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IHCI 2004 CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

Monday, 6th Dec

8.30 – 9.30 Registration
9.30 – 10.30 Inauguration
10.30 – 11.30 Session A: CONFERENCE KEYNOTE
User-Centered Design Research: A Case Study on Organizational Privacy Technology, John Karat, IBM TJ Watson Research Center
Chair: Andy Smith, Thames Valley University, UK
11.30 – 11.45 Break
11.45 - 1.15 Session B: CULTURE CONTEXT AND SOCIETY

Papers:
1. Usage of mobile phones by the blinds, Neha Talesara, National Institute of Design
2. Mobile Phones for Indian Women, Preeti Khurana, National Institute of Design
3. Information Need and Dissemination: Indian Rural Context, Jitender Singh, Gajendra Agrawal, Media Lab Asia, IIT Bombay
Chair: Anirudha Joshi, IIT Bombay
1.15 – 2.15 Lunch Break
2.15 – 3.15 Session C:
Presentation from SAP AG
HCI in SAP and the Indian Context
Chair: Andy Smith, Thames Valley University, UK
3.15 – 3.30 Break
3.30 – 5.30 Session D1: HCI IN INDIAN INDUSTRY

Invited Speakers:
Strategic User Centred Systems Design in Organisations, Jan Gulliksen, University of Uppsala, Sweden
Usability in Cordys, Kaladhar Bapu Industrial trends in Usability, Cordys

Papers:
4. Institutionalizing Usability – The MphasiS Way, Ramesh Krishnan, Aditya Chati, MphasiS Usability Engineering Team
5. Usability in Quality Assurance Process, Rakesh Jani, SAP AG, Vaishali Badave, eQ Technologic (India)
Chair: Kaushik Ghosh, Human Factors International

 Session D1: Workshop on HCI Research in India

Workshop Papers:
W1. Digital Divide and Human Computer Interface, Nilay M.Yajnik, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies
W2. An Interface for content selection on Interactive TV, Navendu Tripathi Pradeep Yammiyavar, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
W3. Using Mnemonic Techniques as part of Pictorial Interface for Self-identification of Illiterate Villagers, Dinesh S. Katre, C-DAC, Pune
W4. Usability issues of navigating in Virtual Environments, Vikas Panwar, Pradeep Yammiyavar, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
W5. Interface customization in LMS: When and why it is required, Puneet Mathur, Pradeep Yammiyavar, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
W6. Hardware browser – World Wide Web ka Khazana, Vikram Singh Parmar, Prasad Wani Media Lab Asia, KReSIT, IIT Bombay
DISCUSSIONS
Facilitator: Anirudha Joshi, IIT Bombay
6.00 – 7.30 Mature Software Usability Operations from India, HFI's CEO, Eric Schaffer, and VP Asia, Apala Chavan. Human Factors International, Mumbai India

Tuesday, 7th Dec

8.30 - 9.30 Registration
9.30 – 9.45 Notices etc.
9.45 – 10.45 SESSION E: OPENING KEYNOTE
Use-centred innovation: navigating current practice and future desires, Steve Howard, Department of Information Systems, University of Melbourne.
Chair: Prof. Andy Smith
10.45 – 11.00 Break
11.00 -1.00 Session F1: INTERACTION DESIGN
Invited speaker:
Extending the Design Boundaries of HCI: The case of CSCW and Interaction Design, Liam Bannon, Interaction Design Centre, University of Limerick

Papers:
 6. Using a Groupware Technology in E-learning and its implications on E-government – A Case Study, Hany AbdelGhaffar, David Ambaye, Middlesex University – London
7. Layout of interface elements for semantic interactivity in children’s products, Sugandha Pahwa, Pradeep Yammiyavar, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
8. Tangible Music: Increasing the pleasures of human-human interactions using Phidgets, Kshitiz Anand, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Sriram Subramaniam University of Saskatchewan
Chair: Kaushik Ghosh, Human Factors International

 Session F2: WORKSHOP ON DEVELOPING HCI IN INDIAN CURRICULUM

Papers:
9. Incorporating HCI curriculum in a Design program – a case study, Pradeep Yammiyavar, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati.
10. Teaching Graphical User Interfaces: An Experience, M V Ananthakrishnan, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai
DISCUSSIONS AND PLANNING:
DEVELOPING HCI IN INDIAN CURRICULUM
Facilitator: Andy Smith, Thames Valley University, UK
1.00 – 2.00 Lunch Break
2.00 – 3.00 Session G1: HCI IN TEXT AND SPEECH SYSTEMS

Papers:
11. BuzzTrans: Evaluating a Translating Instant Messenger Client, Rahul Nair, Kedar Shiroor, Justin Godfrey, Georgia Institute of Technology
12. Design of Interactive Speech Interfaces, P.N.Girija, University of Hyderabad
13. Errors in Automatic Speech Recognition for Telugu, P.N.Girija, University of Hyderabad
14. A Method for Improving Text Entry Rate with High Accuracy using Grid Modules on Small Screens, Naveen Kumar Sethia, Pradeep Yammiyavar, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
Chair: Kaushik Ghosh, Human Factors International

 Session G2: NEW DIRECTIONS IN HCI
Invited speakers:
Visual Interaction Usability Test, Janni Nielsen, Copenhagen Business School
Cross Cultural Usability Test, Torkil Clemmensen, Copenhagen Business School

Papers:
 15. Usage Preference of Menus: A comparative study between desktop and immersive environment menus, Shravan Kumar Mukhopadhyay, Pradeep Yammiyavar, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati
16. Functional metaphoric approach to be ‘in the flow’ with computer interfaces, Pranav Mistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Gajendra Agrawal, Media Lab Asia,
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
17. Usability Study of a Web Portal as a Groupware Tool In e-Learning: A Fuzzy Approach, Ramalingam Soodamani, Ambaye David, Banerjee Neelashish, Middlesex University, London
Chair: Anirudha Joshi, IIT Bombay
3.00 - 3.30 Tea Break  
3.30 - 4.30 G1 continues G2 continues
4.30 – 5.30 Session H: FINAL PLENARY: PANEL AND CONFERENCE DISCUSSIONS
Indian HCI: The way ahead
Facilitator: Andy Smith, Thames Valley University, UK
5.30 - 6.00 Closing of Conference & Valedictory Programme