Workshop: 1. Basic Research Symposium

Joseph Konstan, University of Minnesota; Jane Siegel, Carnegie Mellon University

The CHI Basic Research Symposium presents an opportunity for researchers from different disciplines to exchange new developments and insights from their own fields and thereby expand their vision of human-computer interaction. The two-day event is a cross between a mini-conference and a workshop. Participants are selected by a program committee that reviews submitted position papers, bringing together a diverse group of researchers with innovative research underway. The symposium itself includes interactive research presentations, group discussions around common themes and small, group break-out activities.

The mission of the CHI Basic Research Symposium is to provide a venue where researchers conducting ground-breaking, controversial and emerging research can discuss that research with a diverse group of peers. Our vision for this year's Basic Re-search Symposium is for each participant to leave with a better understanding of the re-search methods, goals and frontiers of a wide range of HCI disciplines. Each participant should contribute to the collective under-standing and leave with new ideas for conducting, integrating and applying research.

The Basic Research Symposium welcomes two types of submissions:

(1) Position Papers. Up to ten pages introducing your field and your work. Authors of accepted position papers will be given time to present the work in an interactive discussion format.

(2) Position Statements. Up to two pages introducing you and your interests. Authors of accepted position statements will be invited to participate in the symposium.

Sample submissions and further information is available at http://www.cs.umn.edu/~konstan/BRS98/.

Contact
Joseph Konstan
University of Minnesota
Department of Computer Science
4-192 EE/CS Building, 200 Union St. SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
Tel: +1 612 625 1831
Email: chi98-brs@cs.umn.edu