) for the ageing population. We thus welcome contributions of empirical studies, theories, design and evaluation of UIs for older adults. Building on the success of last two year’s workshops, we aim to grow the community of CHI researchers across borders interested in this topic by fostering a space to exchange results, methods, approaches, and ideas from research on interactive applications in support of older adults that are reflective of international diversity that is representative of CHI.

Call for Participation

This workshop discusses the principles and strategies to design and evaluate UIs of digital devices for the ageing population. The topic is timely, as the Internet of Things device has become the most widely used computer terminal and at the same time the number of older people will soon exceed the number of children worldwide. However, most HCI research addresses younger adults and has had little impact on older adults. This workshop welcomes contributions to empirical studies, theories, design and evaluation of UIs for older adults. The workshop has three goals: (i) to map the state-of-art, (ii) to build a community gathering experts from related areas, and (iii) to raise awareness within the SIGCHI community. We invite contributions in one or more of four threads: empirical (e.g., evaluation), theoretical (e.g. theoretical insights from accessibility, gerontology, etc.), design (e.g.,  interface design), and evaluation. Details are on the workshop website: http://chi.olderadults.mobi. The contributions are expected to align with the overall workshop theme of “Ageing across borders” by particularly reflecting on what is specific to the regional / cultural context of the research described in the position paper (and where possible, contextualizing it through comparison to other regions / cultures).

Submission

A 4-page position paper in the CHI Extended Abstracts Format, sent to older.adult.chi@gmail.com

Registration

At least one author of each accepted position paper must attend the workshop and all workshop participants must register for both the workshop and for at least one day of the conference.

Important Dates

11 December, 2019: CFP released
11 February, 2020 18 February, 2020: Participant submission due
28 February, 2020: Acceptance Notification
26 April, 2020: Workshop

Organizers

Sayan Sarcar is an Assistant Professor at the University of Tsukuba, Japan. His research area includes Computational UI Design, Ageing & Accessibility, Input and Interaction.

Cosmin Munteanu is an Assistant Professor at the Institute for Communication, Culture, Information, and Technology (University of Toronto at Mississauga), and Co-Director of the Technologies for Ageing Gracefully lab. Cosmin’s multidisciplinary research activities include developing applications that improve access to information and support learning, such as for elders whose enjoyment of life and participation in society could be better supported by advances in interactive assistive technologies.

Jussi Jokinen is Postdoctoral researcher at Aalto University, Finland. His research area includes cognitive science, user experience, and HCI, specifically studying emotion in HCI and the effect of age on the use of mobile devices.

Neil Charness is the William G Chase Professor of Psychology and Director of the Institute for Successful Longevity at Florida State University. His research with CREATE group focuses on human factors approaches to design and use of technology by older adults.

Mark Dunlop is a Senior Lecturer at Strathclyde University, Glasgow, where he leads the Mobiquitous Lab. He is an associate editor of Personal and Ubicomp, Steering Committee Secretary for MobileHCI and a Subcommittee Chair for CHI 2016 and CHI 2017.

Xiangshi Ren is Professor and Director of the Center for Human-Engaged Computing at Kochi University of Technology. Prof. Ren has been working on fundamental studies in the field of HCI for over twenty years. His research interests include all aspects of HCI. He is founding president of the International Chinese Association of Computer Human Interaction (ICACHI).

Jenny Waycott is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Melbourne, Australia. She is currently leading a fouryear project that is examining the design and use of emerging technologies for social and emotional enrichment in later life.

 

 

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