Animal-Computer Interaction SIG

SIG Meeting

May 10, 2012 @ 14:30, Room: 13A

Animal-Computer Interaction SIG - SIG Meeting
Community: design
Clara Mancini - Department of Computing, The Open University, UK
Shaun Lawson - University of Lincoln, UK
Janet van der Linden - Department of Computing, The Open University, UK
Jonna Häkkilä - Nokia Research Center, Finland
Frank Noz - FrankNoz.com, USA
Chadwick Wingrave - UCF, USA
Oskar Juhlin - Stockholm University, Sweden
Contribution & Benefit: Beyond HCI: animals as technology users and co-participants in technological interactions, in the context of human-animal relationships and animal engagement with technology in different settings.
Abstract » User-computer interaction research is demonstrating growing interest in the relation between animals and technology (e.g., computer-mediated interspecies interactions and animal-computer interfaces). However, as a research area, this topic is still underexplored and fragmented, and researchers lack opportunities to exchange ideas, identify resources, form collaborations and co-operatively develop a coherent research agenda. The Animal-Computer Interaction (ACI) SIG meeting aims to provide such an opportunity, promoting the development of ACI as a distinct area of research which is relevant to both animals and humans.