A workshop is a meeting to address a topic or method of common interest to a selective group of Auto-UI attendees. Typically, there is a focus on contemporary challenges. For example, previous workshops have addressed natural user interfaces, situational awareness, trust in automated driving, and the use of virtual and augmented reality in vehicle studies. You can find more detailed examples on the pages of previous years, for example workshops and tutorials in 2019 and 2018.
This year, the switch to a virtual conference will provide opportunities for workshop/tutorial organizers to think creatively on how to engage attendees virtually. Workshops and tutorials will be held in one of the three time zones ideal for our Asian, European, and North American attendees (you may propose to extend some activities to other time zones). Workshops and tutorials may include pre-recorded video presentations, interactive live sessions (breakout sessions, panel discussions, Q&A, etc.), and individual sessions (preparation, practices, and other activities conference attendees may engage in on their own). While the allocated time will be limited to one hour (for longer times, please consult the Workshop co-chairs), we encourage proposals to consider other means of engaging attendees outside of this allocated hour, as well as how they may best use the allocated hour (e.g., consider breaking down into 20 minutes sessions).
Prior to the conference, organizers of accepted workshops and tutorials will be encouraged to submit a short (2 minutes) pitch video, which will be made available to virtual conference attendees in advance, to entice attendees to sign up for their session. Each session will be capped at 30 attendees, and will be first come first serve.
The intent remains to develop a common understanding of research questions or methods, share different approaches to common questions, or serve to build and foster a (new) research community. Workshops can, but are not required to, include solicited position papers and presentations.
A Tutorial is a session in which specific material is taught, either by one person or several people. For example, previous tutorials have addressed automotive user design standards, ambient notification prototyping, eye-tracking and EEG methods.
In addition to individuals and groups proposing workshops and tutorials on their own initiative, the Workshop co-chairs might be able to “match make” potential contributors with similar interests. Those with ideas for such topics should contact the Workshop co-chairs directly. Preference will be given to workshop & tutorial proposals that identify new topics that have not been addressed in previous years.
Shan Bao, Winnie Chen, Ian Reagan, and Jaka Sodnik
wtav@auto-ui.org
The topic of submissions to the workshop and tutorial category must fit into the general topics and goals of the conference. In particular, we favor topics that bring together groups that are, until now, under-represented at the AutoUI conference.
The following topics are examples of topics that are typically of interest to the AutoUI community and submissions tackling these topics are especially welcome (in a random order):
Submissions consist of two documents (extended abstract and short organizer/presenter biographies) uploaded to the Precision conference submission system:
A. Extended Abstract:
More details regarding the new ACM workflow for publications can be found here: https://www.acm.org/publications/taps/word-template-workflow
Proposals must contain the following:
The following will be considered in selecting workshops/tutorials:
Proposals will be reviewed by two Workshop co-chairs and selected based upon their content, the organizers qualifications, and logistical constraints. Workshop co-chairs will reach out to authors of these submissions to discuss details related to virtual conference format and support. It is our goal to support selected workshops and tutorials to achieve their respective purpose and to ensure all attendees may actively contribute to/learn from these sessions.
Accepted workshops will be advertised with the organizers' names. Thus, we expect all organizers of accepted proposals to be present at the workshop. In addition, we expect workshops to accept attendees commensurate with the number of organizers (approx. 5 attendees per organizer). If otherwise, please inform the workshop chairs prior to submission.
Workshop and tutorial organizers will host/attend their sessions at the virtual conference. Through a mix of recorded videos, live sessions (Q&A, breakout sessions), and other creative means, the organizers will interact with the attendees virtually during the virtual conference. Conference organizers will attempt to accommodate workshops/tutorials in time slots that are most ideal given their time zone.