Continuing the work of the successful series of ICAD Conferences, ICAD'98 will be held on November 1-4, 1998 at the University of Glasgow, UK. This is the the first time the ICAD conference will be held outside the USA. ICAD is the premier forum for presenting research on the use of sound to provide enhanced user interfaces, display data, monitor systems, and for computers and virtual reality systems. It is unique in its singular focus on auditory displays, and the array of perception, technology, design and application areas that these encompass. Like its predecessors, ICAD'98 will be a single-track conference. Attendance is open to all, with no membership or affiliation requirements.

ICAD'98 will be chaired by Dr Stephen Brewster from the University of Glasgow and Dr Alistair Edwards from the University of York.

Submissions

• Sonification (data representation through audio)
• Sound in human-computer interfaces
• Auditory interfaces for people with visual disabilities
• Audio on the world wide web
• Sound in virtual environments
• Tools and systems to support auditory display
• Sound in mobile computing devices

Submissions will be accepted for papers, short papers and posters, tutorials and workshops, and demonstrations. An ISBN-numbered conference proceedings for ICAD'98 will be published electronically by The British Computer Society in association with Springer-Verlag Ltd.

The conference themes can be approached from several perspectives, and ICAD provides a forum for open discussion to bridge gulfs between, for example, research and design, science and technology, perception and acoustics. Interdisciplinary exchange is supported with a single- track technical program. For those new to ICAD, it would be useful to examine the book Auditory Display, (G. Kramer, ed.), Reading MA; Addison Wesley, 1994. Alternatively, previous proceedings of ICAD are on-line at the main ICAD web site

This year submission will be via email. Submissions will consist of a 4 page extended abstract in the conference proceedings format. The abstract should be tailored to the type of project. Submissions of research efforts should include the objective, methodology, and results. Submissions of applications and designs should include the goals, users, development process, and evaluation. Since audio demonstrations are a key component of ICAD, the abstract should include a description of the prospective audio demonstrations to accompany the paper. Submissions should be made by emailing a copy of the extended abstract by June 5, 1998 to:

alistair-icad@minster.york.ac.uk

The extended abstracts (and final papers) must be in the conference proceedings format. Please note that because the proceedings are to be published in an electronic format and in advance of the conference there can be NO latitude about the layout and format. Even though the extended abstracts will not be published they must be in the required format - as evidence that the authors can meet the requirements. The required style files (Latex and Microsoft Word) can be found here. Submissions will NOT be accepted if they are not in the standard conference format. If you have any problems with formatting please email to the address above.

Submissions must also include a single cover sheet which contains:

• the paper title
• the full names, affiliations, complete addresses, phone and FAX numbers, and e-mail addresses of the authors
• a 100 word abstract
• a list of up to five keywords

Tutorials and Workshops

Posters and Demonstrations

Poster and demo submissions will be evaluated on the basis of their innovation, relevance and potential logistic constraints.The submission should consist of a description of your demonstration or poster (2 pages maximum) and a cover sheet as above. Submissions should be made by emailing by June 5, 1998 to:

alistair-icad@minster.york.ac.uk

Social Programme

Further Information

• For general queries please contact: icad98_info@santafe.edu
• For registration queries please contact: icad98_registration@santafe.edu
• For paper submission queries contact:alistair-icad@minster.york.ac.uk

• The ICAD'98 home page is at www.santafe.edu/~icad/
• The European mirror is atwww.dcs.gla.ac.uk/icad98/

Important Dates

• Paper/demo/poster submission: June 5, 1998
  
• Notification of review decisions: July 31, 1998
  
• Camera ready copy: Sepember 21,, 1998
  
• ICAD'98: November 1st - 4th, 1998

Practical information

• Travelling to Glasgow.
• Hotels in Glasgow.
• Information about Glasgow.

International Community for Auditory Display

For more information about ICAD please contact Gregory Kramer

University of Glasgow

GIST is an inter-disciplinary research group based at Glasgow University investigating all aspects of interactive systems - from Graphics to Sounds, from User Interface Software Technology to the Psychology of Interaction and Formal techniques of user interfaces.

For more details see :

• the GIST pages
• the Department of Computing Science pages
• the University of Glasgow pages

For visitor information see the University of Glasgow visitor pages

Here are two QuickTimeVR images of the conference venue

Last updated 7/Jul/1998