Workshops & Studios Submission
The submission deadline for Workshops & Studios is August 1st, 11:59 pm BST (UTC+1) 2010.
Submit proposal documents by email to the Workshops and Studios Chairs: Pedro Branco and Jos van Leeuwen – tei-2011-w-s@googlegroups.com
Submission Guidelines
TEI-2011 Workshops & Studios program, held on Sunday January 23, 2011 during the morning and/or afternoon, will invite participants to a focused, interactive and exciting hands-on experience. Open to anyone who has registered for the TEI’11 conference, each Workshop and Studio will accommodate around 15 participants; there are no additional fees. Workshops typically start from a position taken by the organizer who entices the participants to join in discussion and debate. Studios engage participants in hands-on and creative making processes. Each TEI-2011 Workshop and Studio will be represented by a 4-page extended abstract in the Proceedings and published in the ACM Digital Library.
Workshops
Workshops, new at TEI-2011, offer participants a chance to engage in a focused and interactive discussion. You are invited to organize a workshop around a topic that you believe deserves an in-depth discussion by a dedicated group of peers. Organizing a workshop affords an opportunity to find common ground, identify opposing viewpoints, create a shared understanding, build community, find collaborators, generate new ideas and insights, or define new areas of research interest. Topics may range widely from basic research questions to issues of applied research, best practices, methodologies, application areas, technological innovations, design aspects, etc. Workshops should aim at achieving new insights or understandings that will help participants achieve better results in their research and contribute to bringing researchers together in future work. Participants are expected to submit short position papers that will serve to seed the discussion.
As organizer, you may plan the workshop to achieve tangible results in the form of a joint publication or newly established community.
- Open Source Design
- Methods and techniques: how are tangible interfaces different?
- When is a tangible better, and when not?
- Tangible interfaces for common purposes – strategies to reach the masses
Studios
A studio is a hands-on experience that exposes participants to something new – a design technique, an unexpected combination of technologies, an approach to creative design – or that aims to join forces in solving a common problem in the area of tangibles. Through the studio, organizers can expose their work to a dedicated group of professionals, engage in co-creation, and gain feedback. Studio topics may range from design stages to production; they can take the form of technical experiments or creative sessions. Studios should contain a strong hands-on component, start with a solid statement on objectives and expected outcomes, and conclude with a discussion of end-results. Here is a short video from the Studios at TEI-2010 at the MIT Media Lab: http://vimeo.com/9029856
Examples of studio topics:
- Programming, paper, and paint
- Making digital music with mundane objects
- Connections between computing and clay
- Smart tangibles
- Sketching in hardware
- Tools for toy designers
- Microcontroller mayhem
- Prototyping – from cardboard to 3D printing
- What can I do with an RFID in my shoe or on my hat?
- Going Wireless
- or something we even have not thought about…
The Workshop/Studio players
Workshop/Studio Organizer(s) submit Workshop/Studio proposals and are responsible for organization, instruction and presentation during the Workshop/Studio Session.
Workshop/Studio Participants: people who register and attend the TEI’11 conference and elect to participate in a Workshop or Studio session. The total number of attendees for each session, as well as paper acceptance for workshops, is at the discretion of the organizers.
Submitting a TEI-2011 Workshop/Studio proposal
Submit a proposal as two documents formatted according to the ACM Extended Abstract guidelines (see below).
Document 1 (4 pages maximum):
- Part 1A: Abstract (150 words maximum).
- Part 1B: Detailed proposal description.
- Part 1C: Topics to be covered.
- Part 1D: Learning goals/Discussion objectives.
- Part 1E: Supporting (Web) documents / references.
This ACM formatted Description document template contains detailed descriptions and examples of the expected contents for each part.
Document 2 (4 pages maximum):
- Part 2A: Studio/Workshop coordinator information (100 words each maximum).
- Part 2B: Proposed schedule.
- Part 2C: Bill of materials (studios only).
- Part 2D: Estimated budget (studios only).
- Part 2E: Required equipment.
This ACM formatted Logistics document template contains detailed descriptions and examples the expected contents for each part.
Submit proposal documents by email to the Workshops and Studios Chairs: Pedro Branco and Jos van Leeuwen – tei-2011-w-s@googlegroups.com
TEI Workshop/Studio review process
The review process will take into account the organizers’ ability to clearly articulate a plan for a Workshop or Studio that will provoke discussion of TEI-related issues or lead to a rich hands-on experience, in a half- or full-day time slot. Additional criteria are: the expected community interest level in the topic, available equipment, and how the topics and processes covered complement other Workshop and Studio offerings. The Workshops & Studios Chairs may request organizers of submissions that are similar in topic to collaborate on a joint session. In order for the Workshop/Studio extended abstract to appear in the Proceedings, Workshop/Studio organizers must register for the TEI conference by the early registration deadline.
Proposal submission deadline: August 1, 2010
Proposal notification date: October 1, 2010
Camera-ready copy due: December 1, 2010.
Organizers’ responsibilities
Before the conference
- For studios: arrange for delivery of needed studio materials (options include bringing items in-person or exploring shipping processes).
- For workshops: call for paper submissions and manage a review of papers.
- Prepare for 12 to 15 participants.
- Develop a final agenda of activities and discuss it with TEI’11 Workshops & Studios Chairs.
- Recruit participants: Publicize sessions: organizers of an accepted session are encouraged to set up and maintain a web page providing information about their workshop or studio.
At the conference
Organizers are responsible for setting up the Workshop or Studio before the session, leading discussions and sustaining participation. Organizers will present the results of the session to the entire TEI’11 conference.
After the conference
It is expected that session results will be communicated to a larger audience. In addition to any presentations organizers at the conference, organizers will make material available about the workshop or studio for public consumption. This material can range from online photos and videos, design documents and/or schematics, a blog, or a report for publication in an ACM Bulletin or a similar venue.
Submit proposal documents (and direct any queries) by email to the Workshops and Studios Chairs: Pedro Branco and Jos van Leeuwen – tei-2011-w-s@googlegroups.com
Workshops & Studios are due August 1st, 11:59 pm BST (UTC+1) 2010.
