HCI 2009 - Conference Archive Homepage
The 23rd BCS conference on Human Computer Interaction celebrated the
people who use technology, the people who create new technologies, and
the relationship between them. A centrepiece of the conference was
an Open House Festival involving the many Cambridge laboratories and
startup companies now creating new displays, devices, games,
communications and ubiquitous computing technologies. New developments
in HCI depend on technology, and interchange between the communities
provided influence in both directions.
The scientific programme of the conference had a special focus
on the priorities of UK and European research. In addition to
scientific quality, we emphasised creativity, originality and relevance
to real problems. By aligning recognition of the best HCI research
with peer review criteria for career development and research funding,
HCI 2009 was dedicated to enhancing and supporting the HCI research
community.
HCI 2009 was hosted by Cambridge University and Microsoft Research
Cambridge. General chairs were Alan Blackwell (CU) and Ken Wood
(MSRC). Keynote speakers included Bill Buxton, author of Sketching
User Experiences, and Anthony Dunne, Head of Design Interaction at the
Royal College of Art and author of Design Noir: The Secret Life of
Electronic Objects.
The proceedings of HCI 2009 are available from the
ACM Digital Library
and the
BCS publication archive.
Acceptance statistics
HCI 2009 pioneered an alternative review process, in which all
submissions were reviewed in a single pool, and those papers ranked
highest by an extended review community (7 reviewers per paper) and
external advisory council were given special recognition. In order to
gain credit for those high ranked papers, acceptance rates can be
quoted as follows:
- Archival highlight prize: acceptance rate 7%
- Full length presentation: acceptance rate 15%
- Mid length presentation: acceptance rate 25%
- Encounter session presentation: acceptance rate 56%
