[AISWorld] 2nd Call for Paper – HCSE 2014 - 5th International Conference on Human-Centered Software Engineering, Paderborn, Germany on September 16-18, 2014

[Holger Fischer]

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*2nd CALL FOR PAPER*

HCSE 2014 - 5th International Conference on  Human-Centered Software Engineering
IFIP Working Group 13.2: Methodologies for User-Centered Systems Design

September 16-18, 2014 - Paderborn, Germany

Submission deadline: April 07, 2014

http://www.hcse-conference.org
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*HCSE* is a working conference that brings together researchers and practitioners interested in strengthening the scientific foundations of user interface design, examining the relationship between software engineering and human-computer interaction and on how to strengthen human-centered design as an essential part of software engineering processes.

*TOPICS*

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

- Integration of software engineering and user-centered design
- HCI models and model-driven engineering
- Incorporating guidelines and principles for designing usable products in the development process
- Usability engineering 
- Methods for user interface design 
- Patterns in HCI and HCSE
- Software architectures for user interfaces 
- User interfaces for special environments 
- Representations for design in the development process 
- Working with iterative and agile process models in HCSE
- Social and organizational aspects in the software development lifecycle
- Human-centric software development tools
- User profiles and mental models
- User requirements and design constraints
- User experience and software design
- Case studies, evaluations, and tools

*SUBMISSIONS* 

Submissions are solicited in the following categories:

*Research full papers* (up to 18 pages) should describe substantial contributions of novel ongoing work that has produced advanced results including validation of results. 

*Short papers* (up to 8 pages) should present practice and experience reports containing good (and bad) practices and/or to present practical evaluations of methods, techniques and tools.

*Demonstration submissions* (up to 4 pages) should present late breaking results related to the use of innovative tools. Papers should provide description of tools including user tasks and evidence of use to end-users. 

The submission and review process is managed in EasyChair using the installation: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hcse2014

*REVIEWS*

All submissions will be peer-reviewed by the program committee. Accepted research full and short papers will be published in print and electronically in the conference proceedings.

*PROCEEDINGS*

Proceedings will be published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. All submissions must be prepared according to the  Springer LNCS format.

*IMPORTANT DATES*

April 07, 2014     Abstract submission
April 16, 2014     Submission for all tracks
June 09, 2014     Author notification
July 04, 2014     Final paper submission

*VENUE AND ORGANIZATION*

HCSE 2014 will be held at the Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum (www.hnf.de/en/), a modern conference center also hosting the world's largest computer museum!

General Conference Chair: 
Stefan Sauer, University of Paderborn, Germany

Technical Program Co-Chairs: 
Peter Forbrig, University of Rostock, Germany
Cristian Bogdan, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden

User Experience Chair:
Regina Bernhaupt, University of Toulouse, France

Proceedings Chair: 
Marco Winckler, University of Toulouse, France

Publicity Chair: 
Holger Fischer, University of Paderborn, Germany

*CONTACT*

Twitter: @HCSE2014    
E-Mail: organizers at hcse-conference.org
Web: http:www.hcse-conference.org