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Our book chapter Interactive Technology Integrating with the Physically Active Human Body: Learnings from Rider and Ebike Integration in the edited volume Interactive Sports Technologies by publisher Routledge is now out:

Andres, J., Mueller, F. Interactive Technology Integrating with the Physically Active Human Body: Learnings from Rider and Ebike Integration. Book chapter in: Interactive Sports Technologies. Tzankova, V., Filimowicz, M. (eds). Routledge, 2022, 14-26.

Nathan has received his PhD, entitled “Brain-Computer Integration”, and is therefore now Dr. Semertzidis, congratulations!

Semertzidis, N. Brain-Computer Integration. Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) thesis/dissertation. Monash University. 2022

We are co-organizing a Dagstuhl Seminar on Designing the Human-Computer Symbiosis with Ellen Yi-Luen Do (University of Colorado – Boulder, US),
Kristina Höök (KTH Royal Institute of Technology – Stockholm, SE), and Pattie Maes (MIT Media Lab – Cambridge, USA) from May 21-26, 2023.

Yan will be presenting our IMWUT article on the design of an interactive straw for playful drinking experiences called “SonicStraws” at Ubicomp’22 on 11 Sep 2022:

Wang, Y., Li, Z., Khot, R., Mueller, F. Toward Understanding Playful Beverage-based Gustosonic Experiences. Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (PACM IMWUT/Ubicomp). Volume 6. Issue 1. March 2022. Article No.: 33. pp 1–23. ACM. Video.

Our TOCHI article is published. TOCHI is the ACM Transactions of Computer-Human Interaction journal, and considered an A* publication venue in HCI.

Andres, J., Semertzidis, N., Li, Z., Wang, Y., Mueller, F. Integrated Exertion – Understanding the Design of Human–Computer Integration in an Exertion Context. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interactions, March 2022. 1-30. ACM.

We have the following presentations at DIS’22 (The ACM SIGCHI Conference on Designing Interactive Systems):

Clashing, C., Smith, I., Montoya, M., Patibanda, R., Ananthanarayan, S., Pell, S., Mueller, F. Going into Depth: Learning from a Survey of Interactive Designs for Aquatic Recreation. DIS 2022. Long paper. ACM. Preview video. Video.

Greuter, S., Mueller, F., Hoang, T. Designing Public VR Installations. DIS 2022. Long paper. ACM. Preview video. Video.

Hakan Yılmazer (with primary supervisor Aykut Coşkun) will also participate in the Doctoral Consortium:

Yilmazer, H., Mueller, F., Coskun, A. Designing for Bouldering: Supporting Kinesthetic Learning of Action Sport Enthusiasts. DIS 2022. Doctoral Consortium. ACM.

We are thrilled that the “Machine In The Middle” case study with Rod Dickinson, University of the West of England, received an “Honorable Case Study Recognition” from CHI’22!

Dickinson, R., Semertzidis, N., Mueller, F. Machine In The Middle: Exploring Dark Patterns of Emotional Human-Computer Integration Through Media Art. CHI 2022. Case Study. ACM. Video. Talk video.

“Jogging at CHI” is running hybrid this year: we invite you to our joint remote and local run on Thursday, 7th May, 7am (New Orleans time (CDT)) – 2pm (Central Europe (CEST)) – 10pm (Australia (AET)). You jog (cycle, row, …) wherever you are (if you are in New Orleans, we physically meet at the “start” of the convention center up towards Canal street), we’ll go for about 30-45min, all levels catered for, and we’ll chat together about SportsHCI (all while jogging!) anywhere on earth via Discord: https://discord.gg/qJr7pyjm

Everyone welcome to join!

Our timeslots (in order) at CHI’22 for when we will present our research are (in local (New Orleans) time and Melbourne, Australia, time):

Deng, J., Olivier, P., Andres, J., Ellis, K., Wee, R., Mueller, F. Logic Bonbon: Exploring Food as Computational Artifact. CHI 2022. Long Paper. ACM. Video. Talk video.
New Orleans time: Tue, May 3, 16:15-17:30 (pm)
Melbourne time: Wed, May 4, 7:15-8:30 am

Deng, J., Altarriba, F., Yao, L., Obrist, M., Narumi, K., Yang, H., Miyatake, M., Mueller, F. Mapping FoodHCI Futures. CHI 2022. Special Interest Group (SIG). ACM.
New Orleans time: Wed, May 4, 9:00-10:15 am
Melbourne time: Thu, May 5, 0:00-1:15 am

Semertzidis, N., Fang, Z., Lopes, P., Kunze, K., Pangaro, P., Mueller, F., Maes, P. What We Talk About When We Talk About Human-Computer Integration. Panel (organizing). ACM.
New Orleans time: Wed, May 4, 14:15-15:30 (pm)
Melbourne time: Thu, May 5, 5:15-6:30 am

Dickinson, R., Semertzidis, N., Mueller, F. Machine In The Middle: Exploring Dark Patterns of Emotional Human-Computer Integration Through Media Art. CHI 2022. Case Study. ACM. Video. Talk video. HONORABLE CASE STUDY.
New Orleans time: Wed, May 4, 16:15-17:30 (pm)
Melbourne time: Thu, May 5, 7:15-8:30 am

Clashing, C., Montoya, M., Smith, I., Marshall, J., Opperman, L., Dietz, P., Blythe, M., Bateman, S., Pell, S., Ananthanarayan, S., Mueller, F. Splash! Identifying the Grand Challenges for WaterHCI. CHI 2022. Workshop (organizing). ACM.
Invite only, timing already passed onto participants

We will be presenting the following publications at CHI 2022:

Deng, J., Olivier, P., Andres, J., Ellis, K., Wee, R., Mueller, F. Logic Bonbon: Exploring Food as Computational Artifact. CHI 2022. Long Paper. ACM. Video. Talk video.

