Tips For Running an Online Workshop

Written by Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas & Anna Kantosalo Recently, we took part in organising a two-day workshop at CSCW (Future of Social AR). With the foreseeable future being virtual workshops, we thought we would share some valuable insights to help others in trekking in this new territory. Before:  Before the workshop you should spend significant time … Continue reading Tips For Running an Online Workshop

Finnish Seminar for Human Animal Studies

In April I will be presenting and running a panel at the Finnish seminar for Human Animal Studies in Helsinki (Finland) with Heli Väätäjä from Tampere University. We would like to invite you to attend, join in and ask lots questions as we explore the ides of participation, consent and empowerment in Animal-Computer Interaction! You … Continue reading Finnish Seminar for Human Animal Studies

University of Colorado Boulder Workshop: Designing Technology for Dogs

The field of animal-computer interaction (ACI) studies how to create interfaces and methods that allow animals to use technology. This one-day workshop held in ATLAS at The University of Boulder Colorado explored the field of ACI, focusing specifically on dog-computer interaction (DCI) and how to design dog-computer products that address the needs, wants and limitations … Continue reading University of Colorado Boulder Workshop: Designing Technology for Dogs

International Conference on Animal Computer Interaction (ACI) 2016

After 3 years of ACI conferences, this was the first year ACI has branched out forming its own conference supported by ACM. With two workshops over the first day, full and short papers, extended abstracts and posters this year’s ACI2016 conference brought out the experts in the new and upcoming field of animal computing. This … Continue reading International Conference on Animal Computer Interaction (ACI) 2016

ACI at Measuring Behaviour 2016

On the 26th May, 2016, in Dublin, Measuring Behavior hosted a workshop on Animal Computer Interaction (ACI) (previously blogged). The workshop was organised by Myself, Anton Nijholt, Patricia Pons and Adrian D. Cheok. The aims of this Symposium were twofold. Firstly we wanted to introduce the topic animal-computer interaction in the Measuring Behavior community with the … Continue reading ACI at Measuring Behaviour 2016

ACI@BHCI 2015

On the 13th of July, British Human Computer Interaction 2015 (BHCI’15) hosted a workshop on Animal Computer Interaction (ACI) coined ACI@BHCI’15, in Lincoln, England. This workshop had talks from previously well known ACI researchers as well as fresh researchers within the field. The workshops hosted two activities, ‘Bad Design in ACI’ by Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas and … Continue reading ACI@BHCI 2015

Where HCI meets ACI

CALL FOR POSITION PAPERSWorkshop at NordiCHI'16 NordiCHI Workshop description: http://www.nordichi2016.org/program/workshops/ Workshop Website: https://hcimeetsaciblog.wordpress.com/ Important Dates: Deadline for workshop papers: 25th August, 2016Notification of acceptance: 2nd September, 2016Workshop date: 23rd October, 2016 This one-day workshop at NordiCHI'16 aims to examine the interactions and the space between HCI (Human Computer Interaction) and ACI (Animal Computer Interaction) focusing on … Continue reading Where HCI meets ACI