[Infovis] ACM ISS 2020 Demo & Poster CfP: ddl extended to September 4

[Ruolin Wang]

Dear colleagues,
ACM ISS 2020 Demo & Poster Call for Participants! The submission deadline
has been extended to Sept 4!

*ACM Interactive Surfaces and Spaces (ACM ISS 2020)
<http://iss.acm.org/2020/>* is the premier venue for research in the
design, development and use of new and emerging interactive surface
technologies and interactive spaces. ACM ISS 2020 welcomes original,
high-quality research and industry contributions that advance the
state-of-the-art in the area of interactive surfaces, interactive spaces
and novel interface technologies.

Our websites:
Demo: http://iss.acm.org/2020/authors/demos/
Poster: http://iss.acm.org/2020/authors/posters/


Demo

GENERAL INFORMATION
The ISS demo session provides a great opportunity for authors to present
their prototypes, products and applications to conference attendees. We
will provide a virtual demonstration area in which you will be able to
showcase your best interactive experiences and commercial products during
the ISS 2020 conference. In spite of the COVID-19 situation, our goal is to
provide a highly interactive forum for lively discussions and hands-on
experiences around the most exciting interactive technologies and
installations.

QUICK FACTS
Submission details:
Online Submission: PCS Submission System
Template: ACM Master Article Submission Templates (single column)
Submission format:
Extended Abstract, maximum 6 pages including references.
Video figure showing the demo in appropriate detail and describing what
attendees will experience (maximum 5 minutes).
Submissions are not anonymous and author names, affiliations, and contact
information will be visible to the reviewing committee throughout the
submission process.
Virtual Demos
ISS 2020 is going fully virtual because of COVID-19, resulting in
modifications to the Call for Demos in previous years. Unlike in previous
years,

a video demonstration is required at time of submission
a poster is not required as part of the submission.
WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
Creative and innovative technologies and applications in interactive
surfaces and spaces, including displays, input and sensing technologies,
interaction techniques, shape-changing devices, computer vision
applications, audio – speech interfaces, wearable devices, visualization
techniques, interfaces for public spaces and more. Also demos from industry
(i.e. commercial applications and products) are highly encouraged.

What are the benefits?
You will get the opportunity to perform an online demonstration of your
exciting projects and ideas to experts from both academia and industry
during the conference. Your submission will be published and indexed as an
extended abstract in the ACM digital library.

How will we evaluate?
Demo submissions will be reviewed and selected by the demo chairs.
Confidentiality of submissions is maintained during the review process. All
rejected submissions will be kept confidential in perpetuity. All submitted
materials for accepted submissions will be kept confidential until the
start of the conference. Abstracts of invited demos from the papers track
will not be reviewed. We will focus on interactive and exciting demos. We
want to showcase interactive technologies from all over the world and
create a highly exciting event. We thus encourage resubmission of existing
exciting demos.

Demonstrating during a virtual conference?
Accepted demos will be demonstrated remotely by the authors to a live
audience. At least one author is expected to present the demo during the
times of the conference demo session and to interact with conference
attendees.
The virtual format of the demo session expands the capabilities of demo
demonstrations in previous years, giving authors the opportunity to even
demonstrate large-scale installations that could not have been brought to a
conference venue.

PREPARING THE SUBMISSION
Every submission should include:

A submission document using the ACM Master Article Submission Templates
(single column), maximum 6 pages including references. Submissions should
not be anonymized. Accepted submissions will be published on the ACM
digital library.
A video of up to 5 minutes long and at most 100MB in size.
1. Document submission
The document submission should not be longer than 6 pages long, and must
include all figures and references, and must be using the ACM Master
Article Submission Templates. The submission should include a description
of the relevance of the work to the immediate ISS conference community, as
well as to the broader ISS community, emphasising its novelty, uniqueness,
and rationale.

2. Video
A video must be submitted along the written document, as it is the optimal
medium to communicate your demonstration to the reviewers how authors
envision their demonstration to the live audience at the conference. The
video must be no longer than 5 minutes must be less than 100 MB in size.
Please make sure that your video is playable on standard PC and Macintosh
computers. We recommend that you encode your video as an MP4 using the
H.264 codec. Submitted videos may be used on the ISS website during and
after the virtual conference. Be sure to have permission for all content,
and use rights-free music tracks.

SELECTION PROCESS
Demo submissions will be reviewed by the ISS demos co-chairs for the
suitability of ISS and this year’s virtual format. Due to the nature of
this year’s conference format, submissions will be particularly evaluated
on the quality of the accompanying video and the potential for remote
demonstration. Review comments will be lightweight and justify the outcome.
There will be no rebuttal phase.

Novelty
Resubmitting a demonstration shown at a previous venue is allowed. Authors
are requested to mention that the work has been demonstrated at other
venues in the PCS submission.