Dickinson, R., Semertzidis, N., Mueller, F. Machine In The Middle: Exploring Dark Patterns of Emotional Human-Computer Integration Through Media Art. CHI 2022. Case Study. ACM. Video. Talk video. HONORABLE CASE STUDY.

Clashing, C., Montoya, M., Smith, I., Marshall, J., Opperman, L., Dietz, P., Blythe, M., Bateman, S., Pell, S., Ananthanarayan, S., Mueller, F. Splash! Identifying the Grand Challenges for WaterHCI. CHI 2022. Workshop (organizing). ACM.

Deng, J., Altarriba, F., Yao, L., Obrist, M., Narumi, K., Yang, H., Miyatake, M., Mueller, F. Mapping FoodHCI Futures. CHI 2022. Special Interest Group (SIG). ACM.

Semertzidis, N., Fang, Z., Lopes, P., Kunze, K., Pangaro, P., Mueller, F., Maes, P. What We Talk About When We Talk About Human-Computer Integration. Panel (organizing). ACM.

Our IMWUT/Ubicomp paper on playful beverage-based human-food interactions is now published in the “Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies” journal, to be presented at the “Ubiquitous Computing” conference:

Wang, Y., Li, Z., Khot, R., Mueller, F. Toward Understanding Playful Beverage-based Gustosonic Experiences. Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (PACM IMWUT/Ubicomp). Volume 6. Issue 1. March 2022. Article No.: 33. pp 1–23

Christal is giving a talk at WaterHCI, exploring the intersection between water, humans, and technology, on “Designing for Interactive Aquatic Recreation”, live streamed on Thu, 1 Apr, 9am Melbourne, Australia, time.

We are looking for an HCI/Games/Play lecturer. Lecturers in Australia are ongoing positions, like having tenure in other countries, and are targeted for a career path after a PhD towards becoming a professor. The equivalent in other countries is that of an assistant/associate professor, but we also consider more experienced academics (senior lecturer). Please contact us if you have any questions, a website portfolio of designed systems and publications at CHI, CHI PLAY, etc. really helps. (Monash is 10th place of all institutions worldwide in terms of full papers at CHI’22). Details are here.

Just presented at the Augmented Humans 2022 conference:

Danry, V., Pataranutaporn, P., Mueller, F., Maes, P., Leigh, S. On Eliciting a Sense of Self when Integrating with Computers. In Proceedings of the Augmented Humans 2022 Conference (AH’22). Full paper. ACM. 1-14. Talk video.

Interested in the coming together of water and human-computer interaction (HCI)? Then join us at CHI 2022, to our online workshop on waterHCI, deadline to apply 4 March 2022 AoE:

waterhci.exertiongameslab.org

Floyd will be giving a talk “Towards beginning to understand WaterHCI” as part of the DECONference 2021 on Fri, 10 Dec, 9.40am Melbourne, Australia time.

Our publications at CHI PLAY 2021:

Patibanda, R., Li, X., Chen, Y., Saini, A., Hill, C., Hoven, E., Mueller, F. Actuating Myself: Designing Hand-Games Incorporating Electrical Muscle Stimulation. CHI PLAY 2021. Work-in-Progress. ACM. 228-235.

Fang, X., Semertzidis, N., Scary, M., Wang, X., Andres, J., Zambetta, F., Mueller, F. Telepathic Play: Towards Playful Experiences Based on Brain-to-brain Interfacing. CHI PLAY 2021. Work-in-Progress. ACM. 268-273.

Li., X., Tang, X., Tong, X., Patibanda, R., Mueller, F., Liang, H. Myopic Bike and Say Hi: Games for Empathizing with The Myopic. CHI PLAY 2021. Student Game Competition. ACM. 333-338.

Today, 26 Oct 2021, Floyd receives the Tall Poppy Award: The award was “created in 1998 by the Australian Institute of Policy and Science (AIPS) to recognise and celebrate Australian intellectual and scientific excellence”. “Cutting down the tall poppy” is a cultural term in Australia to describe those who deliberately put down another for their success and achievements, due to one’s own insecurities. To address this, the Tall Poppy Award aims to “encourage younger Australians to follow in the footsteps of our outstanding achievers […] aiming towards building a more publicly engaged scientific leadership in Australia.”

The livestream is on at 6pm, Melbourne time.

Our interactions article on “ingestible play” is now printed! Looks great in hardcopy!

Li, Z., Wang, Y., Greuter, S., Mueller, F. Playing with the interior body. interactions. Volume 28, Number 5 (2021). ACM. 44-49.

Our two Dagstuhl seminar proposals have been accepted, and we will hence co-organize 2 Dagstuhl seminars in 2022. “Dagstuhl supports computer science by organizing high ranked seminars on hot topics in informatics” (Wikipedia):

Eat-IT: Interactive Food

Cognitive Augmentation