AH 2011 Call for Papers New deadlines and academic sponsors: December 30th 2010 Full and short papers submission deadline January 15th 2011 Poster and demo submissions deadline ***************************************************************** The second Augmented Human International Conference (AH 2011) Tokyo, Japan, March 12th - 14th, 2011 http://www.augmented-human.com ***************************************************************** The second Augmented Human (AH) International Conference will be held in Tokyo Water Front on March 12th, 13th and 14th 2011. The AH international conference focuses on scientific contributions towards augmenting humans capabilities through technology for increased well-being and enjoyable human experience. The proceedings of the conference will be published in the ACM Digital Library as a volume in its International Conference Proceedings Series. Scopes and Interests: The topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Augmented and Mixed Reality Internet of Things Augmented Sport Sensors and Hardware Wearable Computing Augmented Health Augmented Well-being Smart artifacts & Smart Textiles Augmented Tourism and Games Ubiquitous Computing Bionics and Biomechanics Training/Rehabilitation Technology Exoskeletons Brain Computer Interface Augmented Context-Awareness Augmented Fashion Safety, Ethics and Legal Aspects Security and Privacy Submission Categories: There are three paper categories to be published in the ACM digital library according to the ACM format : 1) poster/demonstration paper (2 pages, presentation/demonstration in a booth during the open day of joint AH/INTERACTION on March 12th) 2) short paper (4 pages, 15 minutes presentation during the AH conference on March 13th and 14th) 3) full paper (8 pages, 30 minutes presentation during the AH conference on March 13th and 14th) The Platinum sponsor of AH'11 is: QderoPateo Communications http://www.qpcmobility.com/ The Silver sponsors are: Microsoft Research Asia http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/labs/asia/default.aspx Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc.  http://www.sonycsl.co.jp/ Academic Co-Sponsors: IPSJ (Information Processing Society Japan) INTERACTION2011 Special Interest Groups: SIGHCI (Human-Computer Interaction), SIGGN (Groupware and Network Services), SIGUBI (Ubiquitous Computing Systems), and SIGEC (Entertainment Computing) JSSST (Japan Society for Software Science and Technology) Special Interest Group for Interactive Systems and Software (SIGISS). Keynote Speech and Special Events: The first Keynote Speech will be given by Prof. Sankai of the University of Tsukuba, who introduced the 'Robot Suit' and established CYBERDYNE Inc. in June 2004. The second keynote speech will be given by Prof. Fujii of the RIKEN Brain Science Institute who leads research on understanding brain mechanism in terms of cognitive functions based on relationships. His talk will cover ultimate life log in primate and the Neurotycho initiative. The first day of AH 2011 on March 12th is a joint day with INTERACTION'11 where the AH 2011 selected posters and demonstrations will be presented. INTERACTION is a major Japanese ICT event in the national museum of emerging science and innovation, Miraikan. That day is an open day, open to any visitor willing to visit the AH INTERACTION booths. The second and third days of AH 2011 will happen in the Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Tokyo Waterfront building on March 13th and 14th. The selected short and full papers will be presented to AH 2011 registrants during these second and third days. Important Dates: December 30th 2010 : Full and short papers submission deadline January 15th 2011 : Poster and demo submissions deadline January 22nd 2011: author notification February 5th 2011: camera-ready copy and ACM copyright submitted March 12th 2011: free entrance to the joint AH/INTERACTION posters/ demonstration day in Miraikan (Odaiba, Tokyo, Japan) March 13th/14th 2011: presentation of AH short and full papers in AIST Tokyo Waterfront (Odaiba, Tokyo, Japan) Organizing Committee: General Co-Chairs: Masahiko Inami, Keio Media Design, Japan and Jun Rekimoto, The University of Tokyo and Sony CSL, Japan Program Co-Chairs: Hideki Koike, University of Electro-Communications Tokyo, Japan, and Hideo Saito, Keio University, Japan Posters and Demonstrations Chair: Dzmitry Tsetserukou, Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan Publication Chair: Jean-Marc Seigneur, University of Geneva, Switzerland INTERACTION Conference Liaison Chair: Yasuyuki Sumi, Kyoto University, Japan Other Organization Liaison Chair: Yasuaki Kakehi, Keio University, Japan Local Chair: Satoshi Kagami, AIST Digital Human Research Center, Japan Event & Banquet Co-Chairs: Sunao Hashimoto, JST ERATO, Japan, and Kentaro Fukuchi, Meiji University, Japan Financial Chair: Tsutom Terada, Kobe University, Japan The Program Committee at time of sending the CFP: Masahiko Inami, Keio Media Design, Japan Jun Rekimoto, The University of Tokyo and Sony CSL, Japan Hideki Koike, University of Electro-Communications Tokyo, Japan Hideo Saito, Keio University, Japan Jean-Marc Seigneur, University of Geneva, Switzerland Dzmitry Tsetserukou, Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan Yasuyuki Sumi, Kyoto University, Japan Satoshi Kagami, AIST Digital Human Research Center, Japan Sunao Hashimoto, JST ERATO, Japan Kentaro Fukuchi, Meiji University, Japan Homei Miyashita, Meiji University, Japan Hironobu Fujiyoshi, Chuubu University, Japan Kazuhiko Terashima, Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan Jun Miura, Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan Pranav Mistry, MIT Media Lab, USA Philippe Fuchs, Ecole des Mines, ParisTech, France Guillaume Moreau, Ecole Centrale de Nantes, France Paul Mc Cullagh, University of Ulster, United Kingdom George Baciu, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China Jacques Lefaucheux, JLX3D, France Jean-Louis Vercher, CNRS et Université de la Méditerranée, France Qunsheng Peng, Zhejiang University, China Peter Froehlich, Forschungszentrum Telekommunikation Wien, Austria Karla Felix Navarro, University of Technology Sydney, Australia Ken Endo, MIT Media Lab, USA Ivan Poupyrev, Diseny Research, USA Tsutom Terada, Kobe University, Japan Anatole Lécuye, INRIA Rennes, France Mark Billinghurst, HITLab, New Zealand Masaaki Fukumoto, NTT Docomo, Japan Yasuaki Kakehi, Keio University, Japan AH 2011 full information: http://www.augmented-human.com