UPON ACCEPTANCE OF YOUR DEMONSTRATION
For each accepted demo, at least one author must register for the ISS 2020
conference. Authors will also be required to upload a still image as well
as a 30 second preview video that will both be used to advertise the
demonstration before and during the conference.

More details will be provided in the following weeks regarding organisation
during the conference and the adaptation that will be implemented due to
the virtual format of this year’s ISS conference.

Demonstration Co-Chairs
If you have questions about Demos for ISS 2020, contact the Demo Chairs:
Christian Holz, ETH Zurich
Sylvain Malacria, Inria
demos2020 at iss.acm.org

Poster

Quick Links
Formatting instructions:
https://www.acm.org/publications/taps/word-template-workflow
Precision Conference Submission: https://new.precisionconference.com
General Information
We invite submissions to the poster category of ISS 2020.

The ISS 2020 poster program offers an engaging venue to present and discuss
new and developing research. Posters provide the opportunity for
researchers to get feedback on early-stage work and work-in-progress, to
establish potential collaborations and to discuss the burning issues in ISS
2020 in an informal manner with the larger community during the interactive
poster session.

Work that is best suited for a poster submission includes - but is not
limited to - preliminary results, thought-provoking and current topics,
novel experiences and/or prototypes that have not been fully tested but
show great promise, summaries of small-scale studies, design-led
explorations of interactive tabletops, surfaces and spaces.

A poster submission will allow you to:

Introduce your poster online to an international audience. There will also
be a Best Poster Award at the conference.
Publish an extended abstract of the poster in the electronic conference
proceedings in the ACM Digital Library. Publish an optional video of up to
5 minutes long in electronic conference proceedings in the ACM Digital
Library.
Preparing the Submission
All submissions must include:

An extended abstract with a maximum of 6 pages in the ACM Master Article
Submission Template.
A poster design - each poster will have a display space of approximately 48
inches wide x 48 inches high in A0 portrait format, so your poster may not
be any larger than this size.
A short video of up to 5 minutes long and at most 100MB in size presenting
the research displayed in the poster (optional).
1. Document submission
The submission document should not be longer than 6 pages. It must include
all figures and references, and use the ACM Master Article Submission
Templates. The submission should include a description of the relevance of
the work to the immediate ISS conference community, as well as to the
broader ISS community, emphasizing its novelty, uniqueness, and rationale.
The extended abstract should include a concise description of the idea, the
results or findings, supporting imagery and figures, and a discussion of
the implications of the work to the selected domain. Full literature
reviews are not expected, although relevant citations should be included.

2. Poster Design
Your poster should be designed to effectively communicate your research
problem, technique, and results. In particular, you should highlight what
is novel and important about your work. The reviewers will provide feedback
and guidance on your poster design, so it is in your best interest as an
author to put effort into your poster design. However, note that only the
extended abstract and video (if submitted) will be published in the ACM
Digital Library.

3. Video
A video presenting the research displayed in the poster may be submitted
along with the written document. The video must be no longer than 5 minutes
and must be less than 100 MB in size. Please make sure that your video is
playable on standard PC and Macintosh computers. We recommend that you
encode your video as an MP4 using the H.264 codec. Submitted videos may be
used on the ISS website during and after the virtual conference. Be sure to
have permission for all content, and use rights-free music tracks.

Submissions should not be anonymized. Accepted submissions will be
published in the ACM digital library. The reviewing of abstracts will be
single-blind -- that is, your submission should *not* be anonymized but
reviewers will remain anonymous to you. As there is a short time after
notifications to the final camera-ready deadline, it is not possible to
make large changes before the camera-ready deadline. Final camera-ready
versions of accepted papers must be accompanied by a signed copyright form
which will be provided to accepted authors. All submissions conflicting
with one or more guidelines will be removed before the reviewing process to
assure that all posters can be reviewed and published on-time
(desk-rejection). Your extended abstract, poster design, and optional video
should be submitted by September 4, 2020, to the Precision Conference
System.

Selection Process
Posters will be reviewed by the poster chairs with the help of members of
the ISS 2020 Posters Committee.

Upon acceptance of your poster
Upon acceptance, ACM will send you a copyright form, which you have to
complete. Once completed, we will provide you with the new copyright
information to be put on your paper. You can then submit the final version
(including the new copyright notice) through the Precision Conference
System by October 9, 2020.

For each accepted poster, at least one author must register for the ISS
2020 conference. The authors are expected to present the accepted posters
at the conference throughout the poster session. Authors will also be
required to upload a still image as well as a 30-second preview video that
will both be used to advertise the demonstration before and during the
conference.

More details will be provided in the following weeks regarding the
organization during the conference and the adaptation that will be
implemented due to the virtual format of this year’s ISS conference.

Posters Co-Chairs
Craig Anslow, Victoria University of Wellington
Can Liu, City University of Hong Kong
Alexandre Siqueira, University of Florida




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Engineering

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